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NEWS ELECTION REBATES NEWS TORY LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN NEWS CHINA Liberals, NDP Groundwork poised to receive being laid for millions through ‘inevitable’ candidate-rebate deepening of system Canada-China BY ABBAS RANA relations The federal Liberals and the NDP are poised to rake in millions of dollars this year BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT by withholding 60 per cent of rebates that local candidates are to receive for their cam- The Liberal government has been lay- paign expenses from last year’s election. ing the groundwork, during its recent week- Both parties signed written agreements long trip to China, for a deeper Canada-Chi- with their candidates before the 2015 elec- na relationship that is “inevitable,” given that tion that allow party offi ces to receive all country’s fast-growing economy and impor- rebates from Elections Canada directly and O’LEARY tance in the geopolitical pecking order. transfer only 40 per cent to the respective “[China is] the second-largest economy candidates. in the world, there’s just no way that we’re The Conservative Party is not withhold- not going to have to pay attention to it, and ing any money and is allowing all of their that was underlined under the previous candidates to receive 100 per cent of their WAITS government,” said Daniel Schwanen, vice- rebates from Elections Canada. president at the C.D. Howe institute. According to Election Canada rules, “Now versus 10 years ago, I think we candidates who receive 10 per cent or have [already] moved towards a closer more of the votes in their riding in an relationship, which I think is inevitable.” Continued on page 9 Continued on page 7

NEWS CRTC NEWS FEDERAL BYELECTIONS CRTC cites seven Campaign candidates for preparation alleged robocalls underway Kevin O’Leary is waiting to see if any Conservative leadership candidates come forward that he can while parties law violations support before deciding whether he is going to in election run. Photograph courtesy of Kevin O’Leary await timing BY ABBAS RANA of byelections

The Canadian Radio-television and Tele- O’Leary’s decision on Conservative BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT communications Commission (CRTC) is- sued letters last week to seven candidates in leadership depends on who else runs As politicos await news of the timing the last federal election—fi ve Conservatives, for four federal byelections that need to be one Liberal, and one with the Bloc Québé- held—with the deadline to call one of them cois—for not registering with the voter con- ‘If I can’t fi nd someone to support, I’ll do it myself.’ only two weeks away—all three major par- tact registry within the required time frame. ties are preparing to run strong campaigns to “During the 2015 federal election, our BY DEREK ABMA “I think we’re going to see a lot of this get fi ght for new electoral ground even though objective was to ensure those making calls resolved by the end of October,” he said. “It’s there are long odds against any of the rid- followed the new requirements under the TV personality Kevin O’Leary says he’s going to start to get very active at that point.” ings up for grabs going to another party. voter contact registry,” Manon Bombardier, waiting to see who else enters the Conserva- He said “it makes sense” for him to “Everybody that I’ve talked to, the fi rst the CRTC’s chief compliance and enforce- tive leadership race before deciding whether make a decision around that time “because question on their mind is, ‘When will a bye- ment offi cer, said in a news release last to run himself, and he’s likely to make a deci- I think we’re going to fi nd four others will lection be called here?’ It’s been fi ve months week. “The citations inform recipients that sion, one way or the other, by late October. have declared by then. I’ve sort of got a list already and we still don’t know, so the it is alleged that a violation was committed. Mr. O’Leary told The Hill Times last of who I fi nd very interesting in terms of constituency are feeling unrepresented and We expect that they will take the necessary week that he anticipates other possible policy and who I don’t. there are some big issues to be debated this candidates will also make their intentions Continued on page 5 known by the end of next month. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 11 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ

ference between local riding events that ments of him, he remembered hearing cost $100-a-head or so to attend versus the about how China uses automated Twitter ON events in which some have reportedly paid accounts to spread government propa- as much as $10,000 to schmooze Ontario ganda, and noted how the The Wall Street HEARD THE HILL Premier Kathleen Wynne and other cabinet Journal reported about this kind of Twitter ministers. use by Donald Trump supporters, among BY DEREK ABMA There would appear to be no plans other examples. afoot for Ms. Wynne’s Liberal federal cous- “There were not thousands of people ins to do anything similar. suddenly hating me,” Mr. Perrin wrote. When asked about this, Jean-Bruno “It was someone in their mother’s base- Villeneuve, spokesman for Democratic ment (or work offi ce) using a ham-fi sted Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, said social media scam to make me think the in an email: “There are existing stringent world was suddenly against me. I’ve never MP Raitt marries rules that govern limits on contributions at laughed so hard.” the federal level.” Mr. Perrin only joined Twitter a few As for future changes, he referred to the months ago. Despite his amusement at mandate later from Prime Minister Justin what happened, he noted how such activity longtime partner Trudeau to Ms. Monsef that directed her to could be really, really bad if it involved a “review the limits on the amounts political cyber-bullying campaign against a young parties and third parties can spend during person. elections, and propose measures to ensure Anyway, for those interested in enter- ects, a book called that spending between elections is subject taining and sometimes-informative Twitter Black Irises, is due to reasonable limits as well.” posts from someone who doesn’t seem to out on Oct. 1. It’s like their old boss that much, his handle is a murder mystery @ProfBenPerrin. with some political Former Harper lawyer intrigue thrown in: a favoured candidate describes Twitter bot Great census, people. in a federal byelec- tion in small-town attack Can’t wait for results Ontario draws suspicions after the Canadians were being congratulated death of a young last week for their high participation rate woman, in a case in this year’s census. that bears similari- Wayne Smith, Canada’s chief statisti- ties to a murder that cian, issued an online note saying that happened decades there was a 98.4 per cent overall participa- before. tion rate in this year’s census, including This follows Mr. 97.8 per cent on the long-form census Delacourt’s 2014 questions, completion for which became book called Ocular mandatory again almost as soon as the Liberals assumed offi ce last November. The Conservative MP Lisa Raitt was set to get married to longtime partner Proof, which is a tale about dark se- prior Conservative government had instead Bruce Wood on Sept. 2. Photograph courtesy of Lisa Raitt crets involving forg- opted for a voluntary national household ery and Nazi threats survey. onservative MP Lisa Raitt tied the knot in relation to the world of high-priced art. This year made for the “best census Con the weekend with Bruce Wood, Before joining the Liberal Research since 1666,” Mr. Smith said in the posting. whom she’s been in a relationship with for Bureau this year, Mr. Delacourt worked Isn’t that great; the best census since ... the last seven years. on the Liberal election campaign last year wait, what year? Surely, that was a typo. I mean, there was no internet, Excel, or even Ms. Raitt and Mr. Wood were to marry and Justin Trudeau’s Liberal leadership Benjamin Perrin was legal counsel for former on Sept. 2 in Cape Breton, N.S., with guests campaign in 2013. calculators back then. Certainly, they had prime minister Stephen Harper. The Hill Times neither the means nor the desire to create making the trip in from places as far away He was in business for himself as a photograph by Jake Wright as Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, and even communications consultant in Toronto for a census. Jacksonville, Fla., to witness the nuptials. the previous few years. And Mr. Delacourt Well, turns out they did. Statistics Benjamin Perrin, who served as a legal Mr. Wood is president and CEO of the did a previous stint on the Hill when he Canada spokesman William Garland told counsel for former prime minister Stephen Hamilton Port Authority. Ms. Raitt is the was former Liberal leader Michael Igna- The Hill Times that 1666 was when the fi rst Harper, received a lot of negative feedback MP for Milton, Ont., though she was born tieff’s director of multicultural outreach census of what is now Canada and was on Twitter related to a post he made about in Sydney, N.S. She’s also the former CEO between 2010 and 2011. then New France—with a population of his former boss quitting. Turns out, the sen- of the Toronto Port Authority. He is also the brother of Toronto 3,215 people—was taken. timent was exaggerated through the use of Among those wishing the couple well Star and iPolitics columnist Susan Dela- So, considering the population is more Twitter bots. on social media last week was Don Martin, court. than 10,000 times as large now, we’re not Mr. Perrin explained in an article he host of CTV’s Power Play, who tweeted, A launch party for the book, to be pub- doing too badly. The 2016 census results wrote for The Globe and Mail last week “Well, it’s about time. MP @lraitt is tying lished by Blue Denim Press, is planned for are to start being released on Feb. 8, 2017. how, after Mr. Harper resigned as an MP the knot with super guy Bruce Wood this the Métropolitain Brasserie on Oct. 18. Mr. [email protected] on Aug. 26, he tweeted, “#GoodRiddance- weekend in lovely Cape Breton. Congrats!” Delacourt pointed out that if the party goes The Hill Times Harper is trending in Canada #cdnpoli.” past midnight, which we suspect it might, Ottawa Citizen reporter Jason Fekete it could turn into a one-year anniversary CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS, THE HILL TIMES retweeted this, adding a comment about Novel by Liberal staffer celebration of the Liberals’ election victory Mr. Perrin’s former job, to which Mr. Perrin Re: “Former Citizen bureau chief Kennedy scooped by on Oct. 19 last year. due out next month replied with a link to a CBC article during PMO” (The Hill Times, Aug. 29, p. 23). The story incorrectly last year’s election campaign, in which he said Dwight Duncan was defeated in the 2013 Ontario Being a commu- Ontario government to was quoted as saying the Harper govern- election. He, in fact, resigned. nications director ment had “lost the moral authority to The Hill Times has incorrectly referred to Tuesday, Aug. for the Liberal Re- ban elected offi cials from govern.” 16, several times as the date longtime Liberal MP Mauril search Bureau, one That’s when things got nasty. Someone Bélanger passed away. It was in fact Monday, Aug. 15. might sometimes fundraisers tweeted something negative about Mr. Per- feel constrained by rin, and within an hour it was retweeted or Re: “New medical marijuana regs show need for the requirement to, There was some surprise last week liked more than 100 times, and that num- broader legalization policy, say producers” (The Hill Times, how should we say, when the Ontario Liberal government, ber ballooned to 1,000 by that evening. Aug. 22, p. 1). The story incorrectly stated Tilray’s Philippe deal within reality. which has been criticized for high priced Mr. Perrin said he clicked on the profi le Lucas predicted the global industry could reach up to That’s no “cash-for access” fundraisers involving the of one of his many attackers and found $11-billion. In fact he said $100-billion. premier and others, announced it would problem for John it was a basketball team in Georgia, Re: “Portrait-gallery plan popular as government Liberal staffer John outright ban all legislators from attending Delacourt, who’s for whom a “sudden interest in Canadian consults on fate of old U.S. embassy” (The Hill Times, Aug. Delacourt has written fundraising events. found an outlet for politics seemed odd.” 22, p. 1). The story incorrectly attributed a group handing out his second novel. The The move caught opposition parties alternate truths by After fi nding most of the attacking Twit- pamphlets as being based in Kingston, Ont., when in fact it Hill Times photograph by surprise. Some commentators said it writing novels. His ter accounts were based in the U.S., many was based in Ottawa but with some members from Kingston. by Jake Wright second of such proj- went too far, emphasizing there’s a dif- using identical words in their admonish-

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Author, journalist, and speechwriter Arthur Milnes says that in some rural regions of Canada, the only means of communication between constituents and Parliamentarians is regular mail. So, he says, Canada Post should ensure that all postage- free mail be delivered to Parliamentarians. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Munster

his constituency staff also came “Isn’t that serious? I just don’t across a complaint from someone think I’m being old-fashioned. I Canada Post investigating in the riding who sent letters to think this is a big issue.” a number of MPs, but all were MPs who represent rural rejected for delivery. He said his ridings said in interviews that staff helped out this constituent constituents’ access to Parliamen- why postage-free mail by taking all the letters to the tarians is critical to the demo- local post offi ce and the Canada cratic process. In their ridings, Post staff sent those letters to they said, there are a signifi cant Parliamentarians. number of people who don’t have to Parliamentarians “I’m sure it’s not a common- access to internet and telephone. place thing,” said Mr. Gerretsen. “It’s The only way for them to reach probably just a one-off or couple of out to their federal elected offi - times that it happens because, per- cials is stamp-free mail, they said, isn’t getting through haps, some people are not properly and Canada Post must ensure that trained in how to deal with corre- this mail gets delivered. spondence going to MPs.” “[Postage-free mail] makes librarian, the confl ict of interest “Forget about me,” he said. “If He said that he did not know sure that their government and Arthur Milnes, a and ethics commissioner, and the one kid in the last 16 years has about Mr. Milnes’ case, but after their MPs are accessible to every- former speechwriter Senate ethics offi cer. been turned off because they did getting all the facts, he will try to one, even people that don’t have But some Canadians complain what the Parliament of Canada address this issue. computers, people that can’t afford for Stephen Harper, that their letters to MPs and Sena- says [postage-free mail delivery Heather Bradley, director of a stamp,” said Liberal MP Larry tors are returned undelivered. to Parliamentarians], what Can- communications to the House Bagnell (Yukon). “It makes sure that says sending Arthur Milnes, a Kingston, ada Post says, and wrote to their Speaker Geoff Regan (Halifax all Canadians can talk to their rep- postage-free mail to Ont.-based journalist, author, MP and had their letter rejected West, N.S.), said House administra- resentatives regardless of the cost.” historian, and former speech- and never wrote again, that tells tion was informed of a complaint Liberal MP Karen Ludwig politicians helped writer for Stephen Harper, told me this is a really serious issue,” where mail sent to a Parliamentar- (New Brunswick Southwest, N.B.) The Hill Times last week that he’s Mr. Milnes said. ian was returned. She said, in that said that it’s critical for MPs to inspire him to get into been writing letters regularly to “Either we have this right or we instance, the issue was resolved hear from their constituents and the career he has. Parliamentarians for about 40 don’t. And Canada Post or Parlia- with the help of Canada Post. people should have access to a va- years—since he was 10-years-old. ment of Canada have to just decide “We will continue to monitor riety of means to reach out to their As a result of this correspon- because right now we don’t have this situation and work closely elected federal representatives. BY ABBAS RANA dence, he met with a number of this right 100 per cent of the time.” with Canada Post to ensure that “It’s really important that Parliamentarians, party leaders, Mr. Legault said in the normal letters without postage written to people have a variety of options Canada Post has commenced and prime ministers at a young mail sorting process, the system is Parliamentarians are delivered for reaching out to their Members a detailed investigation into its age. He said these meetings and designed to detect proper postage, in compliance with the Canada of Parliament,” said Ms. Ludwig. mail sorting and delivery system correspondence with Parliamen- and now Canada Post is trying to Post Act,” Ms. Bradley wrote in an Liberal MP Bill Casey (Cum- to fi gure out what causes some tarians inspired him to get into pinpoint the step that’s returning email to The Hill Times. berland-Colchester, N.S.) said that of the postage-free letters sent to the kind of career he’s had. postage-free mail sent to Parlia- Mr. Milnes said that he lives in during the summer recess, he held Parliamentarians to be returned Mr. Milnes moved to Kingston mentarians before delivery. an urban centre where people have a number of consultation meetings to senders. from the Northwest Territories in “Processing of mail is a com- access to other means of communi- with his constituents. During these “We are proud to deliver let- 1999. Since then, he said, about 50 plex, multi-stage process that cation to reach out to their MPs and meetings, he found that Cana- ters to specifi c federal govern- per cent of his letters to Parlia- can involve both automatic and Senators. He said there are some dians want to be engaged in the ment offi cials free of charge and mentarians started to be returned. manual sortation,” Mr. Legault rural regions across the country political process more than ever have done so for many years. This A few weeks ago, Mr. Milnes said said. “Our systems are designed where Canadians don’t have access before on important public-policy shouldn’t have happened and we he wrote to about 200 MPs and to check for proper postage. to internet or telephone, and the issues such as the environment are investigating to fi nd out what Senators about his new book on These important letters do not only means of communication for and electoral reform. So, he said, occurred,” Canada Post spokes- Sir Wilfrid Laurier and calling on require postage. The fact that these people with their Parliamen- there should not be any barrier for man Phil Legault said in an email them to mark the former prime these letters weren’t sent to the tarians is Canada Post. Canadians who want to reach out to The Hill Times. minister’s 175th birthday. About 60 fi nal destination means that there “What if you’re in a rural area to their federal elected represen- According to the Canada Post of his letters came back. is a potential issue at some point in New Brunswick or Manitoba, tatives to offer their feedback on Act, Canadians can send let- Mr. Milnes said that he contact- in the process and we are doing a where you really don’t have no issues in their ridings. ters, at no cost, to the Governor ed Canada Post executives earlier detailed investigation.” contact with the government be- “It’s more important now more General, MPs, Senators, Speakers this year regarding the issue of Rookie Liberal MP Mark Ger- yond the post offi ce and you write than ever before,” said Mr. Casey. or clerks of the Senate or House mail delivery issue to Parliamen- retsen (Kingston and the Islands, to your MP for help and they send [email protected] of Commons, the parliamentary tarians, but with no resolution. Ont.) said in an interview that back your letter,” said Mr. Milnes. The Hill Times The Hill Times, Monday, September 5, 2016 5 News CRTC CRTC cites seven candidates for alleged robocalls law violations in election “Any individual or group using West, and Mr. Cumming ran unsuc- campaign made a mistake. Going tions Act legislation, amending the Five Conservatives, their own internal services to make cessfully in the Alberta riding of forward, we will make sure that all Canada Elections Act. One of the one Liberal, and one calls to voters using an automatic Edmonton Centre. Ms. Thind lost the paperwork is properly filled out.” features of Fair Elections Act was to dialing-announcing device had to election to rookie Liberal MP Kamal During the 2011 general election, establish the voter contact registry to Bloc candidate were register with the voter contact reg- Khera and Mr. Cumming to rookie Elections Canada received thousands bring transparency to the robocalls alleged to have not istry on the CRTC’s website within Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault. of messages and complaints regard- made by individuals or companies 48 hours of making the first call,” Mr. Gaudreault ran in the riding ing misleading automatic dialing- during an election campaign. registered with the according to a CRTC backgrounder. of Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., which was announcing devices (ADAD) or ro- To address specific instances new voter contact “Anyone (including candidates won by Conservative Denis Lebel. bocalls misinforming them that their in which candidates failed to fol- and political parties, corporations, In addition to the seven candi- poll locations had been changed. At low the registry rules, the CRTC’s registry within the trade associations and other indi- dates, the CRTC also issued notice- first, it appeared that 18 federal rid- chief compliance and enforcement viduals or groups) using the services of-citation letters to three compa- ings across the country were targeted officer, after investigation, can is- proper time frame of a calling service provider to call nies that were engaged in the last in the misleading phone calls, but in sue warning letters, issue citations, in the last election voters during the election had to election campaign in making calls the end it turned out that the riding of or impose penalties of up to $1,500 register with the registry within 48 to Canadians for failing to register Guelph, Ont., was the main target of per violation per day for individu- campaign. hours of making their first call. The with the voter contact registry. the rogue calls. als and up to $15,000 per violation calling service providers who made The companies that received the As a result of an investigation by per day for a corporation. Continued from page 1 the calls on behalf of another person citations from the CRTC include Elections Canada and the RCMP, In the news release issued last or groups also had to register.” Touchlogic Corp. and Telelpoll a local Conservative campaign week, Ms. Bombardier said that measures to comply fully with The five Conservatives who are Market Research in Toronto, and worker in Guelph, Michael Sona, the citations issued were for “al- the registry should they want to called out by the CRTC, include Servicom LLP in Cape Breton, N.S. was charged with deliberately leged violations” under the Voter call voters during a future federal sitting MPs Alex Nuttall (Barrie- CRTC spokeswoman Patricia Val- preventing voters from voting in an Contact Registry. In an emailed election or byelection.” Springwater-Oro-Medonte, Ont.) ladao said that the three companies election. Ontario Judge Gary Hearn response, Ms. Valladao said that a Under the rules that came into and John Barlow (Foothills, Alta.), “were engaged by different entities to sentenced Mr. Sona for nine months violation remains alleged until the effect as part of the Fair Elections as well as unsuccessful candi- provide voter contact calling services” in jail. In media interviews, the person “pays the penalty or makes Act prior to the last federal elec- dates Rob Clarke, Ninder Thind, in the last election, but she declined to Conservatives said the party ran a no representation” or “the person tion, candidates, political parties, and James Cumming. Liberal MP say which campaigns these compa- clean campaign in 2011 and had no makes representations and the and third parties were required to Chandra Arya (Nepean, Ont.), nies provided their services for. role in making the misleading calls Commission decides, on a balance register with the voter contact regis- and unelected Bloc candidate Sabin Messrs. Barlow and Arya were to voters. However, the judge in his of probabilities, that it was commit- try, overseen by the CRTC, within 48 Gaudreault also received notice-of- unavailable for interviews last week. verdict said that it appears that Mr. ted.” None of the seven candidates hours of making their first auto- citation letters from the CRTC. Mr. Nuttall in an email said Sona did not “likely act alone.” and the three companies had to mated phone call during the election Mr. Clarke is a former two-term that election campaigns are The saga not only caused po- face any financial penalty because campaign. This requirement was Conservative MP and represented largely run by volunteers and his litical headaches within and out- “given the circumstances and con- to ensure that rogue individuals or the riding of Desnethé-Missinippi- staff made a mistake in not filing side the House of Commons for sidering that the [voter contact reg- companies did not make misleading Churchill River, Sask. from 2008 the proper paper work with the the Conservative Party, but was istry] is in its early stages of imple- phone calls to Canadians, as hap- until the last election. He lost to NDP CRTC in the last election cam- also a source of negative coverage mentation, a citation was deemed pened in the robocalls scandal in the candidate Georgina Jolibois by just paign, but he will ensure that all for the then-governing party. to be the appropriate enforcement 2011 federal election. The last federal more than a quarter of a percentage rules are followed in the future. In the aftermath of the scandal, action,” Ms. Valladao said. election was the first to be covered point. Ms. Thind ran unsuccessfully “Campaigns are volunteer-run the Stephen Harper Conservatives [email protected] by the voter contact registry. in the Ontario riding of Brampton organizations,” Mr. Nuttall said. “Our passed the wide ranging Fair Elec- The Hill Times 6 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 NEWS CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP O’Leary’s decision on Conservative leadership depends on who else runs

Continued from page 1 He said he’s evaluating how close the policies of potential can- “If I can’t fi nd someone to sup- didates are to his own ideas and port, I’ll do it myself; that’s the way also the quality of the campaign I look at it.” organizations they have in place. The deadline for registering for Mr. O’Leary said he has people the Conservative leadership race is on the ground who are ready to Feb. 24, and the leadership vote is run his leadership campaign if he scheduled for May 27. The fi rst of decides to “pull the trigger.” fi ve party-sanctioned debates with “I wouldn’t call it wide, but it’s all leadership candidates is set to enough that I could pull the trig- take place Nov. 10 in Saskatoon. ger and get going,” he said. “It’s So far, MPs Maxime Bernier people that have done this before (Beauce, Que.), Tony Clement that want to be involved with me.” (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.), He wouldn’t rule out running Kellie Leitch (Simcoe-Grey, Ont.), as a Conservative MP candidate, if and Michael Chong (Wellington- not party leader, but said he would Halton Hills, Ont.) have registered be more inclined to be a special Kevin O’Leary on the fl oor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photograph courtesy of Kevin O’Leary for the contest. Those who have adviser on economic issues to who- indicated their intention to run, ever ends up leader, if not him. on Ontario Liberal Premier Kath- Trudeau’s mandate. When business than simply spending taxpayers’ who were not yet registered last “Frankly, my interests are leen Wynne, and he’s also harshly leaders hear him talking more taxes, money, he said he would create week, include MPs Deepak Obhrai very, very myopic, and I’ve been criticized Alberta NDP Premier no tax breaks for small businesses tax incentives that would attract (Calgary Forest Lawn, Alta.) and transparent about this; I’m only Rachel Notley previously. where the majority of the jobs come more global investment for these Brad Trost (Saskatoon-University, interested in fi scal and economic Although he is considering a from, and on top of that $100-billion industries in Canada, and allow Sask.), former MP for Glengarry- policy,” he said. “I’m about job cre- federal run, he said it’s important in defi cits with no balanced budget the building of needed infrastruc- Prescott-Russell, Ont., Pierre ation. There are many better people for him speak out about what he in sight, that eats and erodes the con- ture, like pipelines, to go forward, Lemieux, Toronto communications who could run other mandates, but feels is poor management of the fi dence of a CEO, whether it’s a large and roll back corporate taxes. consultant Adrienne Snow and my interest in working with a new two provinces most important to or small business. And that’s why Mr. O’Leary had this to say on Winnipeg doctor Dan Lindsay. leader, if I end up supporting some- Canada’s economy. they’re not hiring, because they’re other issues: Mr. O’Leary said his high pub- body, would be just in that [eco- “You can’t have a competitive nervous about those policies.” Environment and climate lic profi le affords him the luxury nomic and fi scal-issues] capacity.” Canada without Ontario’s manu- Finance Minister Bill Morneau change: “At the end of the day, we of not rushing into a decision. Mr. O’Leary said he has not yet facturing base being competitive, (Toronto Centre, Ont.) spokesman are 2.5 per cent of the world’s GDP. “Those who are declaring considered what riding, if chosen without the energy out of Alberta Daniel Lauzon said in an email We are not the biggest polluters, by early have a need to get their as Conservative leader, he would being brought to the market at that such criticism of the govern- any margin. We have done a great name out there,” he said. “I don’t seek to represent. The business- world prices—not at a 25 per cent ment’s economic performance job in reducing carbon emissions have that problem.” man, who has a residence in To- discount” he said. “couldn’t be further from the truth. per capita. ... We own some amaz- Mr. O’Leary is on the ABC televi- ronto, said he would not discount If prime minister, he said, “I ... Canada hit a few bumps in Q2, ing technology in Canada that we sion series Shark Tank, in which a his ability to win a Toronto riding, can’t have poor managers running and those were due to the Fort have not marketed to the world. panel of prominent business people even though the Conservatives the two largest economies. I have McMurray wildfi res, and slow I would go directly to the largest judge and potentially invest in busi- have traditionally struggled there. to get rid of them. I can’t fi re them global growth. But the Canadian polluters. ... and say, ‘Look, let us be ness ideas presented by contestants. “People don’t brand me as a on behalf of the Canadian people, economy is expected to rebound in your partners. Let us help you ac- He was previously part of similar Conservative,” he said. “They brand so I have to do my work now to the third quarter, as oil production celerate your emission reductions.’” CBC show called Dragons’ Den. Mr. me as a manager. And if I make make sure they fail in the election.” has returned to the normal levels Syrian refugees: “We need, O’Leary has also been a regular promises—and look at businesses He had some pointed remarks and rebuilding efforts in the Fort defi nitely, to slow the process. I’m commentator about stock mar- that I’ve been involved in over the about Prime Minister Justin McMurray area have begun.” half Lebanese, half Irish, so if we ket and economic issues on news past—I think I can convince people Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) as well. Mr. O’Leary compared Mr. didn’t have a policy of bringing programs, and is involved in various in a riding that I would be a good Mr. O’Leary said it’s too Trudeau’s current popularity to in people from the Middle East, I businesses including as chairman of choice to manage their affairs and early to fully assess Mr. Trudeau’s being madly in love with some- wouldn’t exist. But I think in today’s O’Shares Investments, a fi nancial- be a fi duciary for them.” economic plan, which involves one early in a relationship but times, it would be good idea to slow services fi rm with offi ces in Boston A May Forum Research defi cits totalling more than encountering problems later on. the process and do a lot more due and Montreal. He’s known for start- poll suggested that Mr. O’Leary $100-billion between now and the “It’s so euphoric when you’re diligence on individuals. ... Who do ing SoftKey Software Products Inc., would be among the favourites to 2020-21 fi scal year, compared to dating a girl you’re in love with. they know here? Who is their fam- which took over The Learning Com- win the Conservative leadership his election platform that talked But then you get married, and all ily? In a Middle Eastern society, you pany (TLC) before it was bought by race if he entered, as would former about defi cits of less than $10-bil- of a sudden a couple of years roll have family. The reason you move toy giant Mattel Inc. in the 1990s for cabinet minister Peter MacKay, lion annually with a return to a by and, my goodness, the stresses to Canada very often is you know about $4-billion. who also has not said whether he balanced budget in 2019. and the realities of the economic somebody. And I would like to In the meantime, Mr. O’Leary will run, but is considering a bid. However, Mr. O’Leary said outcome of the marriage [become know who they know. And a simple said he’s been meeting with several One shot against Mr. O’Leary is there are no signs yet that Mr. apparent],” he said. process of just a little due diligence declared leadership candidates, that he doesn’t speak French. Trudeau’s plan is helping to kick- “It won’t matter how many self- could reduce the risks that some and even those not yet declared, to Asked how much of a factor start the economy, though he does ies he takes. It won’t matter how people are concerned about.” determine whether there’s any- Mr. MacKay’s presence in the race think uncertainty over the gov- many parades he marches in. If he Marijuana legalization: “I’m 100 one in the fi eld he could support would affect his decision to run, Mr. ernment’s fi scal agenda is hurting can’t create jobs, if he doesn’t get per cent behind it, and I’d like to instead of running himself. He O’Leary said: “Every entrant affects business investment. the economy moving, and he can’t see it accelerated. I want marijuana wouldn’t say who he’s met, besides my decision. Peter’s a good man. He noted the loss of jobs for reduce taxes and become more ef- distributed after its quality has been Mr. Clement, who he said went We’ve spoken. He’s going to make 31,000 people in Canada overall fi cient, all of those things will hurt tested. I want it to be taxed the same public himself about a meeting be- his own decision. ... I don’t know this in July—71,000 fewer people with him badly. I think the euphoric as alcohol. I want full distribution tween the two earlier this summer. with certainty, but it’s highly likely full-time jobs compared to 40,000 period is coming to an end.” for recreational use. And I want “Most of them are calling for by the end of the fall, he’ll have made more with part-time jobs. Mr. O’Leary said the way to everybody in prison removed who these meetings because they’re his decision. ... We’ll probably both “Those job numbers ... are the improve Canada’s economy is was involved in long sentences for making the assumption that I make our decisions in the fall.” worst I’ve seen since the [2008-09] to focus on key sectors such as having marijuana; that’s ridiculous.” won’t run and they’d like to get Recently, much of Mr. O’Leary’s recession,” he said. “And I’m going to energy, natural resources, and [email protected] my backing,” Mr. O’Leary said. media criticism has been focused say there’s a lack of confi dence in telecommunications. And rather The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 7 NEWS CANADA-CHINA RELATIONS

Liberal Prime $46-billion trade defi cit with Minister Justin China. Trudeau is Jeremy Paltiel, a political pictured with science professor at Carleton Chinese President University, said given Canada’s Xi Jinping on “huge defi cit with China,” the fact Aug. 31 in Beijing, it’s already our second-largest China. PMO trading partner and the world’s Photograph second-largest economy, and one by Adam Scotti of Canada’s largest sources of im- migration, our relationship with China “can only become more important.” “If we care about Canada’s global standing and if we care about our standard of living, we have no choice but to improve our relations with China,” said Prof. Paltiel. “We have a number of advantages and opportunities that we ought to take advantage of, given that we have so many people of Chinese origin that live in Canada.” While most Canadians view human rights “as part of the fabric of our own identity,” he said Canada must “navigate those issues,” and noted that previously “unimaginable” changes that have already taken place in China. “China is a much freer coun- try by any stretch of the imagina- tion than it was a few decades ago for all kinds of reasons. Although we have many differ- ences and we do not approve of all of their policies, we have to keep that in perspective too,” said Prof. Paltiel. Under the Harper Conserva- tives, the federal government Groundwork being laid for ‘inevitable’ made three trips to China, fi rst in 2009 (three years after fi rst forming government), and again in 2012, when the Canada-China deepening of Canada-China relations Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) was signed. sity of ideas and the free ability to Li is set to visit Canada later this Following the 2012 trip, the ‘If we care about Canada’s global express them that drives positive month. Conservatives released a Canada- standing and if we care about our change,” Mr. Trudeau told the In a joint news conference China Economic Complemen- Canada-China Business Council on Aug. 31, Mr. Trudeau indi- tarities Study, which examined standard of living, we have no choice on Sept. 1, adding “a stronger cated that talks would continue seven sectors “in which growth relationship makes it easier for between the countries regard- opportunities appear to be strong” but to improve our relations with China,’ our two countries to have regular, ing the case of Canadian citizen between the two countries. Those says Carleton University’s Jeremy Paltiel. frank discussions.” Kevin Garratt, who’s been sectors were: agriculture; clean In the fi rst four days of the detained in China since August technology; machinery and equip- Continued from page 1 off his trip to China in Bei- trip, Mr. Trudeau reportedly had 2014 on charges of spying. The ment; natural resources; services jing on Aug. 29 and it’s set to only taken one question from prime minister said he “high- such as fi nancial, engineering, While there are “all kinds of end Sept. 6, following the G20 accompanying Canadian media. lighted a number of consular information, and communications reasons to be cautious,” from leaders’ summit in Hangzhou. But the Liberals have had much cases” during discussions with technology; textiles; and trans- concerns over human rights, to International Trade Minister to announce. Chinese leaders. portation infrastructure. the dynamic of China’s state- Chrystia Freeland (University- Canadian and Chinese com- In poll results released by the Also under the Conservatives, owned enterprises, to intellectual Rosedale, Ont.), Foreign Affairs panies have reportedly signed 56 Asia Pacifi c Foundation of Cana- in 2012, a bid by the China Na- property protection, and cyber Minister Stéphane Dion (Saint- deals worth $1.2-billion dur- da last week, it found that 46 per tional Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) security concerns, among others, Laurent, Que.), Finance Minister ing the trip, involving companies cent of Canadians support a free to take over Calgary-based fi guring out how best to deepen Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, focused on everything from trade agreement with China, up energy company Nexen Inc. was ties with China is crucial, said Mr. Ont.), and a host of senior staff seafood to clean technologies to from 36 per cent in 2014, but only approved by the government, but Schwanen. accompanied the prime minister a joint-venture to permanently 11 per cent support investment by it later brought in new rules that “It’d be a big mistake to not on the trip, as did Liberal MPs bring Quebec’s Cavalia horse Chinese state-owned enterprises would make similar deals involv- engage further,” he said. Geng Tan (Don Valley North, shows to Chinese cities, among in Canada. ing foreign state-owned compa- “It is one of the biggest global Ont.), Shaun Chen (Scarborough other things. The government And while most Canadians are nies more unlikely in the future. economic puzzles for all the coun- North, Ont.), and Arnold Chan also announced the opening sev- eager to see the Liberal govern- In 2015, a market downturn led tries: How do we engage with (Scarborough-Agincourt, Ont.), en new visa application offi ces ment confront China’s human CNOOC to shut down its Nexen China? It’s not a purely Canadian among others. in China to help those looking rights record, an Aug. 30 piece in operations in Alberta. problem,” he said, adding we can While in China, along with to visit Canada. The deadline to China’s state-run news agency, Mr. Harper’s last trip to “learn a lot” from Australia, which meeting with Chinese President reach a deal on rules governing Xinhua, criticized the “frequent China was in 2014, the year FIPA now has a free trade agreement Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, Canadian shipments of canola bias-ridden debates” over the was ratifi ed, when the govern- with China. and other government offi - oil has been extended, with the country’s human rights record. It ment announcement more than Canada’s geographic, cultural, cials, Mr. Trudeau has delivered current rule regime to remain in said such concerns were “ground- $2-billion worth of deals signed and economic ties with the U.S. speeches to the Canada-China place while negotiations con- less” and “stand in the way of mu- between Chinese and Canadian cement it as our top interna- Business Council in Shanghai tinue. tually benefi cial cooperation with companies. tional relationship, but the Pacifi c and the China Entrepreneur Club Canada has also offi cially Beijing,” and that all countries, Adam Taylor, a director at region generally is becoming Leaders Forum in Beijing, among applied to join the China-led including Canada, have improve- Ensight Canada who was an aide Canada’s “second priority,” he other meetings. $100-billion Asian Infrastructure ments to make regarding human to former Conservative trade said. In speeches delivered in China, Investment Bank (AIIB), though rights, pointing to the treatment minister Ed Fast, said criticisms Still, he said the Europe- Mr. Trudeau has touched on fur- the government has not specifi ed of indigenous people in Canada that the previous Conservative an Union is “more immediately ther topics, including university how much it will invest in the as an example. government’s relationship with important” for Canada as “an student exchanges and opportu- bank. As well, following a meet- In 2015, two-way merchan- China was stop-and-go, like a economy we know better.” nities, climate change, support ing with Mr. Trudeau, the Chinese dise trade reached roughly “jerky driver,” are “fair.” However, “When China is ready to open for gender equality, and China’s premier said the two countries $85.8-billion, with bilateral trade he said approaching engage- more to the rest of the world, we human rights record. have agreed to launch a feasibil- having increased 10.1 per cent ment with China with caution is a need to be there. We need to have “I shared with them my strong ity study into a free trade deal. last year over 2014. As well, two- necessary “reality” with a “market been alongside them in that evo- conviction that acceptance of di- Canadian offi cials have stressed way foreign direct investment that’s as large, complex, and risky lution,” Mr. Schwanen said. verse perspectives will strengthen that while there are ongoing between Canada and China for Canadian interests.” Prime Minister Justin China, just as it has Canada. In a technical discussions, no negotia- reached $33-billion last year. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) kicked world of rapid change, it is diver- tions are currently under way. Mr. On the fl ip side, Canada has a Continued on page 9 8 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

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EDITORIAL HARPER LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Negativity of Harper era China has much to offer to Canada: Elahi hen Pierre Trudeau visited China in lion canola export, China has already done W1968, it was a poor Third World country this. Now Canada needs China more than hopefully behind us where most people lived in abject poverty China needs Canada. Canada’s decision to join and its biggest export was the dubious Mao- Chinese-initiated Asian Infrastructure Invest- tephen Harper has offi cially left the taken with him. It was evident as far back ist revolution. Elder Trudeau’s visit was a ment Bank (AIIB) stems from this. It will not Sbuilding, as in the House of Commons. as 2004 when, as the opposition leader, gift to China by allowing it to come out of its only allow Canada in the development of Asia’s With the man who led government for Mr. Harper’s team issued a press release isolation. But Canada gained little from it. infrastructure, but also facilitate Chinese invest a decade up until recently leaving politics, accusing then-prime minster Paul Martin Now in 2016, his son is visiting the same for the improvement of Canada’s infrastructure, it is fi tting to pay him tribute for what of supporting child pornography. country which, according to the IMF, has sur- especially Chinese invest for high-speed rail he accomplished. And, in fact, there was Early in his tenure as prime minister, passed the United States as the world’s largest networks in Canada. some sound management executed under Mr. Harper’s government fi red former economy in 2014 based on purchasing-power While visiting China in 2011, I had the his leadership. For example, while it took Nuclear Safety Commission president parity. China is now one of the biggest trad- opportunity to travel by newly-opened high- some prodding from opposition parties in Linda Keen for doing her job as a regula- ing partners of the United States, Japan, South speed train from Beijing to Shanghai. Travel- a minority-government situation, he made tor, and attacked the credibility of diplomat Korea, Australia, New Zealand, and all countries ing at 300 kilometres per hour, the sleek the right decision in 2008 by providing Richard Colvin for simply stating what belonging to the Association of South East Asian white train was an epitome of effi ciency, funds to bail out the Canadian auto sector he knew at an inquiry into the torture of Nations (ASEAN). It is also Canada’s second reaching Shanghai—1,200 kilometres away— and nudge along the Canada economy in prisoners during the Afghan war. It set the biggest trading partner. China is also bankroll- in fi ve hours. Such a high-speed rail system general, as this country and others around tone and sent a chill throughout the public ing America’s trillion-dollar budget defi cit. With could revolutionize train travel in Canada. the world faced a severe fi nancial crisis. service with the message that this govern- more than $3-trillion in reserves, it is also the Trudeau the Younger’s visit to China As well, the Harper government—with ment had no time for views—even if based biggest source of investment in the world. opens up great opportunities which his former immigration minister Jason Kenney on evidence—that did not match its own. With such vast economic assets, China father could have hardly imagined. as its representative—reached out to im- The Harper government was unprec- is now in a position to return the favour. By Mahmood Elahi migrant communities across the country. The edented in its aggressive attacks against delaying its restriction on Canada’s $2-bil- Ottawa, Ont. aim was to draw them into the Conservative opposition leaders, even when it was not fold just as the Liberals had done in the past. election time. The tactic proved effective Yet, this did help make new citizens feel more against Liberal leaders like Stéphane a part of the Canadian family. The Harper Dion and Michael Ignatieff, but fl opped government kept immigration levels consis- against Justin Trudeau. Reduce reliance on petroleum, writes Lloyd tent with their predecessors at about 250,000 Journalists were frustrated by the lack newcomers a year, which is necessary in of real communications that came from Mr. ow is Canada going to meet its goal industry ($34-billion a year would go a long order to maintain an adequate workforce and Harper and his ministers. He thumbed his Hof GHG reductions if we allow Kinder way toward developing solar and other tax base in the face of declining birth rates. nose at the convention of elected leaders Morgan to expand the Trans Mountain pipe- renewables). Yet, if discussing immigration, having to face the press and defend their line through B.C.? The Ministerial Panel reviewing the the Conservatives’ demonization of policies against the toughest of questions. Permitting a project like this to go ahead Trans Mountain proposal is hardly im- asylum seekers, especially those coming The government under Mr. Trudeau defi es all logic. The only way forward that partial, being led by Kim Baird, a protégé from so-callered safe countries and those is not perfect. Yet, after a decade of the makes sense in our warming climate is to of Kinder Morgan’s CEO Ian Anderson. whose arrival on Canadian shores was Harper government, we almost forgot decrease our dependence on fossil fuels and The panel held a town hall meeting this deemed irregular, must also be men- that it’s not normal for governments to develop renewable energy sources. That’s month in Victoria, where hundreds of people tioned. Many lives were put at risk and actively seek retribution against those what is happening in the rest of the world, showed up to voice their opposition. We’re shattered as a result. seen as opponents and so blatantly disre- including China. all hoping that Ottawa listens. Mr. Harper gave Western Canada an over- gard the press, who are still the public’s Canadian taxpayers have already spent Kitty Lloyd due seat at the federal table after decades of eyes and ears in Ottawa. far too much subsidizing the oil and gas Brentwood Bay, B.C. being on the outside looking in amid the long We thank Mr. Harper for his contribu- line of prime ministers hailing from Quebec. tions and wish him well, but we will not Yet, there was a nastiness the emerged miss the spirit of vindictiveness that came in the Harper era that we hope he has with his leadership. Pipeline meeting useless, writes Maas recently spent two days attending the Vic- able to get into the meeting room. Many who Itoria sessions of the Trans Mountain Ex- did get in never got an opportunity to speak pansion Pipeline panel. This was a frustrat- even though the public forum continued for 90 ing experience. This panel was supposedly minutes past the scheduled end time. set up to identify and address the gaps in British Columbians are overwhelmingly the NEB process, but it didn’t do that at all. opposed to this pipeline for good reasons. Just like the NEB, the panel does not It threatens our land and water and our scrutinize evidence nor allow for the cross economy. B.C. citizens are not disposable, examination of Kinder Morgan’s fi lings. and this province should not be treated as a Based on research I have done myself, I sacrifi ce zone to further enrich the coffers have serious concerns about the quality and of a Texas oil company without any endur- validity of evidence being considered for ing interest in this province or its people. this extremely important decision, and my Even more importantly, it makes a mock- confi dence in the process was not enhanced ery of our government’s promises in Paris. by what I observed taking place at the hear- We must keep global temperatures from ings this week. rising more than 1.5 C over pre-industrial The entire event was poorly organized. levels to ensure our children, grandchil- Many key stakeholders in local government dren, and future generations have a livable were not even invited and only found out about planet to sustain them. If this pipeline goes it through the efforts of some of the environ- through, we will blow right past that goal. mental NGOs. Too little time was allocated to I am unwaveringly opposed to this pipe- hear the concerns of the hundreds of ordinary line and the increased oil tanker traffi c it people who turned up despite its having been would bring to our coast. scheduled in the middle of the busiest summer Katherine Maas holidays. More than 100 people were not even Victoria, B.C.

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It allows us to run a to withhold 60 per won. Mr. DeCourcey, signifi cant national campaign.” along with other The proposal specifi ed that cent of their rebates. Liberal and NDP “All riding associations that are Conservative candidates, have to entitled to the rebate will receive share 60 per cent of a transfer of funds that is the candidates get back the expense rebates equivalent of 40% of the rebate from Elections at the time of the rebate payment all of their rebates. Canada with their from Elections Canada.” parties. The Hill Five-term Conservative MP Continued from page 1 Times photograph by Tom Lukiwski (Moose Jaw-Lake Andrew Meade Centre-Lanigan, Sask.) in an election are reimbursed 60 per interview said that he’s never cent of their eligible election received a request from the party expenses. For example, if a can- offi ce to share rebates. He said didate spent $200,000 in his or that he’s receiving 100 per cent of her election campaign, Elections rebates from Elections Canada. Canada would pay $120,000 in Giving away 60 per cent of the rebates. Based on the agree- rebates to the party offi ce makes ment that the Liberals and NDP the job of MPs and candidates signed with their candidates, the challenging to prepare for the party would keep $72,000 and the next election fi nancially, he said. candidate would get $48,000. “We need that rebate to keep Elections Canada pays 15 per our bank accounts relatively cent of the riding spending limit solvent because we have to get to candidates within a few weeks the 338 ridings across the country He said the reason that the par- mode within a year to 18 months,” prepared for the next election, after the election, and the bal- in the last election and won 10 ty gave candidates this arrange- said Mr. Hardie. “So, [we] certainly even though in this case it’s an- ance is paid upon a review of all per cent or more of the votes, Ms. ment was that they were expect- understood the reasons for that. I other three years away,” said Mr. expenses. Candidates can allow Wise told The Hill Times. Of the ing that the 2015 election would signed on. I had no problem with Lukiwski, who was fi rst elected their respective political parties to $37.9-million, the Conservative likely yield a minority government it and I still don’t have a problem in 2004 and has been re-elected in receive the payments directly from Party candidates are estimated and another election was likely with it. If this is a contribution I can every subsequent election since Elections Canada and then the to receive $16.1-million, Liberals within 12 to 18 months. So, to en- make toward a good outcome for then. “That rebate goes a long way central party offi ces can transfer $12.3-million, NDP $7.1-million, sure that the party was fi nancially us next time, I’m happy to do it.” to making sure we’re fi nancially the money to the candidates. Both Bloc Québecois $1.2-million, and ready for another election after As of deadline last week, the viable come the next election.” the Liberals and the New Demo- the Green Party $835,133. the one in October last year, the Liberal Party did not respond to Meanwhile, Conservatives have crats are receiving the rebates Most of that money will be go- Liberals asked candidates to ac- interview requests from The Hill been leading all parties in raising directly from Elections Canada. ing toward campaigns run by the cept only 40 per cent and let the Times for this article. funds for years. Even though the Elections Canada spokeswom- Liberals, Conservatives, or NDP, party retain the other 60 per cent. Karine Fortin, deputy national Liberals won the federal election an Melanie Wise told The Hill as in most ridings, each of these Mr. Hardie said that even though director of the New Democratic last October, the trend still contin- Times that the Canada Elections main parties received at least 10 the party has won a majority Party, told The Hill Times last ues and the Conservatives out- Act does not prohibit political per cent of the vote. As well, in government in October, he still has week that the party has been with- raised the two other main parties parties from withholding a per- most ridings, there was no fourth no objection to the party keeping holding 60 per cent of rebates for in the fi rst two quarters of this year. centage of rebates. party that would have attained at 60 per cent of the rebates because candidates since 2007. She said In 2015, Conservatives raised “The Act provides for the as- least 10 per cent of the vote. these funds will be used to fi nance that this decision was made by the $29-million compared to $21.3-mil- signment of candidate reimburse- Rookie Liberal MP Ken Hardie the next election, set for 2019. NDP’s federal council that year. lion for the Liberals and the NDP’s ments as well as for the transfer (Fleetwood-Port Kells, B.C.), in “Part of the rationale for that In the text of the adopted pro- $18.5-million. In the fi rst two of funds from a candidate to his an interview with The Hill Times, agreement that we all agreed to, posal, the national council said quarters of this year, the Conserva- or her registered party,” Ms. Wise confi rmed that Liberal candidates when the election was coming that the party will withhold 60 tives raked in $10.5-million, the said in an email. signed an agreement with their up, was it looked as though one per cent of election rebates to use Liberals $8.9-million, and the NDP Elections Canada estimates party before the last federal elec- way or another we were going to as a guarantee to borrow money $2.4-million. that it will pay $37.9-million in re- tion, permitting the central offi ce have a minority government and from fi nancial institutions to run [email protected] bates to all candidates who ran in to retain 60 per cent of rebates. we would be back into election a viable campaign. The Hill Times

NEWS CANADA-CHINA RELATIONS Deeper China ties ‘diffi cult balancing act’

Continued from page 7 … But it became a diffi cult way to class wants what a lot of Cana- because it was focused on other tors and the increasing affl uence advance the relationship.” dian businesses can provide, ev- things, such as negotiating the of the Chinese middle class mean While Canada “has to be very Originally, the Conservatives erything from consumer products Trans-Pacifi c Partnership (TPP). that a future strategy needs to be mindful of what exactly a rising had planed to put out the 2012 to agri-food to fi nancial services. Robin Sears, a principal with more focused on people-to-people China represents for the geopo- complementarities study “and Those are the types of things a Earnscliffe Strategy Group who activities, on Chinese consumers litical realities of the 21st century, then immediately launch explor- growing middle class in China was in China with colleagues and tourists, and not simply on a rising China as an economic atory talks towards a free trade want and Canada is uniquely alongside the government’s trip the export of resources.” power can be good for Canada,” agreement” with China, said Mr. placed to provide,” said Mr. Taylor. last week, said in an email that Mr. Sears said while secu- he said. He added that it’s “very Taylor, but then “CNOOC and “Deeper ties with China is good Canada’s relationship with China rity and rights issues exist, the important” for Canada to secure Nexen complicated things,” and for Canada. What matters are the is the “second most important” af- government needs to “return to an it’s “strategic place and footprint” the study was ultimately released details of how that looks, and ter the U.S., and “will become the understanding” that they “need to in Asian markets, in particular “very quietly” on its own. Still, he that’s the tougher part.” No. 1 relationship over time.” be managed separately and pro- China as “the biggest of them all.” said the seven sectors highlighted Joining the AIIB is one way to “In Asia, the depths and dura- fessionally” from economic ones. “It was always a diffi cult bal- in the study remain areas where deepen and strengthen bilateral tion of institutional and personal “Rights issues matter,” he said, ancing act,” said Mr. Taylor. “Our “both sides could benefi t from ties with China, said Mr. Taylor, relations are more important but “they cannot be allowed to policy on China was reciprocity; deeper trade.” and was something the Conserva- than anywhere in the world,” he trump other dossiers, especially we had to demonstrate that for “China is now on pace to be tives “looked very seriously” at. said. “The increasing importance security, climate change, and trade.” everything we gave China, that the largest economy in the world, Ultimately, the government “didn’t of the Chinese private sector as [email protected] Canada got [something] in return. and a rising and growing middle move forward with it,” largely international traders and inves- The Hill Times CANADA’S MOST ICONIC ADDRESS

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Continued from page 1 fall in the House and the people of this riding have no voice,” said Glen Motz, who won the Conser- vative Party’s candidate nomina- tion for Medicine Hat-Cardston- Warner, Alta. on June 25, This riding was previously represented by the late Conserva- tive MP Jim Hillyer, who died of a heart attack in his Hill offi ce in late March. His seat was offi cially declared vacant on March 24 and the federal government has until Sept. 20 to announce the date of a byelection. The House of Com- mons resumes sitting on Sept. 19. After a seat is declared vacant, the government must announce From the left, the late Mauril Bélanger’s Ottawa-Vanier seat has been declared vacant, as has the late Conservative MP Jim Hillyer’s seat in Medicine Hat- the date of a byelection within 180 Cardston-Warner, and former prime minister Stephen Harper’s Calgary Heritage seat. As well, Conservative Jason Kenney is expected to resign as the MP for days, and the campaign period Calgary Midnapore on Oct. 1. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright must be a minimum of 36 days. The Liberals and the NDP do Cardston-Warner with 68.8 per byelections to be a surprise: “[The support—a 15.2-percentage-point Conservative Party communi- not yet have candidates for Medi- cent of the vote, while Liberal Liberals] could run a pen in Mauril gain over the 2011 results. In 2015, cations director Cory Hann said cine Hat-Cardston-Warner, and candidate Glen Allan came sec- Bélanger’s riding and that’ll win.” Liberal MP Kent Hehr, now veter- the party has a “great candidate” no vote date has been set for ei- ond with 17.9 per cent. In Calgary Despite that, Ms. Austin said ans affairs minister, was elected for Medicine Hat-Cardston-War- ther nomination race. More than Heritage, Mr. Harper was re- she understands the Conserva- in this riding with 45.9 per cent ner in Mr. Motz and that there’s 3,100 people came out to vote in elected in 2015 with 63.8 per cent tives are working to build a support in a close race. currently no timeline for nomina- the riding’s Conservative nomi- support, while Liberal candidate strong campaign in Ottawa-Vani- Liberal Party spokesman tions in the other ridings. nation race, according to a tweet Brendan Miles came second with er, where “they felt that they had Braeden Caley said while there’s “It’s generally the governing from party headquarters. 26 per cent. In Ottawa-Vanier, Mr. some momentum” last election no date yet set for any of the nomi- party with the advantage in bye- Asked last week when the Bélanger was re-elected with 57.6 which “they don’t want to lose.” nation votes, the candidate races lections, but we will work hard to dates for the byelection votes for per cent support, with NDP candi- In Alberta, the “provincial in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner show Canadians there is a low- the three offi cially vacant federal date Emilie Taman coming second undercurrents” should be a “big” and Calgary Heritage are already tax, less-government alternative ridings would be announced, with 19.2 per after garnering factor, with many wanting to “stick open, with anyone interested “free over the current Liberal govern- PMO deputy director of com- just 0.1 per cent more of the vote it to the NDP,” which holds govern- to request their paperwork” online. ment,” he said in an email. munications Olivier Duchesneau than the Conservative candidate, ment provincially, and to signal “There’s been a wide array of A former police inspector, Mr. said in an email that they would David Piccini. to the Liberals that Calgary “is a interest from potential candidates Motz faced off against fi ve others be announced “in due time.” Meanwhile, Mr. Kenney was re- Conservative town. … People are seeking to run” for the Liberals in for the party’s nomination, includ- “As is the normal process, a elected in his riding with 66.7 per motivated to come out and scream, Alberta and the party is “working ing former Alberta Wildrose Alli- byelection will be called within cent support, with Liberal candi- in Calgary especially and in south- with many of those prospective ance leader Paul Hinman. He said the time frame set out in legisla- date Haley Brown placing second ern Alberta, too,” she said. candidates,” Mr. Caley said. “despite our riding’s history,” the tion,” he said. with 22.6 per cent of the vote. Greg MacEachern, senior “The most exciting thing to us Conservative riding association in Former Liberal MP Mauril Summa Strategies senior vice-president of Environics Com- is that there’s been a real surge in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner is Bélanger’s riding of Ottawa-Vanier, adviser Michele Austin, who was munications and a former Liberal Albertan support for the Liberal “taking nothing for granted,” and Ont., was offi cially declared vacant a staffer with the former Conser- staffer, also said he doesn’t expect movement this year, and even in he’s been in pre-writ campaign on Aug. 23, after the late MPs vative government, said she will surprises in any of the upcoming the last month over 2,500 new mode since being nominated at death on Aug. 15 following a battle be “interested” to see what timing races, but that important gains in Albertans have registered as the end of June. with ALS. A byelection date must and groupings are announced for support could be made, and he’s Liberals,” said Mr. Caley, adding “We’ve been going to events be announced by Feb. 19, 2017. each of these byelections. expecting competitive nomination the party is “very enthusiastic” throughout the riding, we’ve been Meanwhile, former prime minister “If I were them, I would split races to take place. and “very optimistic” about the doing door-knocks throughout Stephen Harper’s old seat of Cal- them for two and two,” she said, None of the upcoming byelec- upcoming byelection races. the riding as well and meeting gary Heritage, Alta., was declared suggesting the Liberal govern- tion races are “considered bell- The same day that Mr. Harper lots of people that way, and we’re vacant on Aug. 29, after he an- ment could decide to hold the wether or potentially refl ective of announced his resignation as an encouraged with the response,” nounced his resignation on Aug. 26, Ottawa-Vanier race on the same current situations,” he said, given MP on Aug. 26, the Liberals sent said Mr. Motz, adding the nomi- and a date needs to be announced day as Medicine Hat-Cardston- the electoral history of each. out a fundraising call targeting nation race itself “generated a no later than Feb. 25, 2017. Warner, and then hold races for “It’s also more likely that the both Calgary Heritage and Medi- lot of interest” and led to “a lot of Conservative MP Jason Kenney, Mr. Harper and Mr. Kenney’s winning [incumbent] party has a cine Hat-Cardston-Warner. memberships sold in the riding.” who announced in early July that Alberta ridings during a down better team on the ground, and in In Calgary Heritage, interim NDP deputy national director he was running for leadership of time “like in the dead of winter.” byelections part of the challenge Alberta Progressive Conserva- Karine Fortin said while no nomi- Alberta’s Progressive Conservative She said holding all four at once is getting people out to vote,” said tive leader Ric McIver is ru- nation dates are yet set, there are party and has spent the summer would be a bad call, strategically, Mr. MacEachern. moured to be considering a run expectations on the ground that campaigning around the province, for the Liberals. But he said history suggests for the Conservatives, and former byelections for the three vacated is expected to resign as the MP for “The overall storyline is [the “stronger than usual” results for Liberal candidate Mr. Miles is seats will be announced at the Calgary Midnapore, Alta., on Oct. 1. Liberals are] unstoppable and the a party can be a “prediction” of reportedly already knocking on same time, and the party is “prepar- All four seats have strong his- polling says the country’s love change to come, pointing to a 2012 doors in the riding. ing to be ready if it’s a campaign toric trends, with the Alberta ridings for them is growing, but in those byelection held in Calgary Centre, As previously reported by The that’s before the end of the year.” all longtime conservative strong- three byelections [in Alberta] it Alta. as an example. That race Hill Times, former Nova Scotia While the NDP isn’t the in- holds, while Ottawa-Vanier (and its refl ects something totally dif- saw the Conservatives re-claim MP Francis LeBlanc and commu- cumbent in any of the ridings, she predecessor, Ottawa East) has only ferent, depending on how they the seat, with former MP Joan nications consultant Mona Fortier said,“We do hope to run strong ever been held by the Liberals. sequence them,” said Ms. Austin. Crockatt elected with 36.9 per cent are expected to enter the Liberal campaigns in all three.” In 2015, Mr. Hillyer was She said she doesn’t anticipate support, but the Liberals came a nomination race in Ottawa-Vanier [email protected] re-elected in Medicine Hat- the results of any of the federal close second with 32.7 per cent once opened. The Hill Times 12 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 INSIDE POLITICS ELECTORAL REFORM Electoral reform consultations receive limited participation from Canadians A new PMO staffer and a longer committee table won’t create consensus or public interest where none exist.

nizing town hall-style events. Some MPs titut translation, which is really not a luxury are having several on successive nights in in Iqaluit, was unavailable for those who did different parts of their ridings. come. The minister, who seems conscien- Maryam Monsef, the Trudeau govern- tious, promised to do better next time. ment’s lead minister on changes to the elec- Meanwhile, when it comes to electoral PAUL WELLS toral system, has launched a cross-country reform, this whole country has been behav- tour to ask people for opinions on changing ing like a Monday morning in Iqaluit. Pollster the way we elect governments. Her effort Darrell Bricker told the Commons committee will soon be — supplemented by? compet- that he found three respondents in 100 who TTAWA—Now we’re cooking with ing with? — that of the special Commons were following this whole process closely. Ogrease. After a lazy summer during committee on electoral reform, which is They were disproportionately older, affl u- which Canadians could not be made to launching its own national listening tour. ent white men. Monsef’s stated belief is that care about anything in particular in any And so a nation rises up to change the we already hear way too much from older, great number, there will soon be an elector- way it picks its governments. Just kidding. affl uent white men. But a month-long burst of al-reform town hall at a location near you. Actually the whole thing is pretty close to town halls, 100 people here and there, seems Democratic Reform Minister Maryam Monsef A government website lists 12 public a shambles. Monsef kicked off her tour in unlikely to change the numbers much. recently launched a national tour to hear the events for next Tuesday, 11 for Wednesday, Iqaluit, on a Monday morning with only a The witnesses who did show up before the views of Canadians on electoral reform. 10 for Thursday. Liberal, Conservative, few days’ notice. Amazingly, almost nobody Commons committee during the Ottawa phase The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright New Democratic and Green MPs are orga- showed up. And the CBC reports that Inuk- of its work found MPs who were, in the loudest cases, looking for support, not evidence. Scott Reid, the Conservative MP for La- nark-Frontenac-Kingston, has come alive this year to an extent that is gratifying for anyone who recalls what a quiet lad he was when his party was in power. He is careful to ask each witness whether they believe a referendum is necessary before electoral reform is imple- mented. Some say yes. Others say no. Sometimes Reid gets a consolation prize, as when the former NDP leader Ed Broadbent said no referendum is needed, Insider’s Guide but broad cross-party consensus within Parliament is. This is fi ne with Reid be- cause there can be no consensus. The Con- to the fall session servatives do not want the current fi rst- past-the-post system changed, and since nd they are shy about saying so, they simply 42 demand a referendum. All the evidence of the suggests such a vote could be run either quickly or well, but not both. Elizabeth May, who is inexplicably still the leader of parliament the Green Party, is sure of one thing, which is that she doesn’t want any referendum. The NDP and Liberals are less solidly Publication Date: entrenched on process, but on the sub- stance of the matter their differences are Sept. 19, 2016 irreconcilable. The NDP wants proportional representation, which makes life easier for Advertising Deadline: smaller parties. The Liberals prefer a ranked ballot, which ensures that winning parties Sept. 14, 2016 draw support from more voters. What a coincidence: each change would make life When the House returns on Sept. 19 The Hill easier for the party that proposes it. Times will be ready with our Insider’s Guide The Trudeau government has stepped up the resources it is dedicating to this to the fall session of the 42nd Parliament. debate. Building on the success of our popular 2015 Recently, Mark Kennedy, a former Otta- Rookie’s Guide, this standalone wrap will offer wa Citizen reporter, popped up in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce as a communications a comprehensive look at the activist legislative adviser on electoral reform. The cabinet agenda, the top political players, and insider committee handling the electoral-reform fi le got a fresh infusion of new members. views on the House, the Senate, and cabinet. This is a salvage operation, and I don’t With an in-depth look at the top issues facing see how it can work. A new PMO staffer the new session, the Insider’s Guide will be a and a longer committee table won’t create consensus or public interest where none keepsake feature for those with an interest in the exist. Opposition MPs suspect the Liberals 42nd Parliament. are obsessed with ramming the ranked-bal- lot system through, and that they will do anything to get there. This is all backward. Liberals I talk to don’t see any change as Be a part of it. being worth a fi ght. Which means it’s hard to imagine any major change happening. Trudeau did promise the 2015 election would be the last under fi rst-past-the-post. Breaking that promise will be embarrassing. Keeping it seems impossible. Providentially, the Commons committee heard on Thursday from witnesses who said it’s more important Communicate with those most responsible for to do this right than to do it quickly. That’s the sort of line that will come in handy when Canada’s public policy decisions. the reform process collapses. For more information or to reserve your government relations Paul Wells is a national affairs writer and public affairs advertising space, contact The Hill Times for The Toronto Star. This column was display advertising department at 613-688-8825. released Sept. 2. The Hill Times

14 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 THE WAR ROOM INCUMBENCY Incumbents are sitting pretty across country points above his Tory opponents— If you hold power despite a string of cabinet-level now, chances are you controversies. He’s the reason: New Brunswickers like him, a lot. will continue to do so. In Nova Scotia, Stephen Mc- Neil has balanced the budget, and is broadly hinting that he may call an early—really early—elec- tion, this fall. David Peterson did that in Ontario and regretted it. Jean Chrétien did it twice, and WARREN KINSELLA it worked both times. My hunch: McNeil will win again. In P.E.I., Wade MacLauchlan’s popularity may have slipped, ORONTO—Change? No thanks. somewhat—but his party main- T It’s the end of summer, at tains a massive 40-point lead over least politically. Legislatures will the Island Tories. MacLauchlan soon be back in session. How are sleeps well every night. the major players doing? In Newfoundland and Labador, Out in B.C., Christy Clark the pro-Liberal trend in the Atlan- owns the strongest economy in tic region is upended: Dwight Ball the federation. However much the and his Grits are very unpopular. B.C. NDP try to lay a glove on her, The reason: he did what he said he they can’t. She’s got the biggest wouldn’t ever do—impose a bud- smile in Canadian politics, and get full of tax hikes and austerity for good reason. She’s winning. measures. In my Alberta home, I don’t Federally? Well, federally, that think Rachel Notley is doing Trudeau guy continues to domi- nearly as badly as pundits and nate: his honeymoon, like some- politicos claim. Her main opposi- one said, has turned into a durable tion remains divided, she is im- marriage with voters. He’s still possible to dislike on a personal pretty likeable, and his two main level, and there isn’t much (apart opponents are leaderless. Not bad. from an in-recession carbon tax) His vulnerabilities: ministerial that you couldn’t picture her expense account-itis, a tendency opponents also doing. Jason Ken- to raise expectations that can’t ney who? B.C. Premier Christy Clark has the biggest smile in Canadian politics, and for good reason, writes Warren Kinsella. be satisfi ed, and a solipsism In Saskatchewan, Brad Wall She’s winning. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright that—sooner or later—will rankle remains a political phenomenon. voters. His cabinet may have experienced Surveying the Canadian po- a few bumps along the road this Pallister was known for being party are in big trouble. The good his infl uence at the federal level, litical landscape, then, the tweet- summer, but Wall’s amalgam in multiple political parties at news for Wynne is that she’s got either. When Couillard said that sized summary is this: incumben- of provincial conservatives and once—and for occasionally intem- a balanced budget coming in the Justin Trudeau was wrong on en- cy is good. liberals remain hugely popular— perate remarks about women next fi scal year, the next election gaging ISIS, the youthful Liberal If you hold power now, chanc- because of Wall. He’s tough, he’s and others. In power, he’s calmed is almost two years away, and leader executed a whiplash-induc- es are you will continue to do so. strategic, and he’s one of the best down. It looks good on him. her main opponents are in wit- ing fl ip-fl op immediately there- Change? Who needs it. political communicators around. In Ontario, Kathleen Wynne— ness protection. Don’t write her after. As long as the PQ remain Warren Kinsella is a Toronto- In Manitoba, let’s give credit like Notley, who gets written off off yet. where they are—leaderless, wit- based lawyer, author, and com- where credit is due. Premier for a lot of the same reasons—is In Quebec, Canada benefi ts less, and clueless—this guy will be mentator. He has been a special Brian Pallister has been a lot impossible to dislike. She’s like from the most pro-Canada Quebec premier as long as he wants. assistant to former prime minis- more impressive than MP Brian everyone’s favourite aunt. That premier in generations—Philippe In New Brunswick, Brian Gal- ter Jean Chrétien. Pallister. Back in his Ottawa days, said, polls suggest she and her Couillard. Don’t underestimate lant’s Liberals remain about 30 The Hill Times

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able to concentrate his efforts on doing what he does best, which is Trudeau’s popularity supported to showcase himself as a politi- cal celebrity through a seemingly endless string of carefully man- aged photo ops. by fortunate set of circumstances And we all love celebrities. So to recap, given Canada’s political-socio-economic climate what’s sure to be the most promi- Anyway, my point is Trudeau Ideologically speaking, in other and given the political-socio-eco- The opposition parties nent theme in all those yet-to-come is beyond simply enjoying an ex- words, the opposition parties are nomic climate of our major allies, are basically out of Trudeau anniversary news items? tended honeymoon; he appears, in basically out of the game, meaning we shouldn’t be surprised that And that most prominent theme fact, to be in the middle of a torrid Trudeau can run up and down the Trudeau’s popularity is soaring the game, meaning will be, ta-da—the prime minister’s love affair with Canadian voters. court shooting easy layups. like a helium-fi lled balloon. incredibly growing popularity. So what’s going on here? Why Meanwhile, the American But that’s not to say Trudeau is Trudeau can run up Yes, even after (nearly) a year is the prime minister still so darned presidential election—with its just lucky. and down the court in power, Trudeau is still the apple popular? unprecedented oddball nature—is Indeed, since he’s come to of- of the Canadian public’s eye. Well, I don’t want to sound like also helping Trudeau. fi ce, Trudeau has cleverly used his shooting easy layups. This was confi rmed by a an astrologist or anything, but I’d I mean, let’s face it, how can political skills—mainly his ability recent Abacus poll which indi- argue Trudeau’s stratospheric poll Trudeau, with his effervescent and to empathize with the national cated support for the Liberals numbers refl ect the fact that he’s charming personality, not look mood—to take advantage of the has actually increased since currently living in what might be good when compared to Donald circumstances before him. the election. called his own personal “Age of Trump, a boorish, demagogic, And if those circumstances don’t What’s more, Abacus tells us Aquarius.” populist, or to Hillary Clinton, a su- appreciably change, his popularity that 57 per cent of Canadians That’s to say, at this stage of premely cynical operator who basi- could conceivably remain sky high GERRY NICHOLLS approve of the job the Liberal his prime ministerial career, all cally embodies everything that’s for a long time. government is doing, which is the of Trudeau’s political planets are wrong with American politics. Of course, popular leadership highest number the pollster has aligned in a way that brings him And fi nally, Trudeau’s situation is doesn’t necessarily translate into recorded since Trudeau took offi ce. good fortune. aided by the fact that our economy is good leadership. AKVILLE, ONT.—In about two (I realize public domain polls For instance, the opposition in pretty good shape (Alberta aside) Maybe that’s a topic I’ll cover Omonths, the Canadian media conducted in August, when parties—the Conservatives and and by the fact that our country has when Trudeau celebrates his sec- world will be awash with stories people are on vacation and not New Democrats—are both in a been spared the socially divisive up- ond anniversary in offi ce. analyzing Prime Minister Justin thinking about politics, are next shell-shocked and weakened state, heavals that have plagued both the Gerry Nicholls is a commu- Trudeau’s fi rst anniversary in offi ce. to meaningless. But hey, analysis both are seeking new leaders, and United States and Western Europe. nications consultant. www.ger- But I say, why wait that long articles like this one require “re- both are trying to defi ne who they As a result, during his fi rst rynicholls.com when we can already analyze search,” so work with me here.) are and what they stand for. year in offi ce Trudeau has been The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 15 CANADA & THE 21ST CENTURY CHINA

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien made Trudeau has chance great strides in Canada’s relationship with China, writes David Crane. After to get relationship with relations cooled under Stephen Harper, he says it’s now up to Justin Trudeau to get China back on track back on track with China. The Hill Times photographs by Jake China’s looming water crisis and the capa- Wright We are now back where bilities of Canada’s water-tech companies. Chrétien and Martin left The application of genomics to improve the quality of beef, dairy cattle, and pork, as off. Trudeau’s China trip well as building resistance against disease, along with efforts to improve the ability of is an important fi rst step new seeds for wheat, lentils, canola, and in improving Canada- other crops to boost yields, resist pests, and gone out of their way to champion the Dalai discussions of Canada-China free trade. function in conditions of higher tempera- Lama, support Tibet against China, and sus- Conservative cabinet ministers were frequent China relations. tures and less water, is another. tain a relationship with Taiwan. China was travellers to China; former agriculture minis- But we should not be naive. Before and seen as a godless Communist dictatorship. ter Gerry Ritz boasts he went there 15 times. during his China trip, Trudeau has been trying Promising a “moral” or “principled” foreign Nonetheless, it was a cool relationship to make the argument that Canada could policy, and viewing China as a Liberal proj- with little evidence that the Conservative be some kind of bridge between China and ect, the Conservatives turned their attention government was committed to building a the rest of the world, the honest broker in to Latin America and India—favouring a closer relationship, compared to what the world affairs. As Trudeau said early in his “democratic India” over a “totalitarian China.” Chrétien government had done. Canada’s visit, around the world “there is anxiety about Peter McKay, who was foreign affairs min- failure to be a founding member of the DAVID CRANE China.” But Canada, Trudeau said, can “help ister, waited for about fi ve months to meet with Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank sent China position itself in a very positive way the Chinese ambassador for an introductory a clear message and Harper’s decision, on the world stage” and help defl ect worries meeting despite many Chinese requests, and earlier, not to attend the Beijing Summer ORONTO—Prime Minister Justin worldwide about the rapid growth of Chinese prime minister Stephen Harper did not make a Olympics in 2008, in contrast to many TTrudeau’s fi rst state visit to China sets trade and investment, including takeovers. trip to China until December 2009, nearly four other world leaders including U.S. Presi- the stage for a more coherent relationship. China, he said, “should be able to ask years after becoming prime minister. dent George W. Bush, was noted. This is its most important achievement for advice and take suggestions about how But the relationship did not come to a So we are now back where Chrétien, because it tells the Chinese that attention to be better for its citizens, better to build a standstill. Canada needed China. Canada and the short-lived Paul Martin govern- to the relationship will be elevated and greater future.” Canada, Trudeau said, would opened new trade offi ces in China, signed a ment, left off. Trudeau’s China trip is an sustained. But it will take much more work be the adviser, bestowing a seal-of-approval bilateral investment protection agreement, important fi rst step in improving Canada- before we can see real benefi ts. on China that the rest of the world would courted and welcomed Chinese foreign in- China relations. But it is only a fi rst step, There will be high-level communication embrace. This may be seen in China as sim- vestment, negotiated an approved-destination and what matters now is the followup. through regular meetings between the leader- ply a naive presumptuousness. status for Canada to encourage travel to David Crane is an award-winning jour- ship of the two countries, a return to the per- While Pierre Trudeau is credited with the Canada by Chinese tourists and students, as nalist with special interests in the econom- sonal diplomacy of former prime minister Jean initial breakthrough in opening relations well as an agreement to establish Chinese ics of globalization, innovation, sustain- Chrétien. Canada’s application, along with with China, and encouraging the creation of currency trading centres in Vancouver and able development, and social equity. He those of more than 20 other countries, to join the Canada-China Business Council as a key Toronto, participated in Shanghai Expo 2010 can be reached at [email protected]. the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is an private-sector body to build the relationship, with a pavilion, and held the fi rst tentative The Hill Times important strategic move. The choice of Cana- Chrétien deserves much credit for deepening da’s next ambassador to China, which must be the bilateral relationship. Lloyd Axworthy made soon, will be an important signal, just as recalls that when Chrétien offered him the for- the choice of ambassadors to the U.S. already eign affairs portfolio in 1996, Chrétien told him is. Free trade is an issue for another day. that he would keep the China fi le for himself. The reality is that Canada needs China. It Indeed, it was in the Chrétien years that is already our second largest trading partner, the relationship blossomed, so much so that even though our exports to the world’s second at a 1998 Canada-China Business Council largest economy, and destined to become gala, Premier Zhu Rongji declared that the largest, are pitifully small and heavily “Canada is China’s best friend in the world.” weighted to commodities. But the relationship Chrétien and his Chinese counterpart has to be about more than boosting exports, met annually, usually in conjunction with Welcome to attracting more tourists, or securing more in- Canada-Chine Business Council annual vestments. We will need to build partnerships. meetings, which alternated between China Taqueria Kukulkan, China is pursuing a highly ambitious and Canada. 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In 2004, the World Economic Forum ranked Canada seventh Cancelled hiring in the world when it came to gender equality. By 2009, that had dropped to 25th, and in the most recent ranking for 2015, Canada of woman as sunk even further to 30th place. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved quickly to turn things around. He turned a few heads in university Canada and on the international scene when he announced gender parity for the federal cabinet “because it’s 2015.” president cause The new government has also vowed to fully reintroduce the court challenges program, with a redesign expected early next year. for concern One area in need of a major additional support is the of- fi ce of the Status of Women. A Polytechnique that she co-found- talented minister, Patty Hajdu, is Chalk one up for ed the Coalition for Gun Control. informed and engaged, but she the boys club. Four As a woman in the technology needs more responsibility and sector, she established the Diver- Status of Women MInister Patty Hajdu, centre, needs a bigger budget and more much more money. Doubling in fi ve Canadian sity Institute 17 years ago. Born responsibility, writes Sheila Copps. Photograph courtesy of Women Deliver conference her departmental budget would in St. Catharines, Ont., she was a make up for lost time. university presidents Brock University graduate. tial, when adjusted for academic His government slashed the As for Cukier, she was named are men. There has When her appointment was rank and age, has narrowed Status of Women budget by 37 per one of Canada’s 25 transforma- announced, the university lauded slightly in the last 20 years. How- cent, prompting the closure of 12 tional Canadians back in 2010. At been little change in the fact that “Cukier will be the ever, a persistent gap remains, of the 16 regional offi ces. Harper, that time, in acknowledging the fi rst female president in Brock’s one that cannot be explained by aided by minister Jason Kenney, award, Cukier told The Globe and that ratio in decades. 51-year history, as well as the rank or age. moved to systematically cut off Mail she feared that Canada was fi rst Brock graduate to hold the At the rank of full professor, for federal fi nancial support to orga- stalling on diversity, citing the university’s highest offi ce.” instance, women on average earn nizations that included outspoken jobs gap between immigrants and But on the eve of an historic about 4.5 per cent less than their feminist voices. native-born Canadians. appointment, the university and male counterparts, representing in The Conservatives hobbled “You make progress, but if Cukier parted ways amid an un- dollar terms a yearly shortfall for the potential for oversight of you’re not vigilant, you run the explained “personnel issue.” women of nearly $8,000. gender equality by cancelling the risk that some of those gains will SHEILA COPPS Chalk one up for the boys Statistics Canada’s most re- Court Challenges program, which be reversed,” Cukier said. “People club. Four in fi ve Canadian uni- cent university staff survey from funded individuals and groups to are starting to recognize that that versity presidents are men. There 2010-2011 does not even include a tackle Charter discrimination cas- is actually a real possibility on TTAWA—Brock University’s has been little change in that ratio gender pay breakdown. es. Faced with a public backlash, many of these fronts.” Oabout-face on the hiring of a in decades. According to the Ca- We do know that, in multiple the Tories eventually reinstated Sadly, her decision to step new woman president should be a nadian Association of University sectors, Canadian women are far- some funding but limited the sup- down from leading the university wakeup call for all. Teachers, the wage gap between ing far worse than their counter- port to cases that dealt only with she once attended, is a signal Wendy Cukier was the ideal women and men professors has parts in other parts of the world. language discrimination. Blatant that Parliament Hill isn’t the only candidate. Not only does she have also narrowed very little over two Former prime minister Ste- examples of gender discrimina- place that needs to shed it’s old impeccable academic credentials, decades. phen harper worked systematical- tion were not eligible for Charter boy image. but also she has been a trailblazer In the most recent study, based ly to weaken government support challenge support. Sheila Copps is a former Jean in equality and justice issues. on Statistics Canada data collec- for initiatives to promote equality. The absence of federal leader- Chrétien-era cabinet minister and Cukier is a doer. She was so tion back in 2008, women profes- He abolished the long-established ship on equality issues eventually a former deputy prime minister. moved by the misogynist murder sors are systematically paid less practice of reviewing all cabinet affected Canada’s international She is a registered lobbyist today. of 14 women at Montreal’s Ecole than men. And the pay differen- documents through a gender lens. gender gap ranking. The Hill Times

OPINION PM’S CHINA TRIP

Still, the trip was successful because the government was able Trips to China are mostly about to avoid the trap between econo- my and human rights. Now, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in China and Marco playing to the home crowd Polo fame is again under attack. Mr. Trudeau told the media that he There are two major issues in was in Ottawa: human rights or but publicly he stuck to the eco- shared with Chinese leaders “my Despite the hype, dealing with China: human rights economy? The fact of the matter nomic issues. strong conviction that acceptance of prime ministerial and economic trade. If our politi- is that you can’t do both when The Chinese appreciated the diverse perspectives will strengthen cians talk about the economy and you go to China. Canadian approach and an inter- China, just as it has Canada. In a trips to China don’t ignore the human rights, they are I remember during the 2012 esting discussion took place about world of rapid change, it is a diver- actually accomplish heavily criticized by the media and trip to China, the most important the economic bilateral relation- sity of ideas, and the free ability to opposition “for selling out Canadian media issue was the release of ship. For the fi rst time, Beijing express them, that drives positive much beyond values.” Conversely, if they talk about Huseyin Celil, a Canadian citizen mentioned the need for a free trade change.” Mr. Harper, privately, was allowing our leaders human rights, the Chinese don’t talk of Chinese origin who has been in agreement with Canada. Our dele- much stronger. Still, the results about the economy and the govern- a Chinese prison since 2006. The gation was happy but very discreet were very foggy, on human rights to score political ment is criticized for “jeopardizing government, on the other hand, about this development (contrary and the economy. Canadian jobs.” Either way, trips to was trying hard to improve trade to the Chinese authority that had it Aside from some wordy points at home. China have no economic impact and worked for a long time just to on the front page of the local news- bilateral agreements on cultural on our bilateral trade beyond what get an invitation to go there. paper the morning after). exchange and commitments to could be achieved through a normal Prime minister Stephen Harper Mr. Harper was greeted by increase scientifi c cooperation diplomatic relationship and lower- was quite forceful during the private authorities and Chinese media already prepared before the trip level bilateral economic missions. meetings with the Chinese authori- with the highest honour and the (the so called “deliverables”), Ca- Take one trip to China by for- ties about human rights in general, trip was considered a success, at nadians go to China more to score mer prime minister Jean Chrétien. and Mr. Celil in particular. Chinese the time. In reality, the only sign political points at home then to ANGELO PERSICHILLI It was promoted so much that politicians can handle all kinds of of that so-called successful trip improve the Canadian economy. Marco Polo, by comparison, looked question during private meetings, was the arrival in Canada of Er Angelo Persichilli is a freelance like an illegal immigrant to China. but react quite rudely if challenged Shun and Ji Li, male and female journalist and a former citizen- ORONTO—Every time a Ca- Canadians were led to believe that, in public. In fact, asked by journal- pandas that the Chinese authori- ship judge for the Greater Toronto Tnadian prime minister visits after the trip, billions of Cana- ists after the meeting if he had ties lent to Canada for 10 years Area. He was also a director of China, the media hype leads Ca- dian goods would fl ood China. In raised Celil’s issue, prime minister (with us paying $1-million a year). communications to former prime nadians to believe that something fact, Chinese exports to Canada Harper said that while in another There is no trace of the free minister Stephen Harper and is economically important is going increased, but it also increased the country he was “not to say anything trade agreement that the Chi- the former political editor of Ca- to happen. Not true. Canadian trade imbalance against Canada. publicly critical of that country.” nese government heralded in the nadese, Canada’s Italian-language politicians go to China to do poli- It was the same cliché when Privately, he strongly attacked media or clarity on the future of newspaper in Toronto. tics in Canada. the Conservative government Chinese record on human rights, Mr. Celil. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 17 OPINION CANADIAN SECURITY

VI) have successfully obtained a warrant to capture the com- munications of a person under Canadians lack understanding of investigation. These warrants are granted by Federal Court judges once these agencies provide compelling arguments as to why CSE and why it needs to snoop they need these intrusive powers (not a rubber-stamp process by We need an adult Canadians any stretch) and apply them to have a lack of communications within Canada. conversation in this understanding But what if the subject of investi- of CSE, overseen gation high tails it to Somalia or country on what is by Chief Greta Syria or Afghanistan? Not only Bossenmaier, and do Canadian warrants not apply reasonable to expect there are times in those countries, but it would be from our intelligence when surveillance next to impossible to get local law of Canadians is enforcement or intelligence agen- agencies and what justifi ed, writes cies there to cooperate with us. Phil Gurski. That is where CSE could assist. they need to keep The Hill Times I have absolutely no issue with us safe. photograph by CSE helping either the RCMP Andrew Meade or CSIS collect an individual’s communications while outside the country when they already have such powers within Canada. Hav- ing access to this information can assist ongoing investigations and could make a difference in stop- PHIL GURSKI ping a terrorist act or not. We have seen instances, here and abroad, where terrorists have travelled to TTAWA—If there is one some hotspot, received training, Ospy agency in Canada that and returned to their homeland to is poorly understood and about kill and maim people. Having that which much of little veracity has CSE is not a law-enforcement It is hard to say, but I will go with stance under which Canadian com- extra information should not be been published it has to be CSE, agency and does not go to court no. Before I explain why I think munications should and must be seen as injurious to privacy con- or the Communications Security to acquire warrants to collect that there are limited circumstances intercepted by CSE, and I think that cerns or outside CSE’s remit. Establishment. information, unlike CSIS and the under which CSE should be able to Canadians would agree with me. As I have said many, many CSE has a number of roles, but RCMP. It is limited to the col- collect information on Canadians. Much discussion has been times, we need an adult conver- the one that gets the most public lection of intelligence outside it would be remiss not to note that held in recent years over how and sation in this country on what is attention is signals intelligence, Canada and it cannot include I worked for that organization for whether CSE should assist other reasonable to expect from our or SIGINT. This method of intelli- Canadians (or Americans, British, almost 20 years. I knew how it oper- Canadian security agencies—i.e., intelligence agencies and what gence collection entails capturing Australians, and New Zealand- ated very well in the pre-9/11 period, CSIS and the RCMP—in their law- they need to keep us safe. We have telecommunications in a variety ers for that matter—Canada’s but would not purport to be an ful investigations. CSE’s partners to stop relying on information of forms by a variety of tech- so-called “fi ve eyes”partners) in expert on how it operates now. Nev- do take action to monitor threats from pseudo experts and engage in niques, few of which are known. its dragnet. ertheless, I am certain that the same like terrorism and they have a meaningful dialogue. CSE has a lot This is indeed a good thing: the And yet, some information rigour and observance of Canadian suite of tools with which to do so. of resources and tools at its dispos- spy agency that openly shares pertaining to Canadians has ap- law, as well as internal policies, are They do a very good job but on al and it should not be handcuffed how it gathers intelligence will parently been picked up, and the being followed today much as they rare occasions could use the help in its efforts to help keep us safe. not be in the spy business very scale of that collection appears were when I was there. of an agency like CSE. Phil Gurski is president and long. This may sound sacrilege to be on the upswing, according We do not know precisely what Consider the following scenar- CEO Borealis Threat and Risk to some, but some things need to to a recent National Post article. kinds of information were collected, io. Either CSIS (under its Section Consulting. remain secret. Should Canadians be worried? but there is a particular circum- 21 powers) or the RCMP (Part The Hill Times

OPINION CANADIAN MEDIA

one commentator below the appear below any of the original article posted on social media. articles anywhere online. Nor has News media’s rush to be fi rst “Time to demolish all mosques every outlet that ran the original and deport all Muslims back to story run the followup. the hellholes they came from,” The real impacts of such head- wrote another. lines are felt on our streets, in our can have real consequences The Toronto Star’s public edi- schools, and in our workplaces. tor even had to issue an apology In a digital world, errors are “now for the erroneous placement of a forever,” as author and Buzzfeed Is that what led to the decision to publish a means the pressure to be fi rst on picture of a Toronto mosque to ac- Canada editor Craig Silverman a story is immense. Is that what company the story. And there was noted in his book, Regret the deeply problematic article citing a so-called led to the decision to publish a a surprise at the end of the apolo- Error: How Media Mistakes Pol- deeply problematic article citing gy: a note from the editor-in-chief lute the Press and Imperil Free ‘study’ of Canadian mosques and Islamic a so-called “study” of Canadian of the Canadian Press, Stephen Speech. So are one-sided stories. mosques and Islamic schools that Meurice. After explaining why Further to stoking fear, the schools that was fi rst presented to readers was fi rst presented to readers the CP stood by its original story, CP’s original story, without across the country without any reality checks? across the country without any Meurice acknowledges the wire including any academic rigour, reality checks? service should have waited for may lead policy-makers on a wild social media by speeding up their Imagine the impact of the adequate responses to the “study” goose chase. In an age in which coverage of events—tweeting, accompanying headline in the before rushing to publish. even our elected offi cials are blogging and writing numerous current climate of fear and suspi- “In hindsight, rather than rushing to respond to a 24/7 news versions of the same story as it un- cion of Muslims: “Islamic schools, send a shorter and less complete cycle, the need for media outlets folds,” points out Drohan. “Instead mosques in Canada are fi lled with version of the story to wire, we to get their stories right is more AMIRA ELGHAWABY of facing one or two deadlines a extremist literature: study.” should have waited until we were critical than ever. day, [journalists] are always on. The article was reproduced in able to craft a single story with “The media and the govern- Is it any wonder that inaccuracies various newspapers and websites more context, background, and ment are operating on timetables go out at the speed of light and across the country. While two the entire range of available opin- that are diffi cult to reconcile. … ews is not just about getting then are endlessly repeated in the Canadian Muslim organizations ion, rather than do two separate This does not look like a story Nthe story; it’s also about get- online echo chamber?” were contacted for comment, stories on successive days—par- with a happy ending for the pub- ting the story fi rst. Drohan then goes on to laud including our own, the story went ticularly given the potentially lic,” concludes Drohan, though However, as journalist and The Canadian Press, where she ahead before either organization sensitive nature of the subject she does hold out hope. And so author Madeline Drohan writes in once worked, as a reliable wire had an opportunity to review the matter, one that often elicits should we, because everyone’s the current issue of the Literary service that provides both accu- so-called report in order to issue strong opinions and emotions on credibility is at stake. Review of Canada, in this digital rate and speedy reporting, so that our responses. all sides,” he writes. Amira Elghawaby is commu- age, media accuracy and balance other media outlets can take more And while rebuttals were in- Mea culpa statements are nications director at the National are suffering. That can have major time delving more deeply into the cluded in a subsequent followup welcome and necessary in restor- Council of Canadian Muslims ramifi cations on all of us. issues. story, the damage had been done. ing trust and confi dence in our (NCCM). Follow her on Twitter @ “Most traditional media outlets Trouble is, even the vener- “It’s not a mosque, it’s a ter- media institutions. Unfortunately, AmiraElghawaby have responded to pressure from able CP is on the clock and that rorist command centre,” wrote Meurice’s clarifi cation does not The Hill Times 18 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 OPINION CHINA Emerging world order requires Canada to partner with China A multi-polar world with more tolerance for different kinds of governance structures and less talk about universal values would likely Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, in Ottawa on June 1. China’s emerging global importance, and its vision for a world order, make it necessary for Canada to establish be a more peaceful and prosperous world. a close relationship, writes Gary Levy. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti Canada needs to insert itself into this vision. He noted that China will come centric lines. China’s penchant He spent 13 days in the United Mulroney observed that China to the table with its own de- for classifying and ordering its States for the purpose of talk- tends to associate the good times mands, namely the removal of re- most important partnerships is ing to the media, to universities, to eras when the Liberals are in strictions on Chinese state-owned also a means of signalling to its to interest groups, even taking power. The challenge, he noted, investments in Canada’s oil-and- vast bureaucracy what is and isn’t the time to pursue his favou- “will be to move the relationship gas sector. To this, the Chinese possible with particular partners.” rite hobby, boxing, in a famous have recently added conditions Carleton University political American gym. He understands GARY LEVY beyond some nostalgic notion of Canada-China relations and about canola that were excluded science Prof. Jeremy Paltiel argues how to parlay celebrity into rais- advance Canadian interests with from the Australian agreement that “we need to institutionalize ing Canada’s profi le and improv- a really important global player.” and would be a major point of our bilateral relations through ing a bilateral relationship. niversity of Toronto Prof. The former president of the contention with Canada, as it is broader and deeper direct govern- Trudeau should make a similar UGoldwin Smith wrote a Canada China Business Council one of our largest exports. ment to government exchanges charm offensive in China. He highly controversial book in 1891 and now Senator, Peter Harder, that will build trust by having of- should have planned to spend called Canada and the Canadian wrote that “China is look- Obstacles fi cials work together side by side more time there instead of making Question. In the 21st century ing around the world to build On the Canadian side there toward common goals and at the this trip an add-on to another meet- we face another important and stronger trading relationships. are many more obstacles to a free same time partner more effective- ing—the G20—which is how Harp- equally controversial question. It’s time for Canada to join the trade agreement. One is a general ly with China’s efforts to supply er usually approached it. A few Is Canada prepared to move out action.” Even a former Conserva- skepticism with free trade related more global public goods. Parallel- well chosen events and speeches of the American orbit and align tive foreign affairs minister Peter to the debate that has emerged ing these efforts we need to put in or perhaps even a family vacation itself with a new world order MacKay said he thought the new in the United States. Many blame place mechanisms that will defuse could help educate Canadian opin- envisaged by China? government should pursue op- free trade for the loss of jobs and tensions that periodically build up ion about modern China, which The future of Canada’s eco- portunities with China. Maxime the unequal distribution of wealth. due to differences in our institu- is not remotely like the caricature nomic prosperity, to say nothing Bernier, as part of his bid for the Justin Trudeau, unlike his father, tions and value systems.” painted by many cold warriors of our role in the world, depends Conservative Party leadership, is not prepared to be signifi cantly Perhaps the greatest obstacle and professional China bashers. on the answer to that question. has recently come out in favour of out of step with the Americans. relates to public opinion. All dem- If Trudeau wants to do something In 2006, prime minister Ste- free trade with China. With China playing an important ocratic governments worry about really dramatic, he could appoint phen Harper said Canada would In June 2015, following nearly part of debate in the United States public opinion, but Mr. Trudeau a high profi le ambassador, like not “sell out” important Canadian 10 years of negotiations, Australia election, the younger Mr. Trudeau seems particularly concerned. One Dashan who is probably the most values to promote trade with and China completed what some is likely to wait until he sees the study by a professor, now a special famous Canadian in China, or China. For several years, he did have called the most comprehen- nature of the new American ad- adviser at Global Affairs Canada, Trudeau’s brother Alexandre who what he could to discourage sive free trade agreement that ministration in November. shows that while most Canadi- has written a recent book about friendly relations with China. China has ever signed and one that A second obstacle is the view ans believe China will be more China. That is the type of gesture After considerable pressure contains “best-ever” Chinese com- among some of the public policy powerful than the United States, that would certainly get the atten- from the business community, he mitments in a number of sectors. community that China lacks only about a third see China as tion of the Chinese. relented somewhat by visiting A study commissioned by the certain qualities required of a free highly important to their economy Timing is signifi cant because, China in 2012 and signing sev- Canada-China Business Council trade partner. It is compared un- or support a free trade deal. Only with the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership eral agreements. Shortly there- used the Australian agreement as favourably to other Asian states, 14 per cent support the prospect (TPP) in limbo, there is an incen- after Toronto, became the fi rst a model to project that a Canada- including Japan with whom we of a Chinese state-owned enter- tive for us to seek an alternative trading hub in North America for China FTA would create 25,000 have a long relationship.. prise owning a controlling stake plan. And for China, the possibil- Chinese currency, and relations jobs and add almost $8-billion to A third obstacle outlined by in a major Canadian company. A ity that the TPP—which it is not have improved marginally. the economy within 15 years. It David Mulroney is our old mission- majority believe the human rights part of—might be ratifi ed gives it But Prime Minister Justin would divert trade away from the ary impulse whereby Canadians situation in China is deteriorat- reason to look more favourably Trudeau seems content to follow United States by a relatively mod- seem unwilling to see China as it is ing, that it does not respect the on an arrangement with Canada the post-2012 Harper policy of est $2.7-billion in GDP by 2030. rather than as what they would like freedoms of its people, and that as a counterbalance. “cool politics, warm economics.” In January 2016, China’s it to be. “This refl ects our nostalgia its growing military power is a This may not have been enough Vice-Minister of Financial and for a vanishing world in which our threat. More than half believe that Beyond economics for a successful visit to China Economic Affairs Han Jun visited main international concerns—se- China’s infl uence is threatening over the last week. Ottawa to discuss prospects of a curity, prosperity, and our consider- the Canadian way of life. and free trade free trade deal. He said if there able stake in a healthy global com- But the task of a leader is to But the real point for Mr. The Trudeau policy is such an arrangement, “you can mons—have largely been worked shape public opinion, not follow it Trudeau is that we must look be- Relations with China were see a fl ooding of potash, agricul- out through our relationship with slavishly. It is doubtful if a major- yond economics. In recent times, not discussed during the 2015 tural products, and energy prod- the United States.” ity of Canadians were in favour of China has articulated a new vision election. Trudeau’s fi rst meeting ucts from Canada to the Chinese A fourth obstacle is that recognition of China when Pierre of the global order based on the with Chinese President Xi Jinping market. What is China most in Canada has ignored structures Trudeau made that decision. notion of a “community of com- took place at the G20 meeting need of? We have a shortage of and mechanisms that could help Justin Trudeau is more cautious. mon destiny” or the “One Belt One in Turkey. Mr. Trudeau said he agricultural products. China is to manage the relationship. Mul- He has given priority to improving Road” idea is designed to unite wanted to set a fresh approach. the biggest importer of agricul- roney says “it should not surprise Canadian relations with the United the planet through infrastructure Xi said his country would always tural products in the world and, us that China, a state that still States, which also deteriorated and trade. Its goal is to lift millions remember the bold initiative of also, we are one of the countries sees value in central planning under Mr. Harper. In his fi rst six around the world out of poverty, Pierre Trudeau in establishing with the highest dependency and control, should prefer to months, Mr. Trudeau visited the just as it has done within China. diplomatic relations. Former on imported energy from other manage its bilateralships along U.S. four times, including a state Canadian ambassador David countries.” similarly bureaucratic and state dinner at the White House. Continued on page 19 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 19 OPINION AIRPORTS

Edmonton received the fi rst LEED Gold certifi cation for its terminal building, which con- tains rain water storage cisterns, solar-water heating, and sensor- controlled general lighting. Montreal Trudeau improved its de-icing centre, making it one of the fi rst airports to bring its used and recycled glycol to a minimum concentration of 99.5 per cent and to reuse it as a certifi ed product for aircraft de-icing. This has reduced costs by up 30 per cent for our airlines’ customers and the use of potable water by two million litres a year. From Ottawa’s recycling programs to its award-winning glycol recovery and treatment systems, the airport has increased waste diversion, switched to environmentally friendly clean- A view of the Ottawa International Airport. Reactions to this year’s report on airports from former cabinet minister David Emerson show the need for better ing products, and lowered energy understanding of how Canada’s airports operate, writes Daniel-Robert Gooch. Photograph courtesy of Ottawa Airports Council consumption. Halifax has upgraded its and recycling. Six Canadian air- de-icing pads to help improve ports are among 13 in North Amer- glycol recovery. Several million ica certifi ed by Airports Council litres of glycol-contaminated Canada’s airports are run-off is collected and pro- International’s Airport Carbon Accreditation Program, which cessed throughout the year and endorses carbon management and recycled for use. the reduction of emissions. These initiatives were made not perfect but not broken possible through the $21-billion Highlights of the airport re- cord include: in infrastructure investments operate on a not-for-profi t basis, Calgary’s international ter- that airports have made since Most major Canadian airports already with all operating surpluses minal building, opening this fall, 1992 without taxpayer support. are privately operated and fi nancially poured back into the airport. incorporates geothermal heating The World Economic Forum has With boards of directors and cooling, as well as the capac- declared Canada’s airport infra- self-suffi cient. These airports operate on drawn from the community and ity to capture and reuse 800,000 structure the best in the world. mandates for economic devel- litres of rainwater and snowmelt. This is not to say that govern- a not-for-profi t basis, with all operating opment, Canada’s airports are Co-generation heating will save ment policy toward airports and surpluses poured back into the airport. important economic drivers of job 26,000 tonnes of CO2 a year over air transport is perfect. The cur- creation and regional develop- other fuel sources. rent approach of providing secu- ment. They also aim to be at the Toronto Pearson has an exten- rity screening at airports is failing port policy, legislation, and regula- forefront of their communities in sive demolition recycling plan. It to deliver acceptable processing tion—including suggestions about terms of social responsibility—in- recycled 86 per cent of the materi- times. Smaller airports that can’t the future direction of airports. cluding environmental leadership. als it removed from the redevel- sustain themselves without capi- While there were many Global aviation has a good envi- opment of Terminal 3 over the last tal assistance need more robust positive recommendations in the ronmental track record. Fuel is a top three years. programs. Airport rent and other elements of Canada’s “user-pay” DANIEL-ROBERT GOOCH report, the discussions initiated cost for airlines, creating a natural Vancouver introduced a new by it show the need for better incentive to pursue increased ef- environmental management plan approach to funding the system understanding of how Canada’s fi ciency. Emissions from aircraft in 2015 that calls for aggressive should be reviewed. airports operate. Most major make up just two per cent of emis- reductions in waste, water usage, Nevertheless, Canada’s air- TTAWA—A major transport Canadian airports already are sions worldwide and new aircraft and GHG emissions. In the fi rst ports system as it stands today is Opolicy document with advice privately operated and fi nancially are 70 per cent more fuel effi cient year, it diverted 46 per cent of not broken. Indeed, even the Em- to government published earlier self-suffi cient. While their land than aircraft built 40 years ago. terminal waste and 97 per cent of erson report notes that “Canada’s this year has spurred discussion remains federally owned, respon- Canada’s airports have their construction waste from landfi lls. air transport system may be in the on the role of air transport in sibility for operation and capital own long-standing commitment Winnipeg’s terminal building, best shape that it has ever been.” Canada’s economy. investment for 22 of the biggest to the environment, with manage- which opened in 2011, was the Daniel-Robert Gooch is presi- Compiled by former cabinet airports was transferred from the ment plans that address aeronauti- fi rst in Canada to be Leadership dent of the Canadian Airports minister David Emerson, it makes federal government to local enti- cal noise, air and water quality, in Energy and Environmental Council. recommendations in areas of trans- ties in the 1990s. These airports emissions, hazardous materials, Design (LEED) certifi ed. The Hill Times

OPINION CHINA Canada must modernize its approach to China Continued from page 18 universal values would likely be ing with China is a daunting The engineers are to complete only lend its support to such a a more peaceful and prosperous challenge, given our ideological a detailed feasibility study on the project, but play a leading role in This is a grand vision and one world. differences, institutional incom- rail project within four months bringing the parties together and that will not be accomplished Canada needs to insert itself patibilities, and distinctive value that would then be presented pushing the idea forward. That in even multiple fi ve-year-plans. into this vision just as we inserted orientations. However coopera- to Chinese fi nancial institu- would be a signal that Canada But as an idea and a vision, it ourselves into and embraced tion is possible without com- tions. This will be a good test of is willing to insert itself into a deserves to be mentioned in the American postwar vision of promising our core liberal and whether Canada is prepared to Chinese vision of the world. This the same breath as the Ameri- a rules-based internationalism. democratic values—and indeed move beyond words and toward type of big thinking, led by China can postwar Marshall Plan or That era is over in large part due necessary if Canada is to main- real projects with real impacts on but with Canada as an active Victor Hugo’s idea for an united to failed American leadership in tain a signifi cant role in global Canadian society and bilateral supporter, could transform the Europe. recent decades. The challenge, in governance.” relations. world economy and international A Chinese vision for the world the words of University of British A small but optimistic sign An even better signal would relations in ways we can barely would be pluricentric with sev- Columbia Prof. Paul Evans, one that Canada might be moving be for Canada to endorse and imagine. eral regional powers. It would be of our premier experts on China, in the right direction occurred take an active role in supporting It will not be easy to undo unlike the Cold war world where is for Canadians to recognize in April 2016 when a group of a recent Chinese idea of building years of neglect in Canada-China two competing ideologies strove and assist in the transition from a Chinese engineers met in Ottawa a rail link from China through relations. Let us hope Mr. Trudeau to impose themselves on the rest world order “premised on Ameri- with some Parliamentarians to Russia, across the Bering Strait to can convince the Chinese we are of the world. It would be unlike can primacy that can no longer be discuss a project to build a 340- Alaska and then through Canada worthwhile partners not only for the present uni-power world maintained to an order that has mile rail link to a resource rich to the continental United States. a relatively minor free trade deal, where the United States deploys not yet taken shape.” area known as the Ring of Fire The political diffi culties of but for a major reorganization of military force to try and shape Prof. Palatial notes that “there in northern Ontario. The idea to such a project dwarf the techno- the international order. events to its interests. A multi- is no downside to partnering build the line has been stalled for logical challenges. But the dream Gary Levy is a Research Fel- polar world with more tolerance with China in areas of common years because of a lack of capital has been nurtured for years by low with the Confucius Institute for different kinds of governance concern and using our infl uence and short-term thinking about the Russian, American, and other at Carleton University. structures and less talk about on China’s direction. Partner- price of commodities. visionaries. Canada should not The Hill Times 20 The Hill Times, Monday, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 hill times classified information and advertisement placement: tel. 613-232-5952, fax 613-232-9055

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This is not intended to solicit properties already listed for sale THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 21 OPINION ELIZABETH MAY May’s behaviour unbecoming of federal leader May has bragged about how the Green Party is the only federal party where the party leadership is bound by the policy developed by the grassroots. She should live up to that boast. May gave after the convention. To estimates her speechifying ability Barton she falsely asserted, “I’m if she believes that her microphone quite certain most of our members was the deciding factor. don’t support this policy.” Contrary Next, May should apologize for to her claim, however, in online bad-mouthing party members who THOMAS WOODLEY voting prior to the convention, worked in good faith for the passage the BDS resolution received 58.5 of the BDS resolution. Green Party per cent of the online votes, clear Quebec leader Alex Tyrrell points proof that even before the conven- out that May publicly called some ONTREAL—Elizabeth May tion, most members of the party of them “one-issue people,” and even Mshould apologize to Green did support the resolution. made allusions to anti-Semitism. Party members. Her behaviour After debate at the convention She has also publicly mused that since the Green Party convention itself, the support for the resolu- some Green members joined the a few weeks ago has not only left tion was overwhelming, so much party only to enact this one resolu- the public deeply confused, but so that there wasn’t even a need tion. For Green Party members who also humiliated party members. for a count of hands. worked for months for the passage No matter how you turn it, at May has also argued that it was of the resolution—including its 32 issue is the passage of a Green largely because the party adopted sponsors—such comments are of- Green Party Leader Elizabeth May owes members of her party an apology for her resolution supporting the boycott, Robert’s Rules of Order that the fensive and inappropriate. efforts to reverse and make excuses about its democratic decision on sanctions divestment, and sanctions (BDS) resolution passed. This is nonsense. May should also apologize for against Israel, writes Thomas Woodley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade movement. At its core, this move- May herself supported the move seeking to overturn the grassroots- ment seeks to pressure Israel to to Robert’s Rules during proce- will of members. Tyrrell referred to passed at the convention—no dubious special meeting, Greens respect the human rights of the dural votes at the beginning of the the resolution as a “pristine exercise doubt with the intent of overturn- should demand clarity as to how Palestinians. The three demands of convention. As for the resolution, in grassroots democracy,” and indeed ing the BDS resolution. Yet Section resolutions will be evaluated for BDS are 100 per cent aligned with it 1) met the required majority it was. Yet rather than accept this 6.4 of the Green Party constitution “consensus.” If the past few weeks international law and with existing via the online voting, 2) passed vote as the decision of the member- asserts that the federal council is are any indication, “consensus” may Canadian foreign policy. Despite successfully through committee at ship, May immediately threatened to bound to implement the decision of simply be synonymous with “what- its non-violent and democratic ap- the convention, and 3) was passed resign in protest. In addition to hang- the members’ meetings. The Green ever Elizabeth May wants.” proach for a peaceful resolution to overwhelmingly on the fl oor. ing this Sword of Damocles over the federal council would also be wise In a meeting I had with May in the Israel-Palestine confl ict, some Hardly a procedural fl uke. party, May actually confesses to Bar- to note that Section 6.2 of the con- June, she bragged to me about how like May will have none of it. To The Huffi ngton Post, May ton that her intent to resign would be stitution states that “Decisions of the Green Party is the only federal May is free to disagree, but she even tried to blame the passage of to quickly force another convention the Members in General Meeting party where the party leadership is should not wreck the party and its the resolution on the fact that her and, hence, a chance to reverse the shall have precedence over deci- bound by the policy developed by credibility to have her way. Before microphone was cut off. In fact, BDS resolution. sions of Federal Council.” the grassroots. For her own cred- she lurches any further into the on the fl oor of the convention, Finally, May should apologize As May pursues her false course ibility, and for the ongoing viability china shop, May should apologize, May exceeded her time to speak for launching a questionable with her federal council, she has of the party, I would ask her to live starting by acknowledging the facts against the resolution and, refusing process to overturn the resolution. frequently mentions “consensus” as up to that boast. about the passage of the resolution. to stop speaking, was cut off. This Following the party’s decision, May the necessary basis for Green Party Thomas Woodley is the presi- Concerning these facts, May’s happened to all members who ex- announced that the Greens’ federal policy. Yet Greens should have a dent of Canadians for Justice and chat with CBC’s Rosemary Barton ceeded their allotted debate time at council had voted to call a special right to know what May means by Peace in the Middle East. was typical of several interviews the convention. May perhaps over- meeting to revisit the resolutions “consensus.” In fact, prior to any The Hill Times

OPINION HEALTH CARE Millennials’ sense of entitlement might be just what health system needs

ment. Given their me-fi rst nature, their way up like previous genera- handled with kid gloves their insurance and (2) public universal Millennials are there has been a resurgence of tions. They want to start at the top. entire lives. They certainly don’t health care for those who don’t. not used to being libertarian values, which are typi- Employers have had to change want to wait for anything, let In the private system, there is cally pro-laissez-faire capitalism, how they attract millennials and alone months for urgent health better service with signifi cantly treated as anything pro-liberty, and anti-governmental keep them interested through fl ex- care. Given their selfi sh nature, reduced wait times. For a minor intervention, among millennials. ible working arrangements, satel- the high-earning and, thus, highly- shoulder operation, I waited three but special. They However, health care in Canada lite offi ces, and sabbaticals. taxed millennials will surely be of- days to see an orthopedic surgeon don’t want to wait is a publicly funded, socialist sys- Given the revolutionary fended if they are treated the same that performs surgeries for pro- tem that treats everyone the same, changes that millennials demand, as those who pay less taxes. fessional soccer players. The wait for anything, let where no one is special, and every- what will happen, over time, It seems that the philosophy of time for an MRI was 10 days and one has to wait their turn. Consid- when these citizens start to use the health-care system and that the surgery was performed two alone months for ering that millennials were raised the health-care system heavily? of the millennials are at opposing weeks later. urgent health care. to be selfi sh, grew up getting what The Canadian health-care sys- ends of the ideological spectrum. In Canada, the wait time to see they want, when they want it, why tem offers all citizens, rich and poor, Considering that millennials an orthopedic surgeon can be six would they tolerate a system where free access to basic health care. are poised to become the domi- months, three months for an MRI, they aren’t the centre of attention? Regardless of the amount of tax an nant generational group at the and another six months for the As Jean M. Twenge said in her individual pays, everyone is treated ballot box in the years ahead, will surgery to be performed. book Generation Me, millenni- equal. While adequate for most they usher in social reform to the At least with a hybrid system, als have high expectations about people most of the time, we have all Canadian health-care system? citizens have the option of paying themselves. They expect to be JEFFREY OVERALL heard the horror stories of people Of course the common argument for their own care as opposed to, in rich and even famous. However, waiting more than 12 months to see is that our health-care system could the extreme, dying on waiting lists. when these goals are not realized specialists, six months for MRIs, be worse. It could be like the health- Maybe through this or similar or when they don’t get what they and even, in the extreme, people care system in one of the poorest changes, Canada might refl ect its ORTH BAY, ONT.—Growing up want, millennials often become dying on waiting lists to receive countries on the planet. However, status as one of the best countries in Nwith racism and discrimination cynical, depressed, and anxious. specialist care. The costs are also why should we compare ourselves to the world as opposed to a socialist as taboo, millennials—the generation To keep the millennials happy, soaring. In 2015, the health care the worst when we should be com- country with rationed health care. that came of age at the turn of the many of the social institutions that costs were anticipated to hit almost paring ourselves to the best? Jeffrey Overall is an assis- century—are tolerant, open-minded, we have come to know have been $220-billion. Even if citizens have Perhaps we could reconcile this tant professor of business at the and they embrace diversity. revolutionized. The education in- the money to pay for faster, private need for improvement by imple- Nipissing University and has more They grew up being told that dustry has been completely turned care, we cannot get it in this coun- menting a similar hybrid health-care than 18 years of experience work- they are “special,” the MVP, and upside down through the advent try. We have to travel abroad. model in Canada to what they have ing directly with entrepreneurs they always received a trophy of MOOCs (massive open online Millennials are certainly not in Germany. The German health-care within startups and SMEs across even if they came in last. As a courses). At work, millennials don’t used to being treated as any- model involves: (1) private health various sectors and countries. result, they have an aura of entitle- like to start at the bottom and work thing but special. They have been care for those that work and have The Hill Times 22 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 FEATURE EVENTS

MONDAY, SEPT. 5 David MacNaughton and his U.S. counterpart Bruce annual barbecue mugging for full-time members only Parliamentary Heyman, Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi, Guinea in the East Block Courtyard on Friday, Sept. 16, at 12 G20 Leaders Summit—Leaders of the Group of 20 President Alpha Condé, and the CEOs/presidents of noon. The gallery will also unveil the members’ photo Calendar (G20) countries continue meeting Sept. 5 in Hangzhou, companies including Suncor, CAE, Monsanto, and portrait to commemorate the gallery’s 150th anniver- China, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wraps up UPS. Until Sept. 14. Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front sary. If it rains, the BBQ will be held in Room 237-C his eight-day China trip on Sept. 6. St. W., Toronto. forum-americas.org/toronto/2016 Centre Block. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 Carleton University’s School of Journalism 70th TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 Anniversary of Granting of Canada’s First Bachelor of Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to Conservative Caucus Retreat—The Conservatives Journalism Degrees—Women in Journalism Luncheon, make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m. will hold a two-day summer caucus retreat Sept. 13-14 featuring CBC’s Susan Ormiston, The Toronto Star’s THURSDAY, SEPT. 8 in Halifax. For more information, contact Cory Hann, Alyshah Hasham, Complex Media’s Anita Li, and CBC director of communications, Conservative Party of Ottawa’s Joanne Chianello. Sept. 16, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 Scandal and the Road to Redemption—How do you Canada at [email protected] p.m. River Building, Carleton University. Tickets are protect your organization’s reputation before and after NDP Caucus Retreat—The NDP are gathering Sept. $25 per person, includes lunch. scandal strikes? Using real-life examples, this session 13-15 in Montreal. 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Montreal-based International Civil discuss the EU-Canada trade deal CETA on Sept. 19 in an address to the party conference of Germany’s Social Aviation Organization is grappling with Democratic Party in Wolfsburg, Germany. For more info, sEconomics of air travel: How is reducing greenhouse gas emissions media may contact Global Affairs Canada: 343-203- 7700, [email protected]. the federal government responding from the aviation sector globally? Canadian Urban Transit Association Policy Forum— to pressure on it to lift foreign Hear from some of Canada’s top transit experts on the future of Canadian urban mobility. Includes keynote ownership caps on airlines, help from MP Pablo Rodriguez, parliamentary secretary to BE PART OF IT. the minister of infrastructure and remarks from Ottawa discount carriers take fl ight, scrap Mayor Jim Watson. The event will be held at the Delta Hotel, 101 Lyon St., Ottawa, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Register at cuta.ca. 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HILL CLIMBERS BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT McCallum’s chief of staff joins Sohi amid senior staff shakeup

#phase2,” in reference to the $20-bil- Several other senior lion infrastructure investment the staff swaps have government has promised. Mr. Bélanger has bachelor’s and recently taken place master’s degrees in urban planning from the Université de Montréal, among Liberal and has a master’s of science in real estate development from Columbia Immigration Minister John McCallum, left, has lost his chief of staff who has moved on to become the policy director cabinet offi ces. University in New York City, which for Infrastructure and Communities Minister Amarjeet Sohi. The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright & Andrew Meade is a one-year program. mmigration, Refugees and Citi- Amy Mankal recently also Izenship Minister John McCal- recently joined Mr. Sohi’s ministerial lum recently said goodbye to his offi ce as an administrative assis- since early 2014. She’s a former Maksymetz, chief of staff; Robert demics including opiate overdose, chief of staff, Mathieu Bélanger, tant. Ms. Mankal’s LinkedIn profi le vice-president of National Public Asselin, director of policy; Daniel alcohol use disorders, cocaine who last week joined Infrastruc- indicates she previously worked as Relations in Ottawa, and a for- Lauzon, director of communica- intoxication and schizophrenia by ture and Communities Minister an executive assistant at Health Can- mer senior vice-president of the tions; and Annie Donolo, press bringing to market novel treat- Amarjeet Sohi’s offi ce as director ada, and is a former recruiter with Aerospace Industries Association secretary. ment solutions worldwide.” of policy. Quantum Management Services of Canada (AIAC), for which she Also currently working in Mr. Ms. Variyan previously worked Mr. Sohi’s ministerial offi ce Ltd. She did her undergrad at Wilfrid was also a registered lobbyist. Morneau’s offi ce are political on the Hill as an aide to for- has not had an offi cial director of Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont. Ms. Harvey already has po- staffers: Veena Bhullar, senior mer Liberal MP Ken Dryden and policy since the Liberals govern- Working alongside Mr. Brodhead, litical experience under her belt, special assistant for operations; later to Liberal Alberta Sen. Clau- ment came to power last fall, Ms. Mankal, Ms. Savard-Shaw, Mr. starting off provincially with the Sharan Kaur, senior special as- dette Tardif. She’s also a former although Gurpreet Vinning, Kelly Vinning, and Ms. Rowe in the minis- Quebec Liberals, according to her sistant and executive assistant vice-president for Ontario of the Rowe, and Julie Savard-Shaw ter’s offi ce are: Mike Burton, direc- LinkedIn profi le. She fi rst worked to the minister; Maximilien Roy, party’s National Women’s Liberal have all been serving as policy tor of parliamentary affairs; Leslie with the provincial party’s youth policy adviser; Ian Foucher, poli- Commission. advisers to the minister. O’Leary, director of issues manage- commission while a university cy adviser; Elliot Hughes, policy Now communications director With Mr. Bélanger’s departure, ment; Kate Monfette, director of student in Montreal, and then adviser; Hersi Hujaleh, policy to Ms. Mihychuk, Ms. Variyan is Bernie Derible, director of com- communications; and Brook Simp- became an adviser to a member adviser; Adam Austen, legislative working closely alongside: Mat- munications and issues manage- son, press secretary. of Quebec’s national assembly. assistant; Allie Chalke, special thew Mitschke, chief of staff; ment to Mr. McCallum, has now Also currently working as In 1994, she moved to Ottawa to assistant for the Atlantic region Cory Hobbs, director of parlia- put on a third hat as acting chief political aides to Mr. Sohi, who work on the Hill, starting as a policy desk; Milaine Leduc-Siemens, mentary affairs and the Atlantic of staff in the minister’s offi ce. is the Liberal MP for Edmonton adviser to former public works executive assistant to the chief of regional desk; and Michel Ar- Mr. Derible is a former senior Mill Woods, Alta., are: Katherine minister David Dingwall under the staff; Nicole Paradis, assistant to chambault, director of operations governance and management O’Halloran, senior special assis- Jean Chrétien Liberal government. the policy advisers; and Marion and the Quebec regional desk. consultant with The Asia Foun- tant; Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers, She went on to work as a policy Pilon-Cousineau, executive as- Also currently working for the dation, and was most recently a senior special assistant; Maya adviser for international develop- sistant to the minister’s parlia- minister as political aides are: managing director at Leadership Borgenicht, special assistant; and ment minister Pierre Pettigrew and mentary secretary, Liberal MP Gillian Hanson, special assistant and Life Coach Solutions before Sonja Blondeau is the minister’s stayed with him when he moved François-Philippe Champagne. for Western Canada; Leah Van being hired to work for Mr. Mc- scheduling assistant. to human resources. She later spent Meanwhile, Ms. Variyan recent- Houten, special assistant for On- Callum last fall. six years in the late 1990s and early ly bid farewell to Mr. Morneau’s tario and policy adviser; Daniel Now on Mr. Sohi’s team, Mr. 2000s working for Canadian embas- political staff team to take up the McKenzie, special assistant to Bélanger is putting his expertise Morneau hires sies in Chile and Peru, according to role of director of communications the director of policy; Louise in urban planning to use. From her online profi le. to Ms. Mihychuk. She transitioned Lefebvre, executive assistant; 2002 to 2007, he was an urban new director after Relatedly, on Aug. 24, Interna- into the role late last month and and Jaspreet Pandher, scheduling planner for Montreal, as indicated Variyan joins tional Trade Minister Chrystia Free- replaces former Coca-Cola public assistant. Ms. Mihychuk does not by his LinkedIn profi le. For most land announced the appointment of affairs and communications man- currently have a press secretary. of 2015, he was the acting country Mihychuk’s team Mr. Pettigrew as the special envoy ager John O’Leary as communica- The move comes just before representative for Rwanda with for the Canada-EU Comprehensive tions director to the minister. the start of the House of Com- the Global Green Growth Insti- Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Economic and Trade Agreement, to Mr. O’Leary, who’s also previ- mons’ fall session on Sept. 19 and tute, which is “an international who’s been part of the Liberal gov- help oversee the singing and 2017 ously worked as a political aide amid recent changes to cabinet re- organization dedicated to sup- ernment’s weeklong trip to China, ratifi cation of CETA. for Ontario Liberals at Queen’s sponsibilities made by Prime Min- porting and promoting strong, in- recently hired a new director to Ms. Harvey returned to the Park, had been working for the ister Justin Trudeau last month, clusive and sustainable economic work on his ministerial staff team, Hill under the Paul Martin minister since the beginning of including shifting responsibility growth in development countries following the departure of Carlene Liberal government in 2004 as a the year, and is expected to con- for employment insurance reforms and emerging economies,” as Variyan, who left to join Employ- policy adviser to then industry tinue as an exempt staffer on the from Ms. Mihychuk to Families, indicated on its website. ment, Workforce Development and minister David Emerson. After Hill in a new role—stay tuned to Children and Social Development Mr. Bélanger is also a former Labour Minister Maryann Mihy- the Conservatives were elected Hill Climbers for an update. Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. associate with CIMA+, which chuk’s offi ce late last month. to government in 2006, she Ms. Variyan began working as According to The Winnipeg Free describes itself online as a “multi- Maryse Harvey has been work- served as director of outreach for director of parliamentary affairs Press, Ms. Mihychuk indicated the disciplinary fi rm that specializes in ing in Mr. Morneau’s offi ce, located Liberal leader Stéphane Dion for to Mr. Morneau late last year, not change was related to her portfo- engineering, project management, in the newly built Jim Flaherty about two years before leaving long after he was sworn in as lio having “the largest number of urban planning, new technologies Building at 90 Elgin St. in Ottawa to work in the private sector for fi nance minister on Nov. 4. projects” in cabinet, but reported and the environment,” and is also since late last month. While her AIAC in 2008. Mr. Dion is now the Before that, she had been sources said the move came fol- former vice-president and treasurer title is offi cially director of issues minister for foreign affairs. working as a manager of health lowing a number of missteps and of the Ordre des urbanistes du Qué- management, she’s essentially fi ll- Ms. Harvey has a bachelor’s policy and government rela- complaints behind doors over her bec, an organization in Montreal. ing the void left by Ms. Variyan. degree in economics from McGill tions at Indivior Canada, which performance as minister to date. On Aug. 29, chief of staff John Before joining the fi nance University and a master’s in describes itself online as a “world Check out Wednesday’s Hill Brodhead welcomed Mr. Bélanger minister’s staff team, Ms. Harvey business administration from the leader in addiction treatment,” Climbers column for more senior to the minister’s team in a tweet was working for the Business University of Ottawa. working to “further advance political staff changes. in French, noting the offi ce was Development Bank of Canada as In Mr. Morneau’s offi ce, Ms. opioid dependence treatment and [email protected] “lucky to have him help develop the a director of government relations Harvey works alongside: Richard combat broader addiction epi- The Hill Times DEFENCEn this important defence policy Canada’s vulnerability and how PUBLICATION DATE: Ibriefi ng, The Hill Times looks into the Canada should invest in sensors to September 26, 2016 latest on where the government’s at improve maritime surveillance and on the F-35s and on the Saudi arms work more closely with the U.S. BOOKING DEADLINE: deal. We follow up on the current We also look into DND’s launch of September 21, 2016 defence review and how Defence energy effi ciency upgrades on seven Minister Harjit Sajjan does not want military bases and we followup on to cut military personnel or major Chief of Defence Staff Jonathan infrastructure. We look into how Vance’s comments on how confl ict Eastern European NATO allies have prevention is going to be a key job been pressing Canada to deploy up for Canada’s military and its allies in to 1,000 soldiers into the region and an uncertain world. concerns about Russian aggression. We look further into the outgoing BE A PART OF THIS IMPORTANT head of the Navy’s comments on POLICY BRIEFING.

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