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of the Year award from the county’s cham- An ex- Star publisher ber of commerce. He currently works as a senior account has been appointed consul executive with Vendasta Technologies, a general, and a Jewish computer software company. After a career in journalism, Mr. Davis advocacy group will host a said he was spurred to move into the busi- ness world and later politics by a desire to dinner honouring former he “take a more active role.” “As a journalist, you’re perpetually Former Hill journalist Jeff Davis, right, talks with Nova Scotia Liberal Premier Stephen McNeil, as Conservative prime minister watching other people do cool things, he prepares to run for the provincial Grits in the next election, expected later this year. Photograph whether that’s in business or in politics or courtesy of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party . in social life—you’re a constant observer,” he said. the region’s large daily newspaper, the the next few days as his family made plans “Whereas in business and now in former Hill Times scribe is looking to Chicago Sun-Times, from 2000 to 2007. for the funeral and to “celebrate the incred- politics, it’s much more of an active role. join the ranks of the provincial legisla- “Mr. Cruickshank personally exempli- ible woman that she was.” A You’re the actual mover and shaker ture in Nova Scotia. fi es the many links between and “I have been grateful for your messages yourself, rather than observing from the Jeff Davis, who currently works as an the United States, which includes his time and thoughts and prayers this week as my outside.” executive for a software fi rm, has been in Chicago and his tenure as publisher of family gathered here in to say our When asked about the transition from nominated as the candidate for the govern- the Chicago Sun-Times,” Foreign Affairs goodbyes,” he said. journalism and later business to seeking ing provincial Liberals in the riding of Minister (University- In a post on , Mr. Scheer said elected offi ce, he remarked that he feels Pictou Centre. Rosedale, Ont.) said in a prepared state- Mary was a “wonderful mom and great hu- like he knew less than he anticipated about He ran unopposed for the nomination. ment. man being,” as well as a “dedicated Tory.” ground-level politics and canvassing for Mr. Davis said he chose to run for the “This is one of many relevant positions support. Liberals for “practical” reasons, citing the Mr. Cruickshank held during a lengthy “When you’re looking at it from the body work of the provincial government career in journalism. With his proven Jewish group to host dinner outside, you got a certain perspective—you under the leadership of Premier Stephen leadership, I have no doubt that he will see how politicians act in public, and what honouring ex-PM Harper McNeil. successfully represent the best of Canada messages they are putting out there,” he “As a journalist you’re not allowed to be in Chicago.” explained. Former partisan, so I never belonged to a party up After leaving Chicago, Mr. Cruickshank “But it’s really interesting to see from Conservative until last year, but I’m comfortable with the worked as a publisher for CBC News for a a driver seat’s perspective what it’s like to prime minister way the Liberals are providing leadership,” year before joining the Star. recruit volunteers, to get out there and talk Stephen Harper he said in an interview, noting that he has Before heading stateside, he spent fi ve to the public...it’s fun too.” will be the voted for other parties in the past. years as an editor with the Vancouver Sun, In his run for offi ce, Mr. Davis is receiv- guest of honour “I think the provincial government...is and from 1981 to 1995, he was the manag- ing the support of the federal MP for the at the annual doing a good job, and I want to help out in ing editor of . area, Liberal (, B’nai Brith Cal- that way.” N.S.) and veteran Nova Scotia Grit MP gary Dinner on He added that he doesn’t believe Pictou Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.). Thursday. County has been “served well” by having all Top spy to step down He said there’s “a lot” of overlap be- A sold-out three of its ridings held by members of the tween Mr. Fraser’s 2015 campaign team The head of Canada’s national spy crowd of rough- opposition Progressive Conservative Party. and his own, while he reconnected with Mr. agency is retiring. ly 750 people is Pictou Centre is currently represented Cuzner when he was in the area for Prime Michel Coulombe announced Monday expected at the by PC member Pat Dunn, who won the Minister Justin Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) that he would resign as director of the event, hosted at riding back in the 2013 vote after losing visit there last summer. Canadian Security Intelligence Service and a south-central Calgary synagogue, accord- narrowly to the NDP candidate four years The Liberals won 33 seats in the 51-seat leave the agency at the end of May to move ing to B’nai Brith, a Jewish advocacy group prior. He was fi rst elected in the 2006 elec- legislature in the 2013 election, displacing on to the next stage of his life and spend with chapters across the globe. tion. the four-year old NDP government. more time with his family. The group described Mr. Harper, who Mr. Davis, 32, originally from New The next provincial election is expected He has spent 36 years working for the represented southwest Calgary over his Glasgow, N.S., joined the Hill Times family in 2017. federal government, including more than nearly two decades in the House, as a “de- in 2007 as a diplomatic affairs reporter 30 years with CSIS. fender of Canadian values” and a “staunch for the now-defunct Embassy newspaper. Mr. Coulombe joined the service as an supporter of the State of .” He became a reporter with the Hill Times Ex-Star publisher takes on intelligence offi cer in 1986. He was the “During his entire political career, Mr. newspaper in 2009, and left after a year deputy director of operations from 2010 Harper remained a longstanding friend to take on a role as an Aga Khan develop- diplomatic post in the U.S. to 2013 before being appointed director in not only to B’nai Brith, but to the entire ment fellow in Kenya to report for a local October 2013. Jewish community,” the group said in a newspaper. A former publisher of the According to the service, Mr. Coulombe statement. New Glasgow is located in the Pictou is set to become Canada’s top diplomat for was the fi rst director to come from within “Time and time again, he demonstrated Centre riding. the Midwestern United States. the ranks of CSIS. his unabashed loyalty and support of the During his years in Africa, Mr. Da- The Liberal government announced RCMP commissioner Bob Paulson an- State of Israel, the only true democratic vis trained local journalists and volun- Monday that John Cruickshank has been nounced earlier this month that he would country in the Middle East, and stood up to teered as a war-zone media relations appointed consul general of Canada in step down as the country’s top Mountie at those who promoted racism, antisemitism, trainer for the African Union. Chicago, where he’ll have responsibilities the end of June. and bigotry against all .” Upon returning to Canada in 2011, he for the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and “We cannot think of anyone more de- spent a year as a parliamentary reporter Missouri, as well as northwest Indiana and serving of recognition than Mr. Harper.” for Postmedia, before heading west to Sas- the Kansas City metro area. Scheer scales back B’nai Brith’s Canada wing described it- katchewan to work as a business develop- Mr. Cruickshank spent seven and a half self as an advocate for the security of Israel ment manager. years as publisher of Canada’s highest campaign after family death and of Jewish communities worldwide. He later successfully sought out fi nanc- circulation newspaper before his departure Mr. Harper served as prime minister ing from investors on the popular CBC in May 2016, his LinkedIn account shows. Conservative leadership candidate from 2006 to 2015. He was elected in a program Dragons’ Den for his ‘Stashbelt’ He was also president of the paper’s (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) newly-created riding in southwest Calgary invention, a belt with a built-in USB and an parent company, Star Media Group, during announced on Friday that he would tem- in the 2015 vote but resigned the following inner compartment to store bills. that span. porarily scale back his campaign after the summer. A by-election in Calgary Heritage Mr. Davis returned to his native Pictou Mr. Cruickshank would appear to be passing of his mother, Mary. will occur on April 3. County in 2015 after his father suffered an intimately familiar with the Chicago area In a statement, Mr. Scheer said he [email protected] injury, and in 2016 won the Entrepreneur after working as editor and publisher of would roll back his campaign duties over The Hill Times POSTAL BANKING

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Liberal MP Julie job records or other documents to The pilot project was launched Dzerowicz and help applicants succeed, making in 2011 by the then-Conserva- Conservative those applicants complicit in the tive government and provided MPs Bob Saroya misrepresentation. Most who do $100,000 of government money to (centre) and come forward do so only after help the Rainbow Refugee Com- David Tilson their applications have already mittee to sponsor refugees who say their been rejected, said Ms. Lutfallah, are persecuted because of their constituency and many are scared of coming sexual orientation. The project offi ces regularly forward out of fear they will be was due to expire this year. Ms. receive removed from the country. Jordan said it will be extended for complaints about Mr. Saroya said he hoped the one more year. immigration committee’s work would prompt Ms. Jordan said in an inter- consultants a “strong statement” and a serious view that time was of the essence, acting effort to tackle the issue by Immi- as some refugees supported by unethically. gration Minister Ahmed Hussen her organization were at risk Photograph (York South-Weston, Ont.). Mr. of deportation from Canada to courtesy of the Hussen is scheduled to speak to countries where they could be at offi ce of Julie the committee on March 20 about risk. She did not specify which Dzerwociz; The Hill his mandate letter and depart- countries. Times photograph mental spending. [email protected] by Jake Wright; When asked by NDP MP Jen- @PJMazereeuw The Hill Times fi le ny Kwan (Vancouver East, B.C.) photograph whether the ICCRC wanted the authority to go after unlicensed consultants, Mr. Barker said the organization was examining what CBSA on “This is just my offi ce. Multi- powers and “structure” would be ply it by 338 Members of Parlia- needed to do so. the case: ment,” he said. “Something needs Mr. Barker told the commit- MPs fed up with to get done.” tee his organization had “closed” complaints “At the end of the day, vulner- 1,210 of the 1,710 complaints able people get hurt,” said the MP. that it had received since it was established. about immigration ‘Strong statement’ needed ‘Lives are at risk’ from immigration Immigration consultants must delaying LGBTQ study be licensed by the Immigration The Liberals on the commit- consultants consultant Consultants of Canada Regula- tee raised the ire of some of the tory Council (ICCRC), created by opposition members by pushing under review the Harper government in 2011, through the study on immigration which has the power to investi- consultants earlier than expected, horror stories; gate and discipline those consul- bumping back another study of a tants when they don’t meet the pilot project for LGBTQ refugees. 4,000 council’s standards. The committee had agreed to The ICCRC gets about 300 kick off its review of the refugee Immigration consultants and ‘something needs complaints per year related to project on Feb. 8, with additional international student advis- either licensed or unlicensed con- meetings on Feb. 13 and 15 and ers licensed by the Immigra- sultants, acting president Law- March 22, according to minutes tion Consultants of Canada rence Barker told the committee of a committee meeting held in Regulatory Council. Many other last week. The organization runs private from the beginning of individuals work as immigration to get done’ ad campaigns urging people to February. The committee agreed consultants without a license in use licensed consultants, but does to undertake its study on immi- and outside of Canada. Often the paperwork contains not advertise its role fi elding and gration consultants at the same Despite multiple errors, is rejected by Canadian investigating complaints about time, reserving time in meetings studies and attempts offi cials, and demands for more its consultants, Mr. Barker said on other days in February, March, 300 money are made, the committee under questioning by Liberal MP and April. at reform, phoney or heard last week. Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Instead, the committee used Complaints received by the IC- The problem isn’t new, and the Centre, Ont.), the committee the Feb. 8 meeting to call offi cials CRC each year from the public unethical consultants previous Conservative govern- chair. from Immigration, Refugees, and about immigration consultants, ment under Stephen Harper tried However, the ICCRC has no Citizenship Canada to explain a number Conservative MP continue to victimize to deal with it in 2011, creating a power to investigate or sanction why they hadn’t provided the Bob Saroya says is lower than new governing body for immigra- consultants who don’t bother to committee with information the volume of complaints his aspiring Canadian tion consultants, forcing them, in become licensed, often referred to sought during a study on family offi ce alone receives on the theory, to register if they give ad- as “ghost consultants.” Many oper- reunifi cation. subject. The ICCRC has sub-con- residents. vice in exchange for money. The ate from outside of Canada. The committee deferred the tracted a team of former RCMP House Immigration Committee Ghost consultants fall under study on LGBTQ refugees during offi cers to investigate com- has studied issues with immigra- the responsibility of the Canada in private deliberations at some plaints, though it is planning to Continued from page 1 tion consultants several times Border Services Agency, which point last month, leaving Conser- move that practice in-house. before, most recently in 2011. is currently investigating 148 vative member Michelle Rempel “I get complaints, what am I to The complaints have con- cases related to immigration con- (Calgary Nose Hill, Alta.) and Ms. do with them?” tinued to pour into MP offi ces sultants, CBSA offi cials told the Kwan frustrated but unable to ex- House Immigration Committee 200 Mr. Tilson certainly isn’t alone nonetheless, leading the commit- plain why without breaching their in that regard. The House Im- tee majority to call for the study, earlier this month. obligation of confi dentiality. Staff at the Canada Border migration Committee launched a despite some controversy when Those cases typically take “In my opinion, there are Services Agency investigating study of immigration consultants it bumped out another planned between two and fi ve years to other studies that are of greater immigration crimes, including last week to fi gure out how to study on a pilot project for LG- build and prosecute, CBSA direc- urgency [than the one on consul- fraud or misrepresentation by help people being ripped off by BTQ refugees. tor general Jennifer Lutfallah told tants]. But of course studies are consultants. unethical, and often unlicensed, Conservative MP Bob Saroya the committee. determined by the majority of the consultants in and outside of (Markham-Unionville, Ont.) said The border agency is picky subcommittee,” said Ms. Kwan, Canada. his constituency offi ce receives about which cases it takes on. It her party’s immigration critic. The “I think that we were all, at about 10 complaints every week re- gets convictions in 95 per cent of majority are Liberal MPs. 148 least on the Liberal side, having lated to unethical consultants. Not the cases in which charges are “The further we delay the Active investigations into too many people come to our of- long ago, someone from British Co- laid, but it typically only pursues work that needs to be done in this consultants by the CBSA. fi ces and complain about unscru- lumbia sent him a video published cases of mass fraud or misrepre- area, the more peoples’ lives are pulous practices,” said Liberal online by a man from India who sentation, instead of each individ- at risk,” said Ms. Kwan. MP Julie Dzerowicz (Davenport, said he had given $10,000 to a con- ual case brought to its attention, The committee had initially Ont.), a member of the committee, sultant promising to help him get said Ms. Lutfallah. invited Sharalyn Jordan, an or- 95% in an interview. a job in Canada, only to be turned In 2015, one unlicensed Rich- ganiser for Rainbow Refugee, the Conviction rate for Complaints typically have down by the employer, supposedly mond, B.C., immigration consultant group running the pilot project, consultants charged after to do with consultants charg- for medical reasons. was convicted of massive fraud to testify Feb. 13. She was then CBSA investigations. ing thousands or even tens of Mr. Saroya said he has been involving hundreds of clients. informed by the clerk that she thousands of dollars to fi ll out pa- contacted numerous times by There are also barriers that would not be needed on that day, Source: testimony to the House perwork for people desperate to people from across the country prevent people from coming for- and that the committee had not Immigration Committee by the come to Canada, many of whom looking for help after falling vic- ward with complaints. Unethical yet determined a future date for ICCRC and CBSA aren’t fl uent in English or French. tim to unethical consultants. consultants will often create false her testimony. THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 5 News Niki Ashton says NDP at ‘crossroads’ and needs to be put ‘back on track’ Strategists say she has correctly identifi ed an appetite for a progressive movement.

BY CHELSEA NASH But he said he is interested to watch whether Ms. Ashton takes Niki Ashton says the NDP is “at on right-wing politics in general, a crossroads,” and that the ongoing or if she takes on the right-lean- leadership race is a method of get- ing members of the NDP. ting the party “back on track.” “Some of her more stridently Ms. Ashton, the 34-year- left-wing policies are certainly old MP for Churchill-Keewati- going to aggravate and offend” nook Aski, in northern Mani- those in the latter group, he said. toba, and the latest candidate to Mr. Capstick said he is not enter the race, believes “back on supporting any one candidate in track” means tacking to the left. this race. “In the last election we lost a Then there’s the matter of run- lot of ground,” Ms. Ashton said in ning a left-wing, grassroots, anti-elite an interview with The Hill Times campaign. Ms. Ashton, fi rst elected just after announcing her candi- in 2008, has spent nearly the entirety dacy for leader on March 7. “We of her career in politics, and has were obviously disappointed by done so following in the footsteps of the result. I’m proud to work with her father, Steve Ashton, a former an incredible team that fi ghts Manitoba MLA and cabinet minister. hard for the issues we believe in. Just over a week into her But we need to go beyond that.” campaign, Ms. Ashton has already Ms. Ashton is attempting to been accused of being a hypocrite take the party back to its activ- for criticizing elites when she could ist roots. She identifi es “growing belong to that group herself. The inequality,” and climate change counter to that argument, said Jenn as two of the major priorities she Jefferys, a former NDP staffer who thinks the party needs to tackle. is volunteering for Ms. Ashton’s Ms. Ashton, who launched her campaign, is that “politics is in her campaign surrounded by one male blood,” and that “Steve instilled a and fi ve female supporters all lot of the principles integral to the appearing to be in their 20s, at NDP [in her] at a young age.” a downtown Ottawa workspace meant for “progressive” groups and ‘Too polished’ for her people, said the NDP needs to be “on the other side of what the right own good: MacLachlan is doing,” in that “they are speaking Robin MacLachlan of Summa about insecurity” but engaging in Strategies said Ms. Ashton’s per- “politics of hate.” formance in the weekend’s debate When asked what she thinks was “polished” and “smart.” But, he separates her from her opponents warned she might be “a little too in the NDP leadership race, Ms. polished” for her own good. Ashton said it was the fact that she “I think every candidate is going had identifi ed herself as a demo- to say they want a bold, progressive The NDP hosted its fi rst cratic socialist and intersectional vision,” he said. But Mr. MacLach- leadership debate on Sunday feminist. She says the main inspira- lan, who is also a former staffer for in Ottawa. The candidates, tion for her campaign comes from the NDP, said he found Ms. Ashton’s pictured above joining a fellow democratic socialist south language to be “boiler-plate.” hands, included, from of the border, Senator Bernie Sand- “She needs to fi nd a way to mobi- left, Guy Caron, Charlie ers, who lost to Hillary Clinton last lize social movements in a way that Angus, Niki Ashton, and year to be the Democratic Party’s doesn’t sound like she is mimicking Peter Julian. The debate nominee for president. them, but supporting them,” he said. was generally agreeable, As such, Ms. Ashton is not shy He said she is “rightly sensing and was attended by over about her plans for government an appetite for politics and a vision 400 people. The Hill Times spending, which include tuition- that can test the status quo,” she’s photographs by Sam Garcia free post-secondary education, just got to work on humanizing and buying back assets that have her pitch, and making her policy previously been privatized. proposals tangible for party mem- So, it’s no surprise that she was bers, rather than just referring to not a big supporter of current NDP “neo-liberalism” and “nationalizing leader Tom Mulcair’s 2015 campaign assets,” which can seem abstract. promise to balance the budget. In any election, especially early “I’ve expressed that I didn’t on, selling one’s personal story can the benefi t of a different perspec- helps her relate to those margin- towards a PhD in peace and confl ict feel that position at that juncture have a signifi cant difference on the tive from her opponents. At 34, she alized in Canadian communities, studies from the University of Mani- in our campaign was necessary,” outcome, he said, because voters would be the youngest leader in the including First Nations. toba, which she did while serving she said. “We’ve seen the way the tend to support the candidate they party’s history, should she win. “Niki’s number one issue is as an MP. She also holds a master Liberals had the complete oppo- feel they know. Telling that story is But, accusations of inexperience indigenous affairs,” Ms. Jefferys said. of arts in international affairs from site position and won.” something Ms. Ashton needs to start due to her age don’t seem to worry “She is one of the single reasons we . Ian Capstick, a former NDP doing, particularly to keep up with Ms. Ashton. “Do I face ageism and have an inquiry” into missing and When asked what she thinks staffer and founding partner of her opponent Charlie Angus, who, sexism? I’ve always faced it in murdered indigenous women. Ms. her fi rst order of business would MediaStyle, said Ms. Ashton “seems as a former punk rocker and pas- politics,” she said. But she’s not new Ashton was her party’s critic for be, should she win the leader- to have learned some important sionate First Nations activist is adept to the game, having been elected indigenous affairs in 2015 and status ship, Ms. Ashton said she’d like to lessons from the last leadership at speaking in easy-to-understand for the fi rst time nearly nine years of women critic from 2012 to 2015. In readdress that question at a later campaign” she ran, after the death narrative form, and is effectively ago, in 2008. She has won every that role, she tabled a motion to cre- point in the campaign. of party leader, and hero, Jack Lay- creating that connection with party election since. And according to ate a national action plan to tackle “I think this race is a process ton in 2011. That time around she members, Mr. MacLachlan said. her, she won her fi rst candidate violence against women, including by which we get the party back came in seventh, and was dropped Ms. Ashton is the only woman nomination against opposition launching such a public inquiry. on track. And ultimately, this is after the fi rst ballot. Staking out “an to enter the race so far, something from the “party establishment.” “The tough thing about Niki is a race that will defi ne what the identity on the hard left of the party” she said she did not want to be Ms. Jefferys suggested Ms. she’s very smart, very accomplished, NDP does fi rst,” she said. as she is, will have “young people the cornerstone of her campaign, Ashton’s heritage as a daughter but very humble,” she said, pointing [email protected] and activists” excited, he said. though she admitted it gave her of fi rst-generation immigrants as an example to Ms. Ashton’s study @chels_nash 6 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES News

Conservative of the 16 initiatives, and for the MP Marilyn other eight, the respective depart- Gladu, left, chair ments had concluded that there of the House were no gender-specifi c impacts, Status of Women though these conclusions were Committee, not “adequately supported.” is calling on On its website, the Treasury the Liberal Board, which acts as the manager government of the federal civil service, states to take steps that it’s the responsibility of indi- to ensure the vidual departments and agencies promised gender- to determine if there’s a potential based analysis gender issue within the proposed of Budget 2017 policy, program, initiative or service. is credible and Under the current GBA strat- useful. However, egy, the Status of Women depart- the offi ce of ment is responsible for tracking Status of Women how departments utilize GBAs, Minister Maryam and if they do so. Monsef, right, But Ms. Gladu points out that says it’s waiting not only does the department lack for the budget the ability to enforce compliance, announcement there are no mechanisms in place next week to to ensure GBAs are completed ap- see how the propriately or to track the effects government’s of the policies scrutinized by the promised gender assessments. based-analysis “I haven’t seen anything that is rolled out. is holistic that would be rolled out The Hill Times across departments,” she said. photographs by As recommended by the Jake Wright House Status of Women Com- mittee, Ms. Gladu called on the Liberals to empower the federal Treasury Board to study any gov- ernment-developed legislation to ensure an “appropriate” GBA was conducted, and if not, to punt it back to the relevant department. In addition, she called for “follow-up audits” on government mandated to conduct GBAs, and initiatives to assess whether the it produces “good work” as a re- GBAs were effective, such as Gender budgeting sult, she said. studying how resettled female When the House Status of Syrian refugees are “experiencing Women Committee called for leg- life in Canada.” islation last spring, Ms. Malcolm- In its report on the topic, the son pointed out that the govern- House Status of Women Commit- promise slammed for lax tee also recommended that the ment only responded by saying it would provide an answer in 2018. government ensure all analyses “It’s so noncommittal,” she said. produced are GBA-plus, and more In her response to the commit- money be provided to the Status accountability measures tee’s recommendations, then- of Women and other departments status of women minister Patty to cover the additional expenses of A GBA-plus refers to analyses and sparse-to-nonexistent track- Hajdu (Thunder Bay-Superior preparing and monitoring GBAs. ‘I don’t have that consider the impact on other ing standards could neuter any North, Ont.) said the govern- When reached by The Hill Times, great faith in this discernible demographic groups analysis. ment agreed that “more needs to the offi ce of Status of Women Minis- beyond the gender divide, like ra- NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson be done to strengthen accountabil- ter Maryam Monsef (Peterborough- government’s ability cialized and disabled populations. (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.), her ity and oversight for GBA,” but did Kawartha, Ont.) declined comment, Several government depart- party’s status of women critic, not commit to enshrining require- citing a lack of details about the to execute anything,’ ments have conducted GBAs but said the Liberals should have put ments for the analysis in law. impending budget. this information is rarely, if ever, in place legislation mandating Ms. Hajdu was moved from the Spokesperson Alex Wellstead says Conservative released to the public, and when gender-based analysis, which she portfolio in January to become said the minister is waiting for it is, it’s usually not until years argued would ensure better ac- the minister of employment, the budget announcement to see MP Marilyn Gladu. later, according to Jean-Denis countability and transparency workforce, and labour. the analyses that stem from the Fréchette, the Parliamentary Bud- measures. Writing in The Globe and government’s pledge. Continued from page 1 get Offi cer, an independent agent If legislation was enacted, the Mail, Lynda Gullason, an adjunct Annie Donolo, a spokesperson of the legislature tasked with government could be held to ac- research professor at the School for federal Finance Minister Bill Times that while she wants to see scrutinizing spending plans. count on whether it is conducting of Indigenous and Canadian Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), the analytical tool used effi ciently “These kind of analyses are GBAs and doing so in a manner Studies at Ottawa’s Carleton refused to elaborate on the struc- to gauge proposals in the budget, actually done by departments, consistent with rules laid out in University, fl agged the absence of ture of the gender-based analysis of she worries the Liberals won’t put or most departments, and we the law, she explained. any requirement for departments budget initiatives, though promised the necessary policies in place to never had access to it because it’s It would also empower the audi- and agencies to produce GBAs as that details would be released when ensure success. generally kept as [cabinet] confi - tor general’s offi ce, which is man- particularly problematic. the budget is tabled next week. “I’m supportive of doing the dence,” he explained. dated to assess government activity At the ’ Women’s The Liberals, she noted, analysis, and doing it correctly, but Cabinet confi dence refers to based on its legislated commitments. Conference in 1995, the Canadian increased funding for gender- that said, I don’t have great faith in information, typically politically But while the government government committed to analyz- based analysis in the last budget this government’s ability to execute sensitive, the government has maintains that it currently has in ing gender-specifi c policy impacts to ensure “more effective and anything,” she said in an interview. declared confi dential, limiting ac- place a so-called gender checklist on women and men before mak- inclusive decision-making,” and “They always talk well and say cess to the public. it uses to scrutinize and inform ing decisions on policies, legisla- will continue to “build capacity” the right things, but their actions are For example, a Finance Canada cabinet decisions, Ms. Malcolm- tion, and programs throughout its across government to ensure the always nonexistent or way too little.” offi cial told members of the Sen- son said that because of cabinet departments and agencies. “impacts of our decisions on men The Liberal government prom- ate Human Rights Committee last confi dence nobody has any idea But 22 years later, only 30 out of and women are considered.” ised in its fall economic state- fall that the department had com- what kind of questions are be- 110 departments have even signed The Liberals earmarked ment last November to publish pleted a GBA on Bill C-2, which ing asked, or the results of the on to the government’s internal $23.3-million in funding over fi ve a gender-based analysis of all introduced the government’s analysis. gender-based analysis action plan, years in Budget 2016, starting this measures included in Budget 2017, heavily-hyped tax cuts for middle- “The most transparent way to according to Ms. Gullason. past year, for the Status of Women and for future budgets. income earners, but couldn’t do gender budgeting would have Furthermore, in 2015, the Audi- department to increase its capac- A gender-based analysis release the information because as been to implement gender-based tor General’s Offi ce released a ity to support gender-based analy- (GBA) assesses the effects of gov- budget advice to the minister, it’s analysis legislation,” she said in report on its study of 16 initiatives sis across the federal government, ernment policies, programs, leg- “covered as a cabinet confi dence.” an interview. that it believed had the potential to and to expand its regional pres- islation, and services on women While several women’s groups “What the government is do- impact women and men different- ence to support local organiza- and men. It works by providing applauded the government’s ing is a fallback.” ly. The initiatives were under the tions working on women’s issues a snapshot of the realities for the initial announcement to publicly Currently, Immigration, Refu- consideration of four departments. and gender equality. women and men affected by a release GBAs, critics are warning gees, and Citizenship Canada is The offi ce found that GBAs [email protected] particular issue. that potential gaps in information the only department legislatively were only completed for eight The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 7 News Dion’s primary residence to be in Berlin, EU ambassador to stay on, sources say ‘How can you have two ambassadors? You can’t,’ says ex- ambassador to the EU Jeremy Kinsman. The foreign ministry wouldn’t confi rm the arrangement.

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The former ambassador also said the government plans to keep Dan Costello, the current Canadian ambassador to the EU, in that position, which he only took on in the fall of 2015, but the current Canadian ambassa- dor to Germany, Marie Gervais- Vidricaire, is coming to the end of her posting and was going to be replaced anyway. A former Canadian ambas- sador to the EU, Jeremy Kinsman, who still has close ties to the mission in the EU, also said Mr. Costello would be staying on. Michael O’Shaughnessy, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, said “an announcement will be made in due course,” but he would not confirm the arrangement. Mr. Costello did Dan Costello, Canada’s current ambassador to the European Union, is said to not respond to a request for Former foreign minister Stéphane Dion is expected to leave for his new job in be staying on in that position and will become Stéphane Dion’s number two. comment. May. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Photograph courtesy of Canada in EU Twitter page Mr. Dion’s ambassador- ship and John McCallum’s am- will serve as Mr. Costello’s senior “The natural reaction of for- The agrément is essentially the China, and his newly offi cial bassadorship to China were an- ambassador, said the source, but eign service offi cers is two-fold. agreement on behalf of the host appointment as ambassador was nounced by the prime minister he will do so from Germany, and They hear again two jobs going country to accept the person the announced by Global Affairs on after the pair were shuffl ed out when he is visiting Brussels. away from the foreign service. foreign country has put forward March 10. of cabinet in January. Observers “It’s very unusual and causing Well, one and a half, but it’s still as head of mission, or ambassa- Mr. Kinsman said his percep- speculated there was unease in stress for staff,” said the diplomat. one job at least gone from Berlin. dor. As per diplomatic protocol, tion of the government’s intent cabinet with Mr. Dion’s perfor- “If indeed Mr. Costello stays on The second reaction is: Europe it is typically reached before any with the dual posting is “to dress mance, and that the dual appoint- as ambassador, and Mr. Dion is is important, [because Mr. Dion] public announcement of the ap- it up as an indication that it ment was made as a consolation resident in Berlin, does this mean has the ear of the prime minister,” pointments. shouldn’t be seen as undercutting to the man who was once leader Mr. Costello is now instead of he said. When asked if the agrément the authority of Brussels, or of of the . reporting to the Minister of For- All the same, Mr. de Kerck- had been given from either showing disrespect to Germany,” Mr. Kinsman said he thought eign Affairs [Chrystia] Freeland hove said “there’s not a single authority, Mr. O’Shaughnessy’s but the opposite, in trying to the decision to keep Mr. Costello [University-Rosedale, Ont.], is of my former colleagues who response was the same: “an an- demonstrate increased attention on was the government’s way of now reporting to the ambassador doesn’t think it is not wacko” for nouncement will be made in due to those places by appointing a backtracking. “They’re embar- of Canada in Berlin?” the government to have made course.” The department earlier former foreign minister. rassed about Costello and they Ferry de Kerckhove said he is the dual appointment in the fi rst indicated that it had proposed Mr. know he’s extraordinarily effec- a personal friend of Mr. Costello, place. Dion to be ambassador to both Dion, McCallum to receive tive, and so they’re going to say and is also a former Canadian Former Canadian diplomats the EU and Germany. we’ll keep them both.” ambassador and works at the have said they’re dismayed The European Union’s two orders-in-council Mr. Kinsman said Mr. Costello University of Ottawa. He said by the prospect of having one outline of its agrément pro- While Mr. Dion and Mr. Mc- is “trying desperately to be loyal he hasn’t spoken to Mr. Costello ambassador service two very cess, listed on the European Callum both received orders-in- and not to talk about this,” but, about the appointment of Mr. important positions, though they Commission’s website, says council that indicated they were in Mr. Kinsman’s opinion, Mr. Dion, but he said he likely would have nothing against Mr. Dion the procedure normally takes serving as “special advisers,” Mr. Costello is “caught” in the midst of have gotten something out of personally as the holder of those eight weeks. Prime Minister O’Shaughnessy said they were a “a really unnecessary mistake.” essentially being demoted as positions. Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) “procedural step.” “How can you have two am- ambassador, to ambassador who For its part, the government, announced his intention to “The fi rst, already signed, ap- bassadors? You can’t,” Mr. Kins- is second in command. through Mr. O’Shaughnessy, said: appoint Mr. Dion jointly to the points them as special advisers man added. “My sense is he’s in a very “We are proud to have these two EU and to Germany on Jan. 31, to the minister of foreign affairs. The former Canadian ambas- good position to tell the gov- distinguished individuals [Mr. roughly six weeks ago. The second, yet to be signed, will sador speaking anonymously ernment, ‘Listen I’ll stay in as Dion and Mr. McCallum] repre- Mr. Kinsman said as far as appoint them as ambassadors,” he because of the “sensitive” sub- number two, but there’s a price to sent Canada abroad. Canadians he knows, the lack of agrément said in an email. ject said Mr. Dion will be living be paid further down the road,’” can be assured Mr. Dion...will “remains a problem.” In the meantime, they could be in Berlin and visiting Brussels. he said, in the form of a raise, for represent the best of Canada and “It may be coming,” he said, engaged in diplomatic training, or The diplomat called the deci- instance, or getting his preferred the interests of all Canadians.” “but I do know that the Eu- other advisory capacities. sion to have Mr. Dion take a dual posting for his next assignment. ropean people involved don’t Former Canadian ambassa- appointment “foolish” and “bad Mr. de Kerckhove said the EU Lack of agrément like it. The EU institutions are dor Colin Robertson speculated judgment.” will likely “express some concern ‘remains a problem’ dismayed by it.” the two orders-in-council were The diplomat said the set-up about presence,” meaning the The European Delegation in to ensure Mr. McCallum and Mr. will somewhat resemble the way amount of time Mr. Dion spends Mr. Kinsman and the former Ottawa, asked for an update on Dion stayed on payroll while it works with ambassadors at the working in Germany and not the Canadian ambassador said Mr. the status of the agrément, did not they waited to be appointed United Nations, where there is a EU, “but if they can get Costello Dion is still waiting for the agré- respond by deadline. ambassadors. senior ambassador, and his or her to agree, there’s absolutely no ment from both the EU and Ger- Mr. McCallum, the former [email protected] second-in-command is also re- reason not to have it” that way, he many. There has been no public immigration minister, recently @chels_nash ferred to as ambassador. Mr. Dion said. indication otherwise. received his agrément from The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Liberal MPs exert their Canada right to be in Latvia, says independence, and that’s ambassador

e: “Hodgepodge of missions almost multinational forces in four countries a good thing Rmakes you yearn for clear-cut days (Poland and the Baltic states). t looked like the passage of the Genetic the Liberal platform in the 2015 campaign of Afghan fi ght” (The Hill Times, March Yes, Canada and the other small INon-Discrimination Bill, S-201, a Sen- promised free votes. 8, p. 10). To stand aside and stand back NATO forces in the eastern part of Eu- ate public bill, was going to be a nail-biter But this wasn’t the only recent exam- is an option Scott Taylor is favouring for rope by themselves alone would probably in the House last week. On the Monday ple of Liberal backbenchers going against Canada, one of 28 NATO allies. not resist a large-scale military attack by before the vote, the bill’s House sponsor the party grain with no public backlash This is not exactly the spirit of “all for the Russian Federation for long. and Liberal MP Rob Oliphant was quoted from the leadership. Nathaniel Erskine- one and one for all.” But this is not the point; the purpose of in these pages saying he was “cautiously Smith has made a name for himself as a I would argue that such standoffi sh- NATO’s enhanced forward presence is to optimistic” that it would pass without rebel, including by penning an op-ed for ness in itself could be “provocative” if rule out leisurely contemplation of an attack the government’s proposed changes that Huffi ngton Post Canada headlined “I’m such a posture left doubts about NATO’s and make potential attackers think twice. would gut the bill. deeply sorry my party broke its promise resolve to defend its territory. I don’t want to get involved in a dis- But Justice Minister Jody Wilson- on electoral reform.” Three years ago almost to the day, cussion on Canada’s investment priori- Raybould had raised issues about the po- Other Liberals in the Vancouver area Russia was in the process of absorbing ties. I rely on well-informed Hill Times tential constitutionality of the legislation weren’t ashamed to hide their disappoint- Crimea by direct military force, through readers making their own determination at every stage of the bill’s travel through ment when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proxies, and with the threat of additional and noticing the one-sided approach ad- the Commons. decided to approve the Kinder Morgan military force just off stage and ready to opted by the author of the article. “It is an uphill battle because there’s a Trans Mountain pipeline, which is very roll in. Moscow’s Donbas operation is Earlier this month, Sweden decided to certain weight when a government has a unpopular in their neck of the woods. ongoing. And in 2008, Russia went into introduce conscription as a response to position on a bill. MPs are very busy and MPs should be free to speak their minds South Ossetia in the sovereign territory of an evolving geopolitical dilemma, after they don’t have time to study every bill, on matters important to their constituents Georgia and made it its own. multiple wake-up calls. so a lot of MPs just will listen to what the like this, or to their morals and ethics. The Kremlin smelled opportunities At this pivotal moment, Latvians wel- government says on a bill and follow it,” Contrast this with the Liberal Party and seized the day. Russian President come the support of Canada’s men and said Mr. Oliphant. leadership’s heavy-handed tactics in the Vladimir Putin believed he could get women in uniform. And I can assure you The bill ended up passing with 104 recent nomination races in Markham- away with taking Crimea and, unfortu- that at the same time both Latvians and Liberal MPs voting to support it at third Thornhill, Ont. and Saint-Laurent, Que. nately, he was right for the time being. Canadians will remain open to dialogue reading. Among the MPs who pushed Candidates the party powerful favoured Even if and when one day Crimea is and practical co-operation with Russia. back on the party line were a dozen were helped to the fullest extent, while returned, the damage is done. Members of the NATO alliance real- Liberal parliamentary secretaries, who others were left out in the cold, claiming The Baltic states had to wait 50 years ize that, with its illegal and illegitimate had a free vote for the bill. The Conserva- in some cases that the party was being for the return of their freedom. It was a actions, Russia threatens our rule-based tive and New Democrat caucuses voted in unfair. long wait. international order, offering a non-dem- support of the bill, while Bloc Québécois The party’s strategy when it comes to Lessons learned from Russia’s ad- ocratic oppressive model of society, and sided with the government. whipped or free votes in the House is a ventures at redrawing the map are that that this causes instability in the neigh- This is good news for democracy. Sure, breath of fresh air after years of tight cau- you do not want people in the Kremlin bourhood and reverberations that reach it was not part of the Liberal electoral cus control under Conservative Stephen imagining a benefi t in snatching things round the world. platform, a confi dence matter, or ad- Harper. It shows the “sunny ways” Mr. that do not belong to them, or even casu- A clear message is demanded. NATO is dressing the values and protections in the Trudeau is trying to project as leader. ally dreaming that they have a chance to united in its response. All 28 have spoken; Charter of Rights and Freedoms. On these But the party’s tactics on the recent come in and grab pieces of your land with all 28 have stepped up and stood up. And matters, the Liberal caucus is expected nomination battles stunk, and it should learn impunity. we particularly appreciate Canada’s role at to vote with cabinet. On everything else, from the bad press that came from them. So, when heads of state and govern- the heart of the NATO presence in Latvia. ment got together in Warsaw last sum- Karlis Eihenbaums mer, they shared the view that the wisest Ambassador way to deter Russia’s current tendencies Embassy of Latvia in Canada toward aggression was by placing NATO Ottawa, Ont.

Border adjustment taxes are inevitable

e: “Why carbon pricing and cash rebates A border tax adjustment is legal Rto oil companies go hand in hand” (The through World Trade Organization rules Hill Times, March 8, p. 15). Respectfully, I if it does not discriminate against goods understand why cash rebates are needed to from other countries relative to goods help “emissions intensive” and “trade exposed” produced domestically. Even if the border (EITE) sectors in an economy with carbon adjustment were discriminatory, the pricing. I also understand United States General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade President Donald Trump is a wildcard and we allows for discriminatory border adjust- must proceed politely and carefully. Thus, it ments for environmental purposes. is not hard for me to imagine why Canadian As more and more of the world prices policy-makers and politicians are treading carbon and leaves the fossil-fuel-infested- carefully around another solution to support U.S.-administration in the dustbins of his- our EITE sectors: border tax adjustments. tory, my conclusion is: border tax adjust- However, Trump is touting border taxes. ments for carbon pollution are inevitable. And we must remember that a “great” America Cathy Orlando needs Canada. Canada is the U.S.’s top global National director export destination. About nine million jobs in Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada 35 states depend on exports to Canada. Sudbury, Ont.

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the SS does not gel with the fact that they still celebrate that service It isn’t disinformation if it’s true annually with a public commemo- ration 70 years later. When Canadian journalists fi rst Canada’s chief of defence staff, Since Latvia’s independence A closer look at Latvia’s current We need to be asked Freeland for comment, she General Jonathan Vance. At a de- in the 1990s, every year on March parliament reveals that this is not was quick to present herself as a fence conference, Vance warned that 16 the locals stage a parade in the merely a nostalgic commemoration honest about Latvia’s victim of Russian disinformation. Russia would attempt to undermine capital of Riga in commemoration of of fallen warriors, as the neo- “American offi cials have publicly Canadian support for the upcoming the Latvian Legion, a force com- fascist (ultra nationalist) National shortcomings and said, and even [German Chancel- troop deployment into Latvia. manded by the German Nazi Waffen Alliance party holds 17 seats and is not simply blame lor] Angela Merkel has publicly “There will be a desire to SS during the Second World War. a member of the ruling coalition. said, that there were efforts on the skew way out of proportion and This is not Russian fake news. Then there is the little issue everything on Russian side to destabilize Western potentially provide falsehoods The parades to celebrate the about the non-citizen status of democracies, and I think it shouldn’t about what is actually happening SS were offi cially sanctioned. non-ethnic Latvian residents. those evil Russians come as a surprise if these same in Latvia with Canadian troops,” In 1998, March 16 was declared Approximately one-eighth of Lat- efforts were used against Canada,” said Vance. He then assured the an offi cial remembrance day in via’s around two million inhabit- spreading falsehoods. said Freeland in French to reporters. audience that Canada has its Latvia; however, due to interna- ants are effectively considered What Freeland neglected to own communications strategy to tional pressure, in 2000 this date second-class citizens as they are mention was that her granddad was ensure that the “truth prevails.” was abolished as an offi cial com- not allowed to vote and cannot indeed a Nazi collaborator and that The offi cial spin on NATO memoration day. Riga city council hold certain positions in local and she has known this ugly truth for the deploying thousands of troops, then attempted to ban the march, national governments as well as past two decades. including an estimated 450 but that ruling was overturned by in the civil service. The majority The Globe and Mail reported Canadians, into the Baltic states an administrative district court. of non-ethnic Latvians are ethnic that she didn’t directly respond and Poland is that this will be The controversial parades thus Russians, whose family history in when asked whether the stories a tangible deterrent to the evil continue unabated to this day. Latvia dates back to the Second about her grandfather were true. Russians. However, since Poland, We are all being bombarded with World War. When asked to refute the allega- Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are the ‘Russia bad’ media rhetoric, but We repeatedly are told that we tion, her spokesperson said: “Peo- all NATO members and therefore besides that, we all know that Nazis are deploying our military abroad to Scott Taylor ple should be questioning where entitled to the alliance’s collective are really bad. So sending our sol- defend Canadian values. However, Inside Defence this information comes from, and defence if attacked, such a bold diers to protect a large group of Lat- Canadians do not celebrate Nazis the motivations behind it.” The troop deployment right on the Rus- vians celebrating their Nazi-linked and we pride ourselves on striving Globe piece suggests Freeland sian border could also be viewed past is bound to cause the majority for equal rights for all. TTAWA—Last week there may have believed her grandfa- as an unnecessary provocation of Canadians some unease. As with Chrystia Freeland’s Owas a mini media storm ther also “worked to some extent towards the Kremlin. The Latvian government, for its grandfather and his wartime Nazi swirling around Foreign Affairs with the anti-Nazi resistance.” The Canadian contingent is set part, argues that most of the Lat- collaboration, we need to be honest Minister Chrystia Freeland. The But instead of simply admitting to arrive in Latvia in June, no doubt vian men that made up the legion about Latvia’s shortcomings and not controversy stemmed from some what she knew to be true, Freeland making things a little easier for the were conscripted to fi ght for the simply blame everything on those international media reports alleg- invoked the spectre of dastardly Canadian government’s communi- Germans, and many saw the fi ght evil Russians spreading falsehoods. ing that her maternal grandfather, Russians spreading fake news to cations team because members of as a way to stop the Soviets from It isn’t disinformation if it’s true. Michael Chomiak, was a Nazi discredit her personally. it won’t have to come up with an in- taking over their homeland. But Scott Taylor is editor and pub- collaborator during the Second This is the same storyline spired way to spin an annual tribute the notion that Latvian youth were lisher of Esprit de Corps magazine. World War. that was recently put forward by to fascism in Latvia. forced into war-time service with The Hill Times

the Liberals promised to create an “an unacceptable risk of Tahoe moving the mediation process to independent ombudsperson for Resources contributing to serious the National Contact Point for the Independent the extractive sector that would human rights violations.” There Organisation of Economic and Co- do just that. The government is are many more cases that would operation and Development. This now actively considering how to benefi t from such an independent body has not had great success implement the idea. investigation. with voluntary mediation either. accountability The main representative of The fact that the Prospectors In the only case it handled in 2015, the industry, the Prospectors and Developers Association argues it invited China Gold, a Canadian and Developers Association of that there is not enough evidence company accused of human rights needed for Canada, is “reluctant to endorse” of adverse impacts is problematic abuses in Tibet, to participate in the an ombudsman, according to a given the evidence. It is also odd process. The company did not even reporter, because, that it would hang its argument bother to show up. the group says, “We’re not seeing on the idea (although erroneous) In our view, there needs to be Canadian mining a lot of evidence that are negative that harms caused by Canadian an ombudsman who is inde- impacts out there.” overseas mining operations are pendent of the mining industry. The fact that some mining few. Would we repeal our drinking The need for law reform is best companies deny that there are and driving laws because drivers summed up by former Supreme companies abroad problems is part of the problem. argued that there were not enough Court of Canada Justice Ian Bin- This was the experience of the accidents caused by drinking and nie, a strong proponent of greater criticism for human rights viola- Norwegian Council on Ethics, driving to justify investigations? accountability. In a 2013 interview tions associated with their projects which advises the Government A second representative of with the Ottawa Law Review, he overseas. Most recently, the Justice Pension Fund Global, the largest industry, the Mining Association said: “one of the most fundamen- and Corporate Accountability Proj- fund of its type in the world, val- of Canada, suggests that any new tal precepts of our legal system ect released a detailed report docu- ued at over CDN$1-trillion. When legislation should involve a “joint is that if there is a wrong there menting over 400 people harmed, the council began to investigate fact-fi nding” process, rather than should be a remedy. And at the including over 40 deaths over a allegations of human rights abuse an independent investigation. moment, these people in the third 15-year period, in Latin America by Canadian mining company While this sentiment may seem world have no remedy.” alone, associated with Canadian Tahoe Resources, it received nice, it is clearly not appropriate Shin Imai is an associate mining activity. Three cases are starkly different stories from the where the mining company de- professor with Osgoode Hall Charis Kamphuis, now proceeding in Canada regard- community and the company, nies any wrongdoing and refuses Law School at . Penelope Simons, Shin Imai ing allegations of rape, murder, which denied any wrongdoing. to co-operate. Charis Kamphuis is an assistant Natural resources slavery, and serious bodily harm. The council was well enough Take the example of the corpo- professor in the Faculty of Law Yet, few such suits will be able to funded that it could conduct rate social responsibility counsellor, at Thompson Rivers University. ver 20,000 people from the min- overcome the signifi cant obstacles its own investigation. The com- the federal government’s voluntary Penelope Simons is an associate Oing industry gathered in Toronto to accessing Canadian courts, and in pany said the council’s analysis mechanism for addressing specifi c professor in the Faculty of Law for the annual conference of the many situations there are no effec- was based on imprecise media disputes between mining companies (Common Law Section) with the Prospectors and Developers Asso- tive mechanisms for compensating coverage and speculation, and and communities. In three cases University of Ottawa. This piece ciation of Canada last week. This is victims and holding companies ac- it accused the council of assum- it approved for mediation since its was co-authored by fellow law known as one of the largest mining countable. One step toward address- ing guilt while a case against the inception in 2009, the companies professors Richard Janda (Mc- conferences in the world and refl ects ing this problem is an independent fi rm’s former security manager withdrew, terminating the process. Gill University), Audrey Macklin Canada’s worldwide dominance in process with the power to investigate hadn’t yet concluded. In the end, A new mandate for the CSR (University of Toronto), Sara Seck the mining industry. allegations, come to conclusions, and the pension fund decided to counsellor in 2014 has proven even (Western University), and Chris However, some Canadian min- recommend changes in practice. divest from Tahoe because of the weaker, introducing an ill-defi ned Tollefson (University of Victoria). ing companies have come under During the election campaign, council’s fi ndings that there was role of “dialogue facilitation” and The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES Comment Meredith shows the need for a tougher Senate code of conduct

The upper chamber should give itself the power to the Senate’s ethics watchdog found that Meredith breached the institution’s ethics boot out Senators who behave unethically. code by engaging in a sexual relationship with a young woman he had met when she was 16. While there are no criminal h, the Senate. Just when you think actions pending, many are rightly ques- Athey, and we can, be lulled back to tioning many things about Meredith’s sleep, the institution—or more specifi cal- choice to pursue this affair. ly, one of its members—comes back with A major push has begun for Meredith a vengeance. And yes, sadly the story line to resign. His colleagues don’t want the is predictable: a Senator doing something stench of Meredith’s choices on them. he shouldn’t have, and his colleagues Who could actually blame them in this reacting, looking to protect the brand of case? Many of the new Senators who their place of work. came through the red chamber’s doors Senator Don Meredith was appointed by prime This version of the story focuses on since the dark days of the Mike Duffy Tim Powers Independent Senator Don Meredith. minister Stephen Harper in 2010. The Hill Times mess, I suspect, did so hoping the Senate He is in the spotlight for inappropriate fi le photo Plain Speak was moving to a place where Senators behaviour with a teenage girl. Last week, didn’t view themselves as being above all the rest of us. There is some irony in a body of the Senate determining what an appropri- ate moral code is, but that is a side debate. The Senate can point to many other businesses or organizations where people in positions of power have acted in questionable ways, and either been sanctioned or stepped aside. Taking some leadership here is a necessary thing. However, it is still startling that, to date, it appears the Senate doesn’t have a natural pathway to deal with Senator Meredith. In fact, the Senate’s human resources code for this matter appears to be the Constitution Act of 1867. Accord- ing to different media reports, members of the red chamber are so determined to expel Senator Don Meredith that they have tasked the Senate’s law clerk with combing through the Constitution in search of a line they can use to force the Toronto-area Senator to step aside for good. The archaic guidelines only spell out the following fi ve conditions for removal of a Senator: an absence for more than two consecutive sessions; allegiance or adherence to a foreign power; bankrupt- cy; treason or conviction of a felony, or if a Senator does not meet property qualifi - cations. The Senate ought to give itself a 150th anniversary present: a modern code of conduct, which might include a morals clause common in many executive agree- ments now. That must be a to-do once the matter of Meredith is dealt with. It is just not good enough for Don Meredith to keep his head down, as he has so far. Perhaps he is hoping this will all blow over, or he may fear repercus- sions may be coming in other forms, like a civil lawsuit. He does have a right to tell his side of the story and explain the choices he made. But by staying silent, he is allowing momentum to mount for his ouster, his reputation is getting savaged, and the name of his place of work is be- ing soiled again. In my view, based on what has been reported, Meredith should resign. He should have known his actions would have been called to account. Going to the Senate doesn’t give you a free pass to do whatever the hell you want. Never mind the power imbalance between a Sena- tor and someone 30 years his junior, of high-school age. In any other workplace in this country, when all the facts came to light, someone would have resigned or been fi red. Meredith’s survival desire is another blow to the Senate’s reputation. Tim Powers is vice-chairman of Sum- ma Strategies and managing director of Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to Conservative political leaders. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 11 Comment

in Canada is due to competing socioeconomic interests and Don’t underestimate , desires between people of differ- ent classes. The ‘haves’ versus the ‘have nots;’ the bourgeoisie versus the proletariat. or the people supporting her As the Broadbent Institute stresses, income inequality has exploded in Canada over the past higher education, couldn’t care less Americans saw a messiah in proud to belong to the so-called 30 years. The gap separating the She’s tapping into about cosmopolitan cultural norms, Trump. His strategy worked beauti- alt-right: a growing movement of rich from the poor is signifi cant part of the electorate and cannot identify with anyone fully, and it got him elected. predominantly white, rural, work- and hitting new heights. in government. They feel alienated Smiths Falls, like many small ing-class people who have never The urbanization (or what that feels alienated and disconnected from Ottawa. towns in the United States (Flint, felt suffi ciently represented by Leitch calls “elitism”) of our federal When you cannot relate to any- Michigan, for example), is a very Parliament or by the White House. discourse is inherently exclusion- and disconnected one in power, you may become des- poor and very white working- Politicians like Justin Trudeau, Tom ary. The divide between the rich perate and angry and start seeking class town. The municipal Mulcair, and do not and the poor is also a growing from Ottawa. out simple, magic-bullet solutions. economy virtually collapsed a few appeal to this new Canadian breed. problem. Like Karl Marx predicted, When a supposed champion for years ago when one of the town’s Frighteningly, politicians like Kellie members of the working class are your cause comes along who speaks few major employers, the Her- Leitch do. not willing to be stomped on or your language and who claims to shey’s chocolate factory, closed For Kellie Leitch to pump out a taken advantage of forever. Eventu- come from humble beginnings, you and decided to outsource cheap simple message—one that reso- ally these people will rise up and naturally gravitate to that person. labour to Mexico. Nearly every nates with an extremely alienated fi ght back. They’ll revolt. How couldn’t you? They very well other major employer was forced and downtrodden demographic—is Not unlike the new president of could hold the key to a better life for to close their doors and leave easy. Who wouldn’t want to capital- the United States, it would appear you and your family. Smiths Falls shortly thereafter. ize on these voters, ripe for the Leitch has this all fi gured out. She’s For a year and a half, Donald I went to high school in Smiths federal picking? She promises to smart to be capitalizing on it. And Trump campaigned on a unique Falls at the time this all happened. screen all visitors, refugees, and progressives should be terrifi ed. promise to “Make America great I witnessed many hard-working immigrants for Canadian values. Jenn Jefferys is a strategic Jenn Jeff erys again.” He told Americans that if families like my own fall deep Much ink has been spilled communications consultant based they’d elect him, he would throw Millennial Suff ragette into poverty as a result of bad with regard to the one per cent in Ottawa. She has worked with open the doors of the White House corporate decision-making and versus the 99 per cent, as a result the Native Women’s Association and fi nally fi ght for the little guy. political representation. My dad of progressive movements and ac- of Canada, the Assembly of First TTAWA—Conservative lead- He told many lies during his long was devastated when he had to tivist campaigns like the Occupy Nations, and Equal Voice. She is Oership candidate Kellie Leitch campaign, of course, and contin- apply for social assistance just Movement, Idle No More, and the a former war-room staffer for the has a following, and there’s a ues to lie almost daily now that to keep food on our table. It was Women’s March. Each of these federal NDP. Reach Jenn by email reason for that. he’s president. But his message hit heartbreaking. movements has one motivating at [email protected] or fol- Many voters do not live in big home, and it continues to reach Some residents of Smiths Falls factor in common: class confl ict. low her on Twitter @JennJefferys. cities, will never be able to afford a people. Poor, white, working-class and the surrounding area are The tension we are seeing now The Hill Times By bringing back abortion issue, government risks rankling Liberal MPs Even as they have accepted Trudeau’s edict on abortion rights, not all government MPs are overjoyed at the notion of having to fall in line on a vote on the issue. They will comply, albeit with a heavy heart.

be threatened.” For the purpose of to Parliament since Campbell’s Justice Minister the legislation, the defi nition of bill was up for debate. Jody Wilson- health was a wide one. There have been eight parlia- Raybould, The proposed law was passed ments since 1991 and the issue pictured last in the Commons in 1990 only to of abortion was put to a vote at year, introduced die on a tied vote in the Senate least once in every one of them, last week Bill a few months later. It was that but always at the initiative of an C-39, to get rid last vote that led the then-justice individual MP rather than as part of sections of the minister to close the books. of the legislative agenda of the Criminal Code Last week, Campbell returned government of the day. that remain on the Chantal Hébert to the fl oor of the Commons for The act of removing the abor- books after having Inside Politics the fi rst time since she led the tion section of the Criminal Code been struck down Progressive Conservatives to a 30 years after it was struck down by the courts, crushing defeat in 1993. On the is essentially symbolic. including one on ONTREAL—Depending on same day, the current justice In theory, a government could abortion. The Hill Mhow one looks at it, former minister introduced legislation to have resuscitated the provision by Times photograph by prime minister is scrub the Criminal Code of the using the notwithstanding clause Jake Wright either the last federal minister last remnant of Canada’s restric- of the Constitution to shelter to have tried to recriminalize tions on abortion. it from the prescriptions of the a vote they would be expected to A few weeks ago, more than a abortion in Canada or the fi rst to Both Campbell’s reappearance Charter of Rights and Freedoms. toe the party line. few Liberals also bristled privately have conceded that the federal and Jody Wilson-Raybould’s an- But that was a move too politi- The Conservatives have yet at their government’s refusal to government had to leave women nouncement were meant to mark cally toxic even for a government to take an offi cial position on the fi nd common ground with the Con- free to choose whether to carry a International Women’s Day. Wheth- such as Stephen Harper’s, whose government’s plan to clean up the servatives on the wording of M-103, pregnancy to term. er it was intended or not, there was caucus was home to an anti-abor- Criminal Code, but it predictably the anti-Islamophobia motion. As ’s attorney more synchronicity between the tion majority. stands to divide them. And then also last week, an general, Campbell authored a bill two events than met the eye. There is a reason why succes- For the Liberals, Wilson-Ray- overwhelming majority of Liberals designed to fi ll the legal vacuum Almost 30 years after the fact, sive Conservative and Liberal prime bould’s proposed bill comes with brushed off the prime minister’s created by the Supreme Court’s Wilson-Raybould is picking up ministers steered clear of asking Par- the potential partisan bonus of warnings that a Senate bill dealing fi nding that the existing law was where Campbell left off on the liament to scrub the Criminal Code bringing more Conservative divi- with genetic discrimination was unconstitutional. morning after her bill’s defeat at of the inoperative section. None of sions to the fore. unconstitutional. They voted with Her bill—for those who the hands of the Upper House. them could have put such a plan to a But a bonus play should not be the Conservatives and the New forgot—would have made it a As part of a larger effort to rid free vote without risking public divi- confused with a free game. Democrats to pass the bill. criminal offence to induce an the Criminal Code of so-called sions within their ranks. Even as they have accepted No government is ever immune abortion unless it was done “by or “zombie laws” (in other words, In contrast with his predeces- Trudeau’s edict on abortion to caucus restlessness, but most under the direction of a medi- dispositions that remain on the sors, Trudeau has decreed that rights, not all government MPs take care not to exacerbate it. cal practitioner who was of the books decades after having been the pro-choice option is Liberal are overjoyed at the notion of Chantal Hébert is a national opinion that, if the abortion were struck down by the courts), Justin policy. He told the candidates who having to fall in line on a vote on affairs writer for The Toronto not induced, the health or life of Trudeau’s government is the fi rst ran under his banner in 2015 that the issue. They will comply, albeit Star. This column was fi rst re- the female person would likely to bring the abortion debate back if and when the issue came up for with a heavy heart. leased on March 11. 12 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion Why the world isn’t in as bad a state as you think

Right-wing nationalism, underlain with Western or Muslim countries, want a peaceful the American pull to militarization. We do Right-wing nationalism, a message of hate, is rising in some regions development of the world. Their fears, stoked not want more defence spending in Canada; underlain with a message of Europe and North America and certainly by extremists and spread by a sensationalist rather, we want our resources to be used for captures the headlines, but it is not sweeping media, lead them, unfortunately, to support diplomatic negotiations, helping refugees, of hate, is rising in some the world. Already we see the countermoves public policies based on militaristic thinking. sustainable development, and control of against bigoted populism as people, shocked at Trump personifi es this militaristic think- climate change. We must not be afraid to tell regions, but it’s not the chaos suddenly engulfi ng political systems, ing. His call for a 10 per cent rise in the U.S. NATO when it is wrong, as it is in conducting push back against those who would destroy defence budget—already larger than the military exercises on Russia’s borders, just as sweeping the world. the institutional structures needed to preserve military spending of the next seven nations we proclaim that Russian President Vladimir order. Even in the midst of political chaos, combined—is a shocking manifestation of Putin is wrong in annexing Crimea. In our po- great numbers of people are awakening and fake facts of how to achieve peace. Canadians lite, Canadian way, we must make it clear that demanding, at the very least, fairness in the should be deeply concerned about the Trump Canada will not be a lapdog of Donald Trump. societal systems. militarization of foreign policy. Despite the noise in the political systems The women’s marches around the world today, we are not living through a clash of the day after the inauguration of President civilizations. Rather, we are witnessing a Trump and the massive global protests Hope Not Fear: rebellion against the elite political and eco- against his stern immigration restrictions Building Peace nomic establishments that have for too long revealed the heart of humanity, beating for in a Fractured betrayed the interests of people. equity and justice. World, by An attitudinal change is taking place in Not everyone in the world is clamouring Douglas Roche, modern society. A new way of caring for the Douglas Roche for social justice, but it is equally wrong to wholeness of life is being defi ned. We see 143 pp. Available Foreign aff airs think that the revolt against the political this in the efforts to promote the Sustainable establishment, so evident in the Trump and on Amazon. Development Goals and to stop global warm- Brexit votes, signifi es nothing more than $19.95 (print), ing. The outline of a new global ethic is coming he bursts of terrorism, bombings, and politi- people letting off steam. $9.95 (Kindle) into focus. Today we are revolted by acts of Tcal turmoil in today’s world have convinced Insecurities today have many causes. Many carnage that our forebears took for granted. many people that peace is impossible. I dissent people feel left behind by the forces unleashed The rejection of violence as the normal from this view. We are not having a “clash of by globalization, since the gains have not been In dealing with the aberration of the Trump way of resolving confl ict is the basis for a cul- civilizations.” There are many reasons to express distributed evenly, but instead are concentrated presidency, Canada must consider far more ture of peace, which has already been defi ned a realistic hope that a safer world can be built. in the hands of the already rich. Job-eliminat- than our trade balance. When Lester Pearson by the United Nations. The world is capable We must be able to see beyond the headlines of ing automation threatens to intensify this trend criticized the U.S. bombing of Vietnam during of providing adequate food, health care, and the day in order for hope to overcome fear. even further. Politicians, often beholden to Lyndon Johnson’s administration, when Pierre education for all, thus allowing us to build The election of Donald Trump to the corporate interests, are reluctant to challenge a Trudeau urged Washington and Moscow to an equitable and peaceful society. We ought United States presidency and the 2016 vote lopsided capitalist system in which the “super stop the nuclear arms race, when Brian Mul- to celebrate this framework for a culture of in the United Kingdom to leave the Euro- rich” take home in a day what an ordinary roney said no to joining the U.S. “Star Wars” ini- peace, because such an elevation of humanity pean Union are the result of a populist fear worker earns in a year. tiative during Ronald Reagan’s administration, has far greater consequences for the world of an unknown future. Personal insecurity is The greed of the powerful, enriching when Jean Chrétien refused to join the Iraq than the acts of violence still occurring. driving voters to “strong” leaders; at the same themselves at the expense of the common war during George W. Bush’s administration— This is an adaptation from Hope Not Fear: time, people’s anxieties are exacerbated by good of humanity, has caused extremism, these leaders stood up for Canadian values. Building Peace in a Fractured World, a new book fear of what authoritarian leaders will do. not so-called enmities between Islam and A testing of Justin Trudeau is surely at by former Senator Douglas Roche. The book is Fear is a vicious circle. the West. Most people, whether they live in hand, and we must encourage him to resist available at hopenotfear.douglasroche.ca. The National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) represents a network of over 50 Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs) located all across Canada. 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ments in genome technology motivated by their own interest and science that help to create and greed.” policies refl ective of the new For any lobbyist, you have Bill S-201 and the power realities of risk and certainty. The more than a branding issue to life and health insurance industry deal with when your case before employs over 150,000 Canadians Parliamentarians is perceived as and is a major contributor to our originating from the latter catego- of the values question economy, never mind that it pro- ry. When you add the passion of vides vital fi nancial support for a fundamental values question to almost 28 million Canadians. your case for the public interest, Lobbyists take note: when a passionate case for public interest And yet, none of these no counterargument, perceived as considerations, put on a legisla- solely based on the interest of the gains momentum, if this is not a strong consideration in your tive balance scale, lowered the person or group arguing for it— ‘against’ side with Bill S-201, and and no matter how well articu- talks with Parliamentarians, no amount of diligence and this is very much in alignment lated and supported by data—is with where Canadians are on going to win the day. strategizing can counter it. health-care issues. Universal ac- We should welcome this as an cess still polls as fundamental to indication of a healthy democra- to require individuals to undergo phenomenon at work here, one our understanding of what makes cy. This is why social media cam- genetic testing. Such a practice, as of note for the lobbying industry: us proudly different from our paigns are increasingly effective supporters of the bill made clear, when a passionate case for public neighbours south of the border. for public policy; they harness could have led to discrimination interest gains momentum, it can This is regardless of how increas- this passion fuelled by values in based on what these test results rapidly become infl uential, and ingly strained our governments real time, and all Parliamentar- may have revealed. If claimants if this is not a strong consider- are to deliver on this compact. ians deny the force of this energy proved likely to contract a disease ation in your conversations with S-201 became about fairness and at their peril. with high health-care costs, their Parliamentarians, no amount of equality. The spectre of discrimi- The corrosion of public trust in eligibility for coverage could diligence and strategizing can nation and lack of access to care government, when our lawmakers have been adversely affected, if counter it. for those suffering from degener- are perceived as held hostage to John Delacourt not denied outright. To a large So how did our government get ative diseases is no fi gment of the Fukuyama’s bad interest groups, Genetic Discrimination Bill degree, this central proposition on the wrong side of that momen- imagination for many Canadians; is all too apparent beyond our proved to be the undoing of those tum? Admittedly, there was a great it is a legitimate fear for an aging borders. Lobbyists who don’t parties arguing to vote against the deal of nuance with the legislation. population. factor in a values question’s ill S-201: An Act to Prohibit bill—the position, notably, of our From a constitutional perspective, In his book, Political Order potency will inevitably come to Band Prevent Genetic Discrimi- government. the government had concerns and Political Decay, Francis understand this the hard way in nation, was, before its passing So, a surprise: a decisive about the bill venturing too far Fukuyama puts this all into clear this transitional era of free votes last week, the subject of intense number of Liberal MPs ended up into provincial jurisdiction. perspective when he makes the in the House. lobbying by organizations both voting for the bill and against the And if one follows the money, distinction between good and bad John Delacourt is vice-presi- for and against. government. Though some pun- there are real consequences for interest groups, and their power dent at Ensight Canada and a for- Foregrounded in these conver- dits may try to interpret this as the bottom line of insurance com- to sway opinion in Washington: mer director of communications sations was the bill’s removal of some nascent wave of caucus dis- panies, as actuaries continue to “those driven by passions and for the Liberal Research Bureau. the power of insurance companies sent, there is a more signifi cant grapple with the rapid advance- the public interest and groups The Hill Times

bar entry to the U.S. by citizens of six Muslim-majority countries, and deputized U.S. immigration Germany’s Merkel now leads a offi cers to basically round up and deport millions of undocumented immigrants—a heavy-handed ex- pression of state power that brings lonely fi ght for liberal democracy to mind East Germany’s police. Merkel, who faces a fall elec- tion, has to walk a fi ne line with The chancellor Uncompromising, principled, Angela Trump in which she is seen not to and as charismatic as a warmed- Merkel is be too weak, but also not contrib- must appear strong over dumpling, the German now dealing uting to a breakdown in Europe’s chancellor could not be more at with her crucial economic relationship to the Trump odds with Trump, a glitzy show- third U.S. with the Americans. man whose pitch to Americans is president, In her usual cautious, mea- administration, but based on the supposed virtues of and sured way, she took time earlier greed, bigotry, and selfi shness. heading this year to point out to Trump also preserve crucial It’s a measure of how the towards an that trade with Germany provides ties with the United world has convulsed that Merkel election in hundreds of thousands of Ameri- has ended up as not only the most the fall. The can jobs and, in reference to the States. powerful woman on the planet, Hill Times president’s Muslim ban, that but also one of the last major photograph by fi ghting terrorism does not justify protectors of the creed of liberal Jake Wright putting “groups of certain people democracy that guided Western under general suspicion.” thinking in the 70 years since the With Trump in the White Second World War. House, Britain on its way out of A scientist who grew up in a the EU, and anti-immigrant popu- small town in the then-communist list strongmen on the rise, the state of East Germany, Merkel ability of leaders like Merkel and never showed a great deal in the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau way of rebellious tendencies, ac- to hold back the destructive, cording to biographical accounts. backward forces of protectionism, Les Whittington Ironically, her father, a pastor, had xenophobia, and ultra-national- Need to Know moved his family to Germany’s resistance to Russian President Honouring the European ism will be severely tested in the east at a time when fl ight in the Vladimir Putin’s expansionist Union’s principles of human dig- coming years. other direction was becoming a strategy, prioritized the need for nity and freedom, Merkel risked While globalization has TTAWA—Just down Pennsyl- stampede. Middle East peace, and wrestled her political standing in 2015 by glaring and deeply-embedded Ovania Avenue from the White But, growing up under the with global problems with two opening up Germany’s borders to shortcomings, closing down the House stands the news museum. intrusive eyes of the Stasi secret U.S. presidents before Mr. Trump. refugees from war-ravaged Syria, world’s borders will slow eco- Perhaps its most impressive ex- police, Merkel learned fi rst-hand It was to the German chancel- Iraq, and other countries. nomic growth, hold back what hibit, right inside the front door, about the all-encompassing lor that Barack Obama made his Trump, of course, has threat- little democratic progress might is the stark concrete tower that control and tyranny of a dictato- last phone call as president. ened to rewrite the free-trade be on the horizon, increase the once held armed guards trained rial state. She was blocked from Whereas Trump wants to pacts that were the economic hardships faced by millions of to shoot East Germans escaping taking an assistant professorship build walls, both literally and foundation of the liberal post-war people, and encourage regional to West Berlin. because she refused to become a fi guratively, to disrupt the fl ow order constructed by Germany, confl ict and military expansion- I couldn’t help thinking about Stasi informer, for instance. of commerce, humanity, and the U.S., and other industrially ism. So much rests on Merkel’s that reminder of totalitarian As the head of Europe’s rich- information, Merkel is commit- advanced Western nations. shoulders. oppression in the lead-up to est country since 2005, Merkel ted to an open, liberal concept of And he has called Merkel’s Les Whittington is an Ottawa Angela Merkel’s visit to Donald has guided efforts to keep the democracy that encourages unfet- decision to allow in nearly one journalist and a regular contribu- Trump’s nearby current resi- European Union from unravel- tered borders and the exchange million asylum seekers from the tor to The Hill Times. dence on Friday. ling over its fi nancial woes, led of people, investment, and trade. Middle East “insane,” attempted to The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 15 Comment Think Trump politics is invading Canada? Watch the NDP leadership race and think again

Canada. The fi rst is the corruption of the and philanthropist Bill Gates has proposed It certainly seems less brutal than Fortunately, the NDP democratic process by interests wishing to a tax on robots, economist and former the more insidious option of destroy- leadership race isn’t replace the liberal world order with what is U.S. treasury secretary Larry Summers ing democracy and—as is being done in rapidly morphing from oxymoronic “illib- countered, in a Washington Post op-ed, new-world-order tactical incubators like dominated by post-truth, eral democracy” into outright autocracy. with income redistribution. That’s also the Turkey—hacking, harassing, rounding up, The second was articulated most approach suggested by International Mon- and silencing anyone with an opinion to click-magnet shock vividly by Dominic Barton, the McKinsey etary Fund managing director Christine maintain order and protect the purchasing executive and head of the Trudeau gov- Lagarde in Davos in January. power of the world’s autocrats from the headlines. ernment’s advisory council on economic So, the word that was once used as a demands of fully enfranchised, truthfully growth. He predicted recently that 40 regular right-wing slam against Barack informed voters. per cent of existing Canadian jobs would Obama and was deployed to radicalize Lisa Van Dusen, associate editor be eliminated by automation in the next Bernie Sanders now describes what may of Policy Magazine, was a Washing- decade. “This is happening very quickly,” be the most practical, pragmatic solution ton columnist for The Ottawa Citizen, Barton told CBC’s Chris Hall on the radio to a looming socioeconomic crisis. It’s also Washington bureau chief for Sun Media, show The House. the reverse of what the Trump administra- and international news writer for Peter “We’re not ready for it, no country is.” tion is undertaking with its Obamacare Jennings at ABC World News Tonight, as The public discourse about that alarm- gutting, which, like so much of what’s hap- well as an editor at AP in New York and ing lack of preparedness has become more pening in Washington, doesn’t bode well UPI in Washington. energetic lately. While Microsoft founder for America. The Hill Times

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lem. (The embassy is currently in going down “one rabbit hole.” require a technological break- ing his face in preparation to do What you need to Tel Aviv). A veteran himself, Mr. O’Toole through,” and this “miracle” won’t a live hit for CBC while wearing Environment: A similar page often reminds Conservatives that happen by way of a carbon tax. nothing but a towel. He says not know about the 14 outlines Kellie’s “fi ve-point plan he’s a military man and has a But, he then says, “any carbon wearing pants while Skyping to ensure that natural resource strong connection to his family. restriction or taxation adopted by in to the show is how he “gets candidates trying development in Canada proceeds Many of the photos of him on his our federal government has to be back” at the women at the CBC, to become the without illegal interference.” Like campaign website include family in partnership with the U.S.,” and because “the whole place is run by most candidates in the race, she members. that as prime minister, he would women.” next leader of the is against a national carbon tax. Foreign policy: “Principled.” work for a “harmonized, North He is also often criticized She does not outline an alter- Like former Conservative leader American solution” to environ- for calling America home for so Conservative Party of native federal plan to protect Stephen Harper, Mr. O’Toole mental protection. many years, and still spending the environment, but says “the wants to make standing up for Finances: Balance the budget, much of his time there since an- Canada. provinces are taking steps to deal Ukraine and Israel a priority, as balance the budget, balance the nouncing his leadership bid. with pollution through pricing well as “standing with allies in budget. Environment: Mr. O’Leary BY CHELSEA NASH programs.” NATO,” as he said at the Manning Immigration: Immigrants are says there is no such thing as a Bilingual: Not quite fl uent in Conference debate last month. important, he says. His father is a revenue-neutral carbon tax. French. He also wants to pursue more Hungarian immigrant, so he under- Millennials: He says he’s the Kellie Leitch free trade. Mr. O’Toole says he stands the immigrant experience. man to bring youth back into Kellie Leitch, Andrew Scheer will pursue a “trade and security But, Mr. Saxton wants to increase the Conservative Party. “There the MP for pact” between Canada, the U.K., face-to-face interviews for those hasn’t been a friendly voice on a Former Simcoe Australia, and New Zealand. The immigrating to Canada, to ensure university campus for Conserva- House Grey, Ont. pact would include “freedom to the government is bringing in refu- tives in a long time,” he said at speaker staked live, work, and invest in these gees who can “integrate quickly.” the Manning debate. But, he says Andrew out her countries.” He’s already got an Mr. Saxton also says Canada can he’s been able to draw out hordes Scheer, claim in acronym: CANZUK. do more to improve the conditions of young people when he visits who rep- this race Veterans affairs: The former of refugee camps, “so that picking universities. resents early and veterans affairs minister says he up and moving to another country Bilingual: No, though he’s the riding enthusiasti- wants to allow veterans and their isn’t the only option available to learning. of Regina- cally. families to take charge of their the refugees.” Qu’Appelle, Top of her list rehabilitation, and make it easier Bilingual: More or less. Sask., is mar- is screening any and all visitors for veterans to gain employment keting himself Michael to Canada to see whether they after their years of service. as someone who can appeal to Chong is a have “Canadian values.” Defence: A former air force Kevin O’Leary “a broad base of Canadians,” as democratic “I don’t think it’s intolerant to member, Mr. O’Toole says “the Likely the he phrased it during the debate reformer believe in a set of values that we security of Canada, its sovereign- most famous at the Manning Conference last from expect everyone to share here, ty, and the safety of its citizens” contender, month. Fergus, and include those people who are should be the fi rst responsibil- Mr. He has the most endorsements Ont. He coming to visit or immigrate to ity of government. He cites the O’Leary from caucus colleagues, is gener- grew up Canada,” she told The Canadian “war against terrorism, Russian joins Kel- ally well-liked, and often touts on a farm, Press in an interview back in aggressiveness, and Chinese lie Leitch his experience as former House which he September. geo-political posturing” as why in also Speaker as proof of his ability to says enables “Shared Canadian values,” she defence should be at the top of being one work well with others and make him to regain the says, include things like equality the list for Canada right now. of the most good judgment calls. trust of rural Canada. of opportunity, hard work, and Bilingual: Almost. controversial. In the last election, “no one A bit of a in some equality of men and women. That said, he was mad about balancing the ways, Mr. Chong keeps reminding Controversies: She recently seems to be keeping the infi ght- budget, no one was mad about the party base that some of his reinforced her call for immigrants Andrew Saxton ing to a minimum. Instead of principled foreign policy,” he said. policies are the “most Conserva- to be screened through face-to- In a race full attacking others in the race, he But the way the party and former tive.” face interviews with immigration of establish- often repeats how the “O’Leary prime minister Stephen Harper He says he is “in this race to offi cials in a bizarrely produced ment can- government” would do things, delivered their message was what build a much larger Conservative video, which was largely mocked didates and focuses on attacking Justin lost them the election, he says. party that includes Canadians of online for its long, awkward and one Trudeau, and oddly, some pre- Mr. Scheer appears to be well- all races, religions.” pauses and camera angles. major miers including Liberal Ontario liked by the membership, too, if Environment: He is the only Opposing contenders Lisa outsider, Premier Kathleen Wynne. fundraising is any indicator. In candidate who is in favour of Raitt and Deepak Obhrai have Andrew While he is often described as the fourth quarter, Maxime Ber- a revenue-neutral carbon tax, publicly criticized her for alleg- Saxton, the “Canadian Trump,” given his nier led in fundraising with which he says is the cheapest, edly inciting feelings of hatred the former brashness and history as a TV $586,165, followed by Ms. Leitch “most Conservative” way to towards immigrants. Mr. Obhrai, MP for North reality personality, Mr. O’Leary with $355,121, and Mr. Scheer reduce emissions. He was booed who is an immigrant himself, has Vancouver, B.C., says he wants the Conservatives following closely behind her with for this policy at the Manning even said people began send- is all about having the best of to become an “all-encompassing, $324,546. Conference debate last month. ing racist emails to his offi ce both worlds: politics and busi- large tent” party, and said he is Mr. Scheer’s pitch to the Con- He would eliminate all green sub- after he came out against Ms. ness. defi ning himself as a “Conserva- servative membership includes sidies and green initiatives, and Leitch’s screening proposal. Ms. “Canada needs new manage- tive expansionist.” new tax credits for parents, tak- replace it it with a carbon tax that Leitch says she is not racist and ment,” is the main tagline on his But, Mr. O’Leary’s lack of po- ing gun classifi cation out of the he says would eventually lead to neither is her plan, and that the campaign website. And he, an litical experience shines through hands of the RCMP and creating tax cuts. values she promotes are civic, not “accomplished” international sometimes. At the Manning de- a fi rearms ombudsman, “freer Democratic reform: Mr. ethnic. businessman, is the man for the bate, he became a punchline for trade,” and a balanced budget in Chong says he is also the “most Additionally, Ms. Leitch’s job. Deepak Obhrai when he claimed two years. And, he wants to add Conservative” on democratic former campaign manager, One of his major talking that “any provincial government property rights to the Canadian reform. He wants to introduce Nick Kouvalis, has himself been points is the loss of the “Canadian that wants to propose a carbon Charter of Rights and Freedoms, “sweeping democratic reforms” doused in controversy throughout dream.” By that, he means the one tax, will have it removed from and lower airport taxes to enable to give power back to the grass- her campaign, which he said is where Canadians can achieve their transfer payment.” That’s cheaper airfares. roots. why he resigned. Mr. Kouvalis fi nancial success by working not the way Canada’s federal Bilingual: More or less. Finance: Mr. Chong says he shared inaccurate information (or hard. The slogan is reminiscent of system works, others said. would implement an $18-billion as some call it, fake news) on his Donald Trump’s “Make America Controversies: Most recently, income tax cut in the fi rst budget Twitter page about immigrants, Erin O’Toole Great Again,” though doesn’t Mr. O’Leary decided to skip the of 2020. and was said to be the master- Erin O’Toole seem to be having quite the same debate in , opting Bilingual: Yes. mind behind Ms. Leitch’s infl am- wants you to effect. instead to host his own “fi reside matory rhetoric. Mr. Kouvalis is “join the Mr. Saxton appears to be chat” with party members. The apparently still volunteering with mission.” somewhere in the middle of the cost for skipping the debate was a Deepak Obhrai the campaign. Mr. pack this race. He hasn’t man- cool $10,000. He was criticized for Deepak Obhrai (Calgary O’Toole aged to drum up a very high pro- wasting money and for skipping Forest Lawn, Alta.) is the candi- Foreign policy: Aside from her says he’ll fi le, and in the fourth quarter of the bilingual debate due to his date that no one is taking seri- offi cial campaign website, Ms. “stand up” 2016, he raised the seventh-high- lack of French skills. (He has al- ously enough. The longest-serving Leitch has a series of issues- for farm est amount of money: $133,425 ready been criticized for skipping MP in the pack has been de- based websites that contain a families, from 168 donations. the French debate in January, and scribed as “an expert at deadpan simple statement of policy, like gun owners, Environment: According to his entering the race a day later.) self-parody.” her demand to move the Canadi- and veterans, and website, “halting climate change A video made by Mr. O’Leary an Embassy in Israel to Jerusa- wants to unify the party, by not through decarbonization will has surfaced, showing him shav- Continued on page 17 THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 17 Feature

Continued from page 16 Russell, Ont. for nine years until the red pill?” The Red Pill is the losing the 2015 race to Liberal name of a particularly vile strain Despite MP Francis Drouin. of conversation on the internet his some- Mr. Lemieux where men often discuss sexual- The rules of the race times- says he is ly assaulting women. Some said kooky “con- Mr. Bernier was making a pass persona, cerned” at this group, but he maintained Mr. Obh- watching it was purely a reference to the rai insists Liberal movie. Some within his party, he is very bills go including Michelle Rempel, serious through defended him, though other lead- about taking the House ership candidates like the helm of the with Con- called him out. Conservative Party. Having been servative sup- Trade: Mr. Bernier wants to in offi ce since 1997, Mr. Obhrai port. “We must lower taxes on every entrepre- touts the value of experience. know what we stand for, and we neur, and get rid of the capital “We keep losing because we must stand accordingly,” he says. gains tax in order to attract keep forgetting the focus. It is His number one issue is freedom more international investment, important to learn from our past. of speech. including from the Americans. How did we get into 2011 major- Democracy: Like Mr. Trost, He also wants to “free the beer” ity government? Very simple. Mr. Lemieux defi nes himself and remove internal trade barri- We worked hard to build a big as a “democratic conservative” ers between provinces. blue tent with very strong fi scal and wants free and open votes, Supply management: His policies,” he said at the Manning particularly on social issues like best-known policy proposal, Mr. Conference debate. abortion. Bernier says the supply man- A Hindu and an immigrant Bilingual: Yes. agement system is a “cartel.” He himself, Mr. Obhrai believes the wants Canadian farmers to sell Conservative Party needs to be in the United States, and says while international competition inclusive and take in anyone it Steven Blaney, might be damaging for Cana- can, rather than ostracize voters the former dian farmers, he is putting the with policies such as Ms. Leitch’s public Canadian consumer fi rst. immigration screening plan. safety Finance: Mr. Bernier has pro- “The Conservative party has minister, posed a fl at tax of 15 per cent been branded as an extreme, rac- kicked for those who make between ist party by the Liberals. We need off his $15,001 to $100,000. Those over to be careful to not fall into their cam- $100,000 would be taxed 25 per trap,” he says. paign by cent. Canadians who don’t make Environment: Investing in opening more than 15,000 will not be nuclear energy, and scrapping up an- taxed. any sort of federal carbon tax. other debate Social issues: Mr. Bernier Immigration: “Why are we about the wearing of a niqab says social conservatives have talking about immigration? Immi- during Canadian citizenship a home within the party. “If grants built this country. We need ceremonies, a hot-button topic in Conservatives want to debate Conservative leadership candidates Steven Blaney, Pierre Lemieux, and to move forward,” Mr. Obhrai his home province of Quebec that abortion, let’s have that debate,” Brad Trost at the Manning Centre conference debate last month in Ottawa. said at the Manning Conference was much-discussed in the last he says. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright debate last month. election. Bilingual: Yes. Bilingual: Not in French, but Contrary to his fellow Que- and transferable, so members he does speak fi ve other lan- becer in this race, Maxime BY CHELSEA NASH are only voting once. guages: Swahili, Hindi, Punjabi, Bernier, Mr. Blaney is in favour of Lisa Raitt he Conservative leadership Conservative spokesperson Gujarati, and English. supply management, because he Shortly race, with its mudslinging Cory Hann said there’s no way says getting rid of it would harm after her T and whopping 14 candidates, to predict how many rounds Canadian farmers. campaign Brad Trost feels like it’s been going on for of counting will have to hap- Environment: Mr. Blaney launch, Mr. Trost (Saskatoon-Univer- ages. In fact, it is coming up on pen before a leader is chosen. wants to recycle nuclear waste Lisa Raitt sity, Sask.) has carved out a the one-year mark, which means To win, a candidate needs to and invest in nuclear energy. Like (Milton, space for it’s also nearing the end. acquire 50 per cent plus one of most candidates, a carbon tax is Ont.) himself as The leadership convention the points. The candidate with not an option for him. launched a social where the fi nal decision will be the least points will be dropped Infrastructure: Mr. Blaney something conserva- undertaken by party member- off after each round, and votes says the solution to increasing else: an at- tive. He is ship will be on May 27 at the To- recalculated until one candi- infrastructure is partnering with tack against adamant- ronto Congress Centre. Tickets date surfaces with a victory. municipalities. Kevin O’Leary, ly against are available via the Conserva- There could be a maximum of Millennials: Mr. Blaney says who at that point, wasn’t even in abortion, tive Party website for $149 (50$ 13 rounds of counting before a millennials are the fastest-grow- the race yet. and wants more after March 15) for adults winner is decided, or it could be ing group of gun owners, which is Ms. Raitt targeted Mr. to redefi ne and $99 for youth. as few as one. how the Conservatives will bring O’Leary and Ms. Leitch for “ir- marriage You need a valid member- Points are awarded by riding. the youth vote to their side in the responsible populism” and for as being only ship to vote on the leadership, Each riding holds a weight of next election. imitating the politics of Donald between men and women. and the deadline to buy one is 100 points, regardless of popula- Bilingual: Yes. Trump. She even launched a Mr. Trost says he is the only March 28. tion. If everyone in a certain website, StopKevinOLeary.ca. one who won’t pivot “to the The voting process will take riding votes for one candidate, Ms. Raitt says she is the best centre” after winning the leader- place by preferential ballot. If then that candidate is awarded person to take on Mr. Trudeau ship. He says he is the “same guy you can’t make it to Toronto for 100 points. If the riding is split The Que- because she’s from Cape Breton today” as he was 12 years ago, the convention—not to worry. evenly by two candidates, then bec MP has and is a woman, and in the last and that guy is “100 per cent Con- The party will permit you to each is awarded 50 points, and labelled election, the Conservatives lost servative.” mail your vote. However, there so on. Quebec and Ontario are himself Atlantic Canada and they lost Millennials: Mr. Trost says he is no online voting. There will be the provinces to watch, as they Mad Max, women. can appeal to young Canadians, voting from locations across the both have the highest number of started Jobs: The former minister of as proven when he won over country. Aside from the Toronto ridings, and can be infl uential in using transport says she will create “Saskatchewan dorms.” And, he convention centre, polling sta- the result. memes jobs by making sure schools are says he can appeal to new Cana- tions will be set up in Alberta, The conference begins on Fri- on Twit- teaching skills that are needed dians, because “my wife is a new Manitoba, New Brunswick, day, May 26, with a leaders-circle ter, and in the workforce and encourag- Canadian and I understand that Ontario, and Quebec. At the cen- reception and candidates hosting has tried to ing businesses to invest. community.” tral polling station in Toronto, hospitality suites from 10 p.m. be the biggest Canada-U.S. relations: “I CBC: Mr. Trost wants to priva- members from all ridings will onwards. The next day is decision advocate of freedom there wouldn’t show my hand before tize it. be accommodated. At the other day, so candidates will likely be ever was. I decided to play it, which is Bilingual: Not yet. locations, any member can vote, trying to sway as many members Maxime Bernier (Beauce, what Trudeau has done. Experi- as long as they have their ballot at the last minute as possible. Que.) is best known for his op- ence with U.S. and Mexico. It’s in hand. Or if they don’t, they On Saturday, May 27, on-site Pierre Lemieux position to supply management. important to know your facts, to can grab one there, if they live voting takes place from 10 a.m. Mr. Lemieux is Mr. Trost’s Having been one of the fi rst to en- know you have people who sup- in a riding that is participating through 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., the biggest challenger as a social ter the race last year, he has had port you on your facts as well. at that location. program begins, and ballot-by- conservative candidate. He has plenty of time to put out policy Don’t settle these things through The preferential ballot ballot results are announced. promised to end sex-selective positions, of which he has many. Twitter diplomacy.” means each member will rank At the end of the night, the new abortion if made prime minister, Controversies: Mr. Bernier Bilingual: She is taking their desired candidates on a leader will deliver a speech to and opposes same-sex marriage. put out a meme of himself as French lessons. He served as the Conserva- a character from The Matrix, ballot, with their fi rst choice at the membership. tive MP for Glengarry-Prescott- with the question, “Will you take Continued on page 18 the top. The ballots are single [email protected] 18 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES Feature Conservative leadership candidate primer

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Continued from page 17 has ties in Montreal, says he is his foot in defence Peter MacKay. Later, he he didn’t know what else to do fully confi dent in his ability to his mouth. became the minister of citizen- in the moment. win the leadership, despite his De- ship and immigration. Domestic policy: Mr. Alexander Rick Peterson last-place fi nish in the last fund- spite Controversies: He and Kellie says it’s high time for Canada to Rick Peter- raising data release. this, Mr. Leitch arguably played an instru- get rid of trade barriers between its son says he Finance: He says his fi rst act Alexan- mental role in Stephen Harper’s provinces. He also says he wants is the “only as prime minister would be to der has loss of the last election, when to focus on reducing poverty and non- chop the carbon tax. Then, he a lot of they announced the party’s plan homelessness within Canada. politician would implement a 15 per cent relevant to introduce a “barbaric cultural Foreign policy: Mr. Alexander who’s a personal income tax across the experience practices” hotline. Mr. Alexander says he wants to “free Cuba” by full-time board. He has also pledged to and, at face has maintained that he regrets his ending the dictatorship there. He Canadian end all corporate income taxes. value, would seem to be an actions. also wants end the “genocide in resident.” “Donald Trump will respect Rick ideal candidate. He spent several And yet, one his most news- Syria,” stand with Ukraine against (That’s a Peterson’s tax plan,” he says. years as Canada’s ambassador worthy moments during the Russia by toughening sanctions stab against Bilingual: Yes. to Afghanistan during some of campaign thus far was when he and offering more military support Mr. O’Leary, the most dangerous periods of awkwardly stood in front of an to Ukraine, but unlike most of his who is criticized often for the Canada’s military mission there. Edmonton rally as the crowd colleagues in this race, makes no amount of time he spends and Chris Alexander In 2011, he was fi rst elected to chanted “lock her up” about specifi c mention of Israel. has spent in the United States.) Chris Alexander, former MP offi ce for the Conservatives. He Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. Bilingual: Yes. The fully bilingual business- and immigration minister, seems was given the role of parliamen- Mr. Alexander smiled. After- [email protected] man from Vancouver, who also to have a problem with putting tary secretary to then-minister of wards, he apologized and said @chels_nash

Members of the CNN, Daily Parliamentary Press Gallery scrum Prime Minister Justin Caller seek Trudeau. Reporters from CNN and right- wing U.S.- news service press gallery The Daily Caller recently received temporary membership membership in the press gallery. The Hill Times amid growing photograph by Jake Wright global interest in Canadian fi t,” with the website already at- The BBC also said last sum- former Conservative prime minis- tracting many Canadian readers mer that it would start its own ter, from 2006 to 2015. each month. Canada bureau, along with a Conversely, conservative- politics “We’re excited to explore [this] Canadian edition of its website. leaning outlets like Fox News and country, which is why we hired a Mr. Cohen cited the new bu- the Daily Caller are following the number of refugees and im- native to lead the charge,” he said reaus and increased coverage of Canada to point out and highlight In the era of Donald migrants it takes every year,” he via email. Canada by the Washington Post shortcomings with the Trudeau told The Hill Times in a phone Mr. Krayden previously as a return to a bygone era where government, Mr. Cohen said. Trump and Marine Le interview from Washington, D.C, worked in communications for there was more interest in cover- He said the photogenic prime where he’s serving as a Fulbright the Department of National ing the country from American minister pushing the message is Pen, Prime Minister scholar at the Woodrow Wilson In- Defence, as a Conservative staffer and international outlets. also contributing to the surge in Justin Trudeau’s ternational Center. Mr. Cohen has on the Hill, and an editor with the Up until the 1990s, several interest stateside and abroad. written for several news organiza- short-lived Sun News television American and British newspapers Much of the allure in cover- high-profi le embrace tions including the Globe and Mail channel, according to his Linke- had full time correspondents in ing Canada is attributable to its and Ottawa Citizen. dIn account. Ottawa or Toronto, he said, but “salesman” Mr. Trudeau, who has of liberal causes “That’s a narrative that’s inter- Mr. Cohen pointed to recent some of them left over the course an international stature and is “at- esting to the international media.” moves by The New York Times of the decade and the early 2000s. tractive to the media,” he said. produces a ‘narrative CNN correspondent Paula and BBC to establish Canadian Mr. Cohen partly attributed But while foreign outlets are that’s interesting to the Newton was granted a temporary bureaus as evidence of height- the resurgent interest among increasingly turning to Canada, six-month membership in the ened interest in covering Canada some of the larger American the fi nancial diffi culties in estab- international media,’ Canadian Parliamentary Press from the the U.S. and abroad. outlets to their editorially liberal lishing a presence remains appar- gallery last month, as was David Messages to Ms. Newton, Mr. viewpoints. ent, Mr. Cohen said, pointing out says columnist Andrew Krayden, a reporter for U.S.- Krayden, and CNN were not Confronted with an increas- that popular listicle disseminator based The Daily Caller, an online returned. ingly populist and conservative Buzzfeed closed its two-person Cohen. news service founded by conser- The New York Times an- political landscape at home, he parliamentary bureau in 2016 vative pundit Tucker Carlson and nounced last year that it would said newspapers like the Times after just over a year in operation. Continued from page 1 Neil Patel, a former chief policy start up its own Canada bureau, and Post are turning to Canada to The two reporters moved to work adviser to Republican vice-presi- and Toronto Star columnist Cath- highlight a government proudly for Buzzfeed in Washington. “In a world in which some dent Dick Cheney. erine Porter was revealed as the taking on liberal initiatives, such “You can express interest in would say trends are conservative, Vince Coglianese, editor of paper’s Toronto bureau chief as resettling Syrian refugees. Canada; whether it works eco- are regressive on immigration, on The Daily Caller, described Mr. earlier this year. “They weren’t coming here nomically or fi nancially for you is women, here you have a country Krayden’s temporary member- Ian Austen has long served when Stephen Harper was in another question,” he added. which puts in the window gender ship and expanding coverage of as the paper’s Ottawa-based cor- power,” he said of the papers’ [email protected] parity in cabinet and celebrates Canada’s Parliament as a “natural respondent. interest during the government of The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 19 News Senate Liberal, MPs slamming feds for not living up to transparency promises

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MPs and a Senate Liberal are crying foul after being denied information they had requested from Global Affairs Canada; the Canada Revenue Agency; Im- migration, Refugees, and Citizen- ship Canada; and Finance Canada in recent months. The Parliamentarians raised the issue through press releases, at committee, and in a motion in the House in recent weeks. Each called for the government to make public, or provide to them, information it so far had not, though they differed on who was to blame for the secrecy. Senate Liberal Percy Downe, who is fi ghting for information from two federal departments, From left: Senate Liberal whip Percy Downe, Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj; Conservative MP . Sen. Downe has called out the public service pointed to the public service. for not being transparent, Mr. Poilievre is accusing the government of blocking the release of information on the carbon tax, and Mr. Wrzesnewskyj chairs a “The public service default committee that summoned departmental leaders to explain their failure to provide it with information it had requested. position is secrecy and privacy, The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and it’s shocking to me that many departments continue to ignore Rosedale, Ont.) that he would ask offi cials from IRCC last month to Carbon tax, drug pricing to withhold information that falls the prime minister’s directive,” he her the same question the next explain why they hadn’t provided under some provisions within the told The Hill Times. time she appeared to testify be- the committee with information it info withheld Access to Information Act. Sen. Downe was referring fore the committee. He quoted the needed for one of its studies. Opposition MPs have also NDP MP Tracey Ramsey (Es- to a pledge included in the line in Ms. Freeland’s mandate The committee agreed during complained about being denied sex, Ont.) has also fought to get mandate letter for each Liberal letter about making information its Feb. 6 meeting, held in private, information by departments, a hold of internal government minister, which says, “Govern- open by default to the witnesses. to summon IRCC deputy minis- though they have placed the cost estimates, in her case those ment and its information should “Given that context, I think ter Marta Morgan and assistant blame at the feet of the Liberal relating to projected higher phar- be open by default. If we want Canadians deserve to know if the deputy minister Robert Orr “in cabinet. maceutical costs in Canada as a Canadians to trust their govern- number is 3,500 before we rein- order to address the department’s Conservative MP Pierre result of patent-term restoration, ment, we need a government force visas in Mexico, or higher, disregard for the timelines of un- Poilievre (Carleton, Ont.) tabled granted via Canada’s trade deal that trusts Canadians.” or whatever it is. And I’ll be ask- dertakings committed to during a motion in the House last month with the EU, the CETA. Sen. Downe has asked the ing the minister for that number,” the committee’s study on family reminding the government of Mr. Patent-term restoration essen- Canada Revenue Agency to re- said Sen. Downe, who serves as reunifi cation.” Trudeau’s open-by-default in- tially gives brand-name pharma- lease information on the “tax gap,” the whip of the Senate Liberal The missing information was struction to his ministers, and ceutical companies longer patents the amount of tax money it has caucus. “frustrating” and “distracting” to calling on the House to request a for drugs they create, delaying been unable to collect because of When asked why Sen. Downe the committee, Liberal MP Ali copy of documents that estimate the dip in pricing that comes once overseas tax-avoidance schemes. was not provided the information Ehsassi (Willowdale, Ont.), said the cost to the public of the gov- generic drug companies get the The agency has refused, and Sen. he sought, Global Affairs Canada during its next meeting, at which ernment’s mandated carbon tax right to copy and sell those drugs. Downe called it out in a March 6 referred the question to Immigra- Ms. Morgan and Mr. Orr testifi ed. for the provinces. Health Canada provided the press release on the issue. tion, Refugees, and Citizenship Mr. Ehsassi asked the offi cials Mr. Poilievre received those information to the Parliamentary Sen. Downe is also looking for Canada, which oversees the gov- to describe what systems were in documents from Finance Can- Budget Offi cer in March 2015, information about the govern- ernment’s visa policy. IRCC did place in the department to make ada—and posted them to his with the caveat that “some of the ment’s visa policy for Mexico. not respond by deadline. sure committees get informa- Facebook page—after fi ling an data is confi dential and must not He asked a pair of high-ranking Canada Revenue Agency tion when they ask for it, but Mr. access to information request, but be publicly released without the bureaucrats from Global Affairs spokesperson David Walters Wrzesnewskyj said that proce- the relevant information appears prior consent of its owners.” Canada to say how many asylum wrote that the agency was still dural question was outside of the to be redacted by the department, Ms. Ramsey sparred with Ms. claims from Mexico the govern- working to produce an accurate scope of what the committee was which invoked exemptions in the Freeland, then the minister for ment would accept before it estimate of the tax gap. there to study—namely, family Access to Information Act for ac- international trade, when she reimposed a visa requirement for Sen. Downe said calling out reunifi cation. counts of “deliberations” between appeared before the House Trade that country, during a meeting of the departments as he did “rein- It was not clear what informa- government employees. Committee in December. the Senate Committee on Foreign forces the prime minister’s mes- tion the committee was seeking The House rejected Mr. Ms. Ramsey asked Ms. Free- Affairs and International Trade sage. And the bureaucracy has to from IRCC. Poilievre’s motion to make land if the government had infor- last month. learn that it’s a new government, Liberal MP Julie Dzerowicz the documents public, and he mation on the impact of the CETA The Liberal government and they have a more transparent (Davenport, Ont.), a member of the launched an online petition call- on drug prices, and if she could eliminated its visa requirement and open policy. And really get committee, said the missing infor- ing on the government to release provide it to the committee, eight for Mexico in December. A June with the program.” mation did not prevent the commit- them. He has also fi led a com- times over a span of six minutes. report by the Globe and Mail said tee from producing an “excellent” plaint with the federal access to Ms. Freeland did not directly that the government had decided ‘Disregard’ for report on family reunifi cation. information commissioner, he answer those questions, but its limit was 3,500 claims within When asked if she thought told The Hill Times. noted that drug provisions in the a 12-month period before it reim- committee the public service had gotten Mr. Mr. Poilievre accused the gov- CETA would not come into full posed the visa. When Mr. Downe Members of Parliament are Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) mes- ernment of political interference effect for eight years, that Health asked assistant deputy minister also taking issue with stonewall- sage about making information in the release of information in Minister Jane Philpott (Markham- David Morrison to confi rm or ing or slow delivery of documents open by default, Ms. Dzerowicz the documents. Stouffville, Ont.) was examining deny that number, he said he by departments. said, “I hope so.” Annie Donolo, a spokesperson drug pricing in general, and that couldn’t confi rm it. He said the The House Immigration Com- The immigration department for Finance Minister Bill Morneau she did not believe that “our drug number hasn’t been made public. mittee, chaired by Liberal MP didn’t respond by deadline when (Toronto Centre, Ont.), wrote in an pricing issues are chiefl y around Sen. Downe asked Mr. Mor- Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke asked why it didn’t provide the emailed statement that the public trade agreements.” rison to alert Foreign Minister Centre, Ont.) and with a major- committee with the information it service manages access to infor- [email protected] Chrystia Freeland (University- ity of Liberal members, called in wanted in the time it expected. mation requests, and has a duty @PJMazereeuw 20 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 | THE HILL TIMES Hill Climbers

by Laura Ryckewaert Journalists entering political work not new, but can impact perceptions of bias: experts

Most recently, former National Post Even if not the reality, at political columnist Michael Den Tandt joined the PMO as a communications adviser for least the perception of bias Canada-U.S. relations on Feb. 22, roughly two weeks after announcing he was leaving in news can result when the paper. While not a reporter, former press gallery chief Terry Guillon is also now work- Former CBC journalist was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2008, and sworn into governments hire former ing in the PMO as head of media advance. Stephen Harper’s cabinet in 2011 as minister of the environment, after serving as a minister of More recently, former Toronto Star publish- state. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright reporters, say experts. er John Cruickshank was appointed by the government this week to serve as Canada’s writing news, and others opinion), includ- of journalists “cross[ing] the street” to po- number of former Hill journalists consul general in Chicago. ing: Sun Media columnist Mark Bonokoski, litical work have “caught [his] eye,” there’s Ahave been scooped up to work for the Former Ottawa Citizen parliamentary who was a senior communications adviser nothing “unusual” about it. Liberal government since it took power, bureau chief Mark Kennedy, who left the to Lisa Raitt as transport minister; former “It’s been a tradition for decades, for with some making the switch in a span of paper amid a wave of newsroom cuts, is now Sun Media reporter Kris Sims, who was journalists to cross the line,” he said. weeks. While journalism experts say it’s communications director to the government communications director to Erin O’Toole In the ‘90s, after joining Earnscliffe, Mr. far from a new phenomenon or unique to House leader after fi rst being hired to work as veterans affairs minister; and former Alboim was contracted to provide advice the political sphere, it can risk perceptions, in the PMO on July 25. Recently retired Canadian Press reporter Dan Dugas, who to then-Liberal prime minister Paul Martin, if not the reality, of bias. Canadian Press reporter Bruce Cheadle is was a communications director to Peter and became a “close adviser.” “It can create sort of retrospective now director of communications to Treasury MacKay as defence minister. “It may be the topic of discussion within doubts in the mind of the audience about Board President , and former There’s also former political editor of the gallery, [but] it’s not a national topic the factors that led the person to make the CTV foreign news editor David Taylor is Corriere Canadese Angelo Persichilli, a of discussion,” he said. “There is always a decisions they did to write the story they communications director to Justice Minister Hill Times columnist, who served for a resentment in the gallery of people who were writing...In general, it risks under- Jody Wilson-Raybould. time as communications director to then- cross the street.” mining public confi dence in journalism,” Former CBC reporter James Fitz-Morris prime minister Stephen Harper; former “There’s Carleton University journalism professor is currently director of communications to Sun News Network news director Daniel always a group Chris Waddell told Hill Climbers last week, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister Proussalidis, who was communications of journalists noting similar crossovers happen in other Carolyn Bennett, and former CBC senior re- director to as defence minis- in any mandate reporting beats as well. porter James Cudmore, who covered defence ter; former business and fi nancial reporter in any govern- Business journalists may go to work among other beats, is now policy director to for The Globe and Mail Patricia Best, who ment, usually for banks, or sports reporters for teams or National Defence Minister . was director of communications to Joe veteran journal- the leagues themselves, which have set up Former Buzzfeed Hill bureau chief Paul Oliver as natural resources minister; and ists, who are websites, like MLB.com, and hire report- McLeod, who’s now with the website’s former CTV Ottawa correspondent Chris motivated by ers to write content for them, said Prof. Washington, D.C. bureau, highlighted a Day, whose fi rst gig on the Hill was as two things: one Waddell. number of Mr. Den Tandt’s recent columns press secretary to John Baird as environ- ‘It’s been a tradition for is they’re look- “I think the common challenge is the time in reaction to his job announcement Feb. ment minister. decades’ for journalists ing for a change that exists between when you stop being a 22 on Twitter. Further back, then-Progressive Conserva- to cross into politics, says of career. journalist and stop having your stories out “I don’t know when talks with MDT and tive prime minister Brian Mulroney hired Earnscliffe’s Elly Alboim. They’ve been there and when you go to work for someone Liberals started (I asked just recently), but Bruce Phillips, a former parliamentary Photograph courtesy of Facebook in the trenches else,” he said, adding the more time between, it looks awful. People noticed. Journalists bureau chief and correspondent for CTV, as for a while and the better, but that’s tricky to enforce. are cringing,” he tweeted. his director of communications (Mr. Phillips they want to get out. And the other thing is “It gives people who want to make al- In response, Halifax-based freelance worked as a press offi cer for the Canadian that there’s a curiosity,” he said. legations about journalists having biases reporter Dan Leger, questioned, “What if it Embassy in Washington in between), and “When you’ve covered the Hill for a one way or the other, it gives them some works the other way? What if experienced former CTV press gallery correspondent really long time, you really want to know ammunition that they can try to make an journos have skills and insights that are Bill Rodgers later worked for what it’s like on the other side and a num- appearance argument, even if they can’t worth something? Is it wrong then?” (having already done work for former PC ber of people exercise the option to fi nd make a reality argument. Like, ‘You de- The PMO told The Hill Times Mr. Den leader through his post-journalism out—and every government has trouble cided to go to work for them so that must Tandt applied for the position and job consulting business). fi nding people with communications skills; have infl uenced what you wrote a week negotiations formally began a “few days” History also holds plenty of examples of it’s not something that grows on trees.” ago.’ Well maybe it did, maybe it didn’t, before Mr. Den Tandt left Postmedia. former reporters becoming Parliamentar- University of Toronto journalism pro- who knows,” said Prof. Waddell. When Mr. Den Tandt received the offer, ians, like former CTV Ottawa editor turned gram director Jeffrey Dvorkin said there Reporters make such crossovers for a he notifi ed Postmedia he was leaving the Conservative Senator Mike Duffy and has “always been this cross-fl ow in North range of reasons, he said. Often it means company and stopped writing columns, former CTV anchor turned Conservative America between journalism and politics.” better pay at a time when newsrooms are according to PMO spokesperson Cameron Senator Pamela Wallin, both of whom now “It seems a little more intense now be- shrinking, there’s a pre-existing level of Ahmad. He left the company the same day sit as Independents. Former Conservative cause I think that’s a comment on the state familiarity with the work, and reporters he was offered the position, Mr. Ahmad said. minister Peter Kent was previously anchor of news organizations and their eagerness have marketable skills. “Tell me again how the media is not of CBC TV’s The National, among other to get smaller,” he said. “They’re known commodities to the biased,” tweeted Paul Beckmann—a former journalism jobs, and former prime minister Prof. Dvorkin said accusations of politi- people who parliamentary secretary’s assistant under was a newspaper owner cal bias among journalists are long-stand- may hire them,” the Harper government, according to his and a founding member of the Canadian ing and “vastly overstated,” and assessing said Prof. Wad- LinkedIn profi le—in reaction to the news Press Association, among other examples. personal biases, and recusing oneself from dell. on March 1. Currently in the House, Conservative MP particular coverage or beats for ethical Since taking On the fl ip side, former Conservative Kevin Waugh is a former CTV sportscaster, reasons, is something that happens “every government in staffer Chisholm Pothier, for example, Conservative MP Gérard Deltell is a former once in a while.” the fall of 2015, tweeted support, saying, “I don’t know @ TVA and Radio-Canada correspondent, and “News organizations make every effort the Liberals mdentandt but he was excellent, never bi- Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan was previously to be credible, transparent, accountable have hired a ased. Dumb slur, public service important.” a CTV National News correspondent and and they take it very seriously if one of number of jour- Many people also tweeted out congratu- host of Canada AM, to name a few. their reporters appears to be less than nalists to join Former Postmedia writer lations and well wishes to Mr. Den Tandt in Former CBC parliamentary bureau fair. But there’s nothing they can do about the Prime Min- Michael Den Tandt joined response to the news. chief Elly Alboim, who left journalism to someone wanting to go off and work some- ister’s Offi ce the Prime Minister’s Offi ce Under the previous Harper Conserva- work for government relations fi rm Earn- where else,” he said. and cabinet last month. Photograph tive government, there were several jour- scliffe Strategy Group (where he remains [email protected] offi ces. courtesy of Facebook nalists-turned-staffers (though some were today) in 1993, said while recent instances The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017 21 CLASSIFIEDS Information and Advertisement Placement: 613-232-5952 • classifi [email protected]

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to the prime minister , and former CBSA Farewell, Norm! Parliamentary president Luc Portelance. Theatre, Cana- Long-time press dian War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl., Ottawa, Ont. 9:30 a.m. gallery staffer registration, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. program. Registration fee: Calendar $89. Register via goo.gl/Wd0zi3. For more information, Norm Gagnon please contact [email protected]. is retiring. His Norm Gagnon’s Retirement Shindig—Illustrious Par- friends are liamentary Press Gallery guru Norm Gagnon is retiring. gathering to Celebrate Mr. Gagnon’s career with the gallery. Three celebrate his Brewers, 240 Sparks St., 6 p.m. career and SUNDAY, MARCH 26 send him off in style at Three NDP Leadership Debate—The second bilingual NDP leadership debate will take place in Montreal, focused Brewers, 240 on youth issues. A new leader will be selected no later Sparks St., than Oct. 29, 2017. starting at 6 MONDAY, MARCH 27 p.m. on March Press gallery guru 23. The Hill Times House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting this week, photograph by Jake but sits again April 3-April 13. It breaks again April Wright Norm Gagnon’s 17-April 28 and resumes sitting May 1-May 19. It breaks May 22-May 26 and resumes sitting again May 29 and is scheduled to sit every weekday until June 23, but it could retirement shindig adjourn earlier than scheduled. The House will break until Monday, Sept. 18. As for the Senate, it will sit March 28-April 13, then break until May 1, resuming sitting is March 23 until May 19, breaking May 22-26, and then sitting again May 29-June 30, though it could break earlier. Continued from page 22 TUESDAY, MARCH 28 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5 Former Parliamentarians—The Canadian Associa- TUESDAY, MARCH 21 Information Session for Veterans and Their Families— tion of Former Parliamentarians’ 12th annual Douglas Veterans and their families are invited to hear more about Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in C. Frith Dinner will take place on Wednesday, April 18th Annual Kesterton Lecture, Presented by Peter Veterans Affairs benefi ts and Veterans Review and Appeal Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more 12 in the ballroom of the Fairmont Château Laurier Mansbridge—The Kesterton Lecture, Carleton Journalism’s Board hearings. Organized by 5P Legal Services. Tuesday, information, please call Liberal Party media relations at hotel from 6 to 9:30 p.m. The guest speaker, Pierre signature annual public event, honours Wilfred Kesterton’s March 28, 1:30 p.m. Free. Unit 3, 158A McArthur Ave. [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Pettigrew, will speak about “The future of Globalization pioneering contribution to journalism education in this (Chateau Vanier), Ottawa. Free parking, accessible venue. Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives and Canada’s Place in the Emerging World Order.” For country. The 2017 Kesterton Lecture will be presented by For more info: 613-729-9983. will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more additional information, please call the CAFP offi ce at outgoing CBC anchor Peter Mansbridge. March 21, 7-9 Ambassadors Speakers Series—This public lecture information, contact Cory Hann, director of commu- 613-947-1690. p.m. Richcraft Hall, second fl oor conference rooms and will feature Ambassador of Argentina Marcelo Suárez nications, Conservative Party of Canada at coryhann@ atrium, Carleton University. Information and registration: Salvia. Tuesday, March 28, 5:30 p.m. Carleton Univer- conservative.ca. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 https://carleton.ca/fpa/event/18th-annual-kesterton- sity campus, Senate Board Room, 6th fl oor, Robertson NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to lecture-presented-peter-mansbridge/ Hall (room 608). A reception will follow in room 617. from 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m. Limited seating. RSVP by March 27 to: ambassa- on Wednesday. Please call the NDP Media Centre at WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 dor-argentina.eventbrite.com. 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. SATURDAY, MAY 27 Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Great Debate—Should Bloc Québécois Caucus Meeting—The Bloc Québé- Conservative Party Leadership Convention—The Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more Canadians be ashamed of their country’s history? Jack cois caucus will meet from 9:30 a.m. in the Fran- Conservatives will elect their next leader on May 27, information, please call Liberal Party media relations at Granatstein and Noah Richler will hash out that ques- cophonie room (263-S) in Centre Bock, on Wednesday. 2017. The party is urging Conservative Party members [email protected] or 613-627-2384. tion as part of another Great Canadian Debate, 7 p.m. For more information, call press attaché Julie Groleau, to buy memberships or renew them in order to vote. Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives will March 28, at the Barney Danson Theatre, Canadian 514-792-2529. For more information, contact Cory Hann, director of meet for their national caucus meeting. For more informa- War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl. in Ottawa. To buy tickets, visit THURSDAY, APRIL 6 communications, Conservative Party of Canada, at tion, contact Cory Hann, director of communications, Con- macdonaldlaurier.ca. 613-697-5614. servative Party of Canada at [email protected]. THURSDAY, MARCH 30 Bacon & Eggheads Breakfast—The Partnership Group NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet for Science and Engineering presents a talk, ‘Building a WEDNESDAY, MAY 31 from 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, Ikebana 2017: The Art of Japanese Floral Design— Climate-Smart World: How Development Research Helps CANSEC 2017—This is an annual showcase of tech- on Wednesday. Please call the NDP Media Centre at Ikebana International Ottawa Centennial Chapter 120 the Global Population Adapt to Climate Change,’ with nology, products, and services for land-based, naval, 613-222-2351 or [email protected]. will present its annual Ikebana Exhibition from March Robert Hofstede, International Development Research aerospace, and joint forces military units. Organizers Bloc Québécois Caucus Meeting—The Bloc Québé- 30 to April 2 at the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 Centre. Thursday, April 6, 7:30 a.m., Parliamentary say this two-day event is the largest and most important cois caucus will meet from 9:30 a.m. in the Fran- McLeod St., Ottawa. Entry to the exhibition included in Dining Room, Centre Block. No charge to MPs, Senators, defence industry event in Canada. Until June 1. EY cophonie room (263-S) in Centre Bock, on Wednesday. regular museum admission. and media. All others, $25. Pre-registration required Centre, 4899 Uplands Dr., Ottawa, Ont. defenceandse- For more information, call press attaché Julie Groleau, FRIDAY, MARCH 31 by Monday, April 3, by contacting Donna Boag, PAGSE curity.ca/CANSEC2016/cansec/Overview. 514-792-2529. [email protected] or call 613-991-6369. Federal Budget Day—Finance Minister Bill Morneau The Relationship Between Parliament and the Agents Investing in Canada: A Long-Term Infrastructure Plan WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 to Build the Canada of the 21st Century—The Economic will release the federal budget in the House of Com- of Parliament—Agents of Parliament are meant to be APEX Symposium 2017—APEX, an association Club of Canada presents Infrastructure Minister Ama- mons at 4 p.m. on March 22. independent from the government, but it is the govern- representing the interests of the 6,400 federal execu- rjeet Sohi. Thursday, April 6. 7:45-9 a.m. Chateau Book Launch: Jim Prentice’s Triple Crown—Through- ment that gives and sometimes diminishes their power, tive community across Canada, is holding its fl agship Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa. Breakfast will be served. out his career, the late Jim Prentice was devoted to their independence, and their funding. Some say that annual professional development and networking Members $89 per seat; guests $110. economicclub.ca. energy, environment, and Indigenous issues. These we have too many agents of Parliament, and others say symposium. Speakers include: Salim Ismail, a Waterloo Broadbent Institute Progress Summit—The Broad- themes resonate in the book, Triple Crown: Winning that we need more. This seminar will bring together grad and global ambassador at Singularity University; bent Institute will host its annual conference, with the Canada’s Energy Future, written before his tragic death current and former agents of Parliament, Parliamentar- Zabeen Hirji, chief human resource offi cer with the theme “Change the Game.” Speakers include journalist in October. The Public Policy Forum is hosting this ians, and academics who will share their views on that RBC, who will participate in a panel discussion on mysterious relationship between Parliament and agents and activist Desmond Cole; Sandy Hudson, co-founder book launch, Wednesday, March 22, 5:30-7:30 p.m. diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace; and Mi- th of Parliament. This half-day seminar is presented by of Black Lives Matter-Toronto; and more. April 5-7. Rideau Club, 99 Bank St., 15 fl oor, Ottawa. Free. chele Maheux, chief operating offi cer from the Toronto the Canadian Study of Parliament Group. 8:15 a.m.- Delta Ottawa City Centre, 101 Lyon St. N. For registra- Karen Prentice will provide opening remarks, and Triple International Film Festival, who will participate in a Crown collaborator JS Rioux will provide some context 12:15 p.m. Sir John A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wel- tion details, see: broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2017. panel session on what it takes to be a top employer before a panel discussion, featuring Ailish Campbell, lington St., room 100. Buffet lunch included. $150 for SATURDAY, APRIL 8 in Canada. The symposium invites participation from chief trade commissioner, Global Affairs Canada; Leah members, $200 non-members. For more information, the public, private and academic sectors. June 7 and Lawrence, president and CEO, Sustainable Develop- visit studyparliament.ca, or contact the CSPG Secre- 2017 CFHS National Animal Welfare Conference—The 8, Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa. For more ment Technology Canada; Chief Jim Boucher, Fort tariat at 613-995-2937 or [email protected]. annual Canadian Federation of Humane Societies Na- information: apex.gc.ca/en/services/symposia McKay First Nation; and Christopher Henderson, Nature Nocturne: Picture Perfect—Friday, March 31, tional Animal Welfare Conference features speakers and president, Lumos Energy. Public Policy Forum presi- 8 p.m. to 12 midnight. The not-to-be missed event on dozens of different animal welfare topics, helping to WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 dent Edward Greenspon will moderate. Register via every Hill staffers’ social calendar celebrates the Junos further professionalize the sector, build knowledge and eventbrite.ca/e/book-launch-jim-prentices-triple-crown- this month. On the theme of Picture Perfect, the eve- set the agenda for Canada’s humane movement for the Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to tickets-31965767471?aff=erellivmlt. ning includes a mix of eclectic activities, photo booths, year to come. April 8-11, 2017. The Westin Ottawa, 11 make its latest interest rate announcement as well as Chicken, Egg, Turkey Farmers Host Reception— selfi e stations and more, with a bit of natural science Colonel By Dr. conference.cfhs.ca. publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report. 10 a.m. Chicken Farmers of Canada, Egg Farmers of Canada, mixed in. Plus, last chance to experience the Reptiles: TUESDAY, APRIL 11 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 Turkey Farmers of Canada, and Canadian Hatching Egg Beautiful and Deadly, special exhibition and sneak Producers are hosting their Joint Annual Reception preview of ikebana, a fascinating display of traditional Life and Health Insurance Industry Advocacy Day— Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to on Wednesday, March 22, 6-9 p.m. in the ballroom of Japanese fl ower arrangement. Tickets and information CEOs representing Canada’s life and health insurance make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m. the Chateau Laurier. Parliamentarians, their staff, and available at: nature.ca. industry will be in Ottawa to meet with Parliamentarians SUNDAY, SEPT. 17 industry friends are invited to come have delicious, MONDAY, APRIL 3 about issues of importance to Canadians, such as access high-quality Canadian chicken, turkey, and eggs, and to affordable prescription drugs, investing in Canada’s NDP Leadership Candidate Showcase—Leadership share a drink with the farmers who raise them. House Sitting—The House is sitting April 3-13. It infrastructure and international trade. For more informa- candidates will have one last chance to pitch to voters Forum for Young Canadians MP Receptions—The Fo- breaks April 14-28 and resumes sitting May 1-19. The tion, contact Susan Murray ([email protected]). before voting begins tomorrow. Toronto, Ont. rum For Young Canadians will be celebrating Canada’s Senate sits until April 13 and is then off until May 1, Michael Healey’s 1979—Canada’s Shaw Festival MONDAY, SEPT. 18 150th anniversary by welcoming 350 secondary at which point it will sit until May 19. is set to co-produce a new production of 1979 by students from across Canada to Ottawa in 2017. It will Five Byelections—There will be fi ve byelections held Michael Healey with Ottawa’s Great Canadian Theatre Online Voting Begins in NDP Leadership Race—The be holding a reception on Wednesday, March 22 at the today in: Ottawa-Vanier, Ont.; St-Laurent, Que.; and Company. The play takes us back to the eve of former fi rst ballot results announcement will take place Oct. 1, Marriott hotel at 100 Kent St., Ottawa, in the rotating Markham-Thornhill, Ont.; Calgary Midnapore, Alta., and prime minister Joe Clark’s minority government’s defeat and subsequent ballot results each following week until restaurant, 6-8:30 p.m. RSVP by email to ssawers@ Calgary Heritage. For more information, media may call in a non-confi dence motion. It’s a fast-paced satire a winner is determined. A new leader will be selected forum.ca or by phone at 613-233-4086. the PMO Press Offi ce at 613-957-5555. incorporating political heavyweights and infl uencers of no later than Oct. 29. Reporting The Refugee Crisis—A conversation with the era. The production will rehearse at Shaw Festival, The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. THURSDAY, MARCH 23 some of Canada’s top journalists about their experiences premiere in Ottawa at GCTC and tour back to Shaw as Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- Trade Experts Roundtable: The New Security Dimen- and challenges reporting on the refugee crisis. CBC’s part of its 2017 season. The Ottawa component will mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details sion of Global Commerce—This symposium, hosted by Europe correspondent Margaret Evans; Globe and Mail’s run from April 11 to 30, 2017. Tickets for Ottawa’s under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to the University of Calgary School of Public Policy and the Mark MacKinnon; OpenCanada contributor Michael production on sale: 613-236-5196 or gctc.ca. [email protected] by Wednesday at noon before the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, will examine issues Petrou; Toronto Star national security reporter Michelle WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday confronting exporters and policy-makers operating at the Shephard; and freelance writer Naheed Mustafa will be paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but nexus of trade, commerce, and security. Speakers include: talking at the , Barney Danson Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to we will defi nitely do our best. former CSEC chief John Adams, Chamber of Commerce Theatre, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, April 3, 5:30-7 p.m. make its latest interest rate announcement as well as [email protected] president , former national security adviser Reception to follow. Register via cigionline.org. publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report. 10 a.m. The Hill Times KÇřĹĮŇºTĩĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹĹ võTļĹËļğĹĹ Ĺ

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