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Saudi Ambassador Breaks Silence EXCLUSIVE POLITICAL COVERAGE: NEWS, FEATURES, AND ANALYSISS INSIDEINSIDDE TRUMP PRESIDENCY? PARDY: LEITCH’S POLITICOS SCARY AS HELL, CANADA’S EMBRACE CONSULAR TEAM POKÉMON GO, PREDICTS DYER P. 9 CONUNDRUM P.12 P. 17 WAYHOME P. 2 TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1358 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016 $5.00 NEWS POLICY REVIEW NEWS Q&A NEWS FOREIGN AFFAIRS Liberals’ defence MPs of all stripes consultations offer Saudi ambassador decry Turkish predictable results, government’s questionable breaks silence reaction to benefi ts, say critics failed coup BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI BY CHELSEA NASH Critics are accusing the Liberal In 2010, Turkish President (then prime government of using ongoing public minister) Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at consultations on defence policy to obscure Pearson International Airport in Toronto dissenting opinions and selectively choose ahead of the G20 summit at around responses that correspond with their views midnight, and was greeted by then- on the fi le. minister of state for foreign affairs Peter NDP defence critic Randall Garrison Kent, something Mr. Kent later recounted (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, B.C.) said he as a “nasty experience.” fears the government is using this broad, Before the president’s cavalcade could poorly-defi ned consultation process leave the airport for his downtown hotel, to ensure the responses it receives are Mr. Kent, Conservative MP for Thornhill, favourable to what it envisions for the Ont. was informed of a possible security future of Canadian defence policy. threat that the RCMP was investigating. “They know what they already want to The party was instructed to wait in a do and [with the consultations] you can pick secure room at the airport until the RCMP selectively from what you’ve heard across the gave the all-clear. country if there isn’t any way to systemize the “For a short period of time, the information,” he said in an interview. president accepted our hospitality in the secure room at the airport, but then he Continued on page 6 became impatient, and angry, and accused me of trying to humiliate him and threw quite a tantrum,” Mr. Kent, who is the Conservative Party’s foreign affairs critic, NEWS TRADE told The Hill Times. Liberals’ expanded Continued on page 7 Colombia human NEWS IMMIGRATION rights report still ‘If there is some disagreement, I think we can discuss and fi nd a solution for it,’ says Saudi Ambassador Naif Bin Bandir AlSudairy of the criticism of the deal to sell Canadian-made armoured Yazidi genocide falls short: Rights vehicles to Saudi forces, in a July 20 interview at his embassy. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia moves onto advocates sits down for interviews with Canadian McCallum’s plate Envoy defends arms reporters, spoke exclusively with The Hill BY PETER MAZEREEUW Times July 20 to weigh in on his country’s deal, says media place in the headlines and his job, which he BY PETER MAZEREEUW The Liberal government released its believes at least partly is to boost ties with fi rst take on an annual report on hu- producing ‘misleading Canada and change “some of the wrong or The whirlwind parliamentary study of the man rights in Colombia last week, which negative ideas about my country.” plight of Yazidis and other vulnerable groups included an expanded section on human information.’ Saudi Arabia’s use of Islamic law, sharia, has fi nished, and the witnesses and committee rights issues in the country but still fell “needs a kind of special arrangement, members are looking to Immigration Minister short of the expectations of labour and hu- BY PETER MAZEREEUW different than other places,” said Naif Bin John McCallum to make the next move. man rights advocates. Bandir Alsudairy, after responding to The emotional and often partisan study by The report, which has been criticized Saudi Arabia’s top offi cial in Canada is concerns about the country’s justice system, the House Immigration Committee included every year since it was fi rst released four defending his country’s human rights which allows for public beheadings and saw calls from survivors of the Yazidi genocide, years ago for failing allegedly to seriously record and a controversial $15-billion sale blogger Raif Badawi sentenced in 2014 to 10 community advocates, and opposition MPs examine any human rights concerns in Co- of Canadian-made armoured vehicles to years in jail and 1,000 lashes for insulting for the government to take special action to lombia, was delivered to the House on an the Saudi Arabian National Guard, noting Islam (though, under Western political help persecuted Yazidis—a minority religious adjournment tabling day on July 20, to the that despite “misleading information” in the pressure, he’s only received 50 lashes). The group targeted for genocide by ISIL (also surprise of advocates accustomed to seeing media, he still believes the contract will ambassador acknowledged, though, that known as ISIS, Daesh, and Islamic State)—in the report tabled in May. bring the two countries closer. “we always review.” Iraq and the surrounding territories. After a couple years under fi re, Saudi Continued on page 13 Arabia’s ambassador to Canada, who rarely Continued on page 3 Continued on page 4 2 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ Pakistan spreads sweetness with mango tasting ON HEARD THE HILL BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI Canadian politicos try Ripe mangoes imported from Pakistan for a special Pakistani High Commissioner Tariq Azim tasting at the high commissioner’s residence on Khan with Saudi Ambassador Naif Bin Bandir their hands as Pokémon July 22. AlSudairy. trainers, Trudeau announces Canadian olympic fl ag-bearer Canadian politicians are Mr. AlSaudairy tries some of the mango not immune to the spells of drink being offered. Cheers! Mr. Khan, left, toasts with his guests, Malaysian smash mobile hit Pokemon High Commissioner Aminahtun Karim Shaharudin, second Go. NDP MP Erin Weir poses The Hill Times photographs from left, and her spouse, far right, A.G. Shaharudin, and next to a Cubone in Regina’s Global Affairs Canada's Rosaline Kwan. Cathedral neighbourhood by Sam Garcia (left), while Conservative MP Michelle Rempel showcases her in-game avatar (right). Photographs courtesy of the Twitter accounts of Erin Weir and Michelle Rempel Japanese Ambassador Kenjiro Monji, left, with Mr. Khan, Ms. Shaharudin, and Chinese Ambassador Luo okémon Go, the augmented reality mo- When asked what her favourite character Zhaohui. Pbile game based on the hugely popular was, Ms. Rempel mentioned she had captured fantasy series, has become an international an Aerodactyl, one of the rarer Pokémon. phenomenon since its release earlier this She also noted that numerous Pokémon month, drawing millions of users, includ- were hanging around on Parliament Hill, Peru honours air force members ing some Canadian politicians. proceeding to then capture one loiter- In the game, players can capture, battle, ing next to the Centennial Flame. and train fi ctional Pokémon creatures, Other MPs are also having fun “interact- who appear on screens as if inhabiting ing” with the virtual arrivals. real-world domains by using a device’s NDP MP Erin Weir (Regina-Lewvan, camera and GPS functions. The game has Sask.) tweeted some photos of himself won plaudits from some for encouraging greeting Pokémon that have cropped up physical activity and interaction between in his riding. He posted a photo of himself players, as users must physically travel posing next to a Cubone in a parking lot in General Carlos Chavez Cateriano, left, with to obtain Pokémon or compete in virtual Regina’s Cathedral neighbourhood and an- Colonel Jose Antonio Garcia Morgan, and his competitions. other one showing him with a Diglett in spouse, Diana León Vasquez, at the reception on Mr. Garcia with Peruvian Ambassador But it has also become a source of front of his constituency offi ce. July 22 to mark Air Force Day in Peru. Marcela López Bravo. controversy. Critics worry about Pokémon Conservative MP and leadership candi- being placed in high-risk or extremely date Tony Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, sensitives areas, and are voicing concerns Ont.) can also be counted as a fan, posting a that the game encourages trespassing on picture of himself attempting to catch a Bul- Second Annual Defence and Security Summer Social private property. The RCMP released a basaur while attending the U.S. Republican statement on its Twitter account warning Party convention this past week in Cleveland. Pokémon Go players to be mindful of their Mr. Clement said he attended to repre- surroundings and follow all laws. sent Canadian interests and in his capacity “A Pokemon on private property is as deputy chairman of the International NOT an invitation to enter. Respect others Democrat Union, a global alliance of as you #CatchEmAll,” the agency wrote in centre-right political parties. a post. Meanwhile, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson As elsewhere, Pokémon fever appears was also recently spotted playing Pokémon to have spread to the Hill, with some Ca- Go at downtown’s Confederation Park, Outgoing Korean Defence Attaché Colonel Jang nadian politicos taking to social media CFRA News reported. Min Choi, Astrid Neuland, business development to share their experiences capturing the One MP and potential party leader, executive of Thales Canada, and Angela Son, the André LaFrance, chief operations offi cer and co- virtual denizens. though, jumped on the Pokémon bandwag- colonel’s spouse at the July 13 event. founder of the ALRM Group, greets Mr. Choi. Chief among them, Conservative MP on in a more novel way. Michelle Rempel (Calgary Nose Hill, Alta.), Conservative leadership hopeful Max- who has been touting her skills as an ama- ime Bernier (Beauce, Que.) playfully tweet- teur Pokémon trainer on Twitter.
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