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Greta Former Hill Bossenmaier, Times reporter head of the Mark Burgess Communications about to strike Security the ball during Heard on the Hill Establishment, is the 2011 replacing Daniel soccer match by Shruti Shekar Jean as the prime between MPs minister’s national and press gallery security adviser members. The as of May 23. Hill Times fi le The Hill Times fi le photograph Tories jet off to fi ght photograph Mr. Jean announced his retirement “We tried to raise a team last year, on April 27, shortly after he appeared to without success due to age and lay-offs,” testify at the House Public Safety and Mr. Ivison said in an email, adding anyone Liberals in Star Wars National Security Committee on the Jaspal from the gallery was welcome to join. Atwal affair. According to the Canadian He also noted that the last time the gal- Press, Mr. Jean informed the Privy Coun- lery played the MPs, better known on the cil Offi ce of his intention to step down in pitch as the Commoners, was in 2015. spoof, Hann says January—before he became a household “We have never lost to them in the time name following Mr. Trudeau’s less-than- I have been organizing games with them— stellar February trip to India. stretching back to 2004,” he said. “The Media reported Mr. Jean suggested that problem is their ranks are replenished more to come rogue factions in the Indian government with youngsters every four years, ours just were somehow involved in a reception invi- diminish and grow older. We may have to and real change is strong with us here— tation to Mr. Atwal, a convicted attempted ask them for a game of walking soccer and not just in galaxies far, far away.” assassin. Mr. Jean later walked that back at before too long!” The jokes didn’t end there; Library and committee. Archives Canada capitalized on the day He was Mr. Trudeau’s national security and put out a spoof press release indicating adviser since May 2016. Hill folks on the ballot for that it was going to “safeguard all future Death Star plans” in a new facility. Ottawa municipal race GG Julie Payette hasn’t You may Gord Brown to been staying at Rideau Hall recognize a few people be laid to rest in Governor General running in this Julie Payette year’s Ottawa Gananoque on Thursday is not staying municipal elec- at Rideau Hall tions including The late Con- until renovations Anthony Car- servative MP Gord Conservative MP Erin O’Toole wields a are completed. ricato, Raylene Brown’s funeral lightsaber on the Hill as he prepares to board Renovations at her Lang-Dion, will take place this a spacecraft to fi ght off an approaching Liberal offi cial residence Ryan Kennery, Thursday at the Lou Anthony Carricato and a battle station. The clip is from a spoof ad began shortly and Theresa Jeffries Recreation few others from the Hill will created by the Conservative Party on May 4, or before she was Kavanagh. Centre in Ganan- be running in the Ottawa Star Wars Day. Screenshot of Youtube video sworn in on Oct. Mr. Carri- oque, Ont., at 11 a.m. municipal elections that will 2. The Hill Times cato is running There will be a take place later this year. n a galaxy far, far away (actually, it was fi le photograph to represent reception at the Fire- The Hill Times photograph by just on Parliament Hill) Conservative MP The late Conservative Capital ward I hall Theatre from Andrew Meade Erin O’Toole was spotted with a lightsaber MP Gord Brown’s Governor General Julie Payette has on city council. 2 to 4 p.m. after the in hand ready to board a spacecraft that campaign sign was not been staying at Rideau Hall since she He is currently service, Mr. Brown’s would take him to fi ght off the Liberals in spotted on the lawns was sworn in on Oct. 2 while the offi cial the director of events for House Speaker obituary said. an approaching space battle station. of residents in his residence undergoes renovations. Geoff Regan. There will also be The 33-second ad, published on YouTube riding. Photograph The National Capital Commission said Ms. Lang-Dion is running to represent a visitation at Tomp- on May 4—or Star Wars Day—was a pre- courtesy of Twitter in an email to The Hill Times that it had re- Alta Vista ward, which has been her home for kins Funeral Home view for the coming Conservative Party: quested access to the main building before two decades. in Gananoque today Attack of the Liberal Debt Star series, Ms. Payette’s appointment to “undertake Ms. Lang-Dion was the national chair of from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. which party director of communications signifi cant rehabilitation work (mostly Equal Voice from 2011 to 2014; the organi- Mr. Brown died in his offi ce suddenly Cory Hann said will be rolled out Victoria mechanical systems renewal) and much zation pushes more women to take part in on May 2 at the age of 57 from a heart Day long weekend. needed life cycle improvements to preserve Canadian politics. attack. He was fi rst elected in 2004 and Mr. Hann said the small series will fea- and maintain Rideau Hall.” Mr. Kennery is running to represent represented the riding of Leeds-Grenville, ture more caucus members and will all be in Jean Wolff, senior manager of com- College ward and is currently a senior Ont. (later Leeds-Grenville-Thousand the Star Wars vein, but wouldn’t say which munications at the NCC, said he was not strategist at communications fi rm MediaS- Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ont.) for almost caucus members have earned the spotlight. able to provide information on where Ms. tyle. He was the former press secretary and 14 years. The May the Fourth Be With You ad was Payette was residing for security reasons, later director of communications to Ottawa Before he was elected he was a two- created in-house by the Conservative Party but according to a May 3 Ottawa Citizen Mayor Jim Watson from 2012 to 2016. He time town councillor in Gananoque, digital team. report, she may be residing at 7 Rideau was a communications coordinator for president of the 1000 Islands-Gananoque “Our folks here at headquarters are not Gate, which is the offi cial government public information and campaign strategy Chamber of Commerce and chair of the just fans, but they also have creativity and guest house for visiting dignitaries. at City Hall from 2009 to 2012. St. Lawrence Parks Commission. He was video and graphics talent, so they came up “For the transition and the extended Ms. Kavanagh is running to be the also CEO of a 1000 Islands food service with the idea,” he said. construction period, the National Capital councillor for Bay ward after eight years as and accommodation business that employs Mr. Hann said the team started working Commission assisted with temporary ac- a trustee on the Ottawa-Carleton District more than 120 people. on the video early last week and was able commodations for the Governor General,” School Board. Ms. Kavanagh currently He was his party’s whip from 2015 to to publish the video by Friday. Mr. Wolff said. works in the offi ce of NDP whip Marjo- 2017 under interim leader Rona Ambrose. Mr. O’Toole nabbed the starring role Mr. Wolff said renovations will cost laine Boutin-Sweet. Around Mr. Brown’s riding, resi- in the fi rst video mainly because he was $1.7-million and includes removing and The election will be held on Oct. 22. dents have been putting up Mr. Brown’s available, but Mr. Hann said the foreign installing a new heating system, renewing the [email protected] campaign signs on their lawn in his affairs critic had done something similar washroom to make it “universally accessible,” @shruti_shekar memory. while running in the Conservative Party light replacements, and updating furniture. “Spotted this sign in #Brockville, thank leadership race last year and knew what Ms. Payette is not the only person you @gordbrown, I’m going to miss you,” CORRECTION: the digital team wanted. who isn’t living in her offi cial residence; Chris Crawford, a writer for The Hockey The video also ties into the hype for the the same goes for Prime Minister Justin Writers, tweeted on May 6. Re: "Question of AFN's role, relation- forthcoming Star Wars movie, Solo: A Star Trudeau and his family who are currently ship with government expected to be Wars Story, which opens May 23. residing at Rideau Cottage while 24 Sus- deciding factor in national chief race," The Tories weren’t the only ones who sex, also in dire need of renovations, awaits Jean out, Bossenmaier in as (The Hill Times, May 7, p. 1). The story took advantage of Star Wars Day; so did a decision from the NCC on its fate. mistakenly reported that Pamela Pal- the Liberal Party of Canada. national security adviser mater had run in the 2014 national chief A May 4 email to members said: election. She was in fact a candidate in “Thanks to you, the Liberal Party kicked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appoint- Calling all soccer players, the Assembly of First Nations' 2012 elec- off 2018 with the kind of motivation ed Greta Bossenmaier on May 7 as his new there could be a fun tion. As well, it mistakenly indicated that needed to show the Conservatives that the national security and intelligence adviser. AFN national chief Perry Bellegarde had force is with us to take them on in the next A press release said Ms. Bossenmaier, match coming up run in an eight-person race in 2014; it election.” who was most recently the chief of the was in fact a three-person race. The 2012 Pushing for a donation, the party said Communications Security Establishment, The National Post ’s John Ivison is try- race included eight candidates. The Hill that money raised could “show the Conser- would start her new gig on May 23, as Dan- ing to put together a soccer team of report- Times apologizes for these errors. vatives that the force for positive politics iel Jean retires from the role on May 22. ers to play against MPs in mid-June. THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 3 Comment What all politicians can learn from Gord Brown

He demonstrated that measure of the man that he continues to weekend there attending the Juno awards. be eulogized by a diverse chorus of voices All the while, Gordie had been bugging us to nice guys can succeed, after his death last week. go out and see John Diefenbaker’s gravesite Many of us remain shocked that a at the University of Saskatchewan. the importance of young man in his 50s can be felled by an Finally at 3 a.m. on a Monday, before a apparent heart attack—particularly a guy fl ight later that morning back to Ottawa, friendships even across like Gord, who did try to keep well and we paid homage to the Chief. No doubt the stay healthy for the family he loved dearly. Chief would have gotten a kick out of all party lines, and the key Like others, I got to know Gordie when this: an Ontario MP and his posse of friends to job security is always he started his journey to become an MP. He searching him out in such a fashion. We asked me to speak at one of his early fundrais- laughed about that adventure for years. keeping your community ing meeting in 2003. You could do those things While Gord never ended up in cabinet, in those days, and the memory I have of that the lessons of his short life loom large and It speaks to the measure of the man that front and centre. event in Brockville was how many people are more important in today’s political Conservative MP Gord Brown continues to be there legitimately liked and cared for Gord. environment. He proved time and again eulogized by a diverse chorus of voices after his Here was a guy who was clearly connected to that good guys can succeed. You don’t have death last week, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times his community, proud of where he was from, to be a vicious, callous partisan to assume photograph by Sam Garcia and wanted to show it off to the world. a position of power. Conservatives often deservedly have a For younger political aspirants, he demon- lot in life was less than he expected. He reputation for being uptight, over-partisan, strated the importance of friendship with not never coasted and he always worked hard. and mean-spirited. Gord Brown was none just those who wear the same political jersey. He never kicked sand in someone’s face of those things. From what I witnessed, he He reminded all would-be and any cur- just because everyone else was doing it. went out of his way to be respectful to peo- rent Parliamentarians that the key to job I saw Gord a few weeks back and we ple, decent, and kind. He also wasn’t afraid security is always keeping your community talked about getting together to catch up. to laugh at himself or his party. Whenever front and centre. Looking at the numerous It had been a while. I will regret that will Tim Powers I think of Gord, I think of his big smile and interviews done with people in his riding now never happen. But I will never regret Plain Speak his always warm welcome. since his death, the overwhelming theme anything else about my time with Gord. If Over the years through the course of was: “he was there for us.” anything, I want to keep learning from the our respective jobs, Gord and I spent a One other big piece of wisdom from example of his life. Rest in peace, my friend. TTAWA—How wonderful to see so lot of time on the road together visiting Gord was: be proud of who you are and Tim Powers is vice-chairman of Summa Omany people paying to tribute to the different cities—Halifax, Washington, and don’t change that up for anything. A fam- Strategies and managing director of late Member of Parliament for Leeds- Saskatoon among them. ily guy at heart, loyal to his friends, and a Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Our trip to Saskatchewan was a particu- happy political warrior, Gord was consis- Conservative political leaders. Lakes, Ont., Gord Brown. It speaks to the lar favourite of mine. We had spent the entire tent. You never detected bitterness that his The Hill Times

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But the prime minister’s timeline isn’t going to have any impact on Status of Questions abound on what amendments ultimately come Government Bills from the committee, said Sen. Joyal. “The prime minister prides HOUSE OF COMMONS himself on having appointed Second reading: independent Senators, so there’s • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of drug-impaired driving a limit to the scope into which the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 one can hope that the Senate will • C-12, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces not change the bill,” he said, add- Members and Veterans Reestablishment and Compensation Act ing that Senators will consider • C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefi ts amendments on their merit. Standards Act, 1985 bill as clock ticks down “But if we are to adjust any • C-28, An Act to amend the Criminal Code time that the prime minister (victim surcharge) snaps his fi nger to say ‘you have • C-32, An Act related to the repeal of section to toe the line’ … that would be 159 of the Criminal Code to cannabis legalization totally contrary to the objective • C-33, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act that he pursues by appointing • C-34, An Act to amend the Public Service Conservative independent Senators.” Labour Relations Act Conservative Sen. Sen. Pierre- • C-38, An Act to amend an Act to amend the Boisvenu says the bill Hugues Forensic toxicology labs at Criminal Code (exploitation and traffi cking Boisvenu says in persons) there should be peak capacity, says RCMP • C-39, An Act to amend the Criminal Code should be changed to (unconstitutional provisions) zero tolerance Police readiness for handling • C-42, Veterans Well-being Act have zero tolerance for those who potential drug-impaired drivers also remains an issue. • C-43, An Act respecting a payment to be smoke weed The Hill Times made out of the Consolidated Revenue for those who smoke and get behind As reported last month, opposition MPs say there Fund to support a pan-Canadian artifi cial the wheel intelligence strategy and drive, as the in the new aren’t enough police offi cers certifi ed to do the additional Drug • C-52, Supporting Vested Rights Under Access drug-impaired to Information Act committee hears of Recognition Expert (DRE) testing driving law. • C-56, An Act to amend the Corrections and the potential for court The Hill Times if a driver fails the standard road- Conditional Release Act and the Abolition photograph by side sobriety check. of Early Parole Act challenges. Andrew Meade Increased roadside testing and • C-75, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code, the potential charges will also mean Youth Criminal Justice Act, and other Acts more work for the country’s toxi- • C-76, Elections Modernization Act BY CHARELLE EVELYN cology labs, according to Chief mentary, said Liberal Senator If the government wants to Supt. Wade Oldford, director Committee: ith the Liberals’ summer Serge Joyal (Kennebec, Que.), who clearly send the message that if you general of the RCMP’s National • C-62, An Act to amend the Federal Public Wdeadline for legalization of chairs the Legal and Constitutional smoke weed, you shouldn’t drive, Forensic Laboratory Services. Sector Labour Relations Act and other Acts marijuana seemingly set in stone, a Affairs Committee. then the legal limit of the drug that’s “It’s important to note that • C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act • C-69, An Act to amend the Impact Assess- bill setting out rules around drug- He told The Hill Times he’s able to be detected should be zero, NFLS’s forensic services, in- ment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator impaired driving is still raising ques- expecting to be able to report cluding forensic toxicology, are Sen. Boisvenu—who is vice-chair of Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act back to the Senate by May 24, af- tions in the Senate committee tasked the Legal and Constitutional Affairs currently operating at or close to • C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and with studying the legislation. And ter hearing from more witnesses Committee—said, otherwise the full capacity,” Mr. Oldford told the Regulations in relation to fi rearms committee members aren’t making today and next week before con- ability to challenge the charge in Senate committee on May 3. “Al- • C-74, Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 any promises they’ll stand by the sidering the bill clause by clause. court would lead to the law being though the number of new sub- government’s proposed timeline. The cannabis legalization bill is essentially useless. missions as a result of legislation Report stage and second reading: Bill C-46 makes changes to on an agreed-upon timeline and The bill is not well written will depend upon the enforcement • C-59, An Act respecting national security the Criminal Code to add new of- the Social Affairs Committee has because it only targets people who effort, it is anticipated that there matters fences for driving above a certain to report back on C-45 by May 29. smoke pot, as opposed to those who will be a signifi cant increase in Report stage: blood drug concentration level and Sen. Joyal said he couldn’t pre- ingest cannabis via other methods, workload for drug-impaired ser- • C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act makes allowances for police of- dict potential amendments, noting such as edibles, which won’t leave vice requests with the introduc- • C-47, An Act to amend the Export and fi cers to compel drivers to provide that the committee will have a the same trace to be picked up in a tion of roadside testing.” Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code a sample for testing if suspected of private debrief to freely discuss driver’s saliva, he said. To help offset the coming crush, (amendments permitting the accession to driving while impaired. their thoughts on the legislation. “I don’t know if [Prime Minister the RCMP will be converting some the Arms Trade Treaty) Introduced in the House of “There are still uncertainties Justin] Trudeau thinks everyone just of the lab space currently used for • C-57, An Act to amend the Federal Sustain- Commons in April 2017 in tandem to the bill that will certainly be smokes pot. I don’t know where alcohol testing by next summer able Development Act with Bill C-45, which would legal- raised by the members of the he’s living, but now people who as well as setting up an interim • C-64, Wrecked, Abandoned, or Hazardous ize cannabis, C-46 has been in the committee,” he said, but couldn’t don’t smoke will not smoke up, they forensic lab in another government Vessels Act Senate longer—referred to commit- yet point to any areas where there facility by 2021, he said. will eat,” Sen. Boisvenu said. Third reading: might be consensus. tee in December compared to C-45 And although witnesses told The RCMP is getting about • C-48, Oil Tanker Moratorium Act which was referred to committee Pointing to testimony from the committee that higher blood $4-million for that, spread out in March—but was pushed aside as witnesses earlier that day, Con- drug concentration levels (closer over six years, according to the SENATE scrutiny of C-45 took precedence. servative Senator Pierre-Hugues to seven or eight nanograms per 2018 budget, which noted a “fund- Senate pre-study: The “I’m hoping we move fairly Boisvenu (La Salle, Que.) told millilitre) are more comparable ing adjustment … to support a • C-74, Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 quickly now,” said Independent Hill Times on May 3 that he would to the impairment witnessed at revised approach to drug toxicol- Senator Gwen Boniface (Ontario), be looking to see the allowable the illegal blood alcohol levels, ogy in support of Canada’s new Second reading: the sponsor of C-46 in the Senate. blood drug concentration limits Sen. Boisvenu said starting at the drug-impaired driving regime.” • C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal Code Sen. Boniface said talk of amend- for drivers set at zero. Proposed bottom and potentially opening That money is coming from the and the Department of Justice Act ments has been “fairly quiet,” regulations have the lowest limit up the legislation to higher levels $150-million allotted to the RCMP, • C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act and she hasn’t heard of anything for THC—the chemical compound later would be preferable to set- Public Safety Canada and the • C-58, An Act to amend the Access to Information major being proposed outside of in cannabis that makes a per- Canada Border Services Agency ting the limit too high and having Act and the Privacy Act son high—between two and fi ve “technical amendments,” but said to backtrack once the science in the government’s 2017 fall • C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour she’s open to hearing what her nanograms per millilitre of blood catches up. economic statement “to implement Code, the Parliamentary Employment and colleagues have to say. within two hours of driving. “We have to be careful intro- new and stronger laws to punish Staff Relations Act, and the Budget Imple- Last week, the Senate’s Legal Clinical researcher Graham ducing the drug. And going step more severely those who drive mentation Act, 2017, No. 1 (harassment and Constitutional Affairs Com- Wood and neurology professor by step is my [preferred] way,” he while under the infl uence of drugs, and violence) mittee resumed its study of Bill Gary Kay highlighted that chronic said. “We don’t oppose legalization, including cannabis,” Jocelyn C-46 after a two-month pause. The marijuana users could have much because Trudeau has a political Sweet, deputy spokesperson at Committee: committee was one of four Senate higher levels of THC in their blood mandate to do it. But we should do Finance Canada, said in an email. • C-45, Cannabis Act groups that examined the cannabis despite not having consumed or it very carefully.” And despite calls to the • C-46, An Act to amend the Criminal Code legalization bill in detail, reporting smoked weed in weeks. Last week, Mr. Trudeau (Pap- contrary, adapting new laws is (offences relating to conveyances) • C-50, An Act to amend the Canada Elections back to the Social Affairs Com- “The defence would challenge ineau, Que.) was asked about his nothing new for law enforcement Act (political fi nancing) mittee, which will decide which the meaning of the presence of willingness to delay legalization agencies, said Sen. Boniface, who amendments to include in the fi nal two to fi ve nanograms, saying of marijuana beyond this summer, is a former commissioner of the Third reading: report back to the Upper Chamber that specifi cally by itself does not given the recommendation from Ontario Provincial Police. • C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries Act and at the end of the month. indicate impairment,” Mr. Kay told the Senate Aboriginal Peoples “Police go through this for the Financial Administration Act Prior to the break, the com- the committee. Committee to push C-45 coming every new piece of legislation be- • C-66, Expungement of Historically Unjust mittee held eight meetings on the “I have been a criminal lawyer into force for a year. cause that’s just the nature of the Convictions Act drug-impaired driving bill between in the past—I represented people “We have been working with way it works,” Sen. Boniface said, January and March, taking a break who have been said to have been our partners across the country adding that police can’t get ready Consideration of amendments to focus on cannabis legalization. impaired,” Liberal Senator Mobi- to make this happen and we are unless legislation is passed detail- made by the House of Commons The committee didn’t lose anything na Jaffer (British Columbia) said. going to be moving forward this ing what they need to be ready for. • S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and by taking that break since the two “If I was still a lawyer, I would summer on the legalization of [email protected] the Non-smokers’ Health Act • C-49, Transportation Modernization Act marijuana-related bills are comple- have a fi eld day with this.” cannabis,” he said on May 3. The Hill Times the hill times’ PARTY on the hill Community

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Though he said it Mr. Brison suggested MPs can ‘The reality is a big was unnecessary, work with the relevant depart- Treasury Board ment critic to make sure the ques- $7-billion ask will President Scott tions are asked. come to a single Brison last As he did throughout the com- week agreed to mittee, Mr. Brison stressed the committee, with an opposition government is bound to spend by demand to items listed, highlighting comments roughly a dozen include exact made by Canada’s auditor general, budget spending Michael Ferguson, to The Hill Times. members and they in the main But Mr. Ferguson also ques- estimates bill, tioned the logic of a central vote will be required to making the rather than department-directed provide scrutiny in a controversial spending, when government has central vote broken down spending to pro- short period of time,’ legally binding. grammatic detail. The Hill Times “If you put a number in the says Conservative photograph by budget for this new program for Andrew Meade department X, but you’re not will- fi nance critic Pierre ing to put it in that department’s main estimates number, that’s an Poilièvre. indication the program has not all be designed yet,” he said in an BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN interview April 27. It could mean some programs ritics warn the $7-billion cen- may not get off the ground until Ctral vote in the main estimates later in the year, and puts the on more than 220 budget measures level of funding requested into that haven’t made it through the question. Treasury Board’s vetting process Treasury Board scrutiny of means MPs will no longer get the submissions is an essential part same level of information on pro- of the process, and means offi - grams before they vote, weakening cials and ministers questioned at scrutiny and creating a situation committee can better respond to where Parliament can only exam- his questions, Mr. Blaikie said. ine money after it’s spent. “They would know how many It’s an outstanding concern staff they were going to hire, they after Treasury Board President “What you’re asking,” Mr. Blai- Before this year, main esti- House compendium on procedure. would know what their capital Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) kie told Mr. Brison, “is that Parlia- mates had to be released by March Mr. Brison didn’t directly answer, requirements are they would addressed louder warnings from ment sacrifi ce power of oversight.” 1, and never included budget but said the NDP has opposition know where their offi ces would opposition MPs—as well as the Only 13 unique measures from spending. The new April 16 dead- day motions it can exercise. be located. Until a program has current and former budget watch- the latest budget, comprising 3.1 line pushes when committees have Brian Pagan, the Treasury been through the Treasury Board dog—that the “budget implemen- per cent of the $7-billion spending to report back on their study of the Board Secretariat’s assistant approval process, details like that tation vote” in the main estimates plan, have gone through the Trea- main estimates to June 10. secretary for the expenditure are not fi nalized. Is that the case?” language meant the Liberals sury Board review, the budget Before this sequencing change, management sector, told the Gov- he asked Mr. Pagan. weren’t compelled to follow a watchdog noted in a report last study of the main estimates “were ernment Operations Committee “Details are not fi nalized,” Mr. line-by-line breakdown of budget week, meaning MPs have “fewer largely a waste of Parliament’s ef- following Mr. Brison’s appearance Pagan agreed. money, amounting to what critics vetted” budget measures. There forts and time, rendered basically that the department started seri- “So if I were to ask ques- decried as a “slush fund.” are often “signifi cant” variances irrelevant by the budget a few ously considering a central vote in tions about programs in [central Last week at the House between what the budget prom- weeks later,” said Mr. Brison, add- the fall or winter last year. budget] vote 40 it’s possible that Government Operations and ises and what Parliament ulti- ing now it’s a more “productive” On Monday, Mr. Blaikie rose in those answers, in principle, are Estimates Committee Mr. Brison mately approves—as was the case discussion and more transparent the House to call, unsuccessfully, not available to me because the agreed to strengthen language in in 31 per cent of measures from than ever before. for an emergency debate on the departments have not yet devel- the main estimates vote to further Budget 2016. “In fact Parliamentarians not subject of the central vote. oped those answers?” bind government to the spending Mr. Blaikie invoked that num- only have opportunity to study and Having that central vote means “In principle, perhaps,” Mr. table included in the document, ber and asked: “Why should Par- vote on the budget and estimates fewer MPs will have a chance to Pagan replied, which Mr. Blaikie which Conservative fi nance critic liament not benefi t from the more and appropriation bills… but for scrutinize the spending, Mr. Poil- called a “signifi cant change.” Pierre Poilièvre (Carleton, Ont.) rigorous testing prior to approving the fi rst time they also have at their ièvre said. Typically budget mea- “Now we’re talking about a framed as a victory, saying the authority for program spending?” disposal a detailed disclosure of sures would be later in the year, and process where that due diligence government was “backing down” But Mr. Brison told commit- the measures to be funded from the appear in supplementary estimates has not been done so Parliamen- to pressure. Mr. Brison insisted it tee the Treasury Board is working central vote in both the budget plan which are discussed at the relevant tarians do not get the benefi t of was an unnecessary move made closer than ever before with the and the main estimates.” departmental committees. that rigorous costing and are be- only to silence “irrational” critics Finance department on budget Parties agreed to the new In this case, one committee— ing asked to vote approval notion- he compared to his four-year-old measures and it’s created “a differ- schedule through a change to the the Operations and Estimates ally for the program and let the twin daughters. ent working relationship” between Standing Orders last year, Mr. committee—studies all the budget government fi gure out later what “I want to ensure there can be the two departments. But his Blaikie said, to give more time for spending. those important details are going no doubt as to our government’s main response to concerns was to program approval by the Treasury “Will the items be voted on to be,” continued Mr. Blaikie, with intent for even the most skeptical repeat that the government cannot Board—so this new approach separately by their respective no opportunity to “interrogate” amongst us,” he said. exceed approved spending. came as a surprise. committees or will they all be how money is spent. Though opposition MPs at But that doesn’t account for “At no time, up until a week voted on by this single commit- Mr. Pagan argued that there committee cautiously praised the the fact that some of the budget before you tabled the estimates, tee?” asked Mr. Poilièvre. still is that opportunity because move, NDP vice-chair Daniel Blai- estimates may be for too much was there ever mention of a “It will be voted on at this com- committees study parliamentary kie (Elmwood-Transcona, Man.) money, critics say, and that could central vote” said Mr. Blaikie, mittee,” replied Mr. Brison, who process throughout the year, and said the language changes won’t give Liberals room to lapse spend- who asked Mr. Brison to hold a was cut-off before he could expand. can call offi cials at any time to address the central problem in the ing ahead of an election year. “take-note” debate so all MPs can “The reality is a big $7-billion question spending. Liberals’ answer to main estimates Committee heard in that case— discuss the “signifi cant” shift. A ask will come to a single commit- “But it’s all post-approval— reform: reduced scrutiny and pre- if Treasury Board sends money to a take-note debate, proposed by a tee, with roughly a dozen mem- now that’s Parliament studying emptive approval of spending be- department and a program doesn’t cabinet minister, “allows Members bers and they will be required to money after it’s been spent,” Mr. fore departments have hashed out use all the approved spending—it to express their views on an issue, provide scrutiny in a short period Blaikie said. details around program design, would be part of the next year’s without the requirement that a de- of time and vote upon the approval [email protected] staffi ng and set-up. department programming. cision be made,” according to the for those funds,” said Mr. Poilièvre. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 7 Kinder Morgan pipeline News Who’s lobbying who on the Trans Mountain pipeline?

money until it can get certainty about the The association has communicated with Kinder Morgan, the project. It gave a May 31 deadline. Independent Senator Doug Black (Alberta), On April 15, Mr. Trudeau fl ew home in whose public bill, S-245, aims to have the Canadian Association of the middle of a multi-country trip to meet Trans Mountain project declared an advan- privately in Ottawa with British Columbia tage for Canada. The bill would add more Petroleum Producers, and Premier John Horgan and Alberta Premier weight to the government’s decision to Canadian Energy Pipeline Rachel Notley for more than two hours. construct, and would show Kinder Morgan After the meeting, he said the government Canada’s commitment to completing the Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, left, and Association have been would be bringing forward legislation to project, he told the Senate’s Transport Com- Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, right, affi rm federal jurisdiction, and said he mittee during a May 1 appearance. are popular among energy stakeholders who lobbying the government had plans to invest federal funds into the The Canadian Energy Pipeline Asso- have lobbied them in the past six months on project, telling reporters he had instructed ciation (CEPA) said in emailed response the Trans Mountain pipeline twinning. The Hill to gauge the timeline Finance Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto to questions from The Hill Times that its Times photographs by Andrew Meade Centre, Ont.) to negotiate with Kinder Mor- lobbying efforts were focused on remind- for getting shovels in gan to “remove the uncertainty.” ing the government of its commitment to Environmental groups have also been the ground. Last week, Justice Minister Jody building the pipeline. piping up with lawmakers. Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver Granville, CEPA said it’s also involved in consulta- Mr. Hardie and Mr. Wilkinson both said B.C.) said the federal government would tions on Bill C-69, which the Liberal gov- LeadNow, an advocacy group that Con- BY SHRUTI SHEKAR intervene in the constitutional reference ernment introduced to change Canada’s servative politicians have decried as using question the B.C. government fi led late last environmental assessment regime. foreign funds to campaign against Cana- he company behind the controversial month in the B.C. Court of Appeal over its “Canada is at a critical juncture in how it dian resource development projects, had TTrans Mountain pipeline extension jurisdiction to set requirements companies wants to be regarded by global investors. The approached them, but not recently. and other energy-related stakeholders would have to meet to increase the volume world is increasingly viewing us as a place LeadNow did not respond to interview are looking to the federal government for of heavy oil shipments through B.C. where big projects, even if they receive ap- requests in time for deadline. reassurance the pipeline will get built and “We are confi dent in Parliament’s juris- proval, cannot proceed,” CEPA spokesperson Mr. Wilkinson noted that most envi- a timeline for construction as legal and diction and will intervene on the question Matthew O’Connor said, adding that the bill ronmental groups, like the David Suzuki political wrangling plays out in the courts in order to defend our clear jurisdiction won’t provide “certainty” to encourage inves- Foundation and the Canadian Parks and and on Parliament Hill. over interprovincial pipelines,” Ms. Wilson- tors in new infrastructure projects. Wilderness Society, had met with him in Parliamentarians who have been com- Raybould said in a May 3 press release. In the past six months, it’s fi led four the past couple of months, though conver- municating with lobbyists from Kinder Tim McMillan, president of Canadian monthly communication reports with Mr. sations were more about new issues the Morgan—which wants to twin its Trans Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Carr, Mr. Sohi, Mr. Raynolds, Ms. McK- government should tackle, and not on ones Mountain pipeline to bring diluted bitumen told The Hill Times that the group has told enna, and Mr. Millar. like Trans Mountain where the government 1,147 kilometres from Edmonton, to Burn- government offi cials there was no reason for Its fi le says it is lobbying on pipeline has already made a decision. aby, B.C.—said the company is looking for the project to be stalled, especially since it’s development, requirements for safety, pipe- [email protected] the Liberals to signal the green light. gone through a “rigorous review process.” line tariff regulations, and more. @shruti_shekar “They just wanted to hear what I had to The week Kinder Morgan announced say,” Liberal MP Ken Hardie (Fleetwood- its spending suspension, Mr. McMillan said Port Kells, B.C.), whose Surrey-area riding Mr. Trudeau had met with CAPP’s chair of is in the pipeline’s path, said in an April 24 the board of directors and with some of the interview. “They didn’t ask for anything, they sector’s most prominent members about just basically said ‘What are you hearing? Is the government’s commitment to complet- there anything we can help you with in terms ing the project. of responding to issues coming up?’” “The [prime minister] was very clear— The company’s Canadian headquarters he just came from B.C.—that he was fully has been registered to lobby the federal committed to the project, that it will get government since 2009 and has fi led 10 built,” Mr. McMillan said. He said CAPP communication reports in the past six has lobbied the provincial governments months. Kinder Morgan declined to com- of Alberta and B.C., as well as the federal ment to The Hill Times, but its fi le in the lob- government extensively. byist’s registry says it is asking the govern- According to an April 15 search of the ment’s “support” for the $7.4-billion project, federal lobbyist’s registry, the group fi led market access, and to “establish an effi cient 47 communication reports in the past six and coordinated permitting process.” months. In addition to Mr. Hardie, with whom Conversations have been with Marlo the company reported communication Raynolds, Ms. McKenna’s chief of staff, as on Feb. 15, in the past six months Kinder well as several bureaucrats at Environment Morgan also lobbied Infrastructure Minis- and Climate Change Canada and staffers ter Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, in the minister’s offi ce, including Jesse Mc- Alta.); Natural Resources Minister Jim Cormick, director of policy and Indigenous Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) twice; relations in the minister’s offi ce; Katherine his chief of staff Zoe Caron three times; Koostachin, senior policy adviser; Martine Natural Resources deputy minister Chris- Dubuc, associate deputy minister; Marjory tyne Tremblay twice; assistant deputy min- Loveys, acting director of policy; George ister Jay Khosla twice; and Yiota Kokkinos, Enei, assistant deputy minister; Stephen the director general of Natural Resources’ Lucas, deputy minister; and Mike Beale, international energy division. assistant deputy minister. Kinder Morgan’s fi le also indicated CAPP also blitzed Liberal MPs Wayne communication with Samuel Millar, Easter (Malpeque, P.E.I.), Rodger Cuzner director general of operations at Natural (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.), Don Rusnak Resources; Sarah Goodman, policy adviser (Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Ont.), Randy in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce; and Paul Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre, Alta.), Rochon, deputy minister at Finance. James Maloney (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, Ont.), Marc Serré (Nickel Belt, Ont.), Kim B.C.), parliamentary secretary to Environ- Rudd (Northumberland-Peterborough ment Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa South, Ont.), T.J. Harvey (Tobique-Mac- Centre, Ont.), said his Feb. 15 meeting with taquac, N.B.), Nick Whalen (St. John’s East, Kinder Morgan was similar to Mr. Hardie’s. N.L.), and Churence Rogers (Bonavista- Mr. Wilkinson said because the Liberal Burin-Trinity, N.L.); NDP MPs Richard government approved the project in 2016 Cannings (South Okanagan-West Kootenay, after a 29-month review, groups aren’t B.C.) and Tracey Ramsey (Essex, Ont.); lobbying on the merits of the project, but Conservative MPs Jamie Schmale (Halibur- rather for construction to begin. ton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock, Ont.), Ted Falk On April 8, Kinder Morgan suspended (Provencher, Man.), and Candice Bergen all “non-essential” spending on the ex- (Portage-Lisgar, Man.), and party leader pansion, saying it won’t spend any more Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.). 8 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Fix asylum-system problems, The Liberal Party of Canada the sooner the better donation experience walk to my community mailbox, which immediately dampen my internal desire ix years ago, then-immigration minis- there were 43,000 cases in the backlog, I have loved since Justin Trudeau said to add to my collection of culturally sensi- ter Jason Kenney introduced sweeping awaiting a decision. The projected wait I S I could. My anticipation is building like tive Indian attire. There are more impor- changes to Canada’s refugee system. time was 20 months. pressure from a Mentos dropped into a tant matters to devote my fi nances to at He tightened timelines meant to The numbers continue to rise, with the (Liberal) red bottle of Coca-Cola. this moment. Justin needs me. process legitimate refugees and kick out CBC reporting this week that just over Peering inside, I see a single letter with Faster than you can re-open the abor- bogus claimants faster. He made it so 28,000 asylum seekers have crossed the a familiar red marking on the envelope. tion debate, I dial Justin’s number, as that people coming from apparent “safe” border irregularly since the beginning of The Liberal Party of Canada has issued instructed. By this point I’m shaking and countries would go through the system 2017. Meanwhile, it reported that nearly me correspondence! my heart rate has elevated to be in line quicker and have less chance for appeal. 90 per cent of those will see their applica- I can barely conceal my excitement with Liberal defi cit fi gures. “Sunny ways, At the time, a backlog of claims to be tion fail, and yet fewer than one per cent as I walk home, my prize clutched be- my friend!” I cackle, ignoring the warn- processed was growing, with thousands have been removed from the country. tween now-clammy hands. A pedestrian ings issued by (pseudo-science) econo- of Mexicans and Hungarians pouring into The government says that it’s funnel- impedes my pathway at one point. “The mists on rising interest rates about to Canada and claiming asylum. ing $74-million to the IRB to hire more environment and the economy go hand in affect my bottom line. While the new law succeeded in less- decision-makers and pick up the pace. hand,” I snarl, elbowing her aside with the This is taking too long. My compo- ening the number of claims for a time, That’s part of about $173-million it’s put same disdain I normally reserve for rural sure now gone, I shriek into the phone, they’ve since shot back up. What was towards managing irregular migration. But Canadians and fi rearms owners. It’s fi ne demanding that the Liberal Party debit meant to make the system move faster the Quebec government and some munici- because I’m a feminist. my account in full, as if I were a middle- for legitimate claimants while dissuading palities are asking for more federal help. At home I sit beneath my three framed class taxpayer. “My household budget will illegitimate ones, largely didn’t succeed. The Liberals last year asked former photos of Justin as I open my correspon- balance itself,” I screech, alarming the vol- People who were supposed to have deputy minister of immigration Neil Yeates to dence. “Dear Friend, the Liberal Party and unteer on Justin’s phone (Gerry Butts?), their claims dealt with quickly, because review the asylum claims process. His report I need your help.” A wave of taxpayer- though thankfully not to the point where they were from so-called safe countries, is due next month—not a moment too soon. funded jubilation washes over me—the he won’t take my money. didn’t have that happen routinely. An The Liberals recently have downplayed Dear Leader has addressed me person- Finally my transaction is complete. The internal evaluation found that short reports that they’re in talks with the Unit- ally and requires my assistance! But why? resulting adrenalin dump has left me in timelines made it tougher to get all the ed States to revise the Safe Third Country I continue reading. “We need to grow the a vegetative state, sprawled on the fl oor information required to hear a case. The Agreement that requires Canada and the economy from the heart out. Fidel Castro where I will softly sob into my Liberal head of the Immigration and Refugee U.S. to refuse to allow in most asylum was a larger-than-life leader who served his Party of Canada T-shirt for the next several Board, the administrative tribunal that seekers who arrive from the other country people for almost half a century. The Liberal hours. decides on asylum cases, said dropping at offi cial ports of entry. The Liberals have movement is built on meaningful conversa- Eventually I will recover. I have the two-tiered system would make things also been working with the Americans to tions like this. You must send me $400 be- to—after all, the mail is scheduled to be better. The Liberals promised to change help stem the fl ow of asylum seekers at cause we have to stop Stephen Diefenbaker.” delivered again tomorrow. the system, but stalled their proposed their source in countries like Nigeria. Wiping the perspiration from my brow, Benjamin Woodman reforms once they got into offi ce. It’s time the government learn from I aggressively whip out my wallet to see Gatineau, Que. In the last couple of years, things have past mistakes and fi x the system. how big my bank statement is. (The author is a former Conservative gotten worse. With the number of asylum The Liberals must balance the need Knowing that the very fate of people- candidate and staffer in Stephen Harper’s seekers rising steadily since 2014, the for Canada to provide refuge to legiti- kind depends on my ability to donate, I Prime Minister’s Offi ce.) IRB appears to have offi cially ditched mate asylum seekers, while denying and the regulations dictating the timelines in swiftly removing bogus claimants. which they must process claims. More It’s tough to fi nd that balance, as Mr. Ken- than 18,000 people crossed into Canada at ney and multiple other immigration ministers Canada and the world need Taiwan at unoffi cial ports of entry last year to claim have learned. But it must be done, and soon. asylum, and as of the end of December The Hill Times the World Health Assembly elegations from the World Health countries. Taiwan’s health-care experi- DOrganization’s 194 member coun- ence and expertise can make a signifi cant tries, including Canada, will from May contribution. Taiwan has sent medi- 21 to 26 be attending the World Health cal missions to its allies in Africa, the Assembly (WHA), the most important an- South Pacifi c, Latin America, and the nual meeting of the global health forum. Caribbean for several decades, provid- Taiwan, however, has not yet been invited ing professional development for local to participate, causing a serious gap in health providers, including training in the world health-care system. equipment and drug administration. The Canada should support Taiwan’s par- International Cooperation and Develop- ticipation in the WHA for three reasons. ment Fund (Taiwan ICDF) and Taiwanese First, Canada and Taiwan enjoy close re- humanitarian organizations such as the lations. Taiwan is Canada’s 12th largest trad- Tzu Chi Foundation and the Taiwan Root ing partner in the world, and fi fth largest in Medical Peace Corps play a large part in Asia. With 200,000 Taiwanese-Canadians liv- organizing these missions. ing in Canada and 60,000 Canadians in Tai- Third, Canada enjoys a well-de- wan, and 28 direct fl ights weekly between served reputation as a champion of the two countries, travel between Canada human rights. The 23.5 million people and Taiwan is frequent. Approximately of Taiwan, and the 200,000 Taiwanese- 100,000 travellers from Canada visited Canadians would greatly appreciate it if Taiwan and an equal number from Taiwan Canada could defend Taiwan against came to Canada in 2017. Diseases respect the injustice of being excluded from the no borders, so it would affect Canadians WHO. as well as Taiwanese if Taiwan did not have Frank Lin timely access to critical medical information Acting representative that it can only obtain through the WHA. Taipei Economic and Cultural Offi ce Second, Canada cares for the health in Canada and well-being of people in developing Ottawa, Ont.

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it as a weapon in the so-called In addition to giving Klimkin information war? an inside edge at the G7 meeting, Canada must tell its allies Have we lost so much perspec- Canada has been at the forefront tive already that everything is of providing support, both mili- viewed through the prism of vul- tary and monetary, to the Ukrai- nerability to Russian meddling? nian regime that seized power in glorifying Nazis is never okay Glorifying Nazis is bad, period. Kyiv close to fi ve years ago. For Canada’s part, Foreign Af- That should give us a lot of fairs Minister Chrystia Freeland clout when it comes to chastising We say our military TTAWA—During the last Defamation League, wrote on has been on the opposite tack Ukraine for allowing such blatant Oweekend in April, in the west- Twitter: “Ukrainian leaders need from Israel and the U.S. when it glorifi cation of Nazism. is protecting ern Ukrainian city of Lviv, hun- to condemn such marches, where comes to relations with Ukraine. It is not an issue of allowing dreds of demonstrators marched Ukrainian extremists celebrate Instead of condemning the Ukrai- freedom of speech in a democrat- Canadian values. through the streets chanting Ukrainian Nazi SS divisions (1st nian leadership for what the U.S. ic society; the very basis of Nazi anti-Semitic Nazi slogans while Galician), giving Nazi salutes in congressmen’s letter described ideology is rooted in hate. In that case, we repeatedly thrusting their right uniform in the middle of a major as the “rise of this hateful [Nazi] Freeland would be doing need to tell Ukraine arms forward in the straight-arm Ukrainian city.” ideology,” Freeland has instead Ukraine a huge favour if she were Nazi salute. The purpose of the The bizarre and unsettling been cozying up to her counter- to join in condemnation of Nazi and Latvia that parade was to commemorate the tribute parade to Nazi killers also part from Ukraine. glorifi cation with a little tough love: 75th anniversary of the creation drew stern rebuke from none On Sunday, April 22, on the end the Nazi parades or Canada glorifying the of the 14th Waffen SS Division, other than the United States eve of the G7 foreign ministers’ turns off the aid-money tap and known as the First Galician divi- Congress. A recent letter signed summit in Toronto, Freeland host- brings home our military advisers. perpetrators of the sion. This unit included Ukrainian by 57 congressmen strongly ed a brunch in her private home. This same message should be volunteers, many of them from condemned Ukrainian legislation, In attendance that day were for- delivered to the Latvian leaders Holocaust is not a Lviv, who served as members of which they claimed “glorifi es Nazi eign ministers from the G7 coun- in Riga too. If they continue to al- Canadian value. Adolf Hitler’s SS killing machine collaborators.” tries, with a plus-one in the form low the staging of a Nazi parade under the direct control of Hein- Of course, in Canada there of Pavlo Klimkin, foreign minister every year in March to honour the rich Himmler. was no news of this incident and of Ukraine. No, Ukraine is not a SS Latvian Legion, then our mili- Naturally enough, the Lviv pa- certainly no offi cial condemna- member of the G7, but Freeland tary commitment to that country rade honouring SS troopers drew tion. That is because such behav- wanted Klimkin front and centre will be terminated. the condemnation of the interna- iour runs counter to the current to make sure he put the ongoing We are in the driver’s seat here, tional Jewish community. Eduard offi cial narrative of: “Russia bad, crisis in Ukraine at the top of the and we say our military is pro- Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Ukraine good.” One British media G7 summit agenda. tecting Canadian values. In that Times Jewish Committee, told the report went so far as to claim that That’s all well and good, as a case, we need to tell our allies in of Israel that this Nazi parade was the Ukrainian Nazi supporters lit powder keg such as Ukraine Ukraine and Latvia that glorifying “a scandalous event that should not in the Lviv parade were “play- in the middle of Europe, polar- the perpetrators of the Holocaust be allowed to happen in Ukraine in ing into the hands of the Russian ized between NATO and nuclear- is not a Canadian value. Scott Taylor which murderers of Jews and oth- propagandists.” So marching armed Russia, is certainly a global Scott Taylor is the editor and ers are glorifi ed.” around in a Nazi uniform spew- concern. Freeland has also never publisher of Esprit de Corps mag- Inside Defence Andrew Srulevitch, director ing anti-Semitic slogans is only a denied the fact that she is proud of azine. of European Affairs at the Anti- bad thing if the Russians can use her Ukrainian-Canadian roots. The Hill Times From rural Ontario to Central America: a Canadian activist’s plea for her spouse in prison in Honduras

BY KAREN SPRING Karen Spring, to water; and are permitted two Four years later, the situation originally hours of sunlight a month. has worsened. In the nine years have lived and worked in Hon- from Simcoe In this context of widespread that I have worked in Honduras Iduras as a Canadian human County, Ont., abuses, Canada recognized the as a human rights defender, rights defender for nine years. is fi ghting for election results. This recognition I have never seen a govern- I am also the spouse of political her spouse, gives legitimacy to a government ment so empowered to murder prisoner, Edwin Espinal, who is Edwin that has virtually none from its and terrorize its citizens as is being held in horrifi c conditions Espinal, to be own citizens. Instead, Canada is happening now. State security in a maximum-security prison in released from one of a few countries propping forces are actually shooting Honduras. a maximum- up the Honduran government, people in the streets during He has been the target of security while it throws human rights protests. This did not happen Honduran state persecution since prison in defenders, like my spouse, in so blatantly previously, not 2009. Despite efforts to stop the Honduras. maximum-security prisons. even after the 2009 coup d’état persecution, the Honduran gov- The Hill Times In 2013, I testifi ed before that ousted the democratically ernment arrested him, along with photograph by parliamentary committees when elected government of president several others in January 2018. Shruti Shekar Canada was deciding to sign a Manuel Zelaya. Last week, I participated in free trade agreement with Hon- For these reasons, I, along with a press conference and rally on duras. various Canadian organizations Parliament Hill. On the steps of The argument of the Canadian and MPs, stood on Parliament Parliament, we held the names government at that time was to Hill last week to demand that and photographs of 20 Honduran sign an FTA with Honduras and Canada make public statements political prisoners. Our purpose use its infl uence to improve the hu- demanding the immediate release was to raise concern for their in- man rights situation in the country. of the political prisoners in Hon- carceration and the 2016 murder duras and that all charges against of world-renowned Honduran Green Party leader and MP Eliza- lead of the opposition candidate them be dropped. Indigenous leader Berta Cáce- beth May also joined us. I feel so to the current president, Juan Canada’s policy on Honduras res, a friend and colleague of my encouraged to have the support Orlando Hernandez, began to has been wrong since the 2009 spouse. of my rural community, including diminish. The Honduran govern- coup, which initiated a downward As Canadians, we are fo- the local council of Springwater ment responded by ordering spiral of the rule of law, corrup- cused on raising concerns about Township. state security forces to open fi re tion, and human rights abuses. Canada’s foreign policy in the The political prisoners were on protesters, killing at least 23 I call on Prime Minister Justin small Central American coun- arrested in the context of the people, according to the offi ce of Trudeau and Foreign Minister try. We were joined on the Hill November 2017 elections in the United Nations high commis- Chrystia Freeland to do the right by Conservative Members of Honduras that were plagued by sioner for human rights. thing: end Canada’s support for Parliament Bruce Stanton and widespread fraud. The Organiza- To date, no has been sent to the Honduran government until Alex Nuttall, who represent two tion of American States stated jail for executing or ordering there is justice for Berta Cáceres, ridings in Simcoe County. People the elections suffered widespread these murders. No investigations and the political prisoners are from my hometown have formed “irregularities and defi ciencies.” have advanced. Instead, political freed. an organization to demand the My spouse and thousands of prisoners have been imprisoned Karen Spring is the coordina- release of the political prisoners Hondurans took to the streets to arguably to set an example to tor of the Honduras Solidarity and monitor the human rights sit- protest the fraud. Protests heated those who protest and speak out. Network, based on Tegucigalpa, uation. NDP international human up when the electoral computer The political prisoners are denied Honduran activist Edwin Espinal, Honduras and Simcoe County, rights critic Cheryl Hardcastle system crashed several times access to their legal fi les and before he was put in jail in January. Ont. and NDP MP Wayne Stetski, and and the fi ve-percentage-point lawyers; they have limited access Photograph courtesy of Karen Spring The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News Hill Life & People

Conservative many noted they had to watch their alco- MP Marilyn hol consumption even if not a previous Gladu says issue. Loneliness wasn’t mentioned often she wasn’t but was a key factor, he added. aware of the There should be a larger conversation long hours about MP well-being, said Mr. Morden. The MPs worked House of Commons should look into hav- when she was ing “more sympathetic” schedule, he said, fi rst elected but “Parliament is really jammed up with to offi ce. The legislative work... and it needs to get done.” Hill Times There’s been some conversation around photograph by making Parliament more family-friendly, Andrew Meade including an interim report from the Proce- dure and House Affairs Committee recom- mending votes happen right after Question Period each day. Some MPs, including Ms. Gladu, said formalized Standing Orders to hold only afternoon votes would give them more fl exible hours. Last spring, MPs were asked to consider a shortened work-week, but the plan was scrapped after more than 60 hours of fi libuster at committee. Conservative whip Mark Strahl (Chilli- wack-Hope, B.C.) said he encourages healthy lifestyles among his caucus colleagues, but it’s ultimately up to individuals. NDP whip Mar- jolaine Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga, Que.) said once a year she has staff do a health check-in ‘Like a punch to the stomach’: with each MP, referring them to House of Com- mons resources if necessary. She also tries to manage MPs’ schedules to prevent red-eye fl ights. It’s also common for MPs from distant MPs refl ect on their own well- ridings to avoid Monday morning meetings. Ms. Boutin-Sweet said she lost about 20 pounds by tracking her diet and encourages colleagues to do the same. being after Gord Brown’s death ‘Win at all costs’ mentality needs to change: MP Nault Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia- Numerous MPs told The Hill Times their job Continued from page 1 Longtime Liberal MP Bob Nault (Keno- Lambton, Ont.), said the long hours were is a privilege. ra, Ont.) said being a minister adds about Mr. Clement (Muskoka, Ont.) said he ap- a surprise, and it took a month to become Samara’s MP exit interviews in 2009- 15 hours on top of the 50 to 60 hours back- plauds any changes to help MPs strike a bet- comfortable with public criticism that comes 2010 didn’t collect empirical evidence benchers work. The key to balance and ter balance but said those without families with being an MP. She takes a sleeping aid on well-being, but Mr. Morden said they reduced stress is having “decent, healthy will probably still work long hours. It’s struc- because of the noise of living in downtown heard plenty of anecdotes. It’s common tural, he said—a lot of time away from home, Ottawa, and was diagnosed with high blood for MPs to gain up to 40 pounds, and Continued on page 11 on the road and away from family, with easy pressure after assuming offi ce. Both are access to alcohol and unhealthy food. common for MPs, she said. Conservative MP Guy Lauzon (Stor- Mr. Brown is the fourth MP to die since mont-Dundas-South Glengarry, Ont.) said November 2015. Last September, Liberal MP Mr. Brown’s death was “like a punch to the Arnold Chan died of cancer, and in August stomach” given his healthy lifestyle, which 2016 Mauril Bélanger died after battling ALS. was echoed by MPs of all stripes inter- Also in 2016, Conservative MP Jim Hill- viewed by The Hill Times. yer died of a heart attack, as did Harper-era His death has caused fellow MPs to fi nance minister Jim Flaherty in April 2014, refl ect on their own well-being, admitting one month after resigning. Since being in they struggle with work-life balance. Green offi ce, Conservative Tom Lukiwski (Moose Party leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan, Sask.) survived Islands, B.C.) declared she doesn’t have a heart attack in 2005 and a mini-stroke in one and tries for one day off monthly. 2017, as well as other health issues since he The Hill Times spoke to 14 MPs about was fi rst elected in 2004. Conservative MP their well-being, and most said given the Todd Doherty (Cariboo-Prince George, B.C.) diffi cult lifestyle, their health has taken also survived a health scare at Christmas. a backseat to career and family. Several “It’s a job that we all love doing, that we experienced MPs mentioned job stress has all take very seriously, but that means with increased since the development of social it there are so many commitments that MPs media. When MPs do their orientation, have to fulfi ll,” Mr. Lukiwski said. “Ultimately, they’re warned about three hazards of the it can’t help but take a toll on one’s health.” job: obesity, divorce, and alcoholism, said MPs don’t want to complain about job NDP MP Wayne Stetski (Kootenay-Colum- hazards, said Samara research director Longtime Liberal MP Bob Nault says he can see the stress rising in preparation for the upcoming bia, B.C.). Mike Morden, calling them “happy warriors.” election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Healthy Hill tips from MPs Conservative Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia-Lamb- Green leader Elizabeth May (Saanich- NDP Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (Hochel- ton, Ont.) has her staff try to avoid breakfast Gulf Islands, B.C.) keeps lots of healthy aga, Que.) said she lost weight by tracking meetings so she can get a morning spin class snacks on hand. Her snack of choice is what she eats on an app on her phone, and in. She also has a good relationship with her organic almonds. recommends it to colleagues. local MPP. They bring greetings on each other’s behalf so they don’t attend the same events. Conservative Lisa Raitt (Milton, Ont.) Conservative Tony Clement (Mus- makes Sunday breakfast and Sunday din- Conservative Kelly McCauley (Ed- koka, Ont.) never takes the parliamen- ner to ensure she’s getting enough time monton West, Alta.) doesn’t attend re- tary bus, plays squash regularly, and with her family. She also has a cleaning ceptions, as it usually makes for long is also in a band. Learning the guitar service to come bi-weekly, so she spends days and an unhealthy diet, instead he started out as an “Alzheimer’s preven- more engaged with family, and less time meets stakeholders during the day. tion strategy,” but he realized playing in annoyed that the house is a mess. a band was a good social outlet. His wife Liberal Jennifer O’Connell (Picker- also schedules an annual family vaca- Liberal Bob Nault (Kenora, Ont.) makes ing-Uxbridge, Ont.) said her staff check tion, which has to be out of Muskoka sure his staff schedule in decent, healthy in with her to help keep her accountable so he can relax, he jokes. Muskoka is a meals, because it’s really easy when on the for going to the gym and making doc- popular Ontario vacation destination. road to eat constant take out. tor’s appointments. She also does yoga. THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 11 Senate fi nances News

Continued from page 10 the government, which was switched to be funded solely by the Senate, Sen. Saint-Ger- meals” and having family in Ottawa as main said. “From a public-purse perspective, much as possible, said Mr. Nault, who was As ISG numbers it’s not more expensive, it’s only a transfer.” in Jean Chrétien’s cabinet. If the ISG requires more money, it Mr. Clement, a former minister in Ste- should come from the coffers of the gov- phen Harper’s government, began his career ernment representative’s offi ce, according as an elected offi cial in provincial politics, swell, Senate grapples to opposition Conservative Senators, who said the lifestyles are similar at both the voted in favour of an unsuccessful amend- provincial and federal level. He also said ment proposed by Conservative Senator that opposition feels as stressful as being in Claude Carignan (Mille Isles, Que.) to the government due to fewer resources. with how to divvy up ISG’s request that their additional $140,000 Mr. Nault said the recent deaths made be drawn from the $1.5-million allotted to him refl ect on Parliament Hill’s “win at all Sen. Harder’s offi ce. costs” mentality. The pre-election tension is “I have no problem with there being rising before 2019, he said, adding “you can caucus budgets independent Senators,” said Conservative cut it with a knife sometimes.” Senator David Tkachuk (Saskatchewan) Mr. Stetski travels about 10 hours each during the Internal Economy meeting. “The way between his riding and Ottawa Friday such as communications, translation, pro- Continued from page 1 prime minister can do what he wants. If he and Sunday, which can be tiring but allows cedure, administration, and logistics. wants to appoint independent Senators, him to see family. The news of MP deaths have some extra money to work with this The offi ce budgets of House offi cers in that’s fi ne. What I don’t like is the ruse—I leaves him “feeling quite lonely,” because year, but not as much as the Conservative the Chamber, which include leaders, depu- don’t like the phoney story that there is nobody wants to die in their offi ce, he said. caucus or the three-person government ty leaders, and whips of various caucuses, independent Senators when they all vote Although his body is adaptable, he said team. Though they may not agree on how are typically set according to the Senate the same, they all do government bills.” he keeps it on a consistent schedule by going the money should be allocated, Senators Administrative Rules. A CBC analysis from last summer to bed at 11 p.m. (Eastern time) in Ottawa from all sides say there should be a deeper The government’s representative, unaf- independent Senators appointed by Mr. and 9 p.m. (Mountain time) in B.C. Staff also examination into how resources are doled fi liated Senator Peter Harder (Ottawa, Trudeau had voted with the government schedule about four hours of offi ce time per out in the Upper Chamber. Ont.) has a $1.5-million budget, which is 94.5 per cent of the time. week so he can stay on top of email, because On May 3, the Senate’s Internal Econ- supplemented by the $76,350 allotted to Sen. Saint-Germain said she was in being on top of work reduces stress. omy, Budgets, and Administration Com- the government’s deputy and $101,800 for favour of an idea fl oated by Conservative Conservative MP Lisa Raitt (Milton, mittee, a powerful group of Senators who the government whip, for a total of nearly Senator Scott Tannas (Alberta), who is also Ont.) said Mr. Brown’s death will change her handle the Chamber’s legal and fi nancial a member of the actions, and reminds her to guard her own matters, voted 10-4 to approve a boost to estimates subcom- familial relationships. Being in her riding the ISG budget for the 2018-19 fi scal year mittee, that every is a priority as her husband has early onset following a request made in December for Senate caucus and Alzheimer’s disease. Ms. Raitt also took time an additional $140,000, bringing the ISG’s group should have off in 2014 to have an ovarian cyst removed. total budget to $1.2-million for the year. every facet of their Before health became a major life fac- “The subcommittee’s review of the spending examined. tor, she said she was overly stressed about request from the ISG has raised many He said there her job. If a minister was coming to com- questions related to the funding of cau- was “some discom- mittee, she would constantly worry about cuses and recognized groups in general,” fort” among the sub- having the right questions, for example. said a report from Internal Economy’s committee members “Now I do my work, and I have good subcommittee on Senate estimates—which with their assign- questions, but... I just have this calmness batted the ISG’s request around for a few ment to review the on what my role is and my job is in Parlia- months—presented at the May 3 meeting. ISG’s request and ment,” she said. “The impact of disruptive changes to past that the committee procedures of the Senate, such as govern- ment representation in the Senate without “reluctantly agreed, Political life a breeding an offi cial caucus, the largest group in the on division, to pass ground for addiction Senate not having a political affi liation, this exception of and the presence of four distinct groups $140,000. I think All MPs acknowledged being a Parlia- Independent Sen. Raymonde Saint-Germain, left, says the Independent mentarian is the perfect breeding ground where only two existed before, are still it’s as much about working themselves out.” Senators Group has outgrown the rules governing how Senate groups are keeping peace in for alcoholism. funded, while Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk, right, says changes to Veteran Affairs Minister Seamus In a December letter to the Internal the valley, which Economy Committee, ISG facilitator the Chamber’s funding model should be drawn from the hefty government hasn’t been accom- O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, representative purse. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade N.L.) didn’t respond to an interview request, Senator Yuen Pau Woo (British Colum- plished.” but has previously said he “had a diffi cult bia) and Independent Senator Raymonde The other option time coping with the anxiety of not having Saint-Germain (De la Vallière, Que.), ISG $1.7-million for the three-person team, is that “we ask the leaders to be leaders that structure in my life” when he took offi ce. deputy facilitator, said that the $1.06-mil- with no caucus. and to actually sit down and do the work Mr. O’Regan spent some time in rehab for lion the Senate approved in June for The opposition Conservatives’ leader, and come up with a consensus amongst es that we can say ‘yes’ to,” Sen. alcoholism in the winter of 2015-2016. non-government or non-offi cial opposition Sen. Larry Smith (Saurel, Que.), has an themselv Tannas said at the Internal Economy meet- Mr. Lauzon has published a book on groups in the Chamber consisting of more offi ce budget of $610,800, the deputy op- ing. “To me, this is an issue of leadership his alcoholism, which he said could help than 20 members doesn’t refl ect “a fair and position leader gets $76,350, and the whip and we should challenge our leaders to Parliamentarians. He was 30 years sober equitable distribution of Senate resources, receives $101,800. The Conservatives also deal with this.” when he entered politics, and with a near- considering the current and projected have a research budget of $509,000, bring- numbers of the ISG parliamentary group.” [email protected] by riding, he doesn’t attend receptions. ing their total resources to almost $1.3-mil- The Hill Times “A lot of guys say ‘do I go home to cook The ISG now has 43 members, 10 more lion. myself some Kraft Dinner in my apart- than the Conservatives and almost four Research budgets for the Senate Liber- ment, or do I go to and have something to times the 11 Senate Liberals. There are als—who are not part of the same caucus Who gets what in the Senate: eat and possibly something to drink at this six non-affi liated Senators—including the as the Liberals in the House of Commons, reception?’” he said. government representative, his deputy and after being booted by then-third party liaison, and Speaker George Furey (New- leader Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) in Government (three members) — $1,678,150 foundland and Labrador). Hockey, running, and swimming 2014—and the ISG are based on the size of • Offi ces of the government representative in the Senate In an interview following last week’s their membership and inclusive of alloca- ($1.5-million), legislative deputy to the government repre- popular activities for MPs meeting, Sen. Saint-Germain told The tions for their respective House offi cers. Hill Times sentative ($76,350), government liaison/whip ($101,800) MPs mentioned walking and running the Senate doesn’t need more Groups with more than 20 members are money, it needs a better redistribution of groups and multiple sports leagues as ways entitled to $1.06-million, with the amount Opposition (33 Conservative Senators) — the funds it has. The rules aren’t set up for to get active with Hill colleagues. There’s decreasing by $300,000 for every fi ve-mem- $1,297,950 groups as large as the ISG, she said. also a cycling caucus, and chair Mr. Stetski ber reduction (i.e. different thresholds for • Offi ces of the leader of the opposition ($610,800), “We don’t want to have only proportion- said he is hoping to start group rides. 16 to 20 members, 10 to 15 members, and deputy leader of the opposition ($76,350), opposition ality—it would be fi scally irresponsible. Ms. Gladu has instructed her staff to so on). This gives the Liberals, led by Sen. whip ($101,800); research budget for government or op- But we want to make sure that there is limit breakfast meetings so she can attend a Joseph Day (Saint John-Kennebecasis, position caucus with more than 20 members ($509,000) spin class, but avoiding them completely is fairness and transparency in the way the N.B.) $460,000. budgets are allocated,” said Sen. Saint- impossible. Ms. May said she tries to swim Over the past few years, the budget Independent Senators Group (43 members) — Germain. “Currently, we don’t fi nd it is the several times weekly, and Environment for Senate House offi cers, caucuses, and $1.2-million situation, and that’s why we want changes Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Cen- groups has more than doubled, noted • Research (including any allocation to House offi cers) in the way the budgets are studied and [al- tre, Ont.) and Liberal Anthony Housefather Conservative Elizabeth Senator Marshall for non-government/opposition, for more than 20 mem- located].” (Mount Royal, Que.) are avid swimmers and (Newfoundland and Labrador) who sits on bers ($1,060,000); temporary additional funds approved In December 2016, the ISG secured all three are members of the Parliament Hill the estimates subcommittee. by Internal Economy for 2018-19 ($140,000) swim team. a $722,000 staffi ng budget and last De- In 2015-16, the Senate spent $2.86-mil- cember had a request for an additional He said fi tness has always been a part lion on House offi cers, caucuses, and Senate Liberals (11 members) — $460,000 $262,000 for the 2017-18 fi scal year ap- of his life, and exercises about two hours groups. That rose to $4.13-million the fol- • Research (including any allocation to House of- proved based on the entitlement outlined daily—a regimen he’s kept up since high lowing fi scal year, $5.29-million in 2017-18, fi cers) for non-government/opposition, for 11 to 15 in the Senate’s administrative rules. school when he woke up at 5 a.m. for swim and will total $5.45-million this year. members ($460,000) practice, with training continuing after class. There are nine permanent staff work- That doesn’t take into account that the [email protected] ing for the ISG secretariat—along with one three-person government representative — Source: Senate Administrative Rules The Hill Times contractor and two interns—fi lling roles team used to receive additional funds from 12 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Comment

businesses. He wants to cut public payrolls, France at a crossroads tighten university admission requirements, and his challenge to the long-standing benefi ts of railway workers has prompted widespread strikes and protests. A recent visit to Paris showed me the as battle over Macron locals tend to take the current round of labour disruptions in stride, but it is clear Macron has put his country at a crossroads that could well be the deciding moment in reforms intensifi es his now year-old mandate. A slight majority of the public appears to be accepting Macron’s argument that the U.S. President Donald Trump and French country’s revered but debt-laden railways President Emmanuel Macron at the White House The French president has between him and U.S. President Donald are very much in need of labour reforms. during Mr. Macron’s visit to Washington on April Trump. On the face of it, the reforms—which for 24. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead shaken up the political Trump had made no secret of his affection new unionized hires would eliminate what for the charismatic 40-year-old French leader, amounts to job-for-life arrangements and So far, the current disruptions have world in his country, yet who like the American political upstart defi ed early retirement plans—make sense. lacked the explosive support of either the all expectations to win an election on a plat- But the union movement and the left labour uprising that blocked similar planned his public approval has form that blew up the political calculus and strongly disagree: while Macron’s free- reforms in 1995 or the tumultuous student- dropped to only about 40 ditched traditional approaches to policy. market-oriented policies pale in compari- led riots that roiled France in 1968, which are Macron, elected a year ago this week, son to those launched in Britain during marking a 50th anniversary this month. per cent. has continued in some ways to share similar Margaret Thatcher’s era, many see the But the strikes have created a wave of experiences with the U.S. leader. His new current reforms in France as an attempt opposition to Macron’s extensive agenda, party, which vowed to shake up the state to undercut key workers’ rights and the with public service employees, unions, from a perspective “neither left nor right,” country’s social programs in the name of transport staff, and students pulling consolidated its power by gaining a major- austerity and pro-business bias. together and taking to the streets by the ity hold on France’s Parliament last June. Rail workers are conducting rolling thousands in protest. But as the French leader has sought to strikes throughout the spring and have Aware that previous presidents have rapidly upend the old order with a series of been backed by others. been forced to back down on similar economic and social reforms, public approval On May 7, French railway unions said reforms, Macron has vowed to stick with it of Macron has dropped to about the same 40 a meeting with French Prime Minister “to the end.” In the process, he is not only per cent level Trump registers in the U.S. Edouard Philippe had produced no break- testing his abilities as a leader but the And while the two men’s styles differ through and strikes would continue as French public’s willingness to suddenly re- Les Whittington greatly, Macron like Trump is considered planned into the summer. linquish parts of their hard-won safety net Need to Know an autocratic, top-down leader with little The situation took on fresh urgency in the name of business productivity. regard for the prerogatives of the national on the weekend after fl agship carrier Air The outcome will have wider ramifi ca- legislature. From the point of view of the France saw CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac tions throughout Europe, where the tension TTAWA—Although Emmanuel Macron French left, the former investment banker resign over labour strife. The French gov- between the continent’s generous social pro- Oused a speech last month to the United has emerged as “the president of the rich.” ernment, which holds a substantial stock grams and the drive for improved economic States Congress to pointedly criticize This jibe is a response to Macron’s position in the company, warned the airline competitiveness is still very much in play. American foreign and environmental elimination of a four-decade-old wealth tax could be allowed to fail if unions blocked Les Whittington is an Ottawa journal- policy, many will remember the French and attempts to chip away at the entitle- efforts to make it more competitive. None- ist and a regular contributor to The Hill president’s glitzy state visit to Washington, ments of social programs and loosen union theless, Air France staff began another Times. D.C., above all for the chummy goings-on infl uence in small- and medium-sized two-day strike. The Hill Times

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tal health and particularly PTSD.” securely with the department. Continued from page 1 A self-professed “data fi end,” About half of that promised and keep up to the government’s Mr. O’Regan said he knows the spending—$21.3-million—is mandate and budget commit- department isn’t meeting its per- included in this year’s criticized ments in this year’s departmen- formance targets, and it’s “pretty $7-billion central vote that will tal plan—proof critics say the dispiriting” to hear those stories allocate budget spending to the Liberals over-promised and can’t at the town halls. Treasury Board now instead of deliver on veterans’ issues. “It is a challenge. We are fi xat- doling it out to the department But the minister responsible ed on it,” he said, adding he’s con- later in the year after scrutiny for veterans affairs says he has stantly briefed on backlogs by committee, as has been past no intention of walking back any and, because this government is practice. This approach, however, platform promises, despite his changing how veterans are treat- means for the fi rst time main esti- own department’s caution. ed, the “irony is that has increased mates are in line with the budget Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O’Regan says the Liberals will not shy Maintaining core services demand on our services.” and include all new funding com- away from any campaign promises or budget commitments despite a “amidst competing priorities” is mitments. Veterans Affairs document warning they are ‘competing priorities’ with one of the key risks identifi ed in VAC spending lacks clear Mr. McColeman said he fought core performance targets. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade the plan, published alongside the the approach “tremendously” main estimates in April. It says plan: NDP MP Johns because “they’re bypassing the 950 positions or 23 per cent of of which he is now vice-chair, timely services may prove dif- With additional benefi ts and scrutiny by Parliament.” its workforce between 2009 and during his fi rst term as an MP in fi cult while implementing “several services now becoming available, “They’re taking at least one 2015. 2009. new initiatives and programs Mr. O’Regan’s offi ce said more step out of the scrutiny process “They’re not fi xing the “Many of the same issues exist from multiple federal budgets” veterans are coming forward: and possibly two that take the problem they currently have on today that existed then. That’s and that mandate promises are at over the past two years, VAC has power away from Parliamentar- core services, yet they’re mak- very disappointing. It means risk “given the volume and com- seen a 32 per cent increase in ians,” he said. ing announcements,” Mr. Johns there’s an ingrained culture,” he plexity of commitments.” the number of applications for NDP veterans affairs critic said. “These announcements are said that is bureaucratic, rather Veterans Affairs was one of disability benefi ts. In the 2018 Gord Johns said he’s asked how no good if veterans can’t access than veterans focused. the departments furthest behind budget the Liberals promised the government came up with them.” on its performance targets last $42.8-million over two years to that $42.8-million fi gure, why it’s By some metrics, though, Veterans in court a year, missing 54 per cent of them, “increase service delivery capac- spread over two years, and how the department is improving. largely tied to lengthy wait times. ity,” mostly through frontline staff, many staff it will hire, but those The ratio of case managers to broken promise: critics The department may again have Mr. O’Regan said. details have been elusive. veterans is within reach of the 25 Both Mr. Johns and Mr. Mc- diffi culty meeting those planned That money is one of the ways “That means they’re looking to 1 goal—now at 30 to 1. That’s Coleman say the $37-million targets, given veterans’ well-being the government can both improve at doing a short-term fi x, which down from the 40 to 1 ratio in spent over the last two years in is shared with multiple jurisdic- service and keep its new commit- isn’t what veterans need,” said Mr. 2015 and “trending in the right legal proceedings with veterans tions, the 2018-19 plan said. ments, Mr. O’Regan said, despite Johns (Courtenay-Alberni, B.C.), direction,” said Mr. O’Regan’s amounts to a key broken prom- Conservative veterans affairs the concerns raised by the depart- who has raised the same concerns press secretary Alex Wellstead ise after Prime Minister Justin critic Phil McColeman said the ment because the “last thing” they as outlined in the key risk docu- by email. Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) plat- language “is most telling,” and want is to be “back to square one.” ment, which he called “alarming.” Empowering frontline staff to form promise that “no veteran has reads as a warning the minis- “We’re hoping that increased The department hasn’t been make more decisions and “give to fi ght the government for the ter plans “to break some more frontline staff presence will using all of its approved spend- the benefi t of the doubt to veter- support and compensation they promises.” The report and its help with that. We’re trying new ing—a sign to Mr. Johns of bad ans” is key, said Mr. O’Regan. have earned.” language is “setting the stage for a streamlining features,” like putting management. “Culture changes are diffi cult The Liberal pension for life narrative,” he said—a pre-emptive more online and encouraging A January document tabled and they take time,” he said, but announcement hasn’t satisfi ed the effort to shape public response veterans to create and use “My in the House of Commons in re- people are noticing the change. litigants with the Equitas Society, to what he sees as an inevitable VAC” accounts, where they can ap- sponse to an order paper question Mr. McColeman isn’t one of which launched its case more failure to meet its targets. ply for benefi ts and communicate from Mr. Johns showed $143-mil- them. He fi rst sat on the House than six years ago after the Con- “They basically over-promised lion in lapsed spending—or 3.67 Veterans Affairs Committee, servative government changed veterans,” said Mr. McColeman per cent of the department’s allot- its approach to compensation for (Brantford-Brant, Ont.), noting ted funds not spent—in 2016-17. injured soldiers. the plan suggests they don’t have That’s down from a 2014-15 high Moving away from the current the infrastructure or the resourc- (since 2013) under the Conser- lump-sum payment approach es to put everything in place. vative government, when they won’t come into effect until April Veterans Affairs Minister Sea- lapsed $228-million, or 6.34 per 2019, and while the group has mus O’Regan (St. John’s South- cent of the budget. called the new approach prog- Mount Pearl, N.L.) said that’s not The document anticipated that ress, it still creates a two-tiered the case. criticism and noted programming system and a broken Liberal “No, we won’t be walking back is “demand driven” and the budget promise. commitments,” said Mr. O’Regan, is based on estimates so if fewer Mr. O’Regan disagrees with in an interview with The Hill veterans use the benefi t, or take that assessment, saying he’s com- Times at the Royal Ottawa Mental less, the money is returned to the mended the group as veterans’ Health Centre, after an announce- fi scal framework. advocates, but of their decision to ment that the hospital would part- But to Mr. Johns, that amount go to court: “I can’t control that.” ner on the government’s Centre suggests the department doesn’t He said he feels “very strongly” of Excellence in PTSD—also a have a clear plan. about pension for life and that the mandate-letter commitment. “Either that or the govern- Liberals are “delivering on our “I fail to see where we haven’t ment never intended to spend that mandate commitment.” delivered. I’m not happy about money on veterans.” “They’ve made the decision backlog and we have to con- At the House Veterans Affairs Conservative veterans affairs critic Phil to go back [to court]—we have tinue to work on that” alongside Committee he’s asked the depart- McColeman says the departmental to make sure the government’s other priorities, said Mr. O’Regan, NDP veterans affairs critic Gord Johns ment how it will deal with new plan’s language around key risks represented if they’re going to which include putting in place the says the risks outlined in a department programs, especially consider- suggests the department and take us back.” recently announced Pension for report are ‘alarming.’ The Hill Times ing it’s “still short” on staff after government are preparing to break some [email protected] Life and “continued work on men- photograph by Andrew Meade Conservative-era cuts dropped promises. The Hill Times fi le photograph The Hill Times 14 WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News NDP caucus

MP Erin Weir, Ex-NDP MP pictured on Oct. 12 at a Phoenix pay-system Nystrom calls Weir protest in Ottawa, was dismissed probe ‘fl awed,’ as from the NDP’s 44-member caucus on party starts new May 3. The Hill Times photograph investigation into by Andrew Meade MP Christine Moore

Continued from page 1 and take full responsibility for his actions, but he changed his mind Mr. Nystrom, who backed MP and removed the MP from caucus Guy Caron (Rimouski Neigette- after Mr. Weir spoke publicly Témiscouata-Les Basques, Que.) about the allegations in a way in last year’s leadership race, said Mr. Singh said “attacked some- the investigation was “fl awed,” as one who’d come forward with a such examinations are supposed complaint” and “released details would release the fi ndings of the our caucus is unfortunate but his reputation. “To smear Erin to be started based on a specifi c which could identify the indi- report, not including anything necessary, and entirely due to his Weir’s reputation over a physical complaint from someone directly vidual.” Mr. Singh said Mr. Weir’s that would jeopardize a complain- own actions.” proximity issue, if that’s indeed affected and not unspecifi ed al- actions showed he was “unwilling ant’s confi dentially. The party has Tim Powers, a former adviser all that happened, is to demean legations from a third party. to take appropriate responsibility not released anything more than to Conservative politicians and the defi nition of real life sexual The investigation started in for his actions and therefore any what Mr. Singh said last week. current vice-chair of Summa Strat- harassment and elevate NDP early February after Mr. Weir (Re- rehabilitative approach is now Ms. Moore told The Hill Times egies, also didn’t fault the NDP. political correctness to the level gina-Lewvan, Sask.) expressed untenable.” that the report should not be re- “Based on what the NDP said, of paranoia,” he wrote. his desire to become the NDP For his part, Mr. Weir said he leased even if names are redacted they offered a path of reconcilia- Now-Independent Mr. Weir told caucus chair. In response, MP sought direction from Mr. Singh’s because she thinks it would tion. Mr. Weir chose not to take it The Hill Times in the House foyer Christine Moore (Abitibi-Témis- offi ce before commenting on a discourage victims from coming and that’s probably the best the on May 7 that he’s “cautiously camingue, Que.) said in an email CBC report on the investigation’s forward if they felt parts of their NDP could do in these circum- optimistic” about his chances of to the NDP caucus that Mr. Weir results, but when he hadn’t heard reports would be made public. stances,” he said. rejoining the federal NDP caucus. was the “last person” she would back and the CBC put out the Ms. Moore is now subject to a want to see in the position. In story “I felt compelled to respond harassment allegation herself. Mr. MP her email, Ms. Moore outlined to the complaint that had been Singh said in a May 8 statement Christine unspecifi ed allegations of harass- made public, while being careful he would appoint a third-party in- Moore ment against Mr. Weir she said not to name the complainant.” vestigator to look into allegations has been were from mostly women staffers. Mr. Weir has accused the in a CBC report that Ms. Moore, a suspended The allegations resulted in NDP complainant in the non-sexual nurse, gave Afghanistan war vet- from her leader Jagmeet Singh launching a harassment case of being politi- eran Glen Kirkland alcohol even NDP caucus third-party investigation conduct- cally motivated. when he said he was on medi- duties ed by University of Ottawa law “The problem with the story cation that shouldn’t be mixed during an professor Michelle Flaherty. is that nobody seems to have all with it, and pursued a romantic investigation Mr. Singh told reporters on the facts. So it’s really hard to relationship with him despite him into May 3 in the House of Commons pass judgment on it. That in itself saying he didn’t want it. They ini- misconduct foyer that Prof. Flaherty found is a problem for the NDP leader- tially met when he was a witness allegations three claims of sexual harassment ship and for Erin Weir,” said Karl at a parliamentary committee. against her. and one claim of harassment Bélanger, former interim na- Mr. Singh suspended Ms. The Hill were sustained by the evidence. tional director of the NDP and the Moore from her caucus duties Times fi le during the investigation. She was photograph the party’s critic for rural affairs and the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Re- gions of Quebec. Ms. Moore said in a statement that she welcomes the opportu- nity to take part in the probe. “Out of respect for the fairness and the integrity of the process, “As Mr. Weir talks, more peo- “I’m a lifetime member of the I will not be commenting further ple may question some of what Saskatchewan NDP, so it’s no on these allegations at this point,” he is saying,” Mr. Powers said. “[It secret I’d like to rejoin the federal the CBC reported she said. is] certainly his right to defend NDP parliamentary caucus,” he himself but he almost seems to said. Weir consequences reinforce a bit of an ignorance “Usually when you are kicked ‘entirely due to his own about what the real issues were out of one’s caucus, it is really according to the investigator.” hard to come back and I can’t actions’: MP Malcolmson Mr. Powers said that any at- think of any recent example Mr. Weir’s dismissal and the tempt by the NDP leadership to of people who came back after NDP leader Jagmeet Singh fl anked by NDP whip Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet, investigation into Ms. Moore try to silence Weir from talking such a dismissal,” Mr. Bélanger House leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau, parliamentary leader Guy Caron, and MPs comes in the midst of the #MeToo would only “lend credence to the said. Nathan Cullen and Tracey Ramsey, tells reporters on May 3 he has dismissed movement and in an atmosphere theory that Mr. Weir is advancing Despite his desire to return to MP Erin Weir from caucus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade of an attempt to change the that this is about other matters the fold, on May 6 Mr. Weir said culture of sexual harassment on and not about what the investiga- on CTV’s Question Period that In a statement, he said that the president of the Douglas-Coldwell Parliament Hill. tor discovered.” he is not ruling out legal action sexual harassment cases “might Foundation. “I was encouraged that Mr. Mr. Powers rejected the as- against the NDP. reasonably be expected to cause “Neither side look good in this. Weir was willing to participate in sertion that the investigation Despite being out of caucus, offence” and that “Mr. Weir failed Some decisions made by Weir led conciliation with complainants was “worthy of being seen as a the rookie MP said he didn’t feel to read non-verbal cues in social to his dismissal which was not and complete training ... But Mr. witch hunt,” as CTV’s Don Martin isolated, and that other MPs on the situations and that his behaviour necessarily a foregone conclusion Weir’s subsequent statement, call- labelled it. “I don’t know how a Hill are still friendly and receptive resulted in signifi cant negative when you look at the statement by ing the harassment complaints third-party investigator, who is to him. He said he is now focused impacts on the complainants.” Jagmeet Singh following the inves- ‘trumped up,’ demonstrated to me respected, coming out of the Uni- on trying to continue regular MP When Mr. Weir was told “his tigation and the report. So I think it that he wasn’t taking responsibil- versity of Ottawa with a expertise work as much as possible. advances were unwanted, he could have been handled differ- ity,” NDP MP Sheila Malcolmson in this would get pulled into a —with fi les from Jolson Lim stopped.” ently from both sides,” he said. (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) told witch hunt,” he said. and Emily Haws Mr. Singh initially decided to Mr. Singh’s chief of staff The Hill Times in a statement. Mr. Martin suggested Mr. Weir [email protected] have Mr. Weir undergo training Willy Blomme said that the party “That Mr. Weir was removed from should have been able to defend The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2018 15

hill climbers Trump and the age by Laura Ryckewaert of the weaponized Justice minister gets new narrative Hillary Clinton’s campaign—if chief of staff , Jessica Prince As politics have you’ll recall the pre-Russian- meddling-narrative conventional become colonized by wisdom based on all the avail- able sensory, anecdotal, and jour- ustice Minister Jody Wilson- Ms. MacKenzie is a former 2004 and has been Liberal caucus a toxic combination nalistic evidence generated by JRaybould has a new chief of partner with the Tewanee Con- chair since 2011. Ms. Gareau of reality-show the candidate herself—was only staff in her ministerial offi ce, sulting Group in British Colum- has also previously worked at marginally less off-putting than with former senior policy adviser bia, and a former chief of pro- the Centre for Israel and Jewish drama and covert Donald Trump’s in relative terms. Jessica Prince having recently tocol and director of Aboriginal Affairs in Montreal. She has a This made the entire general returned to take on the top job. outreach and participation with bachelor of arts in philosophy, intelligence tactics, election an exercise in cynicism Four Host First Nations, which with a minor in biomedical sci- Jessica so potent that “dumpster fi re” be- was jointly created by the Lil’wat, ences, from McGill University, will the guardians of came an insuffi ciently ugly simile Prince is Musqueam, Squamish, and Tseil- along with a certifi cate in teach- New York Times back on reason catch up? very early on. re- Waututh First Nations to “coor- ing English as a second language porter Amy Chozick’s new book, the Hill as dinate their collective efforts to from Concordia. Chasing Hillary the justice , chronicles the host and support the 2010 Winter” In turn, Vincent Hughes trajectory of a candidate whose minister’s Olympic games, as described on is now press secretary to Mr. chief of contempt for the media played her LinkedIn profi le. LeBlanc. He’d previously been a out by proxy in the bullying mind staff. For her part, Ms. Prince worked special assistant for Quebec and Photograph games her press staff deployed as a litigation associate at Polley Atlantic regional affairs since against reporters (“You’ve got a courtesy of Faith LLP in Toronto before moving March 2016, as well as serving LinkedIn target on your back,” one of them to Ottawa to work for the Liberal as assistant to the minister’s tells Chozick). government. She’s also been a parliamentary secretary, Liberal In tactical terms, Trump’s litigation associate with Thornton MP Terry Beech. Mr. Hughes presidency has not just over- Ms. Prince had been a senior Grout Finnigan LLP in Toronto, received an undergraduate de- thrown long-standing norms policy adviser to Ms. Wilson- and studied law at the University gree in political science from the Lisa Van Dusen whose obliteration has pro- Raybould from January 2016 until of Oxford and at City University University of Ottawa. What Fresh Hell duced the highly valuable—to mid-September 2017, when she London. On Bay Street, she worked Alexis McIntyre, director of those attacking democracy— departed “to travel the world,” as on high-profi le cases including policy to Mr. LeBlanc since May outcome of a public whose ca- she indicated in a Sept. 18 tweet. intervening for the Canadian Medi- 2016, is currently on maternity s America continues to thrash pacity for shock is in danger of In a Sept. 11 tweet from Ms. cal Association on the Carter case, leave. During her absence, director Athrough the daily onslaught being deactivated. It is refash- Wilson-Raybould, the minister which reached the Supreme Court, of parliamentary affairs Sheldon of political and psychosocial ioning America’s identity both wished her well, and thanked her on physician-assisted dying. She Gillis has stepped up to serve as internationally and to its own Canadian destabilization emanating from its for “being such an indispensable was named as one of acting policy director in the min- citizens. Lawyer own president, it may be time for part” of her staff team. ’s Top 25 Most Infl uential in ister’s offi ce. Mr. Gillis started out therapeutic thought experiment. The operatic parade of hor- Now back from her time away the justice system and legal profes- as a special assistant for Atlantic Sometimes in life, it can help ribles witnessed in the past 16 from the grind of politics, Ms. sion in Canada in 2016. regional affairs in the fi sheries to retrieve the cognitive kaleido- months of his anything-can-hap- Prince has taken over as chief of minister’s offi ce in 2016 under scope from the ditch into which pen presidency has overwritten staff to Ms. Wilson-Raybould, re- Fisheries Minister LeBlanc then-minister Hunter Tootoo. it’s been fl ung by heretofore America’s positive-and-negative- placing Lea MacKenzie, who is set shuffl es senior staff Meanwhile, Mr. LeBlanc has unimaginable events, and give it a within-predictable-parameters to soon leave the Hill. Stay tuned welcomed Rémi Minville-Blanch- shake and a wee twist to see how national narrative with a circus to Hill Climbers for more on where Fisheries and Oceans Minister ette to his team as a new schedul- the chips realign. of hourly psychological-warfare Ms. MacKenzie will land. Dominic LeBlanc has made a ing assistant. What seems evident in the tweets, Tiki-torch Nazis, and Ms. MacKenzie started off as number of senior staffi ng changes Vince MacNeil is chief of staff story so far of Donald Trump’s aggrieved porn stars. It has director of political operations to in his offi ce. to Mr. LeBlanc. The minister was hostile takeover of American taken key elements of American Ms. Wilson-Raybould in Novem- Kevin Lavigne, who was hired diagnosed with chronic lympho- democracy is that it was propelled political culture—deference for ber 2015, and was promoted to as communications director to cytic leukemia in April 2017 but at least in part by an operating the offi ce of the president on the the title of chief of staff a few the minister in February 2017, is has continued his work in cabinet system aided by Russian intelli- part of the media and Congress, months later in May 2016, replac- now director of operations in Mr. while undergoing treatments. gence. Because covert operations confi dence in the resiliency of the ing the minister’s fi rst chief of LeBlanc’s offi ce. generally don’t publish quarterly system of governance, good-faith staff, Kirsten Mercer. Before coming to the Hill, Mr. Offi cial opposition team reports, what isn’t entirely clear is assumptions of allegiances and Lavigne was in New Brunswick up one staff er if and when, precisely, that oper- loyalties, including patriotism, on working as a senior adviser in the ating system shut down, whether the part of one’s fellow citizens— offi ce of the province’s Liberal Conservative offi cial op- any other interests had a stake and weaponized them as existen- premier, Brian Gallant, having position leader Andrew Scheer in it, and whether its mission tial vulnerabilities. started out as an executive as- welcomed a new special assistant included any outcomes beyond As Trump himself knows, sistant to Mr. Gallant as leader to his team in April, with Aude “meddling.” based on his organization’s re- of the offi cial opposition in the Cauchard becoming special assis- Given the shamelessness of ported use of an Israeli spy fi rm province in 2013. tant to the leader’s senior Quebec some of the stunts pulled by inter- to conduct a “dirty ops” cam- He’s also a former manager of adviser, Martin Bélanger. ests—covert and overt—invested paign against Obama administra- technical programs for Soccer New Mr. Bélanger is also director in the degradation of democracy tion aides associated with the Iran Brunswick and a former teacher of caucus services, research, and worldwide recently, these may be nuclear deal, intelligence prac- with the Francophone South School administration, a role that sees pretty relevant questions. Given tices have migrated to politics in a District in his home province, ac- him lead the Conservative caucus’ Trump’s unabashed support for way that makes the line between cording to his LinkedIn profi le. research bureau on the Hill. The many of those bad actors, to what publicly and privately funded With Mr. Lavigne taking on a Conservative research offi ce was degree is he one of them? intelligence entities, as well as old Lea MacKenzie, outgoing chief of staff new role, former press secretary allocated a budget of $2.8-million As degrading, despair-and- assumptions about national and to the justice minister, is headed off the Laura Gareau has moved up to for 2017-18, the most recent fi gure change narratives go, the 2016 ideological delineations, obsolete, Hill. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn serve as director of communica- available. United States presidential if not pointless. tions and issues management in Ms. Cauchard previously did campaign was spectacular. The re- As with so many aspects of our Ms. Mercer, a former adviser the fi sheries minister’s offi ce. communications work for the Vrai lentless offensiveness of Trump’s lives that have been transformed to Ontario Liberal Premier Kath- Ms. Gareau fi rst joined Mr. changement pour Montreal (Real campaign and the cascade of by technological innovation in leen Wynne, had vacated the role LeBlanc’s staff team in November change for Montreal), a municipal gobsmacking inputs that legiti- the past 20 years, politics has following some criticism over the 2016, and before that had been a party in Montreal, led by Justine mized and sustained it refl ected been contaminated by tactical fact that her husband, Matthew constituency assistant to Liberal McIntyre, for about a year start- an America whose identity had early adapters who are leaving Mendelsohn, had been appointed MP Marc Miller, who represents ing in December 2016, as indi- suddenly transformed beyond rec- the guardians of reason in their deputy secretary to cabinet on Ville Marie-Le Sud Ouest-Île des cated on her LinkedIn profi le. She ognition after it had twice elected destabilizing dust. results and delivery at the Privy Soeurs, Que. studied political science at the Barack Obama. Not just in an Lisa Van Dusen is associate Council Offi ce (PCO), the bureau- She previously spent roughly University of Montreal. electoral college vs. popular vote/ editor of Policy Magazine and cratic arm of the prime minister’s fi ve years on the Hill from 2009 David McArthur is chief of staff disputed-hanging-chads fog, but was a Washington and New offi ce. Mr. Mendelsohn’s appoint- to 2014 working as a legislative to Mr. Scheer, while Marc-André in the fi rst back-to-back victories York-based editor at UPI, AP, and ment came into effect in January assistant to Liberal MP Francis Leclerc is deputy chief of staff. of more than 51 per cent of the ABC. She writes a weekly column 2016. Ms. Mercer exited as chief Scarpaleggia, who has represent- [email protected] for . 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Chief of staff to the Diplomatic Circles innovation minister Gianluca Cairo, left, senior adviser in by Shruti Shekar the public services minister's offi ce Brian Bohunicky, and PMO executive ASEAN trade deal ‘will director for cabinet and legislative affairs Mike McNair at last year's happen, it is very strong,’ Politics & the Pen gala. The Hill Times fi le photograph says new Thai envoy Rideau Room, 150 Albert St., Ottawa. Register: ottawa@ thecic.org or 613-903-4011. More information: https:// Parliamentary cicncbmay102018.eventbrite.ca. FRIDAY, MAY 11 Canada and the 10-member Calendar Latin American Film Festival—Cinema from across Latin America will be showcased at the new Ottawa Art Association of Southeast Gallery, May 2-31. The Latin American Film Festival, now in its 22nd year, is being organized by the Canadian Asian Nations started Film Institute with the collaboration of GRULA, a group of Latin American embassies in Canada. Admission $13 exploratory trade talks in for the general public and $9 for CFI and OAG members, students, and seniors. Ottawa Art Gallery, 50 Mackenzie September. King Bridge. For tickets see: cfi -icf.ca/laff. Anthony Carricato Campaign Launch—Hill staffer hailand’s new ambassador, Maris Anthony Carricato is running for Ottawa city council in TSangiampongsa, says his country’s Capital Ward. His campaign launch will take place at 99 military-run government will “not stall” Politicos to don their Fifth Ave., in the atrium, Arrow & Loom Pub, at 7 p.m. ongoing talks toward a possible trade SATURDAY, MAY 12 deal between the Association of Southeast Maris Sangiampongsa, pictured, the new Thai fi nest for Politics & Lindsay Shepherd to Receive Harry Weldon Canadian Asian Nations and Canada. ambassador, presented his credentials on Values Award—POGG Canada’s Harry Weldon Canadian In 2015, Mr. Sangiampongsa’s prede- March 27 replacing Vijavat Isarabhakdi, who Values Award will be presented to Lindsay Shepherd cessor said the Conservative government left Canada last fall for Thailand to retire. The the Pen gala of Wilfrid Laurier University for her defence of freedom in Canada at the time put exploratory Hill Times photograph by Shruti Shekar of speech, thought, and diversity of views in Canadian country-to-country free trade talks with universities and society as a whole. Dooprs open at 1 p.m. Thailand on hold as long as the country and has one adult son, Kulachet Chain WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 Best Western Hotel, 1274 Carling Ave., Ottawa. Members, Sangiampongsa, was most recently the $20. Non-members, $25. Please confi rm your attendance remained under an unelected government. The House Is Sitting—The House sits every weekday ASAP to Carol Simpson: [email protected]. Earlier, a leaked memo had suggested the Thai ambassador in New Zealand. until leaving for a one-week break from May 14 to 21. Conservatives were planning to continue The ambassador, who turns 60 in After returning on May 22, the House is scheduled MONDAY, MAY 14 to sit every weekday until adjourning for the summer with the talks, despite advice from depart- November, joined the foreign ministry Polytechnics Canada 2018 Annual Conference: Shift- break in late June. The Senate will largely follow the more than 30 years ago and also served as ing Gears: Today’s Polytechnics, Tomorrow’s Work—In mental offi cials not to, “in the absence of a same schedule, though the Senate traditionally only an era of technological disruption, demographic head- democratically elected government.” ambassador in Australia and Nepal and sits Tuesday to Thursday, and is scheduled to break a winds, job churn, and demand for skills, Polytechnics The Thai military took power in a 2014 held senior roles at Thailand’s embassies week later in the spring, on June 29. Canada’s annual conference will focus on the creativity in Germany and Belgium. He also served Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in coup. Though the southeast Asian country and innovation contributions of polytechnic educa- Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more remains under a military-dominated gov- as personal assistant to Thailand’s prime tion. Keynote speakers include Kristin Sharp, New information, please call Liberal Party media relations at ernment today, Canada under the current minister from 2001 to 2007, on secondment. America director of the initiative on work, workers, and [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Liberal government struck up a new round He said the Southeast Asian bloc is technology, and co-founder of the Shift Commission; Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives and Sheridan College distinguished visiting scholar in of exploratory talks toward a potential free watching what happens with negotiations will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more creativity Gerard Puccio. May 14-15. Davis Campus, trade deal, this time with Thailand and nine between Canada, Mexico, and the United information, contact Cory Hann, director of com- Sheridan College, Brampton, Ont. For more information other ASEAN members. Those discussions States to update the North American Free munications with the Conservative Party of Canada at and to register, visit polytechnicscanada.ca or contact Trade Agreement. Foreign Affairs Minister [email protected]. began in September. Frank Tersigni at [email protected]. NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet Sitting in his offi cial residence in Otta- Chrystia Freeland is in Washington this Pearson Centre Progressive Leadership Gala—This from 9:15-11 a.m. in the Wellington Building. For more wa’s Rockcliffe neighbourhood on April 25, week to try to fi nish off a deal. The trilat- gala will celebrate the fi fth anniversary of the Pearson information, please call the NDP Media Centre at 613- Mr. Sangiampongsa said Thailand needed eral deal could drag on into 2019 if negotia- Centre and honour key Canadian progressive leaders: 222-2351 or [email protected]. Victor G. Dodig, CIBC; Julia Deans, Canadian Children’s to fi nd its “own ways” of democracy, and tors are not able to get something solidifi ed Groupe Parlementaire Québécois Caucus Meeting— Literacy Foundation; Bob Blakely, Canada’s Building that the current military-led government is in the next few weeks. The Groupe Parlementaire Québécois caucus will meet Trades Unions; Roberta Jamieson, Indspire; and Bon- “very supportive in this kind of trade deal.” Mr. Sangiampongsa said Thailand from 9:30 a.m. in La Francophonie room (263-S) in nie Crombie, mayor of Mississauga. Gala chairperson: would work to make an ASEAN-Canada Centre Bock, on Wednesday. For more information, call Other members of the Association of Sandra Pupatello. Reception: 5:30 p.m., dinner and press attaché Julie Groleau, 514-792-2529. Southeast Asian Nations are: Indonesia, trade deal a win-win for both sides. discussion with honourees: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Toronto Team Canada Athletes to be Honoured in the House— Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philip- He said Thailand wants “to have [a Marriott Hotel Eaton Centre, 525 Bay St., Toronto. For Following Question Period, the House will resolve itself pines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and much] higher volume of trade” with more information and tickets: thepearsoncentre.ca. into a committee of the whole in order to welcome the Brunei. Canada. athletes of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and TUESDAY, MAY 15 Mr. Sangiampongsa said it’s impor- The bloc is Canada’s sixth-largest trad- Paralympic Games. 2017/2018 Donner Prize Award Ceremony—The win- tant that before Canada and ASEAN get ing partner and has a combined GDP esti- Canadian Dental Association’s Days on the Hill–Lead- ner of the 2017/2018 Donner Prize, the award recogniz- involved in securing a trade deal, ASEAN mated at more than $3.1-trillion, according ers from Canada’s 21,000 dentists will connect with ing the best public policy book by a Canadian, will be Parliamentarians over two days this week to discuss countries should fi rst come together to to Global Affairs Canada. announced at a 20th anniversary ceremony. The Carlu, important issues pertaining to oral health. May 8 and ensure they are all on the same page. But the ambassador, who has a back- 444 Yonge St., Toronto. 6 p.m. By invitation only. May 9. The CDA is the national voice for dentistry in He said that political ideologies within ground in fi nance and economics and The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. Canada. For further information, please contact Annie Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or governmental the bloc vary, and each country has dif- worked twice in the 1980s and ‘90s in his Jones at [email protected]. event in a paragraph with all the relevant details under the ferent cultures, ways of life, and thought country’s department of ASEAN affairs, Politics & the Pen Gala—The winner of this year’s subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@hilltimes. processes when it comes to trading with said that the Canada-Thai relationship is $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing com by Wednesday at noon before the Monday paper or by not all about trade. He said he hopes that will be announced at the Fairmont Château Laurier in other countries. Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. We can’t guaran- Ottawa at the Politics and the Pen gala tonight. He said he was not able to put a time- while he is in Ottawa he can build stron- tee inclusion of every event, but we will defi nitely do our line on when a deal might be completed. ger people-to-people ties and that would THURSDAY, MAY 10 best. Events can be updated daily online too. Talks are only in the exploratory stage and include more “integration” of businesses in The Hill Times Advancing LGBTQI2 Rights in Developing Countries have not progressed to full formal negotia- Thailand and Canada. through Research—The International Development tions. But, he said, it “will happen, it is very Already, thousands of Thais come to Research Centre and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the strong.” Canada each year to study, visit, or work. Netherlands are hosting a panel discussion on the role of And about 230,000 Canadians visited Thai- research in advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, Extra! Extra! ASEAN watching NAFTA talks land as tourists in 2013. transgender, queer, intersex, and two-spirit persons in “We need to understand each other. developing countries. 9-11 a.m. IDRC, 150 Kent St., RReadead the full closely And I have to paint a correct picture [of 8th fl oor, W. David Hopper Room A, Ottawa. Seating is ParliamentaParliamentaryry The career diplomat arrived in Canada free but limited, so please register at idrc.ca/LGBTQI2. Thailand] in the eyes of the private sector National March for Life in Ottawa—Thousands will from New Zealand with nine hours to because that’s the growth engine—the fl ock to Parliament Hill for this annual gathering. The CCalendaralendar spare before presenting his credentials to stronger link of business-to-business and theme for this year’s march is “Pro-Life All In.” Governor General Julie Payette at Rideau moving to integration,” he said. “When you Canada’s G7 Presidency and the Charlevoix Summit— online Hall on March 27. He replaced Vijavat join together completely, then you under- The Canadian International Council’s National Capital Isarabhakdi, who served in the role from stand mutual interests. If you are not join- Branch invites you to this event with Peter Boehm, dep- March 2015 until he returned to Thailand to ing together completely you think of your uty minister for the G7 summit and personal representa- tive of the prime minister, in advance of Canada hosting retire at the end of September 2017. own interests.” [email protected] the G7 leaders’ summit in Charlevoix, Que., June 8-9. 5 The new ambassador, who lives in Ot- p.m. (registration and cash bar); 6 p.m. (presentation, tawa with his wife Kokan Sangiampongsa @shruti_shekar discussion); 7:30 p.m. (optional dinner), Sheraton Hotel,