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Mr. Trudeau—former foreign affairs minis- ter Stéphane Dion is Canada’s ambassador to Germany and envoy to the EU and past immigration minister John McCallum was an ambassador to China. Heard on the Hill Canada’s high commissioner post to the United Kingdom has been filled by both political appointees and career diplomats. by Neil Moss The last career foreign service officer was James R. Wright, who served in the role from 2006 to 2011. More recently, past B.C. premier Gordon Campbell was the high commissioner from 2011 to 2016. The post Champagne popping is currently filled by former Privy Council clerk Janice Charette. Global Affairs announced a handful of appointments last week. off to Europe in hopes Louis Dumas, an Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) bureau- crat, was named Canada’s next ambas- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s August COVID-19 sador to Egypt. Previous ambassador to test wasn’t revealed publicly until this week. The of quelling Armenia- Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua Mi- Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade chael Gort is Canada’s new envoy to Chile. Annick Goulet becomes Canada’s repre- porters he had a test in the summer after sentative to Romania. Christine Laberge having a “bit of a throat tickle.” The test was Azerbaijan clash will be ambassador to the Dominican Re- negative. public. Former ambassador to Belgium and “Earlier in September, I had a bit of a Luxembourg Denis Robert is becoming throat tickle is the best way I could say, Foreign ambassador to Denmark. IRCC’s Emina a bit of a raspy throat. I checked with my Affairs Tudakovic has been named high commis- doctor and he recommended I get tested. I Minister sioner to Jamaica. Behzad Babakhani and got tested. It was negative and I went back François- David Verbiwski have been named consul to work a few days later when the doctor Philippe generals to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and told me I was cleared to do it,” he said. The Champagne Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, respectively. Prime Minister’s Office later clarified the says test happened in late August, according to Canada has media reports. 'credibility' Jagmeet Singh joins in on Near the beginning of the pandemic on the hitting Canada, Mr. Trudeau’s wife, Sophie international Dreams TikTok trend The NDP leader is taking part in the Grégoire Trudeau, tested positive for the stage in TikTok trend that ballooned after an Idaho virus, but Mr. Trudeau wasn’t tested at the speaking up man videotaped himself skateboarding time, he said. for human while drinking cranberry juice and lip- “The best public health advice at that rights syncing to Fleetwood Mac’s hit Dreams. moment was since I was asymptomatic I and the Jagmeet Singh posted his own version needed to isolate but shouldn’t get tested,” protection of to TikTok on Oct. 5. he told reporters on Oct. 5. civilians. The Mr. Trudeau, nor the PMO, did not previ- Hill Times ously release that he had been tested for photograph COVID-19. by Andrew Meade Past foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy to talk COVID-19 and refugees on Oct. 7 anada’s top diplomat is headed to United Kingdom, according to a report. As the pandemic threatens the most CEurope to meet with allies to discuss a Citing unnamed sources, CBC reported vulnerable, former foreign affairs min- path to de-escalation in the revived conflict that Ralph Goodale will be given the keys ister Lloyd Axworthy will participate in between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the to Canada House in London’s Trafalgar a Pearson Centre chat about refugees in disputed territory Nagorno-Karabakh. Square where Canada’s High Commission COVID-19 times. “I’ve asked the foreign minister to travel in the United Kingdom has been located to Europe to discuss with our allies the since the 1920s. developments in Eastern Europe and the Mr. Goodale was a Liberal MP from Caucasus, particularly in the Nagorno- 1974 to 1979 and 1993 to 2019. He has Karabakh,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau served in the cabinets of prime minis- announced on Oct. 5 in a press conference. ters Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, and Mr. Foreign Affairs Minister François- Trudeau, taking charge of the public safety, Philippe Champagne told reporters the finance, and public works and government same day that Canada brings “credibility services portfolios, among others. He lost when it comes to speaking for the protec- his Regina-Wascana, Sask., seat to Conser- tion of civilians, the protection of human vative MP Michael Kram. rights, and making sure that we work with the presidency of the OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe].” “I’ve been in touch with my colleagues from Albania, which currently holds the presidency, to see how Canada can play a role,” he said, noting the role Canada has played during the Belarusian protests. Mr. Champagne said that he wanted to Lloyd Axworthy was foreign affairs minister from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s Dreams video see both sides go back to the negotiation 1996 to 2000. The Hill Times file photograph has nearly 700,000 views after four hours of table and to prevent civilian casualties. being posted. Screen capture courtesy of TikTok/ He also announced that Canada is Jagmeet Singh Mr. Axworthy, who currently serves as suspending the export permits of drone the chair of the World Refugee Council, technology to Turkey after Armenia alleged was Canada’s top diplomat from 1996 to that Ankara was using drones to support “Autumn vibe,” the video’s description 2000 in then-prime minister Jean Chré- Ralph Goodale was the public safety minister Azerbaijan’s attacks on Armenia. reads, which shows Mr. Singh skateboard- tien’s cabinet. from 2015 until his electoral defeat in 2019. “We are concerned by allegations of ing while drinking Zevia Cola and lip- In recent months, Mr. Axworthy has The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade external influence,” said Mr. Champagne, syncing to the 1977 classic. highlighted (alongside Sen. Mobina Jaffer) remarking that he hopes to develop a The video had nearly 700,000 views the human rights crisis in Northern Iraq “common response” with European allies to Since his defeat, Mr. Goodale has been after only four hours of it being posted. where Yazidi people are returning to Sinjar, de-escalate the conflict. the government’s special adviser to the Mr. Singh used the social media plat- where they were forced to flee after ISIS downing of Ukrainian commercial airline form during the 2019 federal election to took control of the town and committed Ralph Goodale to be named Flight 752 by Iranian authorities, which highlight his party’s platform. genocidal attacks against the local popula- Canada’s next U.K. high killed all 176 on board, including 55 Cana- tion. dians and 30 permanent residents. Trudeau had COVID-19 test in The webinar will be hosted by Pearson commissioner: report The appointment continues a tradition president Andrew Cardozo, a contributor One of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s of filling Canada’s most important diplo- August after ‘throat tickle’ to The Hill Times. It will take place on Oct. most trusted cabinet voices until his defeat matic posts with political appointees. Mr. With news of U.S. President Donald 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the 2019 federal election is set to be Goodale will be the third former cabinet Trump testing positive for COVID-19, [email protected] named as Canada’s next envoy to the minister to be appointed as an envoy by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told re- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 3 Comment

this cereal-pummelling stunt is that a Proud Boy must be able to keep a clear Potential Proud Boys proliferation in head in a fistfight. Which brings us to the next level of ini- tiation rites: to actually fight with members Canada’s military deserves a closer look of the “radical left.” The Proud Boys have therefore figured prominently in the heated clashes that have occurred this past sum- A right-wing emergency. Several mer across numerous U.S. cities. One has to wonder if the rally in hundred Proud Boys, Last year, two Proud Boys were convict- Columbus, decked out in body ed of assaulting left-wing protestors and Proud Boys membership Ohio, was armour and helmets, sentenced to four years in jail in the U.S. has increased throughout held on Aug. with many brandish- The Proud Boys were founded in 2016 29. Members ing assault rifles, by Gavin McInnes, a self-styled provocateur the CAF since the 2017 of the assembled to counter with dual British and Canadian citizenship. Proud Boys the ongoing Black McInnes has subsequently distanced him- Halifax incident, and, if so, love U.S. Lives Matter protests self from his creation, but the Proud Boys President that have gripped movement now has chapters across the U.S, are they, too, ‘standing by’? Donald Portland’s streets for the U.K, Australia, and Canada. Trump, and weeks on end. In 2017, the Proud Boys maritime chapter they love Almost as promi- confronted a Canada Day Mi’kmaw ceremony to fight, nent as U.S. flags in downtown Halifax. There was no violence, writes Scott among the Proud but once it was discovered that the five par- Taylor. Flickr Boys were Trump ticipants in Proud Boys black-and-yellow polo photograph by election banners. shirts were members of the Canadian Armed Paul Becker While the Proud Forces, it became national headline news. Boys’ leadership After a brief suspension and some coun- denies they are white selling, four of the five service members which they can still access, to assure supremacists, the returned to active duty, while the fifth had Trump they are indeed “standing by” for the FBI considers them to be an “extremist already been in the process of obtaining Scott Taylor president. group” that has “ties to white nationalism.” his release at the time of the incident. Inside Defence By the following morning, the alt-right They are a male-only organization of self- When it was announced that the CAF hate group had begun merchandising proclaimed chauvinists who are preserving was fully reinstating these personnel, clothing adorned with the Proud Boys logo what they call “western culture” and they Proud Boys Canada chapters celebrated TTAWA—At the Sept. 29 U.S. presi- and Trump’s phrase “stand back, stand by,” refuse to accept any guilt for the current on social media. “We win, our brothers the Odential election debate, Donald Trump which is now their adopted slogan. state of the modern world. Halifax 5 are returning to active military propelled the hate group the Proud Boys In the days following the debate, Trump While they do allow non-white member- duty with no charges, let the [social justice into the international spotlight. When tried to assert that he did not know anything ship, their basic mantra is to hate Muslims, warriors] tears pour. Proud of our boys.” asked by the moderator to denounce white about the Proud Boys and their beliefs prior Jews, and transgendered people. On the One has to wonder if the Proud Boys supremacists, Trump balked and asked for to his public shout out to the hate group flip side, they love Donald Trump and they membership has increased throughout the the name of a specific group. Former vice- on all national TV networks. This claim of love to fight. CAF since the 2017 incident. If so, are they, president Joe Biden suggested the Proud ignorance—like many things Trump has said One of the initiation rituals for the too, “standing by” for whatever it is that Boys, to which Trump stated, “Proud Boys to date—seems unlikely to be true. Proud Boys is to have several members Trump intends to use the Proud Boys? … stand back and stand by.” The previous week, the Proud Boys punch the candidate while he recites the Scott Taylor is the editor and publisher Within minutes, members of the Proud staged a protest rally in Portland, forcing names of five breakfast cereals. I could not of Esprit de Corps magazine. Boys took to those social media platforms, the Oregon governor to declare a state of make this stuff up. The reasoning behind The Hill Times

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Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos, left, Conservative MP Greg McLean, and Bloc Québécois MP Marilène Gill topped the list of biggest spenders in the first quarter. The most frugal MPs that period were Liberal MPs Patricia Lattanzio, Kody Blois, and Peter Fonseca, right. Photographs courtesy of the House of Commons Liberal MP Fragiskatos’ tops first-quarter spending thanks to pandemic ad blitz

office downtown. He disclosed Bloc spokesperson Joanie Riopel to the slowdown in travel for MPs The lowest-spending office The Board of Internal $10,744 in related costs, noting said in French that the spending and their designated travellers this year so far is that of as- that the change in location means changes were due to the hiring because of the pandemic. sistant deputy Speaker Carol Economy Committee he will be paying higher rent and of more constituency staff and The first quarter coincided Hughes (Algoma-Manitoulin- recently approved a utility costs. efforts to rearrange the office to with the peak of the first wave Kapuskasing, Ont.), which logged Conservative MP Greg adhere to physical distancing re- of the pandemic, which forced nearly $6,000 in expenses, most 20 per cent budget McLean, who was first elected quirements. Ms. Riopel also noted Parliament to temporarily shut of which—$5,668–was earmarked to represent Calgary Centre, that Ms. Gill’s deputy whip role down in mid-March, with all par- for staff salaries. Ms. Hughes change to be used on Alta., in 2019, came in second, has her travelling to Ottawa more ties unanimously agreeing to limit shares duties as assistant deputy disclosing $119,288 in expenses frequently than other caucus presence their in the Chamber Speaker with Liberal MP Alex- public messaging. from April to June. Mr. McLean members. to a quorum proportional to the andra Mendès (Brossard–Saint- attributed the higher-than-normal The most frugal MP, mean- distribution of party seats. All Lambert, Que.), who had no BY BEATRICE PAEZ costs to an office move. He told while, was Liberal MP Patricia travel plans related to the work expenses to report, according to The Hill Times that he opted to Lattanzio (Saint-Léonard–Saint- of committees and parliamentary disclosure filings. n ad blitz to amplify the keep his predecessor’s old space Michel, Que.), who disclosed associations were also scrapped. The Bloc Québécois, which Agovernment’s efforts to help for the four-month grace period $42,149 in expenses, about half In the first quarter, MPs spent a recouped its official party status Canadians struggling amid the landlords are typically given of which ($21,187) was spent on total of $2.25-million on travel, last October, accounted for about pandemic vaulted Liberal MP when MPs leave office to save employee salaries. Following an amount that also covers trips half a million of the expenses, Peter Fragiskatos to the top of the the cost of paying rent—roughly closely behind her were Liberal taken by their designated travel- with $220-million spent on its list as the House of Commons’ $40,000—for two locations. Mr. MPs Kody Blois (Kings-Hants, ler, staff, and dependants, along research office. In the last Parlia- biggest spender in the first fiscal McLean said he ended up pay- N.S.), who only spent $49,175 with costs related to accommoda- ment, prior to the 2019 election, quarter. ing the relocation costs to his and Peter Fonseca (Mississauga tion and secondary residences. the Bloc’s House officers were Mr. Fragiskatos said he paid landlord upfront, noting he gave a East–Cooksville, Ont.), who spent Over the same period last year, unable to expense costs related to for a series of billboards to run deposit that includes first and last $51,659. The largest expense MPs logged about $7-million in running the leader’s office, paying across his riding of London North month’s rent worth about $17,516. Mr. Blois and Mr. Fonseca both travel expenses, and in 2018, they for the salaries of research staff, Centre, Ont., in an effort to ensure He said those costs would be disclosed was for staff salaries at disclosed $5.8-million. hospitality, and travel, because that his constituents were aware recouped whenever he vacates $27,661.65 and $28,272.43, respec- Travel costs may continue to it did not meet the threshold to of the various government pro- the space. tively. Ms. Lattanzio, Mr. Blois, be lower than normal, with most qualify as a recognized party. grams that have been launched MPs still confined to their ridings More detailed spending re- to help mitigate the impacts of A red billboard at least for the rest of the year. ports breaking down committee the pandemic. Of the $123,167 in paid for by Parties struck a last-minute deal travel and hospitality costs are expenses he claimed, $37,175 was the office on Sept. 23 to temporarily change expected to be released for the spent on advertising and $10,000 of Liberal the Standing Orders—or House first time this year, thanks to Bill on householders. MP Peter rules—to allow for hybrid parlia- C-58, which amended the federal “In the midst of a crisis, people Fragiskatos mentary sittings during the global Access to Information Act and are going to have questions. I invites pandemic, with the terms agreed introduced new proactive disclo- wanted to provide assurances constituents to expiring on Dec. 11. sure requirements for Parliament. there was an easy way to reach to contact him At the same time, the first report, [me],” he told The Hill Times. for questions House officers bill which was expected by the end of “Simply putting up a tweet does about the feds’ September, might not be released not achieve that. All of this is per- multibillion- $3-million in first quarter because there would be no com- fectly in line with budget rules.” dollar Over the same fiscal period, mittee travel, which has been all The Liberal MP, who was COVID-19 House officers—from the Speaker but halted amid the pandemic, first elected in 2015, noted the Economic to party whips to House leaders— to report. MPs themselves have Board of Internal Economy—the Response Plan. spent a total of $3.28-million. Of mainly been meeting over Zoom. committee that oversees House Photograph that amount, some $3-million was Heather Bradley, communica- spending—recently approved a courtesy spent on employees’ salaries, while tions director at House Speaker’s 20 per cent budget change to be of Liberal the rest went towards service office, also noted in an email that, used on public messaging. With MP Peter contracts, travel, and hospitality. with prorogation, the Liaison that change, MPs can spend a Fragiskatos The year before, which featured Committee was unable to meet to maximum of $80,628 on advertis- a different crop of MPs, officers “adopt the usual report on com- ing over the fiscal year. The red spent a total of $3.24-million. mittee expenses.” billboards, which feature Mr. The office of then-Conserva- The legislation took effect Fragiskatos and are still up, invite tive leader Andrew Scheer (Re- June 21. Under the legislative constituents to contact him if they Coming in third among the and Mr. Fonseca were all unavail- gina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.), who left changes, the “Activities and have questions about the feds’ highest spenders was Bloc Québé- able for comment. his post in late August after the Expenditures” report will now COVID-19 Economic Response cois MP Marilène Gill (Manicoua- Overall, MPs disclosed election of successor Erin O’Toole include detailed breakdowns of Plan—a multibillion-dollar pack- gan, Que.). Ms. Gill, her party’s $26.92-million in expenses, a (Durham, Ont.), disclosed the hospitality costs, and will be ac- age designed to provide support deputy whip, logged $117,001 in dip from the $33.31-million most in expenses at $707,901. His companied by new travel-expense to Canadians and businesses fac- expenses, with the largest amount logged the year before and the party’s National Caucus Research reports for each committee. ing financial hardship. ($22,976) tied to office costs. In $31.26-million disclosed in the Office expensed the second high- — With files from Laura Ryckewaert He also incurred additional ex- an email response to questions same quarter in 2018. This year’s est, spending half a million, with [email protected] penses tied to his move to a new about her first-quarter expenses, decrease can likely be attributed the bulk covering salaries. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 5 News Senate leaders expect quick vote on introducing

On Oct. 2, the hybrid sittings government's representative in the Senate, Sen. Marc Gold presented a draft motion when Red setting out potential rules for a hybrid model that Senators will vote on when they return Oct. 27. Chamber returns The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

said the exact date when the sys- ‘We’ve delayed for tem would be ready has yet to be insurance and the creation of after the Senate returns won’t determined. The Senate adminis- new COVID-19 benefits, with Sen. Draft motion flawed: make a big difference. too long already’ tration has dedicated “substantial Tannas decrying the quick pas- Conservative Sen. Plett Still, Sen. Plett is skeptical resources” to get the Chamber sage without study of legislation, Though Conservative Senate the hybrid system is the best, on creating hybrid ready for hybrid proceedings, he and the fact the Senate had no Leader Don Plett (Landmark, citing the House’s experience sittings in the Senate, added. agreement on how to sit so it can Man.) said he doesn’t like the with lengthy voting delays and The draft motion said that “as properly review such bills. idea of hybrid sittings, he said calling it a “joke” to see some says ISG facilitator soon as practicable,” the Senate His group’s 13 members have he won’t vote against it, and will MPs appearing with children or should begin hybrid sittings and been “incredibly frustrated” at the reluctantly accept a motion with dogs in the picture, or in their Yuen Pau Woo. sets Dec. 18 for when the terms pace of getting a plan, especially a clear end date. He’d like to see cars. of the agreement end—a sunset those who couldn’t come to Ot- more Senators in the Chamber, “What happens in the middle clause group leaders said was im- tawa due to travel and health which he said can accommodate of a sponsor speech or the middle Continued from page 1 portant to give them a chance to restrictions, said Sen. Tannas. up to 84 if both the floor and gal- of a critic speech, and he or she Senators the ability to participate review and see how the Chamber “It, in my mind, is and was lery are used. loses their internet services?” in sittings and votes remotely. is running under the new rules. disrespectful to those people to Still, he said the 21 Conserva- For Progressive Senate Group “When we return on [Oct.] 27, Under the draft rules, Sena- not have moved faster on this,” he tive Senators and their staff will (PSG) Leader Jane Cordy, hybrid I’m confident our motion will be tors can participate by video- said, and technology is not a good be combing through the motion sittings can’t come soon enough. passed very quickly so we’ll be conference, and are required to excuse with the Senate “flounder- and he expects a number of The PSG leader returned from ready to transition to a hybrid use equipment provided by the ing around for months” on a plan. changes will be made. Nova Scotia last week to the sitting as quickly as possible. “When we come back on 27th, I Upper Chamber for the first time This is going to be my very first Canadian really suspect you will see quite a since March. It was “unnerving” order of business,” said Sen. Gold Senators Group different iteration of this motion, coming to Ottawa, a “hot spot” in (Stadacona, Que.) told The Hill Leader Scott and, who knows, maybe to the the grips of a second wave com- Times in an interview after the Tannas says point where it will be withdrawn pared to the Atlantic bubble, said motion was tabled, noting that his group was and a new motion presented. Sen. Cordy, who’s not sure she’s discussions have continued since frustrated it took There are a number of instances comfortable returning. he first shared the draft on Sept. so long for the in motion that would be more The draft is “a good working 29 with the four leaders. government to appropriate for a virtual sitting document” and has been sent to “It will be voted on in a timely bring forward a than for a hybrid sitting,” said all 11 PSG members for feed- fashion and there will not be motion on hybrid Sen. Plett. back, said Sen. Cordy, adding she delays and grandstanding, of sittings. The Hill A “glaring” example, he said, understands the delays, given the that I am convinced,” he said, and Times photograph is the motion currently reads for amount of work Senate adminis- that after the motion’s expected by Andrew Meade the Senate to sit five days per tration has to do to get each and speedy passage, hybrid sittings week, when the Chamber typi- every Senator supported. will begin “as soon as we can.” cally sits three days per week and “Everyone needs a laptop, He’s said there’s broad agree- Senate, including a desktop or “For a number of us, this was leaves Monday and Friday for everybody needs the headset, ment that it’s a “good framework” laptop computer and headphones the week to show that it was time committees and travel. He said interpretation, there’s been work to proceed with and there’s over- with an integrated microphone. to get on with this and so, mission he’s worried that’ll leave no time putting cabling in the gallery, so whelming desire among Senators Senators must have their video accomplished, we’re pleased that for Senators who make the trek if more Senators start showing to begin working. Since mid- broadcasting when speaking the government leader stepped to Ottawa and are also dealing up, some can sit upstairs in the March, the Senate has met only and aren’t required to stand, but forward with a resolution we can with extended travel times amid gallery because we still need safe a few times to pass emergency are banned from using other vote on literally within minutes of COVID. For instance, he can no distance,” she said, and because legislation with a fraction of the devices to participate, like tab- us getting back,” said Sen. Tannas, longer get a direct flight home to it’s a shared network with the Senators in the Chamber and lets or smartphones. It sets out who said the draft looks good, Winnipeg, Man. House of Commons, it makes under an agreement that there procedure for voice votes, with but he expects there will be some Sen. Tannas said these points sense the Lower Chamber would would be no formal votes. standing votes only able to be re- tweaks over the next three weeks are worth considering, but the be up and running first and it’s Now that the House of Com- quested by those in the Chamber, as leaders compare notes. Senate is already empowered to expected there will be glitches. mons is resuming the pace of and requires Senators by video to ISG facilitator Yuen Pau Woo sit five days, though by conven- “Just because it’s a sunny day legislative business, he said the hold a card up to signify their yea, (British Columbia) said his group tion it doesn’t. Sen. Plett also in Ottawa doesn’t mean it’s a Senate must be ready to receive or nay. Senators and the govern- was “fully aligned” with the CSG, pointed out that it calls for the sit- sunny day in Nova Scotia or in the bills to review them prop- ment can also submit documents and “the pressure that was exerted tings between 2 and 9 p.m., which Calgary or across the country.” erly and critically. Asked if he’s electronically. [last] week has borne some fruit.” might work for those at home, but Before the motion came for- confident the technology will be On every day but Friday, The draft is a culmination of seven straight hours isn’t practi- ward, Independent Nova Scotia ready, Sen. Gold said that’s the sittings should last until 9 p.m., multiple meetings with lead- cal for those in the Chamber, Senator Colin Deacon said hybrid purview of the Speaker’s office. and the Speaker can suspend ers and the Speaker over many and leaves “virtually no time” for sittings were taking too long to Senate administration is working the sitting if there are technical months, and already has wide- committees. finalize and while the Atlantic to have the system in place and problems. spread support among the 44 ISG “None of that is taken into remains in its bubble, it’s the dif- operational as soon as Senators It’s intended as much as possi- Senators, said Sen. Woo, as this consideration,” said Sen. Plett. ference between whether he can make a decision, said Ross Ryan, ble to mimic regular proceedings, version has taken into account Though Sen. Tannas said it participate or not. press secretary to Senate Speaker said Canadian Senators Group some of their suggestions. was important to bring the draft “It doesn’t worry me that there George Furey (Newfoundland and Leader Scott Tannas (Alberta), “We’ve delayed for too long motion forward last week, fear- might be a bumpy start. Any Labrador). who, with support from the Inde- already,” he said, adding the Con- ing more delays, Sen. Plett said time you change a system, you’re The administration has been pendent Senators Group (ISG), servatives have obstructed the it didn’t make a difference if the going to have bumps,” he said, working towards an end of forced Sen. Gold to bring forward Senate’s movement towards hy- draft motion came forward last and that shouldn’t be a reason October launch date with the pos- the motion last week. With Bill brid sittings. The way the Senate week, as he said Senate adminis- to delay getting Senators online. sibility that Senators would want C-4 before the Senate Oct. 1, the has been operating has “created tration has said it won’t be ready “Perfection is, without a doubt, to proceed with a hybrid format CSG and the ISG denied unani- a two-tier Senate,” with those in to “flip the switch” until Nov. 1. the enemy of progress.” from “the get go,” as soon as the mous consent to pass the govern- Ottawa able to participate and all Sen. Tannas said he’s wary about [email protected] motion is approved, he added, but ment’s changes to employment others left out. any more delays, but a few days The Hill Times 6 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion The orenda factor in the wonderful life of John Napier Turner

mitment to our beautiful environment—all This giant of a man was this became clear through lengthy tapings on his life and times at the National Ar- renowned to friends and chives of Canada. colleagues for his spiritual This giant of a man, a great warrior on behalf of Canada and Canadians over his power, an indefinable long lifetime, was renowned to friends and colleagues for his spiritual power, an inde- inner light that guided him finable inner light that guided him through the best and worst of times. This was the through the best and worst spirit the Huron people called orenda. The stuff of all great chiefs and leaders. A vital of times. spirit. Mystical. When Huron and Algonquin chiefs first met Samuel de Champlain, they recog- nized that spirit in him. They came to Que- bec in multitudes at the time of his death in 1636. Portaging, canoeing the great rivers to be with this honoured man. The Rt. Hon. John Turner bore that spirit within him. The orenda power to effectu- ate change for the better. The indefinable inner light in a man whose vision and love of country and all the lonely spaces of Elizabeth McIninch Canada was legendary. Opinion “I love what we have built as a nation. I love what we stand for and, above all, I love that it is ours.” As he prepared for the e have just lost a fine Canadian. I was “fight of his life” in 1988, these words were Wblessed to get to know him. His wis- the anchor of the campaign. The moral Former prime minister John Turner, pictured in 2019, whose Sept. 19 passing was marked with a dom, his passion for Canada, his deep com- compass. state funeral in Toronto on Oct. 6, possessed the orenda power to effectuate change for the better, writes archivist Elizabeth McIninch. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

In fact, this life-long love affair with and that no Canadian government could Canada began when he was a boy. Turner consider surrendering its birthright. He lost his English father at the age of three, took his message to Washington, D.C., in and was raised by his mother, a miner’s 1965, telling Americans that continentalism daughter from Rossland, B.C., who would was foreign to his vocabulary and warned rise to become the most senior woman in that Canada would not consider exporting the federal civil service during wartime. surpluses without pledges of guaranteed Phyllis Gregory Turner was a single mom access to American markets. who fought hard to raise her children dur- Striking words this great Canadian ing the Great Depression. As she sought would carry into the historic 1988 cam- excellence in herself, so she did with her paign. children. “We wanted to change the world and At this time, young Turner came under that’s why we were there,” the newly elect- the wing of the late A.L Cochrane, who ed Member of Parliament from St. Law- became his mentor and father figure. In rence-St. George, Que., said in June, 1962, one of our taping sessions, I had the great reflecting on the boisterous, brainy flock of privilege of hearing him speak about talented young liberals who accompanied Cochrane’s pivotal importance in his life. him into Parliament, an institution he so He taught him to canoe and survive in revered, and whose traditions he fought for the Canadian wilderness. It was the great all his life. Duty. Commitment to county. Cochrane who unleashed a mystical bond The honour of public service. Character, with the beauty of this vast country that yes, always character. lasted throughout a lifetime. It has been said that Canada is a su- There was such poetry in Turner. Find preme act of faith. No one understood that his words in his little red field books, re- better than Turner. His legacy to Canadi- corded during lengthy northern inspection ans? Protect our country. Defend it. Travel October 7, 2020 tours with his northern affairs minister, every byway. Canoe every river. Love every Arthur Laing (1963-65). Treasures. Read his part of our country. Keep our democracy emotional speech at Pond Inlet in 1969, giv- strong. Young people? We need you more en when he was minister of justice, upon than ever in this lonely, this difficult, Find out how you his admission to the Bar of the Northwest unpredictable world of 2020. We need your Territories. A “land of glacial wonder,” he leadership and your strength. We need you said. Bright, white clad. Here was the soul to change the world. We need your orenda can support of the Canadian identity he so loved. spirit. As I read the proceedings over the Elizabeth McIninch is an international Columbia River Treaty in 1963, I could business consultant who, earlier in her Canadian brewers. virtually hear the government’s lead ques- career, had the privilege of serving as John tioner thinking through the testimony and Napier Turner’s archivist. She recorded questioning the witnesses as the very fine eight interviews with him at the National lawyer he was. The treaty was ratified by Archives of on his life and times (1998- both countries in 1964 but was, for Turner, 2003). Elizabeth is co-editor with Arthur an education in the peril Canada faced if Milnes of Politics of Purpose, 40th Anniver- canadianbeerday.ca we began to surrender our resources to the sary Edition, published by the School of enormous appetites south of the border. Policy Studies, Queen’s University, 2008. The late Blair Fraser, one of Canada’s She served as adviser and researcher to leading journalists at the time, recorded Paul Litt in his compelling biography Elu- the evolution in his thinking as Turner sive Destiny, the Political Vocation of John became the foremost defender of the Napier Turner, UBC Press, 2011. position that water is a priceless resource The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 7 Comment Donald Trump, power tool of the new barbarians

The process of seducing hu- U.S. President that informs outcomes: electability. With election day man beings as adherents until the Donald Trump You can’t spend every hour of your obliteration of democracy makes is pictured at 35,000-hour presidency acting like a in America looming those same human beings redun- the Walter Reed rampaging, vulgar, asinine clown— and a previously dant, enslave-able, or dispensable National Military you can’t preside over the mortal hasn’t really changed much. This Medical Center on amplification of a pandemic—and unthinkable coup time around, there’s more corrup- Oct. 3. The political, believably win re-election unless the tion than seduction involved in the geopolitical, and entire electorate is more insane than threatened by the wooing of human assets who’ve intelligence interests you are. Trump has gone to the to- enabled and expedited outcomes, currently using talitarian mattresses and threatened incumbent, let’s but the element of sticker shock Trump, among other to bulldoze an election because his on the other side of functioning tools, to undermine own anti-democracy scorched-earth note the significant democracy, should it come to that, and discredit presidential performance has made difference in this promises to be just as acute. democracy care it impossible for him to convincingly The political, geopolitical, and about one thing: rig one over the top. latest epic assault on institutional players who’ve been power, writes Lisa The good news is that, this time, degrading democracy for the past Van Dusen. White the interests closing in on democ- democracy. two decades are not interested House photograph by racy are not even pretending to in ideology beyond the degree Joyce N. Boghosian trick out their barbarism as a cause. to which it can be selectively They’re just hoping that a firehose exploited to rationalize corrupted of rubbish and toxicity will cause outcomes. In the current war on such disorientation and disgust that democracy, the Trojan Horse of in this war who have their own unthinkable headlines and relent- people won’t know what hit them. ideology has been stabled except reasons for abhorring democracy less assaults on normalcy, peace, “Plunging people into despair where, depending on the dateline, has absolutely nothing to do with and authentic reality are the means closes a perfectly perverse circle,” white supremacy or populism are ideology. The political, geopo- justified by the end of democracy. writes Pope Francis in his latest used as narrative rationales. litical, and intelligence interests Trump’s presidency has been a encyclical, which, whether you’re The rise of China and Russia currently using Donald Trump, deception operation that has wea- churchy or not, is well worth the as dictatorships deploying 21st- among other tools, to undermine ponized the pre-existing grandi- read as a treatise on our current Lisa Van Dusen century cyberwarfare to control and discredit democracy care osity, narcissism, unpredictability, calamity. “Such is the agenda of the What Fresh Hell events within their own borders about one thing: power. And and self-styled showmanship of invisible dictatorship of hidden inter- and disrupt them elsewhere because they have no agenda that the man to rationalize otherwise ests that have gained mastery over was not about ideology. China’s can be articulated overtly, democ- imponderable change—the isola- both resources and the possibility of uring the last two major leveraging of its economic power racy, as an obstacle to power, is tion of America, the degradation thinking and expressing opinions.” Dglobal clashes between de- to produce anti-democracy out- their enemy. of multilateralism, the corrosion Not entirely. Not yet. mocracy and totalitarianism—un- comes in debt-trapped countries In this war of the worldviews, of public trust, the obfuscation Lisa Van Dusen is associate leashed by the rise of fascism that is not about communism. The old school, ends-justify-the-means and subjectification of truth— editor of Policy Magazine and produced the Second World War massive migration of covert nar- tactical politics scaled up by tech- washed down with the ludicrous was a Washington and New York- and of communism that produced rative warfare tools and tactics nology is the ideology. In this war, propaganda trope that Trump is a based editor at UPI, AP, and ABC. the Cold War—ideology was at to politics in democracies is not the chaos, confusion, corruption, lone, megalomaniac actor. She writes a weekly column for the core of the battle, at least in about ideology. And the agenda industrialized bullsh*t, misrepre- That mission is now colliding The Hill Times. theory. of the political players invested sentation, misdirection, previously with the core element of democracy The Hill Times

Let’s set the record straight about October 1970

lower Westmount, arguing about the War Measures Act (WMA). intellectuals called upon him to Laporte, lying in state in an open Looking back, Quebec nationalism. In fact, Trudeau was reluctant to negotiate with the FLQ and free coffin at the Palais de Justice in Then, a radio bulletin inter- invoke the Act, given it could only the “political prisoners”—who Old Montreal. as someone who rupted our argument: British be applied “in a state of war or in- had murdered, robbed banks, and As everyone now knows, Trade Commissioner James Cross surrection, real or apprehended.” stolen dynamite. Cross was freed and Laporte’s was there and had been kidnapped that morn- It was done at the insistence of Then the Montreal and Quebec killers tried and jailed. There both reported and ing by the Front de libération du Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau Provincial Police got into the act, was no recurrence of FLQ vio- Québec (FLQ). I thought it was a and Quebec Premier Robert drawing up an enemies list of so- lence. New legislation was soon participated in reflection of revolutionary move- Bourassa. called FLQ sympathizers. When passed to replace the War Mea- ments elsewhere. And of course, This is confirmed by Victor Trudeau’s colleague, Gerard Pel- sures Act, without its draconian Quebec politics for we had been living with FLQ Goldbloom, who was a member letier, saw them, he was shocked provisions. bombs in mailboxes since 1963. of Bourassa’s cabinet. In his to see the names of moderate The events of October 1970 decades, it annoys A few days before, the Montreal memoirs, he writes, “The [cabinet] left-wing friends and insisted they will always resonate with those me when journalists Gazette ran an article indicating discussions were stressful and be struck from the lists. who experienced them; and we the police knew the names of al- decisive … Finally, [Bourassa] Almost 500 people were de- have to recognize there were who were not there most all the members of the FLQ, agreed, and a special messenger tained without due process, and abuses of personal freedoms by perhaps 60 people. was sent to Ottawa, carrying the few ever faced trial. I knew two the police. But we live in a peace- get it wrong about the I figured this would end formal request that the WMA be of them, Montreal journalist Nick ful country, where the shared re- quickly. How wrong I was. invoked.” Auf der Maur and poet and later vulsion of an assassination forced period. As the 50th anniversary of Pierre Trudeau, meanwhile, PQ minister Gerald Godin. Nei- the majority to seek recourse at the October Crisis is marked, recounts, “That Oct. 15, I ended up ther was charged, and both were the ballot box. the news media is as much in giving in to the representations arrested because of journalistic We should ensure our history error as I was that first Monday of my Quebec counterpart and contacts in the FLQ. is written with facts, not con- in October. And Bloc Québécois of the mayor of Montreal. ‘But be Meanwhile, Montreal was jecture. And simply because an- leader Yves-François Blanchet careful … are you, Bourassa, and said to be under “martial law.” For other Trudeau is now in power, is demanding an apology from you, Drapeau, ready to declare, in the average person, that wasn’t the events of half a century ago Prime Minister Justin Trudeau writing, that you are under such true. In our CEGEP, there were should not be used as a cudgel for his father’s actions at the an apprehension (of insurrec- frequent assemblies. Out in the to attack him or his father’s time. tion)?’ Their affirmative response streets, the military was directing legacy. Looking back, as someone was immediate.” traffic and protecting high-profile Andrew Caddell is retired from who was there and both reported At the time, Mayor Drapeau Montrealers. We went to classes, Global Affairs Canada, where he Andrew Caddell and participated in Quebec was desperate to scuttle the had parties, and continued to play was a senior policy adviser. He With All Due Respect politics for decades, it annoys left-wing FRAP opposition in the football. previously worked as an adviser me when journalists who were November municipal election. We were not inured from to Liberal governments. He is a not there get it wrong about the And Bourassa was a 37-year-old events, however; when Labour fellow with the Canadian Global AMOURASKA, QUE.—Fifty period. neophyte, whose position was Minister Pierre Laporte’s body Affairs Institute and a principal of Kyears ago, I was a student in So, let’s set the record straight. being undermined by others: was found late on Oct. 17, very QIT Canada. He can be reached CEGEP in Montreal, sitting in In every story, Pierre Elliott in an Oct. 15 advertisement in few of us slept. A few days later, at [email protected]. my grandfather’s living room in Trudeau is blamed for invoking Le Devoir, dozens of Quebec a group of us paid our respects to The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor New Senate audit and More money, not austerity, needed to oversight committee is a long tackle COVID crisis, letter writer says The Canadian time coming, so make it count Finance Minister ight years after the scandal that colleagues that external membership was Chrystia Erocked the Upper Chamber, Senators the way to go. In the interim, the Senate Freeland, have finally made headway on oversight did take a number of steps to improve its pictured in the to Senate spending. financial accountability, such as improv- West Block On Oct. 1, the Senate agreed to the ing the quarterly expense disclosures on Sept. 24, creation of the Audit and Oversight published online with Senators’ office, can spend Committee, bringing to an end years of living, travel, and contract spending; whatever debate, negotiation, and outright argu- reviewing Senate policies to eliminate amounts ment over how such a group could come redundancies; and having annual budget are required into existence. reviews with the Senate’s administrative because she The late auditor general Michael directors. However, the inability to make owns all shares Ferguson, in a June 2015 report on Senate progress on this key recommendation in of the Bank of expenses, recommended the establish- some fashion was frustrating to watch Canada, writes ment of an independent body to oversee and chipped away at any goodwill the Larry Kazdan. Senate spending. Chamber had managed to generate on The Hill Times The Senate expense scandal began in the file. photograph by 2012, eventually resulting in the Senate In the end, a compromise was finally Andrew Meade asking Ferguson to conduct the audit in made, and the motion passed last week 2013 after numerous media reports al- creates a committee which includes mem- e: “If we are truly ‘strong and resilient’ years ago? Under Paul Martin’s 1994- leged that some Senators on both sides of bers of the public. Rthe government should act on the 96 watch, severe budget cuts decreased the aisle claimed about $1-million in ineli- Though it was the Senators’ individual debt,” ( The Hill Times, Sept. 30, p. 10). our economic growth by 3.5 percentage gible housing, travel, and office expenses. spending that made headlines, Conserva- Though many fret about the govern- points, downloaded costs onto provinces, In the end, Senators paid back tens of tive Senator David Wells, who has been ment’s COVID-induced spending, the and led to an explosion of homelessness thousands of dollars, though no one was working on the creation of this committee debt-to-GDP ratio of the U.S. is twice that that still troubles us today. found guilty of a crime in court. for nearly five years, noted in the Cham- of Canada, and Japan’s is more than four Managing COVID-19 will require a A key conflict in getting this com- ber on Oct. 1 the new committee looks at times as much. These two countries have more vigorous injection of monies to mittee off the ground has been whether more than the “mere 12 per cent” of office low inflation, relatively stable currencies, support the health of families and busi- it should be composed of Senators or and travel expenditures that the auditor and no problem issuing bonds. Japan has nesses today, and to fund a just transition outside third parties. In late 2017, there general chose to focus on years ago. even successfully issued bonds with nega- that deals robustly with climate change seemed to be some movement on the file, “This is a modern institution and tive interest rates. When a country has its that threatens our children tomorrow. with the Senate’s Internal Economy Com- one of the founding institutions of our own floating, non-convertible fiat cur- The Canadian minister of finance can mittee forwarding a recommendation that country,” he said. “Canadians have valid rency, it can always order payout money spend whatever amounts are required a committee, made up solely of Senators, expectations and we must meet those from its central bank and can never go because she owns all shares of the Bank be created. expectations. It has been a long road to broke, a fact that risk-averse investors of Canada, which according to its annual That recommendation then got bogged get to this point and the Canadian Senate clearly understand. report, “has the power and operational down in the Rules Committee for months will be a world leader with this structure Since a monetarily sovereign country ability to create Canadian-dollar liquidity before finally returning the Chamber, in place.” like Canada cannot have a public debt in unlimited amounts at any time.” where the Independent Senators Group Let’s hope he’s right. crisis in its own currency, what was the Larry Kazdan hit the pause button in a bid to convince The Hill Times actual effect of imposing austerity 25 Vancouver, B.C. Trudeau government should defund Trans Mountain pipeline, invest in a Green New Deal: reader

e are in the middle of a global pan- the climate crisis. We could create pub- Wdemic, a climate emergency, and an licly owned renewable energy provid- economic recession. These compounding ers, a high-speed rail service across the crises demand a bold response. We need country, institutions to retrain workers a plan to retool our economy so that it in the fossil fuel sector, and so much works for people and the planet. more. The best way to do this is by invest- That’s the kind of action we need, not ing in a Green New Deal that generates for the government to spend billions of millions of decent jobs in a low-carbon dollars on industries and projects, like the economy. Trans Mountain pipeline, that endanger There is a historical precedent in our future. Instead of investing tens of bil- Canada. In the 1930s and 40s, Canada lions of taxpayer dollars on this project, mobilized at an unprecedented scale for the Trudeau government should defund the Second World War. The government Trans Mountain and invest in a Green created 28 new Crown corporations to New Deal. meet the urgent needs of that time. We Tanya Bucknor need to mobilize at the same scale for Ottawa, Ont.

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Derek Sloan, the Trump-loving MP, ing in Canada is a socialist coup that we, has called mandatory masks a means of the taxpayers, are funding.” Lewis admits lessly obscured medical developments as political control by “power-hungry” govern- this might once have sounded like conspir- It goes without saying that, the virus flourished. ments. And, more generally, the efforts by acy thinking, but not now. And Trump’s cavalier attitude toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s govern- It goes without saying that, with the sec- with the second wave of the the need to wear masks as a civic duty ment to move quickly to dispense massive ond wave of the pandemic roaring ahead, pandemic roaring ahead, seeded the polarization of the mask issue financial support to help Canadians and Canadian leaders need to work much hard- into a grotesque political dispute based on the economy survive the pandemic have er to reinforce the message that individual Canadian leaders need some false notion of oppressive govern- been linked by Conservatives to totalitari- responsibility is the key to holding back ment interference in peoples’ individual anism. COVID-19. And Canadians must shelve the to work much harder to rights. This has supercharged the unhinged In the midst of the pandemic, in his final anti-social, destructive mindsets associated anti-government sentiment that has grown speech as Conservative leader, Andrew with mask rejection and COVID conspira- reinforce the message that in the U.S. during the pandemic among Scheer compared the Liberals’ intervention cies and instead pull together in a genuine, paranoid conspiracy buffs, extremists, to communism as practiced in Cuba and concerted effort to work collectively for the individual responsibility Trump cultists, and gun-toting Americans the former East Germany. And Leslyn Lew- good of all against a virus impervious to is the key to holding back looking for an excuse to blatantly threaten is, the surprisingly popular novice Conser- political abstractions of any kind. those they disagree with. vative leadership candidate, says that “ever Les Whittington is a regular columnist COVID-19. Thousands have died in the U.S. because since Justin Trudeau tried to grant himself for The Hill Times. of this crazy culture war, which has seen king-like powers at the beginning of the The Hill Times people rampaging through stores in defiance of mask rules and store clerks shot in a few instances. The reasoning behind this revolt? Here’s a typical rant during a local govern- ment discussion on mask rules in Florida: CAREERS “You’re removing our freedoms and stomp- ing on our constitutional rights by these communist dictatorship orders or laws you want to mandate,” said one woman. The anti- mask movement in the U.S. is all the more disturbing because of the related upsurge of Les Whittington violence by right-wing racist militia groups CANADA'S Need to Know who now rank as the most serious terrorist threat in their country. In Canada, the picture has been thank- BUILDING TRADES TTAWA—So President Donald Trump, fully much less fraught. Polls, for the most Owho has sought for months to play part, show public support for mandated down the extent and dangers of COVID-19 mask-wearing. But there is opposition. Be- and ridiculed mask wearing, allowed a sides a general weariness of the pandemic, UNIONS IS HIRING! super-spreader environment to be created opponents of facial cover-up laws appear among his own White House staff. to be driven generally by distrust of health It’s another of the upside-down realities authorities and government. This attitude is Canada's Building Trades Unions is (CBTU) is of Trump’s tenure that are so bizarre that shaped in part by anti-vaxxers and also by they somehow get underplayed in public imported American conspiracy thinking, in looking for a Senior Policy Analyst to help discourse—like the president encouraging particular the rampant QAnon gibberish. formulate policy to better inform the federal white supremacists, his cozying up to dic- While mild, the echo in Canada of the tators, fundamentally undermining trust in COVID revolt in the U.S. has its troubling government, and government at all levels, elections, and denigrating America’s allies. elements. For one thing, it may make about issues that affect our members. CBTU Now, the hospitalization of the presi- defeating COVID with a vaccine more dent himself with the virus he has often difficult. And the mindless resentment of is an affiliation of 14 construction trades said was on the way out has put an excla- activist government, even of leaders trying mation point on the astonishing story of to save lives, reflects potentially very divi- unions representing 600,000 craftworkers the U.S. administration’s response to the sive partisan characteristics. Self-identified from coast to coast to coast. And we're health crisis. One might have assumed right-wingers, according to the polls, have back in the winter that, facing a deadly been much more likely to distrust govern- looking to grow our team. To learn more, pandemic, the leader of the most medi- ments in Canada on this and to refuse to visit www.buildingtrades.ca cally capable country in the world would wear masks as part of the public defence have taken a position of pronounced against the pandemic. responsibility based on science, always This may explain why Ontario Premier erring on the side of caution to protect Doug Ford, for instance, has been issuing U.S. citizens and their health system. In- mixed messages for months about how VALUE ON DISPLAY. EVERY WWW.BUILDINGTRADES.CA stead, as we all know, Trump chose to treat to fight COVID-19, specifically refusing COVID-19 as a minor problem, dodged until last week to declare a province-wide DAY. responsibility for a death toll among mask rule. On a wider basis, echoes of the Americans now above 200,000, and relent- Trump-fed culture war have filtered into 10 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES Comment Trudeau’s government needs to take control of the rapid COVID-19 test debate

seriousness of the coronavirus. threat of his presidency, military remained closed, the stock of Labs; tests that will provide re- Canadians elected Or maybe it was the beginning of intelligence briefed the Canadian medical isotopes necessary for sults in 13 minutes. Surprisingly, long lines of those awaiting tests defence minister on Jan. 17 of the the treatment of a number of the next day, Health Canada ap- MPs to act in their and then the results, that brought seriousness of the situation. diseases, including cancer, could proved the tests for use. into question the leadership of the But all along this journey, the run out and patients awaiting life- Dr. Supriya Sharma, senior interest, or, at the Trudeau government in dealing word from the Trudeau govern- saving or -extending treatment adviser at Health Canada, has very least, protect with the fight against the virus. ment, as conveyed by Hajdu, was may die. This was not a position said that even with this approval, Until these events, the govern- “Canada will take its cues from the prime minister was willing to only hundreds of thousands of their interests. They ment had relatively escaped close Dr. Tam.” tolerate. the tests will be available in the scrutiny. The statements from Hajdu The advice from the com- next two to three weeks and 2.5 are accountable and The connection between what and Trudeau about reliance on mission was not followed and million tests arriving “into the Trump knew and what Prime science and experts without add- legislation to reopen the plant early part of 2021.” should be pressing Minister Justin Trudeau and ing their own political gloss or was passed by Parliament. It was It isn’t good enough for the to solve this problem Health Minister Patty Hajdu knew views perhaps finds their source determined that there are times prime minister or health minister is set out in detail by CBC’s J.P. in the many criticisms the Liber- when advice from the bureau- to say that Canadians must wait. and get rapid tests to Tasker in a mid-September ar- als levelled at the Harper govern- cracy has to be countered by the As the National Post noted, ticle. Tasker’s story suggests that ment when in opposition. political. “Health Canada needs find ways Canadians. as much as we ridiculed Trump But what happens when the This led to a view that the to prevent potentially life-saving for ignoring stark warnings of scientists or government experts Harper government was anti- equipment from getting bogged the seriousness of COVID-19, we are possibly wrong? This was the public service and anti-science, down in bureaucracy.” weren’t doing much better on this situation in 2007, when the Chalk which was only exacerbated by Canadians elected MPs to act side of the border. River nuclear power plant was the Harper government’s rejec- in their interest, or, at the very Hajdu played down the virus, closed for routine maintenance, tion of the long-form census. least, protect their interests. They saying there was low transmis- but the then-head of the Nuclear Canadians need rapid CO- are accountable and should be sion in Canada and Dr. Theresa Safety Commission, Linda Keen, VID-19 tests as the second wave pressing to solve this problem Tam, Canada’s chief public health refused to allow it to reopen until of the virus hits when schools and get rapid tests to Canadians. officer, warned against closing a number of issues were resolved. and businesses are reopening. It is time the government acted the borders, as that would cause This created a well-publicized In fact, it has been one of the to attract other rapid test manu- more harm than good while the confrontation between the Harper main issues raised in Question facturers to Canada and increase Bruce Carson failing to replenish the emergency government and Keen. During this Period since Parliament resumed the focus on gaining results from Comment stockpile of personal protective period, the government discovered sitting after the Speech from the Health Canada. equipment. that Chalk River manufactured Throne. Sitting in the bleachers and As we know, the government’s more than half of the medical These tests are being deployed watching is not the role our repre- erhaps it was the release of view changed and the border was isotopes in the world and, as luck in other G7 countries, while Ca- sentatives were elected to play. PBob Woodward’s book on U.S. closed. would have it, one of the other ma- nadians wait on the sidelines. Bruce Carson was an aide to President Donald Trump, Rage, While Trump was being told jor plants was shut down as well. On Sept. 29, Trudeau an- prime ministers Brian Mulroney and its detailed telling of the story on Jan. 28 that COVID-19 would The dilemma for the govern- nounced 7.9 million of these tests and Stephen Harper. of when Trump was warned of the be the biggest national security ment was that if Chalk River had been purchased from Abbott The Hill Times

Erin O’Toole, you might just have a shot at this

tenure, you must first look at the New Conservative looks comfortable in his own One and half months state of the party they govern. Party Leader Erin skin. He is a Conservative leader Is there any post-leadership tur- O’Toole, left, and who does not go spasmodic when into his leadership moil? To date, nothing obvious at his team look talking about same-sex marriage all. No Maxime Bernier-type char- like they’ve so or LGBTQ2 rights. He comes and no one is calling acter sulking and plotting in the far handled the across as a human being, not an- for his head—that wings. If anything, there seems to transition into other tightly wound Tory chieftain be harmony in the party. If Peter the Opposition from a galaxy far, far away. is pretty good by MacKay is hurt and disappointed, Leader’s Office The one obvious misstep you would never know it. Caucus well, writes Tim O’Toole had in the first days of Conservative Party is calmer and focused now that Powers. The Hill leadership was when he was care- Andrew Scheer is no longer in Times photograph ful about not admitting systemic standards. charge. Scheer himself seems by Andrew Meade racism exists. That is an obvi- to be content in his critic role. ous and important admission to Again, on the surface, it looks make. If there are still people out like O’Toole and his team have there who do not get that, O’Toole handled the transition well. ought not play it cute to get their Money. Money. Money. To samplings, O’Toole is demonstrat- any big piles of dung nor had vote. O’Toole himself has been at run any organization, you need ing he can expand the pool of it smeared all over him by his ease in other settings on speaking money. The Conservative Party potential voters. That is vital if capable Liberal opponents. No about all manner of discrimina- has, for years, been known as a the Conservatives want to win the stinking albatrosses so far. In- tion, including those with mental fundraising juggernaut. There next election. For example, a Sept. stead, through formal events and health and wellness challenges. is no evidence to suggest that is 7 Nanos Research poll found that social media, he has started to tell He is a thinking person, and he abating under O’Toole’s leader- O’Toole was attracting more sup- his story to Canadians. Middle- must showcase that. Tim Powers ship. Conservative Party donors port in Ontario and Quebec than class guy from Ontario. Suffered One and half months into his Plain Speak remain enthusiastic and keep fir- the Conservatives had garnered the loss of his mother at an early leadership and no one is calling ing back dollars to never-ending there in 2019. The Conservatives age, which had a pronounced for his head—that is pretty good party appeals. The only concern need to do more work here, but impact on him. Community- by Conservative Party standards. TTAWA—The early days of on the money front is MacKay’s those vote-indication changes minded fellow who loved his If you can keep the streak going, OErin O’Toole’s leadership of the $1-million campaign debt. The in Canada’s two most populous military experience and it helped Erin O’Toole, you might have a Conservative Party of Canada seem party would be wise, particularly provinces will be welcomed in keep him grounded. A family man shot at a strong election perfor- to be going well. The roughest patch if they want MacKay to run in the Tory Town. not taken with the trappings of mance. he has had thus far, and it is one future, to help pay that down in Though it got off to an early- power. That is the story. It is up Tim Powers is vice-chairman many Canadians can relate to, was whatever manner is appropriate. morning start after the leader- to the audience to connect with it of Summa Strategies and manag- catching COVID-19, along with his While O’Toole and the Con- ship-reveal event vote-tabulating and him—or not. ing director of Abacus Data. He is wife. Thankfully, they recovered. servatives have not seen any big mess, O’Toole’s introduction to Unlike Scheer—and this may a former adviser to Conservative When evaluating the begin- post-leadership bounce in public Canadians has gone reason- matter more than the details of political leaders. ning of a Conservative leader’s opinion polls, in some early ably well. He has not stepped in his personal narrative—O’Toole The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 11

Ireland’s ambassador- designate to Canada Diplomatic Circles Eamonn McKee says he requested Canada for by Samantha Wright Allen his third of head of mission posting as the ‘ideal’ location for his family. Canada-Irish The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia relationship ‘ripe “I know the the players on this, the state which he joked makes him a classmate of agencies back home, which [is] a real asset, Canadian actor Daniel Levy. because very often diplomats don’t get that A recent week of the course has inspired exposure,” said Mr. McKee. his first Canadian blog post, looking at “I’m very interested in how to build different interpretations of law and compar- for development,’ trade. And of course, with CETA [the ing the Western approach to that of First Canada-European Union Comprehensive Nations. That resonated, he said, because he Economic and Trade Agreement] and the could see the parallels between the Indige- rapidly developing relationship,” he said of nous and Gaelic views of the world and law. the pact, first implemented in 2017. In 2019, That research is part of the early days new envoy says Canada exported $843.1-million worth of of any posting, he said, “surveying the land- products to Ireland, a steady increase from scape,” getting to meet people, and under- 2016’s $495.9-million, while imports from standing where there are opportunities to “They’re all like a car crash,” said Mr. Ireland also climbed from $1.9-billion in grow diplomatic ties. Eamonn McKee, Ireland’s McFee, who negotiated the text on policing 2016, to $3-billion last year. “If you connect the right people, things and later, in 2006, served as UN Director To start, he said, he hopes to build a happen. You can’t artificially create a proj- ambassador-designate to and Director of the Conflict Resolution richer “sense of Ireland” in Canada, and ect; you know something that’s going to Canada, was one of the Unit. “The fundamental truth, I think, is “sharpening people’s knowledge.” work by following the energy. My kind of the legitimacy of violence. That a state, That’s a two-way street with Mr. McKee, working philosophy is ‘if it ain’t fun, don’t negotiators who helped that is regarded as legitimate, has earned who before landing in Ottawa started an do it.’” the moral monopoly on violence through online course on Indigenous people in Can- [email protected] bring about the Good Friday its police and its soldiers. So, those people ada offered by the University of Alberta, The Hill Times who live within a jurisdiction that they Agreement to end conflict in don’t regard as legitimate for whatever rea- sons, feel that that state has lost the moral Northern Ireland. monopoly to that violence. So a peace process is about restoring the integrity of elping negotiate the 1998 peace treaty that monopoly on violence.” in Northern Ireland is among the CAREERS H A history buff and avid writer, Mr. proudest achievements for Ireland’s new McKee records observations like these and top diplomat in Ottawa, and one that has a more on his blog, which also touches on notable Canadian connection. his diplomatic postings and he already has As a member of the Irish government’s one in the works for Canada. airy Farmers of Canada is the national policy, lobbying and team involved in the negotiation, and later He arrived Sept. 10 in Ottawa with his implementation, of the Good Friday Agree- promotional organization representing Canadian dairy wife, Mary McGillis-McKee, his white cat ment bringing to an end decades of conflict Coco, and one of their three children, who producers. DFC strives to create stable conditions for the dairy in the region, Eamonn McKee said one of D is finishing her final semester remotely. It sector in our country. It also seeks to maintain policies that promote his biggest gets was recruiting to the peace doesn’t always happen for diplomats, but process former Canadian Supreme Court the sustainability of Canadian dairy production and promote dairy Ireland granted Mr. McKee’s request to be Justice Peter Cory. posted in Canada, a spot that he and his wife products and their health benefits. Calling him an “amazing man,” he said agreed would be the “ideal place,” just a few the judge was among a group of leading hours away from two of their daughters and Canadian figures who played a crucial role, seven hours from family in the United States. with Mr. Cory being tasked with review- ing controversial cases where there were SENIOR DIRECTOR, allegations of collusion and murder by the Relationship ‘rapidly developing’ state. Just weeks from stepping off the plane PUBLIC AFFAIRS One of the untold narratives of North- and not yet officially in the role, Mr. McKee ern Ireland is of a society traumatized by said the bilateral relationship is “ripe for that violence, he said, recalling the sudden development.” It helped that during his relief he felt when he finally crossed the predecessor Jim Kelly’s posting, there were We are currently seeking a bilingual Senior Director, Public Affairs border back south before the ceasefires. more than 20 high-level visits, including to join our Executive Team based in Ottawa. The Senior Director “You were just conscious of tension and between prime ministers. is accountable for the development and execution of DFC’s public threat,” said Mr. McKee, who worked on the “That the level of engagement was Anglo-Irish division from 1986-89, 1996-99, unprecedented, but that revivifies the communications and federal government relations strategy. The and 2002-05, on security issues, conten- whole bilateral relationship because every Senior Director will assess opportunities and risks in these areas, tious parades, policing and confidence in minister that comes along, meets his bring a strategic focus and discipline, and ensure alignment with the rule of law, the use of lethal force, the counterpart, and they think of something Cory process and criminal justice reform. to do. And that’s how this develops,” said the respective department and overall organization’s purpose and But he also took to heart the advice of one Mr. McKee from his Rockcliffe residence strategic plan to reach the optimum results. The Senior Director will colleague at the time: “you have a duty of on Oct. 1, about a week after ending lead the respective Directors responsible for the execution of advocacy hope.” He has vivid memories of the long quarantine. He’s the ambassador designate nights, and finally, the euphoria when it at the moment and can’t yet participate communications and government relations, with an eye to supporting sunk in they had an agreement. at the political-level until he presents his ongoing professional growth and development. “It was at night and we looked out the credentials. He said he doesn’t yet know window at the lights below on the trip from when that will happen as he heard Gover- Dublin to Belfast, and it was sinking in that nor General Julie Payette doesn’t like the we pulled off the deal,” he recalled. remote ceremonies—there’s been one to Some of that peace and conflict work date—but plans were interrupted by Ot- Candidates are invited to send continued during his ambassador postings tawa’s recent surge in COVID-19 cases. in South Korea, from 2009 to 2013, and The challenge is how to continue that their coverletter and resume to Israel, from 2013 to 2015, though he said pace in the context of COVID-19, but Mr. [email protected] it’s more coincidental than a theme in his McKee said there’s also opportunity with diplomacy. Long ago, when he began his virtual diplomacy. For additional information on work in conflict, he said he believed that “COVID, in a way, is an accelerator. It our organization, please visit every conflict is different and it’s important exploits all the things you should have to be careful of the distinctions. Eventually, done,” said Mr. McKee, who spent the last our website at he came to the opposite conclusion—that five years in Ireland’s trade division, which https://www.dairyfarmers.ca/ fundamentally, all conflicts with the state he said will be a big help with his work in hold some essential similarities. Canada. 12 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES News

said the system can’t be “perma- nent,” as it diminishes the institu- tion of the House. But disagreed with the idea of the app. NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen (London-Fanshawe, Ont.), her par- ty’s deputy whip, said MPs are used to marathon votes, saying it is part of the “glamorous life MPs lead.” Liberal MP Adam Vaughan (Spadina-Fort York, Ont.) said although the speed of the pro- ceedings isn’t as fast as desired, it allows MPs from across the country to participate. “I think the committee work we did in the spring set us up to manage the technical challenges well. It’s not as quick as we’d like, but all in all, it’s allowed us to represent our constituents and participate in debates,” he said. It is still an open question what would happen if a party decides to weaponize the current process to slow down parliamen- tary proceedings, as was done amid the SNC-Lavalin affair when the Conservatives initiated The House of Commons Chamber has only been holding a skeleton crew of MPs since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada in March. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade a more than 30-hour voting mara- thon in the previous Parliament, which included 257 votes. “The opposition could poten- tially play political games, but I NDP says Liberals at fault for slow think it would be much to their detriment and to that of Canadi- ans,” Mr. Holland said. “It’s going to take longer, but I progress on testing voting app that think if they start using it in an ir- responsible way, they would find a very hostile electorate to that sort of tactic,” he said. is ‘months away’ from being ready Voting system at limits of technology letter to House Speaker Anthony The Conservative Party has Despite feeling things are “work- As MPs have been voting, Chief Government Rota (Nipissing-Timiskaming, stuck with its position that voting ing well,” he said there could be there have been technological Ont.) requesting an update on the by app would be a mistake. Con- “things on the horizon that poten- challenges that have caused some Whip Mark Holland status of the app and House vot- servative Whip Blake Richards tially could have it working better.” MPs to not be able to hear the says the House is ing. Mr. Rota’s office told the two (Banff-Airdrie, Alta.) previously Some MPs expressed their question being voted on when it NDP MPs that the government compared it to Tinder on CBC’s frustration over the long dura- is read by Mr. Rota, meaning they going ‘full tilt’ in had to direct the House to move The House. tions for a single vote. aren’t able to vote. forward, they said. Neither Mr. Richards, nor Liberal MP John McKay Some, including Conservative developing and testing She said until the NDP sees Conservative MP Todd Doherty (Scarborough-Guildwood, Ont.) MP Randy Hoback (Prince Al- the format of a tested app, it is (Cariboo-Prince George, B.C.), said it should only be a temporary bert, Sask.), have found creative the app and is ‘almost “hard” to see whether it would ad- his party’s vice-chair on PROC, measure and hopes the app would solutions to the technological dress security concerns. responded to interview requests. be ready for December. challenges such as following the at the finish line.’ proceedings on CPAC while the system is down. Continued from page 1 Green MP Jenica Atwin’s (Fredericton, N.B.) vote on a Bloc NDP Whip Rachel Blaney Québécois amendment to the (North Island-Powell River, B.C.) Throne Speech was initially not said there was no leadership from registered by Mr. Rota in the first the government to move forward hybrid vote due to technologi- on testing the app before Parlia- cal issues. But she confirmed on ment returned on Sept. 23. Twitter the day after that it was A spokesperson for the House corrected. Speaker’s office pointed to the “If people get disconnected or Sept. 23 unanimous consent mo- are unable to log on, there is the tion when asked about the status opportunity for Members at the of the app. end to be captured—to make sure Heather Bradley noted the mo- that they have heard the ques- tion asked the House administra- tion—so it’s possible, for example, tion to work on the app. to have CPAC on and for them to “Work is underway,” she said be watching the proceedings at in an email. “Still months away.” the same time they’re logged in,” A House administration offi- Chief Government Whip Mark Holland says progress Mr. Holland said. cial previously told the Procedure NDP Whip Rachel Blaney says the government didn’t show is being made on a voting application, but that he’s “If they have log-in issues, they and House Affairs Committee leadership to move the app forward before the new session happy with the current remote-voting model. Photograph can see the question be asked and (PROC) in July that a voting app began. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade courtesy of Twitter/Mark Holland if for some reason they get dis- could be ready for September. connected or are having trouble A July 21 report endorsed by Chief Government Whip Mark On Sept. 23, all parties agreed “It does do the job as a temporary getting logged in at the end of the the majority of PROC members Holland (Ajax, Ont.) told The Hill to proceed with the current hybrid measure,” he said. “I would be very voting process, there is a second- recommended that a voting app Times that progress was being voting model until at least Dec. 11, discouraged if, in fact, we’re still us- ary window for them to be able system be looked at by the House made on the app before the new with the option of an extension. ing the same system in December. I to vote.” administration. session. In the meantime, Mr. Hol- rather hope that all of the parties can “So we’ve been able to capture The Sept. 23 motion directs the “The House is going full tilt, land said he has been “extremely come together and agree on the app pretty much everybody,” he said. House administration to “develop but they want to make sure that happy” with the current voting and the security to surround that.” “There’s been a couple of issues— and test a secure remote voting whatever solution they implement model in the House. He said the current system most of those issues relate to application.” can’t be tampered with,” he said. “It’s getting more efficacious could hamper debates and com- connectivity.” Ms. Blaney said she and NDP “That takes time, but the good as we go along,” he said, noting mittee work. —With files from Beatrice Paez House Leader Peter Julian (New news is that we are almost at the the app “might make things even Conservative MP Michael Coo- [email protected] Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) sent a finish line of it being ready.” more efficacious.” per (St. Albert-Edmonton, Alta.) The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 13 News

Former Green New Green leader must Party leader Elizabeth May, pictured with Annamie Paul during the unify party after crowded new leader’s first presser on Oct. 5, says she’s proud race, members say, as and excited to see Ms. Paul lead the party. The Hill Times Paul marks historic win photograph by Andrew Meade

Green Party ‘I think there’s a lot Both Ms. Atwin and Ms. Paul only that she always knew she’d leadership pointed to the next policy conven- be happy if she got the crown. candidate of healing to be done tion as an opportunity for that The former leader faced criticism Dimitri kind of dialogue. from other candidates throughout Lascaris and if we approach it “I also believe in the concept the race for what they felt was a came in of an open tent, an umbrella for poor attempt at hiding her prefer- in this spirit of mutual second. all, a voice for all, because we are ence. Photograph a party of consensus, we bring Ms. Atwin first met Ms. Paul respect, I think we courtesy in different perspectives and at a federal council meeting last of Dimitri can emerge from we work on it and we come to a November and said she was a Lascaris middle ground,” said Ms. Atwin, great help to the new MP, calling this difficult period a who noted the last election’s it “huge for Canada” to have “a much stronger party,’ slogan (“Not left. Not right. For- strong, powerful, intelligent, ca- ward together.”) alienated some pable Black woman” as the Green says runner-up members. Party’s leader. “Our election results have not “It signals that we’re ushering Dimitri Lascaris. Mr. Awasthi said allegations “We’re there already … I been as huge, like the Green wave into a new era,” she said. against him are “untrue,” but that think what’s happened is that as we had anticipated,” she said, Very aware of the spotlight “they are a distraction to the work people who come to us from the and the party needs someone on the party, Ms. Paul said she is Continued from page 1 of the party.” NDP have been brainwashed by like Ms. Paul, a strong fundraiser taking every chance, and every one, victor Annamie Paul agreed “I think there’s a lot of healing the NDP smear that tries to say who successfully drummed up interview to try and get the Green with her closest competitor that to be done and if we approach it Greens are right wing. It’s never support, raising $206,000 along message out to bring more in. the Green Party has work to do in this spirit of mutual respect, I been true, we’ve always been the way. “We need to continue that She’s proud her party reached a unifying its ranks. think we can emerge from this progressive,” said Ms. May, point- momentum and not plateau at historic milestone with her elec- “Even with a party like ours difficult period a much stronger ing to pharmacare, guaranteed this three-MP level.” tion as the first Black woman to that worked really hard to do pol- party and a better party, but there liveable income, and free post- For her part, Ms. Paul said she lead a federal party. itics differently, when you have is some healing and uniting to secondary tuition as longstanding still wants to review the results, “Symbols are important. When eight candidates and all the pas- be done, that’s for sure,” said Mr. platform policies. but she said the race was an people do not see themselves sion and intensity and work that Lascaris. These were some of the “ur- important avenue for candidates reflected in institutions, they it takes to run, that is completely Green MP Jenica Atwin gent” issues Ms. Paul presented as to introduce new ideas, a new feel disengaged from them and normal that there has to be work (Fredericton, N.B.) agreed the her priorities in press conferences direction, and a new vision for the disassociated,” said Ms. Paul, who towards coming together,” said new leader has work to do to following her win, paired with the Green Party. added the impact was immediate, Ms. Paul in an interview Oct. 5, unify members, and she said she party’s work towards address- recounting emotional calls she’s her voice hoarse from hours of noticed lots of division during the ing the climate emergency as the Paul a collaborator and fielded already. “People still want interviews after her Oct. 3 win. race. rallying cry. Ms. Paul also spoke to believe that things that haven’t “I will definitely do all that is “We need to find better ways of long-term care reform, and as builder: May been done, can be done.” necessary to make sure we enter to engage the membership,” said she readies for a byelection race Before Ms. Paul stepped There hasn’t been time for the the next election completely Ms. Atwin, who said her top in Toronto Centre, Ont., later this forward to run in Toronto Centre moment to sink in, with nonstop unified because that’s what our three choices were Ms. Paul, Mr. month, the apparent inequalities during the last federal election, demands on her time and her at- members expect and that’s what Lascaris, and Meryam Haddad, in the dense riding grappling with Ms. May said the trained lawyer tention already turning to the Oct. people in Canada deserve.” another self-described socialist the opioid crisis and the strain of wasn’t on her radar. After she 26 byelection. Green Party members cast who the party executive dropped COVID-19. joined the Green shadow cabinet Though she placed a distant nearly 24,000 ballots—almost 10 and then reinstated to the race fourth in the Liberal strong- times the turnout in 2006, and just days before voting began. Green MP hold behind the former finance 69 per cent of its current mem- That’s not unlike the hundreds of Jenica minister Bill Morneau, Ms. Paul bership list—and Ms. Paul took members who Ms. Paul said she Atwin says is bullish about her chances, pre- 12,090 votes, ahead of Toronto called ahead of the vote, who told there’s dicting citizens will be resentful lawyer Dimitri Lascaris, who her they had ranked her and Mr. work to do the Liberals have called a vote in came in a close second and led Lascaris in the top spots. to unify the middle of a second wave, and for a couple of rounds before end- “That speaks to all that we the party perhaps less willing to consider ing up with 10,081 votes. have in common as opposed to after the a parachuted candidate when a That result so close to the the things where we differ,” said leadership party leader is on the ballot. frontrunner shows his eco-social- Ms. Paul. race. The If it doesn’t go her way, then ist message resonated with party Hill Times she’ll be a leader without a seat in members, said Mr. Lascaris, add- Members disagree on photograph the House, a question that dogged ing the party and Ms. Paul should by Andrew NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh see that there’s an opportunity to need for shift left Meade for more than a year before he fill a vacuum on the political left Ms. Atwin said she struggled moved across the country to run that the party failed to fill in the with the talk of labels throughout in B.C.’s Burnaby South byelec- last election. the race, like eco-socialist, and tion, a delay party members “The mood of the time is call- suggestions the Greens weren’t acknowledged hurt his profile. ing for this boldly progressive left-wing, both things she considers The party could go further on as its international affairs critic, “It’s true Jagmeet Singh is one platform,” he said, and it’s “clear” herself. A “sharper turn to the left” its policies addressing extreme Ms. May said she learned of the example, but [former NDP leader] the members, as a whole, want to shouldn’t hinge on their success in wealth, said Mr. Lascaris, who “stellar” resume and how well Jack Layton is another. We have see the party become “consider- next federal election, as she said the called for a higher rate of taxa- equipped she was for the leader- good examples of leaders who did ably” more progressive, though party is “strongly left, as it is,” but tion on the highest income earn- ship position. not enter Parliament right away perhaps not to the point for which “clearly there needs to be a voice ers, as well as estate taxes. After watching her handle the but were able to do tremendous he was advocating. firmer on eco-socialist values.” “Ultimately, it’s up to mem- press gallery in Ottawa on Oct. 5, groundwork, building their parties, More than just political ori- To Ms. Paul, the party re- bers to decide, but the perspec- Ms. May said she was proud. building their profiles by speaking entation, the race revealed the mains the most progressive “by a tive of the new leader on the “She’s a collaborator, she’s about the things that matter, and party is “in need of unification,” country mile,” and parliamentary policy orientation of the party a builder, she’s a listener and a building momentum that they were said Mr. Lascaris, who pointed leader Elizabeth May (Saanich- moving forward is influential,” thinker, she’s so well qualified then able to convert to electoral to the recent resignation of party Gulf Islands, B.C.) echoed that he said, and it’s still too early to to examine public policy issues,” success,” she said. “There’s lots that executive director Prateek Aw- assessment, saying she disagreed tell whether Ms. Paul will take up said Ms. May, who noted her I can do, that I will be doing outside asthi following CBC News reports with the premise of Mr. Lascaris’ that call, but he said he believes promise to stay neutral extends of the House.” about his handling of harassment campaign, and the assertion that she’s open and that he’d be will- after the race, and wouldn’t say [email protected] complaints at his past workplace. the party needed to move left. ing to help. if Ms. Paul was her first choice, The Hill Times 14 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES News CLASSIFIEDS Liberals ignoring promise for Information and advertisement placement: 613-232-5952 trade transparency as U.K. [email protected] talks ‘commence,’ say critics CONDOS FOR RENT FINANCIAL SERVICES 2 BED/ 2 BATH FREE CONSULTATION UPSCALE CONDO GREAT HOME OWNER LOANS FOR ANY NDP MP CENTRAL LOCATION PURPOSE!! 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Ms. Ng’s office didn’t respond before be a “permanent mechanism” in a law that “This is what they’ve promised and press deadline regarding whether the negotiations should be accountable to Have a house this is what they should hold to,” said Mr. notification process would be followed for Parliament. Manly, the Green Party’s trade critic. a transitional agreement. Mr. Manly said legislation is needed to to rent or sell? “We need more transparency,” he said, Conservative MP Tracy Gray (Kelowna- force the government to abide by its com- noting that the Conservatives lamented the Lake Country, B.C.), her party’s interna- mitments. lack of transparency in the process during tional trade critic, said in the Commons on After the notices are tabled, it was Items or the debates on the new NAFTA, while the Sept. 24 that the delay in tabling the notice agreed that it would be then referred to the Liberals decried the lack of transparency of intent meant that Canada would not House Committee on International Trade. products to sell? when they were in opposition. enter into negotiations with the U.K. until Mr. Manly, who took part in some com- Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre December—the same month Canada-U.K. mittee meetings in the last session, despite Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot, trade will stop being covered by CETA. She not being an official member, said the Advertise them in Que.), his party’s trade critic, said it would asked Ms. Ng when the government will group should be looking at what aspects of be “nice” if MPs could be more involved in enter into negotiations with London. Ms. the agreement are being negotiated. the process. Ng did not directly answer the question. “We should be … listening to expert The Hill Times “All we know is that talks are currently “I remain in close communication with witnesses and seeing what their perspec- [ongoing]. But we don’t know anything my contact in the U.K. The U.K. trade tive is—for labour organizations, environ- For info contact Kelly: about what’s inside an eventual deal. We secretary is really pleased that we will mental organizations, health and safety don’t have any clues,” he said. continue to work with the U.K. to build on consumer organizations. That would be [email protected] The changes are supposed to be made our strong trade agreement. We are going the process I’d like to see in committee,” he to the Policy on Tabling Treaties in Parlia- to continue working on a solid path for said. 613-232-5952 ment, which have yet to be done. A Global both of our countries to grow our econo- [email protected] Affairs spokesperson told The Hill Times mies and benefit our people on a transition The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020 15 Parliamentary Calendar

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7 SATURDAY, OCT. 24 House Sitting—The House of Commons B.C. Election—On Sept. 21, B.C. Pre- What is the world coming to? mier John Horgan called a snap election for is sitting in a hybrid format right now dur- ing the pandemic, with most MPs connect- his province, to be held on Oct. 24. ing remotely. But the House is scheduled MONDAY, OCT. 26 to sit Wednesday, Oct. 7 until Friday Oct. 9. It’s scheduled to take a one-week break, Lloyd Axworthy will discuss Voting Day for Toronto Byelections— Oct. 12-16, and will then sit again Oct. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced 19-Nov. 6. It will another one-week break, on Sept. 18 that byelections to fill two Nov. 9-13, and is then scheduled to sit previously Liberal-held ridings—Toronto every weekday from Nov. 16-Dec. 11, and in Oct. 7 Pearson Centre chat Centre, Ont., and York Centre, Ont., won by that’s it for 2020. Bill Morneau and Michael Levitt, respec- What is the World Coming To? A Con- tively, in 2019—will be held today. versation with Lloyd Axworthy—Hosted by WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy’s Lloyd Axworthy, president Andrew Cardozo, Lloyd Axworthy, a former Jean Munk Dialogues—On Wednesday, Oct. a former Jean Chrétien-era foreign affairs Chrétien-era 28, at 8 pm EDT, the Munk Dialogues minister and current chair of the World foreign affairs series will feature dialogue with James Car- Refugee and Migration Council, will talk ville, U.S. Democratic Party stalwart, politi- about the real and urgent implications of minister and cal strategist, and bestselling author, on the the COVID-19 pandemic for migrants and current chair likely outcomes of the Nov. 3 U.S. election, refugees. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2-3 p.m. of the World one week out from this high-stakes global EDT. Register online or go to: thepearson- Refugee and event. The Munk Dialogues will be available centre.ca. Migration live and on-demand on the free CBC Gem THURSDAY, OCT. 8 Council, will streaming service (gem.cbc.ca) and on the talk about the Munk Debates website (www.munkdebates. com/dialogues). Donald Trump and Canada: How He real and urgent Changed Politics—Ryerson University’s MONDAY, NOV. 2 Democracy Forum hosts a webinar on implications of “Donald Trump and Canada: how he the COVID-19 Trade Minister speaks to Montreal Audi- changed politics.” Speakers include former pandemic ence—Minister of Small Business, Export Canadian ambassador to Washington for migrants Promotion and International Trade Mary David McNaughton, Calgary Mayor Naheed and refugees. Ng (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) will deliver Nenshi, and Toronto Star columnist Martin The Hill Times remarks at a virtual event hosted by the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations. Regg Cohn. Thursday, Oct. 8, from 3:30- photograph by 4:30 p.m. Register for the Zoom event Monday, Nov. 2, from 12-12:30 p.m. Reg- online at ryerson.ca. Sam Garcia ister online by Oct. 30 at 5 p.m. Munk Dialogues—On Thursday, Oct. 8, TUESDAY, NOV. 3 at 8 pm EDT, the Munk Dialogues series will feature dialogue with Michael Eric U.S. Presidential Election—The U.S. Dyson, bestselling author, scholar, and presidential election is scheduled for racial justice campaigner, on the future of Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. U.S. President the politics of race and social justice in Donald Trump is the Republican candidate the shadow of the most consequential U.S. and former vice-president Joe Biden is the election in a generation. The Munk Dia- Parliamentary Democratic candidate. The winner is sched- logues will be available live and on-demand Secretary to the uled to be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021. on the free CBC Gem streaming service President of the FRIDAY, NOV. 13 (gem.cbc.ca) and on the Munk Debates Treasury Board website (www.munkdebates.com/dialogues). and Minister Bridging Divides in Wake of a Global Pan- WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14 of Digital demic—The University of Victoria (UVic) and Government the Senate of Canada are bringing together change-makers at the Victoria Forum to help Lessons From the Frontlines of Democ- Greg Fergus will racy—Ryerson University’s Democracy generate solutions to some of the world’s Forum hosts a webinar: “Lessons from the take part in a most divisive problems. The two-day virtual frontlines of democracy: how to run an French-language forum will be held Nov. 13-14 to examine inclusive voter engagement campaign?” webinar on issues that fall under the theme of “Bridging As political polarization and authoritarian ‘Racism in divides in the wake of a global pandemic.” regimes threaten core democratic principles Canadian The forum will draw on emerging trends and in established and emerging democra- Institutions,’ on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic cies around the world, PhD candidate through biweekly webinars. For more informa- Semra Sevi (Université de Montréal), Thursday, Oct. tion or to register, visit www.victoriaforum.ca. 15 at 4 p.m. Kojo Damptey (Hamilton Centre for Civic TUESDAY, JAN. 12, 2021 Inclusion), and Doha Suliman (Canadian The Hill Times Muslim Vote) will discuss the challenges photograph by 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Confer- and opportunities for building a vibrant Andrew Meade ence—One of the largest annual gatherings and inclusive democracy in a Canadian of Commonwealth Parliamentarians will context. Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 1-2:30 take place in August 2021 at the 65th p.m. Visit https://www.engagedemocracy.ca/ Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference democracydialogues-canadianvotesummit (CPC) hosted by the CPA Canada Region in for more information. French-language webinar, “Le racisme dans better place through policy leadership and war—from the ancient Greeks to modern Halifax. The annual flagship event will bring Munk Dialogues—On Wednesday, Oct. les institutions canadiennes” (Racism in Cana- public service. times—with CBC’s Adrian Harewood. In her together over 500 Parliamentarians, par- 14, at 8 pm EDT, the Munk Dialogues se- dian institutions). He will be joined by former Challenging Canada’s $19 Billion sweeping new book, international bestsell- liamentary staff and decision makers from ries will feature dialogue with Robert Reich, governor general Michaëlle Jean and Daniella Warplane Purchase—Join a webinar with ing author and historian MacMillan analyzes across the Commonwealth for this unique former U.S. labour secretary, economic Ingabire with the University of Ottawa. This Green MP Paul Manly, NDP MP Leah the tangled history of war and society and conference and networking opportunity. inequality activist, and filmmaker, on how online event takes place on Thursday, Oct. 15, Gazan, and researcher & activist Tamara our complicated feelings towards it and The conference will be hosted by the CPA to meet the once-in-a-generation societal from 4-5 p.m. Register via Eventbrite. Lorincz on Oct. 15 about the social, eco- towards those who fight. It explores the ways President (2019-2021), Hon. Anthony Rota, challenges presented by COVID-19 and PPF Testimonial Dinner and Awards—The logical and economic impact of Canada’s in which changes in society have affected MP, Speaker of the House of Commons. All its shakeout of the global economy. The Public Policy Forum’s Honour Roll is going plan to purchase new fighter jets. Are 88 the nature of war and how in turn wars have eligible CPA Branches will be contacted with Munk Dialogues will be available live and virtual. The PPF Honour Roll virtual ses- new cutting-edge fighter jets required to changed the societies that fight them, in- further information and invitations. on-demand on the free CBC Gem streaming sions with our 2020 Testimonial Dinner & protect Canadians? Or are they designed cluding the ways in which women have been service (gem.cbc.ca) and on the Munk Awards will be held from 4:30-6:30 p.m. to enhance the air force’s ability to join both participants in and the objects of war. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 Debates website (www.munkdebates.com/ which includes networking sessions. Join us belligerent US and NATO wars? How has The free, pre-recorded event is Sunday, Oct. Liberal Party National Convention—The dialogues). virtually on Thursday Oct. 15 and Thursday Canada employed fighter jets in the past? 18, at 2 p.m. RSVP at writersfestival.org. Liberal Party of Canada announced on THURSDAY, OCT. 15 Oct. 22 as we celebrate Elyse Allan, Sen. What are the climate impacts of these WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 Sept. 25 it was postponing its 2020 Liberal Peter Harder, Anne McLellan and Sen. jets? What else could the $19 billion be National Convention from Nov. 12-14. The Strengthening Ties of the Global Fran- Murray Sinclair and their achievements. used for Oct. 15, 7 p.m. EDT. The event Munk Dialogues—On Wednesday, Oct. new dates are April 9-10, 2021. cophonie—The Montreal Council on Foreign Rob Russo, formerly with CBC will be will include a social media rally. More 21, at 8 pm EDT, the Munk Dialogues The Parliamentary Calendar is a free Relations hosts a webinar on “Strength- receiving the Hyman Solomon journalism information coming shortly. This webinar is series will feature dialogue with Newt events listing. Send in your political, ening Ties of the Global Francophonie” award. Data scientist, AI literacy expert and organized by the Canadian Foreign Policy Gingrich, former Speaker of U.S. House cultural, diplomatic, or governmental event featuring Catherine Cano, administrator, author, Shingai Manjengwa, is the recipient Institute and World BEYOND War. Registra- of Representatives and bestselling author, in a paragraph with all the relevant details Organisation internationale de la Fran- of the Emerging Leader Award. The 33rd tion link: https://actionnetwork.org/events/ on the legacy of U.S. President Donald under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Cal- cophonie. This online event takes place annual Testimonial Dinner and Awards challengingfighterjets?clear_id=true For Trump’s first term as president, and the endar’ to [email protected] by Wednes- Thursday, Oct. 15 from noon to 12:30 p.m. honours Canadians who have made their more information: www.foreignpolicy.ca future of U.S politics, two weeks out from day at noon before the Monday paper or by Register online at corim.qc.ca. mark on business, policy and leadership. SUNDAY, OCT. 18 November’s vote. The Munk Dialogues will Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. We Racism in Canadian institutions—Par- They will take their place among a cohort of be available live and on-demand on the free can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, liamentary Secretary to the President of other stellar Canadians who we’ve honoured War: How Conflict Shaped Us with CBC Gem streaming service (gem.cbc.ca) but we will definitely do our best. 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