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Exclusive evidence in decision-making. decision-making. in evidence campaign against scientific scientific against campaign Feds mount systematic systematic mount Feds the government uses as ‘busy the governmentusesas‘busy PM’s approvalratingisstillthe work’ fortheAFN,sayscritic. at a ‘tipping point’ SCIENCE BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT er’s publicapproval ratings rime MinisterStephenHarp- Atleo urged to do Nations re-electedShawn hiefs ofthe Assembly of First popularity comeSeptember. Stephen Harper’s declining PM abounce, Please seestoryon Page5 Please seestoryonPage4 BY CHRISPLECASH says Nanos 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 FEATURE BUZZ her creative energy on issues of be responsible for the Regulatory freedom of speech and censorship. Cooperation Council, a Canada-U.S. Ms. James recently penned an body announced by the two heads of ON essay on applying the consensus- state in February 2011. The council is based Forest Stewardship Council meant to increase co-ordination and THE model to Canada’s oil and gas transparency between the two coun- HEARD HILL industry for the September issue tries on regulations. BY C HRIS P LECASH AND J AMES G RIGG of Corporate Knights Magazine. Mr. Maloney’s career in pub- “This has been hugely success- lic service started in 1982, in the ful for forest industry steward- research department of the Bank of ship,” Ms. James said. “I think they Canada. He also worked for 12 years can apply the same thinking to oil at Finance Canada. Before joining Tory Senator Meredith urges public to be ‘more stewardship.” PCO in January of this year he was Ms. James art and writing can executive vice-president of CIDA. be found at www.frankejames.com. Bob Hamilton will soon be vocal’ against community violence; Tessier moving out of his office at Trea- Senior public servants move on sury Board Secretariat, where to retirement, new challenges he is currently senior associate enters 365-day-get-physical challenge; and PM secretary, into new digs at Envi- Prime Minister Stephen ronment Canada, where he will Harper announced more changes become the department’s new changes senior ranks of federal public service on Friday afternoon to the senior deputy minister on August 1. ranks of the public. He has worked at Environ- John Knubley, currently ment before. In 2009 he was asso- onservative Senator and people engaged, encouraged and on her blog, changesin365days. deputy minister of Agriculture ciate deputy minister. Mr. Ham- Cordained minister Don Mere- empowered through various educa- blogspot.ca, and is seeking spon- and Agri-Food, will become the ilton replaces Paul Boothe, who dith condemned last week’s shoot- tional means in terms of them turn- sorship from companies that make deputy minister of Industry, effec- retires from his 33-year career in ing at a neighbourhood barbecue ing away from gangs.” women’s skin care products. tive Sept. 17. the public service on July 31. Mr. in Scarborough, in what police He stressed the importance of “I’m trying to target ladies Suzanne Vinet, currently presi- Boothe has been at the head of described as the worst incident of community empowerment and said who are 50 plus, who are sitting dent of the Economic Develop- the department for two years. gun violence in the city’s recent people need to become “more vocal.” on their butts after supper eat- ment Agency of Canada for the Mr. Boothe has held senior history. Two people were killed and Said Sen. Meredith: “They can- ing ice cream and maple syrup Regions of Quebec, will become positions at Finance, Industry and more than 20 were injured by gun- not be silent. If they continue to be instead of getting out,” she said. deputy minister of Agriculture and Treasury Board, and was the Sec- fire on Monday, July 16. silent then they’re empowering the Agri-Food, also effective Sept. 17. retary of the Treasury Board in Sen. Meredith, who is execu- drug dealers and gun runners.” Franke goes to Daphne Meredith, currently Saskatchewan. tive director and co-founder of the Sen. Meredith has developed Ottawa chief Human Resources Officer, On August 27 Marie Lemay, GTA Faith Alliance, an and advocated for a National Youth Artisan muck- will become deputy minister of who has been at the head of interfaith group that Strategy which he says is about raker and recent Western Economic Diversifica- the National Capital Commis- works to find solutions engagement, encouragement and Hill Times Quizzi- tion, effective Sept. 4. sion since 2008, will be going to to youth violence, said support and having a proactive cal Twitter Sum- Daniel Watson, currently deputy Infrastructure Canada, where she that he was disgusted approach to youth violence. mer Challenge win- minister of Western Economic Diver- will be associate deputy minister. by what happened in “If we don’t deal with it and ner Franke sification, will become chief Human Ms. Lemay has a background in the neighbourhood have some sort of national strategy James was Resources Officer, effective Sept. 4. municipal administration, and she that he had lived in you’re going to see [Scarborough] in Ottawa Paul Rochon, currently associ- has worked for the city of Gatineau for several years. repeated again and again and then last week ate deputy minister of Finance, and the municipality of Chelsea, as

“It’s shocking we’re going back to being reactive to enjoy James Billiam by Photograph will become associate deputy well as helming the Canada Coun- and absolutely instead of proactive,” he said. her prize Hill Times Quizzical minister of Health and concur- cil of Professional Engineers. deplorable. – two tickets Summer Challenge rently special adviser to the min- Something Terrific staffer seeks fitness to the Thurs- winner Franke James. ister of Finance on negotiations CORRECTIONS: THE HILL Conservative that should challenge backer day, July 19 for a Canadian securities regula- TIMES, JULY 16 ISSUE Senator and pas- never happen performance tor, effective Aug. 7. Re: “Canada still has no plan tor Don Meredith. in any com- of Wicked at National Arts Centre. The Prime Minister also to address climate change,” (The munity across Readers were asked to come up announced that Richard Dicerni, Hill Times, July 16, p. 23, by Green Canada,” he with a headline for the Prime Min- deputy minister of Industry will Party Leader Elizabeth May). told The Hill Times. ister’s most recent Cabinet shoufflé retire from the public service on Ms. May incorrectly wrote that The shooting happened during that saw Julian Fantino (Vaughan, July 30. one Parliamentary secretary said an outdoor community barbecue at Ont.) replace Bev “the other OJ” Oda Meanwhile, there were other anyone opposed to pipelines and around 10:30 p.m. It is suspected that at CIDA, and Bernie Valcourt add changes made to the senior ranks tankers was “against Canada,” and both shooters were gang members. military procurement to his growing of the public service a few weeks that when asked to withdraw the Toronto has seen a spike in list of minister of state titles. ago too. remark as un-parliamentary, she gun violence this summer. On Ms. James won with the Public Mary Chaput took the helm of refused. Conservative MP Shelly June 2, two people were killed Let’s get physical: Heather Tessier, Image Ltd.-inspired headline “This Veterans Affairs last week, upon the Glover, Parliamentary secretary and seven were injured in a gang- ‘I’ve always wanted to do it, it’s one is NOT a Cabinet shuffle: Oda cut. retirement of long-serving public to the minister of Finance, in an exchange in the House on Feb. 15, related shooting in the food court of the things on my bucket list.’ Fantino scores. Valcourt goes on servant Suzanne Tining. Ms. Tining 2012, with NDP MP Peter Julian, of the Eaton shopping centre near defence,” which the non-partisan was deputy minister of the depart- accused the NDP of being “anti- Toronto’s Dundas Square. Heather Tessier, 51, who was Hill Times Quizzical Challenge ment since 2007. Prior to that, she Canada” for not supporting the Sen. Meredith has 10 years of ranked No. 9 in this year’s Terrific secretariat deemed sufficiently worked in the Privy Council Office, government’s priorities. Ms. May experience campaigning against 25 Staffer Survey, is 35 days into cheeky. at the Economic Development attempted to raise it as a point youth violence as the executive a 365-day challenge to get fit for The Toronto-based artist made Agency for Québec, and spent more of order, but the House Speaker director of the GTA Faith Alliance next summer’s National Capital headlines last year after Canadian than 20 years at Transport Canada. didn’t allow it. The Hill Times apol- community organization aimed Fitness Expo. Ms. Tessier is plan- officials at embassies in Europe Ms. Chaput has been at Veter- ogizes for publishing this mistake. at addressing youth violence. He ning to compete in next year’s pressured organizers to withdraw ans Affairs since October 2010, • said that the root of the problem body-building figure competition. support for Ms. James’ 20-city when she was appointed associ- Re: “Senate Energy, Environ- is the attraction to gangs that Ms. Tessier, who is a zumba European tour of artworks critical ate minister. In that time, a prior- ment Committee to release major exists in marginalized neighbour- instructor and an assistant to Con- of Alberta’s oilsands development. ity was the department’s five-year report on Canada’s energy future hoods with disadvantaged youth servative MP Lois Brown (Newmar- Through access to information transformation plan. Prior to her this week,” (The Hill Times, July who see drug dealing and guns as ket-Aurora, Ont.), said that she was requests, Ms. James confirmed time at Veterans she was execu- 16, p. 24). The story incorrectly their best option. inspired to take the challenge after that diplomats blocked Ms. James’ tive vice-president and chief oper- reported that the Senate Energy Sen. Meredith said that the attending the latest National Capital work from being shown at Cana- ating officer at the Public Health Committee held more than 37 use of guns is the natural exten- Fit Day Expo this past June at Otta- dian embassies in Europe, and Agency of Canada. Ms. Chaput meetings. In fact, the committee meet 100 times. The Hill Times sion of the drug economy which wa’s Capital Exhibition Centre. had pressured private sponsors to started her career in the federal apologizes for this error. results from the hopeless situa- “I went to that competition withdraw support. Last November public service in 1999 when she • tions youth in some communities last June and I got inspired, and she brought the offending art- became director general of the CORRECTION: THE HILL face. decided to do it. I’m the type of works to Ottawa for what became Immigration and Refugee Board. TIMES ONLINE, JULY 19 “We need to provide hope to person who’s all or nothing,” Ms. her Banned on the Hill art show. Replacing Ms. Chaput as associ- Re: “Doctors, scientists vow these young people. One of the Tessier told The Hill Times. “I’ve The self-described inconve- ate deputy minister is Anne Marie to continue protests against things I’ve been saying for the last always wanted to do it, it’s one of nient artist and her husband Bil- Smart. Ms. Smart comes from the Harper government’s agenda,” 10 years is that we need to develop the things on my bucket list... I liam James are now collaborat- Privy Council Office where she (The Hill Times online, July 19). more programs that engage our figure what’s holding me back?” ing on a project to highlight the was special advisor, communica- The story incorrectly reported young people in finding jobs,” said Ms. Tessier is currently train- Harper government’s silencing of tions and consultations. Ms. Smart that the Council of Canadians Sen. Meredith. “One of the things ing six days a week, including dissenting opinion. has also worked at Environment was behind organizing the July we’ve been doing in the GTA Faith three days with a personal trainer. “There’s so much proof of the Canada and Human Resources. 10 so-called “Death of Science” Alliance is training people on tech- Her routine includes an hour of government silencing people,” Ms. One of Ms. Smart’s colleagues at rally on Parliament Hill. The nology and then taking the next weight training followed by a half James told The Hill Times, who PCO will be taking on more work Council of Canadians helped step and placing them with poten- hour of interval cardio training. credited last year’s spat with the as of August 1. David Maloney, promote the event, along with a tial employers. The key is getting She’s documenting her progress Canadian government for focusing senior advisor to PCO, will also number of other organizations. THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 3 OPINION CLIMATE CHANGE & POLITICS Kent’s reliance on heavy- handed regulatory schemes strange With carbon pricing renewable forms of energy would not need big public subsidies or feed-in tariffs in order to be competitive and many forms of energy efficiency in buildings and transportation would become more economically attractive without having to offer subsidies or tax incentives.

wettest-ever April-June. Russia For example, the scientists are has experienced flash floods while able to show that the harsh drought drought conditions are threaten- that hit Texas last year was about 20 ing the grain crops of Russia, times more likely to have occurred Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Kazakhstan, China and India. due to climate change than because It really is the environment: Environment Minister Peter Kent’s seemingly lacka- As The New Scientist warned of natural vagaries in climate. Like- daisical approach to climate change stands in sharp contrast to the growing inci- BY David Crane in an editorial, “our weather is not wise, the unusually warm weather dence of extreme weather events scientists can now connect to climate change. only becoming more extreme as in Britain last year was 60 times ORONTO—Environment Minis- a result of global warming, it is more likely than due to natural Tter Peter Kent’s seemingly lacka- becoming even more extreme than variations. The scientists exam- that it is the preferred way to deal and oil products as these fuels daisical approach to climate change climate scientists predicted,” so ined a number of other extreme with climate change. A carbon price enter the economy, with a system stands in sharp contrast to the grow- that we need to start planning for weather events from 2011, including not only changes investment behav- of refunds for emissions capture ing incidence of extreme weather “ever more ferocious heat waves, Thailand’s floods and East Afri- iour, since businesses or consum- at downstream facilities.” events scientists can now connect storms, floods and droughts.” can drought, as well as the Texas ers have to take the future carbon Kent’s reliance on heavy-handed to climate change. The high tem- This is the future we are building drought and hot British weather. price into account, but also provides regulatory schemes is strange peratures and drought conditions for today’s children, because of Yet asked recently whether it was a strong incentive for innovative reasoning for a conservative since that this summer are causing many today’s inadequate policies, with time, since we are barely half-way entrepreneurs who know there will Kent’s regulatory approach entails food commodity prices to soar, with the world moving to a planet that to meeting our 2020 greenhouse be a growing market for low-carbon much more government interven- corn now at record levels, are one is four degrees Celsius hotter by gas emission reduction target, for innovations they develop. tion in business decision-making example of how climate change is 2060 and with more than two bil- the federal government to look at A recent study by three econo- than a carbon price, which relies on now impacting on our lives. What lion additional mouths to feed. carbon pricing, Kent told The Hill mists at the International Mon- the market to respond. With carbon climate scientists have been predict- There is now growing evidence Times that “it’s been off the table for etary Fund argued, contrary to pricing renewable forms of energy ing for some time—volatile weather that human-induced climate change some time.” Various forms of carbon Kent’s position, that “well-designed would not need big public subsidies with droughts, floods and extreme is contributing to extreme weather pricing, such as a carbon tax or a fiscal policies (emission taxes or or feed-in tariffs in order to be com- heat waves—is now becoming a events we have been experiencing cap-and-trade system, Kent claimed their cap-and-trade equivalents, petitive and many forms of energy more regular occurrence. in recent years. A series of articles would “do nothing to reduce the with allowance auctions) should efficiency in buildings and trans- This year’s “Summer in March” by climate scientists published greenhouse gas megatonnage. We form the centrepiece of efforts to portation would become more eco- saw temperatures soar, followed by the American Meteorological believe sector-by-sector regulations promote greener economies.” nomically attractive without having by a return to frost conditions, Society shows how the accumula- will reduce actual GHG emissions.” One reason, they said, is that to offer subsidies or tax incentives. decimating apple and cherry crops tive effect of rising greenhouse gas This claim that carbon pric- there is “growing acceptance among Kent is most unlikely to be our in Ontario and Great Lakes states. emissions increases the probability ing would “do nothing” to reduce policymakers that emissions pricing environment minister in 2020 so Drought is currently plaguing of extreme weather. greenhouse gas emissions is only instruments are far more effective will not be around to explain our much of the U.S. Midwest corn While the experts caution that true if the price was set so low that at exploiting the entire range of more extreme weather events. But belt and parts of southern Ontario, climate change cannot be blamed for it would not influence business emissions reduction opportunities he will likely be around to experi- while record temperatures in cities every instance of an extreme weath- investments or consumer choices. than are regulatory approaches.” ence more instances of extreme such as Washington have caused er event, reminding us that we have But British Columbia’s carbon tax As a result, they recommended weather and it won’t be pretty. deaths and destruction. Forest always had bad weather, scientists appears to be having an impact and “levying environmental taxes David Crane can be reached at fires have devastated parts of Col- are now in a position to demonstrate there is considerable economics directly on potential damages [email protected]. orado. Britain has been inundated that climate change is playing a role research to demonstrate not only from the carbon and local pollu- [email protected] with massive rainfalls, giving the in some extreme weather events. that a carbon price would work but tion content of coal, natural gas The Hill Times

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other federal leaders in terms of pub- Public confidence in the Prime Continued from Page 1 reflect a decline in public confi- “It’s not that the public are lic approval of his leadership. NDP Minister dropped even more dra- dence in the government. reacting to any individual pratfall. “This coming fall I would expect leader Tom Mulcair (Outremont, matically beginning in Febru- A July 13 poll by EKOS Research It seems to be more of a critical that there’s going to be some sort Que.) was a distant second with a ary, 2012, when details began to showed support for the Tories down mass of frustration with the gov- of charm offensive to help slowly leadership score of 46.8, 15.8 per cent emerge of an Elections Canada 9.4 percentage points over last ernment’s management style – the get Stephen Harper’s brand back to of respondents said Mr. Mulcair was investigation into allegations May’s election results, to 30.2 per way they’re conducting themselves where the Conservatives have had the most trustworthy federal leader, of vote suppression during the cent. The poll put the New Demo- in office,” Mr. Graves observed. it for the last number of years,” Mr. 12.8 per cent said he was the most 2011 federal election campaign. crats two percentage points ahead A June poll by Forum Research Nanos told The Hill Times follow- competent, and 18.2 per cent said he Between February and May, Mr. of the Tories, with 32.3 per cent sup- and The National Post put sup- ing the release of his firm’s latest had the best vision for Canada. Harper’s leadership index plum- port, while the Liberals were just port for the Conservatives at 30 national trend lines last week. Interim Liberal leader Bob meted more than 36 points from below 20 per cent, and Green Party per cent, while 37 per cent of “Prior to his brand taking a hit, Rae’s (Toronto Centre, Ont.) lead- 102.4 to 65.8, and has improved support was at 10 per cent. respondents said that they would he had a lot of coattails that the ership index score improved only slightly in the months since. EKOS President Frank Graves vote for the NDP, and 22 per cent government and the party could slightly in the month following his Mr. Nanos observed that Prime told The Hill Times that not since said that they would vote Liberal. ride on. Those coattails are shorter announcement that he would not Minister Harper’s reputation as a 1989 has a government seen such June polling by Angus Reid now,” Mr. Nanos said. seek the permanent leadership of federal leader has declined more a significant drop in support with- showed the government and offi- Nanos Research routinely his party. Mr. Rae rivalled Mr. Mul- significantly than the reputation in one year of securing a majority cial opposition neck and neck, charts public approval of feder- cair with a leadership score of 41.5, of his own party. mandate at the polls. That year with the Conservatives polling at al leaders through its leadership 14 per cent of respondents said Mr. “There’s been a more dramatic marked the beginning of the end 34 per cent, the NDP at 35 per cent, index, which is the total of the Rae was the most trustworthy, 14.5 drop in Stephen Harper’s person- for Brian Mulroney’s Progressive and the Liberals at 19 per cent. percentages of respondents who per cent said he was the most com- al brand, compared to that of the Conservative government. Mr. Nanos Research’s July poll put believe a given leader to be most petent, and 13 per cent said that he Conservatives,” noted Mr. Nanos, Mulroney entered his second term the Conservatives ahead of the NDP competent, trustworthy, and have had the best vision for the country. who said that public disappoint- with 169 seats, but stepped aside by 3.3 percentage points, with the the best vision for the country. But while the Prime Minister ment with the handling of the F-35 as party leader in 1993. His party parties receiving 33.6 and 30.3 per According to Nanos Research’s continues to enjoy a strong lead procurement and costing have was reduced to two seats in the cent support, respectively. The Liber- recent polling, 23 per cent of sur- over his rivals, the long-term trend been particularly damaging to the House of Commons following the als trailed with 26.5 per cent support. vey respondents said that they line for the Prime Minister’s public Prime Minister, the government, 1993 federal election. A significant number of trust Stephen Harper (Carlgary approval has been in falling since and the Conservatives. Mr. Graves said that it was too respondents did not approve of Southwest, Alta.) the most among last fall, when Mr. Harper’s score “The Conservatives’ brand has far from the next federal elec- any of the federal leaders in the federal leaders. Some 27.1 per cent was at an all-time high of 114.2. In been built around economic stew- tion, slated for the fall of 2015, to latest Nano polling—14.8 per cent responded that the Prime Minister September, 36.5 per cent of respon- ardship and competency,” Mr. Nanos tell how current numbers would said none of the leaders were was the most competent federal dents said he was most trustwor- said. “For a lot of Canadians, wheth- impact the Conservative govern- trustworthy, 12.5 per cent said leader, and 22.6 per cent said the thy, 40.9 per cent said he was most er they vote for the Conservatives ment in the long run, but agreed none of the leaders were compe- Prime Minister had the best vision competent, and 36.8 per cent said or another party, they’re wondering that issues such as the F-35 pro- tent, and 12.3 per cent said that for the country. The sum of the per- he had the best vision for Canada. how the Conservatives could have curement, vote suppression alle- none of the leaders had the best centages gives Stephen Harper a Mr. Harper’s overall leadership made mistakes in terms of estimat- gations, and the government’s vision for Canada, giving ‘None of leadership index score of 72.7. score fell to 97.2 in October and ing the costs related to the F-35.” omnibus budget bill have dragged them’ a leadership score of 39.6. The Prime Minister continues to stabilized in that range in the final The Nanos survey is the latest down public approval for the gov- [email protected] enjoy a strong advantage over the months of 2011. in a series of summer polls that ernment and the Prime Minister. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 5 NEWS FIRST NATIONS & GOVERNMENT AFN National Chief Election Results:

First Ballot: Atleo urged to do more for Shawn Atleo: 284 Pamela Palmater: 95 Diane Kelly: 39 Terrance Nelson: 35 Ellen Gabriel: 33 Bill Erasmus: 29 Joan Jack: 20 First Nations, relationship George Stanley: 5 Shawn Atleo. Second Ballot: Third Ballot: Shawn Atleo: 318 Shawn Atleo: 341 Pamela Palmater: 107 Pamela Palmater: 141 Bill Erasmus: 34 Bill Erasmus: 30 Diane Kelly: 34 Diane Kelly: 0 with feds at a ‘tipping point’ Terrance Nelson: 25 Ellen Gabriel: 17

off-reserve, urban aboriginal voice, Mr. Atleo is a hereditary chief The Hill Times that many First still suffering the impact of the More action is needed, told APTN that the unprecedent- from the Ahousaht First Nation Nations communities are already residential school system. ed number of candidates who ran on Vancouver Island in B.C., and so behind financially that “any A federal two per cent cap on not more studies and indicates their growing concerns. as AFN national chief, will be the kind of reduction in funding funding for First Nations schools, “We [had] seven candidates top liaison between First Nation makes a bigger difference.” introduced in 1996, has left the First discussions which the challenging Atleo,” said Ms. Pal- chiefs and various levels of the On July 16, the Canadian Coun- Nations education system under- mater. “I think that’s almost his- federal government. cil of Chief Executives released funded. Less than half of First government uses as ‘busy tory. So for me, and what I’m hear- On April 23, at a Canadian a report prepared for provincial Nation youth graduate high school ing, that is pretty strong evidence Club of Toronto luncheon, Mr. leaders which urged governments and only eight per cent of First work’ for the AFN, says critic. that we’re not happy with what’s Atleo said in order to achieve true to work with aboriginal communi- Nations, Métis and Inuit have a uni- happening.” reconciliation there must be an ties as full partners in developing versity degree, compared to 23 per But Herb George, a Wet’suwet’en economic partnership between Continued from Page 1 energy and mining projects, and cent of Canada’s non-indigenous hereditary chief of the Frog Clan aboriginal communities and the to help train their workforce so population, and many First Nation to vote, as mounting, widespread and current president of the Nation- rest of Canada. First Nations can participate and communities are without a school, frustration with the government’s al Centre for First Nations Gover- “Almost every resource devel- share the wealth of business ini- and many more have schools in failure to act on First Nations nance, told The Hill Times that the opment activity currently operat- tiatives in their territories. portable trailers or schools that issues has brought the AFN to a AFN chiefs sent a clear message ing or planned is occurring within “I think that’s a huge develop- require extensive renovations. Mr. “tipping point.” that they need “continuity” in the 200 kilometers of a First Nations’ ment as an external or third party Atleo has previously estimated that “The chiefs who are sitting here relationship between First Nations community and right in the mid- coming in…and saying, wait a min- $500-million would be needed to [voting], they’re the conservative and the Crown. dle of our traditional territories,” ute here. And frankly, I think it’s bring First Nations schools up to ones. The feeling out in the com- “I think that’s what the chiefs in said Mr. Atleo. one of the few things that’s going speed with the rest of Canada. munities and out on the streets the assembly were looking for was In his first term as chief, Mr. to put any kind of brakes on the Though it varies by commu- is more radical. If they were to the continued advocacy of national Atleo’s established a national panel Harper machine,” said Ms. Poitras nity, First Nations communities have had the election open to the chief Atleo. The way he conducts on First Nations on-reserve edu- in an interview with The Hill Times. in Canada are dealing with high general Indian public, we would himself, his diplomatic style, is cation in 2010 and organized the A share of resource wealth suicide rates. Health Canada have found much more different what they need,” said Mr. George. Crown-First Nations meeting held would provide First Nations com- reports that suicide rates, which leadership,” said Doug Cuthand, “But the other side of it is that talk in December 2011, which was seen munities with an economic founda- have an impact upon the entire a member of the Cree Little Pine at the assembly was the fact that as an important step forward in dia- tion, making them less reliant on community, are five to seven times First Nation in Saskatchewan and we’ve got to get organized in our logue with the federal government. funding from the Department of higher for First Nations youth, a columnist for The Star Phoenix. communications and within our But since that meeting, the Aboriginal Affairs, and would open compared with non-Aboriginal Some 540 chiefs voted in last nations to deal with those issues chiefs have said they felt muzzled up employment opportunities. First youth. As recently as last May, the week’s election. Mr. Atleo was re- regarding land and resources.” by Prime Minister Harper’s gov- Nations communities argue that Cowichan Tribes on central Van- elected on the third ballot of the In the lead-up to the election, ernment. just as they have a right to the land, couver Island in B.C. declared a day, receiving 67 per cent of the there were rumours of an “anyone Marilyn Poitras, a Métis and they have a right to the resources it state of emergency following four vote in the end. but Atleo” movement as a result of an assistant professor in the Uni- produces and a right to weigh in on suicides in two months, and even Under the AFN’s charter, a widespread criticism that Mr. Atleo versity of Saskatchewan’s law fac- environmental assessments. more suicide attempts. national chief must receive at least was under the thumb of Prime ulty, told The Hill Times that more “There’s some everyday issues The issue of violence against 60 per cent support. Only chiefs of Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary action is needed, and not more that face First Nations people that aboriginal women has garnered the AFN can vote to elect a nation- Southwest, Alta.) and the Conserva- studies and discussions, which are pretty universal, that unfortu- international attention. In 2004, al chief, and whether a reserve has tive government, but Mr. Cuthand she said the government uses as nately unite a lot of colonialized Amnesty International reported a population of 200 or 2,000, it’s a said with all the candidates, votes “busy work” for the AFN. communities. They’re the issues that that aboriginal women between one-chief-one-vote system. never coalesced around one Atleo- On Mr. Atleo’s road to re-election are some pretty basic ones: health the ages of 25 to 44 were five Mr. Atleo, who had been criti- alternative. Mr. Atleo started strong he was told that he needs to take a issues, poverty, education, justice times more likely than other cized as being close to the Conser- on the first ballot with 284 votes, or harder line with the government. issues, maintaining language, eco- Canadian women of the same age vative government and not vocal 53 per cent support, and came just Ms. Poitras said national chiefs nomic developments within commu- range to die of violence. And in enough, told the First Nations that three votes short of 60 per cent on have the potential for powerful nities, employment issues. There’s 2008, the United Nations called he will fight to stop any mining, the second ballot. leadership, but are restricted by really foundational issues that face a on the Canadian government to logging, and pipeline projects pro- Meanwhile, the AFN is at a the fact that the federal govern- lot of communities, ‘Can I drink the investigate the deaths and disap- ceeding without the consent of “tipping point” in its approach to ment controls their funding. water that’s coming out of my tap pearances of hundreds of aborigi- First Nations. relations with the federal govern- “If you can’t disempower today?’” said Ms. Poitras. nal women in 2008. Since 1980, “We will stand in front of efforts ment, Mr. Cuthand told The Hill somebody with a stroke of a pen In October 2011, as temperatures more than 600 aboriginal women to sweep away our titles and rights,” Times, adding that there’s a point and a chequebook I think that in Canada dropped, the First Nation have gone missing or have been Mr. Atleo said on July 19 after win- where “you just cannot work with of course you have more power,” community of Attawapiskat in murdered. There have been recent ning the leadership, adding that them anymore.” said Ms. Poitras. “Shawn Atleo, I Northern Ontario declared a state of mounting calls for a national First Nations must be made part- “There’s no negotiation… think, is trying to go about this in emergency due to a severe housing inquiry into missing and mur- ners in the development of the it started with the Kelowna a way that he is taking measured, shortage. Many residents were liv- dered aboriginal women. major resources on their land. Accord. The first week that the contemplative steps about what ing in tents or other temporary shel- Unemployment among aborig- Mr. Atleo was challenged by Harper government came in with he says and where he says it. ... I ters, and many homes lacked water, inal Canadians, both on and off seven candidates, including four a minority, they scrapped an think he has a potential for lead- electricity or proper sewage dispos- reserve, is significantly higher female candidates. Interestingly, accord that had been worked out ership that could turn the corner.” al—all factors that directly impact than the national rate of 6.6 per the gender equilibrium remained in detail with the provinces and The Department of Aboriginal health and quality of life. The drastic cent, according to the 2006 census. in place throughout all three bal- First Nations and it would have Affairs underwent a 2.7 per cent cut conditions in Attawapiskat sparked That year, 23.1 per cent of First lots, with one man and one woman gone a long ways because there this year—a reduction of $26.9-mil- a flurry of national attention, but Nations people living on reserve being knocked off or withdrawing was a funding disparity, and there lion this year, $60.1-million next they were far from new or unique, were unemployed, while 12.3 per after each round of voting. still is a large funding disparity year and $165.6-million in 2014- and Attawapiskat became the case cent of First Nations people living Pamela Palmater, a Mi’kmaq between First Nations’ needs and 15—one of the smallest depart- in point for renewed national discus- off reserve were unemployed. lawyer whose family comes from what they’re getting,” said Mr. mental trims as part of the govern- sion around the range of issues that Ms. Crowder said First Nations the Eel River Bar First Nation in Cuthand. “There’s a strong feel- ment’s cost-cutting measures. The continue to face First Nations com- people haven’t “seen the kinds of New Brunswick, placed second to ing that we’re being bullied, and government has also committed munities, from housing to education gains that they had hoped for after Mr. Atleo, and won 27.5 per cent that the First Nations are in quite $175-million over three years to to economic opportunities, which the residential school apology” support on the third ballot. Ms. a bit of trouble and the message fund on-reserve education. are all interconnected. delivered by Mr. Harper in 2008, Palmater, an associate professor is not getting out there. So there’s But NDP MP and aborigi- Education and child welfare and “people are losing patience.” in politics and public administra- a strong sense of private frustra- nal affairs critic Jean Crowder are huge issues for First [email protected] tion at Ryerson University, and an tion and anger growing.” (Nanaimo-Cowichan, B.C.) told Nations communities who are The Hill Times 6 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 NEWS SENATE REFORMS Hill Times as the bill is not yet elections contest, will retire next before the Senate. year when he turns 75. He leaves Sen. Brown said that time is Alberta Conservative Senator on the Prime Minister’s side when Betty Unger, Canada’s only other it comes to getting the reforms current elected Senator, behind. passed, as more Senators would Sen. Unger was appointed in Jan. be reaching the mandatory retire- 2012. The very first Senator to be ment age and stepping down. He appointed after getting elected deflected the idea that this sug- was Alberta’s Stan Waters in 1990. gests it is Conservatives appoint- So far, Alberta is the only prov- ed by prime minister Brian Mul- ince to have held elections for roney in the early 1990s who are Senate nominees. Saskatchewan opposed to the reforms. has the legal framework to do it “I don’t know about the Mul- too, but has yet to hold an election roney era, but I’m just saying that as it would like the federal gov- the more time goes by, the more ernment to pay for it. people reach 75 years of age and British Columbia is currently they automatically leave the Sen- considering a private members ate,” he said. bill on holding elections, some- As the older members leave, thing Premier Christy Clark has Mr. Harper (Calgary Southwest, said the government would sup- Alta.) has the opportunity to port. New Brunswick is consider- appoint reform-minded replace- ing government-introduced legis- ments. Since being elected in lation and Prince Edward Island is 2006, he has appointed 46 Sena- looking into the matter. tors, and 42 are still sitting. Sen. Angus said that the fear sur- Mr. Mulroney appointed both rounding opening up the Constitu- Sen. Nolin and Sen. Angus in 1993, tion for amending the Senate is that but the problem is not just with it would lead to the provinces trying

The Hill Times Hill The Wright, Jake by Photograph older Senators. Some Senators to strong-arm concessions out of the Senate reforms stuck: Conservative Sen. Bert Brown, pictured in this file photo at a national summer caucus on who were appointed by Mr. Harper federal government. Parliament Hill, says time is on the Prime Minister’s side when it comes to getting the reforms passed, as more Senators on the promise of working towards “There is a fear today that would be reaching the mandatory retirement age and stepping down and more reform-minded would come in. Senate reform are also proving because we have this issue with problematic, said Mr. Brown. Quebec, we have issues with immi- “Some of them are going back gration, with natural resources with on their word…that’s a personal the environment, that are really hot decision on their own,” said Mr. topics, and if you get around the big Brown. table, purportedly to deal with sen- The caucus issues affected Mr. ate reform, this premier is going to Harper’s decision to introduce his say, ‘Yeah you want me to vote on PM has time reform bill in the House of Com- your position for Senate, then I want mons rather than the Senate when more Senators for my province, or I it was tabled in June 2011, said want the new securities regulator to Sen. Brown. be placed in Hull,’” he said. “I think some of the reaction of He also said that the appetite the Senators led the Prime Minister for a Triple-E senate, meaning to think it was just a lot easier to go elected, equal and effective, has on his side to forward in the Commons,” he said. passed out of vogue. This is the eighth time that “The outcry for that is no lon- Mr. Harper has attempted to pass ger there,” he said. reform legislation since being An elected Senate would be elected prime minister in 2006. dysfunctional and lead to disputes The previous seven bills have died with the House, said Sen. Angus. reform Senate, on the order paper due to proroga- “If they were to have an elected tion or elections calls, and none Senate it would just turn into anoth- made it past second reading. er House of Commons,” he said. Sen. Brown said there would Sen. Brown said that in his “very definitely” be progress on 20-year quest to reform the Senate, the legislation in the fall. How- he has consulted with Constitutional ever, the bill faces significant criti- scholars, and that there is a way to says Sen. Brown cism from the Liberals and the have an elected and effective Senate New Democrats. while retaining the supremacy of the “You need to consult with the House of Commons. provinces. You simply can’t do it by He said if there is a bill that isn’t As more Senators reach mandatory retirement and step down, the more Prime Minister an act of Parliament,” said Liberal supported by the majority of Cana- Nova Scotia Senator James Cowan, dians, the Senate would be able to Stephen Harper can appoint more reform-minded Senators, says Senator Bert Brown. the opposition leader in the Senate. veto the bill with the support of a Sen. Cowan said that while he majority of Senators representing is not personally opposed to term seven provinces and 50 per cent Continued from Page 1 Sen. Angus said in his view the inces and the federal government limits or elections, the bill leaves a of the Canadian population, but Senate needs to be modernized meet in a constitutional confer- lot of questions about how Parlia- the veto would not be considered “I can definitely say to you and made accountable, but that the ence and decide how they want to ment would work with an elected a matter of non-confidence in the without qualification that they are current bill, which gives the prov- do it,” he said. Senate unanswered. He also said government. a minority,” Sen. Brown said of the inces the option to hold elections The proposed bill also limits that the Liberals don’t think that Concerns surrounding the dissenters, though he declined to to select nominees, who would Senators appointed after October Senate reform without Constitu- effect of an elected Senate on Can- name names or specify how many then be appointed by the Prime 2008 to either serving a nine-year tional amendment is lawful. ada’s democratic system are over- of the Conservatives’ 57 Senators Minister, is not the way to go. term or retiring at the established Sen. Brown said that ultimate- blown by people unfamiliar with disagreed with legislation to intro- “It’s very hard to amend the age of 75, whichever comes first. ly, full reform of the Senate would the legislation, said Sen. Angus. duce term limits and provincial Constitution. I think if we want to A Senator’s term would officially require constitutional amend- “There’s all kinds of constitu- Senate elections. amend the Constitution we should begin whenever the reform legis- ments, which can only be done tional people that because they But some Senators who dis- face up to it. I don’t think you can lation is passed. If passed in the with the agreement of seven prov- haven’t studied this document agree with the proposed changes, make an elected Senate without a fall, the term would expire in 2021. inces holding at least 50 per cent they come up with some pretty which are outlined in bill C-7, cur- constitutional amendment, that’s With Sen. Angus’s departure of Canada’s population. funny worries about the future rently at second reading before my legal view,” Sen. Angus said. last week, there are 57 Conser- He said that is why his work liais- Senate,” he said. the House, have gone public. “I don’t believe in tinkering with vative Senators, 40 Liberals, one ing with provincial governments The Prime Minister is very Quebec Conservative Sen. the Constitution, but I’m a very Progressive Conservative and two and persuading them to introduce committed to Senate reform, said David Angus, who retired on July loyal Conservative. And Mr. Harp- independents. There are now five Senate reform legislation in their both Sen. Angus and Sen. Brown. 21 after 19 years in the Red Cham- er has consistently said since he vacancies: two in Ontario, one in own legislatures is important. Sen. Brown said that Senate ber, told The Hill Times that the went into public life that he would Nova Scotia, one in New Bruns- “That’s why I work, why I’ve reform is a long term challenge that Senate cannot be elected without like to help reform the Senate and wick and one in Quebec. More gone across the country four times is for the benefit of the country. amending the Constitution. therefore I think he feels commit- Senators are expected to retire this in my history talking to various “We’re putting this together for “I am personally against an ted to that. There are many ways fall. There are 105 seats in total. premiers and their governments,” the next 100 years, not just for the elected Senate but I’m not against to reform the Senate,” Sen. Angus Another Quebec Senator, he said. Prime Minister of the day, and I reform,” Sen. Angus told The Hill said, a lawyer by profession. Pierre Claude Nolin, has also spo- Sen. Brown, Canada’s second know that’s what he wants,” he said. Times last week, adding that he is “Do I have the answer? No. ken out against the reforms, but Senator to be appointed after [email protected] a “very loyal Conservative.” But let the premiers, the prov- declined to be interviewed by The being selected by a provincial The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 7 THE Q&A DAVID ANGUS ‘Political parties are a fundamental element of the democratic system’

he went into public life that he Retiring Tory Sen. David would like to help reform the Sen- ate and therefore I think he feels Angus talks about committed to that. There are many ways to reform the Senate, but if money and politics and you want to really reform it, I am personally against an elected Sen- ate but I’m not against reform. modernizing the Senate. “If they were to have an elected Senate it would just turn into By JAMES GRIGG another House of Commons and it’d be better to abolish the Senate, uebec Conservative Senator in my view. I’m not for abolition, I QDavid Angus, who retired on think the Senate is a terrific institu- July 21 from the Senate at the age tion, it could do much more, but it’s of 75, has been one of the most suc- not well-explained… all the good cessful fundraisers, or “bagmen,” about the Senate is a well-kept for the Conservative Party and the secret it seems to me. former Progressive Conservative “I’ve been impressed with the Party of Canada, and figures he people. It’s the best thing about the helped raise more than $100-mil- Senate; you meet these people and lion when headed the fund. they’re all so committed to mak- Appointed by former Progres- ing Canada better and they’re here sive Conservative prime minister for the right reasons. They’re not Brian Mulroney in 1993, Sen. here to sit on the dole, which is the Angus was the chief of the PC way we’re portrayed. Anyone who Canada Fund, now called the knows me knows I’m not a guy who Conservative Fund Canada, dur- Times Hill The Wright, Jake by Photograph wants a free lunch. I’ve carried on ing the Mulroney years. Backroom boy: Quebec Conservative Sen. David Angus, who retired on July 21, has been a successful bagman for the party four or five jobs at the same time. I The former longtime chair of and continues to be. ‘I was invited to be a candidate many times in the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, but I always preferred the backrooms.’ want to do public service, commu- the Senate Committee on Energy, nity service, I want to give back. the Environment and Natural party. I’m on the fund of the party, want to treat them equally. and I guess we were both interest- “People should take a look Resources which released a major I raise money all of the time.” “We have a hybrid system with ed in the party. [John] Diefenbaker at the Senate; sure it needs to be report on July 19 in Ottawa, was both government and personal had won a minority government in streamlined and modernized. Much recently paid an extraordinary Reading through the records of your contributions involved. But you 1957 and in ’68 a landslide victory. like the House of Commons does, tribute in the Senate by his col- last speech in the Senate and the know the old saying: ‘money is the “Then I met Brian and we got and the Supreme Court does. All of leagues, which he said was one of tributes given to you, Senator Mar- mother’s milk of politics.’ The par- involved in provincial politics. these institutions are mired back his proudest moment in politics. jory LeBreton made the comment ties have got to be financed or you There weren’t that many Conser- in the 1800s and today it’s today The Hill Times spoke with that you were “the best fundraiser won’t have a proper system. Should vatives around Quebec but we had 2012… it’s just a whole new world. Sen. Angus before he was to have who ever laced on a pair of shoes.” there be an element of competi- a gang of us and we were interest- “By and large, I find that these heart surgery on July 23 for a What’s your reaction to that? tion? I suppose if you’re no good at ed in public life and making Cana- are all honest people. It’s not as if “leaky valve.” The interview has “I think it’s the normal hyperbole raising money you’ll be no good at da better. Diefenbaker was a great we’re paid a gazillion dollars. A been edited for style and length. one does in a tribute, but it was very running the country, I suppose one inspiration, and when he went into lot of people [make sacrifices to be kind of her, I think she was acknowl- could make that argument. a decline, we were involved with here].… They’re really doing pub- Before you were a Senator, what edging that I certainly was an effec- “To me, the system we have Dalton Camp, [Robert] Stanfield lic service. They really care about has your role been with the Con- tive fundraiser for the party over today is as good as it gets. I think came along, Duff Roblin, then Mr. Canada and that’s good. As I said servative Party? the years. I think she said some very it’s probably one of the best sys- Mulroney came along.” in my remarks, my father used to “I joined up with the Progressive nice things and I appreciate them.” tems in the world. I think the idea say, ‘Public service is like godliness.’ Conservatives when I was a student of keeping the idea of the govern- Was that your first taste of politi- “I don’t regret being here all still and I’ve been a loyal Tory ever What made you such a good fun- ment support is very important. cal fundraising? these years; on the contrary, I feel since. I’ve had all the positions. I draiser? As Conservatives, we’re very suc- “I’d been raising money at the a great privilege. And yeah I’ll was the president of my riding, and “I was invited to be a candidate cessful at our small donations. We do local level, but the 1976 leadership miss it a lot. So I’ll probably run president of the Young Conserva- many times in the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, but a lot of telephone solicitations, a lot campaign was a big thing. We raised for the Senate. Show you how to tives, chief fundraiser, I ran a num- I always preferred the backrooms, of direct mail in small amounts. a lot of money, in fact probably too get elected in Quebec.” ber of campaigns both as campaign if I can put it that way. I raised a lot “We’ve got people who give much. Because he became known manager and as a fundraiser. [I of money for charity too. I’m not five, six, seven, eight times a year. as the well-financed candidate, So you’re against ‘Triple-E’ senate ran the campaign] for president of afraid to ask. I think a lot of people Whether its 25 bucks here, or what- too glitzy.… I think it was unfair to reform, but you would like the the party in 1977, Joe Clark was are shy to ask for money and I’ve ever, it’s amazing. The records are portray him that way but that’s how Senate to be modernized? the campaign manager, I was the always felt that the worst thing that all public and show that the Con- it worked out. We worked hard, we “Yes, of course, the Senate fundraiser, and I was the chief fund- can happen is they say no. And I’ve servatives are very well-financed had a deficit too at the end and had should be reformed, so should the raiser for Brian Mulroney’s leader- always been an outgoing, gregari- and I think that the methodology to raise money to cover that.” House of Commons or any institu- ship campaign when he ran for the ous kind of person. I’ve had success we use is very evolved.” tion of this age that hasn’t been leadership in 1976 and I was raising at doing it and success breeds more You’ve been quoted and have updated to the times. I don’t like funds for the national party starting success. I’ve always enjoyed it. I How much money do you think become known as an opponent to the word ‘reformed’ because there’s back in the ’60s. went to Princeton University in the you’ve raised over the years? Senate reform. What’s your opin- something bad about it. I can give “When Mr. Mulroney became U.S. and whilst there I did a major “I wouldn’t want to venture, but ion on Senate reform? you some things that are very obvi- prime minister, I was chairman of study on money in politics. So even someone told me that I raised over “I think any institution needs to ous. First of all, the Senate was the PC Canada Fund which was the theory of money in politics is $90-million in the old days. It isn’t be continually upgraded and kept created before Canada grew from the main fundraising arm of the something that interests me and I’ve me, personally, necessarily, I chaired up with the times, unfortunately, coast to coast. So British Columbia party. I was in that position for 10 studied.” the [PC Canada] Fund, but… we’d our Parliamentary system is sub- only has four Senators so that’s not or 11 years. Then I became a Sena- raise $25 million in an election year ject… it’s a fundamental part of right, it’s not proportionate. tor in 1993. I’ve been involved still On that topic, what’s your opin- and $10-[million] or $12-[million] in our Constitution and it’s very hard “So the proportionality and in party financing ever since and ion on the new election laws lim- a non-election year, so you add up to amend the Constitution. I think representation of the differ- I’m very involved again now and iting personal contributions and the years… the fund probably raised if we want to amend the Constitu- ent regions is out of whack and with my friend Senator [Irving] banning corporate contributions well over $100-million while I was tion we should face up to it. I don’t hasn’t kept pace. But you can’t Gerstein, I’m an officer and direc- to parties’ funds? chair, but I don’t know for sure and I think you can make an elected change that without amending tor of the Conservative Fund and “Political parties are a funda- don’t keep score.” Senate without a constitutional the Constitution. So why don’t we chairman of the audit committee mental element of the democratic amendment, that’s my legal view. amend it? If you want to change and chairman emeritus. system. I think our system was How did you meet Mr. Mulroney? “I don’t believe in tinkering it, change it properly. “I’ve been a loyal supporter of designed to only have two par- “I met Mulroney in the Young with the Constitution, but I’m a “Do I have the answer? No. the party, both the old Progressive ties. It gets complicated when you Conservatives. He was studying very loyal Conservative. And Mr. Conservatives, and the merged have a number of parties if you law at Laval and I was at McGill Harper has consistently said since Continued on Page 18 8 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012

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Halifax, with 4.66 per cent quotients, gets Although most commissions will not four over-sized ridings while parts of Halifax EDITORIAL need to go beyond 10 per cent for almost are sliced off into three abutting ridings. all ridings, there is no uniform standard. It Wilfred Day ETOBICOKE CENTRE would have been helpful. Port Hope, Ont. MPs want to better scrutinize Tories underestimate unions espicable. At all levels of government others are badly underestimating working Dthe right wing in this country is mount- Canadians. It’s true, as it relates to most government spending, let them ing a concerted effort to demoralize working things political, we are a passive society, people and their unions simply to please however, try stripping away a worker’s hard he House Government Operations Com- industry standard that both the budget and the their friends on Bay Street. It’s not enough earned wages, pension and benefits and mittee released a report last month, public accounts are based on. T that they sit idly by and watch what is left all hell will break loose. Canadian workers which, if passed, could dramatically change The committee also recommended that of the middle class erode before their eyes. won’t stand idly by and let that happen. the way the federal government departments the budget be tabled earlier in the year, no They are vehement in their ideology to put Roland Kiehne report the billions they spend annually. The later than Feb. 1, so that more of its initiatives unfettered control of the workplace back President government should adopt the report because could be included in the estimates for scrutiny. in the hands of the country’s employers. CAW Local 112 as it stands, “Parliament does not effectively The committee report also recommended Stephen Harper, Tim Hudak, Rob Ford and Toronto, Ont. fulfill its role and standing committees are regular training for MPs on how to read the at best giving perfunctory attention to the estimates, and providing questions to depart- government’s plans,” or, as NDP MP Linda mental officials in advance of their appear- Duncan put it, “we’re having to vote on multi- ance, so that the right witnesses are called. Canada’s elections systems weak billions of expenditures with basically no The report recommends that the com- information.” It’s time to turn this around. mittee study the role of the PBO and n the Supreme Court of Canada case has no idea whether enforcement of the Federal legislators are supposed to prop- whether or not the position remains in Iabout voting in a Toronto area riding dur- rules has been proper and effective in the erly scrutinize bills and government spend- the Library of Parliament or becomes an ing last May’s federal election, Elections past six federal elections. ing annually. But MPs say they’ve been left independent agent reporting directly to Canada and some provincial elections agen- Democracy Watch will soon release in the dark on government spending. Parliamentarians. Both the NDP and the cies seem to be arguing that problems are details about a recent Elections Canada The government tables spending estimates Liberals, who are a minority on the com- inevitable instead of acknowledging that ruling that raises serious questions about four times a year, by portfolio in large catch-all mittee, say that the PBO needs to be made their current systems have significant weak- its enforcement standards. categories such as capital expenses or grants independent now. This study is the third nesses in ensuring that voters are voting Rather than defending systems with and contributions. Parliamentarians are then in 15 years into improving the estimates. properly at the correct polling station. loopholes, and hiding enforcement records, expected to vote on approving these funds. Combined with this committee’s sugges- The robocall election fraud situation Elections Canada and the provincial agen- The committee has recommended tions, MPs have made almost 150 recom- has revealed other weaknesses in fair elec- cies should be disclosing details to prove their switching from the existing categories to a mendations on the subject, with little suc- tion enforcement. enforcement is effective, and pushing for stron- program basis, meaning an entire govern- cess. And these two situations are likely the tip ger laws and more resources and training to ment initiative, and all the costs it entails, Treasury Board President Tony Clement, of the iceberg, as there are more than 3,000 ensure our future elections are fraud-free. could be shown in the estimates books and whose office said the minister was glad to complaints that Elections Canada alone has Tyler Sommers even in the related appropriations bill that read the committee’s recommendations, received since 1997. Unfortunately, Elections Coordinator Parliamentarians vote on. had encouraged its members to look into Canada continues to refuse to disclose its Democracy Watch The committee has also asked the TBS to these issues. Mr. Clement said he wants to rulings in those complaints, so the public Ottawa, Ont. study the accounting basis for the estimates improve transparency and accountability which are based on a cash system of account- of the budget and estimates process. The ing, meaning that when money is spent or government has until October to respond Senate question goes unanswered received, it is put on the books. The other to the report. Here’s Mr. Clement’s chance potential system is accrual accounting, an to improve the system. ecently, on a Monday afternoon, I went and received the same reply. In the Nation- Ron a Parliamentary tour and when the al Film Board’s Manufacturing Consent: tour guide reached the Senate Chamber, I Noam Chomsky and the Media, he says asked, “Bridgette DePape was taken out of dissidents are sidelined because govern- here, yes?”, and the guide answered, “I don’t ment controls public discussion of them. know.” So I repeated, “But this is the place Andrew Romain where Bridgette DePape was removed?,” Ottawa, Ont. Spike in drownings in Canada wo two-year children drowned within It happens quickly, within seconds, silently Thours of each other in separate back yard and without notice. Once submerged, chil- pools in the Greater Montreal area on July 12. dren become disoriented and oblivious to the The spike in drownings in Canada, and change in environment from air to liquid. not only Quebec, in recent years among As the drowning mechanism in toddlers children under the age of five, as reported by is quite different from that of adults, what The Lifesaving Society is of much concern. makes prevention possible in these circum- These terrible and sad tragedies illus- stances is a full understanding and aware- trate the common, but poorly recognized or ness of what and can actually happen. understood phenomenon of how drowning is That said, in and around backyard pools, a silent death for children. According to Dr. lakes, and rivers, parents and caregivers Joseph Torg of the Temple University School must be constantly and consistently remind- of Medicine in Philadelphia, young children ed to supervise their children. There is abso- and toddlers jump into water and sink like a lutely no substitute for this. That said, super- lead weight straight to the bottom. No cries vising young children at the best of times is for help, no flailing of arms, no nothing. Dr. a very challenging and daunting task. Torg says that contrary to movie depictions Emile Therien of a drowning person who flails about and Past president, Canada Safety Council calls for help, children just sink and drown. Ottawa, Ont. THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 9 POST-PARTISAN PUNDIT GREEN PARTY

After all, small “one-issue” parties like the Green Party usu- ally rely on elections as the best chance they have to get their Green Party needs a new name message out to voters. And certainly running a Green candidate in an Etobicoke Centre Green Party Leader Elizabeth May should consider changing the name of her party, or joining the Liberals. byelection, which is guaranteed to receive tons of media coverage, would give the Green Party an amaz- ing chance to promote its cause. Green ideology and more about That’s why Jamey Heath, an Supreme Court ruling makes a Yet incredibly, May is willing helping Liberals get elected. environmental activist and one- byelection there a necessity. to forgo this chance just so the Recall, for example, that in the time NDP adviser, called May’s The story of Etobicoke Centre, Liberals will have a better proba- 2008 federal election she decided Dion endorsement “incredibly of course, is now well-known. bility of electing a backbench MP. not to run a Green candidate against self-defeating.” The Liberal candidate, Borys If Green Party supporters aren’t then Liberal leader Stéphane Dion. He was right. Wrzesnewskyj, who narrowly lost angry about this, they aren’t paying BY Gerry Nicholls And in doing so, she effectively Also seemingly self-defeating the riding to Conservative MP Ted attention. endorsed Dion for Prime Minister. was May’s bizarre call for strategic Opitz in the 2011 federal election, And forget about Green politics. AKVILLE, ONT.—Green This was an odd decision for a voting during that 2008 election. argues a byelection is needed What about the concept of democ- OParty Leader Elizabeth May couple of reasons. She actually urged Canadians because of what he claims were racy? Why does May think it’s a should consider changing the First, if May really thought Dion not to vote for a Green candidate voting irregularities. good idea to give voters less choice? name of her party. would make a great Prime Minis- if another candidate (i.e. a Liber- A lower court agreed with him You know, now that I think about A more accurate name might ter, why was she even running? al) had a better chance at defeat- and now it’s up to the Supreme it, maybe changing the name of the be, “We Will do Everything We And don’t tell me May endorsed ing a Conservative. Court to decide as to whether or Green Party isn’t the best answer. Can to Help the Liberal Party Dion because she believed he was With friends like May, Green not there will be a vote. Maybe it would be more logical Even if it Means Undermining some kind of green activist. Party candidates didn’t need At any rate, May believes if and easier if May simply changed our own Environmental Cause That theory doesn’t hold water enemies. Wrzesnewskyj was unfairly denied parties. Party.” because Dion’s Liberals didn’t Nor, it seems has May given up a seat any byelection in Etobicoke I hear the Liberals are in the Okay, that moniker might be a exactly have a sparkling “green” advocating for the Liberal Party, Centre should be “a clean vote market for a new leader. bit difficult to fit on a ballot, but record when they were in power. despite its third-party status. between Borys and Ted.” Gerry Nicholls is a communi- you get the point. In fact, the Liberal government Just recently, May told the Now that’s a nice gesture and cations consultant. Ever since she became leader had done precious little to reduce media she is urging her party all, but it’s hardly the attitude of www.gerrynicholls.com of her party, May’s chief political Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions not to run a Green candidate in someone who believes passion- [email protected] goal seems less about promoting or to implement the Kyoto Accord. the Etobicoke Centre riding if a ately in a cause. The Hill Times

COPPS’ CORNER SUMMER OLYMPICS IN LONDON Let the Summer Olympic Games begin, please Otherwise, we will continue to be subjected to the crescendo of criticism that precedes every single Olympic extravaganza. Remember Vancouver.

These same a good story. But the news went ominous rumblings viral when Rebagliati was stripped preceded the Van- of his medal for testing positive couver Olympics. for marijuana. That decision was With transportation ultimately reversed on appeal. improvements in the Who can forget the ruckus at BY sheila copps Sea to Sky highway the Nagano Olympics when Bloc and the installation Québécois Member of Parliament TTAWA—Let the Games of a light rail service Suzanne Tremblay complained she Obegin, pullease! Otherwise, linking downtown was upset that there were too many we will continue to be subjected to Vancouver with the Canadian flags. The flag story out- the crescendo of criticism that pre- airport, the pace of stripped just about any other cover- cedes every single Olympic extrav- construction lead- age of those Games; with the possi- aganza. Remember Vancouver. The ing up to the Games ble exception of the moment when British press took a giant dump was frenetic. There Wayne Gretzky actually shed tears on just about every aspect of the was no shortage after his team lost their chance at Winter Olympic Games. And now of grumbling from gold during a shootout against the the Brits are determined to do the those who felt the Czech Republic. same thing in their own country. shuttling between When the London Games get Like clockwork, each new Vancouver and underway, we will commence the Photograph courtesy of London 2012 Olympic moment is ushered in downhill ski site traditional medal deathwatch. How with a combination of athlete adu- Getting ready for the Summer Olympics 2012: Top British rider Mark Cavendish, pictured on Whistler would be many do we have? How do we com- lation and organizational trashing. Aug. 14, 2011, topped off a successful summer by winning the London-Surrey Cycle Classic, disastrous. pare with other countries? Why are As minister, I had the privilege the biggest test event staged by the London 2012 Organizing Committee. Notwithstanding we trailing? of representing our country at the doomsayers, the As Canada usually scores big four Olympics, including Atlanta, security is in shambles. Rumblings And anyone who has spent Games were delivered without a in the second week, the story of Nagano, Sydney, and Salt Lake about possible transportation prob- time in London can witness just hitch to glowing reviews. grief will soon be supplanted by City. A barrage of negative news lems mar the lead up to the Games. how the largest urban centre in The greatest challenge for any one of exuberance. The country preceded every one of them. Anyone actually heading across Europe moves people and lorries Games is that no news is good will hold its breath as our medal In the 100th anniversary celebra- the pond to participate is faced with astonishing efficiency. The news. And vice versa. In the lead count jumps daily. tion of the modern Olympics in Ath- with the possibility of not getting city famous for it’s roundabouts up to the Games, we will witness a For a brief moment, we will be ens, Greece, there were demands to there, courtesy of looming work can literally manage thousands of number of wonderful success sto- transfixed together, in a positive cancel the event in response to criti- stoppages at airports, on trains, cars (albeit on the wrong side of ries, from potential medalists who energy that will engulf the whole cism about accommodation, trans- and more. Even if they arrive safe- the road) without the nuisance of have overcome huge obstacles on country. portation, etc. In the end, the Greek ly, according to the doomsayers, a single red light. their journey to Olympic greatness. For a brief moment, stories of Olympics were feted as fabulous. they likely won’t remain so. The Brits also invented over- Once the Games begin, the same courage, determination, and strength The conclusion of the London I have more faith in the Brits. sized hackney cabs that can carry challenges exist for journalists look- will overtake the daily drubbing of Olympics will likely shine simi- In colonial times, no-nonsense people and bags in tandem com- ing to pursue a new Olympic angle. negativity that colours our world. lar glory on the host country. In English overlords installed practi- fort. And their buses do double Oftentimes, the most coveted story It will be a welcome respite. the meantime, we are in for a cal governing systems in many duty as double deckers. is the one that will not actually hap- Sheila Copps is a former Jean bumpy ride. parts of the world, which flourish By the time the closing ceremo- pen on the playing field. Chrétien-era Cabinet minister and First, the usual suspected orga- to this day. There is a reason that ny concludes, the London Games When Canadian Ross Reba- a former deputy prime minister. nizational problems. According to “fair play” is synonymous with the will undoubtedly be lauded as the gliati became the first snowboard- [email protected] a British parliamentary committee, United Kingdom. best yet. er ever to win a gold medal, it was The Hill Times 10 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 OPINION STATISTICS CANADA Cuts to Statistics Canada a costly error Policy-making without evidence is a guessing game. Cuts to stat: Canada’s Chief child well-being. Add to this our Statistician Wayne Smith, pictured By VASS BEDNAR universal census of the population. in Ottawa in this file photo. The and MARK STABILE How might Canada expect to meet agency moved three of four key the policy challenges of the future longitudinal surveys that were or many of us, it started with when we no longer have the ability initiated in the 1990s to the Fthe census. In a controversial to understand where we are today? ‘inactive list’: the National move, our government switched Statistics Canada is the primary Population Health Survey; the from a mandatory to a voluntary source of Canadian data, a federal National Longitudinal Survey census in the summer of 2010. The government agency formed in 1971 of Children and Youth, and the former Statistics Canada chief, the to produce statistics that help us Workplace and Employment media, and the research communi- better understand Canada, its pop- Survey. These information-rich ty reacted with shock and largely ulation, resources, economy, soci- surveys involve repeated observa- opposed the change to no avail. ety and culture. For many decades, tions of the same people over long StatsCan quietly continued this it was considered among the top periods of time and began tracking trend recently when it published statistical agencies in the world. Canadians in the early 1990s. We a media advisory listing programs The surveys started in the 1990s are no longer measuring outcomes identified for elimination or reduc- were the envy of U.S. researchers for these individuals, say Vass tion to meet savings targets that were looking to better understand how Bednar and Mark Stabile. announced in the Economic Action our jobs, workplaces, health, and Plan 2012 ($33.9-million by 2014-15). children were changing over time. These reductions have been As our government incremen- masked under the compelling veil tally eliminates popular data sets, of “efficiency.” In reality, the cuts to whose hands might we toss this promise considerable future costs statistical torch? There is certainly because they compromise the a shifting onus as the state slowly tools used to understand the state. shrugs off primary responsibility This, in turn, has a high probabil- for the collection and maintenance ity of leading to decisions that are of widely available and shareable no longer based on evidence, and descriptive information. Will we therefore are likely to be ineffec- be able to compensate as a society tive uses of public money. before it’s too late? Reductions to Statistics Canada In some cases, it is appropri- activity are not new. Preceding the ate for the public sector to turn census cuts, the agency moved three over responsibilities that can be of four key longitudinal surveys that adequately performed in the pri- were initiated in the 1990s to the vate sector. The government need “inactive list”: the National Popula- not run airlines or gas stations or tion Health Survey; the National even mail companies. Longitudinal Survey of Children Is statistical information on the and Youth, and the Workplace and country an appropriate addition to Employment Survey. These infor- this list? Or does a combination of mation-rich surveys involve repeat- privacy concerns, the necessity for ed observations of the same people information on the entire country, over long periods of time and began the benefits of having a single entity Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times tracking Canadians in the early that houses the expertise to collect, 1990s. We are no longer measuring store, and protect these data, and required for government, busi- as expensive as it is hopeful, while continuing to invest in the founda- outcomes for these individuals. the necessity of accessible informa- ness, and individuals to make the policy actors are forced to gingerly tional information that has wisely The recent cuts, which affect 34 tion for government researchers, best decisions they can. “guess and check” over time. informed our nation for decades. surveys, brought an end to the fourth and private corporations alike lead For without being able to accu- In the absence of good data, Vass Bednar is an Action of the longitudinal surveys started in to data collection and dissemination rately describe the characteristics our ability to fully comprehend Canada Fellow and graduate of the the 1990s: The Survey of Labour and being a public good? Does the social and trends of what that “problem” complex policy issues will grow School of Public Policy and Gover- Income Dynamics (SLID), which benefit of these data far exceed the is, society will simply have to anecdotal and inconsistent. As nance. Mark Stabile is the director provides an understanding of the private benefit that a private sector make policy in the dark. Evidence- admirable as the quest for effi- of the School of Public Policy and economic well-being of Canadians. company might realize? based policy-making requires just ciency in the public sector is, it Governance and a professor at the We have now halted the collec- We would argue that there is that—evidence—standard, reliable can’t be worth the confusion that Rotman School of Management, tion and analysis of our most infor- a strong case to be made for a metrics whose quantification and it will promise in the future. Truly University of Toronto, and an expert mative longitudinal information on publicly-funded and administered legitimacy is widely-agreed upon. realizing the kind of savings that adviser with EvidenceNetwork.ca our labour force, on the workplace, statistical agency that collects In their absence, policy-making at Statistics Canada claims to strive [email protected] on health and health care, and on the kind of robust information all levels and in every sector will be for in this budgetary cycle means The Hill Times Communicate with those most responsible for Canada’s public policy decisions.

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oil to China? In his popular stump There is no middle ground on the Northern Gateway. There are only two sides, speech, Trudeau comes across as a passionate environmentalist politically and morally: for, or against. And Bob Rae is on the wrong one. (although vague on details.) He is from Quebec, where climate change is taken seriously. At 40, days ago. In interviews, the Liberal “The key word in all this is bal- he is of a generation more open to leader came out unequivocally in ance,” says Rae. Or, perhaps, “evasion.” ending our addiction to oil. favour of consultation and engage- Rae is pretending to be the adult, And what of other leader- ment. Off the fence—finally! the voice of reason, in a squabble ship contenders like Liberal MP Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times “We can reap the benefits of between two supposed extremes, Marc Garneau, also from Quebec, oilsands development and miti- “the Tea Party and Occupy.” But it or David McGuinty (brother of Stuck in the middle: Bob Rae is pretend- BY Susan Riley gate the environmental impact, is hard to believe, given his party’s Dalton), and former head of the ing to be the adult, the voice of reason, but only if we engage and consult history, that Liberals would do any- National Round Table on the Envi- in a squabble between two supposed ATINEAU, QUE.—Interim with parties on all sides of this thing differently from the Conser- ronment and the Economy? Are extremes, ‘the Tea Party and Occupy.’ GLiberal leader Bob Rae has issue,” Rae said. vatives when the National Energy they going to skate on this issue provided welcome clarity on his Why didn’t someone think of Board approves the pipeline pro- all the way to the finish line? tation. But compromise already party’s stand on the controversial this before? Buckets of money for posal, as it inevitably will. Within the federal Liberal cau- exists: neither Mulcair, or even Northern Gateway pipeline and the federal and provincial treasuries, They might talk a little tougher, cus, too, others have reason to be Green Party leader Elizabeth May, rush to export Alberta’s oil wealth. tons of jobs and emissions no more they might invent new and different nervous. Vancouver-Quadra Liberal are calling for an immediate shut He’s in favour of development, harmful than steam from a tea ket- “incentives” to cajole industry into Joyce Murray’s website routinely down of the tar sands. They just but it must be done sustainably. tle. It will just take a few meetings. doing the right thing, they might even features hard-nosed media critiques want to hit the pause button. This is violently different from Even so, Rae has “serious reser- impose stricter fines on scofflaws. of the Northern Gateway, and the Increasingly, there is no middle Stephen Harper’s position: he’s vations” about the Northern Gate- We know how effective that Kinder Morgan alternative. ground on the Northern Gateway, in favour of development, but it way project, intended to transport approach has been: climbing On the other side, Rae has drawn nor should there be. This is turning must be done responsibly. all that liquid gold across vulnera- emissions, exploding growth in fire from Alberta Liberal leader Raj into an Iraq war moment, a same- We know where NDP Leader ble British Columbia wilderness to tar sands development, continu- Sherman, who suspects the federal sex marriage moment, a gun con- Thomas Mulcair stands: pull the plug oil tankers that would ply the rocky ing leaks from existing pipelines, leader opposes the Northern Gate- trol moment—only more serious. on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway, and dangerous west coast. international censure. way—in Sherman’s view, the key the There are only two sides, polit- slow oilsands growth to give environ- He isn’t ruling out “any, or all” Of course, Rae is only leader until Alberta’s prosperity. ically and morally: for, or against. mental protection a chance to catch pipelines across B.C., mind you. the 2013 leadership convention. For That’s what happens when you And Rae is on the wrong one. up, and, meanwhile, focus on com- He muses about increasing capac- the first time, it is fair to ask if he is take both sides. Susan Riley is a veteran politi- mercializing alternatives to oil. ity in the existing Kinder Morgan speaking for all Liberals. You need compromise in poli- cal columnist. Mulcair wins. His position is line which ends in Vancouver and What does Justin Trudeau think tics, of course, and the conciliatory [email protected] clear—clearer, certainly, than the would greatly increase oil tanker of the Northern Gateway and the approach advocated by Rae is [email protected] blancmange Rae offered a few traffic off English Bay. supposedly urgent need to sell our better than bone-headed confron- The Hill Times

OPINION ARCTIC There are still no dedicated search and rescue air assets in the Arctic Those assets would also have some degree of importance related to marine SAR in the Arctic.

HQ is in Yellowknife, the location accidents have taken place and In 1996, the cruise ship Hanseatic there were 884 such polar flights. In is fairly central to the Arctic, and that historically less than one per ran aground near Gjoa Haven: all 2010, there were 9,683. The Arctic the aircraft could reach some of the cent of the accidents were in the passengers were evacuated and is opening up at an unprecedented western provinces faster than from Arctic. In preparation for a presen- there were no casualties. In 2010, speed in the air and on the sea. As Winnipeg or Trenton. The reaction tation on SAR in the Arctic, I came the Clipper Adventure cruise ship Ron Kroeker once said to me “It time to Arctic locations, where time across Transport Safety Board web- ran aground near Kugluktuk. is not wise to deploy your assets BY Pierre Leblanc is more critical than in the south, site statistics that shocked me. In Again all passengers were evacu- based on historical trends. It should would be shortened significantly. 2001, no less than 15 per cent of the ated, no casualties. On May 26, be based on present and projected TTAWA—When I was the With a shorter transition flight the aircraft accidents in which there 2012, a Russian trawler sank after traffic and a risk assessment.” Ocommander of Joint Task aircraft can also be over the search was a fatality were in the Arctic. hitting an iceberg in the Bering Canada has recently signed Force North, I recommended that area longer before it needs refuel- In 2001, no less than 21 per cent Sea. All 91 passengers were res- an international Agreement on some search and rescue (SAR) ling. We all know that the first few of the fatalities related to aircraft cued by a passing vessel. Should Cooperation in Aeronautical and air assets be located in the Arctic hours are critical in any search. accidents were in the Arctic. More Canada not insist on the “sister Maritime Search and Rescue in which I define as north of the 60th Another option would be to posi- recently, in 2010, seven per cent of ship” policy that applies in Ant- the Arctic. It thus behooves us to parallel. The High Arctic is north tion the aircraft in Iqaluit. Tens of the aircraft accidents were in the arctica? It is that policy that saved improve our SAR capabilities in of the Arctic Circle. Specifically, thousands of international flights Arctic and 11 per cent of the fatal the passengers of the Canadian the Arctic. As I have said before, I suggested positioning a CC-130 go over Baffin Island every year. aircraft accidents were in the Arc- cruise ship MS Explorer which we cannot cover the whole of Hercules aircraft in Yellowknife. They could also service the north- tic. On average, between 2001 and sank in Antarctica in 2007. the Arctic adequately but we can The aircraft would only be sta- ern part of Quebec and Newfound- 2010, more than five per cent of the Let us hope that the new SAR certainly do better than what we tioned there on standby. Its main land and Labrador. Better still, they aircraft accidents were in the Arc- aircraft will have the legs and on- have at present. base would still be in the south could position one in each. tic. Yet there are still no dedicated station capabilities required to deal Retired colonel Pierre Leblanc for maintenance, training, etc. The The greatest argument I heard SAR air assets in the Arctic. with the increased incidence of air- is a former commander of the logic was simple: the Canadian against my original proposal was Those assets would also have craft accidents in the Arctic. There Joint Task Force North. Forces have assets (440 Squadron, that the SAR assets were deployed some degree of importance relat- are new polar air routes that go [email protected] hangers) in Yellowknife, the JTF(N) to cover the areas where the most ed to marine SAR in the Arctic. over the Canadian Arctic. In 2003, The Hill Times 12 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 POLITICAL REPORTING ERIC LIDDELL Liddell, Olympian, is dead but not forgotten Eric Liddell, who had a little-known Canadian connection, was the true-life 1924 Olympic medalist depicted in the Academy Award-winning Chariots of Fire.

seconds, then the shortest time where you run as hard as you can she raised their children at 21 “common pause day where every- ever clocked. The second-place towards a wall and trust someone Gloucester St. in Toronto. The house thing ought to stop.” Liddell is the finisher ran five metres behind will stop you…Liddell must have run is still there, seven blocks from the subject of dozens of church tracts— him. “I found out that the 400 was like that. He must have run with his legislature. It has been turned into though friends and family grew to really my distance for a race,” Lid- head up and literally trusted to get a steakhouse called Bumpkin’s; bristle at the treatment. “He was the BY Tom Korski dell told The Toronto Daily Star there. He ran with faith. He didn’t it serves duck a l’Orange at $27 a very opposite of what some people in 1932. “So, I’ve always been glad even look where he was going,” (see plate and displays autographed think of when they speak of ‘funda- I didn’t race on the Sabbath.” The Flying Scotsman, by Sally Mag- photos of celebrity guests like mentalists’ today,” his widow told a ARLIAMENT HILL—Eric Lid- Acclaimed a Commonwealth nusson, 2007 Stadia). Canada AM co-host Beverly Thom- Star reporter in 1981. “He was never Pdell, Olympian, is dead but not hero, Liddell declined all commercial The Liddell story strikes a son. The restaurant’s owner, Min shocked or judgmental about other forgotten. Born In China, raised endorsements and became a mis- chord; “It is the idea that there is Ma, has run the place for 13 years people’s conduct or problems. He in Scotland, he is immortalized sionary in rural China. He died in a something about sport that tran- and told me he had no idea of the could be very naughty himself.” by media as the most intriguing Japanese internment camp in 1945. scends financial considerations,” Liddell connection. “Oh, wow, that’s In 1987, a group of Canadians track and fielder of all time with You can find YouTube news- noted a recent commentary in exciting,” said Ma—then acknowl- who knew Liddell as a missionary a little-known Canadian connec- reels of Liddell in his heyday. The Ottawa Citizen. edged he’d never heard of either in China held a final reunion in tion. Liddell personified “the age Sportswriters rated his track There were other remarkable Liddell or Chariots of Fire. Toronto. They vividly recalled his of amateurism,” as The Times of style as simply strange—his stories in those 1924 Summer Liddell’s widow died in obscu- last years in an internment camp. London put it—the triumph of neck craned with head thrown Games in Paris. That year the rity in Binbrook, Ont., in 1984. She Liddell offered to pawn his watch discipline and sportsmanship back as though he was watch- Edmonton Grads defeated France to kept his Olympic medal for years, for extra rations for fellow pris- stripped of brain injuries, cyni- ing clouds. In 1981, biographer win the girls’ basketball champion- till it was loaned to a grandchild oners, and tried to cheer children cism and steroid-laced endorse- Sally Magnusson interviewed Ian ship, but claimed no medal. Basket- who took it to school and had it in the camp by improvising chess ments. Even athletes rate him Charleson, the Scottish actor who ball was then an exhibition sport. stolen. The United Church called tournaments even on Sundays; he an inspiration. Canadian long played Liddell in Chariots of Fire. And Doug Lewis, a black boxer Florence “one of the unknown links went out of his way to show kind- jumper Brian Thomas, asked once “I had to learn to run properly with Toronto’s Shamrock Ath- with physical and spiritual magnif- ness to prostitutes and vagrants why he started every day with a and then to learn Liddell’s way,” he letic Club, defeated a Swede to win icence, living on an ordinary street.” shunned by other inmates. half-hour of meditation at 5:30 said. “The hardest thing was that Eric bronze for Canada in the welter- Christians and Lord’s Day A reporter once asked Liddell, a.m., replied: “Eric Liddell.” ran with his head back, when I did weight category—then simply van- advocates never tired of Liddell. “Don’t you miss the limelight?” Liddell was the true-life 1924 it I couldn’t see where I was going. ished. Even the Canadian Olympic Montreal Gazette contributor Peter He said, “Oh, well, of course, it’s Olympic medalist depicted in the I kept running off the track and Committee says it has no record of Menzies in a 1999 essay invoked natural for a chap to think over all Academy Award-winning Chari- bumping into other runners. Then what became of Lewis or his medal. Liddell’s example in lamenting the that sometimes, but I’m glad I’m at ots of Fire. He held a record in the one day, on the fifth or sixth day of And Liddell? exhibition of Sunday sports that the work I am engaged in now. A 100 metres but would not run on a filming, I suddenly cottoned on to His wife Florence was a nurse left Christians “bewildered by their fellow’s life counts for far more at Sunday. Liddell competed instead what he must have been doing when trained at Toronto General Hospi- sudden status as cultural aliens,” he this than the other.” in the 400 metres—the race fell he ran. At drama school we used to tal. In WWII years when Liddell wrote. The Kingston Whig Standard [email protected] on a Friday—and won gold in 47.6 do what are called ‘trust exercises,’ was trapped behind enemy lines, once cited Liddell in promoting a The Hill Times OPINION POLITICAL STAFFERS a strong enforcement approach (unlike the ethics commissioner), The Hill Times and the power to penalize violators. Knowing how committed all of ’ Terrific 25 Staffers Survey the federal politicians are to demo- cratic good government, I am sure that the MPs on the House Proce- dural Affairs Committee will strongly recommend closing the huge loop- should include the ‘most ethical’ too holes and correcting the flaws and strengthening enforcement of the misleading), along with most knowl- recently that this is not a correct out in the Accountable Government MPs’ ethics code when they continue Parliament’s review of the edgeable and most experienced. approach, but is still only requiring guide for ministers, Paradis remains their review of the code after Parlia- Would Prime Minister Stephen disclosure of some of those recusals, an unpenalized Cabinet minister). ment opens again in September. And Conflict of Interest Act is Harper’s chief of staff Nigel Wright again, according to testimony by her And in case anyone is wonder- I am also sure that the House will already seven months past be named “most ethical?” The Conflict before House committees. ing, these same loopholes and flaws make those changes right away. of Interest Act does not require him But, in any case, isn’t it reason- (and others), and weak enforcement I am also sure that the House its legal five-year deadline. to recuse himself from any general able to say that an ethical person by Dawson, also undermine the eth- or Senate or joint committee that matter decision-making process even would recuse him/herself from all ical standards set out in the Conflict reviews the Conflict of Interest Act if it will directly affect his personal decision-making processes that affect of Interest Code for Members of soon (the review is already seven financial interests, or the interests of their personal financial interests, and the House of Commons, and (even months past its legal five-year dead- his family or friends or the dozens would publicly disclose their recusals, more so), the ethical standards set line) will also make strong recom- of companies in which his company, even if a flawed law combined with out in the Senate Ethics Code (in no mendations to close the loopholes Onex, is invested, or the interests a lapdog ethics commissioner do not small part because the Senate Eth- in, and strengthen enforcement of, BY Duff Conacher of the companies in which the two require these actions? ics Officer is under the control of a the act, and that the Conservative other private holding companies he As for Andrew MacDougall, committee of Senators). Cabinet will introduce a bill that owns are invested, or the two dozen director of communications for the And as for all other political will make those changes that will ORONTO—The Hill Times’ or so other companies in which he Prime Minister, he “helps when he staffers, except senior staff in the pass quickly and unanimously. T12th Annual Terrific 25 Staffers own shares, or the other investments can,” according to Yaroslav Baran, a Opposition Leader’s Office, no eth- I am also sure that the Senate Survey of people involved in federal he placed in his so-called blind trust. former Conservative staffer. Does ics rules apply to them, and they will clean up its ethics act sooner politics was most revealing because In fact, he has not disclosed any he help everyone equally? Or does are not required to disclose any than later. the ranking criteria did not include recusals from any decision-making he give more help to people who personal interests (not even financial And I am also sure that an ethics “most ethical staffer.” If members processes in the Public Registry for have worked in the past for Prime interests), so who knows how their law or code will soon be enacted to of the public were surveyed, this the Act. That may be because federal Minister Harper, Conservative actions would measure up to ethics apply to political staffers, so that you would very likely be their most Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson Cabinet ministers, and Conserva- criteria if such criteria were included can add it to your survey criteria. important criteria given that dis- has set up a system of so-called “ethi- tive Party election campaigns? in your definition of a “terrific” staffer. I am so sure of all of these things honesty, secrecy, unethical activities, cal screens” to hide recusals by Cabi- If it’s the latter, that sounds very Maybe they are all acting hon- because I have faith that federal lack of representation and waste net ministers, staff and appointees, a similar to giving preferential treat- estly, ethically, openly, representa- politicians will do the right ethi- consistently rank as the Canadians’ system that violates Sec. 25 of the act ment which is not allowed under tively, and preventing waste all of cal thing very soon, even though top concerns about government. (which requires public disclosure of Sec. 7 of the Conflict of Interest Act the time. The public has a right to they haven’t for the past 145 years, Instead, according to the survey, the details of all recusals). (as Conservative Cabinet minister know whether they are acting in unfortunately. Better to hope than to political staff are valued for being What the ethics commissioner Christian Paradis found out recent- these ways (since we pay their sala- despair, as someone said recently. most discreet (i.e. most secretive), did, according to her public testimo- ly, although because the act does ries), but we won’t know until rules Duff Conacher is the founding closest to the Prime Minister and ny by her before House committees, not include any penalties for viola- are applied to them requiring them board member of Democracy Watch, most influential (i.e. among other is just arrange for public office hold- tions of its key democratic good to act properly, with full disclosure Canada’s leading democratic reform things, most likely to change elected ers to recuse themselves from whole government rules, and because requirements, and independent and good government organization. politicians’ decisions (including for areas of decision-making, but not Prime Minister Harper regularly enforcement by a fully-empowered, [email protected] lobbyists), and best at spin (i.e. most declare it. She has admitted more ignores the act and his own rules set well-resourced watchdog with The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 13 OPINION SCIENCE & DECISION-MAKING Feds mount systematic, deliberate campaign to reduce role of scientific

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times evidence in decision-making Doctors in the House: Scientists, pictured on July 10, are fed up with a government that ‘espouses transpar- ency and accountability but eschews evidence-based decision-making,’ write Diane Orihel and Scott Findlay.

The campaign involves a reduction in: the capacity of federal institutions to gather mental protection, public health, social justice, or rendered irrelevant by legislative fiat. The scientific evidence; the ability of both federal institutions and civil society to bring and the welfare of Canada’s less fortunate. Omnibus Implementation Budget Bill C-38 As Mr. Dufour noted, Minister of State for that steamrolled through the House of Com- scientific evidence forward; and the role of scientific evidence in law and regulation. Science and Technology Gary Goodyear’s mons this spring is but the tip of the iceberg. response to the “Death of Evidence” rally was In the months to come, we can expect further a classic political non sequitur that attempted dismantling of our scientific capacity, further political advocacy—to take to the streets. Mr. to shift the focus of the debate away from our censorship of government scientists, and By DIANE ORIHEL AND SCOTT FINDLAY Dufour is correct: scientists are fed up with message—the need for scientific evidence as further erosion of the influence of scientific a federal government that espouses trans- the foundation for policy and regulatory deci- evidence in decision-making. e: “Geeks on the Hill: The Big Bang The- parency and accountability but eschews sions—toward his government’s investments Let us hope that under the shroud of the Rory meets Yes, Minister,” (The Hill Times, evidence-based decision-making. in science and technology. One is left wonder- “Death of Evidence” was the birth of a new July 16, p. 10). We thank Paul Dufour for What was the message we wanted Canadi- ing whether the communications department movement—based on the simple, non-parti- his insightful column that probed both the ans to hear? Simply, that the current federal in the Prime Minister’s Office is not itself in san idea that all Canadians should demand impetus and necessity behind the unortho- government has mounted a systematic and need of a summer recess to float so transpar- that the entire body of evidence underlying dox behaviour of scientists in our nation’s deliberate campaign to reduce the role of sci- ent a ploy: scientists may be eccentric and any policy or regulatory decision be brought capital on July 10. Under normal circum- entific evidence in decision-making. The cam- politically naïve, but they are not stupid. forth and displayed, warts and all. stances, scientists would be out in the field paign involves a reduction in: the capacity The issue raised by scientists should con- Diane Orihel is a PhD candidate, biologi- meticulously recording observations, in of federal institutions to gather scientific evi- cern all Canadians. Good decisions must be cal sciences, University of Alberta and lead- their laboratories wrestling with uncoopera- dence; the ability of both federal institutions based on evidence. It is an affront to Cana- er of the ‘Coalition to Save ELA’ – Canada’s tive instruments, or in their offices poring and civil society to bring scientific evidence dian intelligence, never mind the twin demo- Experimental Lakes Area. Scott Findlay, over unexpected experimental results. forward; and the role of scientific evidence in cratic principles of transparency and account- PhD, associate professor, Department of But these are not ‘normal circumstances’ law and regulation. It has targeted a number ability, when scientific evidence potentially Biology, University of Ottawa senior orga- and this is precisely what compelled sci- of science domains which speak directly to incompatible with or inconvenient to political nizer of the ‘Death of Evidence’ Rally. entists—not traditionally known for their values many Canadians cherish—environ- agendas is simply not gathered, suppressed The Hill Times

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justice and society. The perception and conflicting, functions: legal of a military judge presiding at a adviser to the executive branch (to court martial having his grievance the Governor General, the minis- awaiting adjudication by the CDS Defence Minister ter of defence and the chief of the does not inspire a neutral observer Peter MacKay. defence staff) and superintendence as to the independence from the BY Michel W. Drapeau Michel Drapeau of the military judiciary system. In chain of command. says although Bill both capacities, the JAG reports to 3. Creation of a Reserve Force C-15 dubs itself the minister of National Defence. TTAWA—When Parliament Military Judge Panel (s. 165.22). This the Strengthening Of note, in almost all common-law Onext meets, it will undoubtedly provision authorizes the governor-in- Military Justice jurisdictions, and in particular, the address Bill C-15, euphemistically council to appoint any lawyer with in the Defence U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and known as Strengthening Military 10 years or more standing at the bar of Canada Ireland, these two functions have Justice in the Defence of Canada of a province who is an officer in the Act, there’s been properly separated, if for no Act. Interestingly, there is no such reserve force, to be a military judge. no Defence of other reason than to truly separate thing as a Defence of Canada Given that our existing four military Canada Act. the military judiciary from the Act—unless our government wants judges have one of the lowest annual executive branch, and to detach the to retitle the National Defence Act caseloads for any court in Canada, military judiciary function from the accordingly. Be that as it may, Bill the creation of a Reserve Force Mili- military chain of command. In these C-15 contains a pot-pourri of leg- tary Judges Panel is a costly extrava- countries, the JAG is now a civil- islative provisions, some of which, gance. Such a proposal flies in the ian law officer of the Crown who as listed immediately below, are face of a recent decision by the Fed- is also purposely located outside welcomed because they are truly eral Court of Appeal, which in Felipa their equivalent of the Department designed to strengthen military v. Minister of Citizenship and Immi- of National Defence. If the aim of justice: “provide for security of gration in 2011 VCA 272, declared Bill C-15 is to strengthen the mili- tenure for military judges; specify that the chief justice of the Federal The Hill Times Hill The Wright, Jake by Photograph tary justice system, then this matter the objectives of the sentencing Court does not have the authority to should be properly addressed, on process; provide for additional rely on deputy judges. properly pleaded by defence coun- and serious enough to merit such a a priority basis, by the Department sentencing options; and set out the As an aside, if the government sel. Judges of the Federal Court are step and they will receive the per- of Justice whose function is to have duties and functions of the Cana- is sincere in its attempt to reform trained initially when they are newly sonal attention of their superiors. the superintendence of all matters dian Forces Provost Marshall.” and strengthen the military justice appointed and continuously during On the other hand, an effective connected with the administration However, Bill C-15 also contains system, it should follow in the foot- their careers in all areas of the fed- commanding general ought to be of justice in Canada. a number of other provisions of no steps of the U.K., Australia, New eral law, criminal or civil. Addition- tuned with, and sensitive to, the utility or benefit to the military jus- Zealand, and Ireland (to name only ally, Federal Court judges already grievances and complaints submit- Conclusion tice system in general operational a few) by civilianizing these judges. sit on cases dealing with a range of ted by his subordinates, not be insu- All CF members are subject to effectiveness, in particular. In fact, This can easily be accomplished military administrative law matters. lated by layers of bureaucracy, and the criminal law of Canada wher- many of these recommended provi- by merging the Office of the Chief Moreover, many of these judges not the other way around. ever they are serving, and they have sions will add unnecessarily to the of Military Judge (total of 21 per- already sit as appellate judges on the The delegation by the CDS of a duty to uphold it. In that respect already huge operating cost of the sonnel) with the Federal Court of Court Martial Appeal Court which is his powers as the final authority in they are no different from other military justice system. These rec- Canada and creating a new ‘mili- itself presided by a judge of the Fed- the CF Grievance System is a ret- citizens. When deployed on opera- ommended new provisions need to tary division’ therein. eral Court of Canada. rograde step and a recipe for poor tions abroad they are also subject be reviewed by the Parliamentary Besides realizing substantial As stated by the then minister morale as this would be seen as yet to international law, including the committee. personnel and operations financial of defence Doug Young in his 1997 another step to protect the “brand” laws of armed conflict. It is axiom- 1. Appointment of a Deputy savings, by having, for example, a Report to the Prime Minister on the that is DND newspeak, or fictional atic, therefore, that CF members Chief Military Judge. (s. 165.27): At single registry as well as technical, Leadership and Management of the language, that refers to the notion must exercise the highest standards present, there is one chief military financial and clerical support staff, Armed Forces, “The record of mod- that senior officers, such as the of professionalism, as befits their judge and three military judges a military division at the Federal ern warfare clearly demonstrates CDS’ image and reputation, are pro- rank and appointment, at all times for a total of four. Bill C-15 pro- Court would give access to a pool that military effectiveness depends tected by CF public affairs officials. to both safeguard operational effec- poses the addition of a deputy chief of qualified Federal Court judges upon Armed Forces being integral In short, the CDS should become tiveness and Canada’s reputation. military judge. Why? The Supreme who are already well experienced parts of the societies they serve, not more engaged not more dissociated At the end of the day, Canadian Court of Canada has a total of nine in all aspects of federal law, includ- being isolated from them. The soci- with the plight of the grievors so military law, which incorporates judges, including a chief justice ing the National Defence Act, since ety in which and for which the CF that he may provide inspired and both the criminal law of Canada but no deputy judge. The Federal many of them sit regularly on the serve is in the process of rapid legal, informed leadership to people he as well as civil offences commit- Court of Appeal has a total of 12 already established Court Martial economic and social change. As a directs to be in harm’s way. ted outside Canada, is a vital and judges, including a chief justice but Appeal Court. Also, according to result, the Forces must respect [. . . necessary law in order to main- no deputy judge. The Court Mar- the existing Federal Courts Act, ] and conform to other legislation Two major omissions from Bill C-15 tain discipline and order among tial Appeal Court has a total of 55 any judge of the Federal Court may evolving social values.” Summary Trials. As discussed the troops, and is believed to be judges including a chief justice but sit and act at any time and at any 4. Delegation of the CDS’ pow- previously, I am not opposed to one of the many reasons why the no deputy judge. The Federal Court place in Canada hence by their ers as the final authority in the summary trials per se, but I con- Canadian Forces are considered of Canada has a total of 34 judges, very nature they would be avail- grievance process (s. 29.14). This tinue to be concerned that their one of the world’s best, despite its including a chief justice but no able to sit at court martial proceed- new clause permits the delegation structure and process deviates quite small size. Considering the power deputy judge. It is beyond my com- ings anywhere in Canada. of the CDS’ powers, duties, and considerably from civilian statutory that military law has over its audi- prehension as to why a military In recommending that Federal functions to subordinate officers. equivalents and, even perhaps, their ence, our citizen-soldiers deserve a court with only four judges would Court judges preside at courts mar- Given the mounting number of constitutionality. Of note, the U.K., world-class military justice system. require both a chief and a deputy tial, I can already hear the rumbling grievances by CF members and the Australia, New Zealand and Ire- A military justice system which is, chief. Surely, such featherbedding of some JAG lawyers who will current state of disrepair of the CF land, whose military justice systems first and foremost, just and fair to cannot be justified on ‘workload’ insist that a judge at a court martial grievance system, the last thing the resemble that of Canada’s, have the accused while being responsive alone as there are, on average, only absolutely needs to have ‘military CF leadership ought to do is to fur- seen fit to modify their summary to the military need for discipline. 60 court martials per year. experience.’ If that were true, judges ther distance itself from the griev- trial system so as to provide a much, Obviously, the National 2. A military judge may submit sitting at the Court Martial Appeal ances submitted by the rank and file much fairer judicial process. Why Defence Act is still deficient in a grievance (s 29(2.1) to be con- Court or the Supreme Court of by adopting an out of sight out of then are our own sailors, soldiers some major areas and it requires sidered and determined by the Canada would have to have ‘military mind’s stand. In the Armed Forces, and RCAF personnel deprived of more than tweaks and tinkering CDS. The very fact that a military experience’ to hear an appeal. Yet, a the submission of a grievance is such enlightened substantive and to bring it into the 21st century. judge can submit a grievance and crime is a crime is a crime, whether normally seen as a measure of procedural changes? Michel W. Drapeau is the that the said grievance would then committed by a person in uniform, a last resort imbued with significant Judge-Advocate General. A sec- co-author of Military Justice In be adjudicated by the chief of the lawyer, a physician, an accountant, career risks. When a CF member ond area of reform which has been Action published by Carswell in defence staff flies in the face of a diplomat or a hockey player. Also, decides to ‘cross the rubicon’ and left aside in Bill C-15 is the require- November 2011. He teaches mili- the code of ethics for judges which any mitigating and special circum- submit a written grievance to his ment to fundamentally review the tary law at the Faculty of Law, requires that a judge should uphold stances or context of a given crime commanding officer, he or she holds raison d’être of the judge advocate Ottawa University. the integrity and independence of can be taken into account by any the honest belief that the issues giv- general since the incumbent now [email protected] the judiciary, in the best interest of sentencing or a reviewing judge, if ing rise to the complaint are grave simultaneously fulfils two separate, The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 15 OPINION CANADIAN UNIONS

Sponsored by Conservative MP Feds want every trade Russ Hiebert, pic- tured in this file photo on the Hill, private member’s bill C-377 is set union, labour trust to for final reading when the House of Commons returns from its summer file public information break in September. return with Revenue Agency over $5,000

Meanwhile, the government doesn’t want the United Nations Times Hill The Wright, Jake by Photograph to track global arms sales because it might compromise ‘the lions of workers across the country to file to individuals greater than $5,000. This could these detailed records. There is no other include personal medical information. legally protected information of private companies.’ way to interpret this than as an attempt to Bill C-377 should be scrapped but that disarm a political opponent. doesn’t mean there isn’t a need for greater Much like what Habib Massoud was hint- transparency for all major Canadian insti- on tens of thousands of Canadian workers ing at when talking about those involved tutions. But any requirements imposed by By DAVE COLES receiving direct or indirect union benefits or in the arms trade, the detailed reporting the government need to be applied equally. working within or for labour organizations. required by Bill C-377 will be burdensome, There shouldn’t be one set of standards for he Conservatives’ double standards Sponsored by Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, costly and threaten the privacy rights of the groups the Conservatives don’t like and Ttell us who they truly support. It was private member’s bill C-377 is set for final many individuals, companies, and organi- another for their friends selling arms. reported recently that the government reading when the House of Commons returns zations that work with unions. Incredibly, Dave Coles is president of the Commu- doesn’t want the United Nations to track from its summer break in September. Thus far under the proposed legislation labour- nications, Energy and Paperworkers Union global arms sales because it might compro- the opposition parties have opposed the bill associated pension and benefit plans will be of Canada, based in Ottawa. mise “the legally protected information of and the Conservatives have supported it. required to publicly disclose “the name and [email protected] private companies.” At the same time, they Bill C-377 would require every trade address” and a “description” of benefits paid The Hill Times want every Canadian union to disclose the union and labour trust (pension plan, train- details of their cleaning contracts. ing fund as well as health and welfare funds) In an overwhelmingly negative speech to to file a public information return with the The the UN recently, Foreign Affairs Deputy Direc- Canada Revenue Agency on all expenditures tor Habib Massoud laid out the Conservatives’ over $5,000. This information would be made position on the final round of Arms Trade publicly available, which would give employ- Treaty negotiations. “In Canada’s view, detailed ers an advantage in bargaining or when try- reporting about each and every transaction ing to thwart a unionization drive. A similar can, in certain circumstances, be both imprac- database set up by George Bush’s adminis- tical and unrealistic. The sheer volume of such tration in the U.S. is used by anti-union busi- transactions would overwhelm virtually any nesses to weaken workers. administrative system now in existence.” Labour unions are among the few institu- Taking a position that puts Canada off- tions that can and do provide a counterbal- side with the bulk of the international com- ance to the power of corporations. Yet the munity, Massoud called for the proposed Conservatives are not requiring companies All New Website arms tracking secretariat to be “minimal, that bargain with trade unions to file detailed small, and flexible” and financed entirely reports to the Canada Revenue Agency on through existing UN budgets. He added their salaries, political, or lobbying spending. r
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But the Liberal estimated “Unless people start to get that an average downtown riding charged, and there’s some would have 200 to 240 polls, at as accountability, this will get worse many as 80 different locations. To before it gets better,” he added. field enough volunteers to cover mostly clean, but corruption, Mr. Sommers said that Elections a 16-hour day a candidate would Canada already has sweeping pow- have to have 160 people to spare. ers to conduct investigations, and “It’s hard to do, but it’s some- call witnesses, but that it’s impossi- thing that a well-organized cam- ble to know how strictly or loosely paign should be able to do,” said fraud, dirty tricks do happen, it enforces the Canada Elections the Conservative source. Act because the results of their Conservative pundit Tim Pow- investigations remain private. ers told The Hill Times recently Elections Canada has received that fielding scrutineers some- 3,000 complaints since 1997, he times takes a back seat to other noted. priorities when it comes to distrib- says political insiders The organization’s budget will uting volunteers. decline from $136.2-million to “I think it depends on the can- $94.8-million a year by 2014-2015 didate. Their needs. The resources Meanwhile, Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand recently said the due to the wind down of certain both professional and amateur programs and budget cuts, but that they have and how they are Elections Canada also has the deployed,” he said. government may have to regulate contact with voters during an election campaign. ability to draw straight from the “Candidate scrutineers may government’s bank account when fall behind in importance these it comes to funding elections or Continued from Page 1 extent, these communications need reality that rarely happens, said days behind using volunteer to be regulated.” the Liberal organizer. investigations. resources to get out the vote. Dif- last week decided to let a chal- Meanwhile, last week the Fed- He said that with an average of “Elections Canada’s operating ferent candidates though will have lenge proceed regarding the 2011 eral Court decided to allow a chal- four parties running in each of Cana- reductions will have no impact different practices,” he explained. election results in seven ridings lenge to proceed in seven ridings da’s 308 electoral districts, “there will on investigations by the Office Mr. Karygiannis said that in across the country, political insid- across the country regarding the literally be 10,000 people who have of the Commissioner of Canada the last election his campaign had ers say the technologies deployed 2011 election results. Backed by the their hands” on it. What happens to Elections,” said spokesperson 1,000 volunteers, and he had scru- by political parties in campaigns Council of Canadians, the voters the list from there is up to the ethics Diane Benson. tineers at polling stations looking are becoming more sophisticated want the Federal Court to overturn of each of those individuals. The agency is also reviewing out for “questionable voters.” with each election—giving those the election results in the seven rid- “If you want to send out spam the procedures used to ensure the “We teach our people what to who play dirty tricks a new edge ings won by Conservatives because or an email message to 2,000 peo- integrity of the electoral system. watch out for, and we make sure over Elections Canada and those of allegations of misleading phone ple… to misinform them about a “Elections Canada is always that we follow up,” he said. who would catch the perpetrators. calls that attempted to send voters candidate, it is not expensive and looking for ways to improve the That unscrupulous people try “It’s not difficult to buy a Smart- to the wrong polling stations. probably would take you about 20 administration of the electoral and get around the system is noth- phone that’s called a burner that As well, the Supreme Court minutes to figure our how to go system and is committed to ing new, said Mr. Karygiannis. isn’t tied to a company and you’re heard a separate case challenging offshore, have somebody send the working with Parliament to The Liberal organizer said buying time with cards…you load last year’s election result in Etobi- email for you to that list and never address any issues of concern,” that when he started volunteer- a list on it. That burner then just coke Centre, where Conservative be tracked,” he said. said Ms. Benson. ing for campaigns, it was well- automatically, with software, calls MP Ted Opitz was elected by a mar- The Liberal organizer also Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis known that voter cards got stolen out the 5,000 people you are trying gin of 26 votes. An Ontario Superior noted that while parties try to (Scarborough-Agincourt, Ont.) and leaflets misdirecting voters to to perhaps suppress,” explained Court judge had ruled that 79 voters keep the list secure by limiting was recently in Libya where he the wrong polling stations would one longtime Liberal organizer, in the 2011 election were able to cast access to it and assigning access was an elections observer during occasionally pop up. who did not want to be identified. ballots though there were errors in levels to those who can log into it, that country’s first free elections “These are old tricks, they’re That phone could deliver a mes- their eligibility paperwork, or those the system isn’t foolproof. since dictator Muammar Gaddafi just being done electronically sage to supporters of a political documents were missing. The senior Conservative activist was ousted and killed in October now,” he said. opponent giving them false infor- Today, there are a number of said that the parties have a strong 2011, and spoke to The Hill The Conservative source mation, as in the robocalls scandal, ways to contact voters, whether incentive to make sure that the list Times from Nagorno-Karabakh, stressed that there is no magical or it could slander the other candi- through social media sites like isn’t misused because access to this an area in Azerbaijan that is in black box full of tricks at the dis- date anonymously, he said. Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare key tool could be taken away. dispute between that country and posal of political parties. “If you’re Elections Canada, or through automated phone calls But to find those who do break Armenia. “What are the tactics we’re how on earth do you monitor that? or telephone town halls enabled the rules is exceedingly hard, said He said that in countries like talking about fundamentally? You don’t,” said the organizer. by voice over internet protocol, or the Liberal. Libya, elections volunteers are We’re talking about the ability Elections Canada is currently mass emails and text messages. “It’s incredibly expensive and given three days of training, as to send mail, the ability to make investigating the so-called “robo- There are also updates that time-consuming,” he said. opposed to a few hours in Canada. a phone call, and the ability to calls” affair, the automated and enable old tactics to be done more “Elections Canada would have “We have got to make sure our keep people’s names and political live fraudulent calls made in the efficiently. For instance, when auto- to be able to forensically audit people have enough training,” he information organized in a data- last election, to send voters to mated phone dialing first became thousands of not only communica- said, adding that Canada can- base,” he said. the wrong polling stations. Elec- available, the dialing system had tions traditionally…but there’s 20 not allow a replay of the cleri- The political insiders were split tions Canada is looking into 1,100 to have its own phone line, and it mediums out there,” he explained. cal errors in Etobicoke Centre, as to the extent of abuse that takes complaints about misleading dialed phone numbers one after It’s also not in Elections Cana- Ont., that may lead to the electoral place in Canada. calls made in the last election and another. With VOIP, thousands of da’s job description to monitor the results in that riding being over- “Do I think there is widespread Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer calls can be placed simultaneously, way political parties engage with turned, pending a Supreme Court fraud in the system? No. I think Marc Mayrand told MPs in May delivering an automated message the electorate, said the Conserva- decision. there is a little bit of goofy fraud, that Elections Canada may rec- to thousands of listeners at a time. tive source. Mr. Karygiannis added that because there always is. There are ommend the government regu- Most of the technologies are Tyler Sommers, coordinator Elections Canada needs to investi- always bad people in any human late contact with voters during developed in the U.S. where super- of government watchdog group gate complaints of elections “she- enterprise, but I think it would be election campaigns. Mr. Mayrand sized campaign budgets drive Democracy Watch, said he was nanigans” more quickly. very hard in the system we have to also said Elections Canada’s next innovation. concerned with how the latest “It’s too slow. The trail is hot, essentially organize a conspiracy report will look into how new “There are more new technolo- in voter contact technology was and then it goes cold after a cou- and then keep it quiet,” said the technology affects campaigning. gies coming online every campaign,” being misused. ple of months and people forget Conservative source. Mr. Mayrand said the report will said a senior Conservative volunteer But “it’s not really Elections about it,” he said, explaining that The Liberal source said that be presented by the end of this fis- and activist who has worked on fed- Canada’s job to keep up with that. he lodged a complaint with the while compared to other coun- cal year next spring. eral and provincial campaigns and It’s the Members of Parliament who agency after a handful of constitu- tries, Canada’s system was “The purposed of this report will who did not want to be identified. are supposed to pass legislation in ents told him they received robo- “extremely clean” that doesn’t be to suggest improvements to the During an election, parties put order to deal with that,” he said. calls purporting to be from the mean it is problem-free. Canada Elections Act in order to deal their efforts into building a list of The Liberal source said that Liberal Party in the middle of the He said: “Is there corruption with a number of issues relating to known or potential supporters and Elections Canada would have to night during the last election. and fraud going on? Absolutely. new technologies and social media, keeping that list updated. Elections be given the “resources and the Both the Conservative and the Are there dirty tricks? Every time.” as well as to how political entities Canada provides candidates and par- technology and the legislation Liberal organizer said that obser- Liberal John Duffy, mean- communicate with electors during a ties with copies of its own voter lists, necessary to audit communica- vation was the best available safe- while, recently told The Hill Times general election,” Mr. Mayrand said and campaigns constantly update tions that are being misused.” guard against the unscrupulous that sophisticated new get-out- before the House Affairs Commit- them throughout the election. The Conservative source said players. the-vote technologies could be tee on May 29. “Among other things, Access to these electronic lists, that it’s clear that Elections Canada The Conservative source helping unscrupulous candidates it will address issues such as voter which contain basic information is conducting investigations and said that elections are “highly “game the system” in an election. contacts, either through automated on voters’ identities, is supposed trying to make improvements, but observed, highly regulated” envi- [email protected] or live calls, and whether, or to what to be tightly controlled, but in the Liberal wasn’t as optimistic. ronments. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 17 THE Q&A LORI TURNBULL the House of Commons should be every time, but most of the time, allowed to exercise its authority.’ that’s going to require more than “Well, that would be like a one party, so you’re not going ‘The Prime Minister Governor General trying to make to see a Prime Minister do it all a judgment call, assuming too by himself. Even Harper now much authority. If that had hap- wouldn’t be able to dissolve by pened in 2008 [that she had not whipping his own party. allowed the prorogation of Parlia- “You’d have to get at least ment], the Prime Minister and the another party to get involved and is far more powerful Conservatives would have had there might be times when an absolutely done as much as they early dissolution makes sense: could to destroy the reputation of if we chose a new electoral sys- the Office of the Governor of the tem, if we chose new electoral Governor General because if she boundaries, if there’s some crisis had said, ‘The House of Commons or reason to have an early dis- than he should be’ should be allowed to speak in this solution, usually that wouldn’t regard, I’m just going to let this go, happen, but if it did, there would prorogation is not necessary right be some kind of safety valve to now,’ then arguably, we would allow that to happen through a Democratizing the Constitution: Reforming Responsible Government have come back to the House on super majority in the House. But, Dec. 8, the government would for the most part, it would mean have fallen, and the coalition we’re stuck with the Parliament co-author Lori Turnbull argues for more written checks and constraints would have taken over; if she had we’ve got for four years. allowed that to go ahead. “We also argue that proroga- “And the Conservatives would tion should only occur with a on the Prime Minister of Canada, for the sake of the House of Commons. have done an excellent job of super majority, or two-thirds, vote painting this person who was in the House too. And the reason intruding in Cana- to do that, as I said, it forces the dian democracy Prime Minister to get at least one By KATE MALLOY because that’s what other party to support the mea- he did to [Stéphane] sure and by proroguing or dis- anada’s Prime Ministers have Dion. He did a great solving, the Prime Minister is able Cwielded far too much power job of convincing to silence the House. If he’s able for far too long, but it’s time Can- everybody that this to do it unilaterally, it means he’s ada amend the Constitution and wasn’t true; that able to make the House go quiet pass legislation to require more Canadians choose when it works for him and by effective checks and constraints their government. having the super majority thresh- on the Prime Minister to protect And it was amazing old, it means that he can’t do that. the House, to restore the political the power of YouTube “It means the House has to system to working order, and to and the internet consent to its own purge and that, bring back power to the people’s Power to the people: because support for hopefully, will mean that a Prime elected representatives in Parlia- Lori Turnbull, co-author the coalition wasn’t Minister’s not able to pull the ment, says one of the authors of of the Donner Prize- great to begin with, plug just because things were get- Democratizing the Constitution: winning Democratizing but it evaporated over ting bad for him because majority Reforming Responsible Govern- the Constitution: the course of that Prime Ministers do it too. ment which won the 2012 Smiley Reforming Responsible week when Harper “Chrétien did it, even though Book Prize as well as the $50,000 Government, pictured kept saying, ‘A coali- he had a majority and even 2011 Donner Prize for the best recently in Ottawa. tion can’t come in though he knew he wasn’t going public policy book in the country. and take over, when “The Prime Minister in Canada Continued on Page 18

The Hill Times Hill The Malloy, Kate by Photograph you don’t have a say is far more powerful than he in it,’ and ‘No one should be and he’s far more pow- to political parties, to Parliamen- and even if you’re the opposition chose this government,’ and ‘We erful than he needs to be,” said tary governance, and to the Con- leader,” she said. allow people to choose the govern- Reforming Political Parties Lori Turnbull, an associate profes- stitution would democratize the The Q&A with Prof. Turnbull has ment.’ Well, no, we live in a Par- •Res tore the power of party caucuses sor of political science at Dalhou- Constitution and Canada’s Parlia- been edited for style and length. liamentary system which means to dismiss the party leader, including a sie University who wrote the book mentary system. The authors have if a government loses confidence, sitting Prime Minister, and to appoint a with Mark D. Jarvis, a doctoral Why is this book important and that’s what the House is for. come up with four constitutional new interim leader candidate at the University of Vic- who should read it? “All MPs have is scrutiny, to reforms, which were blind-peer- •Rem ove the party leader’s power to toria, and along with their mentor, reviewed by seven people before “Everybody should read it. But hold the government to account, approve or reject party candidates for the now late scholar, Peter Aucoin, the book was published, and they we’re hoping that citizens read to choose a new government if election in each riding. who died before the Donner Prize say the reforms must be passed it, political parties read it. We’re this one’s not working, and to winner was announced in May. as a package to work. hoping the players read it. This is take that away from them is to “It’s not an inevitable result of a “We advocate not giving the why I say everyone should read it say, ‘There’s nothing, there’s no Reforming Parliamentary Governance Parliamentary system that a Prime Governor General more reserve because we’re all players. The point check on the Prime Minister.’ He • Adopt legislation limiting the size of Minister accumulates this kind of powers. We argue that everything of the book and why the book is can just do whatever he wants.” ministries to a maximum of 25 individuals power. Other systems have Parlia- should be written down so that important is that the Prime Minis- and the number of Parliamentary ments just like we do and have far we know exactly what’s supposed ter in Canada is far more power- How can power be restored to secretaries to eight at any given time. more effective constraints on their ful than he should be and he’s far where it belongs with the peo- to happen in certain situations. • Use secret preferential ballots by Prime Minister,” said Prof. Turnbull more powerful than he needs to be ple’s elected representatives in We propose four major reforms,” committee members to select House in an interview with The Hill Times, said Prof. Turnbull. and it’s not an inevitable result of a Parliament, as you put it? of Commons’ committee chairs for the pointing to New Zealand, Australia, Constitutionally, she said, there Parliamentary system that a Prime “We advocate not giving the duration of the Parliamentary session. and now the United Kingdom. should be a deadline requiring the Minister accumulates this kind of Governor General more reserve The authors argue that the House of Commons to be sum- power. Other systems have Parlia- powers. We argue that everything • Adopt a set schedule for opposition days “Constitution and its unwrit- moned within 30 days after a gen- ments just like we do and have far should be written down so that in the House of Commons that cannot be ten conventions no longer give eral election; there should be fixed more effective constraints on their we know exactly what’s supposed altered by the government unilaterally. effective constraints on the PM’s election dates every four years on Prime Minister.” to happen in certain situations. • Reduce, by 50 per cent, the partisan power.” They say the result is a a specific date, binding both the We propose four major reforms. political staff complement on dysfunctional system in which Prime Minister and the Governor You say Canada’s “time-honoured “First, we argue that we should Parliamentary Hill. “the Constitution has degenerated General, unless a majority of two- system of responsible govern- have fixed-term elections. We do into whatever the Prime Minister thirds of MPs approve a motion to ment is failing us” and that the have a fixed-election date law now, Four-Part Constitutional Reform decides it is and a Parliament dissolve Parliament for an early executive must be accountable to but it’s not enforceable. The gov- • Establish a deadline requiring the House that is effectively controlled by election; the House should adopt the people’s elected representa- ernment can still choose to ask for of Commons to be summoned within 30 the Prime Minister, instead of the the “constructive non-confidence” tives, but that it’s slipping away. dissolution whenever it wants. So other way around.” procedure; and in order to pro- What are you talking about? that’s not working and these four days after a general election. “All MPs have is scrutiny, to rogue Parliament, there should be “If we assume the Governor reforms are supposed to appear as • Establish fi xed election dates every four hold the government to account two-thirds majority consent in the General has reserve powers, then a set; if you do them one-off they years on a specifi c date, binding both and to choose a new government House of Commons. the Governor General has a role don’t really make any sense, but the Prime Minister and the governor if this one’s not working, and to There reforms could be trig- in protecting democracy by pro- if you roll them all together, we general, unless a majority of two-thirds take that away from them is to gered by a political crisis and would tecting us from a Prime Minister think it’s going to work. of MPs approve a motion to dissolve say, ‘There’s nothing, there’s no require good faith on the part of who goes too far. The trouble is “So if we have fixed-term elec- Parliament for an early election. check on the Prime Minister. He politicians, said Prof. Turnbull. because we don’t have an agree- tions, you have the election held • Adopt the “constructive non- can just do whatever he wants,’ ” “There would have to be an ment on what those conventions every fourth October, and the confi dence” procedure. said Prof. Turnbull. acknowledgement that every- are, they don’t work because a only way you get an early dissolu- • Require the consent of a two-thirds The Prime Minister would body has an interest in protect- Governor General might make tion is with two-thirds consent in majority of the House of Commons in still have lots of power, but the ing the integrity of the system, an argument, ‘Well, this kind of the House and if you have two- order to prorogue Parliament. authors say a handful of reforms even if you’re the Prime Minister, looks pretty political to me, and thirds consent, not necessarily 18 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 THE Q&A THE Q&A DAVID ANGUS LORI TURNBULL Prorogation should only occur with a super majority, or two-thirds, vote in House The Hill Times Hill The Wright, Jake by Photographs A public life: Sen. David Angus said he suspects a triple-E Senate is off the table, but that Prime of Commons, says Turnbull Minister Stephen Harper will do the right thing and honour his commitment to reform the Senate. Executive must be accountable to people’s elected representatives, says Turnbull

Continued from Page 17 Most systems have some kind of rule in ‘Our system was designed place and you’ve got to show back-up and to lose votes, but he didn’t like being figure out what’s going to happen.” criticized on certain files so he prorogued when it worked for him too. So the super How realistic is it that this will happen? to only have two parties’ majority is also there to protect us from a “There are different ways it could hap- Prime Minister who can dissolve or pro- pen. It could happen by legislation. That’s rogue when he wants. how it happened in the U.K. and that’s how Retiring Quebec Conservative Sen. David Angus says it gets “We also argue for a constructive confi- it is happening in the U.K. They ended up dence vote. This is one that would probably with a political situation that they know is need a bit more of an explanation. It means going to require some regulation, so they complicated when there more than two federal political parties. that if the House decides to vote non-confi- end up with this coalition which is very dence in a government, at the same time the unusual for the U.K., and they come up House has to identify the MP who is going with a piece of legislation that will allow Continued from Page 7 And that’s where you get a bad reputation because you’re unelected and your job is not to be Prime Minister next. So you can’t leave them to go forward basically. But let the premiers, the provinces, and the to block, it’s to give sober second thought. It’s the people hanging and this removes any “So they come with an agreement on federal meet in a constitutional conference not to legislate or to bring out the ideas. So kind of discretion for the Governor General what would have to happen for the House and decide how they want to do it. But when they start doing what they’re not sup- in making any decisions on whether or not a to dissolve and there would be a new elec- right now they don’t want to do it. I can posed to do that’s why you start saying, ‘Well future government is going to last. tion and that’s supposed to provide stabil- tell you right now that the majority of the we’d better reform the Senate.’” “What it would mean is that sometimes a ity in that context. What triggered it was a provinces don’t want to change the Senate. government might have an incentive to dis- political crisis, or a political unknown vari- They don’t want elections. So why? What do you plan to do now that you’re solve early because the conditions are right able. That doesn’t normally happen, so how “Now Mr. Harper, I support him, I respect retiring from the Senate? and they think they’re going to be able to are we all going to deal with it? him, and I support reforming the Senate to “I leave with some pride with what we’ve make a majority, or a bigger majority, out of “So in order for it to happen, a trig- make it contemporary and that’s really what accomplished with this energy study [in the this, and we’ve seen majority Prime Minis- gering event would probably be helpful he wants because what he promised was I Senate Energy, Environment and Natural ters do that and minority government Prime as well as good faith on the part of the will reform the Senate. Resources Committee]... but it’s time to go. Ministers would do that too. actors involved. There would have to be an “And when he first promised [Senate I’ve been here 20 years and I’m 75 years old “But sometimes the opposition has an acknowledgement that everybody has an reform], this ‘Triple-E’ idea had come up, and it’s time to move on. I don’t feel like I’m incentive to bring the government down if interest in protecting the integrity of the but he’s now been here long enough and 75 … but I may on Monday morning when they think the conditions are right; they might system, even if you’re the Prime Minister, he’s seen… that outcry for that is no longer they cut me open. I’d like to continue doing be into a power grab too. So our argument and even if you’re the opposition leader. out there. There are a few people, academic things for the country. is in order to correct that on both sides, you “There has to be an acknowledgement types, who live in a bit of an ivory tower “I’ve had three major things going on at make it so that nobody gets an automatic dis- that there is a point to having rules that and don’t really know the real world, those once: I’ve had the Senate especially with solution and election by calling an early dis- protect everybody and protect the demo- people are asking for it… but Harper is this energy study; I’ve been chairman with solution or by tearing down the government. cratic integrity of what we’re doing. But it seeing, ‘Yeah, it probably would be good the McGill University Health Centre, we’re We’re going to be stuck with the Parliament seems like that’s what isn’t there. to change the way they’re appointed, yeah building a $2.8-billion hospital, and I’ve been we have and the opposition can only defeat “It doesn’t seem like it is, I don’t know, probably good to have terms.’ a senior partner with a big law firm. I’m out the government if it’s prepared to take over. maybe I’m wrong about that but it seems “My impression is that Harper is a man of the law firm and out of the hospital and And sometimes a Prime Minister and Cabi- like in our system, what happened in 2008 of very good faith, he wants to do the right now I’m out of the Senate. I’m having some net will try to throw it, they’ll try to make it didn’t lead to, that could have been a trig- thing, he wants to honour a commitment he medical repairs done. So I have an absolute- impossible for the House to support them. gering event, but after that happened, it made to reform the Senate. At the time that ly clean slate. So what do I intend to do? “That’s the type of thing we don’t want could have been the case that everybody he made the commitment, ‘Triple-E’ was the “As I mentioned in the Senate, I have a because in 2011 Harper and his Cabinet had said, ‘Now, going forward, we really should big buzzword. But that thing is off the table, great interest in mental health. It’s a ter- only been in government for two-and-a-half figure this out,’ but that didn’t happen. I’m pretty sure, that’s not what people want.” ribly neglected area, and this has been said years, and there was no reason to have an “What you had was a debate among before. So I will be giving a lot of my time on election then. If the Liberals wanted to take scholars and lawyers about what should Would having an elected Senate worsen that. I’ve just donated a lot of money to the down the government and got the NDP to have happened and we’re still talking the “partisan bickering” you referred to in McGill University Health Centre, the Mon- support them on this contempt of Parlia- about that, but the Liberals and the NDP the 2008 “Senator of the Month” interview treal General Hospital site for their mental ment business, why wasn’t there some did come forward with proposals for rules where you stated that the Senate was in a health patients, and we opened that on the kind of discussion between the Governor on when prorogation should happen, but bad place? 18th of June and dedicated it and that was General and Liberal leader about whether the government didn’t engage them. “Yeah, it would. It would be totally dys- personal money. I’m really interested in that. or not he could form a government? But as “If the government doesn’t want to coop- functional. A bit like the States, you’d have “I have a daughter who has a serious far as we can tell, there was nothing and erate with this stuff it makes it very difficult. gridlock.…At that time, you know [Liberal mental issue that she’s laboured with and not even a consideration of that possibility. Australia, and even the U.K., have managed Senators] were blocking the stuff and that managed very well, but I see how families That would never happen in New Zealand, to come up with a better system than we isn’t our role. Our role is to improve…. But let’s suffer. And it’s very prevalent. And it’s not Australia, or even in the U.K. now. You see if have on this. So if everybody else is able to say we’re in the opposition and we’re against just schizophrenia, or paranoia, or these there’s a government on the other side.” do better, why aren’t we? This stuff doesn’t capital punishment, but a bill comes up and things. There are a whole lot of new mental mean a Prime Minister wouldn’t still be the government has been elected democrati- diseases and they’re in the shadows. We Was there a fourth? powerful. He certainly would. The Prime cally on a ticket of capital punishment and a don’t give them proper resources. We don’t “Yes, one other thing. Right now our only Minister’s powers go on and on and on. bill comes in and you and I and all of our col- help the families deal with these people. It’s rule with regards to summoning Parliament These reforms would mean, in the context leagues in the Senate on our side are against it. a stigma. The stigmatization makes it worse. after an election is that it has to happen of the Prime Minister’s relationship with “So, instead of examining the bill and “If someone’s acting funny, they say, once a year and after an election that gives the House of Commons, there are rules that making sure that it’s well-drafted and it’s ‘He’s acting schizophrenic,’ and we misuse a Prime Minister a long time before he has protect the House from being silenced by a going to bring in capital punishment in a that term. It’s BS. to meet the House and there’s no reason for Prime Minister who has the power to make workable way, we try to make ourselves into “So that’ll be my main sphere of influence. that. Most Prime Ministers don’t push their it go away, at least for a little while.” the government. Well, we’re not the govern- Public life, I don’t know, we’ll see. I’ve told the luck on that. You don’t see a Prime Minister ment, we’re the opposition so tough luck, and PM that I feel that I have a lot of energy and ignoring the House for a year, but Joe Clark Do you think every MP should read your that’s why they were so criticized. We did it that I would like to continue serving Canada ignored it for quite a while after that elec- book? too, the Conservatives, when we were in the and he knows that. So stay tuned.” tion. The argument for us is that Parliament “Yes, definitely.” opposition and had a lot more Senators and [email protected] should be summoned within 30 days of an [email protected] we blocked a lot of Liberal stuff. It’s wrong. The Hill Times election. Internationally, that’s not unusual. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 19 HILL CLIMBERS POLITICAL STAFFERS McNamara to replace Vanstone as PM’s deputy chief of staff, Blaney poised for new communications chief Mr. Vanstone is taking over PMO’s stakeholder regional affairs adviser; new pol- Duncan Dee’s position as vice- relations unit. icy adviser Alayna Johnson; Paul president at Air Canada. Mr. Dee, Mr. Dufort first Komaromi, policy and regional 42, announced he would be taking began working in the affairs adviser; Laura Smith, early retirement from his job with issues management policy and regional affairs advis- Air Canada on June 6, after working unit, and the PMO er; and Moira Wolstenholme, a BY Laura Ryckewaert with the airline for 15 years. Mr. Dee overall, in December senior special assistant and policy is himself a former Hill staffer, hav- 2010, coming in after and regional affairs adviser. MO deputy chief of staff Derek ing worked as a legislative assistant working for almost PVanstone has decided to make and press secretary to former Lib- a year as a senior Minister Fantino brings his EA a dash for the door and is set to eral Cabinet minister Sheila Copps. consultant in pub- officially take up his new job as Joanne McNamara is set to lic affairs with the to new office, rest remain vice-president for Air Canada’s replace Mr. Vanstone as deputy GCI Group. Between Hill Climbers has continued to corporate strategy, industry, and chief of staff in the PMO; she is cur- Jan. 4 and Nov. 23, Photograph courtesy of the PMO the of courtesy Photograph try to determine the fate of staff government affairs on Sept. 10. rently serving as chief of staff to 2010, during his time in the former ministerial offices Vanstone is leaving PMO: Derek Vanstone, deputy Mr. Vanstone, a Toronto lawyer, Heritage Minister James Moore. In working for GCI, Mr. of recently former Associate chief of staff, pictured with Prime Minister Stephen first started on the Hill back in 2007 his announcement email, Mr. Van- Dufort was registered Defence minister Julian Fantino Harper, and former PMO staffer Dimitri Soudas. when he left his job with the Gowl- stone said PMO chief of staff Nigel to lobby the federal and Minister of State for ACOA ings Lafleur Henderson law firm Wright had “convinced” Ms. McNa- government on behalf and La Francophonie Bernard to serve as chief of staff to Finance mara to take up the deputy chief of During her first round in the of Nexter Group Systems, Egg Valcourt. The offices aren’t talk- Minister Jim Flaherty, who he used staff responsibilities, which Mr. Van- Veterans Affairs Canada office, Ms. Farmers of Ontario, McMaster ing, but at least one staffer has to work for back in the Mike Har- stone will help her transition into. Taylor climbed up the Hill ladder, University, Globalive Wireless decided to follow their minister. ris days. Before then, according to Ms. McNamara has been work- and held the position of director of Management Corp, the Heart and On July 4, Prime Minister Ste- his LinkedIn account, Mr. Vanstone ing on the Hill since the Conserva- Parliamentary affairs by the time Stroke Foundation of Canada, phen Harper announced a small was an associate at Toronto law firm tive parties days as official opposi- she left the office to become press and Cameco Corp. Cabinet tweak, following then Iacono Brown. Mr. Vanstone has a tion. After working as an assistant secretary to Heritage Minister Mr. According to Mr. Dufort’s Linke- International Co-operation min- bachelor of political science and a in the constituency office for then Moore in October 2010. However, dIn account he studied a bachelor ister Ms. Oda’s July 3 announce- law degree from the University of Ontario MPP for London North- Ms. Taylor worked for Mr. Moore of law at the University of Laval ment that she would be retiring Saskatchewan. Centre, Dianne Cunningham, also for less than a year and rejoined in Quebec. The first mention Hill from politics, leaving Cabinet In his new role at Air Canada, the Ontario minister of training, col- the Veterans Affairs ministerial Climbers could find of Mr. Dufort immediately and officially step- Mr. Vanstone will be responsible leges and universities, for approxi- office in June 2011, when she was on the Hill was from 2007, when he ping down as Durham, Ont. MP for the company’s dealings with mately three years, Ms. McNamara hired to serve as Mr. Blaney’s new was working as a summer intern on July 31. Mr. Harper appointed federal, provincial, and municipal made her way to the Hill as a leg- communications director. in policy to then Industry minis- then Associate Defence minister governments as well as reaching islative assistant to then rookie With Ms. Taylor now gone, ter Maxime Bernier; in 2009, Mr. Mr. Fantino to the CIDA portfolio, out to and handling community Conservative MP Bev Oda, then her Jean-Christophe de le Rue is Dufort spent some time working as and in turn boosted the workload and industry affairs. party’s Canadian cultural critic. serving as Mr. Blaney’s commu- legislative assistant to Conservative of Minister of State Mr. Valcourt by Mr. Vanstone won’t take up By the fall of 2005, Ms. McNa- nications director in the interim. Caucus Chair Guy Lauzon. giving him the added title of Asso- his new role until September, but mara had begun working as an The office does not comment on ciate Defence Minister. according to CBC News, he has executive assistant to Conservative staffing matters, so timelines for Minister Duncan hires another Mr. Fantino has already taken already been informed by Ethics Senator Hugh Segal but was only the arrival of a new communica- policy adviser, Sandra Dykxhoorn over Mr. Oda’s ministerial staff- Commissioner Mary Dawson that there for a few months. Following tions director are unknown. ing roster on the government’s accepting the position wouldn’t con- the 2006 election, which brought the Mr. De le Rue has been work- Aboriginal Affairs Minister electronic directory service. The travene the Conflict of Interest Act. Conservatives into minority power, ing for Mr. Blaney for a number John Duncan has hired a new list largely remains the same: Neil The federal government and Ms. McNamara was hired to serve as of years, having started as an policy adviser to join his ministe- Desai is chief of staff; Stephanie Air Canada have intersected fre- chief of staff to then newly-appoint- assistant in the MP’s Hill office rial office. Rea is director of communica- quently this year as a result of ed Heritage minister Ms. Oda. before becoming a special assis- Sandra Dykxhoorn is the tions; Justin Broekema is press ongoing labour negotiations, and Originally from London, Ont., tant in communications for the newest member of Mr. Duncan’s secretary; Idee Inyangudor is the government has introduced Ms. McNamara worked with Ms. minister. In October 2011, Mr. De policy team, which is under the senior policy adviser; Shuvaloy back-to-work legislation for Air Oda for a number of years, following le Rue was promoted to the role guidance of new director of Par- Majumdar is policy adviser; Canada workers three times since her to the International Cooperation of press secretary to Mr. Blaney. liamentary affairs, policy and Christine Blakeney handles coor- June 2011. The most recent back- portfolio when Ms. Oda was shuffled In addition to Ms. Taylor, Mr. regional affairs, Ravina Bains. dination of ministerial invitations to-work legislation, Bill C-33, was in August 2007 to continue serving Blaney has recently said goodbye Back in February 2007, Ms. and records; Julie Trépanier and passed March 14. as chief of staff. In July 2009, Ms. to his executive assistant. Aymer- Dykxhoorn was working as a Céline Boisvert are assistants; “Derek has no involvement McNamara became chief of staff to ic Floury began working as Mr. research assistant to then Agri- Clarissa Lamb is special assistant, with Air Canada on any aspect of Heritage Minister James Moore. Blaney’s EA in October 2011; Hill culture minister Chuck Strahl, but communications; and Allison Fil- Bill C-33 or any other legislation Ms. McNamara has a bachelor Climbers could find no previous before the year was out she had leul is scheduling assistant. The affecting Air Canada,” said Andrew in political science from Western mention of Mr. Floury working on followed Mr. Strahl to the Aborigi- only change to be noted is the MacDougall, director of communi- University in London, Ont. the Hill. nal Affairs portfolio when he was addition of Elecia Elliott as exec- cations to Prime Minister Stephen Mr. Moore’s office declined to shuffled in August 2007. Accord- utive assistant to the minister. Harper, in media reports last week. comment on staffing changes. PMO adds more weight to ing to the department’s proactive Ms. Elliott has followed Mr. Under the Conflict of Interest stakeholder relations unit disclosures, Ms. Dykxhoorn was Fantino from Defence office Act a number of post-employment Minister Blaney poised for working in Aboriginal Affairs until where she had also been serving restrictions are placed upon former new communications director The Prime Minister’s Office the reporting period between Sept. as his executive assistant. public office holders, like Mr. Van- has welcomed a new Hill staffer 2, 2008 and Dec. 1, 2008. On GEDS, however, Mr. Fantino stone, which includes a one-year Veterans Affairs Minister Ste- to the Langevin Block team with It’s unclear where Ms. Dykx- is also still listed in his Associate cooling-off period before being able ven Blaney isn’t known for his the addition of Rémi Moreau. hoorn went after leaving Aborigi- Defence role as it has not yet been to take up a position with an orga- love of talking to the media, but Mr. Moreau has joined the nal Affairs, but during the May updated, giving Hill Climbers no nization with which they “had direct with the recent departure of direc- issues management unit of the 2011 federal election campaign indication if the office has changed and significant official dealings” dur- tor of communications Codie Tay- PMO, which is under the direc- she volunteered for Ottawa under Mr. Valcourt. Mr. Valcourt’s ing their last year in public office. lor, Mr. Blaney will have to find tion of Chris Woodcock. Origi- Centre Conservative candidate Minister of State office has In an email to co-workers on someone new to manage media. nally from Quebec, Mr. Moreau Damian Konstantinakos. Mr. remained the same, according to July 19 announcing his plans to Ms. Taylor left Mr. Blaney’s was brought in from the office of Konstantinakos ultimately came the directory service, with Mélisa leave the PMO, Mr. Vanstone said he ministerial office approximately Transport and Economic Develop- second with 21.73 per cent of the Leclerc still chief of staff; Sophie first came to Ottawa to work for Mr. three weeks ago and is now a ment for Quebec Regions Minister votes, losing to NDP incumbent Doucet, director of communica- Flaherty five years ago next month. senior consultant at Bluesky Denis Lebel where he had been Paul Dewar who was voted back tions; Guy Levesque, senior policy “Five years later, I couldn’t Strategy Group in Ottawa. working as a special assistant. into his House of Commons seat adviser; Andrea Richer, execu- be more proud of what we have The majority of Ms. Taylor’s Based on travel and hospitality with 52.03 per cent support. tive assistant and press secretary; accomplished,” said Mr. Vanstone. almost five years on the Hill was expense reports for the department, Ms. Dykxhoorn is a graduate of Doug Chiasson, policy adviser and “I am so very fortunate and proud spent working in the Veterans Mr. Moreau likely began working Trinity Western University, a Chris- caucus liaison; and Melanie Book, to have been part of a remarkable Affairs portfolio, where she was for Mr. Lebel sometime between tian university in Langley, B.C., special assistant. team working for two amazing first hired in late 2007 as assistant September and December 2011. where she studied business admin- Mr. Valcourt’s office declined to leaders in Minister Flaherty and to then Parliamentary Secretary Mr. Moreau fills a recent istration and political science. comment on staffing matters. Mr. Prime Minister Harper, during a to then Veterans Affairs minister vacancy in the issues management In addition to Ms. Dykxhoorn Fantino’s office did not respond to unique confluence of political and Greg Thompson, former Conser- unit left by Daniel Dufort, who is in Mr. Duncan’s policy unit, there Hill Climbers by publication. economic events.” vative MP Betty Hinton. now working as an adviser in the is Daniel Doucet, policy and The Hill Times 20 CLASSIFIEDS THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 HILL TIMES CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT: TEL. 613-232-5952, FAX 613-232-9055

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dramatically change way Wright, Jake by Photographs Just do it: Conservative MP Mike Wallace, NDP MP Linda Duncan, and Liberal MP John McCallum all want MPs to do a better job of scrutinizing the billions spent each year by the federal government.

and when an expense or credit shows up in expert David Good of the University of Vic- they report billions in accounts is based on more subjective factors. toria and former House of Commons clerk Mr. Wallace pointed out that under an accru- Robert Marleau, as well as international al accounting system, the more than $1-billion expert Joachim Werner of the London owed to public servants for severance entitle- School of Economics, who recommended ments accumulated over several years wouldn’t that the PBO be made independent. spending to Parliament have shown up on this year’s books. The report recommends that the commit- “If we were using accrual account- tee study the role of the PBO and whether ing, that would never show up because it or not the position remains in the Library spent, whether we should continue to was already booked in a sense, from an of Parliament or becomes an independent MPs and Parliamentary experts spend on it— those are the kinds of analy- accounting perspective,” he said. agent reporting directly to Parliamentarians. ses that I think the public expects their The government has been contemplating Mr. Wallace said that such a study could call the current process arcane Members of Parliament to be doing,” said going to accrual accounting for at least six take place at the Government Operations Com- Conservative Mike Wallace (Burlington, years. The problem with keeping both systems mittee as early as this fall session, and that any and subject to partisan abuse. Ont.), vice-chair of the committee. is that with some of the government’s financial changes to the job could be implemented when Treasury Board has until the end of papers using one system, and some using the the next Parliamentary budget officer starts his March 2013 to come up with a timeline for other, it’s impossible to compare them. or her term next year. The term of current PBO implementing the change. Mr. Matthews estimated that it would Kevin Page ends in spring of 2013. When its officials appeared before the take about seven years to change the esti- Both the NDP and the Liberals, who are House Government Operations Committee last mates from cash to an accrual system. a minority on the committee, say that the spring to speak on this study, they cautioned The estimates are not the only documents PBO needs to be made independent now. BY Jessica Bruno that detailing expenses by program in the esti- that will potentially change as a result of the “To delay solidifying his position is mates and having Parliamentarians vote on that study. The committee also recommended that very critical. It’s absolutely instrumental to basis could mean that politicians are bogged the budget be tabled earlier in the year, no later implementing our recommendations that Continued from Page 1 down with a flood of financial information. than Feb. 1, so that more of its initiatives could his office be beefed up and be made more committee member Linda Duncan (Edmonton- “The more votes you have, the more be included in the estimates for scrutiny. independent,” said Ms. Duncan. Strathcona, Alta.). cumbersome the system becomes,” said “What most modern jurisdictions have She said that the Conservatives’ dislike of “One of our major roles, surely as an TBS assistant secretary of expenditure done is they combined the timing of the the PBO, which has produced a number of elected official, is to properly scrutinize the management Bill Matthews May 14. budget, the estimates, and the actual depart- reports critical of government costing esti- bills and spending by the government each Mr. Matthews said that right now there mental plans for what they are doing. So you mates for items like F-35 fighter jets and the year, and right now the system does not are 191 votes for 135 government organiza- can actually look at the spending, compare it tough-on-crime agenda, is causing the delay. allow for that,” Ms. Duncan said. tions. If each program gets voted on indi- with what they’re proposing to do, and then Liberal committee member John McCal- The House Government Operations vidually, there would be over 2,000 votes. If also review how well they’ve delivered previ- lum (Markham-Unionville, Ont.) said that a Committee has asked the Treasury Board Parliamentarians voted on groups of pro- ously. It’s just that simple,” said Ms. Duncan. study of the PBO is unnecessary. Secretariat to implement or study two major grams, there would be 593 votes. This study is the third in 15 years look- “What do you think we just did? We just changes in how spending is reported so that He also told the committee that it would ing into improving the estimates. Com- did a study, we don’t need another study, MPs and Senators can have a better chance take three to five years to change the format bined with this committee’s suggestions, we want them to implement the recom- of understanding where the money is going for presenting funding for voted approval. MPs have made almost 150 recommenda- mendations. It was clear from the wit- and making sure it is being spent well. Mr. Matthews did add that TBS could tions on the subject, with little success. nesses both that they were positive on the The government tables spending estimates give Parliamentarians information on pro- This time around, committee members said PBO and that they thought he should be an four times a year. They currently outline spend- grams without changing the way they vote. they are hopeful that their list of 16 recommen- officer of Parliament,” he said. ing requests by portfolio in large catch-all The committee has also asked TBS to dations is practical enough to get done. Mr. Wallace said that the opposition is categories such as capital expenses or grants study the accounting basis for the estimates. “They are all doable changes that will being hasty. and contributions. Parliamentarians are then Right now, the estimates are based on a cash make Parliamentarians, in my view, more “They have picked an option without expected to vote on approving these funds. system of accounting, meaning that when efficient and effective in reviewing the looking at all of the options,” he said. The committee has recommended switching money is spent or received, it is put on the standing of government,” said Mr. Wallace. Despite the dispute over the PBO, overall, from the existing categories to a program basis, books. This is a straightforward accounting The report contains a number of specific the committee worked well together, said Mr. meaning an entire government initiative, and all method that a number of the experts the com- recommendations for amendments to the McCallum. He said that the unanimity of the the costs it entails, could be shown in the esti- mittee heard from recommended keeping. standing orders, or House rules, that would report as well as the government’s apparent mates books and even in the related appropria- The other potential system is accrual be relatively simple to implement, should interest in the study is cause to be optimistic tions bill that Parliamentarians vote on. accounting, an industry standard that both the government chose. These include man- that changes will be made. “Having that financial context of what the budget and the public accounts are based dating a minimum amount of time for the “Given the attitude of Conservative MPs we are spending on, what needs to be on. Accrual accounting is more complex, study of the estimates, and giving commit- and seemingly the Treasury Board Presi- tees enough at least a two-week window to dent, maybe there is a chance that they study them in before they must be passed. will take action but I guess we’ll have to “What we decided to do is to concen- wait until the government responds to the trate on what we thought the most critical report in the fall,” he said. measures are. It’s not that there aren’t Treasury Board President Tony Clement additional things that could be done, but (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) appeared at these ones that we’ve recommended are the committee last spring and encouraged its the bare minimum to actually enable prop- members to look into issues like the timing er scrutiny of spending,” said Ms. Duncan. of the budget and switching to programs. Other recommendations include regular Meanwhile, Mr. Clement “is glad to have training for MPs on how to read the estimates, read the committee’s recommendations and providing questions to departmental offi- and that the committee shares his commit- cials in advance of their appearance, so that ment to improving the transparency and the right witnesses are called. This is a prac- accountability of the budget and estimates tice in other Parliamentary democracies. process,” said spokesperson Sean Osmar. The committee heard from more than 30 “As the report has only recently been witnesses over four months for the study. released its suggestions will need to be While the Conservatives, NDP and Liberals examined in greater detail,” he added. Celebrate... all agreed that the estimates system needs to The government has until October to be reformed, and on the recommendations respond to the report. with up-to 500 of your closest friends & family! the report puts forward for doing so, there is Said Mr. McCallum: “I think the rec- one major sticking point—the independence ommendations will result in substantive of the Parliamentary Budget Officer. improvements, but I don’t think they’re VDOHVFKDXGLHUH#URVGHYKRWHOVFRP The committee heard from a number of super radical. That, I think, increases the witnesses, including Canadian spending odds that something will come of this.” THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012 23 FEATURE EVENTS Mosaika: Sound and Light show now playing on the Hill

TUESDAY, THE AUG. 21 PARLIAMENTARY Aboriginal Par- ticipation in Major CALENDAR Resources Develop- ment Opportuni- ties—The Public MONDAY, JULY 23 SUNDAY, JULY 29 Policy Forum Guided Tours of Parliament Hill—Visi- 36th Annual Conference of New Eng- is convening a tors to Parliament Hill can take guid- land Governors and Eastern Canadian national roundtable ed tours of the Parliament Buildings. Premiers—Quebec Premier Jean series to explore Centre Block, year-round; East Block, Charest and Peter Shumlin, gover- opportunities and daily until Sept. 3, 10 a.m.-5:15 p.m. nor of Vermont are the co-chairs of challenges to effec- Visits of the East Block provide an the 36th Annual Conference of New tive engagement of opportunity to see grand old rooms England Governors and Eastern Canada’s aboriginal and offices restored to the way they Canadian Premiers. July 29-30. population in the looked at the time of Confederation. Burlington, VT. www.cap-cpma.ca development of For details, visit www.parl.gc.ca major resources MONDAY, JULY 30 sector projects. TUESDAY, JULY 24 An Evening with Gordon Pinsent— Aug. 21, 11:30 Webinar: Promoting Health and Safety Legendary Canadian actor Gordon a.m.-2 p.m. Royal Management in Immigrant Communi- Pinsent narrates The Carnival of the Bank of Canada, ties—Learn about innovative health Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, with Georgian Room, and safety initiatives in Auckland and poetry by Ogden Nash. Part of the Toronto, Ont. www. Vancouver that promote healthy living Ottawa 2012 Chamberfest. July 30, ppforum.ca through community education and 7-9:30 p.m., $35. Dominion-Chalm- accessible programming that ensures ers United Church, 355 Cooper St., TUESDAY, new immigrants and their families Ottawa, Ont. www.chamberfest.com AUG. 22 are safe and healthy. July 24. Pre- TUESDAY, JULY 31 Van Gogh: Up sented by Cities of Migration, http:// Close—is the first citiesofmigration.ca/webinar/webinar- Screening: The Union—The NORML major exhibition in The Hill Times Hill The Wright, Jake by Photograph healthy-living-promoting-health-and- Women’s Alliance of Canada pres- Canada in over 25 safety-in-immigrant-communities/ ents a screening of the ground- MOSAIKA: SOUND AND LIGHT—Mosaika is the story of Canada set against the backdrop of the Parliament Hill to music and lights. July years of works by breaking, highly-acclaimed film on Changing of the Guard—The Depart- 6-Sept. 3. July, 10 p.m., August, 9:30 p.m., Sept. 9 p.m. Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ont. www.canadascapital.gc.ca/celebrate/mosaika this famous Dutch cannabis in Canada. The screening artist. It brings ment of National Defence presents will be followed by a Q&A to be the pomp and pageantry of the together more than moderated by The NORML Women’s 40 of Van Gogh’s Changing of the Guard Ceremony. Alliance and special guests. July Parliamentary Associations—The Can- $6-$12. Rotary Park, 1285 Cover- Green Party Convention—The Saanich- Centre Block, year-round; East paintings from private and public col- 31, 6-9 p.m. Theatre Ste. Cathe- ada-United States Inter-Parliamentary dale Dr., Kingston, Ont. Contact: Gulf Islands riding association hosts lections around the world. Until Sept. 3. Block until Sept. 3, daily, 10 a.m.- rine, 977 Ste. Catherine, Montreal, Group meets in Chicago, Illinois for Ron Hartling at 1-866-899-1613. the 2012 Green Party Convention. 5:15 p.m. Visits of the East Block National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Que. http://www.facebook.com/ the National Conference of State Highlights include training sessions, Dr., Ottawa, Ont. http://www.gallery.ca provide an opportunity to see grand events/383653698350026/ Legislatures Legislative Summit. SUNDAY, AUG. 12 policy workshops, a shadow Cabinet old rooms and offices restored to Aug. 6-Aug. 9. For more information, Great South Island Family BBQ—The meeting with members, and more. FRIDAY, AUG. 24 the way they looked at the time of WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1 please visit http://www2.parl.gc.ca/iia Southern Vancouver Island and the Aug. 17-19. Mary Winspear Centre, Federal Liberal Victory Game—The Confederation. www.parl.gc.ca From Far and Wide: Honouring Great Saanich-Gulf Island Federal Liber- TUESDAY, AUG. 7 Sidney, B.C. [email protected] Stormont-Dundas-South-Glengarry WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 Canadians—This exhibit showcases als host a Family BBQ. Aug. 12, Federal Liberal Riding Association Canada’s national honours and Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles—All 11 a.m. Eagle Beach at Elk Lake, SATURDAY, AUG. 18 hosts a fundraising golf game. Aug. Classic Theatre Festival—Ottawa Val- the contributions of Canadians your fave tunes from the Fab Four. 5100 Patricia Bay Hwy, Saanich, Steven Blaney to Mark Dieppe Raid— ley’s professional summer theatre 24, shot gun T-off, 1 p.m.; dinner, from across the country and from Aug. 7-12, 8 p.m., Aug. 11 & 12, B.C. www.liberal.ca Veterans Affairs Minister Steven 6 p.m. $115. Summerheights Golf presents Two for the Seesaw, a quirky all walks of life. It also includes 2 p.m. Centrepointe Theatre, 101 th Blaney (Levis-Bellechasse, QC) will love story of two lost souls who find CMA 145 Annual Meeting—Physi- Links, 1160 South Branch Rd., the work of the Canadian Heraldic Centrepointe Dr., Ottawa, Ont. cians from across Canada will gather lead an official delegation to France Cornwall, Ont. Contact: Tom Manley each other in 1958 New York City. th Authority in creating coats of arms http://centrepointetheatre.ca/ to discuss health equity and how to to mark the 70 anniversary of the at 613-984-0490 ext. 225. Runs through Aug. 5; Wed.-.Sat- 8 and other national emblems. Until Dieppe Raid. At least 500 guests p.m.; 2 p.m. matinées Wed., Sat. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8 address health gaps within the popu- Nov. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. 90 Wel- lation. Keynote speaker Sir Michael are expected, including Canadian SATURDAY, AUG. 25 and Sun. Mason Theatre, 13 Victoria lington St., Ottawa, Ont. 613-991- Mosaika: Sound and Light—Mosaika veterans, a CF contingent and Cana- Vancouver Kingsway Community BBQ— St., Perth, Ont. 877-283-1283 or Marmot will open the meeting. Aug. 4422 or www.gg.ca/expo is the story of Canada set against 12-15. Yellowknife, NT. 613-731- dian cadets and scouts. Aug. 18-20. NDP MP Don Davies (Vancouver-King- www.classictheatre.ca the backdrop of the Parliament Hill THURSDAY, AUG. 2 8610 ext. 1266 or www.cma.ca Dieppe, France. 613-992-7468. sway, B.C.) hosts the annual Vancou- THURSDAY, JULY 26 to music and lights. July 6-Sept. Ottawa Lumiere Festival Evening of ver Kingsway Community BBQ. Aug. Ottawa Busker Festival—Sparks 3. July, 10 p.m., August, 9:30 MONDAY, AUG. 13 Ottawa Chamberfest 2012—Ottawa Lights—Annual Asian, Indian and Euro- 25, 1-3 p.m. Rain or shine. Slocan Street comes alive with a myriad p.m., Sept. 9 p.m. Parliament Hill, Changing of the Guard—The Depart- pean lantern festival featuring local Park, 2570 E 29th Ave., Vancouver, Chamberfest 2012 presents two of street performers for the Ottawa Ottawa, Ont. www.canadascapital. weeks of musical celebration in ment of National Defence presents the musicians, craftspeople and perform- B.C., www.dondavies.ca Busker Festival. Aug. 2-6. 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