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$KRVWRIEUHDNWKURXJKVIRU7DLZDQFDQEHFKDONHG XSWRYLDEOHGLSORPDF\$WRWDORIFRXQWULHV EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—4 News Trade Beef producers praise ‘fantastic’ TPP, auto union sounds sour note Here are some potential Beef Canada’s auto part makers had hoped for. Canada’s powerhouse beef industry has The TPP agreement would lower the winners and losers in the been circling Japanese tariffs for years, and domestic content requirement for autos and the TPP appears to have taken a big chunk auto parts from the 62.5 per cent in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. out of those barriers. NAFTA to 45 per cent for some parts, and Japanese tariffs on Canadian beef will be 40 per cent for others. The automotive part dropped from between 38.5 and 50 per cent manufacturer lobby groups in Canada, the Peter Mazereeuw to just nine per cent within 15 years, accord- United States and Mexico had pushed for at ing to a government briefing for the media. least 50 per cent. Canadian beef producers could double The tariffs would be phased out over five anada’s prime minister and or triple their exports to Japan thanks to years, which is also shorter than what auto Conservative Party members were those cuts, Canadian Chamber of Commerce part producers had hoped for. out in force Oct. 5 promoting a new chief executive Perrin Beatty said during a Those concessions could present an trade deal with 11 other Pacific Monday press conference. opportunity for Canada’s largest auto parts C makers, who operate inside and outside of Rim nations. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association The Trans-Pacific Partnership, years in called the terms of the deal “fantastic news” the TPP zone. Smaller manufacturers focused the making, covers 40 per cent of the world’s in a press release. on the domestic market may not fare as well. economy, officials say, making it one of the “The 81,000 people employed in the most comprehensive deals in modern his- Canadian automotive parts manufacturing Seafood sector are fairly evenly split between com- tory. Its conclusion could create a disruptive The majority of tariffs on seafood exports Beef at a Canadian Cattlemen’s Association panies facing new opportunities and those force in Canada’s federal election campaign, would also be dropped over 15 years, accord- reception in 2012. The Hill Times Photo: Jake Wright facing new challenges,” said a press release which is just two weeks away from voting ing to a government briefing for the media. from Canada’s Auto Parts Manufacturers day. Tariffs were also lowered on lumber and Association. Nothing in the TPP is set in stone just yet. wood products, canola, pork and a range of cent of Canada’s cheese market promised to Unifor, an umbrella union group that rep- Any legal changes needed to comply with the manufactured goods exported by Canada. European producers in the Comprehensive deal must be passed by Canada’s Parliament. resents Canadian auto workers, was far more Economic and Trade Agreement with the EU. NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair insists his party critical in its own release Monday, claiming However, the dairy concessions were a wouldn’t be bound by the terms of the deal Other barriers 20,000 or more jobs will be lost in the sector. fraction of what the United States, Australia The TPP would also lower barriers for should it win power, and Green Party Leader and New Zealand bargained for in the TPP business travel, including for investors, ser- Elizabeth May says she would scrap the deal. talks, and small enough to please Canada’s vice providers and intra-company transfers, Dairy, poultry and egg farmers If the next government does follow The TPP agreement was both a victory dairy lobby group. according to a government briefing for the through with the TPP, a handful of export- and a defeat for Canada’s supply-managed “No negative impact and supply manage- media. focused industries stand to gain, in theory, farmers. ment preserved for the next generation,” the from lower tariffs and fewer barriers to their Canada’s government gave up 3.25 per Dairy Farmers of Canada’s Twitter account business abroad. Smaller businesses that Auto parts cent of Canada’s dairy market to foreign posted, shortly after the deal was unveiled rely more on business at home may run into Canada, Japan, Mexico and the United imports in the TPP, and a little more than Monday. trouble from increased competition. Here are States finally settled on auto tariffs, and the two per cent of its poultry and egg markets. [email protected] some of the potential winners and losers: result was a bigger concession than what That concession would pile onto the 4 per @PJMazereeuw $2.5 TPP job claims may not tell the whole story billion in sectors that stand to benefit the most from ber of jobs doesn’t change, adding “the goal is Take growth projections the TPP agreement—or detractors from warn- to have the right composition of jobs.” ing about the destruction of jobs. “The track record of trade destroying jobs with ‘a few grains of The TPP will create “more jobs” in the is absolutely false,” said Hendrik Brakel, the fish and seafood, chemicals and plastics, senior economist for the Canadian Chamber salt,’ says analyst. manufacturing, wood products and agricul- of Commerce, which has long supported the Canada’s ture sectors, according to a webpage main- TPP and CETA. Peter Mazereeuw tained by the Department of Foreign Affairs, However, “on a net basis, it’s difficult to merchandise Trade and Development, for example. prove that they create jobs,” he said. Canada’s government also promised ree trade trade agreements don’t typi- the Comprehensive Economic and Trade No job losses, only trade defi cit Fcally create more total jobs in a country, Agreement with the EU would create the ‘adjustments’: Fast say a handful of Canadian and American “equivalent” of 80,000 net new jobs. Canada’s government does not expect trade-focused economists. Meanwhile, the Trade Justice Network, a the TPP will cause any job losses, trade with the world Nor do trade deals typically lower the left-leaning Canadian progressive advocacy minister and Conservative candidate Ed Fast total number of jobs, the economists said, group, wrote in a Sept. 15 press release that said during an Oct. 5 press conference in in August, up though they can lead to job losses or gains the TPP and CETA would be “destructive” to Atlanta, though he added there could be in some sectors. Canadian jobs. “adjustments” in some sectors. In the wake of competing predictions Each side appears to be cherry-picking Canada’s auto parts manufacturing sec- from a $817 from the Conservatives, Liberals, NDP from the facts. tor could be one area where such an “adjust- and Greens over how the Trans-Pacific Free trade agreements can lead to job ment” will take place. The TPP agreement Partnership agreement will affect jobs and losses in some sectors, and gains in others, lowered the domestic content requirement million defi cit growth in Canada, economists say models but they typically balance each other out for automobiles from 62.5 per cent in Canada, aren’t sophisticated enough to make specific over time, said Gary Hufbauer, the Reginald Mexico and the United States to 45 per cent in July. predictions about winners and losers over Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for some parts, and 40 per cent for others. the long term. for International Economics in Washington. That will likely put “new competitive —Source: Statistics Canada That hasn’t stopped the Canadian govern- Trevor Tombe, a trade economist at the pressure” on small and medium-sized ment from plugging the potential job creation University of Calgary, also said the total num- Continued on Page 5 EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—5 News Trade TPP job claims may not tell the whole story Continued from Page 4 low, and unemployed individuals find jobs @PJMazereeuw quickly—perfect competition and no loss Supporters of auto parts producers, Canada’s Auto Parts of investment from one country to another, Canada’s dairy Manufacturers Association wrote in an Oct. he said. farmers rally 5 press release. Economic models that don’t make those on Parliament Unifor, an umbrella group that represents assumptions deliver “very different results,” Hill, Sept. 29. Embassy Photo: Peter Canada’s unionized auto workers, criticized he said. Mazereeuw the agreement in an Oct. 5 press release, and CGE models try to quantify non-tariff bar- warned it would destroy 20,000 or more jobs. riers, which is difficult to do accurately, said Canada also conceded a little more than Mr. Hufbauer. three per cent of its dairy market to foreign Economic models still have some value, producers in the TPP. the economists said. Generally, CGE models Why make such politically sensitive con- can show whether free trade deals will help cessions? the economies of the partner countries to “The gainers gain much more than the grow over time, and if so, whether they will losers lose,” said Mr. Hufbauer. grow by a little or a lot. Governments should step in to help the However, “if you expect them to project people who lose jobs get back on their feet, what trade will do five years from now, they a few of the economists said. will not do that,” said Mr. Hufbauer. The Conservative government has [email protected] announced billions in support for the dairy and auto sectors, including for individual dairy farmers. However, that funding is not designed to help laid off workers or unprof- itable farmers transition to the industries expected to gain from freer trade. Rather, the money provided will compensate dairy ELECTION 2015 farmers for lost market share, and help to upgrade dairy farms and auto manufacturing plants to help them compete with interna- tional rivals. Your essential resource for the campaign Trade models far from perfect, say economists The Conservative government has also Expanded circulation: advertised the TPP and CETA as future gen- The Hill Times expands its digital circulation during the election period, ensuring that all nominated candidates as well as all erators of billions in economic growth. Treasury board president and Conservative national and local senior campaign workers receive the electronic edition on the campaign trail, across the country. candidate Tony Clement issued a press release Sept. 30 that predicted the TPP would boost Canadian service-sector exports to TPP coun- tries by about $3 billion annually. Politics This Morning: Election 2015 The press release did not disclose how Our daily email outlining the political agenda will focus exclusively on everything that figure was calculated, and the Treasury you need to know about the campaign that day: where the leaders are, what the major Board Secretariat was not aware of the source of the number, according to the announcements will be, and what issues will dominate and more. media relations team. Mr. Clement’s media team did not immediately respond to a request for clarification before press time. Canada’s government has also repeatedly Hilltimes.com Election 2015 said the CETA agreement could increase We’re ramping up on our online coverage for the campaign. Hilltimes.com will offer: Canada’s economy by $12 billion per year. That figure was pulled from a joint study s!SPECIAL%LECTIONPAGEWITHEXCLUSIVECAMPAIGNCOVERAGE with the EU, which was conducted before the s-OREDAILYCONTENTFROMALLTHEREPORTERSIN4HE(ILL4IMESNEWSROOM 2008 financial crisis and other events rocked s5P TO DATEPOLLINGRESULTSANDANALYSIS global trade and investment flows. s,IVE4WITTERCHATSWITHEXPERTS Free trade is generally beneficial to an economy, but projecting job losses and gains s%XCLUSIVE INSIDERSTORIES for modern trade deals such as the TPP is very difficult, said Danielle Goldfarb, an econ- omist for the Conference Board of Canada. Standard economic modelling of free trade The Hill Times print and tablet editions agreements doesn’t necessarily account for 4HEPRINTANDTABLETEDITIONSWILLBETHEESSENTIALRESOURCEFORIN DEPTH the many non-tariff issues addressed in such election coverage, including: agreements, she said, such as chapters on labour mobility, investment flows and intel- s%XCLUSIVECOVERAGEFROMTHECAMPAIGNTRAIL lectual property rights. s#OMPREHENSIVERIDINGANALYSIS It is also difficult to establish if, or how, s)NSIDERCOVERAGEOFCAMPAIGNSPENDING PARTYWARROOMS an economy would grow if it was left out of a regional trade deal such as the TPP, where election advertising, the leaders’ tours, election debates, other trading partners would begin to reap party platforms, and much more the benefits, she said. s!NALYSISOFMEDIACOVERAGEANDCOMMUNICATIONSSTRATEGIES “The specific predictions we just have to take with a few grains of salt,” said Mr. Tombe. Jim Stanford, an economist for the Unifor EVENTS labour lobby, went a step further, highlight- ing flaws with the most popular economic modelling tool for free trade agreements, which is called the computable general equi- librium model. 0LATFORMAgricultureˆ!UG That model makes unrealistic assump- 0LATFORMHealthˆ3EPT tions about the economic conditions in the countries involved, he said. For example, 0LATFORMTransportationˆ3EPT CGE models assume full employment— 0LATFORMEnergy—Oct. 8 in which the unemployment rate is very EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—6 quote To the prime minister Opinion PagePageOpinion OF week directly: Stop this before THE “someone truly gets hurt. —Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on CBC Radio Oct. 6, referring to the Conservatives’ attempt to ban the niqab from citizenship ceremonies and their promise to create a “barbaric cultural practices” tip line, EMBASSY suggesting it might lead to assaults, after two recent attacks on Muslim women in Montreal and Toronto. www.embassynews.ca ” 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5A5 she begins to wonder about her (613) 232-5952 Fax (613) 232-9055 family, especially her father, who allegedly abandoned the family to EMBASSY: Issue number 567 is CMCA work in California. published every Wednesday by AUDITED Fictional memoir of a Published Every Week Since The story moves in a rhythm April 28, 2004 AUDITED CIRCULATION that at first seems a bit disjointed, and is filled with dialogue. Initially Publisher boat person rings true that can be a bit confusing for the Anne Marie Creskey reader. As the story develops, it is [email protected] clear that structure is quite delib- Editorial erate and gives the reader a sense Senior Editors The author relies on of the chaos surrounding young Jim Creskey [email protected] her own background Kim. As she ages, the “diary” Ross Dickson to the extent that I was becomes more mature in tone and Managing Editor her ambitions more fixed. Carl Meyer sure in the first pages She moves to Montreal to [email protected] study, then travels to Vietnam and @ottawacarl that I was reading an the camp to find what remains of her family. Her agonizing search Diplomatic Editor autobiography. Kristen Shane for her father grows as she [email protected] matures, and runs in contrast to @kristenshane1 her success in medical school, Staff Writers and her relationship with a man in Marie-Danielle Smith ANDREW CADDELL Montreal. [email protected] While not wanting to reveal @mariedanielles n the wake of the persistent more, I can say most issues are Peter Mazereeuw reminders of the immigration resolved. But there is a taste for [email protected] crisis taking place around more stories about Vietnamese ref- @pjmazereeuw the world, we are repeat- ugees and their presence in North Photographer I America, a thread that is picked edly reminded of another, more Sam Garcia successful period, when the A boat believed to be carrying Vietnamese refugees off the Malaysian coast in up in Dr. Vu’s second book, That Summer in Provincetown. Columnists Vietnamese boat people, as they December 1978. UNHCR Photo: K. Gaugler Gwynne Dyer were called, were welcomed with Palawan Story offers a narra- Scott Taylor open arms in this country and tive on a moment in history that not explained until much later in taught Canadians a lot about our Sales elsewhere. in the place of an orphan with the the book. same first name. She immediately own capacity to welcome others Vice President, The 40th anniversary of the vio- Sales and Business Development lent conclusion of the Vietnam War She endures hardship and adopts the persona of the other in distress. Not only is this book Don Turner in April 1975, and the later arrival bizarre adventures in the camp, girl, and moves to the US, as timely and sheds light on the life [email protected] in North America of the disposed one with a young boy who the adopted child of a couple in of a young refugee, but its wealth Director of Advertising from the war in Vietnam gener- exchanges gifts in return for sexu- Philadelphia. of plot and characters make it a Steve MacDonald ated a profusion of articles, books, al favours. She also works with an This interlude offers a certain joy to read. 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As Kobra Amirsardari she matures, the writing becomes Administration more sophisticated and nuanced, General Manager, CFO as does her perspective. Over time, Andrew Morrow one comes to realize that this story Reception owes its richness to the author’s Alia Kellock Heward imagination and attention to detail, but that is it is indeed fiction. Finance/Administration Tracey Wale The story begins with the scene-setting of a young school- girl and the uprooting of her life LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are welcomed by email at when the Vietnam war ends with [email protected], by fax at 613-232-9055, and the North’s victory. She is spir- by post to 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Canada, K1P 5A5. ited away by her mother from All letters will be edited for length and content her home in Hue in the middle of the night, to board a boat Canadian Publications Mail agreement No. 40068926. headed for the Philippines. Once Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: she reaches a refugee camp in Circulation Dept. 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A5, Palawan, Philippines, Kim begins Email: [email protected] to experience nightmares that are EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—7 Opinion Defence Kunduz is not some remote police checkpoint

number of Kunduz residents cheering in the special forces and the might of the US Air Afghan security forces streets in celebration of the Taliban victory. Force back in October 2001. In the summer remain a demoralized entity. Numbering only in the hundreds, the of 2006, a revitalized Taliban movement Taliban never intended to retain control of attempted to wage a conventional battle to this city; it was simply a very daring dem- wrest Kandahar away from NATO’s control. onstration of their growing strength. The However, Canadian troops were instru- capture of Kunduz is, without a doubt, the mental in defeating those attacks. During A police training centre in Kunduz, Afghanistan SCOTT TAYLOR Taliban’s biggest battlefield victory since the six years that Canadian soldiers were on Aug. 21, 2013. EUPOL Photo the United States began its intervention in deployed on their combat mission in 2001. Kandahar, numerous offensive operations Inside Defence Within days of the attack, the Kabul gov- were mounted against the Taliban. security forces remain a demoralized entity, ernment mounted a major counteroffensive A succession of Canadian commanders incapable of containing the Taliban and to retake Kunduz. Elite units of the Afghan went on record to optimistically and prema- other insurgents without outside help. security forces were employed in this task, turely predict that NATO had finally broken To illustrate just how clearly history is n Sept. 28, in a daring pre-dawn along with an undisclosed number of US the back of the Taliban. repeating itself, I stumbled across a 1982 raid, Taliban fighters seized con- special forces. Given their recent string of bold suc- US assessment of the Soviet-trained Afghan trol of the northern Afghanistan While most of the Taliban fighters simply cesses, it would appear that the Taliban was Army at the height of the USSR’s occupa- Ocity of Kunduz. This is not some melted away into the countryside, small in fact just biding its time, waiting for inter- tion: “In summary, the Afghan Army can remote police checkpoint or army outpost; pockets of resistance continued battling national forces to draw down their troop only be seen as an untrustworthy organiza- Kunduz is a bustling provincial capital of the government forces for days. As Afghan levels. tion involved in a struggle against a wide- some 300,000 residents. security forces concentrated their efforts At present, the US has just 6,800 troops spread revolt that it would certainly lose The NATO-trained and equipped Afghan in Kunduz, the Taliban seized control of the left in Afghanistan as part of the NATO- without the support of the Soviet Army.” security forces stationed here put up very Warduj district in the northeast province of led Resolute Support Mission. Since 2013, For the record, the Soviet-trained Afghan little resistance when the Taliban attacked, Badakhshan. Afghan security forces were given the lead Army was able to hold on against the muja- choosing instead to flee for their own safety. The Taliban claims to have overrun 28 role in combating the insurgents, however, hedeen warlords for three years after the Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid government checkpoints and to have killed as demonstrated again in the recent Kunduz last Russian soldier was withdrawn. It will gleefully boasted about the swift victory, more than 50 Afghan soldiers. This would, debacle, when the going gets tough, it has be interesting to see how long the NATO- declaring “we have beaten up the enemy of course, be the same Taliban force that we proven necessary for international troops to trained successors will hold out against the forces.” were told repeatedly had been defeated by intervene to tip the balance. Taliban. While the Taliban allegedly went on a the US/NATO coalition. Despite more than a decade of training Scott Taylor is editor and publisher of spree executing and torturing their Afghan True enough, the Taliban were eas- by NATO instructors and billions of dol- Esprit de Corps magazine. opponents, video footage depicts a large ily routed by the Northern Alliance, US lars in weaponry and vehicles, the Afghan [email protected] Canada should not turn a deaf ear to refugees

crisis that created the refugee problem and gave a speech in Brussels echoing the Instead of being a measure step out of the rigid ideological confines words of the accused war criminal, General of statesmanship of our which justified such contributing. Ratko Mladic. I say this while remembering an old say- In the summer of 1995, General Mladic political leaders, the crisis ing: if wishes were horses, beggars would spoke of centuries-old animosity toward ride. It is one thing to hope that addressing Muslims and about exerting revenge for became a tool in Canada’s these issues could turn tragedy into a posi- some 500 years of the Ottoman. In summer election campaign. tive global legacy. How realistic such hopes 2015, Viktor Orban spoke about Hungarian Shipwreck survivors disembark from an Italian are, is quite another. prejudices against Muslims rooted in a coast guard ship in April. UNHCR Photo: F.Malavolta Notwithstanding the most recent painful 500-year-old military confrontation and the compromise on the refugee quotas, many subsequent experience of the Ottoman rule. SRDJA PAVLOVIC EU member-states have opted for time-hon- The EU officials remain silent on this matter. The party leaders, however, disagree ored methods in dealing with the unwanted On this side of the Atlantic, in Canada, passionately on the issue of timelines and other: barbed wire fences, tear-gas, riot instead of being a measure of statesmanship background checks. This narcissism of ne can find a job in Syria. police, and racist, xenophobic, and national- of our political leaders, the refugee crisis small differences is all about the electorate The problem is that the ist justifications for repressive policies. became a tool in the election campaign. in Canada and has little to do with solving only job available is that The early response by the British gov- The initial response by Ottawa was as the first of two major tasks outlined in the of a killer. You could get ernment was rather xenophobic. Both pathetic and hypocritical. Stephen Harper’s letter by ASAP. a Kalashnikov and decide Austria and Germany had decided to close government sticks to the mantra of accept- The proverbial elephant in the room that which“O side you want to start killing for.” —A numerous border crossings in hope of man- ing 10,000 refugees after a thorough back- no one wants to acknowledge is the second Syrian refugee in Belgrade aging the flood of refugees. France closed its ground check. For the three major political task: the root causes of the refugee crisis. In a recent open letter, the association borders with Italy. Hungary built a barbed parties this became a magic number to Regrettably, discussing Canada’s contribu- called Academics Stand Against Poverty wire fence (the new EU Wall?) along its bor- which different sections of the Canadian tion to this crisis is not on the political challenged the EU member states and their ders with Serbia. Both Croatia and Slovenia electorate respond equally well. In an under- radar of the candidates. When it comes to trans-Atlantic partners to solve two major closed their borders. populated country that is as big as Canada, our morality and the response to the refu- issues: ensuring the safety of all refugees, Desperate refugees are left to gasp for accepting this many does not sound overly gee crisis, all we need, for now, is a short and solving problems that fuel the ongoing air in the no man’s land between rail tracks threatening. In summary, not too many and measuring tape. One hopes this changes refugee crisis. ASAP argued that our moral- leading to nowhere while barbed wire pro- not too few: a true Canadian way! quickly and not because of the approaching ity would be measured by how swiftly and tects the EU wonderland. While Harper’s government policy might election. successfully we accomplish these tasks. All this was accompanied by statements not have been designed on a back of a nap- Srdja Pavlovic teaches modern European Canada should not turn a deaf ear to this that smack of xenophobia and racism. After kin, it certainly sounds as if it was conceptu- and South Slavic history at the University call. Our government should show political he had turned the Keleti train station in alized as the back of an election poster. This, of Alberta. He can be reached at pavlovic@ will to protect the innocent under fire. It Budapest into a concentration camp, the I believe, holds true for all three major par- ualberta.ca. should also assess its contribution to the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, ties competing in the upcoming elections. [email protected] EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—8 News Immigration Harper’s insistence on refugee security screening called ‘un-Canadian,’ ‘race-baiting’

“Of all the things I have some concerns Talk of screening refugees over in relation to the evolution of terrorism, for terrorist links ignores our this is not one of them.” One of the world’s leading experts on the already-robust security mea- topic of criminal refugees, Joseph Rikhof, hap- sures, observers say. pens to be a senior counsel for the Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Section at Justice Canada. He has worked with the Marie-Danielle Smith International Criminal Court, teaches law at the University of Ottawa and wrote an inter- nationally-recognized textbook on this issue. onservative Leader Stephen Harper According to colleagues at the university, he has repeatedly emphasized the need is responsible for policy measures that screen to screen refugees for terrorist link- immigration flows for potential criminals. Cages, but experts say there’s a robust Embassy reached Mr. Rikhof, but he screening system already in place—and by declined an interview, saying his superiors continuing to publicly link refugees with secu- told him not to speak to media. rity concerns he is promoting bigotry and fos- tering ugly, racist stereotypes about Muslims. Throughout the election campaign, opposi- Hostility towards refugees tion leaders have criticized Mr. Harper for not ‘fear-mongering,’ ‘race-baiting’ doing enough to help in the global refugee For some academics, characterizing refu- crisis. He has responded that Canada needs to gees as potential security threats is designed address the Syrian conflict itself—and protect to create fear among potential electors. Canadians from potential security threats. It’s “dumb,” said Patti Lenard, an associate “We must ensure we screen every poten- professor at the University of Ottawa’s Graduate tial refugee carefully,” said Mr. Harper on School of International and Public Affairs. Sept. 8. “We cannot open the floodgates and “The refugee system has, to my knowl- airlift tens of thousands of refugees out of a edge, never been abused in this way. Nobody Conservative Leader Stephen Harper at a Sept. 10 rally. The Hill Times Photo: Andrew Meade terrorist war zone without proper process.” admitted in a refugee stream has ever come Later in the month, Mr. Harper said Canada and then caused harm to Canada or even should accept people who are “genuinely refu- shown evidence of intending to cause harm “The bulk of individuals who are eligi- Officers working on the ground have an excel- gees,” adding that organizations such as ISIS to Canada,” she said. ble for resettlement are those individuals lent understanding of local networks and the ele- are planning attacks all over the world. “There’s “I think it’s fear-mongering,” Ms. Lenard who have been in the region, in places like ments of a refugee claim that could suggest links absolutely no doubt that [terrorists] will use contended. “I’m certainly in the community Lebanon and Jordan, in places like the Zaatari to combatant groups, he explained. migrant flows to try to move people” and “a of people who think that the government camp [which holds almost 80,000 refugees], Mr. De Angelis added that countries such tiny percentage of [migrants] would likely be a is race-baiting at the moment, because of a for four or more years,” said Mr. Milner. as Canada aren’t operating in the dark when potential terrorist,” he told Metro News. previously failing electoral campaign.” “And the identity of these individuals is it comes to security screening. At a campaign stop in Prince Edward Island The Conservatives have seen a recent well-known. The security partnerships that “I’m sure there are international connec- Oct. 2, defence minister and ex-immigration strengthening of electoral poll numbers, we have with countries like Lebanon and tions, with all the databases, the FBI, anti-terror- minister Jason Kenney said that “there are especially in Quebec, coinciding with their Jordan is very robust.” ism,” he said. “If there are indications that there terrorist organizations that have declared war aim to legislate a requirement that new Al Jazeera America recently reported that are security considerations or issues of combat- on Canada” and “we don’t, obviously, want citizens show their faces during citizenship most US resettlement applicants are drawn ants then those cases will be highlighted.” their relatives coming into Canada.” ceremonies. from the camps. Half of them are women, Security screening can add time to the pro- The policy would affect Muslim women and another quarter are children. Many of cessing of an application. But more funding and Security screening ‘elabo- who wear the niqab, or full veil. A federal them have been outside of Syria for several more personnel speeds it up, Mr. De Angelis court overturned the policy, ruling that it years—before ISIS began to have any real said. “For the Syrian operation, with all the vis- rate,’ ‘rigorous’ violated the religious freedom enshrined in influence in that country. ibility and the commitments and the pledges, It all strikes James Milner as quite familiar. the Citizenship Act. But the Conservatives I’m sure that there will be accelerations.” The associate professor at Carleton said they would appeal the decision. ‘Not a quick and dirty checklist’ University, who has worked as a consultant Nadia Abu-Zahra, an assistant profes- Resettlement needs outpace for the United Nations High Commissioner There’s a need to raise public awareness, sor at the uOttawa School of International Mr. Milner argued. available spots for Refugees and written books about its pro- Development and Global Studies, told cesses, says there’s nothing new about raising “I think it’s a good moment to be clear Only about one per cent of the world’s Embassy she believes it’s “un-Canadian” to about the stages that are involved in the total refugee population gets a chance at security concerns about refugee resettlement. spread negative stereotypes about “innocent In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he process of refugee resettlement. That it’s not resettlement each year. and vulnerable people.” just the preparation of sponsoring groups Projected needs for refugee resettlement said, there were concerns communist activ- For Ms. Abu-Zahra, this is more than just ists would use the refugee resettlement sys- here in Canada, but very much it’s the identi- are 943,900 people in 2015 and 1,153,300 partisan politics. “We’ve seen underpinnings fication and the processing of individuals in in 2016. But only about 10 per cent of that tem to gain entry into Canada and the US. of hostility towards refugees from every kind “Those concerns were addressed as part of the region,” he said. number—just under 104,000 cases, a fifth of government,” she said. Even in the most straight-forward cases, it of them Syrians—were submitted to 27 host the security screening that’s inherent in the “Some people are wanted, and others refugee resettlement process,” he said. takes at least a few months to process a reset- countries in 2014. Canada took in 7,233 aren’t,” she added. “There is very specific tlement application through the UN system. people in total. “What is different about the concerns that targeting of some religions against others, we may have regarding this population that’s In identifying resettlement cases, the By March 2015, Canada had taken in 1,300 in terms of our recruitment for refugees and most vulnerable refugees are prioritized, Syrian refugees. The government has com- different from other large-scale resettlement immigration...we should never be leaving operations that we’ve undertaken in the past?” Furio De Angelis, UNHCR’s representative mitted to taking in 10,000 more by the end someone out on the basis of their religion. in Ottawa, told Embassy. They include unac- of 2017. Carleton University assistant profes- We did that in the Second World War against sor and terrorism expert Jez Littlewood companied children and victims of violence. Canadian political parties have pledged Jews. We shouldn’t do it today against Applicants are screened for a variety of to add to that number after the federal elec- said authorities cannot entirely rule out Muslims.” the possibility that groups such as ISIS may preconditions. Then, they are interviewed and tion Oct. 19. assessed by UNHCR officers. That’s before If re-elected, Mr. Harper said he would take attempt to infiltrate democratic states with Refugees resettled from members or supporters—but authorities they even complete a registration form. in another 10,000 refugees over four years. and security agencies are already attuned to camps After several stages of review from local Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said he would this problem, he said. The recent swell of refugees and other and regional offices, applications are submit- take in 25,000 as soon as possible, and NDP “Based on available evidence, I do not see migrants in Europe shouldn’t be confused ted to potential host countries, which then do leader Tom Mulcair said he would bring in this as a significant threat. Indeed, it appears with the resettled refugees Canada accepts their own interviews and conduct medical and 10,000 by the end of the year and another 9,000 to be an issue propagated by individuals, through UNHCR, experts say. security screening before coming to a decision. each year for four more years (46,000 in total). groups, media and some political parties or No one is suggesting picking up unidenti- All told, applicants are interviewed for six There are more than four million Syrian politicians across nearly all Western democ- fied migrants from European highways or to eight hours. refugees registered in the UNHCR system. racies who hold anti-immigrant views,” said chartering a flight from ISIS-controlled terri- “It’s not a quick and dirty checklist,” Mr. [email protected] Mr. Littlewood. tory to Toronto. Milner said. “It’s time-consuming.” @mariedanielles EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—9 News Diplomacy Kosovo opening embassy Mr. Hiseni, a tall, bespectacled man who Regarding the new diplomatic presence, Chargé aims for official bears a passing resemblance to Canadian he said, “someone coming from the region film director Atom Egoyan, named a hand- of Kosovo and Metohija to Canada is to me launch by Feb. 17, 2016. ful of these organizations, from the promi- a citizen of Serbia, the same as any other— nent to the obscure, to which Kosovo has regardless of what his or her religious or Kristen Shane gained membership or is attempting to join ethnic affiliation may be. No less, no more.” in its quest for international legitimacy. It has full recognition from the International Studied, worked in France osovo is in the process of starting an Olympic Committee, for instance, not the Mr. Hiseni, 49, was educated at La Kembassy in Canada for the first time. United Nations. Sorbonne and speaks perfect French. He Its new chargé d’affaires, Lulzim Hiseni, His current push is UNESCO, the UN’s learned the language in France, where he arrived in Ottawa in late August. He found a educational, scientific and cultural organi- spent much of his working life before joining house in the upscale Ottawa neighbourhood zation, which is set to decide on Kosovo’s the foreign service of Kosovo. The Glebe, started meeting with Canadian application in November. Serbia’s foreign He earned degrees in political science government officials and members of the minister has said accepting Kosovo would and parliamentary life and worked or trained foreign diplomatic corps, and got to work go against UN rules. Mr. Hiseni said partici- in several French institutions, including with finding a proper space to house an embassy. pating in international organizations benefits the foreign affairs committee of the National His hope is to have it officially launch in the citizens of Kosovo in practical ways. Assembly, and as a legal officer for the time for Feb. 17, the anniversary of the date More than 110 countries have now recog- National Court of Asylum. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia nized Kosovo, he said. He also worked as a municipal chief of in 2008. He said in a Sept. 28 interview that “All this work is also our diplomatic mis- staff in Boulogne-Billancourt, a western sub- he expects another diplomat to join him in sions,” he said, speaking French. urb of Paris. 2016, and more staff once the embassy is When asked for his response to Kosovo’s In 2009 he participated in a public com- established. new mission to Canada, Serbian Ambassador petition to join Kosovo’s fledgling foreign Canada recognized the breakaway Balkan Mihailo Papazoglu in a written statement said service. He was sent to Kosovo’s embassy in entity as a state about a month after it split Serbia is grateful for Canada’s support for peace, Belgium from 2009 to 2010 and then back to from Serbia. Canada followed the lead of but reiterated Serbia’s disappointment that France as first secretary and then minister Western allies including the United States, Canada recognized Kosovo’s independence. counsellor. United Kingdom and France, though Serbia “We deeply regret it—because territorial Arriving in Canada at election time, he recalled its ambassador temporarily in pro- disputes or armed conflicts are not that said it’s been interesting to watch Canadian Kosovo’s chargé d’affaires, Lulzim Hiseni. test. simple. Countries, both friends and partners democracy and multiculturalism at work. Embassy Photo: Kristen Shane Other world powers including China and of Serbia and Canada, like Ukraine or Israel, “It’s very nice to see in a country different Russia have never recognized the indepen- understand that and that is exactly why they nationalities that are very well integrated in He said he expects his wife, an academic, dence of Kosovo. are opposed to do the same.” the Canadian society,” he said. and 12-year-old daughter will join him in Serbia has long considered Kosovo’s He noted that many power players have When he’s not busy setting up Kosovo’s Canada next year. declaration of independence unilateral and not recognized Kosovo, including members mission, he enjoys playing tennis. He also [email protected] refuses to recognize Kosovo as sovereign. of the UN Security Council, BRICS and EU. skis. @kristenshane1 In the last few years, though, the two sides, which both aspire to European Union mem- bership, have started to normalize relations, with the EU’s help. Kosovo is mostly made up of ethnic Albanians, with a minority Serb population. Canada and Kosovo have been getting closer diplomatically, with Kosovo’s first ambassador to Canada accredited in the fall of 2012 and based in Washington. The first official visit of a foreign minister of Kosovo to Canada took place the next year, and result- ed in a meeting with both Canada’s minister and minister of state for foreign affairs. Canada is represented diplomatically in Kosovo through its recently-appointed ambassador in Croatia, Daniel Maksymiuk. Amid the breakup of Yugoslavia, Canada took part in a NATO bombing campaign in the late 1990s that helped drive Serbian forc- es from the Kosovo region. Mr. Hiseni praised Canada for its support over the years, including welcoming thou- sands of refugees during the conflict. After using its limited human resourc- es to start with embassies in places like CANADA - US Washington and Paris, Kosovo is now mov- ing to shore up its presence in Canada to reinforce its solid ties with the country, he said. The two started talks toward a foreign PARTNERSHIP investment promotion and protection agree- ment in 2014. Mr. Hiseni said he hopes to reach a deal in the months after the ongoing AN EMBASSY POLICY BRIEFING Canadian federal election. Publication Date: October 28 Booking Date: October 23 There’s Canadian interest in Kosovo’s mining and energy sector, he said. Kosovo is interested in boosting co-oper- ation in other areas of Canadian expertise as Eighty-seven per cent of our readers say Embassy reports and policy well, he said, including education and health. On a recognition quest briefi ngs are helpful to making informed professional decisions. Given that there are more than 170 heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Canada, it gives him the chance to lobby countries For more information or to reserve your government relations and public affairs represented here to recognize Kosovo as a advertising space, contact The Hill Times display advertising department at state and include it in international organi- 613-688-8825. zations. EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—10 News Security CSIS hit by previously- unreported ‘breach’ in March

As a House of Commons tleblower who leaked classified information about the National Security Agency to media committee examined Bill in 2013. The leaked documents detailed the spy agency’s massive surveillance opera- C-51, documents show tions, and Canada’s connection to certain CSIS was investigating an programs. A section of the report titled “identifica- ‘unauthorized disclosure’ of tion of the source” lists information about Mr. Snowden. A subsequent section labelled classified information. “date and circumstance of the breach” is censored. Marie-Danielle Smith “The only Snowden-related leak with a Canadian angle from the time period involved a CSE (Communications Security Canadian spy agency was quietly Establishment) program called Landmark,” investigating a breach of classified Mr. Wark said. “There might have been some information in March, Embassy has CSIS involvement in that—hard to say.” A learned. In August 2014, a German computer maga- A pair of heavily-redacted “injury assess- zine published what appear to be slides from ment reports” within the Canadian Security an internal presentation about the program, and Intelligence Service March 19 and which allegedly involves accessing comput- 20 detailed an “unauthorized disclosure of ers from around the world to use for hacking. information” and an “inadvertent release of classified information which was ultimately accessed,” respectively. Embassy obtained the Canada Day DDoS attacks documents under access to information law. damaged CSIS ‘brand’ The reports were written around the time An internal Information Technology that a House of Commons committee was Security Incident Report, also contained in examining Bill C-51, or the Anti-Terrorism the documents, offers a look at how CSIS Act, a piece of government legislation that reacted to a Distributed Denial of Service expands the scope of CSIS’s mandate and attack that shut down the CSIS website this affords it more powers to gather intelli- summer. gence. No testimonies from CSIS staff cor- Denial of service attacks render websites respond closely to the incident report dates. temporarily unusable by overloading them Little information is available about the with information. The CSIS website was shut incident, or incidents. A section of the March down once the evening of June 29, twice on 20 report that details the “date and circum- June 30 and again on July 1 in a “much larger stance of the breach” was censored in the DDoS attack.” released documents. The uncensored parts The report describes perpetrators as of the reports, classified as “top secret” “hactivists (sic).” Much of the report’s analy- and “secret” respectively, are scant on sis relies on journalism—the analyst writes Canadian Security Intelligence Service director Michel Coulombe in April. The Hill Times Photo: Jake Wright details. There appear to be no correspond- that a group or individual called “Aerith” ing news reports around that time. claimed responsibility, “based on the infor- Tahera Mufti, a media and public liaison mation provided on the news.” It notes that with CSIS, responded to questions about another hacktivist group, Anonymous, was the incident(s) saying, “I cannot elaborate involved in the Canada Day attack. further on the response that you’ve already The analyst quotes CTV news as a source received from our ATIP [access to informa- on the motivation for the attacks—a protest tion and privacy] team.” against Bill C-51. Criticisms of the bill include University of Ottawa security expert concerns about potential incursions on pri- Wesley Wark told Embassy that based on this vacy rights and a lack of robust oversight wording, the information that was released to keep Canada’s security and intelligence or disclosed could be anything from the agencies in check. mistaken release of material in response to The CSIS report notes, “the outage based an access to information request, or a major on the news had a negative impact on the cyber-security breach. service’s public image.” Both reports begin with a reference Embassy also obtained a Response FRENCH COURSES FOR DIPLOMATS to “CSIS Procedures: Internal Security Protocol for Attack on our Public Websites, New Sessions Start: October 13th & October 26th 2015 Administrative Investigations.” Mr. Wark said dated July 2015. Though heavily redacted, it these investigations are “routine procedure.” notes that “as with all websites, our public- '2/50#,!33%30!24 4)-%s).4%.3)6%s7/2+3(/03s3,%02%0!2!4)/. “Internal security administrative inves- facing sites are vulnerable” to denial of ser- tigation is something conducted when a vice attacks. “It is not a ‘security’ incident,” potential breach of classified information the report notes, because the website is not Private courses at your convenience. Official language test centre. occurs, whether through human agency or penetrated. Non-profit organisation since 1905! mishandling, or cyber intrusions,” he said However, “because these attacks are Supplier of the federal government for more than 15 years! in an email. very public, they damage the organization’s A third injury assessment report obtained brand.” REGISTER NOW: www.af.ca/ottawa | 613-234-9470 by Embassy, dated Sept. 30, 2014, relates to [email protected] the activities of Edward Snowden, the whis- @mariedanielles EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—11 Opinion Diplomacy We can do better, Canada

Our leadership on maternal and newborn child health is laudable, but we have slipped on addressing climate change and poverty at home and abroad.

MICHAEL SIMPSON

ast month I travelled to the United Nations in New York with Kareen Wong, our communications officer Lat the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation, along with seven other passionate youth from across Canada. The Pope had just finished making an impassioned speech recognizing that the environment has “rights” and that we need to step up to the plate on the major issues of the world, from refugees and poverty to the environment. The world’s leaders United States President Barack Obama at the United Nations, Sept. 28. UN Photo: Kim Haughton agreed and signed into effect seventeen global goals to guide us until 2030. It is an agenda described in the docu- We can be proud of our civil society Canada’s contribution of 18 troops, 85 world poverty, the trend has been noticed ment as belonging to the last generation efforts and our consistent messages that police officers and nine military observ- by others. If we keep score it is hard not to that can “save the planet,” and it is not align with the global agenda. In British ers in 2015 is hardly a leadership position, feel we are losing. short on ambition. Columbia, for example we released a especially after shutting down our peace- Today we find ourselves in the midst The UN floor was packed. People Sustainable Development Goals report keeping training centre a couple of years of a federal election. This is the reason we like philanthropist Bill Gates and Mark entitled Keeping Score that examines each ago. Of the four lonely countries opposed are told our prime minister was not in New Zuckerberg of Facebook fame were there. of the seventeen Global Goals and made to the rights of indigenous peoples, under- York with other heads of state and leaders. Young activists, like Malala Yousafzai, recommendations on issues such as “uni- scoring the Global Goals, Canada was the So what will Canada’s role be toward real- a Nobel Peace Prize winner, were versality” that will require us to address only one that voted against the indigenous izing the global goals? Will this generation there. Celebrities were blogging, and genius- challenges in Canada as well as abroad. goal twice—and the only UN member not actually save the planet when it comes to es such as Stephen Hawking were publicly The report glows about Canada’s lead- to support it. climate change? imploring the world to pay attention. ership on maternal and newborn child Not only do we oppose forward move- So far, the Canadian silence on these More than 160 heads of state and govern- health, but also points out where we have ment at climate change discussions, we questions has been deafening. Very little ment from all corners of the globe were there. slipped on the international stage in terms have consistently failed to meet our global media coverage or debate, apart from the The media was there in droves. The city was of addressing climate change and poverty at commitments. The United Kingdom recent- Munk leaders’ debate, is oriented toward locked down around the UN. Diplomatic con- home and abroad. ly reached the agreed-upon global target for our role in the world. voys raced around importantly with sirens Unfortunately, the general trend in development assistance at 0.7 per cent of Few candidates have commented on the blaring, and helicopters could be seen over- Canada is that we have backed away from GDI. Britons are duly proud of this. global goals. None have been vocal or active head. There were police and ridiculously-obvi- international leadership and co-operation. Countries like Norway and Sweden on the subject through media releases. That ous undercover security agents everywhere. Once known for our peacekeeping, our open reached this target years ago and now is a major oversight and an indication of All this hoopla was about a global effort arms towards refugees and our environmen- exceed it with a strong sense of global how isolated we are in the arena of interna- to make the world a better place. It was tal leadership at meetings like this, today we solidarity. Canada, on the other hand, has tional politics right now. about addressing the potential of our spe- are not even on the agenda. Instead it is the continued to cut back our generosity to an It is hard to pay attention to what is cies not just to survive but to prosper and Pope and the G77 that seem to lead the way. all-time low, a paltry 0.24 per cent. This is going on in the world, and Canada’s place “leave no one behind.” It is not however, that we are not missed. despite 94 per cent of Canadians stating in in it, when there is nobody to cover the Proudly, Canadian civil society leaders Indeed, it took the tragic picture of a a recent poll that they favour this kind of stories. But it is hard, too, to ignore the were also there. Our Canadian youth delega- dead three-year old refugee named Alan international co-operation. international fuss in New York. It is hard to tion represented us from coast to coast to Kurdi lying lifeless on a beach for Canadians Ironically, Canadians believe we are gen- ignore the fame Pope Francis is getting for coast, meeting with officials, participating in to collectively realize there are refugees erous and co-operative. It is as much a part paying attention to the plight of our world. discussions and expressing our aspirations. who need our help. Germany is offering of our national identity as hockey, but both We are bound to either wake up in They were in the main United Nations build- to shelter 800,000, Turkey over a million; the international community and the facts Canada or be woken up. Indeed, not only ing as I wrote this, attending the special Canada has taken in 2,374 since January point in another direction. can we do better, we must do better. sessions and plenary discussions on how to 2014, yet we still live with the impression Whether it is not showing up at the Hopefully events here in New York will make this agenda work. Trying, in their own we are leaders. United Nations, shutting down our peace- nudge us in the right direction. way, to participate in the international ethos Like cold water on our face, the interna- keeping centre, not pulling our weight on Michael Simpson is executive director of and agenda that is building in New York. tional community has been blunt about our the refugee situation, dragging our heels at the British Columbia Council for International So was it a proud moment for Canada? performance and shamed us in the interna- international climate talks or cutting con- Cooperation. Yes and no. tional press. tributions toward assisting the fight to end [email protected] EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—12 EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—13 Election 2015 Election 2015

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Continued from Page 12 Surrey and Vancouver have some of the the job, among other criteria, in order to be When asked to explanation for why appli- largest Filipino-Canadian communities in approved to bring in a caregiver—had been cations were processed so much slower prior “I want [the caregivers] to put an invest- Canada. The metro Winnipeg, Toronto, Calgary received and approved so far this year, the to those months, Employment and Social Vote ‘pandering’ or good management? ment into the country [first],” she said. and Montreal areas also boast federal electoral media relations team for Employment and Development Canada spokesperson Marie-France Former Barrie MP Patrick Brown won the districts with the greatest concentration of Social Development Canada responded with Faucher wrote in an emailed statement that support of many members of the community in residents who identify as having Filipino ethnic information for 2013 and before, and said it “[t]here was no significant change in processing Barrie during his nine years in office, she said. origins, according to Statistics Canada. was the most recent available data. times between April and May 2015. Processing However, Mr. Brown stepped down earlier this In Vaughan, Ont., however, the Caregiver The Toronto Star reported in May that times vary with several factors including the num- Filipino-Canadians split over caregiver program year to enter, and win, the race for the leadership Program isn’t often a source of complaints Employment and Social Development Canada ber of applications being received.” of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. from members of the Filipino-Canadian com- had approved less than 10 per cent of The department did not make available an either release information, confirm or deny sta- according to a CIC press release. The govern- immigration minister and Conservative can- Narima Dela Cruz, a community organizer munity, said Erlinda Insigne, president of the requests for caregivers by employers between expert to explain the change in the number of Peter Mazereeuw tistics quoted in the media, or make available ment also published statements of support didate Chris Alexander did not respond to in Surrey, BC, said she was not impressed Filipino-Canadian Association of Vaughan. December 2014 and March 2015. requests processed. experts to explain changes in statistics, it’s for the 2014 changes from Filipino community multiple requests for comment. with the government’s management of the Ms. Insigne, who was quoted in a gov- The Caregivers’ Action Centre pointed to When asked whether the department anada’s Filipino communities are split difficult to gauge the progress made in fulfilling leaders, including Erlinda Insigne, president of program, or the Temporary Foreign Worker ernment press release supporting the 2014 that statistic as evidence of the government’s received significantly more applications dur- over how well the Conservative gov- promises made during the 2014 overhaul. the Filipino-Canadian Association of Vaughan. Not a dealbreaker for all Program in general. changes to the program, has said the changes mismanagement of the program in a press ing April and May, Ms. Faucher wrote that ernment has managed a federal pro- But the new split in the program, creat- “It is a very important program for the Ms. Dela Cruz, the director of the Surrey will “surely terminate the long working hours release at the end of August. “that information is not publicly available.” gram for temporary caregivers, after Concerns remain despite ing two pathways for applicants to apply, is Filipino community,” said Rose Mallot, presi- Philippine Independence Day Society, said of caregivers and end the susceptibility of ESDC spokesperson Julia Sullivan declined The government had also promised in Cone activist group accused the government of “unclear” and the program is a “detriment” dent of the Filipino Canadian Association Of she typically refers caregivers or others in the being abused by employers.” to confirm or deny the statistics quoted by the 2014 to give permanent resident status to changes making changes “to win Filipino votes.” The Caregiver Program matches Canadian to employers and caregivers who participate, Barrie And Suburban Areas. She estimated that community who are having trouble with the Ms. Insigne said she doesn’t recommend any Star, but instead forwarded the details needed 30,000 caregivers and members of their fam- Several Filipino-Canadian community orga- employers—often families looking for some- said Aimee Beboso, chair of the Philippine the vast majority of Filipino-Canadians in Barrie, program to NDP trade critic and candidate particular party or candidate to the roughly 600 to access a document previously published ily this year. nizers and journalists interviewed by Embassy one to help care for children or an ill family Migrants Society of Canada. Ont. had either come to Canada through the Don Davies, or provincial NDP MLA Mable members of the Vaughan association. under an access to information request. When asked how many permanent resident have criticized the government’s handling of member—with a worker from overseas. The The Caregivers’ Action Centre, meanwhile, program or had family members who had. Elmore. “Whoever helps us, that’s how we vote,” The department issued decisions on 107 applications had been received and approved the Caregiver Program, formerly known as the caregivers gain the right to apply for perma- is advocating for permanent residency status Ms. Mallot immigrated to Canada from the While caregivers cannot vote, Ms. Dela she said. of 917 Labour Market Impact Assessment for members of the Caregiver Program so far Live-in Caregiver Program. Their comments nent residency status in Canada after two for caregivers immediately upon their arrival in Philippines, though not through the Caregiver Cruz said she believed they were sharing their applications made between Dec. 1, 2014 and this year, Citizenship and Immigration Canada follow those from the Caregivers’ Action Centre years of service, and many eventually apply Canada, said Karina Francisco, CAC coordinator. Program, and has employed other women from negative experiences with the program with Government progress on March 31, 2015, a rate of about 27 per month, provided statistics for year 2013 and prior. and the Philippine Migrants Society of Canada, to bring family members to Canada as well. Mr. Alcuitas, the Vancouver journalist, and that country through the program, she said. Filipino-Canadians who do. promises unclear according to that document. “2015 data on admissions by source coun- groups that have publicly taken a dim view of Since 2008, citizens of the Philippines have Noel Tarrazona, another Filipino-Canadian She still hears concerns raised by Filipino- She said she supported the idea of giving per- It is difficult to gauge the government’s The department approved 96 of those 107 try are not yet available,” Citizenship and the management of the program since changes accounted for the vast majority of applications, journalist currently working in the Philippines, Canadians in Barrie about the government’s manent resident status to caregivers upon arrival. progress fulfilling the different promises it applications, about 90 per cent of them, the Immigration spokesperson Remi Lariviere were announced in 2014. including 4,641 of 5,393 submitted between agreed that the program had become politicized. management of the program. She said she sup- ”I do believe that if someone is good made during its 2014 overhaul of the program. document shows. wrote in an emailed statement. The government’s management of the pro- January and October 2013, according to data The government’s 2014 changes were only “tin- ported allowing caregivers to live outside of the enough to work in Canada, they should really The government promised to accept up Another government document published The Philippines was the top source of gram “could sway some voters,” said Ted from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. kering” with a flawed program and “pandering to homes of their employers. The membership be given a chance to stay as permanent resi- to 2,750 applicants this year in each of the under a separate request shows that between new permanent residents in Canada last year, Alcuitas, a Filipino-Canadian journalist in The government announced changes to the Filipino vote,” said Mr. Alcuitas, who said he of the Barrie association was split over what dents,” she said. two new program streams: one for child care January 1 and May 30 the department issued after more than 40,000 Filipinos were given PR Vancouver who has written for several Filipino the program at the end of October 2014 that believed the entire program should be scrapped. should be done with the program now, she said. The years it takes for caregivers to gain providers, another for those caring for people decisions on 383 Labour Market Impact status. The government also gave PR status to and community newspapers. ended the requirement that caregivers live Neither the Conservative Party of Canada Ms. Mallot said she did not support giving permanent residency status and sponsor fam- with medical needs. Assessments, a rate of about 76 per month, a record 11,693 caregivers last year, several But others said the program’s management with their employers, split the program into nor CIC responded when asked to comment permanent resident status to caregivers upon ily members can take a toll on families, wrote When asked how many Labour Market and approved 305 or about 80 per cent of thousand more than during any other year wasn’t a priority when it came to who they two streams and changed its name. on some of the complaints about the care- their arrival in Canada, but added some mem- Marieton Pacheco, a Filipino-Canadian journalist Impact Assessment applications—in which those applications. since at least 2005. were going to vote for this election. The changes were made to “protect caregiv- giver program from Mr. Alcuitas and other bers of the Barrie association did. based in Vancouver and former TV news anchor prospective employers must demonstrate That means the government processed 276 [email protected] in the Philippines, in an emailed statement. With government departments refusing to ers from abuse and reduce family separation,” Filipino-Canadians. The campaign office of Continued on Page 13 they tried and failed to recruit Canadians for requests in April and May, about 138 per month. @PJMazereeuw EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—14 Opinion Diplomacy

Canadian Forces SkyHawks Parachute Team over California, March 19, 2014. DND Photo Canadian international development professionals need to travel—and deserve the vote based on the relationship between gover- in Canada. There are not many who do not delays in travel and additional scrutiny These professionals are nors and the governed. The ruling stated: eventually return home. Many are considered that could be imposed by border forces? “Permitting all non-resident citizens to vote resident in Canada for tax purposes, although How does Canada address the risk that often the very instrument would allow them to participate in making they don’t benefit from Canada’s health care those who do travel for terrorism reasons through which foreign laws that affect Canadian residents on a and other services. Income on contracts assume the guise of development workers, daily basis, but have little to no practical funded even partly by the government is sub- thereby putting real development workers policy is implemented. consequence for their own daily lives.” This ject to Canadian income taxes. The Canada at risk? is simply wrong. Revenue Agency has stringent require- Remember that the two home-grown Some of the roughly 1.4 million Canadian ments to qualify for non-resident tax status. “terrorists” who prompted the travel ban KEITH OGILVIE & citizens who have lived overseas for more Citizens must prove they have severed ties to idea didn’t travel overseas—they were than five years are international develop- Canada: property, family, credit cards or bank inspired by terrorism. One had even been PAMELA BRANCH ment specialists, often living for extended accounts can establish for CRA that the indi- prevented from travelling. The government periods in developing countries. Employees vidual is still “resident.” Canadian property already can stop such people from traveling of the federal Department of Foreign Affairs, is subject to taxes wherever the owners live. to areas under terrorist control. wo recent announcements that have Trade and Development or international Collectively, expat Canadians are estimated Times have changed since 1993. Today the potential to negatively affect organizations supported by Canada (e.g. the to pay $6 billion annually in Canadian taxes— Canadian citizens in many different profes- Canadians working overseas on UN) and their families can vote, no matter surely a sound reason that they should have sions operate successful in a global econ- Tinternational development activities how long they are overseas. Others, often the right to vote! omy. Should we penalize them for seeking are of great concern. One deals with the doing similar work and working on contract Canada is increasingly directing its devel- opportunities overseas that contribute to right to vote in federal elections, and the to Canadian non-governmental organiza- opment assistance into unstable and poorly the Canadian economy? Should citizens who other deals with travel restrictions to “areas tions or development firms, are among governed countries, where the greatest are paying taxes, affected by the decisions under terrorist control.” those who have lost the right to vote. needs lie. Development workers often face of the Canadian government, implementing The Ontario Court of Appeal recently Canadian international development serious personal risks in the service of their government programming and taking risks upheld the law denying citizens who have professionals are always affected by gov- country, without any of the protections for Canada, be disenfranchised or risk a lived overseas for more than five years ernment’s foreign policy. They are often the offered diplomats or military personnel. criminal record to do their jobs? the right to vote. This law had previously instrument through which foreign policy Yet development workers must travel to From the comfort and stability of Canada been implemented in a way that allowed is implemented. Their work and their rep- these areas to do their jobs. Details of the it is easy to reach simplistic conclusions. Both Canadian citizens living overseas to vote as utations are directly affected by Canada’s proposed travel ban remain to be defined, these issues need thoughtful and nuanced long as they came home for a visit within stance on economic, environmental and for- but there are myriad questions. How do consideration to avoid harming committed, the preceding five-year period. eign policy matters. They are intimately and development workers legitimately work- front line Canadian development workers. Much media coverage of the Appeal continuously connected with Canada. They ing to relieve poverty and suffering avoid Neither issue is as simple as it seems. Court decision agreed with the stricter are the face of Canada in the developing becoming the targets of inappropriate and Keith Ogilvie in Victoria and Pamela interpretation of the five-year residency world, often as much or more than Canada’s wasteful monitoring by Canada’s security Branch in Ottawa are proud members of requirement, partly because the Canadian formal diplomatic representation. services? How do they avoid legal risks the Canadian Association of International riding system means voting for a represen- Development professionals living over- to do what may be government mandated Development Professionals. tative of a particular district, and partly seas have relatives, property and interests humanitarian work? How do they deal with [email protected] AVIATIONAn Embassy Policy Briefi ng October 7, 2015

Don’t expect Eliminate Airport Aircraft Canada’s skies airport rents Revenues and movement and to be truly open and pass on Payments to civil aviation any time soon the savings to the Federal statistics passengers Government PAGE 18 PAGE 19 PAGE 20 PAGE 20 EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—16 Aviation Policy Briefing

Canada, US not interested in cabotage swap: Rioux A Cathay Canada’s government, like most in the Pacific world, also bars foreign airlines from operat- cargo ing along domestic routes in Canada, a right flight. known as cabotage. Vancouver International There are a few exceptions; the EU allows Airport airlines from any member country to have Photo cabotage rights across the union. Australia and New Zealand have granted cabotage rights to each other’s airlines, and Chile and a few other countries have granted cabotage and foreign ownership rights to other coun- tries as well. Aviation policy analysts were split over the value of Canada granting cabotage rights to foreign airlines. “Cabotage doesn’t make a lot of sense, economically,” said Mr. Tretheway. For example, if Canada’s cabotage restric- tion was lifted, but the rest of its aviation policy remained the same, foreign airlines would need to use a crew and aircraft from their country to fly the domestic routes, he said. The principles of cabotage and foreign ownership restrictions are protectionist, and do little to benefit consumers, argued Nick Mulder, an aviation analyst for Global Public Affairs and former deputy minister of Transport Canada. “If people can buy from Kmart in Canada, why can’t you fly with United Airlines in Canada?” he said. Canada’s government has worked to open up international air transport restric- tions through its Blue Sky Policy, adopted in 2006. The federal government has signed or updated dozens of air transport treaties under that policy, which aims to allow Canadian and international airlines to fly relatively freely between each other’s countries, and, in some cases, pick up and carry passengers from a second country to a third. The Blue Sky Policy does not address foreign ownership restrictions on airlines, and says it would “under no circumstances” include cabotage rights in an air transport agreement. Transport Canada examined whether ity of Canada’s commercial market, accord- to pursue an exchange of cabotage rights ing to a 2013 Senate study. with the United States a few years ago, “There’s no good economic or even social and “we were confident that it was not reason for having those restrictions,” said something that had a promising future at Don’t expect Mr. Gillen. this point in time,” Marc Rioux, the exec- Canada’s government hasn’t shown much utive director of air policy at Transport interest in removing them, and neither has Canada, told a Parliamentary committee the United States—which also bars more in February. than 25 per cent of foreign ownership of “The Americans are not going to move on an airline—or many other countries, said that front any time soon,” Mr. Rioux said in a Canada’s skies Mike Tretheway, the chief economist at brief interview. InterVISTAS, a transportation consultancy Transport Canada has not looked into based in Vancouver. exchanging cabotage rights with any other However, Canada’s largest commercial countries, he said. airlines have been allowed to adopt a vari- Canadian airlines likely wouldn’t both- able voting scheme, where they can sell er to make use of those rights in many to be truly open an almost unlimited number of non-voting countries, even if they were available, said shares to foreign buyers. Mr. Gillen, making such a policy change a Further relaxing restrictions on foreign “non-starter.” ownership of Canadian airlines could allow “Economically, we’re saying that more airlines to flourish in Canada, creating we’re not ready for that here,” said John any time soon more jobs in the process, said Mr. Tretheway. McKenna, president of the Air Transport Canada’s biggest airlines would likely Association of Canada, which represents oppose such as move, said Mr. Gillen. small airlines, flying schools and other Restrictions on the rights of foreign inves- Marc-André O’Rourke, the executive organizations in the aviation industry. Cabotage a ‘non- tors and foreign airlines in Canada aren’t director of the National Airlines Council Swapping cabotage rights with the going anywhere, they said, despite a relative of Canada, was not available for an inter- United States could allow large US carriers starter’, but foreign dearth of competition in the industry. view on the subject. Spokespeople for to bully Canadian counterparts out of both ownership holds Federal policy requires that airlines oper- WestJet and Air Canada declined interview markets, by taking advantage of economies ating in Canada be owned by Canadians. In requests. of scale in fuel purchasing, maintenance promise, says Gillen. practice, that means they must be registered “The NACC supports a balanced air liber- costs and other aspects of their business, in Canada, and at least 75 per cent of voting alization policy framework for Canada that he said. shares must be held by Canadians. ensures a level playing field and provides Canadian airlines are actually relatively Peter Mazereeuw Scrapping that rule would allow foreign value added reciprocal benefits for all stake- cost efficient when compared to the largest investors to start new airlines in Canada holders,” wrote Mr. O’Rourke in an emailed US airlines, said Mr. Tretheway. to compete with Air Canada and WestJet, statement. Mr. O’Rourke, however, wrote that anada’s aviation policy is out of date said David Gillen, director of the Centre for High taxes, fees, airport rents and other Canada’s aviation “cost structure” was not Cand uncompetitive, say aviation policy Transportation Studies at the University of costs imposed on airlines in Canada are “the competitive. analysts—and that puts us in line with much British Columbia. most significant deterrent to new market [email protected] of the world. Those two airlines control the vast major- entrants,” he wrote. @PJMazereeuw EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—17 Aviation Policy Briefing

through higher fares and special fees, pay for air navigation services ($1.1 billion). Of course these charges are passed on to all Eliminate airport rents and pass airline passengers, who also often have to pay for services that used to be free such as seat selection, baggage check-in and meals. In a nutshell, the federal government is using our air transportation sector as a on the savings to passengers cash cow, while passengers are getting loo- nied and toonied by government, by airlines and by airports across the country. This burden carries significant conse- quences for passengers, the airline industry, the future growth of our airports and the employment generated by them, as well as Canada’s economy overall. As one example, about five million Canadians close to the US border now choose to fly out of US airports which are able to offer them lower fares and fees. In Canada, most airline fares are often matched dollar-for-dollar by additional taxes and fees. In a presentation I made to the Senate Transport Committee as part of their aviation study, I suggested that innova- tive changes to air sector policies are long overdue: stop overburdening the sector and instead help air passengers. All the rent payments, fees, surcharges and levies may have made sense at one time but in total are now far too excessive. In light of this, I recommended that the government negotiate a two-for-one deal with airports and airlines to share both costs and benefits. For every dollar that the government reduces rents, fees and taxes on the air sector, passengers should recoup 50 cents of the benefits. For example, if airport rents are elimi- nated—and they should be—airports will have access to an extra $300 million annu- ally. The airport improvement fees passed on to passengers should then be reduced by $150 million. Ditto for the so-called temporary spe- cial jet fuel excise taxes, enacted in 1985, charged by the federal government and subsequently by several provincial govern- ments. Eliminate those and half of the ben- efits should go to reduced fuel surcharges on airline tickets. In addition, the federal government should push a true air liberalization agenda, negotiating real Open Skies agreements, not just improved bilaterals, with major international players to increase the ability of Canada to gain a bigger share of interna- tional air traffic, both passenger and cargo. This, in addition to faster processing of passengers through airports, will help ensure that our large, modern yet costly air- ports generate more business and prevent passenger leakage to US airports. More Canadians will fly as a result. And indeed more non-Canadians may choose to transit internationally via Canada’s airports. Like Chicago, Hong Kong or London, cities like Toronto and Vancouver, among others, Arriving passengers at Vancouver International Airport. Vancouver International Airport Photo can become much more significant air trans- port hubs. And through this, governments will ultimately collect more taxes and gener- The federal government is or another prior to Oct. 19, it is not an area in 2012 with the issuance of the committee’s ate more revenues. A win-win for all. to which the parties are paying much atten- final report, The Future of Canadian Air As a whole, the Canadian transportation using our air transportation tion. Travel: Toll Booth or Spark Plug? sector has done well in the last 20 years, sector as a cash cow. This is symptomatic of the last 10 years The committee heard from many wit- averaging two per cent growth per year of federal engagement on the main transpor- nesses about current issues impacting the versus the zero per cent in the overall econ- tation issues. There have been few major air transportation industry: the state of omy’s productivity growth. While much of developments, save for progress on railway airports, the viability and fares of airlines, the responsibility rests with the private sec- NICK MULDER safety and freight service initiatives, infra- problems with airport security and emerg- tor, government still has an important role structure as an economic stimulus, and the ing trends in aviation safety generally. to play, to make sure that policy enables the associated coastal gateway strategies. During this extensive study, the most maximum amount of growth possible. ith the federal election campaign Indeed, the focus on rail freight issues frequently-cited problem was the financial The air sector, not just rail freight and into its final few weeks, a very has created a policy vacuum around Ottawa burden placed on the air transportation urban transit, should be a prime candidate limited number of issues related and at Transport Canada, leaving little room sector and passengers by government. Fast to leverage more growth by making air trav- to transportation have actually for pushing forward with policy develop- forward to 2015 and the same situation el less costly and burdensome for all pas- W ment in other modes—including air and its remains: the government of Canada will gotten traction with party leaders. sengers. Whichever party wins on Oct. 19 By and large, transportation issues are overburdened passengers, which are over- likely collect $1.2 billion or more in special should seriously take on these suggestions off the radar of the major parties, except for due for more focus by the government. charges over and above normal taxes from and move forward with innovative change. urban transit. No matter which party forms In past Parliaments, good policy work the air sector this year. Nick Mulder is a former federal deputy government, it will need to quickly deter- and consultation has been done on air This includes airport rent ($300 million), minister of several departments including mine its short and long-term transportation transportation issues. Of particular note air security charges ($700 million) and Transport Canada and is now a senior associ- priorities after Election Day. However, for is the multi-year study that was led by the fuel excise taxes ($125 million). It does not ate with Global Public Affairs. the purposes of convincing voters one way Senate Transport Committee and concluded include the costs airlines and passengers, [email protected] EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—18 Aviation Policy Briefing Aviation facts and figures

2013: Airport revenues and payments to the federal government

Airport Authority Gross Revenue Airport Rent Average Rate

Toronto-Pearson $1,117,534,000 $128,877,000 11.53% Montreal $446,600,000 $45,600,000 10.21% Vancouver $434,183,000 $42,272,000 9.73% Calgary $351,326,000 $34,761,000 9.89% Edmonton $182,844,000 $15,380,000 8.41% Total (18 airports) $3,099,753,000 $291,720,00 9.41%

—Source: Canada Transportation Act Review Discussion Paper

Aircraft movement and civil aviation statistics, July 2015 1.2 % 1.2 % Decrease of aircraft take-offs The amount that distance is up compared and landings at Canadian airports with the same month last year. with Nav Canada air traffic control towers and flight service stations, July, from the same month a year earlier. July is typically the busiest month. 9.3 % Amount that Air Canada and WestJet 0.8 % increased their capacity over last year. Decline of flights from one airport to another, July, from the 11.5 % same month a year earlier. Amount of international growth for 2.0 % scheduled services. Decline of flights that remain in the 5.5 % vicinity of the airport, July, from the Amount of domestic growth for scheduled same month a year earlier. services. PARTNER WITH US 4.7 m 503.8 Passengers on scheduled and charter Introducing Carleton University’s new Vice-President (Research services on the two major Canadian and International), Dr. Nimal Rajapakse. Dr. Rajapakse brings with carriers, Air Canada and WestJet, in July. million litres him a wealth of experience in international collaboration including connections to bolster Carleton’s Aerospace program through strong The volume of turbo fuel consumed. international research partnerships. 8.3 % Carleton University is recognized internationally as a leader in Amount that passenger count is up 7.1 % aerospace education and research, with renowned achievements from the same month last year. and firsts in the fields of aerospace and aeronautics. The amount that fuel consumption is up 2,888 km from the same month last year. On average, the distance each 7.7 % AEROSPACE passenger travelled. For reference, Visit carleton.ca/aerospace Carleton University’s aerospace research unit the flight distance from Toronto to The amount Air Canada and WestJet Vancouver is roughly 3,350 km. increased their flying hours, from the same month last year. —Source: Statistics Canada

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Syrians into neighbouring countries and, for some, the long trek to Europe will continue. The Islamic State may suffer reversals militarily but it is unlikely the forces it represents, politically, religiously and cul- turally, will disappear or even dissipate to any appreciable extent. Equally, it is unlikely Turkey will relent in its own military action against the Kurds of Syria and their support- ers in Turkey and in Kurdistan, Iraq. The history of Syria since Bashar al-As- sad’s father, Hafez al-Assad, took control in 1970-71 has been one of massacre and vio- lence. Attacks against opposition forces in the cities of Hama (1981) and Homs (1988), and the current civil war demonstrate the willingness of al-Assad regimes to use extreme violence against their own people. In all of this, it cannot be assumed the support provided the Assad regime by Iran and Hezbollah from Lebanon will lessen to any appreciable extent and, with the Russians involved, could see such support increased. Equally, it has to be assumed that the Shia-dominated government in Baghdad will co-operate closely with Syria in their common flight against ISIS. Throughout the coming months, there can be every expectation the involvement of Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, Jordan and Egypt will intensify in order to counter this increased support for the Assad regime. How this will manifest is unknown, as they do not have credible allies inside Syria and Saudi Arabia is preoccupied with its cam- paign in Yemen. Most likely, they will bomb pretend ISIS targets. The American-led coalition of countries from beyond the region, and involving Canada, will have hard choices to make with regards to its military activities inside Syria. These activities have been mainly directed at Islamic State, but there has been a thin veneer of policy suggesting that they are directed at the Assad regime as well. With the French and the Russians now bombing inside Syria, there will be a need for some measure of co-ordination among the contending air forces, or in the current jargon deconflict the possibility of shooting at each other. So far, that is more by chance than design. Most likely, in the coming days, there will be leaks in Washington suggesting the Americans have signed on to Russia’s Syrian doctrine: get rid of ISIS and then deal with United States Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in New York on Sept. 30. Russian Government Photo the possibility of a successor regime to Assad later. The elimination of the Syrian non-ISIS opposition to Assad will be one of the intended consequences of these chang- But before we all rush to the same ing circumstances. side of the boat and end up in the cold The spectre of Afghanistan hangs over Mediterranean, it is appropriate to pause and Russian involvement in the affairs of Syria consider what is the Russian endgame and and, more broadly, the Middle East. In other their exit strategy, those troublesome and recent military interventions—Georgia, When the meddlesome aspects of foreign military inter- Moldova and Ukraine—Putin has kept his ventions that always bedeviled such actions. actions relatively small and has been able As the sages of the ages remind us, the to play for time to achieve their ultimate going in is easy, it is the getting out that is objective of protecting Russians in neigh- difficult. It is at this stage, the going in, that boring countries. The Soviet intervention in political leaders can wave their flags and Afghanistan in 1979 is a more accurate indi- demonstrate their machismo, standing in cator of possible Russian success in Syria. Russians leave command and directing the military forces Syria is a much larger nut to crack, and of the nation. has not been susceptible to large outside What is the Russian endgame and their exit strategy? But it is also necessary to understand interventions. The hubris and even the where this is going; is there a destination sangfroid of President Putin will be tested where anything much will be changed? in the months ahead. The one consider- Netanyahu and Erdogan have travelled to Unintended consequences, or in recent ation that will be uppermost in his mind is GAR PARDY Moscow in order to minimize possible con- jargon the “unknown unknowns,” should be whether the domestic support surrounding flicts and even possibly to co-ordinate their carefully examined. his intervention in eastern Ukraine can be respective military action inside Syria; and It is reasonable to assume in the short sustained as the Syrian intervention spins he various elements of Russia’s mil- Iran, Syria, Iraq and Russia have announced term (and the short term in Syria is not out in the sands of that country. itary intervention in Syria are now an intelligence sharing agreement on ISIS. more than a year) that the Russians, in their Meanwhile, even with the Munk Debate coming into focus. As well, there are statements from the support of Syrian President Bashar al-As- on Foreign Policy two weeks ago, Canada T There is more military equipment chancellor of Germany and the United sad, should be able to reverse the territorial is no closer to having a coherent policy on arriving, special troops are on the ground Kingdom prime minister supporting Russian gains ISIS and its allies have achieved over Syria. The Conservatives want in, the NDP and have moved beyond their initial base at intervention. Slightly behind the times are the past two years, and possibly contain want out and the Liberals want a little of Latakia; air sorties are underway against a the French, who have to catch up with these ever further the non-IS forces opposed to both. variety of targets for which accurate infor- events, but, in the meantime, have started the president. Gar Pardy is retired from the foreign ser- mation is scarce; Obama and Putin have bombing ISIS targets inside Syria. In doing so, however, it cannot be vice and comments on issues of foreign policy met in New York with suggestions there will Ottawa, meanwhile, does not even seem assumed the violence inside Syria will abate from Ottawa. be some measure of co-ordination on Syria; aware the Syrian game has changed. to any significant extent. So the exodus of [email protected] EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—21 EMBASSY Classifieds INFORMATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT: TEL. 613-232-5952, FAX 613-232-9055

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The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine hosted a gala on Sept. 12 at the Westin hotel to mark its 70th anniversary. Caroline Phillips Photo 1. Back, from left: Japanese Ambassador Kenjiro Monji; his wife Etsuko Monji holding the leg of a contortionist, front middle; Robert C. Lee, president of RCL International Inc.; his wife, Canada Korea Society president and University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute board member Young-Hae Lee. Front: Eunyoung Park and her husband, Korean Ambassador Daeshik Jo. 3

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Korean Ambassador Daeshik Jo and his wife, Eunyoung Park, hosted a national day and armed forces day reception on Sept. 22 at their home. Embassy Photos: Sam Garcia 6 7 2. Clockwise from left: Senate Speaker Leo Housakos; Kerry Wheelehan; her spouse, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance; Mr. Jo; and Ms. Park toast as the large crowd looks on. 3. Australian deputy high commissioner Adrian Morrison and Danish Ambassador Niels Boel Abrahamsen. 4. German defence attaché Lt.-Col. Ralf Heimrich; Angela Son, wife of the Korean defence attaché; Ukrainian defence attaché Col. Ihor Likarenko; his wife Irina; and Korean defence attaché Col. Choi Jang-min. 5. Mr. Jo, Mr. Housakos and Gen. Vance. 12 6. Ms. Son is greeted by vice chief of defence staff Lt.-Gen. Guy Thibault. 7. Turkish Ambassador Selçuk Ünal, Macedonian Ambassador Toni Dimovski and Serbian Ambassador Mihailo Papazoglu.

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Bruce Linghu, representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, hosted an appreciation party on Sept. 19 at his home before 14 heading back to Taiwan. Embassy Photos: Sam Garcia 13 8. Mr. Linghu accepts a gift, as Conservative senators Don Plett and Michael MacDonald, The Guatemalan Embassy, Bytown Museum and the Ottawa-Gatineau Guatemalan Association Panamanian Ambassador Alberto Arosemena, hosted the opening of a photography exhibition, Semana Santa en Guatemala (Holy Week in Florence Saint-Léger Liautaud, wife of the Haitian Guatemala), on Sept. 19 at the Bytown Museum. The exhibition runs until Dec. 24. Embassy ambassador, and Paraguayan Ambassador Julio Photos: Sam Garcia César Arriola Ramírez laugh behind him. 12. Guatemalan Embassy staff: third secretary Sandra Cruz, executive assistant Mercedes de 9. Mr. Linghu with Mr. MacDonald, left, and Mr. Plett. Zelaya, Ambassador Rita Claverie de Sciolli, special projects assistant Kathia Ayala and con- 10. Mr. Linghu laughs with Mr. Arosemena. sular assistant Benjamin Polanco. 11. Ms. Saint-Léger Liautaud, Mr. Linghu and 13. Ms. Ayala, Ms. Claverie de Sciolli and Bytown Museum collections and exhibition manager Grant Vogl. Haitian minister-counsellor Géralde Alerte- 14. Exhibition photographers Janusz Leszczynski and Vera Cancinos de Leszczynski listen to 10 11 Carré. Ms.Claverie de Sciolli speak. EMBASSY, Wednesday, October 7, 2015—23 Party Time

Mediterranean and Alpine climates, which work for growing a number of indigenous red and white varietals such as zelen, pineal Slovenia, an unsung wine region and klarnica.

Slovenian Ambassador Marjan Cencen, Hope trade pact could boost chef Michael Steh and Slovenian minister plenipotentiary Irena Gril at the Sept. 29 wine Tastes of Slovenia event. Ulle Baum Photo Irena Gril, minister plenipotentiary at ASHA the Slovenian Embassy, helped to organize the Sept. 29 event. HINGORANI She said in an interview that some Slovenian wines were on LCBO shelves a couple years ago, but they weren’t well Global Grapes known and did not sell as fast as the Ontario liquor store had anticipated. icture this: vine-covered rolling coun- “That means the agent who imported tryside with a backdrop of the vast the wines and the producers who exported Alps, alive with the sound of folk them had penalties and costs to pay. And music. You’re indulging in a plate of pared for the group of 50 were traditional regions: Podravje, Posavje (both inland) the LCBO decided not to carry these brands P delights such as wild chanterelle and pine and Primorska (on or near the west coast, again,” said Ms. Gril. home-prepared cured ham while sipping on a light, aromatic cvicek in a Rogaska crystal mushroom soup with fresh noodles, a plat- bordering Italy), which are divided into She explained that it’s a challenge to pro- wine glass. What wine region are you in? ter of dried cured meats and cheeses, as smaller topographically demarcated areas. mote a country whose wines are virtually You’re close if you guessed Austria, Italy well as pan-seared trout and stewed mus- Winemakers focus on quality over quantity; unknown in a market that is so saturated or Hungary, but the picture describes sta- sels. It’s safe to say no one walked away therefore, most of their wines are consumed with an abundance of popular wine regions. ples of Slovenia, an unsung wine region. with an empty stomach. domestically. But Ms. Gril said that Slovenian wines are The Slovenian Embassy and Donna The evening’s host, Slovenian The Podravje region extends through the available through an agent in Toronto. Holtom, owner of Santé restaurant, just Ambassador Marjan Cencen, told guests northeastern part of Slovenia. The region With the still-to-be-ratified Canada- steps away from Parliament Hill, hosted an that the crisp, fresh notes in the wine would is also known for its flour-based dishes and European Union Comprehensive Economic evening on Sept. 29 to showcase the tastes of amaze us, adding that with each sip we flatbreads. Varietals such as pinot blanc, and Trade Agreement (CETA), she hopes to the northern part of the former Yugoslavia, would taste the love of the Slovenian people. pinot gris, chardonnay and yellow muscat see more Slovenian wines in the Canadian featuring traditional Slovenian dishes paired I have to admit that before attending grow well in the Podravje region. market. with a number of the country’s wines. this taste of Slovenia, my knowledge of the The wine variety of cvicek, a popular “There will be benefits from CETA, as The soirée featured some varietals likely southeastern European country was lack- low-alcohol, slightly sour, ruby-red wine, the European wineries will be more encour- unfamiliar to Canadians, such as: teran, ing, and I was unfamiliar with its wines. But grows well in the region of Posavje. Posavje aged...and [the] hope is that the Canadian produced primarily on the Karst Plateau; it’s not entirely my fault; Slovenian wine is is named after the central Slovenian river market will [be] more open to other wines,” cvicek, an aromatic low-alcohol wine (tasted not readily available in the Canadian mar- Sava. Its growing district extends to both said Ms. Gril. blind, it could be mistaken for a dry rosé or ket, and certainly does not appear often on sides of the river in southeastern Slovenia. Asha Hingorani is the editor of Parliament even a beaujolais nouveau); and radgonska LCBO shelves. Slovenia’s third main wine region is Now, a sister publication to Embassy, and a ranina, a white. Three main regions Primorska, which is known as the country’s sommelier student. Among the dishes chef Michael Steh pre- Slovenia is divided into three main wine leading wine-growing area. The region has [email protected]

presents this panel discussion featuring U of O senior fel- be delivered at noon. Galleria, fourth floor University Centre, low and former deputy secretary-general of the UN Louise Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr. events.carleton.ca/ Fréchette, former Liberal leader Bob Rae and associate un-international-day-of-the-girl-2/ professor David Petrasek. Free. 10:30 a.m. Social Sciences Kazakhstan: A Young Country with an Ancient Building, 120 University Pvt., room 4007. cips.uottawa.ca OTTAWA Listings History—To honour the year of the 550th anniversary of the Film Screening: Les Combattants—Alliance establishment of the Kazakh Khanate (State), this roundtable française’s Cinéclub presents Les Combattants, a romantic seminar will offer insight into the country’s history. Presented WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8 comedy film by Thomas Cailley. 6 p.m. In French with English by the embassy of Kazakhstan and Carleton University’s China’s New Foreign Policy Priorities—The Centre Platform 2015: Energy—As part of its Platform 2015 subtitles. Members free, non-members $2. Alliance française Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, inter- for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa series, The Hill Times Events presents this panel discussion moder- gallery, 352 MacLaren St. af.ca/Ottawa national and local experts will present, and remarks will be given by Konstantin Zhigalov, Kazakhstan’s ambassador. presents this talk by Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Hong Kong Baptist ated by Embassy managing editor Carl Meyer. Featuring Sergio SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 University. Free. Social Sciences Building, 120 University Pvt., Marchi, Canadian Electricity Association; Warren Everson, Reception to follow. 2-4 p.m. Senate Room (608), Robertson Fiji marks its national day. It gained independence from room 4006. 12 p.m. cips.uottawa.ca Canadian Chamber of Commerce; Jacob Irving, Canadian Council Hall, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr. Registration on Renewable Electricity; and David McFadden, Energy Council of the United Kingdom in 1970. encouraged: carleton.ca/eurus/cu-events/kazakhstan-young- Film Screening: El Niño (The Kid)—This crime thriller Canada. Delta Ottawa City Centre, 101 Lyon St. 7:30-9 a.m. $50- MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 country-ancient-history/ follows a young man drawn into the world of international drug $60. Register via hilltimes.com/events/pf-2015-energy.html smuggling. Presented as part of the Festival of New Spanish Spain celebrates its national day. It marks Christopher WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 Cinema. 6:40 p.m. In Spanish with English subtitles. ByTowne Diplomatic Hospitality Group—Diplomats and their Columbus’s first arrival in the Americas in 1492. For informa- Film Screening: Rastres de sàndal (Traces of Cinema, 325 Rideau St. 613-789-3456. bytowne.ca spouses/partners are invited to the Canadian Federation of tion on any celebrations, call the embassy at 613-747-2252. Sandalwood)—A story of hope and love, from Mumbai to University Women’s Diplomatic Hospitality Group visit to the Road Trip Rwanda, with Will Ferguson—The Equatorial Guinea marks its national day. It gained Barcelona and all the way back. The story of two sisters separated Supreme Court of Canada. 301 Wellington St. 10 a.m.-noon. Ottawa International Writers Festival presents this talk about independence from Spain in 1968. 30 years ago. Presented as part of the Festival of New Spanish the book Road Trip Rwanda. Twenty years after the geno- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 Cinema. 6:55 p.m. In English and Catalan with English subtitles. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau St. 613-789-3456. bytowne.ca cide that left Rwanda in ruins, author Will Ferguson travels Uganda marks its independence day. It gained indepen- UN International Day of the Girl—In honour of deep into the once-mysterious “Land of a Thousand Hills” dence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For information on This is a free listing compiled by Embassy staff who can the UN International Day of the Girl today this event features with his friend and cohort Jean-Claude Munyezamu, a man any celebrations, call the high commission at 613-789-7797. be reached at 613-688-8824. Information regarding events who escaped Rwanda just months before the killings began. displays by students in Prof. Virginia Caputo’s Girlhood should be sent to [email protected] with the subject Centretown United Church, 507 Bank St. 7 p.m. Admission The United Nations at 70: Looking Ahead—The Studies class and guest speaker Landon Pearson, child rights line Embassy Listings by Friday at 5 p.m. Our fax number is ranges from free to $20. writersfestival.org University of Ottawa’s Centre for International Policy Studies advocate and former senator. 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m. Speech to 613-232-9055.

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