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NEWS ASIA NEWS THE TRAGICALLY HIP NEWS PUBLIC OPINION Liberals edge Pollsters starting towards new SADNESS, HOPE, to see uptick Pacifi c trade AND GRACE, TOO in government agreement work

BY PETER MAZEREEUW BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI The Liberal government took the fi rst step towards a possible free trade agree- The Trudeau government is reinvesting in ment with a collection of Southeast Asian public opinion research after it was virtu- countries earlier this month, as the future ally abandoned in the fi nal years of the last of the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership agreement Conservative government, though spending remains mired in doubt. remains far below historical averages, ac- The offi ce of Trade Minister Chrystia cording to veteran pollster Frank Graves. Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) quietly “They’ve committed to doing more and announced in a press release earlier this more work...but it’s certainly nowhere near month that Canadian offi cials would be the levels it was historically both with the instructed to begin working on the terms of a early stages of the Conservative govern- “feasibility study” on the merits of a Canada- ment, certainly the Liberal government ASEAN free trade agreement. before that, and the Mulroney government The press release came after Ms. Free- before that,” he told The Hill Times. land co-chaired a meeting of the economic Mr. Graves, founder and president of ministers of the 10-country trade bloc, Ekos Research, said in an interview that which stands for Association of Southeast the federal government has contracted Asian Nations, on Aug. 8. more public opinion research work from his company since the election last fall. He Continued on page 5 linked this to the Liberals’ push to what they see as a return to evidence-based decision-making.

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The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie embraces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before last Feds reviewing Saturday’s concert in Kingston, broadcast live on CBC to 11.7 million viewers. The show closed the Hip’s Man Machine Poem tour, possibly its last given Mr. Downie’s terminal cancer diagnosis. NEWS LOBBYING ACT inland refugee For more on the PM’s appearance and what it means for him politically, read Heard on the Hill, page 2, and Les Whittington, page 11. The Tragically Hip photograph by David Bastedo system, under Ethics critic pushes for better pressure to scrap NEWS DISARMAMENT enforcement ‘safe countries’ list Trudeau government’s commitment of ‘20 per cent’ BY PETER MAZEREEUW to nuclear disarmament questioned lobbying rule The Liberal government is re-evaluating after UN vote the way it treats refugee claimants who ask for BY CHELSEA NASH AND MARCO V IGLIOTTI protection after arriving in Canada, but won’t BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI beginning negotiations on a potential U.N. say whether it will scrap some of the widely An ethics watchdog wants stronger treaty banning nuclear weapons, though criticized restrictions on some refugee claim- oversight from Ottawa to ensure organiza- Critics are accusing the Trudeau govern- the Liberals say these talks would likely ants brought in by the previous government. tions are complying with rules requiring ment of failing an important test of global prove fruitless. Government offi cials met with refugee public disclosure of lobbying activities. leadership by siding with the U.S. and advocacy groups and researchers July 14 Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democ- other nuclear powers and voting against to gather suggestions on what to do with Continued on page 15 racy Watch and a visiting professor at the Canada’s asylum system, which is used to University of Ottawa, is calling on the process applications for refugee status by federal government to stop letting organi- people who have already arrived in the coun- zations determine themselves if they are try. People brought in from refugee camps compliant with rules mandating registra- abroad are processed in a different way. In Canada turns back on UN plan to tion as lobbyists if advocacy efforts go 2014-15, the tribunal that decides on refugee beyond a pre-determined threshold. claims in Canada was referred 13,500 claims, ban nuclear arms: ex-senator “Self-regulation has been proven not to and the next year that creeped up to 16,500. Doug Roche, p.14 work at all,” he told The Hill Times. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 4 2 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ

of news and government. Her fi rst day Centre in 2013, though she was defeated by was Monday. author and journalist Linda McQuaig. ON “As lot a people have pointed out, I can’t The subsequent election was won THE think of a more perfect job for me,” she by Liberal Chrystia Freeland, who now HEARD HILL said in an interview. serves as the international trade minister. Ms. Hollett later won the NDP nomination BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI for the new central Toronto riding of Universi- ty-Rosedale in time for the 2015 election. However, she was defeated by Ms. Freeland, who switched to run in the neigh- Final Hip show attracts bouring riding. Bélanger funeral high-profi le attendees scheduled for next weekend

diligently to address the challenges facing The funeral for late Liberal MP Mauril the country’s First Nations. Bélanger will be held on Saturday at Ot- “Well, you know, Prime Minister tawa’s Notre Dame Basilica, according to Trudeau’s got me, his work with First Na- reporting by the Ottawa Citizen. tions. He’s got everybody. He’s going to Mr. Bélanger, who represented the rid- take us where we need to go,” the Hip lead ing of Ottawa Vanier, died Aug. 15 after he singer said from the stage, as reported by Former federal NDP candidate Jennifer Hollett was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral the Canadian Press. has joined Twitter Canada as its new head of sclerosis last fall. “It’s going to take us 100 years to fi gure news and government. She described the job The funeral is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. out what the hell went on up there, but it as being a perfect fi t for her. Photograph courtesy isn’t cool and everybody knows that. It’s of Twitter really, really bad, but we’re going to fi gure Former MP Elsie Wayne it out, you’re going to fi gure it out.” “If you look at a Venn diagram of my career, passes away After returning for an encore, Mr. it’s journalism, it’s politics, and tech. This is one Prime Minister Justin Trudeau witnessed live Downie said “thank you to the prime minis- of the few roles that brings it all together.” Former New Brunswick MP Elsie what is likely the Tragically Hip’s fi nal concert ter for coming to our show, it really means She described herself as a huge fan and Wayne has died at the age of 84. Saturday night in Kingston. While there, he a lot to all of us.” user of the site, joking that it will be nice to Her passing was confi rmed Tuesday by had the opportunity to meet with lead singer He then proceeded to laud Mr. Trudeau know she won’t get in trouble for check- New Brunswick’s offi cial opposition, ac- Gord Downie (pictured) and wrote a personal again for making First Nations people a ing Twitter while at work. cording to the Canadian Press. message on a wall outside the arena where the major commitment for his government. The microblogging site, famous for Ms. Wayne began her storied political band performed. Photos courtesy of the offi cial Twitter “We’re in good hands, folks, real good its 140-character limit and hashtags, has career by winning election to Saint John account of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hands. He cares about the people way up “reshaped” news and politics, and is a “big City Council in 1977. She was elected as North, that we were trained our entire lives part of democratic renewal,” she said. the city’s fi rst female mayor in 1983. to ignore, trained our entire lives to hear In the position Ms. Hollett will be respon- Along with Jean Charest, Ms. Wayne hile his cabinet colleagues were milling not a word of what’s going on up there,” sible for fostering relationships with Cana- was one of only two MPs elected under the Waround university dorms in Sudbury, Mr. Downie said. dian media outlets, government agencies, Progressive Conservative banner in the party’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, “And what’s going on up there ain’t and political groups, focusing on new ways disastrous showing in the 1993 federal election. Que.) spent Saturday night hundreds of kilo- good. It’s maybe worse than it’s ever been, to use Twitter, create content and discovering She represented the riding of Saint metres away, enjoying likely the last concert so it’s not on the improve. (But) we’re go- what’s possible with the platform. John until 2004. of arguably Canada’s greatest rock band. ing to get it fi xed and we got the guy to do She said she would work closely with Ms. Wayne sat as a member of the new The Tragically Hip closed out its Man Ma- it, to start, to help.” the media, journalists, politicians, different Conservative Party upon its establishment. chine Poem tour on Saturday night in front Local MP and former Kingston may- ministries, and governments to make sure of a raucous hometown crowd in Kingston. or Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, they’re “getting the most out of Twitter.” The tour is seen as the band’s last after Ont.) was also in attendance for the concert. The position was most recently held Quebec MP pulls off an it was publicly revealed in May that lead He posted on Twitter that he fi rst heard by former Globe and Mail reporter Steve ‘Ironman’ performance singer Gord Downie had been diagnosed the Hip’s music while working as a deliv- Ladurantaye. with terminal brain cancer. ery boy for the city’s daily newspaper. He left this past spring to join the CBC “My 1st concert was at @FortHenry. My last Conservative The concert was broadcast live nation- as the managing editor of digital news. wide by the CBC. will be tonight,” he wrote on Twitter about the MP Alain “Great hire and good change in focus Mr. Trudeau attended the concert in the Hip, referencing the historical site in Kingston. Rayes and his for the role,” Mr. Ladurantaye wrote in a Limestone City, clad in a denim jean jacket Following the concert, Mr. Trudeau trav- wife, Catherine Twitter post Monday, citing an article about and black Tragically Hip shirt. elled north to Sudbury to reunite with his Lacoste, Ms. Hollett’s hire. He was interviewed by CBC broadcaster front bench colleagues for a late summer completed “Canada can help solve Twitter’s problems.” Ron McLean on-air prior to the concert about cabinet retreat, which wrapped up Monday. their second CBC News anchor Reshmi Nair also what the band meant to him and the nation. The cabinet members, perhaps looking Ironman took to Twitter to offer congratulations, The prime minister later tweeted: “On to avoid generating another controversy triathlon last saying Ms. Hollett created her fi rst account behalf of Canadians, I thank Gord Downie and over lodging costs, were being housed at the weekend. on the site “way back when.” the Hip for their decades of service to Cana- dorms in the city’s Laurentian University. Photograph Christopher Doyle, head of partner- dian music. Forever in our hearts and playlists.” Former university professor Jean-Yves courtesy of the ships of Twitter Canada, told The Hill He also posted a photo of him em- Duclos (Québec, Que.), who now serves as Twitter account of Times the company is excited to welcome bracing Mr. Downie and another of him minister of families, children and social de- Alain Rayes penning a personal message to the famed velopment, seemed to revel in returning to a Ms. Hollett aboard. singer-songwriter on a wall in Kingston post-secondary campus, tweeting a photo of “We’re incredibly excited to add Jennifer prior to the concert. himself in his scarcely decorated dorm room. to our media partnerships team, given her Conservative MP Alain Rayes (Rich- “The whole country is here in Kingston “Fun to be back to university dorm life tremendous experience and knowledge,” he mond-Arthabaska, Que.) proved his mettle tonight! To say thanks, to say goodbye, to @laurentianU for weekend Cabinet retreat said in an interview, adding that after her on the weekend, trudging through the slop- celebrate Canada’s band,” he wrote. in #Sudbury,” he wrote on Twitter. fi rst week in Toronto, she will head south for ing terrain of Mont Tremblant to complete Mr. Downie singled out the prime Some of the cabinet members bunked a weeklong orientation at the company’s San his second Ironman triathlon. minister during the concert, thanking him together in the dorm rooms for the dura- Francisco headquarters. Mr. Rayes, a former mayor of Victo- for attending and for pledging to work tion of the getaway, though Mr. Trudeau Ms. Hollett began her media career work- riaville, completed the gruelling test of told reporters Monday that he had his ing as a manager with Sony Music Canada physical endurance with his wife Cathe- CLARIFICATION room to himself. in the 1990s. She later worked as a reporter rine Lacoste, who fi nished sixth in her age “Being prime minister has its advan- and producer for the CBC, CTV, and Much group, he said on Twitter. Re: “Ranked-ballot system could have tages,” he joked. Music, where she was a well-known VJ. The duo have spent the past 10 months stopped Trump, says U.S. expert set to “I think I got a fl oor monitor’s room.” She holds a B.A. in journalism and com- training for the triathlon, which they also speak to MPs on electoral reform” (The The Liberals drew fi re for spending munications from Concordia University completed last summer, he said. Hill Times online/PDF, Aug. 17, p. 1). The roughly $150,000 to accommodate cabinet and a master’s in public administration Competitors at the Ironman triathlon story did not explicitly explain Prof. Eric members during a retreat in January in St. from the John F. Kennedy School of Gov- must complete a nearly 4 kilometre swim, Maskin’s majority-rule system. Andrews, N.B. ernment at Harvard University. a 180 km bike race and a 42 km run. Under it, the winner is the candidate While there, Ms. Hollett helped to de- Mr. Rayes fi nished the daunting trek in who, according to voters’ rankings, velop the ‘Super Pac App’ for the 2012 U.S. just over 12 hours and 25 minutes, good would beat each other candidate in a Ex-journalist jumps to election that allowed users to determine in enough to place 835 overall, according to head-to-head contest. real-time which political organization paid the offi cial Ironman results page. “Thus, if the candidates are A, B, and Twitter for the advertisement they were watching. Mont Tremblant, part of the Laurentian C, candidate A wins if A is ranked above She then worked as the digital director chain, is one of the region’s most popular B on a majority of ballots and A is also Former NDP candidate Jennifer Hollett for ex-NDP MP Olivia Chow’s unsuccess- tourist destinations. It is located roughly ranked above C by a majority,” Prof. is joining the fl ock at Twitter Canada. ful Toronto mayoral campaign in 2014. 140 kilometres north of Ottawa. Maskin explained in an email to The Ms. Hollett has joined management Ms. Hollett sought the NDP nomina- [email protected] Hill Times. at the microblogging site as its new head tion for the federal by-election in Toronto The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 3 NEWS SOFTWOOD LUMBER Canada preparing legal counterattack to potential softwood duties

Robert We’re not going to Brookfi eld be able to prevent and Martin Moen, two harm to industry, of the leads says top government in the fed- eral public lawyer. service on the softwood lumber ne- BY PETER MAZEREEUW gotiations, brief the Canada’s foreign ministry is House Trade preparing a three-pronged strat- Committee egy to counter the United States last week. trade penalties expected on Cana- The Hill Times dian softwood lumber if the two photograph by countries can’t resolve the trade Peter Mazer- fracas by a mid-October deadline, eeuw according to one of the depart- ment’s top legal advisers. “We’re not going to be in a position to prevent harm. What we can do is try to reduce it,” Robert Brookfi eld, who serves as director general of Global Affairs Canada’s Trade Law Bureau, told the House Trade Committee dur- ing a special summer meeting on the softwood lumber negotiations last week. In response to a question from NDP trade critic Tracey Ramsey (Essex, Ont.), Mr. Brookfi eld said the government has been prepar- ing over the past year for the possibility that Canada and the U.S. won’t be able to reach a new agreement on softwood lumber after the previous deal expired share as Canadian lumber has part to “make sure that the law is tiations earlier this summer, Rich- reaching a softwood deal more last year. fl owed across the border over the more favourable to us” and that ard Garneau, president and CEO diffi cult as time goes on. How- The U.S. is expected to apply past few decades. U.S. practices refl ect that, he said. of Central Canadian softwood gi- ever, the two countries are trying trade penalties to imports of Canada’s forestry sector oper- Canada and the U.S. have ant Resolute Forest Products, told to reach a deal that would not Canadian softwood lumber once ates differently in different parts fought numerous legal battles over the committee that the previous require changes to U.S. law, and a one-year buffer period ends Oct. of the country, but Canadian softwood lumber in the past decade softwood agreement—which gave so would not require the approval 12—as it has after the expiry of forestry lobbyists—in particular or more, with complex rulings that Canadian exporters the option of of Congress, said Mr. Brookfi eld. previous softwood lumber pacts those from Quebec—have argued have come down in favour of each paying an export fee, or a lower In order to do so, the U.S. at the request of the U.S. forestry that they now operate in a de party on different points. fee if they limited the volume of government would have to get sector—if a compromise can’t be facto market-based system, just their exports—had done substan- representatives of at least half of reached. like their U.S. rivals. Atlantic pro- White House, Liberals trying tial damage to Central Canadian the U.S. forestry sector to sign off The government has been ducers, which typically harvest to dodge Congress producers. on the deal and waive their right working with other levels of more trees on private land than The government is committed “The government of Mr. Harper to initiate investor-state law- government and the Canadian elsewhere in Canada, and territo- to trying to reach a deal before expropriated $1 billion U.S. from suits against Canada under the forestry industry to ensure “our rial producers won an exemption Oct. 12, Martin Moen, Canada’s the Canadian industry and gave NAFTA, he said. numbers are in order” to address from restrictions on Canadian im- lead negotiator on the softwood it as ransom to our competitors, The U.S. election is no excuse potential legal claims by the U.S. ports in the last softwood agree- issue, told the committee. How- even though Canada has proven, to fail to get a deal done, Con- government used to justify trade ment, while producers elsewhere ever, doing so by the deadline will according to the law, that its indus- servative MP and committee penalties on Canadian softwood did not. However, 29 companies in be “challenging” given that Cana- try was not subsidized and did not vice-chair Randy Hoback (Prince lumber, said Mr. Brookfi eld. Quebec and three in Ontario were dian softwood exporters have told cause injury,” Mr. Garneau told the Albert, Sask.) told The Hill Times. Liberal MP Steven MacKinnon granted exemptions, as they were the government that no deal is committee April 12. “It just takes willpower,” he (Gatineau, Que.), who attended “previously found by U.S. authori- better than a bad deal, he said. Trade watchers have long said. the meeting as a temporary ties not to benefi t from alleged During the committee’s previ- warned that pre-election cam- [email protected] committee member, said he was subsidies,” according to Global ous study of the softwood nego- paigning in the U.S. could make @PJMazereeuw “heartened by the fact that we are Affairs Canada. preparing for that eventuality, al- The government is also work- though clearly that is not Plan A.” ing with American lawyers to TIMELINE Quebec’s forestry sector, prepare a challenge in U.S. courts which Mr. MacKinnon said has a to the process that would lead THE CANADA-U.S. SOFTWOOD DISPUTE large footprint in the Outaouais to trade penalties being brought region near his riding, has made against Canadian imports if a 1982: 1991: the United States to Canadian industry, “painful adjustments” to be seen deal can’t be struck, Mr. Brook- The U.S. lumber industry fi rst Canada signals it will withdraw and impose a new set of controls on as operating according to free- fi eld said. asks the U.S. government to impose a from that agreement, and the U.S. govern- Canadian exports, including an optional trade principles, he said. The government is prepar- countervailing duty on Canadian imports, ment imposes new countervailing duties. quota system and export fees based on The U.S. forestry sector has ing a potential NAFTA challenge complaining that they are essentially subsi- After fi ghting a drawn-out legal battle the price of lumber. long argued that lumber pro- against the penalties in case the dized through the relatively low stumpage through a bilateral trade tribunal, the two duced in most parts of Canada domestic challenge doesn’t work, fee paid by Canadian producers to the pro- countries agree in 1996 to a fi ve-year deal Oct. 12, 2015: After a two-year is indirectly subsidized by the he said. vincial governments for the right to harvest that includes quota, tariff, and fee controls extension, the Canada-U.S. softwood deal Canadian government, since The third part of the plan is trees on Crown land. After an investigation, on Canadian exports. expires, starting a year-long negotiation forestry companies in Canada a big-picture, long-term process the U.S. Department of Commerce decides 2001: After the 1996 deal ex- period before the U.S. can bring in fresh harvest a much larger proportion of challenging U.S. trade prac- not to impose a duty on Canadian imports. pires, the U.S. Commerce Department duties on Canadian imports. of their trees from government tices that are “inconsistent with 1986: The U.S. industry pushes again for imposes duties of roughly 27 per cent Aug. 18, 2016: Martin Moen, Canada’s land, as opposed to private land, [American] international obliga- duties on Canadian imports, and this time the on Canadian lumber, resulting in layoffs chief negotiator for the softwood dispute, compared to their U.S. competi- tions” in international tribunals Commerce Department agrees to set a 15 per in the Canadian industry. That sets off tells the House Trade Committee it will be tors. The fee system for harvest- such as the World Trade Organi- cent duty. Before the duty comes into effect, another long legal battle through the challenging to reach an agreement with the ing trees on government and zation, he said. Canada and the U.S. reach a deal to phase in WTO and a bilateral legal panel set up U.S. on softwood before the October dead- private land is different, and U.S. Canada is currently interven- the tariff, and bring in a tax by Canada’s federal through the NAFTA. Finally, in 2006, the line, and that the government is preparing a companies have pointed to that to ing in several such international government on lumber exports from provinces Harper and Bush governments reach a legal strategy if a deal cannot be reached. justify protection for their market legal cases against the U.S., in that don’t adjust their stumpage system. deal to refund the duties collected by 4 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 NEWS LOBBYING ACT

interviews with public offi ce hold- Entrepreneurs, who had paid a ers, lobbyists, their employers, fee to attend the event, and some and any other potential witnesses, of whom paid a membership fee according to the offi ce. to Startup Canada, were asked to The commissioner has the provide policy recommendations authority to compel evidence to the ministers and deputy min- to verify compliance during an isters to aid in the development of investigation. the Liberal government’s innova- The commissioner takes all tion agenda. allegations seriously, her offi ce On Startup Canada’s website, stated. the event is plugged as an oppor- According to the offi ce, the de- tunity “to provide direct input into cision to initiate an investigation Canada’s Innovation Strategy.” can be triggered by an “external Attendees included Finance complaint or can be internally Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto generated,” such as through moni- Centre, Ont.), Small Business and toring media reports, for instance. Tourism Minister Bardish Chag- If during an investigation, ger (Waterloo, Ont.), and Arif the commissioner has reason to Virani (Parkdale-High Park, Ont.), believe an offence has occurred parliamentary secretary to the under the Lobbying Act, she must minister of immigration refugees suspend her investigation and and citizenship. refer the case to police. Ms. Lennox said “every single Chad Rogers, a lobbyist with person who attended had to table Crestview Strategy, said if there’s a recommendation.” ever any grey area about whether One Ottawa lobbyist, who did to register, he always would not wish to be named in case he advise to seek out confi rmation ever had to work with Startup from the commissioner’s offi ce. Canada in any capacity, told The “What you can do is seek out a Hill Times that it sounded like proactive opinion, and have it in lobbying to him. your back pocket. And if situa- “That strikes me, if you’re put- tions change, you can say, ‘Look, ting that out there, that: join this we made our best effort,’” he said. organization and we can change Questions surrounding the government policy...that’s lobby- application and enforcement of ing. That’s what lobbying is. And the 20 per cent rule have also if that is the case, then absolutely, emerged in the courts. you should be held to the same Bruce Carson, a one-time standards and legal framework adviser to former prime minister that other lobbyists are.” Stephen Harper, is currently fac- When Ms. Lennox was asked ing three counts of improper lob- if she considered that event to bying relating to his work for the be registrable activity under the Energy Policy Institute of Canada Lobbying Act, she replied, “no, and the Canada School of Energy we’re not lobbying at this stage.” and Environment (CSEE), where When asked to clarify the he served as executive director. difference between making these None of the allegations have policy recommendations directly The offi ce of Lobbying Commissioner Karen Shepherd, left, says it takes all allegations of lobbying misconduct been proven in court and Mr. Car- to government ministers and dep- seriously. Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher, right, thinks the offi ce could be doing more proactive son has pleaded not guilty. uty ministers under the umbrella enforcement. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and Cynthia Münster Patrick McCann, Mr. Carson’s of Startup Canada, and a lobbyist attorney, argued during his trial making policy recommendations in May that as an employee of the to the government on behalf of a CSEE his client would have quali- client, she said, “Startup Canada fi ed as an in-house consultant, does not dictate policy at all.” Ethics critic pushes for who must only register if lobby- The group, like public policy ing constitutes a “signifi cant” part forums, “summarizes what the of their duties. entrepreneurs say, and [feeds] it However, signifi cant is not to government,” she said. better enforcement of ‘20 explicitly defi ned anywhere in the “Most of our work is to con- Lobbying Act, Mr. McCann said. nect entrepreneurs to government directly. And we serve as a con- Startup Canada says it’s duit for their perspectives when per cent’ lobbying rule keeping track of its hours asked to appear before commit- Victoria Lennox, co-founder tees,” Ms. Lennox said, calling and CEO of Startup Canada, a Startup a platform for “entrepre- self-described “grassroots net- neurs to connect with each other, with high-ranking government account for 20 per cent or more work of entrepreneurs” working customers, investors, [mentors], The Startup Canada offi cials known as designated of one person’s time—then that to foster a national “environ- media, and government.” entrepreneurship public offi ce holders when they’re organization or corporation must ment for entrepreneurship,” told Startup, though, keeps track related to things like awarding register their activity. The Hill Times that her group in of its activities to ensure that any- network says contracts or infl uencing policies, Time lobbying not only in- 2014 sought out the opinion of thing it does that may cross the it tracks its programs, or legislation. cludes actually communicating the lobbying commissioner and line into registry-worth lobbying There are some exemptions, with government offi cials, accord- it was told it was not required to remains within the acceptable less- government however. ing to the commissioner’s offi ce, publicly register. than-20-per-cent range, she said. Under the federal Lobbying but also any and all planning She said it recently sought It uses a system called Hours relations to Act, in-house lobbyists employed time, and travel time to and from the opinion of the offi ce again to to track the time its employees ensure it’s under by an organization are not any meetings. ensure Startup remains in compli- spend on government relations, required to register their activ- However, it is left up to the ance with the law. according to Ms. Lennox. the registration ity if government relations do groups themselves to determine “We contacted the commis- It calculates all time devoted to threshold. Duff not constitute “a signifi cant part if they are within the 20 per cent sioner late last week to verify if government engagement, includ- of the duties of one employee or threshold. anything has changed. And if the ing preparatory work, she ex- Conacher accuses would constitute a signifi cant part “The onus is on lobbyists to commissioner [suggests] that we plained. the lobbying of the duties of one employee if comply with the Lobbying Act,” register, we will defi nitely regis- However, Mr. Conacher said they were performed by only one the commissioner’s offi ce said in ter,” Ms. Lennox said on Aug. 18. he believes the responsibility to commissioner of employee.” a statement. “As our relationship with Ot- ensure compliance should fall to The current lobbying com- When presented with an al- tawa evolves, we want to make the lobbying commissioner. letting groups police missioner, Karen Shepherd, has legation of a breach of the 20 per sure that we [are] compliant.” But he accused Ms. Shepherd, themselves. offi cially interpreted “a signifi cant cent rule, the commissioner’s When asked to confi rm if the “frontline enforcer” of these part of the duties” to mean 20 per offi ce said it takes steps to “de- Startup solicited the opinion of rules, of not performing her own cent of the time over one month. termine the nature and extent of lobbying commissioner, a spokes- inspections to ensure organizations Continued from page 1 In other words, if one employ- any communication between an person said the offi ce doesn’t are behaving lawfully, despite hav- ee in a corporation or organiza- organization and public offi ce comment on specifi c cases. ing the authority, he said. Federal lobbyists who receive tion is spending more than 20 holders.” The group hosted its Startup “You don’t catch people unless payment are required by law to per cent of their time lobbying This is done through re- Canada Day on the Hill in May, you do inspections.” publicly register with the Offi ce the government—or if the total searching publicly available attracting government ministers, [email protected], of the Commissioner of Lobbying number of hours that several information, sending requests Members of Parliament, and [email protected] and document communications employees spend lobbying would for information, or conducting senior bureaucrats. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 5 NEWS ELECTORAL REFORM

parties and say ‘okay, I understand you’re supporting them, but here Commons witness casts doubt on his is what we have in common,’ to try to seek commonality rather than polarize,” said Prof. Jansen. Prof. Jansen’s words of cau- tion came after Liberal MPs own study of ranked ballot system on the panel made a decision to press witnesses about the University of Lethbridge Monday in response to questions date obtained more than 50 per “downsides” of a proportional rep- The Electoral professor Harold Jansen, whose from Conservative MP Scott Reid cent of the votes. resentation system favoured by Reform Committee essay published last November about the position Prof. Jansen “For example, in southern Al- the NDP, as well as Green Party helped to fuel opposition suspi- took in November on the benefi cial berta where I live, in the constitu- Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich- is planning 16 days cion that the Liberal government effect a ranked ballot system, also ency of Lethbridge, it has been Gulf Islands B.C.), who along of cross-country has plans to replace Canada’s called the alternative vote system, Conservative. It was Canadian with Bloc Québécois MP Luc current winner-take-all method would have on the Liberal party. Alliance before, as far back as Thériault (Montcalm, Que.) are hearings as it of electing MPs with the ranked “The danger whenever you’re anyone can remember, so Liber- sitting on the committee along- continues its study ballot system, told a Commons projecting backwards is…assum- als, New Democrats, Green Party side members of the three recog- special committee on electoral ing that they would have voted the supporters have to face some nized parties in the Commons. of potential changes reform this week the analysis he same way had the alternative vote choices about, would you vote. So Prof. Jansen and Prof. McCor- conducted with fellow political been in place,” Prof. Jansen said. that’s the problem.” mick based their analysis of the to Canada’s scientist Peter McCormick was In a ranked ballot system, “So if I look at how people ranked ballot system on an Ekos electoral system. based upon assumptions about voters would indicate their fi rst say they they’re going to vote Research poll that asked electors how people would behave. candidate choice on a ballot, and in a survey, I’m trying to project to indicate their second prefer- BY T IM NAUMETZ The study said the 2015 elec- then rank their second choice, what’s going to happen. The hope ences for the 2015 vote. The tion, under a ranked ballot sys- third choice, and on. After an with the alternative vote, and political science team applied An Alberta political scientist tem, would have given the Liberal initial vote count, the name of the I think the reason the Liberals the survey results in electoral cast doubt on the fi ndings of party 205 House of Commons candidate with the least number would seem to do well, and there districts that were won with less a study he published stating seats while reducing the Conser- of votes would be discarded, have been other people who have than 50 per cent majorities, add- the Liberals would have gained vative seat count. and the second and subsequent done similar kinds of analyses, ing the second-choice party pref- ground in the 2015 election from “I’m going to now rain all over choices on the ballots where that is because they are other parties’ erences to the candidate for the the ranked ballot electoral system the work that professor McCor- candidate placed fi rst would be second choices, that’s the key.” designated party. The study was favoured by Prime Minister mick and I did,” Prof. Jansen, assigned to each of the other “The argument that’s been made published by Policy Options, the Justin Trudeau, during a meeting the chair of the political science choices. The assignment of alter- in favour of the alternative vote is of the House Electoral Reform department at the University of native choices would continue that it’s going to encourage parties Continued on page 18 Committee. Lethbridge, told the committee through counts until one candi- to reach out to supporters of other

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ASEAN a potential link to RCEP As a group, the ASEAN mem- Liberals edge bers are Canada’s sixth-largest merchandise trading partner, ac- cording to Global Affairs Canada, and have a combined population towards new of 600 million people. The feasibility study and trade dialogue “marks the fi rst step in a long process—but it is the fi rst for- Pacifi c trade mality to move this vital agreement forward,” said a statement sent to members of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council by president agreement Wayne Farmer on Aug. 12. Free trade negotiations are a top priority for the council, and U.S. can also sink the TPP on its Mr. Farmer accompanied Ms. The Canada-ASEAN own if it chooses not to ratify the Freeland on her trip to Vientiane, trade study was deal, and presidential candidates Laos, to take part in the ASEAN Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump meeting, according to the state- announced on the eve have both criticized the agreement ment, which characterized the of PM’s visit to China, during their campaigns. government’s announcement as a The Canada-ASEAN announce- “formal commitment.” which is hoping for ment comes as Prime Minister A farmer works on a rice paddy in southern Vietnam. Canada is studying the The feasibility study is a “very Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) merits of entering into another trade deal involving fast-growing Vietnam, positive move,” said Eva Busza, the trade deals with both prepares to embark on a trip to which is also a member of the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership. Photograph courtesy Asia Pacifi c Foundation’s vice-pres- parties. China Aug. 30 to Sept. 6, a regional of Global Affairs Canada ident of research and programs. rival of ASEAN that is also seeking Canada needs to diversify its to enter into free trade negotiations Ritz (Battlefords-Lloydminster, ity study would include, and trading markets, starting with China, Continued from page 1 with Canada. Ms. Freeland has Sask.) welcomed the prospect of what could be on the table for a Japan, and ASEAN, she said. been tasked with boosting trade free trade with ASEAN, pointing Canada-ASEAN trade deal. She Canada and Japan also have free “The joint feasibility study will with China, but the government to Indonesia and the Philippines as said she would wait to see whether trade negotiations that were put on explore the opportunities and has so far not committed to taking the “big ticket” targets in the region. Canada’s government took a “pro- hold as the TPP talks heated up. challenges associated with a pos- China up on its offer. Singapore is another attrac- gressive” approach to the terms Free trade discussions with sible FTA. These new initiatives An ASEAN trade deal could be tive target for Canada, as the of a deal, or aimed to copy the ASEAN, and overtures from China, will elevate the Canada-ASEAN Canada’s Plan B in the event that two countries already held eight far-reaching TPP, which included also raise the question of whether partnership to new heights by the TPP fails, said Carlo Dade, rounds of bilateral trade negotia- chapters on intellectual property Canada could ultimately involve strengthening engagement and the director of the Canada West tions before putting them on hold and investor-state arbitration that itself in the Regional Comprehen- expanding the economic relation- Foundation’s Centre for Trade and in 2009, said Mr. Dade. have been widely panned on the sive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ship,” the press release said. Investment Policy. However, Mr. Ritz called the political left in North America. trade talks, which so far includes ASEAN includes Indonesia, A feasibility study is a prelimi- announcement an “obfuscation” Ms. Ramsey said she hoped the ASEAN countries as well as Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, nary step that must be taken before to distract from the government’s the feasibility study would ex- Australia, New Zealand, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Singa- any trade negotiations are begun, indecision on the TPP. The govern- amine human rights as well as India, Japan, and South Korea, said pore, the Philippines, and Brunei. said Mr. Dade. While the study is ment should ratify that agreement economic considerations. Mr. Dade and Ms. Busza. Four of those countries—Brunei, no guarantee of a deal, “it’s a com- before moving on to deal with However, the government has not The RCEP is “less ambitious” Singapore, Vietnam and Malay- mitment of resources, so that in ASEAN, he said. made any decisions about what the in scope than the TPP, said Ms. sia—are also members of the and of itself is a signal,” he said. The government has been con- study will cover, or when it will be Busza. However, if Canada were Trans-Pacifi c Partnership agree- The Aug. 8 press release also ducting consultations on the TPP completed, according to an emailed to earn itself an invitation to that ment, the trade deal negotiated announced an “annual trade for months, and has not commit- statement from Global Affairs Cana- deal, it would ensure Canadian under Canada’s previous Conser- policy dialogue” in which Can- ted to an end date. da spokesperson Diana Khaddaj. companies would not lose ground vative government. ada and ASEAN would discuss NDP trade critic Tracey Ms. Freeland and her parlia- to competitors in Australia and Canada’s current Liberal gov- “greater trade liberalization, Ramsey (Essex, Ont.) said she mentary secretary, David Lametti New Zealand, should the RCEP ernment has signed the TPP but has increased commercial coopera- would reserve judgment on the (LaSalle -Émard -Verdun, Que.), eventually come to fruition, said not committed to ratifying it, in the tion, and measures to reduce Canada-ASEAN talks until the were unavailable to comment on Mr. Dade. face of opposition by some labour barriers to trade.” government made public more the deal, according to spokesper- [email protected] and civil society organizations. The Conservative trade critic Gerry details about what the feasibil- son Alex Lawrence. @PJMazereeuw 6 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 NEWS IMMIGRATION Feds reviewing inland refugee system, under pressure to scrap ‘safe countries’ list

Immigration Government Minister John offi cials got an McCallum is overseeing earful from refugee a review of groups about Canada’s asylum the Designated system, after Countries of Origin the previous Conservative system, which it government imposed a has pledged to keep series of tough with some changes. measures aimed at discouraging Continued from page 1 illegitimate refugee claims. The Hill The government’s contro- Times photograph versial Designated Countries of by Sam Garcia Origin (DCO) list was one of the key topics of the July 14 meeting, said Janet Dench, executive direc- tor of the Canadian Council for Refugees. The DCO or “safe countries” list was created by the previous Conservative government, and includes countries that, according to the government, do not usually produce legitimate refugees. The list—which currently includes 42 countries—was designed to “ensure that people in need get protection fast, while those with unfounded claims are sent home quickly through expedited through the process. They also The IRCC conducted an refugee reform bill, the Protecting fi ve different dates as designated processing,” says the Immigra- say so-called safe countries may audit of its asylum system at Canada’s Immigration System foreign nationals on Dec. 5, 2012, tion, Refugees, and Citizenship in fact be quite dangerous, at the instruction of the Treasury Act, that allowed the immigration according to Canada Border Ser- Canada website. least to some persecuted groups Board, which had committed to minister to make those decisions vices Agency spokesperson Esme However, an internal IRCC or in some areas. a review of the program three based on claim numbers or hu- Bailey. Media reports at the time audit released this summer found When asked a series of ques- years after major reforms by the man rights-based criteria. suggested the group included that DCO claims had not been tions about the DCO system and Conservative government. The That act, brought in through Romanians who went to Mexico, processed faster than those from the establishment of the expert audit covered the period from Bill C-31, also allowed the govern- then illegally crossed into the other countries, leading NDP panel, IRCC spokesperson Remi December 2012 to December ment to designate groups of refu- United States and Canada. immigration critic Jenny Kwan Lariviere wrote in an emailed 2014. In addition to a number of gee claimants travelling together Conservative immigration (Vancouver East, B.C.) to question statement that the government was positive fi ndings about the way as part of an “irregular arrival.” critic Michelle Rempel (Calgary what the point of the system was. considering how to make Canada’s the asylum system was operating, Those claimants could then be Nose Hill, Alta.) said the govern- The Liberals promised during asylum system “more fair and it identifi ed a series of shortcom- labelled “designated foreign na- ment should focus on maintaining the election campaign to set up timely,” in part as a response to this ings in Canada’s asylum system, tionals” subject to tougher treat- the integrity of the inland refugee an “expert human rights panel” summer’s consultations on the im- including that DCO claimants ment by authorities, including system by ensuring the legitimacy to determine which countries migration system and to the IRCC were not processed faster than mandatory detention for people of asylum claims, and on meeting should fall on the DCO list. Since internal audit, which identifi ed non-DCO claimants. 16 years or older—with detention the goals it sets for itself. the Liberals came to power, the several concerns with the system’s The audit also found “a need to reviews within two weeks, and Ms. Rempel declined to say government has said little about fairness and effi ciency. reform the in-Canada asylum sys- every six months afterward—and whether the existing system, how it will fulfi ll this promise, The Liberal party had also tem due to the increasing number a ban from becoming permanent mostly unchanged since the and IRCC and the offi ce of Im- promised on the campaign trail of claims, growing backlogs/in- residents, or sponsoring family Conservatives left power, should migration Minister John McCal- to provide a right for claimants ventories, and lengthy processing members to come to Canada, for be changed. “That’s really for the lum (Markham-Thornhill, Ont.) from DCO countries to appeal times,” and that “failed claimants fi ve years. The law was brought government to make that case declined to provide details when decisions by the Immigration and are not being removed in a timely in following the government’s for or against, if they’re going to asked. Refugee Board, an arm’s-length manner.” detention of hundreds of refugee change it,” she said. The promise of an expert tribunal, a right they had been Ms. Kwan said the DCO claimants who arrived on the The offi ce of Public Safety panel wasn’t good enough to denied under the system set up system has “only escalated other Pacifi c Coast in 2010 aboard the Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina- satisfy critics of the DCO list, by the Conservatives. The Liberal problems associated with it,” and MV Sun Sea. Wascana, Sask.) did not directly such as the Canadian Association government has already fulfi lled the government should consider The previous representative answer questions about whether of Refugee Lawyers (CARL) or that promise by dropping a legal what the point of the system is in Canada for the United Nations detention practices would be Canadian Council for Refugees. challenge initiated under the if DCO cases are not being dealt High Commissioner for Refugees, changed for asylum claimants. CARL wrote in a brief submitted previous government to a Federal with faster than others. Furio De Angelis, told The Hill Mr. Goodale recently announced to the government in July that a Court ruling last year, which held A rule banning refugee claim- Times in June that the UNHCR he would try to reduce the human rights panel “cannot cure that the ban on appeals by DCO ants from DCO countries from would like to see the government number of immigrants held in what is, at root, a discrimina- claimants was unconstitutional. obtaining a work permit for 180 end mandatory detention for desig- detention and that the govern- tory regime, introduced into the days is also “a major problem for nated foreign nationals, and CARL ment would spend $138 million legislation for discriminatory Department fi nds ‘need to a lot of people” who are unable and the Canadian Council for to “transform the immigration purposes,” a sentiment Ms. Dench reform’ system to support themselves while they Refugees have both said the same. detention system” in Canada said was echoed by many in the The previous Conservative wait for the government to pro- Ms. Dench said she repeated following the deaths of several July 14 consultation. government overhauled the cess their case, she said. that call during the July 14 immigrant detainees in Canadian “There was a very clear mes- inland refugee system in 2012, The idea of using a panel of meeting, but that the designated custody in recent years. sage to the government from after a rising number of refugee experts to populate the DCO list foreign national or “irregular “Minister Goodale wants to everybody that the designated- claims, few of which were accept- fi rst surfaced in draft regula- arrivals” clause was not a central make our immigration detention country-of-origin policy was not ed and many of which stemmed tions for a 2010 bill passed by focus of the meeting, possibly system more fair and humane. useful, was not credible, was not from countries the government of the then-minority Conservative because the provision has rarely His focus is the implementation serving any purpose and was con- the day perceived to be generally government, the Balanced Refu- been used by the government. of the initiatives announced on trary to the [Canadian Charter of safe, such as Mexico and Hunga- gee Reform Act. That idea was The federal government has August 15,” wrote spokesperson Rights and Freedoms],” she said. ry. Canada had also recently seen scrapped when the Conservatives only used the irregular ar- Scott Bardsley in an emailed Critics say the DCO system two ships arrive on its shores won a majority government in rival provision once, when it statement. kneecaps claimants from listed with dozens of migrants from Sri 2011 before the act was imple- designated 85 individuals who [email protected] countries because they’re rushed Lanka who claimed asylum. mented, and brought in another crossed the Quebec border on @PJMazereeuw THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 7 NEWS PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH

Ekos pollster Frank Graves, pictured speaking at a Green Party convention in Ottawa earlier this month, attributed ‘rust’ in the bureaucracy in preventing the Liberals from revving up polling to previous levels. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

opinion and market research fi rm tives axed the mandatory long- That’s still “a lot better” than Phoenix SPI, said his company form census in 2011, drawing what we saw in the late stages Pollsters starting has also started to see an increase strong criticism from a wide of the previous government, he in public opinion research work range of groups worried about the noted. in the last month or so. consequences the decision would Optics are also likely playing After the election, the Liber- have on the reliability on the vital a role in taming a huge surge to see uptick in als proceeded “cautiously and data gleaned from the sweeping in polling funding, Mr. Graves deliberately,” as new ministers survey of Canadians. said, arguing that if govern- learned their departments, rel- The Liberals reinstated the ment spending doesn’t surge to evant issues, mandates, and staff, long-form census as mandatory 2006 levels, there likely will be government work among other considerations, he shortly after assuming offi ce last continual increases under the said. November. Liberals. As a result, Phoenix didn’t Kara Mitchelmore, CEO of the Some pollsters have argued see any increase in work before Marketing Research and Intelligence that the Federal Accountability and for the resource envelope the government’s fi scal year Association, an industry advocacy Act, which changed the rules The Liberals are [to expand] to do this in levels ended on March 31, though things group, says around doing more public which would be more commen- picked up afterwards, Mr. Kiar numbers on reporting surate with the need and demand said, as departments began put- polling activity public opinion opinion work, and express priority provided to ting together their research plans for 2016 won’t research work but still less than this approach,” Mr. Graves said, for the coming year, and seeking be known until by outside noting that civil servants would the necessary approvals. the end of the fi rms, discour- predecessors: pollster. also need to catch up with techno- “It appears that many depart- year, though aged govern- logical advancements in the fi eld. ments have fi nished that plan- she cited the ments from Ekos has historically been a large ning process and are starting to re-establish- contracting Continued from page 1 provider of public opinion research engage research fi rms like ours ment of the polling work. work for the government, and has for their projects,” he explained. mandatory The legisla- It pales in comparison, how- likely regained its large market Mr. Kiar said it’s too early to long-form cen- tion, brought ever, to what was seen in even the share this past year, he estimated. compare spending to the previous sus as leading in 2006 by the early stages of the Conservative It is also one of a handful of Conservative government, which to an increase Conservatives, government, he said. fi rms with standing offers with he argued “savaged” the public in work. promised The Harper government spent the government for public opin- opinion research budget, while “I can say transparency $31 million polling Canadians in ion research. dramatically increasing the media anecdotally in procure- the 2006-07 fi scal year before cut- This allows the government to monitoring budget. that with the ment for ad- ting back to $4.9 million in 2013- contract work to these companies Under the Trudeau Liberals, re-instalment vertising and 2014, The Hill Times reported. without going through a separate mandate letters to cabinet minis- of the long public opinion This stretch of scarce fund- bidding process each time. It’s ters noted a need for Canadians form census, research and ing represented a “very unusual also available for other services, to see the government’s “willing- which MRIA for the release period,” Mr. Graves said, with the including offi ce supplies. ness to listen” and for the gov- strongly sup- of reports on government conducting “virtually Participating fi rms are required ernment’s work to “be informed ports, there Phoenix SPI CEO and founder Stephen all govern- no research” of any signifi cance to undergo a vigorous vetting by performance measurement, is an obvious Kiar, pictured, said his company has ment polls to during this span. process that takes into account evidence, and feedback from noticeable also started to see an increase in public the Library A 2003 auditor general’s re- research capacity and cost, among Canadians.” increase in opinion research work in the last month of Parliament port clocks in federal spending on other considerations, before being Mr. Graves framed the period data collec- or so. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Kiar within six public opinion research in 2002- placed on the standing-offer rota- under the Conservatives that saw tion roles,” months. 03, under a previous Liberal tion, according to Mr. Graves. a “real paucity” of public opinion she said in an emailed statement, David Coletto, CEO of Abacus government, at $23.7 million and The most recent screening, he research as an “anomaly,” and part- noting that this will “trickle down” Data, told The Hill Times last year $26.2 million the year before. said, was held during the tenure ly blamed the scarcity of polling on into more analyst roles, which is that the Accountability Act is still Mr. Graves partly attrib- of the former Conservative gov- what he saw as the government’s “great news” for the industry. a “barrier” against governments uted lagging “rust” in the bureau- ernment. indifferent, sometimes “hostile” ap- Mr. Graves said he expects using more polls. cratic channels in preventing the proach to empirical research. funding for polling to eventually “Government, regardless of its Liberals from revving up polling Pollsters optimistic Critics accused the Harper be restored to previous heights, political stripe, is still sensitive efforts back to previous levels. after lean decade government of gutting fund- though predicted it would only about bad press,” he said. “[It’s] going to take awhile Stephen Kiar, CEO and ing for research and muzzling reach a quarter of the historic [email protected] for the bureaucracy to catch up founder of Ottawa-based public federal scientists. The Conserva- average this year. The Hill Times 8 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016

Editor Kate Malloy Assistant Deputy Editor Abbas Rana Publishers Anne Marie Creskey, Deputy Editor Derek Abma Online Editor, Power & Influence Editor Ally Foster Jim Creskey, Ross Dickson Managing Editor Kristen Shane Deputy Editor Peter Mazereeuw General Manager, CFO Andrew Morrow

EDITORIAL PUBLIC PURSE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Expenses: Kinsella’s BDS stance disappointing e: “May should leave Greens because courts and the corresponding impunity of RGreens have left her,” (Aug. 15, p. 14). Israeli forces even when there is incon- the Liberals’ Achilles heel Warren Kinsella’s article leaves one dis- trovertible documentary evidence of their tressed and disappointed. criminal wrongdoing, and the unchecked irst there was Jane Philpott and high cost and agreed to pay back $3,700. This is not only because Mr. Kinsella par- expansion of Jews-only roads and settle- the limousine rides (or was it a Her offi ce, according to CTV, is reviewing rots well-known Israeli government talking ments that are considered illegal by the sedan?). the airport trips to make sure they were points (referring to the “anti-democratic states international community, including Canada. The health minister charged fair-market value. And she’s paying back that surround it” and claiming that “BDS is... He points out that Israeli factories em- F essentially racist”), but also because he dis- ploy Palestinians—as if building a factory taxpayers about $3,700 to be ferried the Air Canada lounge bill. around the Toronto area in a luxury car Nevertheless, the ethics commissioner plays not an iota of empathy for the millions in occupied territory by the occupier is on two occasions, and another $3,814 for has launched a probe of a possible breach of Palestinians living under the daily humilia- something to be encouraged. 20 trips to Pearson International Airport of confl ict-of-interest rules because Ms. tions of occupation, while decrying that BDS He alleges that BDS “seeks to replace in Toronto. Philpott used a car service owned by a aims at “punishing” Israeli citizens “for the dialogue and debate with punishment.” But that has since snowballed to Air man who volunteered on her election alleged omissions of their government.” The rhetoric emanating from prominent Canada executive lounge access billed to campaign. Putting aside the merits or defi ciencies politicians such as Israel Defence Minister taxpayers for more than $500 for the year. Ms. McKenna, too, is admitting things of the BDS movement, Mr. Kinsella defi nite- Avigdor Lieberman cannot be described And now Environment Minister could be done differently. She said her ly needs to be educated on the realities of as “dialogue.” He frequently suggests that Catherine McKenna is also under fi re for offi ce is reviewing the policy used to hire Israel’s occupation. He could have recount- Arabs should be “relocated” or expelled. spending thousands of dollars on a pho- the photographer, and that “I think there ed the number of Palestinian home demoli- One is left wondering where Mr. Kinsella tographer to take photos of her during are ways that we can reduce costs.” tions this year to date (684 according to the stood in the 1970s and 1980s as the anti- last year’s Paris climate change summit. Taking heat on ministerial expenses, UN), the number of Palestinian children in apartheid movement reached its apogee. The expense problems clouded over the prime minister wasn’t ruling out detention or solitary confi nement (at least Did he support that struggle or did he what was supposed to be the Liberals’ changing the way ministers report what 400 according to B’Tselem and other rights denounce it as racist and a means to punish good-news story that they were gear- they spend. groups), the increasing use of “administra- ordinary white South Africans “for the al- ing up for a busy fall legislative session, “We need to be demonstrating that tive detention” to lock away Palestinians leged omissions of their government?” with some cabinet ship-shaping and we are accountable, that we are respon- without charges or trial, the almost 100 per Ali Sarwar teambuilding at Laurentian University in sible stewards of the public purse,” CTV cent conviction rate of Palestinians in Israeli Ottawa, Ont. Sudbury, Ont. reported him saying. Speaking of the cabinet retreat, But in the face of the Trudeau ministers stayed in drab student dorms government’s commitment to openness with cinder-block walls this time around, and transparency come constant Simple solution to Israeli- after having been criticized for spending suggestions of overspending taxpayers’ big money on accommodations during money. It’s red meat to the official previous cabinet retreats. The 30-mem- opposition Conservatives, who just Palestinian confl ict ber cabinet and Prime Minister Justin love to spit back former Chrétien-era Trudeau spent nearly $150,000 to stay in cabinet minister David Dingwall’s e: “Legal status of Canada Park pending, remain a distant dream. a swish, seaside New Brunswick resort in “entitled to my entitlements” phrase to RPalestinians and Israelis negotiating: Israel has the legal, political, and moral January. Then they had another retreat in the Liberals. Fegelman,” (Aug. 15, p. 8). Here is a simple rights to exist as the only Jewish state in a mountain lodge in Kananaskis, Alta. in Spending too much public money solution to the Israeli-Palestinian confl ict: if the world. Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and April. is the Liberals’ Achilles heel. And their the Palestinians agree to recognize Israel as Buddhists have more than one state where To her credit, Ms. Philpott immediately pledge to transparency leaves them a Jewish state and give up violence aimed at they are the majority. Israel is the only state admitted to The National Post, which vulnerable to scrutiny for everything they the destruction of Israel, the foundation will where the Jewish people are the majority. fi rst reported her bills, that the car claim release. be laid for an enduring peace in the region. The recognition of this fact is key to peace was “inappropriate” and she wouldn’t do They need to make more frugal use of As long as the Palestinians remain com- in the region. it again. She quickly apologized for the the public purse. mitted to the destruction of Israel through Mahmood Elahi violence and political pressure, peace will Ottawa, Ont.

Expand Canada Post service to banking and beyond

any small communities have no banks trying to help our auto companies with this Mbut still have a post offi ce. It’s time contract—GM, Ford, or Chrysler perhaps. for the Canada Post Corporation to expand Canada Post could install wind towers in into banking services. It should service rural communities or solar panels. And it communities that no longer have a bank. could provide internet service in all post Since Canada Post is owned by you and me offi ces for ordering online, for those people and not shareholders, it ensures the profi ts without internet. stay here helping our towns rather that go All this could ensure all Canadians could offshore. continue to have great service, as well as Canada Post could also become an door-to-door service. internet provider, as it still has the largest We can provide a check-in for the elderly, number of retail counters across Canada. or the delivery of groceries in each town It has about 6,300 retail outlets. That is and community. much more than the number of Tim Hortons This would also ensure good jobs, ben- outlets. RBC Royal Bank has approximately efi ts, and pensions continue for our younger 4,300 ATMs. generations. Canada Post could have the largest fl eet Diane Mitchell of electric vehicles and lead the way in Ottawa, Ont.

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Public Safety Islamic extremism Minister Ralph Goodale said after is not the the Aug. 10 Strathroy incident that Canada’s real threat to terrorism threat level would stay at ‘medium,’ Canadian security where it’s been for nearly the If Daesh wants our Canada, now now fi ghting came, last two our wolves will come to you, years. The fear to prevent us from where you will not know, so Hill Times you won’t enjoy life.” The second photograph by from enjoying life, poster simply shows a Daesh Jake Wright then the best way to evildoer walking the destroyed streets of Toronto with the caption defeat it is to enjoy “soon, very soon.” life to the fullest. To make sure we got the con- nection, Daesh issued a statement claiming Aaron Driver, who the bly allowing a taxi driver to pick Corporal Nathan Cirillo at the Moncton, N.B. that killed three police allege blew up an explosive up Driver at his residence, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in RCMP offi cers and severely device in the back of a taxicab RCMP tactical squad was already Ottawa, then stormed Parliament wounded two other Mounties. in Strathroy on his way to try well sited to block any attempted Hill. Zehaf-Bibeau wounded one After his arrest, Bourque claimed to harm others, is “one of [its] attack. Sitting in a driveway in security guard before dying in a he was lashing out against an op- soldiers.” Scary stuff. Be afraid be- Strathroy, Driver did not blow up hail of police bullets. pressive government. SCOTT TAYLOR cause Daesh walks among us and Toronto as pictured in the Daesh The only other attack, and Also disdainful of the law was the apocalypse is nigh. posters. Hell, Driver’s device was this is a stretch, was the March James Roszko, who shot and Except for the fact that the so weak that when he exploded 14 stabbing incident at a Toronto killed four members of the RCMP TTAWA—The public relations actual events that occurred in it close to him it did not kill him, recruitment centre that left two on his farm in Mayerthorpe, Alta., Obranch of Daesh was quick Strathroy run counter to any such and it failed to seriously injure soldiers with minor injuries. back in March 2005. to stoke the vivid imagination of nightmarish, doomsday scenario. the hapless cabbie. As was proven Ayanle Hassan Ali, the 27-year- Despite what the Daesh poster Canadian fear-mongers in the Aaron Driver was not a Daesh by the autopsy, the subsequent old attacker, had claimed to be designers and Trump would have wake of the Aug. 10 terror-related soldier; he had never travelled barrage of police bullets killed motivated by Allah. you believe, Islamic extremism incident in Strathroy, Ont. to the Middle East and he had the demented Driver. None of these four attackers is not the real threat to Canadian Something called the al-Wa’d received no formal training in In the 15 years since 9/11 and had any actual affi liation with security. It is the disillusioned Foundation—cheerleaders of the martial skills. He was a 24-year- when the War on Terror began, Daesh. mentally ill from all walks of life evildoers also known as Islamic old misguided youth who had there have only been three other Forgotten by those who would who pose the threat. If Daesh State, ISIS, and ISIL—produced converted to Islam. He was not radical Islam-inspired attacks in buy into the Donald Trump rheto- wants our fear to prevent us from and published a couple of slick- secretive about his radicalization Canada. On Oct. 20, 2014, Martin ric of fearing all things Islam is enjoying life, then the best way to looking posters. One depicts a and his very public support for Couture-Rouleau used his car to the fact that non-Muslim-inspired defeat it is to enjoy life to the full- lone jihadist fi ghter standing next Daesh had drawn attention from kill Warrant Offi cer Patrice Vin- attackers have been far more est. Don’t worry, be happy. to a wolf (yes, a wolf) overlooking not only the Canadian authorities, cent and wound a second soldier deadly for Canadian security Scott Taylor is editor and some snow-covered mountains but also from the religious leaders in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.; forces during that same post-9/11 publisher of Esprit de Corps and a post-apocalyptic Toronto at his local mosque. he was then killed by Quebec timeframe. magazine. skyline. The bizarre text reads: Driver had been placed on a police. Two days later, Michael There was the June 4, 2014 [email protected] “O worshippers of the cross in peace bond. Outside of inexplica- Zehaf-Bibeau shot and killed rampage by Justin Bourque in The Hill Times

GLOBAL AFFAIRS NATIONALISM

Quite a list, but does it really live in fear of a worldwide Islamic mean that we are back in 1936 (fas- caliphate is as delusional as to cists in power in Germany, Italy, and hope for it. Is 2016 the new 1936? Japan, civil war in Spain, the Great Democracy is not in retreat in Purge in the Soviet Union), with the Africa or Latin America, and the catastrophe of global war just three pluses and the minuses more or Slow recovery ONDON, U.K.—We would all so many developing countries at years away? Or is it just a grab-bag less balance out in Asia (military Lprefer a farce to a tragedy, the end of the Cold War ended with of local problems, failures, and wor- rule in Thailand and more author- from a global so let us hope that Marx was the failure of the “Arab Spring,” ries of the sort that are bound to ex- itarian elected governments in fi nancial crash right. But he has been wrong a leaving a new dictatorship in Egypt ist in a world of almost 200 indepen- the Philippines and Indonesia, but few times in the past, so we must and civil wars across the Middle dent countries? Probably the latter. more democracy in Burma and leading to political entertain the possibility that what East. In parts of Asia the process Right- and left-wing parties are Sri Lanka). Nor should we see awaits us is tragedy. has even gone into reverse (mili- a legitimate and inevitable part of the triumph of a couple of ultra- polarization, beggar- The “fi rst time,” in this instance, tary rule in Thailand, death squads any democratic society, but they nationalist parties in traditionally my-neighbour trade was the 1930s, when the painfully run by a populist elected govern- both tend to spin off or mutate nationalist Eastern European slow recovery from a global fi nan- ment in the Philippines). into more extreme and paranoid countries as a sign of things to wars, and the rise cial crash led to political polariza- Authoritarian, ultra-nationalist versions of themselves in times of come in the rest of Europe. of ultra-nationalist tion, beggar-my-neighbour trade governments hostile to the Euro- economic hardship. It is diffi cult to This is not to say that the Euro- wars, and the rise to power of anti- pean Union have come to power in argue, however, that the times are pean Union will survive in the long leaders. Sound democratic, ultra-nationalist lead- post-Communist Eastern Europe really that bad at the moment. term without major changes. We ers in a number of countries. The (Fidesz in Hungary, the Law and Times are very hard in most are going through a historic shift of familiar? consequences included the Second Justice government in Poland). And developed countries for the old the centre of gravity of the global World War, death camps, the fi rst a trade war is brewing between the working class, which has been left economy from the North Atlantic and only use of nuclear weapons, United States and China no matter behind by globalization, and that world to Asia, and many things will and 40 years of Cold War. who wins the United States elec- is where most of the support for have to change as a result. Well, we had our global fi nan- tion in November. right-wing extremism comes from. It is possible that the United cial crash in 2008, and the recovery You could add to the list of But there really aren’t enough of States and China might stumble has certainly been slow. Average worries a new ruler in China (Xi them to take over the state: Trump into a military confrontation at GWYNNE DYER incomes in many Western countries Jinping) who is more autocratic will not win in November, the some point: that risk is implicit in have still not recovered to pre-2008 and readier to play the national- National Front will not win next the kind of power shiftst that is un- levels, and the growth of national- ist card than any other Chinese year’s French election, and the derway in the early 21 century. “Hegel remarks somewhere ist and racist sentiment is evident leader since Mao, and a Japanese Brexiteers in Britain—well, that But we are not on the brink of that all great world-historic facts in major countries like Britain (the prime minister (Shinzo Abe) who remains to be seen. any great and awful calamity in and personages appear, so to Brexit vote), France (the rise of the promises to remove the anti-war The Middle East is a disaster the world. It is not 1936. speak, twice. He forgot to add: National Front), and above all the clause from the constitution. Not area, of course, but it is a pretty Gwynne Dyer is a United the fi rst time as tragedy, the sec- United States (Donald Trump). to mention Russia’s Vladimir Pu- isolated disaster area, apart from Kingdom-based independent ond time as farce.” The wave of non-violent demo- tin, who is addicted to high-stakes occasional small-scale terrorist journalist. —Karl Marx, 1852 cratic revolutions that transformed international brinkmanship. outrages in Western countries. To The Hill Times 10 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 PLAIN SPEAK PUBLIC SERVICE

her frustration with the Phoenix mess, it hasn’t yet seemed to mute PSAC levels masterful blow to PSAC. Certainly, the government has set up emergency payment plans for workers affected. But the reality is a 911 response from feds over Phoenix pay system a massive bureaucracy is a bit of a molasses pour. The Liberal government hopes to have all pay matters addressed The longer this Labrador. No, it wasn’t Mark of Minister of Public Services and them. He made a powerful point, by Oct. 31. The union says that is Critch going all shirtless with Procurement Judy Foote! saying: “I shouldn’t have to deal unrealistic. The longer this lingers, lingers, the bigger Justin Trudeau, or Danny Wil- PSAC leadership organized a with family at home that is wor- the bigger the opportunity for liams professing his unrequited press conference and a protest in ried to death because we have no political damage to what so far has the opportunity for love for Stephen Harper. It was St. John’s. They demystifi ed this money coming in. A pat on the been a Tefl on-coated government. political damage. something potentially more politi- Phoenix and showed it to be a back saying, ‘Thanks for coming Gord Downie can endorse the cally potent. turd for many: apparently 80,000 to work, we’ll pay you whenever,’ prime minister, and some in the Coast-guard ship While in St. John’s doing my Canadians including some locals. isn’t going to cut it.” government can say they inher- crewmember Bill summer stint of guest hosting The provincial media lapped it up No disrespect to other PSAC ited this pile of poop from the on Voice of the Common Man as nothing quite sells like poking members, but it is easier for the Tories, but neither of those things Ryan last week put (VOCM) radio, the discussion a politician in the eye in their own broader public to have empathy is going to put pay in public a human face on the about the troubles of the Phoenix backyard. for a guy like Ryan working in servants’ pockets. Getting some pay system came to our airwaves. Bill Ryan, a local crewmember what could be described as a life- money in the bank matters here cost of the fi asco. Previously, stories and chats on coast guard ships, shared his saving job than a policy analyst for all concerned; this problem about that mess were limited. woes with the system. Speaking trapped in a cubicle in Gatineau just can’t be talked away. It is no Perhaps they were viewed as a at the PSAC news conference he down a few bucks. The average longer a story about effete Ot- story restricted to Ottawa. Not recounted how he missed two pay person’s give-a-crap meter goes tawa bureaucrats not getting fi ve anymore. Newfoundlanders’ bit- periods. “I was at sea, 700 miles off as the story transforms itself weeks of paid holidays. It is now terness with cabin taxes usually offshore. Our internet connection from one about faceless civil a tale of the neighbour you like trumps the woes of unpaid public is dismal to say the least at sea,” servants not being paid on time to getting screwed over. servants, but not last week. stated Ryan. something real to them. It starts Tim Powers is vice-chairman TIM POWERS In a clever strategic move, the Ryan humanized the story. He the “Hey, did you hear John is part of Summa Strategies and manag- leadership of the Public Service Al- captured the frustration of it all of pay mess” kitchen table con- ing director of Abacus Data. He is liance of Canada (PSAC) took the by noting that it took two days versations that the government of a former adviser to Conservative T. JOHN’S, N.L.—A strange story of Phoenix on the road. What just to download forms to request the day doesn’t want. political leaders. Sthing happened last week better place to take it than New- tide-over pay. Then he had to wait While Judy Foote has been [email protected] at home in Newfoundland and foundland and Labrador, the home until he went back to port to fi le out, visible and communicating The Hill Times

INSIDE POLITICS NEW DEMOCRATS

Historically, the federal NDP Jack Layton, has tended to fare best when the pictured two What Jack Liberals have been weak. Lay- months before ton’s own watch as leader coin- his August cided with such a period. But last 2011 death, fall, the party managed to achieve would have Layton would its second-best seat score ever in found that spite of the Liberal surge in sup- Justin Trudeau’s port. Layton would probably fi nd victory—as some solace in the notion that the bittersweet as have thought of progressive pool has expanded it may have over the Harper decade in power. been for the He would not be terribly NDP—validated surprised by the post-election his conviction the NDP now detachment of so many NDP for a big-tent sympathizers, a phenomenon approach to that is translating these days by a politics, writes steep decline in support in public Chantal Hébert. The party won its the Canadian electorate a large opinion polls. The Hill Times constituency for a big-tent ap- The notion that many progres- photograph by Jake second-best seat proach to politics and an appetite sive Canadians place on keeping Wright for aspirational political goals. On the Conservatives out of power score ever last year. that basis he would fi nd that Jus- ahead of NDP fortunes is one the Still, even when it tin Trudeau’s victory—as bitter- late leader experienced fi rst hand. sweet as it may have been for the When he was president of the was reduced to less NDP—validated his conviction. Canadian Auto Workers union, than a dozen MPs in And then, as opposed to some Buzz Hargrove urged the NDP New Democrat activists who feel to abandon the fi ght against 1993, it didn’t seem it is clipping their party’s wings on Stephen Harper in Quebec to the as lost for direction the environmental front, Layton Bloc Québécois. would certainly not regret the ad- In 2006, Hargrove campaigned as it is today. vent in Alberta of an NDP govern- with Paul Martin. ment and the opportunity to have At the last national conven- a national conversation on climate tion Layton presided over, less change on different terms. than two months after the party’s It is under Layton that the fed- historic breakthrough in Quebec, eral NDP moderated its stance on he was rightly celebrated for on the fi eld of expectations than This week something that looked pipelines. A Rachel Notley major- his election performance. But it to move on from an actual rout. like an in-store raffl e ticket was ity victory in Alberta was not on was not all rainbows and roses. The reluctance of the next gen- slipped into my mail slot. It was CHANTAL HÉBERT anyone’s radar at the time. Among NDP members, elation eration of New Democrats to step MP Hélène Laverdière’s latest As a partisan politician, he over the party’s accession to the up to the leadership plate would correspondence. would likely take some satisfac- rank of offi cial Opposition was trouble him. He would not be It would be an exaggeration to ONTREAL—Five years on, tion from the fact that the fi rst often tempered by dismay at the particularly thrilled by speculation call it a householder for it gave no Mwhat would Jack Layton make New Democrat woman elected to advent of a Harper majority. that Green Party Leader Elizabeth sense of the NDP’s plans for the next of the Canadian political landscape provincial leadership in Canada But even an optimist such as May could or should jump ship to sitting of Parliament. Instead it was a and the gloomy state of the party he struck at the heart of Conserva- Layton would be hard-pressed come lead the NDP. She always straw poll designed to produce a list led to unprecedented heights before tive Canada. to fi nd a silver lining to the funk seemed to click more with her Lib- of priorities for the party to tackle. his premature death? Layton would mostly be that has seized the NDP in the 10 eral counterparts (and vice versa). One can only wonder what Layton Because he always tended to relieved that a contingent of 16 months since the federal election. The New Democrat angst is would make of the NDP turning see a glass half full rather than half mostly solid Quebec MPs is left Even when the party was reduced palpable on the ground. itself into a blank slate. empty I believe he would probably from the orange wave. It was to less than a dozen MPs in 1993, I live in Laurier-Ste-Marie, Chantal Hébert is a national fi rst note some bright spots. never a given that the party’s it did not seem as lost for direc- Que. a riding the NDP twice won affairs writer for The Toronto Star. For instance, Layton was presence in the province would tion as it is now. It is turning out against no less than then-Bloc This column was released Aug. 20. convinced there was still within outlive his leadership. to be harder to get over a defeat Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 11 NEED TO KNOW THE TRAGICALLY HIP

Reinvigorating the manufacturing economy will not be easy at a time when business is leery about investing to expand Sadness and hope on and the export sector has not recovered from the 2008-09 recession. Access to more markets in Europe and Asia through free-trade deals should hold a defi ning evening out promise for an export-dependent country like Canada. But Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has raised questions about the value of Ottawa’s trade liberaliza- for the next Canada tion pact with the European Union. And the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership, which in theory should provide Canadian companies with Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie performs Even after petroleum prices come back up, important new markets, is in limbo because at the band’s last show, in Kingston on Aug. Trudeau being at the last development in the important oil and gas of the U.S. election campaign. 20. Twitter photograph courtesy of Adam Scotti Hip concert is in keeping sector will hinge on building a pipeline to So there’s no obvious source for the allow Canadian producers to export more momentum needed to move the country world will do little to neutralize the threat with his approach, crude to overseas export markets. And it’s out of the current economic doldrums. And of terrorism or curb Russian President connecting with young not at all clear if any new pipelines will ever a failure to get things rolling again would Vladimir Putin’s hegemonic impulse. These overcome objections from those fearing heavily affect Trudeau’s youthful support- forces will be a challenge—and a potential Canadians. more spills or environmentalists who see ers, who bear the brunt of unemployment minefi eld—for all Western governments in pipelines as enablers of pollution. and many other economic woes. coming years. The idea that initiating better controls Redressing decades of neglect and indif- But the spirit of Gord Downie’s last over greenhouse gases will open the way for ference with regard to aboriginals will also performance was a unifying inspiration in social licence for new pipeline construction challenge the Trudeau government’s abilities. a country looking for leadership in a time is a beguiling one and it made a good cam- It will be a very long, costly project that runs of change and renewal. paign slogan. But it fails to take into account the risk of leaving everyone on all sides Les Whittington is an Ottawa journalist LES WHITTINGTON the potential pollution and fi erce opposition frustrated and unsatisfi ed, no matter how and a regular contributor to The Hill Times. to pipelines among average Canadians and commendable Ottawa’s intentions may be. [email protected] various levels of government. Internationally, all the goodwill in the The Hill Times TTAWA—Could Gord Downie and Ocompany ever have chosen a more ironic band name than the one they came up with? On Saturday, the tragedy, courage, and ar- tistic majesty was abundantly evident as the group pulled Canada together in a national outpouring of pride, appreciation, and grief unlike anything seen before in this country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was there, wearing a Tragically Hip T-shirt, among the tens of thousands of others who jammed the Kingston arena or cheered the performance under a huge screen in the city’s spacious downtown square. Downie, whose words are freighted with the extra meaning of those who may not be around too much longer, singled out Trudeau for praise, particularly for the Liberals’ efforts to deal with longstanding aboriginal issues. Canada is in good hands, Downie told the crowd. Trudeau being there for the Tragically Hip’s last concert was no surprise. It’s in keeping with who he is and his approach, even as prime minister. He won the election, after all, in large part by understanding and connecting with today’s Canada—and younger people—in a much more perceptive and engaging way than anyone thought possible. The proof of that connection is more obvi- AVIATION ous with each passing week, as Trudeau con- tinues to enjoy spectacularly high popularity numbers 10 months after winning power. The Canada that Trudeau has tapped into is not the aging, angry country that put Stephen Harper and the Conservatives n this timely and important briefing, airport rental fees, and lower taxes in offi ce for a decade. PUBLICATION DATE: we’ll offer informative content on: on the aviation sector? It is a more optimistic, generous place I with an eye to the future, faith in Canada, October 26, 2016 and a commitment to make it a better home sMoving people securely: How will sEnvironmental impacts: Speaking for everyone, not just for the well-off or the BOOKING DEADLINE: the implementation of new passenger of fees, how are airlines responding to culturally pure. Along with this is an aware- screening and tracking tools such as the idea of a new Canadian carbon ness of and willingness to fully acknowledge and face shortcomings, whether it’s inequal- October 21, 2016 the Electronic Travel Authorization tax? And what’s the latest on how the ity, prejudice, or climate change. affect air travel? Montreal-based International Civil This in itself marks a major change Aviation Organization is grappling with from the dominant mentality of recent decades, when the public good was often sEconomics of air travel: How is reducing greenhouse gas emissions subordinate to demands for austerity and the federal government responding from the aviation sector globally? smaller government. to pressure on it to lift foreign Unlike many other political leaders, Trudeau dared to challenge the cost-cutters ownership caps on airlines, help and program-slashers, realizing that Canadi- discount carriers take flight, scrap BE PART OF IT. ans believed that carefully managed govern- ment could be a force for good rather than an overweening, wasteful interference. Trudeau’s belief in this post-neoliberal Canada always seemed unwavering— something voters of every stripe responded Communicate with those most responsible for Canada’s to with unusual fervour in last fall’s elec- public policy decisions. tion campaign. The trick will be to live up to this mandate. For more information or to reserve your government relations and The economy, which will always spell public affairs advertising space, contact The Hill Times display the difference between success and failure, advertising department at 613-688-8825. is stuck in a long-term mediocre spell and it’s not obvious how anyone can revive it. 12 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 OPINION ELECTORAL REFORM Democracy does not mean majority rule

Our current electoral system allows a small, often false majority to drive and bully Canada without accounting for the desires of the rest of us.

KATIE OPPEN

here’s a false notion out there Tthat democracy means rule by the majority. This approach denies the values of those who have valid reasons for voting against an idea or an ideology. It denies the opportunity to amend or change a proposal so that it addresses the needs of more than just the majority. In many cases you can substitute majority for bully. The bully gets to make the rules and everyone else has to abide by them. Democracy means rule by the people, all the people, not just the ones who lucked or tricked or bullied their way into a major- ity position. Good government would take into account the ideas, concerns and perspectives of all citizens when making and chang- ing laws and policy. That’s what the fi rst, second and third reading of bills are all about, and the Senate review, and consultations and lobbying and citizen advo- cacy—to review, revise, improve, amend and shape the legislation and policies so that they meet the needs of most of the people most The House Electoral Reform Committee is of the time. It’s supposed to be reviewing potential changes to Canada’s electoral an inclusive, iterative process, so system. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright that by third and fi nal reading, everyone has had their concerns addressed and are all willing to vote for the proposal. That’s why those other parties of a much broader range of Canada should defi nitely not in-built bias is the inequality gap; Fair Vote Canada, or the unions have seats in Parliament, not to citizens’ voices. Almost all OECD hold a referendum on the very perpetuated and increased over the to fund issue-based campaigns. It be shut out, but to add value to countries use some form of PR. important questions of electoral years because of multiple govern- is quite another thing for a group the government and to Canada. Canada should have a form reform. We need a fulsome discus- ments’ willingness to put in place of fi nanciers to use their fi nancial This is exactly why minority of mixed member proportional sion of the options with all Cana- laws that benefi t the wealthy at the advantage to infl uence public governments are usually so much (MMP) electoral system, as dians, not just a yes/no choice. It’s expense of the rest of us. policy and voter choice. better at governing and do more recommended by the Law Com- a complex problem, it will require If government’s role is to for their citizens than majority mission of Canada in their 2004 a complex solution. In the end, provide a level playing fi eld for Electronic voting governments. The ruling minor- report Voting Counts. we need to create an electoral all citizens, then we should be re- Canada should also put in place ity is obliged to amend their system that refl ects the needs and moving the great advantage that an electronic voting system for proposed legislation, adjust their Referenda are undemocratic wishes of as many Canadians as money brings to some candidates. federal and provincial elections. It policies, and change their spend- A referendum is a form of possible so that from now on, the I suggest that we create a would increase voter turn out and ing plans, in order to get their FPTP. It reduces complex socio- decisions we make together meet public campaign funding system make democracy more easily avail- bills passed. It compels coopera- political issues down to simplistic everyone’s needs. with only a small proportion able to more Canadians. tion, which results in better and yes/no choices and then imposes Even with a robust propor- of additional private funding Of course there would have more inclusive policies. the majority (bully) decision tional representation electoral permitted. When candidate de- to be extensive security con- The electoral system we have on everyone, even in very close system, the independence of the clared themselves, the govern- trols, checks and oversight of now in Canada, fi rst-past-the-post votes. The winner takes all, as in decisions made by governments ment would provide them with the system, but we are one of the (FPTP), along with our open- FPTP. and elected offi ce holders can be a fi xed, small, sum to spend on most technologically advanced to-abuse campaign fundraising Referenda completely deny unethically infl uenced by obliga- their campaign, and support countries in the world; surely we rules, allows a small elite, often a the rights and interests of the tions to campaign donors and all candidates equally through can fi gure it out. false majority, to create and drive minority. In the Brexit vote, 48 per third party supporters. things like sponsoring televised Katie Oppen is an Ottawa- and bully Canada without at all cent of the population of Britain There is a big motivation to debates, and space in newspapers based activist who volunteers considering the day-to-day realities weren’t able to have any infl u- maximize campaign spending—it or on websites. It would be up to with Fair Vote Canada and the of the true majority of Canadians, ence; and there was no opportu- can and does have a signifi cant the candidate to be creative and Professional Institute of the including all the rest of us. nity to offer alternatives, options, effect on election outcomes. Usu- strategic with their resources and Public Service, and focuses her ef- With a government elected ac- new ideas, or other ways to solve ally the candidate who spends to win on their own good quali- forts on democratic reform, wom- cording to a system of proportion- the problems facing Britain today. the most is the one who wins. Not ties, not on how many signs they en’s rights and reducing income al representation (PR) we would Just a simple choice: leave the EU always, but usually. This biases the could pay for. inequality. A version of this op-ed get closer to real democracy. PR completely or keep things exactly outcomes of elections in favour of Canada should limit third was originally submitted as a governments are more likely to as they are—a very simplistic the wealthy elite, and against the party political expenditures. brief to the House Electoral Re- be minority and coalition govern- assessment of the problems and middle and lower income groups. There is good reason for groups form Committee. ments that consider the concerns their solutions. The result of this centuries old like the Council of Canadians, The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 13 OPINION ENERGY

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trudeau should has work to do if he plans to fulfi ll his commitment target fossil fuel to end fossil fuel subsidies. The Hill Times photograph by subsidies at the G20 Andrew Meade

ister Trudeau could suggest a joint report It’s not simple to infl uence from these same organizations in 2017 on the G20, even for a prime implementing commitments on ineffi cient fossil fuel subsidies, with policy options for minister, but progress carbon pricing and border tax adjustments. on fossil fuel subsidies is That work is badly needed. The terms of reference for the joint report could include badly needed. options for a standard defi nition of “ineffi - cient subsidies,” a phrase that countries can currently use as a loophole. There’s also a need to consider a central repository for ise—the prime minister could spur G20 Barry Carin is a senior fellow at the Centre collecting and auditing data, consequences action to address the climate tragedy of the for International Governance Innovation. He for income distribution, forecasts of emis- commons. Tackling fossil fuel subsidies is has served in a number of senior offi cial posi- sions impacts and more. a way for Canada to be a leader in global tions in the Government of Canada and played By specifying the Canadian schedule diplomacy and show the value of forums an instrumental role in developing the initial BARRY CARIN for phasing out subsidies—a necessary like the G20, while also being on the side of arguments for the G20 and a leader’s level G20. step to keep the Liberals’ election prom- the angels in the climate change debate. The Hill Times he G20 has a credibility challenge. The T2008 and 2009 leaders’ summits dealt effectively with the fi nancial crisis. Since then, the G20 has had a limited impact on economic growth outcomes and little infl u- ence on multilateral and regional develop- ments. By dealing with fossil fuel subsidies at the upcoming G20 leaders’ meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can address that credibility gap and also advance Cana- dian national interests. In 2009 the G20 committed “to phase out and rationalize over the medium term inef- fi cient fossil fuel subsidies”. They accepted that ineffi cient fossil fuel subsidies encour- age wasteful consumption, reduce energy security, impede investment in clean energy and undermine efforts to deal with climate change. But no precise timeline was set for fulfi lling that pledge. Removing subsidies is as painful as extracting impacted wisdom teeth. It is especially hard to do when oil prices are low. Low prices have led to job losses and economic challenges in Alberta and other parts of Canada. That being said, the rationale to phase out fossil fuel subsidies is persuasive. It delivers on an explicit Lib- eral election promise and offsets adverse health and environmental effects. The current fossil fuel subsidies also create confl icting incentives, undercutting Canada’s other efforts to reduce our car- THE NORTH bon emissions. Ending tax breaks that sub- sidize exploration for additional reserves n this important and move to improve surveillance is a no-brainer. Those future discoveries PUBLICATION DATE: timely policy briefing on of the Arctic; we dig into should never be exploited: to meet climate October 24, 2016 Canada’s North, The Hill Canada’s plans to include change targets, two-thirds of the world’s I already proven fossil fuel reserves must Times takes a deep look the North Pole when it remain in the ground. BOOKING DEADLINE: at how climate change is submits its Arctic continental It is not simple to infl uence the G20, transforming the Arctic and shelf claim in 2018; we find even for a prime minister. The leaders’ October 19, 2016 communique for the September summit in what it all means; we look out why Canada performs China is already drafted. The fi nal commu- into Irving Shipbuilding worst of North American nique is based on extensive preparations, Inc.’s $2-million funding governments in not living up consultations and negotiation that began commitment with the to promises to protect their last December when China assumed the G20 presidency. At this late date, the cur- Nunavut Arctic College; oceans; and we look into the rent draft will be diffi cult to change. we find out the latest on Supreme Court’s hearing of However, Canada can infl uence the out- Transport Canada’s initiative an appeal against seismic come positively, keeping future summits in mind. There are four criteria for any idea to to buy pilotless aerial testing in Arctic waters. make the G20’s agenda. First, the idea must drones for the North and achieve consensus among powerful coun- the federal government’s BE A PART OF IT. tries that are not like-minded. Second, it must be clear that action will help resolve a future inevitable crisis. Third, advocates for an idea must be able to show good pros- pects for success and win-win outcomes. Communicate with those most responsible for Canada’s And fi nally, no organization other than the G20 should be capable of the initiative. public policy decisions. In 2009, the G20 requested an analysis of the scope of energy subsidies and sug- For more information or to reserve your government relations and gestions for how to implement a phase-out. public affairs advertising space, contact The Hill Times display The report was provided at the next sum- advertising department at 613-688-8825. mit by four heavy-hitters: the IEA, OPEC, the OECD and the World Bank. Prime Min- 14 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 OPINION FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Tariq ity. This led to a UN resolution Rauf, who setting up a working group in specializes Geneva. The fi ve major nuclear in nuclear weapons states—the U.S., Russia, disarmament, the United Kingdom, France, and says Prime China—boycotted the process. Minister And Canada joined a group of Justin Western states calling themselves Trudeau, “progressive,” but who actually ‘seems undermined comprehensive ef- disengaged forts to eliminate nuclear weap- on nuclear ons by holding out for piecemeal arms control.’ measures that have never stopped UN photograph the nuclear arms race. by Amanda Mr. Dion openly admits that Voisard Canada won’t support new efforts because of “obligations” to NATO. Well, what about our obligations to the United Nations, to the Non- Proliferation Treaty, to safeguard hu- manity from a nuclear catastrophe? What is perplexing about the Canadian vote is that Canada gave up much of what it wants. The report supports a variety of approaches to achieve a legal prohibition of nuclear weapons, many of which, such as the Com- prehensive Test Ban and a ban on the production of fi ssile materials, are in the Canadian catalogue of demands. It says explicitly that “there is more than one way in which nuclear disarmament can be achieved.” But because it also includes negotiations, Canada opposes it. Canada could have abstained, as Norway and the Netherlands, two other NATO countries, did. But Canada didn’t even use this diplomatic device to at least keep the door to negotiations open. No, Canada slammed it shut. That is an insult to all those Canadians who do see the humanitarian value of a nuclear weapons-free world. The report recognizes that, at the start, the nuclear powers won’t participate and that merely prohibiting nuclear weapons does not mean their immediate elimination. But bringing willing weapons. The meeting ended with he would turn his attention to nations together can lead to the 68 nations voting yes, 22 voting the worsening nuclear weapons “stigmatization” of nuclear weap- no, and 13 abstaining on a report threat to world peace. ons and further progress down Canada turns containing a wide range of well- However, United States-Russia the road. considered measures, including relations deteriorated and NATO Why is the Canadian govern- negotiations, to break out of the toughened all its stands. Neither ment opposed to “stigmatization?” nuclear disarmament logjam that the current prime minister nor Because it will lead to delegiti- back on UN continues to endanger the world Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion mizing the possession of nuclear community. has shown any inclination to weapons and challenge the The blame for the Cana- challenge NATO’s outmoded Stra- military doctrine of nuclear deter- dian diplomatic debacle belongs tegic Concept, which holds that rence. Washington defi nitely does plan to ban squarely on the desk of Prime nuclear weapons are the “supreme not want that to happen. Minister Justin Trudeau, whose guarantee” of security. The For- The Canadian government offi ce won’t even answer letters eign Affairs offi cials just follow is trying to have it both ways: to or phone calls from high-ranking along, and so Canada joined with support the “unequivocal under- persons trying to alert him to the NATO states in opposing the new taking” it has made to the NPT to nuclear arms need for Canadian action. Tariq eliminate nuclear weapons, and Geneva report, the very essence Rauf, one of the world’s leading of which expressed “deep con- to support NATO’s fi xation on the with the nuclear weapons states experts on nuclear disarmament, cern over the threat to humanity value of nuclear weapons. At the very that want to keep and modernize says that Trudeau “seems disen- posed by the existence of nuclear Now what is the government moment Canadian their nuclear arsenals for the rest gaged on nuclear arms control” weapons and the catastrophic hu- going to do? There is bound to be of the 21st century. and that the government has “un- manitarian consequences of any a vote in the UN General Assem- leadership was once This is an astounding Canadi- dermined” the nuclear disarma- detonation.” At the very moment bly in mid-October on a resolu- more needed, the an action and has given the back ment work so valiantly champi- Canadian leadership was once tion establishing a negotiating of the government’s hand to civil oned by Pierre Trudeau. more needed, Canada took a dive. process. Will Canada succumb to country took a dive. society groups across Canada In 1983, at the height of the It’s hard to overstate the the nuclear hegemony of the big and 900 members of the Order Cold War, Pierre Trudeau led a dangers to the world posed by powers or will it stand up for Ca- of Canada who have urged the peace mission to Moscow, Wash- the 15,350 nuclear weapons in nadian values and support a UN- government to join in nuclear ne- ington, and other nuclear capitals existence, many of them on hair- sponsored negotiating process? gotiations as called for by United to call a halt to the nuclear arms trigger alert. When Justin Trudeau is fi nally Nations Secretary General Ban race. In 1998, a Liberal govern- Piecemeal nuclear disarma- seized of the issue and sees it in Ki-moon. The Mexican govern- ment caused NATO to review its ment measures have all failed to the light of his aspirations for a ment hailed the Geneva vote as nuclear policies. In 2000, the gov- halt the modernization programs Canadian seat on the Security DOUGLAS ROCHE the “most signifi cant contribution ernment was a chief negotiator now being carried out by the Council, we may get the answer to nuclear disarmament in two in obtaining a consensus at the nuclear powers, which are spend- Canada deserves. decades.” But the Canadian gov- Non-Proliferation Treaty Review ing enormous amounts of money Former senator and ambas- DMONTON—In an amazing ernment scorned it. Conference. to keep their nuclear arsenals. sador for disarmament, Douglas Ediplomatic volte-face, the Ca- The vote took place at the The Harper government So frustrated are many nations Roche served as chairman of the nadian government last week in Open-Ended Working Group on showed little interest in nuclear with the big powers’ continued United Nations Disarmament Geneva voted against starting, in Nuclear Disarmament, estab- disarmament, but when Justin violations of the Non-Prolifer- Committee. His forthcoming 2017, negotiations to ban nuclear lished by a United Nations resolu- Trudeau revived Canada’s in- ation Treaty (NPT), which calls book is Hope Not Fear: Building weapons. The government turned tion, which has been meeting volvement in the United Nations’ for “good faith” negotiations, Peace in a Fractured World. its back on an important nuclear throughout 2016 to fi nd a legal agenda, many observers, both that they started a process to [email protected] disarmament initiative and sided path to the elimination of nuclear in Canada and abroad, expected highlight the threat to human- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 15 NEWS NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

Rosemary McCarney is Canada’s ambassador Trudeau to the United Nations and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. The Liberal government’s government is taking heat for instructing Ms. McCarney’s team to oppose a UN motion commitment for a ban on nuclear weapons. Giuseppe Carot- enuto photograph courtesy of the Food and Agriculture to nuclear Organization of the UN disarmament questioned after UN vote

but Australia called for a vote on The defence behalf of a group of nations that and security opposed the nuclear weapons convention, according to report- philosophies of ing by the Japan Times. the U.S. and Great Australia and some NATO states also voted against begin- Britain may have ning negotiations at the General infl uenced decision- Assembly, while 13 other coun- tries abstained, including Japan makers in Global and Switzerland, according to the Japan Times. Affairs Canada, says In total, 68 nations supported analyst Tariq Rauf. the report. Mr. Roche strongly con- demned Canada’s decision, ques- Continued from page 1 tioning in an op-ed in The Hill Times why the Trudeau govern- A U.N. working group on nu- ment didn’t merely abstain from clear disarmament voted on Fri- voting to at least “keep the door to in the Global Affairs depart- to the approach favoured by the Mr. Axworthy, he said, told day in Geneva to adopt a report negotiations open.” ment with new staff empowered late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, who NATO allies that nuclear weapons calling on the General Assembly By decisively voicing no, by strong instructions from the as prime minister embarked on a in Europe were nonsensical and to begin negotiations on prohibit- the government insulted all Cana- government. global trip preaching nuclear dis- called for a reduction of nuclear ing nuclear weapons in 2017. dians who see the humanitarian These bureaucrats wield con- armament. arsenals. Specifi cally, it says widespread value of a nuclear weapons-free siderable infl uence because they “We don’t see any of that lead- Canada needs a similarly support exists among member states world, he said. prepare the memos sent to the ership coming out of the current more “activist foreign minister,” for the start of the negotiations. Tariq Rauf, a Canadian who minister and prime minister with government,” he said. according to Mr. Rauf. Despite historic support for currently serves as director of recommendations, he explained. Mr. Rauf also lauded the ac- Unfortunately, Foreign Affairs nuclear disarmament, Canada disarmament at the Stockholm The Canadian government, tions of former foreign affairs Minister Stéphane Dion (Saint- was one of 22 of the 103 nations International Peace Research however, said it voted against the minister Lloyd Axworthy, who Laurent, Que.) has failed to emerge in the Open-ended Working Institute, acknowledged that the report because it did not believe served in the role from 1997 to as a “decisive force” on these impor- Group (OEWG) that voted against OEWG process is largely an “ide- negotiations on a ban treaty 2000, as a member of the Jean tant international issues, he argued. adoption of the report, drawing ological and symbolic exercise,” would be effective in advancing Chretien Liberal government. [email protected] swift condemnation from pro- though he argued that the vote nuclear disarmament. disarmament activists. against negotiations could hurt “Canada does support an “We think it’s very disappoint- Canada’s reputation as a cham- eventual nuclear weapons con- WEEK AHEAD IN PARLIAMENT: ing,” said Murray Thomson, the pion of nuclear non-proliferation vention, but only as the ultimate famed peace activist who currently and disarmament. step of the step-by-step approach BROADBENT TO APPEAR AT serves as a coordinator for Ca- He also expressed disappoint- to nuclear disarmament,” said COMMITTEE MONDAY nadians for a Nuclear Weapons ed with the Trudeau government John Babcock, a spokesperson Convention, a non-profi t group that for refusing to reverse course on for Global Affairs Canada, in an “seeks to inform and educate Cana- the disarmament policies etched emailed statement. Broadbent dians on the increasing danger of out by the Conservatives. Without the involvement of Institute nuclear proliferation and nuclear “We don’t see any change, the nuclear powers, he said, any chair and war,” according to its website. it’s pretty much the same as it resulting nuclear ban treaty founder Ed Mr. Thomson, a recipient of was under the Harper govern- would only serve to “duplicate” Broadbent, the Pearson Peace Medal and a ment,” Mr. Rauf said in an inter- existing commitments in the pictured in member of the Order of Canada, view from Vienna. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2014, is set theorized that the Trudeau He accused key offi cials in and would fail to contribute to to speak be- government opposed the report Global Affairs Canada of encour- the “dismantlement of a single fore the Elec- because it supported the claim of aging the Liberals to oppose the nuclear weapon.” toral Reform the North Atlantic Treaty Orga- report, saying these bureaucrats Mr. Babcock said the Trudeau Committee nization that nuclear weapons were “socialized” into adopting the government believes the more on Aug. 29. provide the supreme guarantee of defence and security thinking of effective path forward would be security, which he slammed as the United States, Great Britain, negotiating a treaty prohibiting The Hill Times a “dangerous delusion.” and other Western powers after future production of fi ssile mate- photograph by Despite the criticism, possible serving for nearly 10 years under rial for weapons, such as high- Jake Wright negotiations on a ban treaty seem the Conservatives. enriched uranium and plutonium. unlikely to carry much weight, The offi cials could also be The potential treaty has MONDAY, AUGUST 29 TUESDAY, AUGUST 30 with all fi ve nuclear powers—the wary of upsetting powerful coun- “broad support” and represents • The House of Commons Special Committee on • The House Electoral Reform Committee is set United States, Russia, China, terparts in Washington, Brussels, “signifi cant and realistic” prog- Electoral Reform is scheduled to meet 2 to 4:30 p.m. to meet 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 237-C, Centre France, and the United Kingdom— and elsewhere, who would not ress towards ridding the world in Room C-110, 1 Wellington St. in a televised meeting. Block in a televised meeting. Witnesses: Mouvement boycotting the process, according hesitate to go directly to the min- of nuclear weapons, he said. Witnesses: Broadbent Institute chair and founder Ed Démocratie Nouvelle president Jean-Sébastien to former Senator and disarma- ister’s offi ce to lodge complaints, Mr. Rauf, however, called on Broadbent, former (2002-3) Quebec democratic Dufresne, Harvard University Adams University ment ambassador Douglas Roche. Mr. Rauf said. Canada to adopt a more activist reform minister Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, and economics professor Eric Maskin, and University The report was originally He called on the government University of Toronto associate professor and Canada of Toronto School of Public Policy and Governance course in pursuing nuclear dis- Research Chair in Democracy, Constitutionalism, and director and political science associate professor to be adopted by consensus, to replace key Harper-era offi cials armament, pushing for a return Electoral Law Yasmin Dawood (by videoconference). Peter John Loewen. 16 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 POLITICAL STAFFERS HILL CLIMBERS BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT Clement leadership campaign led by Former Conservative minister Tony Ken Bednarek is helping out Tony Mike Crase is campaign manager to Clement is facing off with fi ve rivals— Clement’s Conservative leadership Mr. Clement. Photograph courtesy of Twitter Crase, Ontario- and counting—for the leadership of campaign with policy advice. the federal Conservatives. The Hill Times Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn heavy team includes photograph by Andrew Meade former staffers

House speaker and Conservative Stephen Sparling, MP Andrew Scheer. Last week, Brian Patterson and talk also emerged of a possible run by former B.C. Conservative John Capobianco MP Andrew Saxton. Interested candidates have until Feb. 24 to have also volunteered join the race and until March 28 to sell new party memberships. to help the campaign, Conservative Party members will cast their votes to choose the next among others. leader at a convention set to take place May 27, 2017. Sandra Buckler isn’t offi cially working Stephen Sparling is helping with FleishmanHillard’s John Capobianco Half of the declared can- for the campaign, but has provided campaign fundraising. Photograph is a senior adviser to Mr. Clement’s didates for the Conservative some communications advice. The Hill courtesy of LinkedIn campaign. The Hill Times fi le photo t’s been just over a month since leadership represent federal Times photograph by Jake Wright IConservative MP Tony Clement Ontario ridings, and Mr. Clem- offi cially threw his hat into the ent’s team to date includes many also be clicking in and we suspect During his years in the pro- tion; a principal with Snowlion ring in the race to become the next experienced Ontario conservative more information and more news vincial Ontario PC government, Ventures; a board member with Conservative Party leader, which operatives. to come in the weeks ahead,” Mr. Mr. Clement spent time as the Northstar Trade Finance; chair of will be decided in May 2017, and Mike Crase, who’s become a Capobianco told Hill Climbers provincial minister for health and the B.C government’s multicultural as he continues to shape his of- well-known organizer and cam- last week. long-term care, environment, and advisory committee; an adviser fi cial campaign team, Hill Climb- paigner in conservative circles in Helping out with fundraising municipal affairs and housing. on the RCMP’s cultural diversity ers has learned of a number of Ontario over the years, is cam- for the campaign on a volunteer Two of Mr. Clement’s former advisory committee; president of conservative organizers who are paign manager to Mr. Clement. basis is former Oakville regional staffers during his time as a the Canada-India Business Council already lending a hand. Mr. Crase is a former aide to councillor Stephen Sparling, federal minister in the Harper in Vancouver; vice-chairman of the Mr. Clement, who’s repre- former Conservative MP Stella who’s currently president and Conservative government are Asia Pacifi c Democrat Union; and sented the federal riding of Parry Ambler, who represented Missis- CEO of Halton Government Rela- also lending a hand to his leader- is an honorary consul for the gov- Sound-Muskoka, Ont. since 2006, sauga South, Ont. from 2011 up tions and a member of Staples ship campaign. Mr. Clement was ernment of Mongolia in B.C. is now one of seven candidates until the 2015 federal election. Mr. Promotional Products Canada’s named federal health minister in Bill King, who was chief of who’ve indicated they’re run- Crase is now chief operating offi cer executive committee focused on 2006, before becoming industry staff to Mr. Clement as federal ning in the Conservative Party’s of Electright Inc., which describes national accounts and govern- minister in 2008 and later presi- health minister and for a time as leadership race, after announc- itself online as providing “profes- ment sales. dent of the Treasury Board up industry minister, is an adviser to ing his bid on July 12 in an event sional political campaign services” Mr. Sparling was an Oakville until the Liberal government was Mr. Clement’s leadership cam- featuring his campaign logo and and is based in Mississauga. regional councillor from 1991 sworn in last fall. paign on a volunteer basis. the hashtag, #empower. Mr. Clem- He helped out the federal Con- to 2000, during which time he Ken Bednarek, who was a Mr. King has been an elected ent’s campaign logo uses a green servative party during the 2015 served as chairman of the Halton policy adviser to Mr. Clement as councillor with Lanark Highlands line to make the “O” of his fi rst- campaign as a regional organizer Planning and Public Works Com- federal health minister, is helping Township in Ontario since 2014 name look like the power button and has also served as campaign mission, and is a former presi- out with policy for the campaign. and is currently also a principal of a computer. manager to former Conserva- dent of the Oakville Chamber of Mr. Bednarek switched over to with Sagebrush Communica- On Aug. 12, Mr. Clement host- tive MPs Bob Dechert and Julian Commerce, amongst other past serve as a senior adviser to then- tions and owner of Blackwood ed an hour-long Twitter question- Fantino. In 2013, he served as experience. justice minister Rob Nicholson Originals in Lanark, Ont., which and-answer session using the campaign manager to then-Toron- He’s been an active Ontario in 2007. When Peter MacKay describes itself online as “home hashtag, #AskTony. A few days to deputy mayor Doug Holyday in conservative for decades, includ- took over as minister in 2013, he to one-of-a-kind, Canadian-made later, he indicated in a follow-up his bid as the Progressive Conser- ing as a provincial and federal stayed on and continued to work furniture and home décor.” tweet that he “would not unilater- vative candidate in a byelection party fundraiser, and even ran as in the offi ce up until last year. He’s a former executive as- ally abandon farmers by ending race in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont. a federal Progressive Conserva- Tenzin Khangsar, a former sistant to Mike Harris, includ- SM [supply-management].” Mr. Holyday won with roughly tive candidate in Oakville, Ont. in chief of staff to Mr. Clement as ing for a time during his years Just last week, Conservative 46 per cent support, but was later 1997, ultimately losing to Liberal industry minister and for a time as Ontario PC premier, and is a MP Brad Trost, who represents unseated by his Liberal rival in Bonnie Brown. A couple of years as Treasury Board president, is former executive vice-president Saskatoon-University, Sask. and the race, Peter Milczyn, in the later, he ran for presidency of the also helping out the campaign on at Hill & Knowlton strategies. has become known for being a 2014 Ontario election. federal PC party, but ultimately the West Coast. Mr. King has also been a board social conservative, also threw his John Capobianco, a senior vice- lost to Conservative MP (and Mr. Khangsar ran as a candi- director for Humingbird Centre hat in the ring. He joins Conser- president and partner at Fleish- former minister) Peter Van Loan date for the federal Conservatives for the Performing Arts, Fishing vative MPs Kellie Leitch, Michael manHillard in Toronto, is a senior (York-Simcoe, Ont.). in Brossard-La Prairie, Que. in Forever and the Canadian Centre Chong, and Maxime Bernier who adviser to Mr. Clement’s campaign. Former Queen’s Park Progres- 2006, ultimately placing third, and on Substance Abuse, according to announced their bids for leader- Mr. Capobianco is also currently sive Conservative staffer Brian is also former chief of staff to then- his LinkedIn account. ship early on last spring, as well a vice-chair of the Ontario Cham- Patterson is offi cial agent for Mr. secretary of state for multicultural- Sandra Buckler, a former as Conservative MP Deepak Ob- ber of Commerce, and is a former Clement’s campaign. He previ- ism and Canadian identity Jason director of communications to then hrai, who announced his interest senior vice-president at public ously worked in the Ontario PC Kenney on the Hill. Since leaving Conservative prime minister Ste- in becoming the next Conserva- affairs fi rm Edelman. As well, leader’s offi ce under then-leader the Hill in 2012, Mr. Khangsar has phen Harper, isn’t playing a formal tive leader on July 14. Earlier this He’s a two-time former Conserva- Tim Hudak and worked for Mr. worked for Deloitte Canada as an role with the campaign but has week, former Conservative MP tive candidate, having run for the Clement during his time as a executive adviser in Vancouver, and volunteered some communications Pierre Lemieux, another social federal party in 2004 and 2006 in minister in Mike Harris’ Ontario before that spent about two years and media relations advice. conservative, also indicated a Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont. PC government. as managing director and execu- Finally, Christine Simundson, leadership bid. “Since Tony launched in mid- Before joining Mr. Clem- tive vice president at RCI Capital a former constituency assistant There’s also been a fair bit of July, he’s been active and the ent’s offi ce at Queen’s Park, Mr. Group in the city. to Mr. Dechert as the Conserva- buzz around the potential leader- campaign has been active getting Patterson worked for a time for He’s currently spinning a tive MP for Mississauga-Erindale, ship bids of a few other Conser- a lot of support and encourage- then-economic development min- number of plates, according to Ont., is also supporting and advis- vative MPs, in particular former ment over the last couple of ister Bill Saunderson. He’s also a his LinkedIn profi le, as president ing Mr. Clement’s campaign. minister and Conservative MP weeks, and support’s coming in former executive director of the of Viralyze in Vancouver, B.C.; a [email protected] Erin O’Toole, as well as former fairly strong and fundraising will Ontario PC party. director with the Planterra Founda- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016 17 HILL TIMES CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT: TEL. 613-232-5952, FAX 613-232-9055

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Continued from page 5 other candidates who have been selected by the parties and can be elected based on the percentage of the party’s vote. Institute for Research on Public Policy “I truly feel that we do really create two magazine. classes of MPs, one that’s responsible to the The calculation gave the Liberal party a party, and one that’s responsible to their total of 205 Commons seats for the Oct. 19, constituents, and right now, the system we election, well more than the 184 seats Liberal have, I think as an MP, you feel this balance Ambassador N’Goran Kouamé and his wife, Affoue Angele Kouamé, hosted a reception Aug. 13 at their home candidates actually won to give Mr. Trudeau that you have to create between party and to mark the 56th anniversary of Côte d’Ivoire’s independence. and his government a majority in the Com- constituents and try to come up with what’s mons, even though the party won only 39 per best for both,” Liberal MP Ruby Sahota cent of the vote across the country. (Brampton North, Ont.) said as she ques- The Conservative party, not as popular tioned University of Ottawa law dean Na- as a second choice, would have won only 73 thalie Des Rosiers, the former legal adviser seats rather than the 99 seats its candidates to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association won to put the party into offi cial opposition. who has in the past also taken part in major In a similar calculation for the 2011 fed- election reform studies in Canada. eral election, but using broader data from Ms. Des Rosiers said the past evidence the Canadian Election Study, Prof. Jansen’s has shown that in Scotland and New Zea- calculation applying alternative voting ret- land, which have moved to proportional roactively reduced the 166-seat Conserva- representation from the same fi rst-past- tive majority to 150 seats, a strong minority, the-post electoral system Canada has used and increased the number of Liberal seats since Confederation, the party “list” MPs, to 39 from 34, while the NDP would have who are not directly elected by voters, co- won 116 seats instead of 103. The Green operate with those who are directly elected Party result would not have changed, re- by supporters of the same party. maining at one seat. “The list MPs are not sitting out there Ladies fi rst! Guests grab grub. Although Mr. Trudeau stated during the doing different things, they are sharing the campaign for the 2013 Liberal leadership elec- work, offering different services and so on,” tion that he favoured a ranked ballot system said Ms. Des Rosiers. Chad marks national day at Chateau Laurier bash rather than proportional representation— Liberal MP John Aldag (Cloverdale- where there are more MPs elected in each Langley City, B.C.) acknowledged the riding as parties are allotted seats according Liberal MPs were pointedly asking ques- to their percentage of the popular vote—the tions about some aspects of proportional Liberal Party subsequently adopted a policy representation. resolution supporting either ranked ballots or “It’s not that I have any real personal proportional representation or both. beefs with it, it’s just I want to understand strengths and weaknesses of any of the Committee on the move systems we look at,” Mr. Aldag said in an With lines starting to form between the interview. 12 members of the committee and Con- University of Calgary political science servative MPs persistently injecting their professor Barry Cooper told the committee South African High Commissioner Membathisi support for a national referendum on any Tuesday Mr. Trudeau and his government Mdladlana greets Mahamat Ali Adoum, ambassador changes to Canada’s federal electoral sys- have no mandate to change Canada’s fed- of Chad, at Chad’s Aug. 11 national day reception at Brazilian Ambassador Pedro Fernando Brêtas tem, the committee has revealed plans for eral electoral system. the Chateau Laurier. Bastos is welcomed by Mr. Adoum. 16 days of hearings across Canada, from St. He argued the Liberals should put it to John’s, N.L., to Victoria, B.C., from late Sep- electors as the principal issue in the next tember through the fi rst week of October. federal election. The travel would be covered by a “The government today does not have a $300,000 budget the government had al- mandate, thirty-nine per cent doesn’t con- lotted to the committee while setting aside stitute a mandate, particularly when this $10.7 million in the federal budget for was a very minor part of their platform, government “outreach” on a new electoral and there was nothing specifi c in it,” Prof. system through to 2020, a year after the Cooper said in an interview after his com- next scheduled federal election. mittee testimony. As Liberals questioned witnesses during “Under the conventions of the regime the electoral reform hearings this week, Kenneth Neufeld, director general at the that we have, responsible government, it’s Western and Central Africa bureau at Global they focused on elector concerns regard- the job of the executive to say what they ing one of the main proportional represen- Affairs Canada, speaks to the crowd in front of Mr. Adoum and Rwandan Acting High have in mind. And if it’s as fundamental as Commissioner Shakilla Umutoni. tation options, where voters are able to cast this, they need some additional legitimacy an unfortunately placed Canadian fl ag. ballots supporting individual candidates rather than simply a [past] general elec- nominated by party members in each elec- tion,” Prof. Cooper said. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia toral district as well as a limited number of [email protected] is The all-new E-Class at Star Motors

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stitute presents a roundtable with former Privy Council Prime Minister Parliamentary Offi ce special adviser on human smuggling and CSIS Justin Trudeau, director Ward Elcock. Sept. 13. KPMG, 150 Elgin St., pictured, wwwis Calendar suite 1800, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Not for media attribu- set to speak to tion and no media reporting. $15-$50. Includes lunch/ the more than refreshments. Register via cdainstitute.ca 1,800 Unifor FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 union members Parliamentary Press Gallery Barbecue and Unveil- gathered at ing—The Parliamentary Press Gallery will hold its annual Ottawa’s Shaw barbecue mugging for full-time members only in the East Centre for their Block Courtyard on Friday, Sept. 16, at 12 noon. The convention on gallery will also unveil the members’ photo portrait to Aug. 24 at 10 commemorate the gallery’s 150th anniversary. If it rains, the BBQ will be held in Room 237-C Centre Block. a.m. The Hill Carleton University’s School of Journalism 70th Anni- Times photograph versary of Granting of Canada’s First Bachelor of Journalism by Sam Garcia Degrees—Women in Journalism Luncheon, featuring CBC’s PM to speak Susan Ormiston, The Toronto Star’s Alyshah Hasham, Com- plex Media’s Anita Li, and CBC Ottawa’s Joanne Chianello. Sept. 16, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. River Building, Carleton at Unifor University. Tickets are $25 per person, includes lunch. Leap to Where? Elements of a Canadian Climate Policy That Could Be Both Feasible and Enough: convention Thomas Homer-Dixon—Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Carleton University, River Building Theatre (RB2200), 1125 Colonel By NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet with Mike Flannigan, University of Alberta. Sept. 29, Aug. 24 Dr., Ottawa. Registration: carleton.ca/fpa. For more from 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, 7:30 a.m. Parliamentary Dining Room, Centre Block. information, call Cassie Hodgins, Carleton University, on Wednesday. Please call the NDP Media Centre at No charge to MPs, Senators, and media. All others, 613-520-2600 x 2995. 613-222-2351 or [email protected] $25. Pre-registration required by Mon., Sept. 26 by Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund Consiglio Di Nino Honours Dinner—The former contacting Donna Boag, PAGSE [email protected] or WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria—Prime Minister senator is to be honoured at this dinner. Albany Club, call 613-991-6369. Justin Trudeau has announced Canada will host this world 91 King Street E., Toronto. albanyclub.ca/events Duck Unlimited Canada Conservation Reception— Canadian Medical Association’s 149th Annual summit in Montreal. More details to be announced. All MPs and Senators are invited to this event from Meeting—Physicians from across the country—including THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 5 to 7 p.m. Sir John A. Macdonald Building, Room medical students and residents—are in Vancouver for this SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 TD Presents The Walrus Talks Arctic—The Walrus 200, 144 Wellington St., Ottawa. The event’s theme is conference. Speeches include incoming CMA president Dr. Canadian Press/CBC Parliament Hill Open—Mont Talks returns to the Canadian Museum of Nature (240 “Conservation for the future.” Granger Avery on Aug. 24. Until Aug. 24. Westin Bayshore Cascades Golf Club, Cantley, Que., (30 minutes from McLeod St., Ottawa) on Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. TD Presents Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. Media briefi ng planned for Aug. 24 at Ottawa). Tee times start at 11 a.m.; best-ball format, The Walrus Talks Arctic features leading Canadians FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 1 p.m. PDT. Reporters may participate by teleconference by with prizes for fi rst place, second place and “most giving short, focused Walrus Talks exploring the issues dialing 1-877-234-4610; code: 7962151#. Nature Canada Ball—Join Ball Patron Sophie honest” scores, plus closest-to-the-pin and long drive and opportunities that make the North unique. Featuring Hastings Plowing Match and Farm Show—Wednesday, Grégoire Trudeau and author Margaret Atwood for a prizes for both men and women. Sign up as a complete ITK president Natan Obed, research scientist Jeffery M. Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 2431 Queensborough Rd., Queens- spectacular evening celebrating nature and Nature foursome or as a single or pair. Cost: $95, includes Saarela, aboriginal languages and culture advocate Fibbie borough, Ont. Hastings-Lennox and Addington, Ont. Canada’s work connecting children to their Nature- green fee, power cart, and steak dinner. Email CP Ot- Tatti, and more. $12-$20. Full event details and tickets Public Consultations on Future of 100 Wellington Hood. Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Fairmont Chateau Laurier, tawa’s James McCarten (james.mccarten@thecanadi- available online at thewalrus.ca/events St.—The federal government is seeking feedback on Ottawa. Information on tickets at naturecanada.ca or anpress.com) or the CBC’s Paul MacInnis (paul.macin- EU-Canada Energy Conference 2016—This confer- how best to transform the 100 Wellington Building, 613-562-3447 x298. [email protected]) for more information or to hold your space, ence offers an opportunity to support the promotion of facing Parliament Hill (the former U.S. Embassy) into a or reach James at 613-231-8602 or 613-794-0848 best policies and regulatory practices for effi cient, sus- MONDAY, OCT. 3 key Canadian institution. An online survey is available and Paul at 613-288-6611 or 613-293-3494. tainable, and environmentally friendly energy produc- until Sept. 9 at canada.ca/100WellingtonStreet. Maritime Security Challenges 2016: Pacifi c Trudeau to Attend Global Citizen Concert—Interna- tion and use. It will focus on such topics as unconven- tional advocacy organization Global Citizen in support Seapower—Presented by the Navy League of Canada, THURSDAY, AUG. 25 tional gas and LNG, smart grids, and renewable energy, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Daniel K. Inouye of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and as well as COP21 implementation. The EU ambassador Liberal Caucus Retreat—The Liberals will hold a Asia-Pacifi c Center for Security Studies (a U.S. Depart- Malaria is hosting Usher, Half Moon Run, Metric, to Canada will deliver the opening/closing remarks. two-day caucus retreat Aug. 25-26 in Saguenay, Que. ment of Defense organization), this conference will Grimes, and Charlotte Cardin for a free-ticketed concert Victoria Hall, John G. Diefenbaker Building, 111 Sus- For more information, please call Liberal Party media feature presentations and discussion on “The Strategic on Saturday, Sept. 17. Bell Centre, Montreal. Prime sex Dr., Ottawa. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. To register/more info: relations at [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Minister Justin Trudeau is set to attend as a special Nexus of Pacifi c Seapower.” Scheduled speakers in- eucanada40.ca/events/canada-energy-conference clude Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd, commander of the Royal TUESDAY, AUG. 30 guest. The event will celebrate progress in global health and development. Earn the chance to win tickets by FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 Canadian Navy and Admiral Scott H. Swift, commander Prime Minister to Travel to China—Prime Minister Justin of the U.S. Navy’s pacifi c fl eet. Until Oct. 6. Victoria, following the steps via globalcitizen.org/canada. Canada-India Innovation Conference—The Canada- Trudeau is set to go on an offi cial visit to China and to attend B.C. mscconference.com India Centre for Excellence will be hosting the Canada- the G20 summit there, Aug. 30 to Sept. 6. The offi cial visit SUNDAY, SEPT. 18 India Innovation Conference at Carleton University from FRIDAY, OCT. 7 includes stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Hong Canada Army Run—This event raises money for 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference will bring together Kong. The G20 Leaders’ Summit is to take place Sept. 4 Arctic Circle Assembly—The Arctic Circle is a net- injured and ill soldiers and military families in need. It experts from academia, private sector and government and 5 in Hangzhou, China. For more information, media may work of international dialogue and co-operation on the welcomes participants from across Canada and the world to identify policy, technology, and business collabora- call the PMO Press Offi ce at 613-957-5555. as they run, walk, and roll across Ottawa. The half- future of the Arctic. It is an open democratic platform tion opportunities between the two countries, and how with participation from governments, organizations, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7 marathon is 94 per cent sold out, while the 5K is already Canadians can build long-term relationships with their at 79 per cent sold out. The Commander’s Challenge, a corporations, universities, think tanks, environmental Indian counterparts. For more information, visit http:// Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to new addition this year, is sold out. For more information, associations, indigenous communities, and others.The carleton.ca/india/cu-events/canada-india-innovation- make its latest interest rate announcement. 10 a.m. including how to register, visit armyrun.ca. annual Arctic Circle Assembly is the largest annual conference. It is free to attend. international gathering on the Arctic, attended by more THURSDAY, SEPT. 8 MONDAY, SEPT. 19 SATURDAY, SEPT. 24 than 2,000 participants from 50 countries. Until Oct. 9. Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center, Reykja- Scandal and the Road to Redemption—How do you House Resumes Sitting—The House resumes sit- Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Visit B.C., vík, Iceland. Register via arcticcircle.org protect your organization’s reputation before and after ting on Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. after a 13-week break. The Yukon—The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set scandal strikes? Using real-life examples, this session House adjourned June 17. WEDNESDAY OCT. 12 looks at the core elements of reputational protection for their second offi cial Royal Tour to Canada, Sept. from a legal and public relations perspective. This is part TUESDAY, SEPT. 20 24-Oct. 1. They will visit fi ve communities in British Alexandre Trudeau—Alexandre Trudeau, the younger Columbia and two in Yukon. In B.C.: Victoria (Sept. brother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will present to the of Gowling WLG’s Risk to Reward seminar series, 10 Cabinet Meeting—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is 24, 27, 29, Oct. 1), Vancouver (Sept. 25), Bella Bella Canada China Friendship Society on his new book Barbarian breakfast seminars on critical business and legal issues to expected to hold a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Sept. (Sept. 26), Kelowna (Sept. 27), and Haida Gwaii (Sept. Lost: Travels in the New China, at Christ Church Cathedral, be held at the fi rm’s Ottawa offi ce throughout 2016. This 20 on the Hill. For more information, call the PMO 30). In Yukon: Whitehorse (Sept. 27, 28) and Carcross 414 Sparks St. 7:30 p.m. Free for members of the Canada seminar series is suited toward business owners, execu- Press Offi ce at 613-957-5555. (Sept. 28). An offi cial welcome to Canada and British China Friendship Society, $10 for non-members, and $5 for tives, and in-house counsel in eastern Ontario. 7:30-9 2016 Canadian Inland Ports Conference—On Sept. Columbia will be held on Sept. 24 in Victoria, includ- students. ccfso.org/home-top/alexandre-trudeau a.m. Sept. 8. Gowling WLG, 160 Elgin St., 20th fl oor 20-21, 2016, the Van Horne Institute will be hosting the ing an honour-guard review and speeches. A public (suite 2600), Ottawa. No cost, but registration necessary 2016 Canadian Inland Ports Conference in Winnipeg, TUESDAY, OCT. 18 as space is limited. gowlingwlg.com/risktoreward. Manitoba. This conference will bring together leading celebration will be held on Sept. 28 in Whitehorse. GreenPAC Breakfast—GreenPAC will be hosting MONDAY, SEPT. 12 experts from around the world to discuss inland ports and TUESDAY, SEPT. 27 their importance to their local, provincial, and national a breakfast event in the Parliamentary restaurant be- Toronto Global Forum—The International Economic economies. It will showcase fi ve of Canada’s Inland Ports Senate Resumes Sitting—The Senate is expected tween 7:30 and 9 a.m. It will bring together environ- Forum of the Americas presents this annual summit on located across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC; to resume sitting on Sept. 27 at 2 p.m. The Senate mentally-focused Members of Parliament from four topics including fi nance, innovation, energy, trade and as well as major Canadian ports, airports, and stake- adjourned June 22. political parties as well as other people, associations, infrastructure. Confi rmed speakers include: Interna- holders. Early bird registration before Aug. 22: $495. ICAO Triennial Assembly—The International Civil Avia- and corporations. tional Monetary Fund managing director Christine Registration after Aug. 22 $600. Please contact Bryndis tion Organization, a UN specialized agency headquartered WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19 Lagarde, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Infrastructure Whitson at [email protected] or 403-220-2114 for in Montreal, will host its 39th triennial assembly. ICAO’s Minister Amarjeet Sohi, Ontario Premier Kathleen more information. http://www.vanhorneinstitute.com/ 191 member states and a large number of international Bank of Canada Release—The bank is expected to Wynne, Canadian Ambassador to the United States event/2016-canadian-inland-ports-conference/ organizations are invited to the assembly, which establishes make its latest interest rate announcement as well as David MacNaughton and his U.S. counterpart Bruce Canada to Co-Host Leaders’ Summit on the Global the organization’s worldwide policy. ICAO headquarters, 999 publish its quarterly Monetary Policy Report. 10 a.m. Heyman, Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi, Guinea Refugee Crisis—United States President Barack Obama Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Montreal. Until Oct. 7. EU-Canada Arctic Conference—The conference, to President Alpha Condé, and the CEOs/presidents of will host this summit on the margins of opening of the WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 be hosted in Ottawa, aims to bring together Northern- companies including Suncor, CAE, Monsanto, and 71st session of the UN General Assembly in New York ers and other decision-makers from both sides of the UPS. Until Sept. 14. Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front City. Sept. 20. 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