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The interview, which is accom- panied by a video, is part of ’s series called Heard on the Hill “Speakeasy,” Mr. Ivi- son said. Past guests have included NDP by Shruti Shekar MP Nathan Cullen and Conservative MP , though he said most of the time it’s just How Ivison got an himself and his col- league, National Post reporter Marie-Dani- elle Smith chatting. exclusive interview Mr. Ivison said he drank on a cider because, as he told his Facebook friends, “my with PM at Chelsea Pub body has decided I drank enough beer for two lifetimes and has rebelled,” while Mr. Trudeau drank a beer. But, despite the casual location, it wasn’t as loose as Mr. Ivison had hoped. “It was a little bit different; he is so pol- ished and disciplined now that it is hard to get him off his talking points,” Mr. Ivison said. “I [hoped] that the ca- She said yes: NDP leader engaged Toronto fashion designer sual environment and Gurkiran Kaur on Jan. 16. Photograph courtesy of Jagmeet Singh’s Twitter some more philosophi- cal questions about politics and family did that. It was certainly less adversarial than an Jagmeet Singh gets engaged, interview across a desk in his office.” The Jan. 16 piece focused on the federal and Twitter goes bonkers government denying funding to groups NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced who will not support abortion in an online on social media his engagement to Toronto- application form as part of the federal gov- based entrepreneur and fashion designer ernment’s summer jobs program. Gurkiran Kaur on Jan. 16 at a private party “One reader wrote to me subsequently in Toronto. asking why I didn’t tell him he is destroy- “She said ‘Yes,’” Mr. Singh posted on ing Canada and trying to push Islamic val- Twitter and Instagram with a picture of his ues down ’ throats. ‘If you can’t soon-to-be wife. ask proper questions, retire,’ he said,” Mr. You don’t say, John: National Post columnist John Ivison interviewed Prime Minister Shortly after the announcement, The Ivison said, noting that asking a question at the Chelsea Pub in Chelsea, Que., but he joked that he really wanted to do it while getting Canadian Press reported that members like that would have been good for TV but pedicures for the Post’s new ‘Speakeasy’ series. Screenshot of The National Post’s video of the media were invited to the proposal ultimately “would have been a very short which elicited Twitter to blow up and poke interview that yielded next to nothing.” fun at Mr. Singh’s choice of inviting the eadlined “John Ivison has a pint with a good meeting point. I had originally sug- Mr. Ivison said Mr. Trudeau offered conces- media to a private and personal event. the PM: This Liberal’s not for turning,” gested the Spa Nordik for us to get our toes sions on the summer jobs program application, H Environics’ Greg MacEachern tweeted: National Post columnist John Ivison inter- done together!” said Mr. Ivison, adding that he committed to reducing the debt-to-GDP ration, “I invited members of the media, including viewed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over had hounded the Prime Minister’s Office for a and opened up more about the demands of his the Canadian Press, to watch me unpack a glass of beer at a local pub in Chelsea, while and that the interview was supposed to job and balancing it with family time. a new humidifier this weekend. Did they Que., but Mr. Ivison was pushing for the have happened before Christmas. Mr. Ivison said the interview wasn’t show? Nooooooo... #RelashionshipBias interview to be done over a spa treatment. Good thing they didn’t do the spa inter- “earth-shattering, but not bad.” It was one #Cdnpoli.” “I have a place in Chelsea, he was heading view because the optics would have been of the top 10 stories on National News- Warren Kinsella, president of Daisy to Harrington Lake, so the [Chelsea Pub] was horrible, but Mr. Ivison was kidding, I think. watch in the last week and the last month. Consulting and a former federal Liberal staffer and strategist, tweeted that same night: “When I proposed to @lisakinsella in Times Square one New Year’s Eve, no me- REGISTER at www.energy.ca dia or press handlers were present whatso- ever, however, a NYC cop told us to hurry up or we would be arrested.” Mr. Singh’s criticism of having the media present at a personal life event came 2017 Canadian Energy Industry UPDATES & INSIGHTS after he and Ms. Kaur made headlines in December when the two were caught on ENERGY TRADE IN NORTH AMERICA social media at a ceremony that looked like an engagement celebration. ISSUES and OPPORTUNITIES At the time, the couple denied an engagement and said the ceremony was a Westin Hotel Ottawa | February 5, 2018 | 1:00 pm – 5:15 pm Rokha, a traditional Punjabi ceremony held before a formal engagement takes place. During the event families of both sides meet and agree on a future engagement. “Firstly, the proposal wasn’t a complete Hear from US and Canadian Ambassadors and from leading experts from industry, think tanks, and the media. surprise. Gurkiran and I have had many conversations about taking our relation- Canada–US Energy Developments | Cross-Border Infrastructure | Energy Aspects of NAFTA | ship to this level and part of that conver- Patterns of Continental Energy Trade in Oil, Gas and Electricity | Integration of Energy Markets sation was about how a public presence would factor in. That’s just the reality,” Mr. Singh said in a statement to The Hill RECEPTION to follow from 5:15 pm to 6:45 pm Times. “We’re very interested in striking the right balance between events which ENERGY INSIGHTS FROM THE EXPERTS | LATEST INFORMATION, TRENDS, DEVELOPMENTS, OUTLOOK FOR 2018 will be more private and others that will have more of a public factor.” Mr. Singh was elected as NDP leader last fall. 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$1.4-billion for habitat protections. While spending on nature is a huge need, how any money is spent is as impor- tant as the amount of money in the budget, Morneau’s new budget can which Finance Minister is finalizing now to be unveiled in March. If spent wisely, adequate new funding has the potential to be wildly successful for the most vulnerable habitats and species be a wild success: here’s how in Canada. In addition to helping reverse wildlife declines, a well-executed federal initiative can advance reconciliation by ap- plying traditional knowledge and engaging With only three years remaining Indigenous communities to identify impor- to meet our international tant natural areas and manage them. And Canadian wildlife can’t afford for the commitment and a wildlife-loss government to squander this opportunity. crisis underway in Canada as Already, 50 per cent of monitored wildlife species in Canada are in decline, according it is around the world, it is past the WWF’s Living Planet Report Canada time for the federal government released in September. Another recent WWF study shows the world is on track to lose 67 to make a significant funding per cent of wildlife populations by 2020 if the global decline isn’t turned around. commitment to expand Canada’s One of the best ways to reverse wildlife protected areas network. But loss is to protect areas that provide species with safe havens from the risks of develop- to truly conquer the decline of ment. Today, in the face of climate change, wildlife, we need more than a cash there are three key components to any ef- fective protected area. The habitat must be: infusion. We need to revolutionize Critical for the well-being of wildlife. Large enough to support the entire eco- our approach to conservation. system (rather than only the most critical habitats). Part of a larger network, providing land, freshwater or marine corridors that enable Canada’s native wildlife to shift in response to changing environments. Recognizing the importance of habitat protection, Canada has committed to safe- guarding at least 17 per cent of Canada’s land and inland waters and 10 per cent of Megan Leslie marine and coastal areas by 2020 under the United Nations Convention on Biological Environment Diversity. We still have a long way to go. As of 2016, Canada has protected only TTAWA—In response to staggering 10.5 per cent of our terrestrial area. And Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured last month on the Hill. In response to staggering levels Olevels of wildlife loss, conservation orga- while that may not sound too bad, there are of wildlife loss, conservation organizations and federal parliamentarians of all political stripes nizations and federal parliamentarians of all many reasons to think these existing protec- have asked the to make nature a priority in the looming federal budget political stripes have asked the Government tions aren’t good enough. Most of those by allocating at least $1.4-billion for habitat protections, writes Megan Leslie. The Hill Times of Canada to make nature a priority in the are either not big enough or not integrated photograph by Andrew Meade looming federal budget by allocating at least enough to be effective. What’s more, current protected lands are more often chosen for their affordability, and not for the abundance and importance of the wildlife they support. On the marine protection side, the num- bers are murkier. Until last year, less than 1 per cent of Canada’s oceans were protected. The Standard: Supporting In 2017, the government showed just how fast it could move when motivated, making commitments to marine protections that, on Workplace Mental Health paper, increased Canada’s ocean protection coverage to nearly 8 per cent. But the basic details of some of protections are unclear, such as when they will be in effect, how they Workplaces can play an essential part in maintaining The MHCC is committed to helping employers will be monitored and what types of develop- ment they will preclude. When we see oil and positive mental health. They can give people the create and maintain mentally healthy workplaces gas exploration and extraction still permitted opportunity to feel productive and be a strong by providing the necessary tools, information, within proposed protected areas, as with the Laurentian Channel, we need to question contributor to employee well-being. Yet it can also and support. whether the government is serious about tak- be a stressful environment that contributes to the ing measures that will meaningfully benefit The National Standard of Canada for Psychological wildlife and the people who depend on them. rise of mental health problems and illnesses. Health and Safety in the Workplace For new protected areas to deliver last- ing results, quality is as important as quan- In any given week, 500,000 Canadians are unable to tity. Canada needs a minimum standard for work due to mental health problems and illnesses. Webinar series and tool kits protected areas to ensure the most critical areas are properly guarded against current and future human threats. We can’t always Training: Mental Health First Aid, choose the low hanging fruit of barren 5th anniversary of the Standard! The Working Mind regions with little wildlife and few threats. With only three years remaining to 40,000 downloads of these voluntary guidelines to help meet our international commitment and a organizations in promoting mental health at work. wildlife-loss crisis underway in Canada as it is around the world, it is past time for the federal government to make a significant funding commitment to expand Canada’s protected areas network. Together, But to truly conquer the decline of wild- We accelerate change. life, we need more than a cash infusion. We need to revolutionize our approach to Learn more, visit: conservation. Megan Leslie is president and CEO mentalhealthcommission.ca to the World Wildlife Fund Canada and a former NDP MP. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 5 Opinion Town halls do reveal voter issues Inasmuch as the town halls For lack of a solid factual foundation, The Conservatives road-tested their neither opposition narrative has hit the message on cannabis in a series of bye- succeeded in changing kind of public opinion nerve that drives lections last fall only to finish the year disappointed voters to reach for pitchforks two seats short of their initial comple- the narrative or at least to take to the government of the day. ment. The change in the legal status of in providing a temporary The big battle of the next few months in marijuana may be imminent but it did not Parliament is expected to revolve around emerge as a central concern on the town diversion from the troubles the legalization of cannabis. hall radar. that await the Liberals once ’s Conservatives have Inasmuch as the town halls succeeded pledged to do all they can to block or at in changing the narrative or at least in the House reopens later this least delay the implementation of Trudeau’s providing a temporary diversion from the month they have for the signature promise. They may be setting troubles that await the Liberals once the out to try to close the barn door after the House reopens later this month they have most part been decreed to horses have bolted. for the most part been decreed to be a stra- be a strategic success for At this late stage, a parliamentary block- tegic success for the government. ade—presumably in the Senate—would But the exercise has also shown that the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured the government. wreak havoc with provincial plans. With connection between the dominant question Jan. 10, 2018, at a town hall discussion in varying degrees of enthusiasm, the prov- period narratives of the past year and the Hamilton, Ont. Photograph courtesy of the Prime inces have set out to meet next summer’s actual central preoccupations of many vot- Minister’s Office: Adam Scotti deadline to have in place the infrastructure ers is tenuous at best. required to market cannabis. Anything that It is fair to wonder which of the two is the Chantal Hébert is a national affairs adds a measure of uncertainty to an already diversion: the issues that voters raise with writer for The Toronto Star. This column complex operation is unlikely to be a wel- the prime minister in the town halls or those was released on Jan. 16. come initiative. that daily consume parliamentary insiders? The Hill Times

Chantal Hébert Inside Politics Canadian Blood Services here may come a time when Trudeau announces new chair Tfalls out of love with the open town halls that are becoming a yearly feature of his tenure as prime minister. Canadian Blood Services is pleased to When the mood of the country sours on a government, challengers are not as easily turned into enablers. announce the appointment of It does not take a huge amount of insti- tutional memory to recall that Trudeau’s recent predecessors have all known periods Mel Cappe as chair of our board of where affection from the public or even part of their own party was hard to come by. The directors. list includes the prime minister’s father. Media veterans of the constitutional wars, the free trade debate and the Mr. Cappe’s distinguished career sponsorship scandal, not to mention vari- ous GST episodes, have had occasion to measure first-hand how unreceptive a includes serving as High Canadian electorate polarized by a divisive issue can become towards a once-popular government leader. Commissioner for Canada to the U.K, But this year’s prime ministerial open- ing act—eliciting as it has so far mostly positive reviews—is not such a time. clerk of the Privy Council, secretary to The format does play to Trudeau’s par- ticular set of political skills. As a bonus, the the Cabinet and head of the Public town halls act as a caucus morale booster on the eve of what will undoubtedly be another rocky sitting of Parliament. Service. A professor at the University As widely noted, Trudeau is rarely as on top of things under fire in question period as he is in a public forum. But performance of Toronto's School of Public Policy and is only part of the story. The exercise also provides a reality check of sorts on the cur- rent mood of the country and the success Governance, Mr. Cappe brings a or lack thereof of the opposition parties. The politically engaged Canadians who wealth of knowledge and expertise to show up at town halls cannot but be aware of the travails of Finance Minister Bill Morneau or of the prime minister’s lacka- this role. daisical approach to the ethics rules that should have prevented him from accepting a holiday invitation from the Aga Khan. To learn more about us, our chair and Both have been heavily documented in the media over a significant period of time. But in the big picture, the rough ride the other changes to the board of directors, opposition has given Trudeau over the fall sitting of Parliament has left relatively few skid marks on his public persona. visit blood.ca/chair2018 The town halls have elicited little evi- dence that the Conservative message that middle-class families are worse off under Trudeau is resonating or that there is a large market beyond the Tory base for the notion BOOK NOW: BLOOD.CA the prime minister is insensitive to their concerns by virtue of his personal wealth. Ditto in the case of NDP assertions that the prime minister is managing the Canada-U.S. relationship on bended knees. 6 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News Sexual Harassment

cer Society; and a meeting with But generally, Ms. Vandenbeld nesses” in the new harassment female MPs from the ParlAmeri- noted the issue is one that MPs are policy for MPs, and a need for May wants to cas network. talking about amongst themselves. “fine-tuning,” said Ms. May. The all-party women’s cau- “We’re not isolated as politicians, Coming up with “concrete sug- cus is currently planning its next this is an issue that people—women gestions” of ways to improve this “big event,” a panel discussion and and men across the country and fledgling process is one way the all- gathering of female ambassadors to internally—this is something that’s party women’s caucus could work see all-party Canada, on Feb. 13, said Ms. Vanden- being talked about,” she said. to address the issue of harassment, beld, with a networking event on the In its earliest iteration, in 1988, she said, but stressed her “ideas Hill also in the works to follow Inter- then Liberal MP Mary Clancy, then aren’t set in stone,” though it’s national Women’s Day in March. NDP MP Dawn Black, and then definitely something she plans to women’s The caucus works strictly on Progressive Conservative MP Pier- raise with the caucus for discussion a consensus basis, stressed Ms. rette Venne got together, with the when the House returns. Vandenbeld, communicating largely support of then House of Commons “I’d be surprised if it wasn’t seen by email and in quick, in-person Speaker John Fraser, to found a to be a very appropriate thing for huddles when the House is sitting parliamentary women’s association. us to do as a committee, as an all caucus tackle to decide on and organize events. That effort lasted until the party women’s caucus I think it’s Each member of the caucus execu- 1993 federal election, which saw highly appropriate,” said Ms. May. tive takes responsibility for commu- the Reform Party swept into “Our male colleagues play a nicating events to their respective official opposition and put an role in dealing with this, abso- issue of sexual party caucus colleagues on the Hill. end to the cross-party women’s lutely, but there’s a role for all of Ms. Vandenbeld said they’re also association, recalled Ms. Clancy us, and I think the role for women currently “working on trying to en- in a phone conversation from MPs is one that is best taken with gage” female Senators to take part. Halifax with The Hill Times last both hats on. Women in their The Canadian Press recently week. But during its existence, caucuses can do things, with their harassment, did an anonymous survey—sent the group pushed, and got action, partisan hats on, but I think with out to 89 female MPs and filled on a number of changes, said our non-partisan hats as women out by 38—about their experiences Ms. Clancy, for example, more working together in our all-party with sexual harassment or miscon- women’s washrooms in the Cen- women’s caucus, I think we can misconduct duct on Parliament Hill. Ultimately, tre Block building. do a lot,” she said. 58 per cent of respondents said Ms. Clancy, who served as Speaking with The Hill Times they’d been subject to one or more an MP for Halifax from 1988 to last week, Ms. Malcolmson said forms of sexual misconduct while 1997, said incidents of sexual the question of whether the all- on the Hill an MP, four of whom said they had harassment on the Hill are “noth- party women’s caucus should do experienced sexual harassment ing new,” but said she’s been something to address the issue of and three who said they’d been surprised at the reluctance of harassment on the Hill for MPs eral MP (Ottawa victims of sexual assault. Of those female MPs to “go public” with isn’t one that’s been discussed ‘As women working West-Nepean, Ont.), who’s also who answered questions about the complaints today, something she within her own party’s caucus so chair of the Liberal women’s cau- perpetrators, 10 said it came from said she thinks women she served far this parliament. together in our cus, and includes Conservative MP an MP in another political party, with, across party lines, would “But absolutely, if there was all-party women’s (Sarnia-Lambton, while five said it came from an MP not have feared doing. a motion from anybody in the Ont.), a former chair of the House within their own caucus. “We would have felt it was our other parties … to add this as an caucus, I think we Status of Women Committee; NDP During its previous iteration duty,” she said. “But also, I un- agenda item [for the all-party MP Sheila Malcolmson (Nanaimo- in the last Parliament, under derstand the vulnerability many caucus], then I would certainly can do a lot,’ says Ladysmith, B.C.), chair of the then-chair Liberal MP Carolyn women feel in this situation, and participate in that conversation NDP women’s caucus; Ms. May; Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.), therefore I’m not faulting them—I and certainly support it being Green Party Leader and Bloc Québécois MP Monique and current minister for Crown- am questioning what’s changed in added as an agenda item,” said Pauzé (Repentigny, Que.). Indigenous Relations, caucus the atmosphere that made them Ms. Malcolmson. . Speaking with The Hill Times members met with the House feel that vulnerable.” Instead, Ms. Malcolmson said last week, Ms. Vandenbeld stressed Speaker in December 2014 to While she said she hopes the she and the NDP caucus are BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT that the all-party women’s caucus discuss how the all-party group current all-party women’s caucus primarily focused on the govern- is very much an “informal” one. could help to establish the since- tackles the issue of harassment ment’s Bill C-65, which seeks to mid the #MeToo and Time’s Up That means there is no enacted MP code of conduct and on the Hill, Ms. Clancy said “it amend the Canada Labour Code Amovements, Green Party Leader Parliament-allocated budget, and harassment policy, as reported doesn’t look like it’s high on any- to address workplace harassment Elizabeth May says she’d “love” to see no membership list—outside the by The Hill Times. body’s agenda,” and she thinks and violence, including for staff the all-party women’s caucus tackle five MPs listed above who work So far in this Parliament, the the highly polarized Hill atmo- on Parliament Hill. the issue of sexual harassment on together to organize and put on all-party women’s caucus hasn’t sphere, and a corresponding loss “Solidarity is always a powerful Parliament Hill and plans to raise various women-centric events on held an event focused on the issue of collegiality, is one cause. tool and that’s where we’re going the idea with colleagues when the Parliament Hill, funded, when of harassment or misconduct on The recent “episode” involving to get the most impact and focus, House returns next week. required, using their individual Parliament Hill. However, Ms. May an inappropriate comment made but honestly, the stories that have “Women in public lives could MPs’ office budgets. noted that during the all-party by Conservative MP ’s come through the #MeToo move- perhaps give women in other, “It is really very much just women’s caucus’ event with Ms. (Selkrik-Interlake-Eastman, Man.) ment and the [Time’s Up] move- less high-profile positions more women of Parliament trying to Gillard a “terrific conversation” on “threesome” comment to Liberal ment, they don’t suggest to me courage to step up and say, ‘This create space where we can meet sexism and women in politics took MP (Longueuil- that MP-on-MP harassment is our is not acceptable, I do not accept together and meet with external place with the former PM. Charles-LeMoyne, Que.), which highest area of priority,” she said. this,’” said Ms. May (Saanich-Gulf groups and have a convening kind Asked if she would like to see led Mr. Bezan to apologize in the [email protected] Islands, B.C.), who first became of space,” said Ms. Vandenbeld. the all-party women’s caucus House, highlighted “some weak- The Hill Times involved in the all-party women’s “Often, because we’re across tackle the issue of harassment on caucus in 2011 and helped push for the aisle, there’s really very little the Hill in the coming year, Ms. its re-formation this Parliament. space across parties where we Vandenbeld said the caucus had “I’d love to revisit what we do can really sit together and talk yet to discuss the possibility and, about sexual harassment on Par- about whatever it is that comes as it works on a consensus basis, liament Hill through the women’s up. So sometimes it might be she didn’t want to speak for it. caucus,” she said. “I’ll be talking to issues facing women here … a “I’d have to talk to the other my colleagues about it when we lot of it is international, you have members,” she said. “One of the get back at the end of January.” women’s groups coming from good things though about having Ms. May noted, for example, that other countries,” she said. an all-party women’s caucus is in late 2012, the previous all-party The all-party caucus put on its that a lot of discussions can hap- women’s caucus held a press confer- first event this Parliament in June pen when you build trust.” ence to speak out as a group against 2016—an Indigenous blanket cer- “As we meet in these events, as an anti-abortion motion from then emony on the Hill, for reconcilia- we work together, [we] can build Conservative MP Stephen Wood- tion, with Indigenous elder Barbara a little bit more trust across party worth. Dumont-Hill and Kairos Canada. lines. So that probably leads to a An all-party women’s caucus— So far, Ms. Vandenbeld said the lot of unofficial conversations—a at times alternatively styled as the caucus has helped organize six or better environment to have those all-party parliamentary women’s seven events since being reformed. conversations—but I have not caucus, or the parliamentary That includes a “launch” event heard any appetite for that at this women’s association—has existed with former Australian prime point,” said Ms. Vandenbeld. on Parliament Hill since the late minister Julia Gillard in Febru- Pressed on if she personally 1980s, albeit largely informally ary attended by roughly 40 MPs; would like the all-party caucus to and with hiatuses of varying a reception put on with Equal discuss the idea of tackling the is- lengths in between. Voice for Daughters of the Vote sue of harassment on the Hill, Ms. Re-constituted at the start in March; meeting with a South Vandenbeld said “not necessarily Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she plans to raise the idea of the all- of this Parliament, the all-party Sudanese women’s group; a Hill in this forum,” leaving the door party women’s caucus tackling the issue of harassment, misconduct on the Hill women’s caucus is chaired by Lib- reception with the Ovarian Can- open to other possible avenues. when the House of Commons returns. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Abdoul Abdi is While they’re at it, MPs should also take cultural diversity training, Canada’s problem says letter-writer Mukerjee bdoul Abdi has been convicted of programs, however limited, for ex-cons e: “House developing in-person train- comers to enhance their fresh settlement Aaggravated assault, and served looking to reintegrate into society. Ring for MPs on sexual harassment, and their integration to the mainstream, prison time for it. Now that he’s been re- But Mr. Abdi isn’t a Canadian, but not all agree it’s needed: ‘everyone in a full multicultural sprit. It is here that leased, the federal government wants to something else for which he has Canada understands what’s unacceptable behav- I learnt to advise the police to recognize deport him back to his mother’s country to thank. ’s government iour,’” (The Hill Times, Jan. 8, p. 6). Ac- that certain actions they take could be of birth, war-torn Somalia, where he blocked his sister from applying for his cording to this story, the House is propos- misread. For example, when introduced to will no longer be Canada’s problem. citizenship on his behalf while he was ing there be in-person training sessions women in these communities, one did not The trouble is, he should be. Mr. in foster care, and didn’t apply for him for MPs, who represent all Canadians, extend a hand or touch. Rather in folded Abdi, 23, was not a criminal when he either. And so, despite being raised in to counteract sexual harassment in the hands, one bows in greeting and respect. arrived in Canada at the age of six. He Canada, the federal government is free workplace. It is somewhat not surprising Again, unlike Québécois of traditional was raised in Canada, not by his fam- to try to deport Mr. Abdi. the issue of sexual harassment and the heritage, the warm hug or a kiss with a ily but by a series of Canadian foster Public Safety Minister Ralph Goo- remedies come right to the Hill where this woman, as a greeting could be misun- parents and group homes organized by dale’s office has declined to comment matter has gained much attention. derstood. I make mention of these minor the government of Nova Scotia’s Com- on Mr. Abdi’s case. Someone in the When it comes to the matter of sexual cultural signals to indicate how intercul- munity Services Department. Mr. Abdi’s government should clarify the principle harassment and its proper treatment, I am tural sensitivity in behaviour with women sister has said he was abused in one fos- behind pursuing the deportation of a reminded of the time when I served in Mon- in cultural diversity needs to be consid- ter placement for more than two years, permanent resident, raised in Canada treal with Multiculturalism Canada and in ered. In an extreme, no comments should and placed in more than 30 foster and and blocked from obtaining citizen- response to the sudden and vast influx of be made to a woman in full Muslim dress, group homes altogether. ship, while declaring, “a Canadian is a South East Asian refugees. I was assigned even as a supposed joke. By no means are Not everyone will sympathize with Canadian is a Canadian” in 2016 when this dossier on account of my personal there fixed answers in addressing sexual a man convicted of a violent crime, it reversed legal changes brought in and joint East Indian and Slovak origin to harassment in diversity. Before Parliament regardless of his personal history. by the last government that had made enhance sensitive intercultural relations in takes the needed formal training measures Perhaps they could find sympathy for it possible it to strip the citizenship of addressing the Cambodian, Laotian, and to arrange for MP training, the cultural Somalis, who would be forgiven for dual citizens convicted of terrorism, al- Vietnamese refugees in Montreal. diversity should also be considered in the wondering why Canada is trying to lowing for their deportation. One of my actions was to sensitize process. This is the Canadian way. ship Mr. Abdi into their midst. Mr. Abdi “I would also say we do have a crimi- the police service to key attitudes and Roman Mukerjee has never lived in the country, having nal justice system. We do have courts. behaviours of these culture-specific new- Ottawa, Ont. been born in Saudi Arabia and lived We do have prisons where those who are for his early years in a refugee camp in convicted of crimes are sent, and that Djibouti, according to an opinion piece is the way in which we deal with this. co-written by Samer Muscat, a Univer- We do not need to create two classes of sity of Toronto law professor advocat- citizenship in order to deal with those ing on his behalf to the UN Human who are convicted of criminal offenses,” Rights Committee, and published in then-Liberal immigration minister John Why does new Holocaust Memorial . McCallum said at the time. Canada has a system of police officers, Forget the technicalities: Abdoul plaque not recognize Ukrainians? prosecutors, courts, and correctional Abdi is as Canadian as anyone who facilities to deal with Canadians who came to this country as a young child. egarding the new Holocaust plaque in any reference to the many millions of break the law. It also has social assistance He’s not Somalia’s problem, he’s ours. ROttawa that will officially recognize Ukrainians murdered or enslaved by the the murder of Jews and “other groups,” Nazi regime? My mother was a slave in why does Heritage Minister Mélanie Nazi Germany. And my late friend, Ste- Joly pretend to be inclusive by adding fan Petelycky, carried Auschwitz tattoo groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses (of #154922 on his forearm for his entire life whom perhaps 2,000 were killed) to the in Canada. plaque at the National Holocaust Memo- Lubomyr Luciuk rial while apparently excluding by design Kingston, Ont.

Phoenix just latest case of feds trying to fix what’s not broken, says letter-writer Inokai

e: “ ‘It’s a nightmare’: MPs push for write distribute and update year after Rmore help for riding offices flooded year income tax return software used by with dozens of Phoenix calls,” (The Hill millions of people and businesses and Times, Jan. 17). Phoenix is just the latest yet seemingly impossible to implement case of the feds trying to fix what’s not a payroll system for 250,000 federal gov- broken. Common sense is a pejorative ernment employees? I should think the term when it comes to dealing with IT answer is obvious and I will be happy to projects where the software vendor or the reveal it for a substantial consulting fee. outside consultant is the deemed expert. No guarantees, however. Here’s a question: as complex as Kope Inokai income taxes are; how is it possible to Toronto, Ont.

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But, especially with their strong union membership, this is not a hill that New Democrats Liberals take the Goldilocks will be prepared to die on. As for the Tories, they will oppose but they also run the risk of simply being seen as merely oil-centric if they are too a vociferous or approach to carbon pricing strident in their criticisms. This proposed legislation is a TTAWA–Elizabeth May is horri- ments referred to cabinet include Their first responsibility is put- game-changer for the accelera- Usually, decision Ofied and Brad Wall plans to take three potential options for approval. ting food on the family table and for tion of a green economy. We can the federal government to court. One is too hot, one is too that, they need decent-paying jobs. also expect the promotion of a documents referred to Liberals must have done cold, and one is just right. The The positive performance of the whole new raft of jobs related to cabinet include three something right because they middle ground tends to repre- Canadian economy helps Catherine sustainable development. occupied the moderate middle in sent the choice of perfect por- McKenna and Bill Morneau soft sell All in all, the legislation was potential options for last week’s proposed legislation ridge in the story of Goldilocks. the national carbon framework. not blockbuster. That was why approval. One is too on carbon pricing. In the draft version of car- The middle ground they chose the disappointment expressed by Co-authored by the ministers bon pricing, Liberals obviously on industrial emission measure- Elizabeth May was so visceral. hot, one is too cold, of finance and environment, the opted for the not-too-hot and ments will make that job sell easier. But in the balancing act Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pric- not-too-cold approach. Solutions to global warming are between the environment and and one is just right. ing Act was unveiled to criticism Their decision to provide a challenging and so is the legislation. the economy, the ministers of The middle ground from the left and the right. separate track for industrial pol- That complexity makes it difficult environment and finance chose The starkest complaints were luters reflected concerns about for the public to engage. In turn, the Goldilocks solution. tends to represent that the government was going competitiveness in relation to the the absence of public involvement In doing so, they can expect the choice of perfect too easy on industrial emitters. United States, since it will not face makes it easier for sectoral interests their global warming porridge of According to the Green Party, the same federal framework with to seek and achieve changes. legislative changes is just right. porridge in the story the plan weakens regulations a climate denier as president. Industrial emitters are going to The issue of comprehensive for industrial producers. Instead The fact that only Wall vehe- be a lot more engaged in this legis- legislation has been on the govern- of Goldilocks. In of tying the carbon price to fuel mently attacked the plan means lation than the average voter, and ment agenda since the first Inter- the draft version purchase, the legislation averages that most premiers believe it their voices will be heard. The com- national Panel on Climate Change carbon output across industries, strikes a good balance. plexity makes it difficult for critics met in Montreal back in 1994. of carbon pricing, rewarding companies that reduce Wall has become an isolated to even explain their opposition. Twenty-four years later, this Liberals obviously their emissions more than average oil patch cheerleader, increas- The New Democrats have been isn’t perfect but the country is fi- and punishing those that don’t. ingly marginalized from any unusually quiet on the propos- nally moving in the right direction. opted for the not-too- Conservatives, including the pre- serious discussion about how to als. They are strongly supportive Sheila Copps is a former Jean hot and not-too-cold mier of , are claiming tackle climate change. of carbon pricing and will likely Chrétien-era cabinet minister and the plan is too aggressive and, given The four Canadian provinces tweak some of the industrial a former deputy prime minister. approach. the non-compliance approach of with the most robust economies emission elements. The Hill Times U.S. President Donald Trump, our have already incorporated some tough new laws will cost jobs. form of carbon pricing into their Environment Minister In actuality, Liberals have regulatory frameworks. Saskatch- Catherine McKenna. The adopted the Goldilocks approach ewan is not one of them. issue of comprehensive to carbon pricing. The Canadian framework, legislation has been on the Former Liberal interim leader which runs more than 200 pages, is government agenda since Bob Rae first coined that term extremely complex. That complex- the first International in an autobiography chronicling ity makes it even more difficult for Panel on Climate Change his tenure as Ontario’s first New opponents to fight the legislation. met in Montreal back in Democratic Party premier. May, a fantastic communicator, 1994. Twenty-four years He described the options that the was hard pressed to distil her oppo- later, this isn’t perfect Sheila Copps bureaucracy usually laid before cabi- sition into manageable sound bites. but the country is finally moving in the right Copps’ Corner net to shape any legislative package. Most Canadians believe that a The same approach is used in competitive economy is equally as direction. The Hill Times by federal circles. Usually, decision docu- important as a healthy environment. Andrew Meade

category include, John Kennedy, tives tend to see running on is- Ronald Reagan, Pierre Trudeau, sues as too risky a strategy. and, of course, Justin Trudeau. If they talk too much about Conservatives have And I’m certain the Conser- slashing government spending, or vatives would absolutely love to privatizing crown corporations or have a leader with a strong and promoting anything resembling popular personality. an ideologically conservative limited strategy options Who wouldn’t? agenda, it makes it easier for But unfortunately for Conser- their political opponents or for vatives, charismatic leaders don’t the media to brand them as “scary always has a boring, bland exactly grow on trees. right wing extremists.” The Conservatives leader—Joe Clark, Jean Charest, In fact, they’re pretty darn rare. So as a result, Conserva- hope that when , Andrew Scheer; The last conservative leader tives keep talk about issues to a it rarely offers much in the way who tried to play the charisma minimum. voters are fed of new or exciting ideas; and card was the Canadian Alli- Okay, this brings us to the last up with Liberal generally speaking, its main sell- ance’s , who back remaining style of political cam- ing point to voters is that it’s a in the early 2000s cast himself paigning, which is to essentially arrogance, or safe alternative to the Liberals. as a young, hip, karate-kicking rely on the strength and reputa- The Conservatives have basical- alternative to stodgy old prime tion of your party’s brand. with Liberal ly stuck to this same theme, through minister Jean Chréien. In other words, you hope people mismanagement Gerry Nicholls thick and thin, through victory and Alas for Day, when he decided vote for you because of your label. to show up at a news conference And this is the strategy the Post-Partisan Pundit defeat, through good times and bad. or with Liberal So why is this? Why won’t the wearing a Jet Ski wet suit (making Conservatives (basically out of scandals, they will Conservatives ever try something him look more clownish than char- necessity) always choose. AKVILLE, ONT.—“They came new or shake things up? ismatic) it more or less shut down They hope that when voters turn by default to Oat us, in the same old style,” Well, the answer is they don’t his personality as a political asset. are fed up with Liberal arrogance, is how the Duke of Wellington really have much of a choice. At any rate, ever since then, or with Liberal mismanage- the Conservatives, famously described the French Indeed, when it comes to choos- conservative leaders have decided ment or with Liberal scandals, an unexciting, yet tactics at the Battle of Waterloo. ing a political strategy, only three it’s better to look bland than silly. they will turn by default to the And that tactic reminds me realistic options are on the table. The second style of political cam- Conservatives, an unexciting, yet non-threatening a bit of Canada’s Conservative One of those options is to find paign is to run on issues, i.e. you put non-threatening alternative, with alternative, with a Party, since, like the French at a charismatic leader. forward an ideology-heavy platform. a reputation for fiscal competence Waterloo, it keeps attacking the That’s to say, you choose a This is something the Progres- and for promoting law and order. reputation for fiscal Liberals in the same old style. leader for your party who is sive Conservatives actually did I wonder what the Duke of Wel- competence and for What I mean is, for the past flooded with charisma, a leader in the 1988 federal election, when lington would think of all this? 30 years or so, the Conservative voters will instantly like, a leader they ran on the “Free Trade with Gerry Nicholls is a communi- promoting law and electoral strategy has remained whose personal appeal transcends the U.S.A.” platform, but that was cations consultant. remarkably consistent. partisan loyalty and ideology. an exception that proved the rule. www.gerrynicholls.com order. Think about it: the party Leaders who fit into this For the most part, Conserva- The Hill Times 10 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion Let’s not panic about trade deals

trade explains our wealth and If the deal does success as a nation—and, that any- thing that threatens our trading unravel—and it relationships will lead to certain will be a long, disaster. We will end up living in frigid cabins, deprived of coffee, complicated burning cow dung to keep warm. There is some truth in this process—we claim, of course—Canada has pros- pered overall (and some corporate will revert either interests a great deal) from the sale to the original of furs, timber, wheat, minerals and oil, among other commodi- Canada-U.S. Free ties, over decades. We have a small population and an abundance of Trade Agreement resources; more than we can use. But that doesn’t mean that every (although it includes trade deal is a good one, that every market must be pursued, or that several of the our country is nothing but a giant, NAFTA provisions international Home Depot. Nor does it mean, as ardent that Trump finds free trade ideologues in aca- demia and the media insist, that objectionable), we must downplay our social U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Affairs Minister , pictured Dec. 19, 2017, about to hold a values, trash our environment, joint media availability in the House foyer after bi-lateral talks in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade or, trade between and close down entire towns in our countries pursuit of the next great deal. and states benefit from trade with That is because, even in the Trudeau also walked away It is more important than Canada, congressional assent worst case, cross-border trade from the Comprehensive and will be regulated ever to maintain perspective as could prove elusive. will continue, given how in- Progressive Agreement for the Trudeau government tries to However, if the deal does un- tegrated the North American a Trans-Pacific Partnership under World Trade re-negotiate NAFTA (with “a very ravel—and it will be a long, com- economy has become. Consum- (CPTPP) before Christmas, stable genius”) and as free trade plicated process—we will revert ers here might pay more for U.S. provoking much bewildered Organization evangelists push for new deals either to the original Canada-U.S. food and clothing as tariffs go criticism. It was Canada that re- with China, India, and a host of Free Trade Agreement (although up, but that happens every time labelled the deal, in an attempt provisions. Not other Asian and South Asian na- it includes several of the NAFTA there is a crop failure in Florida, to rebrand the original TPP as exactly the Wild tions. If we are afraid—and power- provisions that Trump finds objec- or a shift in the exchange rate, somehow “progressive.” But that ful corporate interests want us to tionable), or, trade between our or a market-driven increase in doesn’t mean Canada would be West. be afraid—we won’t bargain from countries will be regulated under the cost of gasoline. And even a net winner from an 11-coun- a position of strength. Prudence, World Trade Organization provi- with a free trade agreement try pact that includes Japan, research and transparency are sions. Not exactly the Wild West. in place, U.S. actions recently Australia, and New Zealand. If called for; not pandering or panic. The change would still be dis- forced Bombardier to move as- it is the boon to Canada that its The Trudeau government’s ruptive overall and could be espe- sembly of its new C-series jets promoters claim, they should deliberate handling of the NAFTA cially damaging to dairy farmers, to Georgia, to escape a punitive offer specific examples. file is reassuring. While the U.S. car parts manufacturers, solar duty, and many Canadian lum- Introducing so-called non- is easily Canada’s most impor- panel makers, and, of course, ber producers have already pur- trade elements—gender equal- tant trade partner—some 76 per softwood lumber which has been chased mills in the U.S. to avoid ity, environmental protections, cent of our exports go south—the under hostile fire for decades. ongoing border harassment. labour, and Indigenous rights— end of NAFTA doesn’t herald the But, according to a recent Bank The BMO’s forecast also into negotiations is a bold move end of life as we know it. First, of Montreal forecast, Canada’s takes into account how dynamic on Trudeau’s part. He is appar- SUSAN RILEY even if Donald Trump signals an economy is expected to grow by an economy can be; the vacuum ently convinced that traditional intention to withdraw, he would, nine per cent over the next five left by American customers trade deals that have catered Impolitic arguably, need the support of years. If NAFTA is cancelled, that could be filled by others. Over- to corporate interests, at the Congress to tear up the 24-year- expected growth shrinks by only all, BMO chief economist Doug expense of everyone else, are old agreement. Given how many one per cent; so, unwelcome, but HELSEA, QUE.—For too long, Porter foresees “manageable responsible for Trump’s victory American companies, industries hardly apocalyptic. we have been told that free risk.” And, if Canada was such a and for Brexit; that people are C potential basket case, Amazon challenging the gospel of free Prime Minister Justin would not be considering a ma- trade for good reason. Trudeau, pictured Jan. jor investment in Toronto. He could be right, but he 16 on the Hill when he Still, the alarmist reading of could also be ahead of his time. named Olympic figure NAFTA elsewhere has put pres- So far, his proposals have been skaters Tessa Virtue sure on Prime Minister Justin met with open scorn, or private and Scott Moir as the Trudeau’s team to get serious eye-rolling, among the politi- Canadian Flag bearers about signing a free trade deal cal and corporate class that has for the upcoming 2018 with China. Again “not so fast” is driven the free trade agenda. Nor Olympic Games in probably the wiser course. While has he explained, in detail, how Pyeongchang. Susan China is soon to become the to incorporate these progressive Riley says introducing world’s largest market, its dodgy elements into a deal. (He is not so-called non-trade business practices; the poor qual- entirely alone. Tiny New Zealand elements into the NAFTA ity of many of its products; its considered traditional Maori negotiations—gender intimidating size and low wage rights in the original Trans-Pacif- equality, environmental rates leave many Canadians ic Partnership agreement.) protections, labour, and ambivalent about closer ties. This, At the least, it’s a discussion Indigenous rights—is and the fact that so many Chinese worth having. Who does free a bold move on Mr. enterprises are state-owned and trade really benefit and would Trudeau’s part. He is controlled, leaves Conservative sharing those benefits more apparently convinced party leader Andrew Scheer ada- widely make trade deals unwork- that traditional trade mantly opposed. able? “Protectionism” has become deals that have catered This gives Trudeau room, and a dirty word over recent decades. to corporate interests, at time, to manoeuvre. Trudeau is But its original intention was the expense of everyone insisting, in a potential China benign: to protect vulnerable else, are responsible for deal, or any other, on including communities and workers from Trump’s victory and for protections for workers, the envi- job loss and poverty. Brexit; that people are ronment, women, and Indigenous Trudeau is right to call for challenging the gospel communities. Even if such clauses fresh thinking on trade. But not of free trade for good end up being symbolic, as in the with a gun at our heads. reason. The Hill Times Chile-Canada deal, they are a Susan Riley is a veteran politi- photograph by Andrew deal-breaker for China, which cal columnist who write regularly Meade resents being lectured on what it for The Hill Times. considers domestic matters. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 11 Opinion

Neebin’s mother. She came out of mourning her little boy to respond to the hate Some days, I hate Ottawa, the sent her way. This is part of what she posted on Facebook. She gave my wife—who knows her, and worked briefly with her on an In- media, and the internet age digenous file—permission to use it. “I was the model in this photo. The wardrobe and the cloth- comedian and author whose It starts with a boy. The boy is Northern Affairs Canada, urged ing were completely of my own Happens a lot, in the career now lies in rubble, because just a boy, 12 years of age, with Indigenous people to apply for choice,” she wrote, adding that no new era. A story gets some nameless, young woman de- a handsome face and a smile as their new status card. one told her to dress that way. “I cided to punish him for what, in big as a summer day. His name The accompanying photo dressed this way because I was told, people instantly a saner world, would be properly is Neebin. In October 2015, the showed a smiling child, and a happy very proud of the way I looked. I react, someone gets characterized as a bad date. did a story about old man, all holding status cards; believe I did a good job of repre- Ask the young mother whose Neebin and his friends. and, between them, a beautiful Indig- senting our people.” vilified. Sometimes newborn was found “abandoned” The story told how the kids enous woman, also smiling. Holding She went on: “Real and true they get destroyed. at a mall near Toronto’s Keele and from Pierre Elliott Trudeau Ele- a card, wearing traditional dress. journalism seeks facts, and all Lawrence neighbourhood—and mentary in Gatineau put together The internet and the media— sides of the story, and this [CBC] Except, this time, we all know who lives there, don’t a video to promote tolerance. In the CBC, in particular—promptly story was unfortunately not bal- we?—and who immediately was it, they played instruments and attacked. One woman said the anced. Stop blaming [others] ... we the mob went after depicted by some police and some sang in English and French and image was “horrific” because it are all responsible for ourselves, a mother who didn’t media as a heartless monster. Cree and Algonquin. They called recalled the Disney film Pocahon- our families, our communities. That Except the child hadn’t been their song Important To Us. tas, which promoted a “racist ste- is how we will achieve real change.” deserve it. abandoned, at all. And both were Neebin spoke to the Citizen reotype of an outdated portrayal Would it have inconvenienced simply in need of medical care. reporter. He said he had been bul- of an Indigenous woman.” Others the CBC to contact Neebin’s Ask the Muslims who are now lied in another school because of chimed in, like the historian of mother, before unleashing on her? being targeted with hate and in- his long braid. But he said it was Indigenous issues, who said the Would it have been all that dif- vective—simply because they are easier in his new school. ad presented “static images of ficult to ask her if she had chosen co-religionists with the 11-year- A couple years and just two days Indigenous peoples that don’t her outfit—when, you know, she old girl who falsely claimed to before Christmas, Neebin took his reflect our lives anymore.” had? Would it have been wrong for have been attacked by a scissors- own life. “He left us for the spirit ’s depart- someone in Bennett’s department wielding man. A Toronto school world, much too soon,” someone ment swiftly deleted the ad from to ascertain the true facts, before board, the police, and several wrote on the page set up to help his its website, and pulled it off of giving in to the internet mob? politicians promoted the girl’s family with funeral costs. The funds the walls at government offices. And would it have been so made-up story, sure—but it is would go to that and “towards a chil- The ad, which had been around very hard to ask Neebin’s mother WARREN KINSELLA Canadian Muslims who are now dren’s suicide prevention program.” for years, “will not be used in the how she was doing? Would that being excoriated. Because they For most people and for most The War Room future,” one of her departmental have been a problem? are Muslims, too. Naturally. parents, there can be no greater underlings promised. Some days, I hate Ottawa and And ask the young Indigenous pain than losing a child. But there Happens a lot, in the new era. the media and the internet age. ORONTO—In the social media mother who was attacked and vili- was more pain to come. Happens all the time. A story gets This is one of those days. Tera—in our mad rush to judg- fied, simply because she dressed the A few days ago, someone told, people instantly react, some- Warren Kinsella is a former ment—people get ground up and way she chose to dress, as a proud, noticed that the federal govern- one gets vilified. Sometimes they Jean Chrétien-era cabinet minis- spat out. Happens all the time. beautiful Indigenous woman. ment had been running an ad. The get destroyed. ter and a former national cam- Happens too often. That last tale is less known than ad, authorized and paid for by the Except, this time, the mob went paign war roomer. Ask Aziz Ansari, the Muslim the others. So it should be told. Department of Indigenous and after a mother who didn’t deserve it. The Hill Times

At a minimum, Boyle is an idiot for his decision to expose his wife to harm in Afghanistan The Joshua (he claims she was raped while in captivity and forced to abort a baby girl—how did his captors know she was carrying a girl?). He sure has not made any friends Boyle saga: an among Coleman’s family. He did have his supporters though, including our prime minister who gladly agreed to alternative view pose for pictures with the liber- ated family in December (who in on subjects ranging from Nazis, the PMO thought that was a good Whatever happens to porn, to sex, to Star Wars. You idea?) and those who are excus- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Dec. 18, 2017, with Joshua Boyle, to Joshua Boyle might wonder if he did anything ing his recent alleged actions as Mr. Boyle’s wife Caitlin Coleman, and their children in the Prime Minister’s productive over that time period. evidence of PTSD. The prime min- Office on Parliament Hill.Photograph courtesy of @BoylesVsWorld under the current In addition, he chose to marry ister agreed to meet with Boyle extremists (although I am ig- protect those whom he was alleg- Zaynab Khadr, a member of before the charges were released. norant as to what end) or, at a edly harming rather than wait to charges, he has a lot Canada’s No. 1 terrorism fam- There is a lot we don’t know minimum, believed that his ties find more on the terrorism links. ily and was at her side when about Boyle and his ordeal and to the Khadrs, who after all lived There is precedent for this: in of explaining to do. she protested outside a Toronto we can hope to learn more in the in an al-Qaeda camp at one point, 2010 Ottawa resident Awso Pesh- courtroom over the arrest of future. What I wish to focus on, would offer him some form of dary was arrested in conjunction the Toronto 18 (recall that some though, is his story regarding protection. Something went ter- with the RCMP’s SAMOSSA of them planned three truck what he was doing in Afghani- ribly wrong and all his assump- counterterrorism investigation, bombs that would have killed stan in the first place in 2012. He tions failed leading to his capture released for lack of evidence, but and maimed thousands). He also claims that he and his wife were and that of his wife. What actu- re-arrested on charges of sexual elected to take his very preg- doing charity work or were on ally happened during their time assault (these were later dropped nant wife Caitlin Coleman into a pilgrimage or both—the story as hostages is also up for grabs: as well). Based on my experience Taliban-controlled Afghanistan seems to change. I would like to the terrorist group that held them at CSIS, it is not that rare for one in late 2012 where they were propose an alternative account, is disputing many of the details investigation to uncover other captured and held by a terrorist purely speculative of course. Boyle has proffered (not that we offences that have nothing to do group for five years before their First and foremost, it is impor- should put a lot of stake in the with the original intent of the Phil Gurski release last fall. tant to establish that Boyle had word of Islamist extremists). investigative effort. Terrorism Now, of course, he has been tendencies or proclivities towards Continuing in speculation Then again, maybe I am way arrested and is facing serious Islamist extremism. This is born out mode, I think Joshua Boyle was off base in my theories. In the end charges ranging from sexual of his relationship with Khadr: it is subject to investigation imme- we will see, I hope. Regardless, TTAWA—If there is one assault, to unlawful confine- next to impossible to think that he diately after his return to Can- whatever happens to Boyle under Othing we’ve learned about ment, to “administering a noxious married her and did not know, and ada with a view to determining the current charges, he has a lot Joshua Boyle it is that he is an substance,” to public mischief (he did not support, that family’s well- whether he indeed travelled to of explaining to do. odd duck. He apparently made allegedly lied to police about a known activities in that regard. So, Afghanistan to join the Taliban. In Phil Gurski is president and more than 62,000 edits and con- missing, suicidal person with a there is a history there. the course of that counterterror- CEO of Borealis Threat and tributions to Wikipedia over a view to diverting police attention I suggest that Boyle travelled ism investigation, police discov- Risk Consulting. 13-year span (if my math is cor- away from him). None of these to Afghanistan with a view to ered the other crimes he was www.borealisthreatandrisk.com rect that makes 15 edits a day) charges has been proven in court. making contact with Islamist engaged in and decided to act to The Hill Times 12 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News Lobbying ‘Tight’ timeline for Lobbying Act review, all rules on the table: new lobbying czar Nancy Bélanger says Nancy Bélanger has the meeting, likely is something I will rec- had only two weeks ommend,” she said. “Anything to increase she will draw on of experience transparency is never a bad idea.” recomendations from in her new role To prepare for an upcoming review, Ms. Bé- as lobbying langer said her office had already set up meet- former commissioner commissioner, but ings with the Government Relations Institute says she is ready to of Canada and the Public Affairs Association Karen Shepherd, and will take on a Lobbying of Canada, two groups that support and repre- consult with lobbyists, and Act review that sent the work of GR and PR professionals. could take place in “I hope they will be able to give me her office to prepare for the spring. The Hill some advice as to how I can go out and the next review. Times photograph by meet [lobbyists],” she said. Andrew Meade “There needs to be outreach and out- reach to me means building relationships BY SHRUTI SHEKAR and certainly from now on, it will always be an ongoing objective of mine.” anada’s new lobbying commissioner Phil Cartwright, president of GRIC, said Csays the timeframe to begin a five-year in an email that the next review will give the review of the Lobbying Act this spring is lobbying community a chance to look at the “tight,” but doable, and that everything will framework to see what needs to be improved. be studied including restricting the political Act and the Conflict of Interest Act. The eth- Ms. Bélanger joined the public service in “GRIC supports measures that ensure activities of lobbyists, making the registry ics commissioner, who is now Mario Dion, 1993 as a Federal Court law clerk, and has the act and related Code of Conduct are as more transparent, and overlapping rules in administers the Conflict of Interest Act. taken jobs with the Department of Justice easy to understand and abide by as pos- the Lobbying and Conflict of Interest acts. “She’s going to be able to look at [her role] and Immigration and Refugee Board, and sible,” Mr. Cartwright said, who is also a “I need to do my own analysis,” said and say, ‘Wait a minute, there are two sets of just before becoming the lobbying com- consultant at Global Public Affairs. Nancy Bélanger, during an interview with rules here. Let’s coordinate our approach so missioner was the deputy commissioner Ms. Bélanger said she wants to build The Hill Times on Jan. 17 in her office on that we don’t say two different things to the of legal services and public affairs in the more educational tools for lobbyists; this Albert Street in Ottawa. same people,’ which has happened so many information commissioner’s office, another would also include a more active social Now that five years have passed, Ms. times in the past,” Mr. Boudria said. officer of Parliament. media presence. Bélanger said it’s time to look at the act Ms. Bélanger brings to the lobbying For example, she said the office could th with a fresh set of eyes. This will be the watchdog role six years of experience use Twitter to tweet on the 15 of the month second five-year review of the Lobbying as general counsel with the Conflict of New commissioner will look at to remind lobbyists to file their communi- Act, which was brought into force in 2008. Interest and Ethics Commissioner’s Office, Shepherd’s recommendations cation reports. Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith between 2007 and 2013. Ms. Shepherd was in her role for seven (Beaches-East York, Ont.) asked Ms. The term “designated public office holder” years and was in charge of managing lob- ‘I’m not someone who is title- Bélanger during her testimony before the in the Lobbying Act has a broader definition byists communicating with the federal gov- House Ethics Committee last month if it than that of the similar “public office holder” ernment, the federal lobbyist’s registry, and oriented’: Why she didn’t apply would be possible to begin the review by term in the Conflict of Interest Act. administering the act and code of conduct. for the job the spring. Ms. Bélanger said she thought Each commissioner’s office has also According to the registry, there are The job itself took a long time to fill, there was enough time, but last week told developed its own rules on giving gifts 5,703 active lobbyists that include in-house and in the process, the Liberal government The Hill Times that it would take a lot of related to receptions and lobby events. lobbyists and consultants who are hired by extended Ms. Sheppherd’s term three times work to prepare in that time. “We’ve already started communica- associations or groups. over 2016 and 2017 because there wasn’t Ms. Bélanger told The Hill Times the five- tion. I’ve worked in that office so I know Ms. Shepherd was also in charge of con- anyone suitable for the job. year-old recommendations from the last re- how that works and I know Mr. Dion,” Ms. ducting investigations when she believed Even after being nominated and ap- view by former lobby commissioner Karen Bélanger said. “We have said we need to lobbyists contravened the law. pointed, Ms. Bélanger did not receive Shepherd will be used for her preparation get together and look at opportunities to High-profile cases of improper lobbying unanimous support in the House. but noted that a lot has changed since then maybe fill in the gaps of understanding crossed Ms. Shepherd’s desk, such as Bruce NDP MP Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley so more research will be required. [for] the rules that overlap, and possibly Carson, the former senior aide to prime min- Valley, B.C.) abstained from voting because “Of course, every day, every case, you looking at education programs [to help lob- ister Stephen Harper, and Jamie Carroll, the he was not happy with the appointment pro- will learn and so it is a matter of consulting byists and others understand the rules].” former Liberal national party director, both of cess, calling it “entirely broken” when Prime with my team, and consulting with lobbyists. Former Liberal MP Joe Jordan, a senior which were passed on to the RCMP and led Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) But it’s going to be a tight exercise,” said Ms. associate with Ottawa’s Bluesky Strategy to convictions by the courts for violating the only submitted one name for the role. Bélanger, who grew up in , Group, thinks the five-year ban on former federal Lobbying Act. “We suggested a different option forward: and is married with two children. designated public office holders from lobby- In 2016, Mr. Carroll was fined $20,000 the Speaker of the House to chair a commit- The last statutory review was con- ing—the so-called “cooling-off period”—after for failing to file a return with the Office of tee made up of the parties. We’ll shortlist, ducted in 2012. The House Ethics Commit- they leave office should be reduced. the Commissioner of Lobbying, becoming and then we’ll put somebody forward,” Mr. tee issued a report on the review in May “I think we have to be careful with the first person convicted after a trial for a Cullen said at the time of her nomination. 2012, which followed the House tabling a blanket restrictions that limit employment Lobbying Act offence. Later that year, Mr. In the end, the House Ethics Commit- response on Sept. 12, 2012, that supported options,” Mr. Jordan said. Carson was fined $50,000 for three counts tee recommended that Ms. Bélanger be some recommendations and noted others Lobbyists in Ottawa also note, for example, of lobbying while under the five-year ban confirmed in the job in a 7-0 vote. would continue to be studied. if a staffer was working for the Harper Conser- for ex-public office holders, though the to- In fact, she didn’t even apply for the job According to the Office of the Com- vatives, they should have the ability to lobby tal was reduced by $5,000 after he was and had been asked if she would be inter- missioner of Lobbying’s website, a gov- the Trudeau Liberals because the government acquitted of one of the charges on appeal. ested in applying for the information and ernment’s response does not change any they worked for is no longer in charge. During her time, Ms. Shepherd recom- lobbying commissioner roles. rules in the act. The only way changes are In the past, lobbyists have also com- mended that within the act the commissioner The interview process, which was between enacted is through an approval process by plained about their inability to perform in should be allowed to give administrative mon- June and November, involved phone calls, a the governor in council. political activities and elections campaigns etary penalties for actions that are not criminal psychometric test, and an in-person interview Amendments recommended in 2012 because it could create a sense of obligation offences, which is not currently allowed. conducted by a four-person committee. weren’t followed through, which Conserva- to a party. This rule created a hostile relation- Ms. Bélanger said during her testimony in The committee included Janine Sherman, tive MP (Thornhill, Ont.), his ship between lobbyists and Ms. Shepherd, the House that such a penalty could be helpful. assistant secretary to the cabinet in the Privy party’s ethics critic, said was probably who strictly limited lobbyists from perform- “Right now the powers under the Lob- Council Office; Yaprak Baltacıoglu, secretary because it wasn’t a priority for the Con- ing in any extracurricular political activities. bying Act are quite limited. It’s really, at of the Treasury Board; Sabina Saini, chief of servative government of the time under Ms. Bélanger said she had no problem the end of the day, public shame,” she said staff to Treasury Board President Scott Brison; prime minister Stephen Harper, which was reviewing these rules, though they fall during the Dec. 6 meeting. “I would think and Hilary Leftick, director of appointments dealing with issues such as coming out of under the purview of the Lobbyists’ Code that administrative penalties would be pos- in the Prime Minister’s Office. an economic recession. of Conduct, which was established back in sibly a good thing, but maybe not just that. “I probably should have applied for [the 2015 by Ms. Shepherd. The code also has There might be other avenues. There might job] right from the get-go, and the reason why Bélanger weighs in on what to undergo a review after two years, which be a spectrum that could be imposed.” I didn’t is because I’m not someone who is has not happened yet. During the next review, Ms. Bélanger titled oriented,” Ms. Bélanger said. “I want to lobbyists say about next review “I will not hesitate if one needs clarifica- said she also plans to look at making the contribute where I best fit, and I thought at When Ms. Bélanger was first nomi- tion to clarify, but then again there needs registry more transparent. the time because I had been in the access-to- nated, former Liberal cabinet minister Don to be a code and I can’t make everybody Right now, lobbyists do not need to information position, that the most logical step Boudria, now a lobbyist at Hill & Knowl- happy,” Ms. Bélanger said. “I will look at disclose who attended meetings or how would have been to apply for that one. Had I ton, said her ethics background meant she them, but right now if you ask me what the “communication” was conducted, whether applied for this one I thought it would look like could bring with her insight into how to fix change I should make, I can’t say that be- it was by email, over the phone, or in person. all I wanted was to be an agent of parliament.” overlapping rules between the Lobbying cause I’ve been here for such a short time.” “There is a big chance that, who is at [email protected] THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 13 Opinion

Liberal MP Mark Nova Scotia Liberal first elected in health, education, banking, and Eyking, chair of the 2000; he has a diploma in agri- other data—to be stored on serv- House International cultural business. One of the two ers and the cloud in Canada, and Trade Committee. vice chairs is , a small not elsewhere. On e-commerce The disappointing business and private equity inves- it could have been much clearer committee’s report tor from the Niagara region. He on resisting U.S. demands that raises questions about was first elected, as a Conserva- we permit duty-free entry of up the value of House tive, in 2004. The other vice chair to $800—for example, propos- committees and their is Tracey Ramsey (Essex), from the ing a much lower number and independence, writes Windsor region. First elected in more directly address the issue David Crane. The Hill 2015, she has a college diploma in of sales tax collection so that Times photograph by practical nursing and worked for Canadian retailers who have Sam Garcia the Ford Motor Co. for 19 years be- to collect the tax are not at a fore here election as an NDP MP. disadvantage. The government Among the committee’s 28 has already made a big mis- recommendation, the MPs said take by exempting Netflix from the Canadian government should collecting HST on its Canadian “prioritize outcomes that would subscriptions—Canadian cable promote Canadian exports, in- networks have to collect the tax. crease wages, and reduce income Likewise, it is vague on rules and wealth inequalities.” It also of origin, which impact the said the government should auto and other manufacturing “pursue changes that would make industries. It says Canada should the agreement more progressive, “oppose any changes to the including in relation to labour, rules-of-origin provisions that the environment, gender rights, would increase costs for busses Indigenous peoples and investor- or limit their participation in the state dispute settlement.” It called North American market.” But it on the government to “conduct does not offer any ideas on im- broad and meaningful consulta- provements in such rules. Rather, tions with Canadians” during it says, “the government should House International the NAFTA negotiations while pursue rules of origin that are also taking actions “designed easy to understand. In communi- to increase awareness among cating with business about rules American legislators, government of origin, the government should Trade Committee delivers officials, workers, businesses use clear language.” and voters, about the value of the This is not to single out the Canada-U.S. trade relationship.” House Trade Committee. Last This is all quite platitudinous month, the Commons Finance platitudes on NAFTA, and non-controversial. To be sure, Committee presented its pre- the committee did set down a few budget report. It contained a markers. It said that the NAFTA shopping list of 92 recommenda- negations “should remain trilat- tions, many of them simply aspi- misses a golden opportunity eral,” meaning the government rational and others platitudinous, should not ditch the Mexicans thus losing focus on a handful of and do a bilateral deal of its serious recommendations. It wasn’t for lack own (as former prime minister Ultimately, in our system, it Stephen Harper has proposed). is the MPs, and not the prime of information. The It called on the government to minister or the cabinet that can committee held 12 defend the supply management and should have the final voice system for dairy and poultry on policy. But MPs have to earn days of hearings products and “not increase the that voice. Over the years, they and heard from 66 country’s access commitments for have allowed the PMO to effec- imports of supply managed prod- tively take that power away and business and other ucts.” And it opposed elimination centralize it in the cabinet and organizations, as well of the cultural exemption. its unelected advisers. But these are more or less the One way to restore the power as individuals, along existing positions of the govern- of MPs would be to structure our ment. As is the committee’s in- parliamentary committees so with Foreign Affairs sistence on retaining the dispute that their work is more substan- Minister Chrystia settlement system to address U.S. tive, with MPs willing to be more use of anti-dumping and other independent in what they propose Freeland and senior protectionist measures—though or oppose. This would force poli- Canadian negotiators. it is hard to understand why it cymakers to pay more attention favours retention of the investor- to elected MPs rather than to un- The MPs visited state dispute system since it is not elected political advisers, which in Canada’s interest. would be more democratic and nine different U.S. In other areas, it offers noth- which might attract more talent cities, from Seattle, ing at all definitive—for ex- to serve in Parliament. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and NDP MP Tracey, pictured Aug. ample, on the digital economy. It David Crane can be reached at Sacramento, San 14, 2017, at the House International Trade Committee’s meeting on the could have set down clear condi- [email protected]. Francisco, and Denver NAFTA renegotiations. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia tions requiring Canadian data— The Hill Times to Detroit, Chicago, ORONTO—It was a golden raises questions about the value Topportunity for the House of House committees and their Columbus, Milwaukee International Trade Committee independence, and whether MPs and Washington. to report on the future of NAFTA themselves have serious ambi- and to make recommendations tion for work of committees on They had lots to work on what our negotiators should which they serve. As it is, most with—and could have and shouldn’t do. But what we got committee reports are rarely if from the 10 MPs on the committee ever reported in the media, and demanded more. But instead were largely platitudes. if the government doesn’t like a they didn’t. It wasn’t for lack of informa- report, it ignores it. tion. The committee held 12 days At the same time, one of the of hearings and heard from 66 disturbing developments in our business and other organizations, parliamentary system is that MPs as well as individuals, along with are beholden to party leaders who Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia have to sign their nomination Freeland and senior Canadian papers at each election, which is a negotiators. The MPs visited nine way of exerting implicit pressure different U.S. cities, from Seattle, on individual MPs not to display Sacramento, San Francisco, and too much independence. Denver to Detroit, Chicago, Co- Of the 10 trade committee NDP MP Tracey Ramsey, is a vice- lumbus, Milwaukee and Washing- members, seven are Liberals, two Conservative MP Dean Allison, is a chair of the House International ton. They had lots to work with— are Conservatives and one is from vice-chair of the House International Trade Committee, pictured in this file David Crane and could have demanded more. the NDP. The chair is Liberal MP Trade Committee. The Hill Times photograph. The Hill Times photograph The disappointing report Mark Eyking (Sydney-Victoria) a photograph by Sam Garcia Canada & the 21st Century by Andrew Meade 14 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

changes to foster more efficient analysis Trudeau testify, a move that is inconsis- of how taxpayer money is being spent. In tent with the spirit of openness this fed- every ministerial mandate letter issued by eral government was elected on, as well Public accounts, the prime minister, there is a promise “to as the rhetoric on transparency found in set a higher bar for openness and transpar- its mandate letters. Buried deep in the ency in government.” public accounts, however, are a quarter One specific action item consistent with of a billion reasons why increased trans- transparency, this commitment is to make parts (if not parency will help inform how taxpayer all) of the public accounts accessible in dollars are spent and the relationships Excel spreadsheets. This way, both finan- that underpin financial allocations. cial expenditures—and recipient informa- Evan Sotiropoulos, a Toronto-based and the Aga Khan tion—can be more easily identified, sorted, writer, has been contributing to The Hill compared, and analyzed, including across Times since 2006. @evan_sotirop fiscal years and, perhaps more tellingly, The Hill Times different political parties. Slightly more than half of federal Foundation expenses are for individual benefits (old Government Spending age security; guaranteed income supple- on the Aga Khan after all, had total program expenses (which ment; spouse’s allowance) and major The Canadian federal exclude public debt charges) of more than transfers to other levels of government Foundation Canada government has given $287-billion in the last fiscal year. (support for health and other social pro- Total amount spent in 2012-2013 • Global Peace and Security Fund $235-million over five Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Ottawa, Ont.: $1,497,374 years to the Aga Khan • Contributions for Bilateral Programming Foundation. Let’s put the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Ottawa, Ont.: $25,615,661 money received in the last • Contributions for Partnership Programming fiscal year in perspective. Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Ottawa, Ont.: $5,536,997 Total: $32,650,032

Total amount spent in 2013-2014 • Contributions for Bilateral Programming Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Ottawa, Ont.: $31,232,032 • Contributions for Partnership Programming Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Evan Sotiropoulos Ottawa, Ont.: $24,014,016 • Global Peace and Security Fund Opinion Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Ottawa, Ont.: $846,856 ORONTO—Some $235,553,238 is a • Grants for Multilateral Programming Tlot of money. Aga Khan Foundation Canada, It is the amount of money given by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Aga Khan, pictured on May 17, 2016, in Ottawa. Ottawa, Ont.: $2,000,000 federal government to the Aga Khan Foun- Photograph courtesy of the Prime Minister’s Office: Adam Scotti • Contributions for Bilateral Programming dation during the last five fiscal years ac- Aga Khan Foundation Canada, cording to transfer payments in the Public Ottawa, Ont.: $1,081,139 Each volume is divided into sections (50 grams; fiscal arrangements). Where addi- Accounts of Canada. Total: $59,174,043 in all) with detailed information. The public tional transparency is especially needed, Each year—in October more often than accounts are published in PDF and HTML though, is for transfer payments that not—the public accounts, which are the Total amount spent in 2014–2015 formats; in 2017, the combined documents take the form of grants and contributions audited financial statements of the federal • Contributions for Bilateral Programming for the former totalled 1,744 pages. made by the federal government “for government, are tabled in the House. Aga Khan Foundation Canada, There are many worthwhile stories hidden which no goods or services are received.” Produced in three volumes (summary re- Ottawa, Ont.: $21,596,989 in plain sight within these pages. Alas, much This brings us to the Aga Khan Foun- port and consolidated financial statements; •Contributions for Partnership with time and human resources are required to dation and the ethics controversy still details of expenses and revenues; and, addi- Canadians Programming sort through this information overload—two swirling around the prime minister after tional information and analyses), there is a Aga Khan Foundation Canada, features in short journalistic supply. he spent time in 2016 on a private island great deal of information contained therein. Ottawa, Ont.: $17,233,939 Still, the federal government can make owned by the Aga Khan. Recall, Justin So it should be; the federal government, • Grants for Multilateral Programming Trudeau characterized the Aga Khan as Aga Khan Foundation Canada, a long-time friend, despite having “no Ottawa, Ont.: $4,250,000 personal or private interactions with the Total: $43,080,928 Trade and human rights: Aga Khan and his family between 1983 and April 2013, when he became leader Total amount spent in 2015–2016 What is Canada’s role? of the , except • Contributions—Religious Freedom Fund for his father’s funeral in 2000,” accord- Aga Khan Foundation Canada, ing to the report released five days be- Ottawa, Ont.: $224,391 February 8, 2018 fore Christmas by the conflict of interest • Contributions for Bilateral Programming 7:30 am - 8:45 am and ethics commissioner. Aga Khan Foundation Canada, The $235-million over five years and Ottawa, Ont.: $24,963,931 Parliamentary Restaurant, Centre Block more than $47-million in 2016-2017 alone • Contributions for Partnership with $25 ($10 for students) — Free for parliamentarians is not a meaningless allocation of taxpayer Canadians Programming money. Let us put the money received by Aga Khan Foundation Canada, and media — Breakfast included the Aga Khan Foundation just in the last Ottawa, Ont.: $25,251,516 fiscal year in perspective. • Grants for Multilateral Programming What happens when the world’s largest economy no longer It is more money than the federal Aga Khan Foundation Canada, leads efforts to encourage economic growth through trade? government provides to the North Atlan- Ottawa, Ont: $3,000,000 Given significant uncertainty regarding U.S.-Canada trade tic Treaty Organization for its Security Total: $53,439,838 relations and broader global trends of rising popular concerns Investment Program ($34-million) and for about trade and citizens’ economic security, Canada is NATO’s Civil Administration ($25-million); Total amount spent in 2016–2017 increasingly assuming a role in advancing a progressive trade more than the Green Infrastructure Fund • Contributions for Bilateral Programming agenda. Susan Aaronson and Patrick Leblond examine ($45-million); more than the Public Transit Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Susan Aaronson, Patrick Leblond, Infrastructure Fund ($37-million); more Ottawa, Ont.: $27,809,282 Research Professor Associate Director, this development, including a critical account of the NAFTA than the Atlantic Innovation Fund ($31-mil- • Contributions for Partnership with of International Affairs, Graduate School and China options, with an eye to implications for economic lion); more than the Athlete Assistance George Washington of Public and growth, human rights and foreign policy. (In English, with Canadians Programming University International Affairs, Program ($28-million); more than to the Aga Khan Foundation Canada, University of Ottawa simultaneous interpretation into French via cell phone.) Organization for Security and Cooperation Ottawa, Ont.: $18,199,115 in Europe ($20-million); more than for the • Grants for Multilateral Programming Aboriginal Justice Strategy Fund ($14-mil- Aga Khan Foundation Canada, ideas-idees.ca/bigthinking lion); and the list goes on and on. Ottawa, Ont.: $1,200,000 Liberal MPs on the House of Com- #bigthinking Total: $47,208,397 mons Ethics Committee recently voted Grand total: $235,553,238 down a motion that would have seen CANNABISTHE HILL TIMES POLICY BRIEFING JANUARY 22, 2018 MUNICIPALITIES KEY TO SAFE, EFFECTIVE A LOOK AHEAD AT CANNABIS CANNABIS LEGALIZATION LEGALIZATION IN 2018 CANNABIS GOVERNMENT LEGALIZATION FALLING BEHIND ON IN CANADA: CANNABIS THE CASE FOR PUBLIC PARDONS & PREFERENTIAL EDUCATION LICENSING SAY CRITICS MJ-101: LIBERALS’ TIME FOR ANSWER TO DRUG IMPAIRED ‘HIGHER’ DRIVING? KNOWLEDGE PRECIOUS LITTLE ABOUT CANNABIS 16 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Cannabis Policy Briefing A look ahead at cannabis legalization in 2018 cultivation, testing, sales and trade—meant Perhaps most pressing for the Where we are now to accommodate for “micro-growers” and Under two separate but connected pieces different business niches—security clear- Liberal government is getting of legislation introduced last year, the Lib- ances, supply chain monitoring, and infor- eral government set the national blueprint, mative packaging and labelling. Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, or baseline, for the legalization of marijua- From there, Health Canada will publish through an increasingly na. In the bills, the Trudeau government set a summary of feedback received and then the minimum legal age to purchase marijua- decide its final regulations before publish- unpredictable Senate. na at 18 years old, though the provinces and ing it at time of legalization. territories are still allowed to set higher age Health Canada has also hired more thresholds, and introduced stiffer penal- BY JOLSON LIM inspectors and moved to inspect the use of ties for distributing marijuana to underage The Senate, pictured, is the site of the final pesticides by producers, after industry con- users and for driving while stoned, among rime Minister Justin Trudeau set off the legislative debate over marijuana legalization. cerns with the quality of the department’s other regulatory measures. The Hill Times file photograph regulators. Pcountdown clock when he announced Also, a new agreement stipulates that last month that cannabis would be legal in However, Canadian researchers still Ottawa will receive 25 per cent of tax rules to come into effect. It passed through Canada by the summer of 2018, however need to apply for a special exemption to revenue from legal marijuana, with the the House on Nov. 27, with support from there are still plenty of issues to sort out work with cannabis, and there have been provinces and territories keeping the rest. the governing Liberals, the NDP, Green before Canadians can legally light up, and few details from Health Canada on what Total revenue for the federal government is Party Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf some that will linger even after that. it will do to expand the country’s pot re- capped at $100 million annually, based on Islands, B.C.), and Conservative MP Scott Legislation introduced by the Liberal search capacity, as it has already pledged projections of $400 million of pot revenue Reid (Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, Ont.). It government legalizing and regulating to do. generated across Canada each year. A was opposed by the rest of the Conserva- marijuana use and possession must still gram of pot will be priced around $10 to tives and the Bloc Québécois caucus. pass through the less partisan structured ensure competitiveness, according to the In the Senate, the bill is expected to face Provinces and territories Senate, and provinces, cities, and law Ontario passed its cannabis law on Dec. agreement between the feds and provinces. opposition from the 33-member Conserva- enforcement organizations are still rush- 12, the first province in Canada to do so. The burgeoning cannabis industry will be tive caucus, who have largely come out ing to prepare themselves to sell and tax With Ontario being the most populated governed by new regulations and safe and re- against legalization and have expressed marijuana, and contend with a new set of province, and plans to sell pot in the same sponsible production that will be enforced by concerns that the Liberal government is laws on its use. manner as the LCBO, it may very well Health Canada inspectors. As of Jan. 12, there moving too fast. Legalization will also pave the way for make the province the world’s largest are 85 licensed producers, more than dou- But the biggest concern for Sen. Peter the rise of an expectedly multi-billion dol- marijuana dealer. bling the total from May, calming fears that Harder (Ontario), the government’s rep- lar cannabis industry, with Health Canada Six provinces and territories plan to legalization would result in a supply crunch resentative in the Senate, will be winning and provincial and territorial counterparts sell pot through government-run stores. because of the lack of licensed producers. over the largest group in the Upper Cham- tasked with developing the rulebook for The rest want either have a mix of private ber, the Independent Senators Group. The this new corporate domain. And then stores and government-operated online ISG holds 39 seats in the105-member Sen- there’s renewed calls to pardon Canadians The Senate sales. Nine provinces, including Ontario, ate, but does not function as a traditional previously convicted of petty possession The Cannabis Act, or Bill C-45, was have set the minimum age for purchase at partisan caucus, with members not given offences, and lingering questions about tabled in the House of Commons in April 19. and Quebec have set it at 18. explicit instructions on a piece of legisla- public education and awareness campaigns 2017, and would changes part of the Provincial governments are likely to tion. The Senate Liberal caucus, which has warning of the health risks of marijuana Criminal Code to legalize marijuana and face criticism from cities and First Nations no formal ties to the governing Liberals use. allow the federal government’s proposed communities and their police forces, who in the House, make up another 15 votes. will have to bear the brunt of servicing There are also seven non-affiliated Sena- and enforcement costs. First Nations are tors and 11 vacancies, as of Jan. 19. not satisfied with the consultation the The Upper Chamber will hold a special federal and provincial governments has ‘committee of the whole’ meeting on Feb. had with Indigenous communities. Cities 6, to bring all senators together to consider are demanding a piece of the revenue pie the legislation and question the three cabi- from provinces to help fund needed service net ministers responsible for the cannabis programs. file and Liberal MP (Scarborough Doctors and nurses will have to be Southwest, Ont.), the government’s point educated on cannabis, and patients are man on pot. expected to ask many questions on its A Conservative attempt to amend the therapeutic potential. motion to include four more ministers for questioning throughout February was nar- rowly voted down, hinting that some sena- After legalization tors may try to extend debate on the Bill But once the smoke settles and pot C-45, which ISG Sen. Tony Dean (Ontario) becomes legal, there will still be work to is sponsoring. CBC reported on Jan. 13 that do on the cannabis file for policymakers in time allocation was being considered for Ottawa and across the country. the cannabis bill. Thanks to an NDP amendment to Bill C-45, the the Liberal government must in- troduce legislation on the legality of mari- Creating a regulatory framework juana edibles and concentrated pot within a year. As well, regulations are likely to be tweaked to reflect unanticipated challeng- es, and responsible federal, provincial, and territorial departments will likely need to staff up to meet new service needs. Then there’s the state of play in the can- nabis industry. What will it look like? Will it be dominated by big corporate entities? Or will there be a vast and competitive corporate landscape? And what role will Ottawa play in structuring the cannabis production industry? Liberal MP Bill Blair and Health Minister Then, there’s the future of the mari- , pictured during an juana education and awareness campaigns. announcement in the House foyer on Nov. 21, What shape will they take once cannabis is are critical players on the cannabis file.The Hill legal to purchase? Health Canada received Times photo by Andrew Meade millions in funding last fall to launch a public education campaign, though noth- Last May, Health Canada promised ing has sprung up since. to streamline its regulatory approach for Finally, Public Safety Minister Ralph marijuana production, which producers Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) recently had long complained was too slow and confirmed that department officials are complex. Health Canada released its latest examining possible pardons and criminal proposed regulatory framework on Nov. 20, record suspensions for certain cannabis opening it up to feedback through a 60-day possession crimes. consultation period that ended Jan. 20. What will that look like? The department’s proposals include [email protected] categorizing licensing between processing, The Hill Times LET’S HAVE THE RIGHT CONVERSATION ABOUT ADULT-USE CANNABIS

While there are many views on how best to legalize and regulate adult-use cannabis use in Canada, there are two fundamental things the industry and government agree on:

1) cannabis needs to stay out of the hands of children 2) we must eradicate the black market

The cannabis How successful the industry is in doing both will depend on the ability to differentiate between legal and illegal cannabis products. Adult consumers need to clearly see the value of legal cannabis, including safety, quality and industry and consistency.

government want How do we make that happen? A critical first step is to ensure regulators allow Licensed Producers of adult-use cannabis to advertise their products, the same thing: develop identifiable brands and educate consumers about responsible use. The Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Branding – which represents keeping cannabis approximately 90 per cent of the current legal medical cannabis market, in consultation with Advertising Standards Canada – has developed proposed responsible, common sense cannabis branding and marketing guidelines. If away from kids endorsed by government, these guidelines would allow Licensed Producers to explain to adult consumers why their products are better and safer than those and out of the offered on the black market. The industry is committed to working with federal, provincial and territorial black market governments as long-term partners to protect public health and safety, and combat the illicit market. Allowing Licensed Producers to communicate to adult consumers effectively is a critical component of achieving these shared goals.

To read the Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Branding’s proposed branding and marketing guidelines visit: http://bit.ly/cannabisguidelines.

The Coalition for Responsible Cannabis Branding (Coalition) is made up of 17 of Canada’s authorized Licensed Cannabis Producers, along with the Canadian Medical Cannabis Council and Cannabis Canada Association. Participating Licensed Producers include:

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Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, experts, and we continue to seek feedback small amounts of cannabis. We agree and nabis Legalization and Regulation, we have Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, and through public consultation including on the want to make sure that we protect young set a very low limit on the number of plants Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale proposed regulatory regime for cannabis. people from the health harms of cannabis allowed per household as a reasonable way We are working closely with national while also avoiding the negative impacts on to allow adults to cultivate cannabis for their Opinion Indigenous organizations and Indigenous their future from a criminal record. This is personal use, while prohibiting larger-scale he current approach of cannabis prohi- communities to understand their views and why Bill C-45 proposes to exempt youth from commercial grow-ops that are of concern to Tbition has failed to protect our com- respond to their needs and priorities in areas criminal liability for possessing or sharing communities today. munities and our youth. Canadian youth such as health, economic development, pub- very small amounts of cannabis. At the same We also know that some Canadians are use cannabis at rates that are amongst the lic safety, and public health education. For time, we have been encouraging provinces concerned about drug-impaired driving. It highest in the world. Our latest survey in- example, we expanded the scope of existing and territories to establish offences to prohibit is already a major contributor to fatal road dicates that 21 per cent of teens aged 15-19 economic development programs to better young people from possessing any amount of crashes and has been increasing year after and 30 per cent of young adults aged 20-24 support Indigenous entrepreneurs interested cannabis. This approach would provide police year. This is a problem right now. According reported using cannabis in the past year. in participating in the cannabis industry, with the authority to seize cannabis from to Health Canada’s 2017 Cannabis Survey, 39 The illegal market is thriving, resulting in and introduced a navigator service designed youth, while not subjecting them to harsh per cent of respondents who used cannabis billions of dollars in profits for criminals to guide Indigenous applicants through the criminal sanctions. All provinces and territo- in the past 12 months reported driving within and organized crime; it operates without licensing process for cannabis production. ries that have introduced cannabis legislation two hours of using cannabis. While 33 per oversight, accountability or regard for the Some Canadians are worried that legal- have established such prohibitions. This plan cent of driver fatalities in auto crashes involve health and well-being of Canadians. izing and regulating cannabis will increase would put an end to the stigmatization of alcohol, 40 per cent involve drugs. Our government is proposing a solu- youth access. But let’s be clear: Canadian young people through criminal records for To combat this problem, we introduced Bill tion—legalizing and regulating cannabis for youth already have easy access to cannabis possession of small quantities of cannabis. C-46 to strengthen drug- and alcohol-impaired adults—which aims to prevent youth from today as demonstrated by high use rates. Bill We are also mindful of the concerns of driving laws. And we’re investing $274-million accessing cannabis, protect public health by C-45 contains extensive provisions to keep those who have existing criminal records. to support law enforcement and border efforts establishing strict product quality and safety cannabis out of the hands of young people, While pardons are already available for to detect and deter drug-impaired driving, and requirements, and deter criminal activity by including advertising restrictions, packaging simple possession, once Bill C-45 is enacted, to enforce the new cannabis regime. imposing serious penalties for those operat- and labelling restrictions, and new criminal we will examine how to make things fairer We have also launched a national public ing outside the legal framework. Our propos- offences for providing or selling cannabis to for Canadians who have been previously awareness campaign to counter the myths al is supported by the best available evidence youth. Clear labelling will ensure that those convicted for minor possession offences. and misconceptions that continue to persist as well as guidance from the Task Force on of legal age who do choose to use cannabis In this same vein, our proposed legislation about cannabis-impaired driving. The mes- Cannabis Legalization and Regulation. are alerted to potential health harms and allows for the cultivation of a limited amount sage is simple: don’t drive high. Soon we Since committing to legalization and know the contents of what they are using. of cannabis at home, which not only prevents will launch our public education campaign regulation in 2015, we have been working We are also investing $46-million over five unnecessary criminalization of otherwise law- on the health effects of cannabis. toward achieving this goal in a thoughtful years in public education, awareness, and abiding adults who grow a limited number Our government is confident that we and measured way. Over the past two years, surveillance activities to inform Canadians of plants in a safe and responsible manner are putting in place strong legislation that we have heard from tens of thousands of about the health risks of using cannabis. for their personal use, but also supports our will help keep cannabis out of the hands of Canadians, including medical professionals, Other Canadians believe that we should objective of displacing the illegal market. Fol- young people and displace the illegal can- police services, city officials, and industry not criminalize youth for possessing very lowing the advice of the Task Force on Can- nabis market.

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November. The education campaign run by on how much THC—the main ingredient Health Canada, will focus on federal laws in cannabis that causes people to become as well as the health impacts of smoking up. high—is found in the driver’s system, and Government falling Officials from Washington and Colorado whether it is combined with alcohol. states—places that legalized marijuana in Young people are a key target of the cam- 2012 officially, with sales starting in 2014— paigns as they are the largest demographic warned the Canadian government to make of cannabis users, and the scientific consen- behind on cannabis sure public education is in place well in sus is that marijuana can harm developing advance of legalization. Their jurisdictions brains, especially with the higher THC levels didn’t have public education campaigns today. Cannabis use rates have dropped in until well after legalization, as the funding the last few years, but Canada still has one was coming from marijuana tax revenue. of the highest rates in the developed world. public education, Tammy Jarbeau, a Health Canada The campaign will also target Indigenous spokesperson, said the department will peoples, pregnant women, and others. launch a national advertising campaign Mr. Davies said he gives the government on cannabis health facts targeting youth a failing grade on public education, adding say critics and young adults this spring. Both NDP that it is significantly underfunding public MP (Vancouver Kingsway, education compared to what Colorado and BY EMILY HAWS B.C.) and Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu Washington spent. In October, the Cana- Health Canada says its national (Sarnia-Lambton, Ont.), their parties’ dian government announced $36.4-million education advertising campaign ealth Canada says it will launch a respective health critics, said they haven’t over the next five years for a cannabis edu- Hnational public education advertis- heard anything about it. Ms. Gladu said cation and awareness campaign, divided as is set to launch in the spring, but ing campaign on cannabis in the spring, she had heard that a small campaign ex- $22.5-million in planned spending over the critics warn it should have been though critics say it should have already isted, but has not seen any proof of it. The first two years, and $13.9 in the three years been in place in order to educate the public Conservatives are against the legalization following. This new money is in addition in place months ago to make ahead of the July 1 legalization deadline. of cannabis, whereas the NDP have said if to the planned $9.6-million over five years sure youth are prepared for July The impaired driving campaign run by elected the would immediately decriminal- that was announced in the 2017 budget, Public Safety,“Don’t Drive High”, has been ize the drug, and then legalize it. which focuses on public education, aware- 1’s cannabis legalization. popping up in social media feeds since “We heard clearly from colleagues in U.S. ness, and surveillance activities. states that have legalized cannabis for non- That amounts to about $1.27 spent per medical purposes that early public education Canadian over five years, or about $0.25 is critical,” said Ms. Jarbeau. “Our approach per Canadian annually. According to to public education follows this advice, learn- House Health Committee testimony, Wash- ing from the experiences of others.” ington spends US$7.5-million annually on Since the introduction of the proposed its population of seven million, working out legislation, Health Canada has run an ongo- to about $1.07 person per year. Colorado ing digital campaign including social media, spends about US$9-million per year on its Ms. Jarbeau said, as well as the development population of 5.5 million, working out to of a kit to inform the public of the risks. $1.63 per person annually. The best way to find out “To date, Health Canada has distributed “If you put it in terms of people, we’re more than 170,000 copies of the Drug Free spending basically a dollar for every Cana- Kids Canada Cannabis Talk Kit in addition dian over five years, and they’re spending to those [downloaded],” Ms. Jarbeau said in a dollar per person, per year,” he said. what Canadian youth an email, adding that educational initia- When brought up at the House Health tives started in the spring of 2017 and will Committee on Sept. 12, Kristi Weeks, the gov- be expanded in 2018. ernment relations director of the Washington think about cannabis … Despite Health Canada saying a digital State Department of Health, recommended campaign exists, when one Googles “public the Canadian government have more than the education marijuana campaign Canada” $9-million in proposed funding at the time. nothing about the campaign pops up. “One tip I would give to you ... is to is to ask them. Googling “don’t drive high campaign mari- make sure you have that educational fund- juana Canada” brings up the campaign’s ing up front,” she said. “That you don’t rely website, with information and the ads. just on taxation dollars, because doing that Liberal MP Bill Blair (Scarborough is going to put you behind the eight ball.” Southwest, Ont.)—parliamentary secretary We did. to the justice and health ministers and the ‘You can’t start soon enough’: government’s point-person on pot—was con- tacted for this story, but was unavailable. Davies Awareness campaigns are needed The House Health Committee studied because the public assumes a product is Bill C-45 this fall hearing from 120 witness- safe when legalized. Bill C-45, known as es, including officials from Washington, the Cannabis Act, was introduced in the Colorado, as well as Canadian experts. House in April, it received third reading in Witnesses testified that the late timing the House on Nov. 27 and passed second of the Colorado and Washington campaigns reading in the Senate on Nov. 30. A key was problematic because youth didn’t part of the Liberal platform, it is meant to understand risks or implications. Peter prevent young people from accessing can- Howlett, of the addiction treatment facility nabis, to protect public health and safety Portage Canada, testified on Sept. 13 that by establishing quality control regimes, according to one study, by 2013 marijuana and to deter criminal activity by increasing use in Colorado was 55 per cent above the consequences for those operating illegally. national average among teens and young In parallel is Bill C-46, referred to adults, and 86 per cent higher for those 25 Senate’s Legal and Constitutional Affairs and older Committee on Dec. 14, which looks to curb Another study, he said, looked at mari- driving while high on cannabis by creat- juana usage rates in Colorado from two ing three new offences for having specified years before and after legalization for the levels of a drug in the blood within two hours of driving. The penalties will depend Continued on page 20

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu scrums at Health Committee, September 12, 2017. As her party’s health clinic, she said it Learn more about is important youth know Canadian Youth Perceptions on Cannabis the unintended risks of marijuana use, such as at CCSA.CA being barred entry from the United States, where the drug is illegal federally. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 21 Policy BriefingCannabis Health Canada adding staff, launching new branch, in preparation for legal pot

and editor-in-chief of Lift Cannabis, a part- society” will become increasingly pertinent To deal with its new oversight consulting, part-cannabis news company. as legalization approaches, with more Ca- duties, Health Canada created nadians, for example, asking doctors about Prohibition, tobacco control marijuana’s purported therapeutic benefits. a cannabis legalization and Mark Ware, a McGill University profes- program of the 1990s closest sor and vice-chair of the legalization and regulation branch. comparison to cannabis shake-up regulation task force, told The Hill Times BY JOLSON LIM The most recent policy initiative compa- that there needs to be better “harmoniza- rable to marijuana legalization in scope and tion and interconnection between different ealth Canada is taking the lead on the complexity was the tightening of regulations research groups” on marijuana. Hmarijuana file in Ottawa in advance on the tobacco industry undertaken by the He said better organizing with the help of the summer deadline for legalization, Chretien government in the 1990s, according of Health Canada can ensure people aren’t overseeing product licensing and regula- to Ivan Ross Vrána, vice-president of public “duplicating efforts and using limited re- Health Canada has been tasked with overseeing tions, quality monitoring, health research, affairs with Hill+Knowlton Strategies and a sources” on similar projects. cannabis producers under the federal and public education. former Health Canada official who worked Some cannabis researchers have already government’s marijuana legalization framework. In preparation, the department is trans- on the medical marijuana file. gathered together to meet on the matter, A marijuana growing facility in Smith Falls, forming in ways unseen in decades, ac- But even then, the tobacco regulations, such as one gathering organized by the Ont. run by Tweed Inc., now Canopy Growth, is cording to experts and a former Liberal which mostly focused on tightening packaging Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse last pictured. The Hill Times file photograph health minister, adding new inspectors and rules and improved enforcement, fail to match year. Researchers have also proposed an staff to deal with backlogged licensing ap- the scale of the legalization mandate, he said, independent research body to organize and plications and increased service demands, with Health Canada being asked to essentially requirements for research. Health Minister prioritize different pot-related research. and creating the Cannabis Legalization regulate and oversee an entirely new industry. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton-Riverview- Dr. Ware said that there also needs to be and Regulation Branch to handle its new “The regulatory responsibility is quite Dieppe, N.B.), though, hasn’t released more better access to materials used to research marijuana-related functions. awesome,” Mr. Vrána told The Hill Times. information about how this would take place. cannabis and an increased analytical capacity “Will there be more human resources, “It means a growth in resources, in peo- “It doesn’t make much sense to me that in laboratories that can better study complex more financial resources to do what they ple who understand the file, which they’ve in a number of months, we’re going to be molecules and human urine, blood and saliva. need to do on the regulatory side? Absolutely been doing for the last couple of years.” able to as adults to walk out to basically a The Canadian Institute for Health Re- they will,” said Anne McLellan, who served Mr. Vrána described Health Canada’s corner store and buy cannabis, and yet we search, a federal research funding organiza- as Liberal health minister from 2002-03 and efforts to ready itself as “incremental,” with will have to go through regulations for can- tion under Ms. Taylor’s purview, will allocate headed the federal government’s 2016 task much of the preparation and capacity- nabis access similar to if we were going to about $1-million this year for 10 cannabis re- force on cannabis legalization and regulation. building work beginning soon after the be experimenting on heroin and cocaine,” search projects. CIHR has approved $6.8-mil- “And my guess is, over time, they will Liberals took power in 2015 on a campaign said M-J Milloy, research scientist with the lion in funding for 15 different projects since need more.” platform promising to legalize marijuana. British Columbia Centre on Substance Use. 2017, the Globe and Mail reported. The Liberal government earmarked Ms. McLellan said it’s “too soon” to Dr. Milloy told The Hill Times that can- [email protected] $526-million over five years in last Oc- predict the scope of the changes cannabis nabis research from the “molecule up to The Hill Times tober’s fall economic statement to ready legalization will bring to Health Canada, the federal government for legalization, noting that the task force she chaired on Open letter by the Honourable , Senior Vice President at GardaWorld and former federal minister from 2008 to providing $432-million, or 82 per cent of the file warned Ottawa to expect surprises 2015 (Public Works and Government Services, Natural Resources, Industry and International Development, and la Francophonie) the new cash, to Health Canada. and unintended consequences. However, The newly-formed cannabis branch is she said the department was no stranger to led by assistant deputy minister Jacqueline handling regulations on health and safety, LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS: ENSURING CANADIANS Bogden. The federal electronic directory even if the closest precedent in Canada shows the new branch includes its own would have to be the repeal of the tempo- SAFETY WITHOUT BURDENING POLICE OFFICERS legalization and regulation secretariat, an rary prohibition on alcohol in 1920. The recreational use of cannabis will become legal within One example that quickly comes to mind is a truck full of organization and launch directorate, and “They understand what regulatory regimes months in Canada, and there will inevitably be repercus- cannabis which leaves the production site and has to travel a the Office of Medical Cannabis. look like and challenges around enforcement. sions. Several questions on security and enforcing laws and few hundred kilometres to the storage facility. This truck can be The secretariat has its own external They’ve been working on the food and drug regulations related to the legalization of cannabis are raised. a target for criminals; a much larger target than a truck loaded relations division, a policy legislative and space for decades,” Ms. McLellan said. GardaWorld mandated the leading firm in Canada, Ipsos with food, toys, or alcohol. The industry can offer a secure trans- regulatory affairs division, and task force Public Affairs, to conduct a scientific survey on the use of portation service, as it already does, with cash transportation. support division. Producers applying for Questions remain with shaping security firms to support police forces to ensure the safety of a permit to grow cannabis communicate Canadians regarding the legalization of cannabis. In support of provinces, municipalities, with the Office of Medical Cannabis. cannabis research landscape GardaWorld, a Canadian entity, is one of the largest private and private businesses “Its [creation] implies that this is a In the push towards legalization, Health security companies in the world. It provides security guard services, cash transportation and processing services, and While elected municipal officials across the country express significant change in the way as a society Canada released proposed regulations for can- concern about the costs of implementing cannabis legaliza- we’ve viewed cannabis,” Ms. McLellan told nabis producers this past November, asking pre-boarding control services in airports. Its 62,000 dedicated and highly-qualified professionals serve a diversified clientele tion, the industry can provide less expensive solutions that are The Hill Times, noting that that it now has stakeholders to share their views over the 60- throughout North America, the Middle East, Africa and supported by the public. an obligation to “ensure they have the right day consultation period that ended on Jan. 20. Europe, across a broad range of sectors, including financial Private security companies can help ensure the safety of work- people in place with the right focus to pro- The department is also adding more staff institutions, infrastructures, natural resources and retail, ers and the public at cannabis storage facilities, production tect Canadians’ health and safety.” to address concerns from industry about the governments and humanitarian organizations. sites, and points of sale. “It would be shocking if they hadn’t cre- lack of inspectors, after it was discovered Furthermore, by enforcing laws and regulations related to the legal- ated it,” she said. that banned pesticides were used by three fed- Strong support ization of cannabis, such as monitoring public areas where consump- The Financial Post reported in Octo- erally-licensed producers early last year. Since Canadians expect a secure environment regarding the legal- tion will be prohibited, transportation, storage and points of sale, the ber that the funding allocated to Health then, Health Canada has moved to regulate the ization of cannabis and have expressed a significant level of industry is able to provide high quality, sophisticated services all while Canada in the fall update is earmarked for use of pesticides by cannabis producers. comfort relating to the involvement of serious private security ensuring the safety of the population. The industry is therefore calling implementing the new regulatory frame- Allan Rewak, acting executive director firms in support of police officers for: on the various levels of government to apply the necessary legislative work, expanding the capacity of licens- of the Cannabis Canada Association, which Surveillance of areas surrounding cannabis production sites: changes to make outsourcing possible or easier across Canada. ing and inspection, and compliance and represents licensed marijuana producers, said 70% are comfortable compared to 21% who are not. Putting the right people in the right places enforcement. It will also support expanded Health Canada has been hiring more inspec- Monitoring of warehousing and distribution centres for cannabis monitoring and research, a national public tors to address the backlog of applicant cases, products: 69% are comfortable compared to 21% who are not. Police forces are responding to increasingly complex crimes and though everyone from producers to govern- criminals. The majority of Canadians believe police officers should education and awareness campaign, and Surveillance of cannabis production sites: 69% are comfort- tracking systems and program support. ment will have to learn and adjust on the fly. focus their work on tracking down criminals for investigations able compared to 21% who are not. and patrolling, as opposed to managing traffic or issuing Health Canada didn’t respond to re- “We’ve all had to find our own way, and parking tickets. We should all make sure that our police forces quests before deadline asking exactly how Health Canada’s regulators are a part of Secure transport of cannabis products from production sites to warehousing and distribution centres: 66% comfortable are assigned to as many tasks for which they alone are trained much funding each area of focus would that,” he told The Hill Times. compared to 24% who are not. to undertake and let the private security industry offer the same receive and how many people work within Canada’s research community, though, quality support services but at a much lower cost. For the past few years, GardaWorld and the private security the legalization and regulation branch. is still waiting for answers from Health Hence, the legalization of cannabis should not place an unnecessary Canada after the department recommend- industry have clearly expressed that they are ready to play a The federal civil service also received greater role in supporting police forces. The industry can fulfill burden on our police officers by assigning them additional tasks an additional $36.4-million in the fall up- ed in November that researchers look- the duties for which its guards have been duly trained and that are not exclusive to their line of work. As we know, the private date for a cannabis education and aware- ing to work with cannabis apply first for regulated. security industry is qualified and well-equipped to perform such tasks, ness campaign, building on the $9.6-million a license. Currently, any researcher who and more importantly, Canadians are in favour of this notion. handed out in 2017 budget. wants to work with cannabis must apply Security throughout the value chain Health Canada has also brought in ex- for a legal exemption from the department. Canadians agree that the private security industry should support pertise outside the department, such as hir- However, Health Canada’s proposed regu- police officers by providing security across the entire cannabis value ing David Brown as a senior policy advisor. latory framework says the department should chain: from cannabis production to consumption by product users. Mr. Brown was director of communications streamline and rationalize the process and 22 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Cannabis Policy Briefing

by then. Some 65,000 police is impaired. Per se limits inevitably officers will require training to mean that some drivers who are not understand Bill C-46; the Liberals’ impaired will be charged for being Liberals’ answer to drug impaired driving legislation. over the THC limit. More worri- Aside from the costs (which are some, some drivers who are im- significant), there simply won’t be paired will be under the THC limit enough time to take thousands of and get away with drug impaired drug impaired driving? police officers off the street to un- driving. This is hardly a way to keep dertake training by the summer. our roads safe from drug impaired To-date, the Liberals’ answer drivers; never mind the extensive to drug impaired driving has been litigation and court challenges that Bill C-46, a deeply flawed bill. are sure to follow, resulting in fur- Precious little Among other things, Bill C-46 ther delay to our already overbur- establishes per se limits for drug dened criminal justice system. Statistics like this shouldn’t come impaired driving based on THC The combination of a lack of The combination of as a surprise. After all, legalization concentration in the blood. This resources, insufficient time to train means that more Canadians are is consistent with per se limits law enforcement, as well as flawed a lack of resources, going to use marijuana. And that for alcohol impaired driving. The and unscientific per se limits, un- will mean more people will also get problem, however, is that unlike derlie the need for the Liberals to insufficient behind the wheel high. alcohol there is no clear correla- put the brakes on their rushed and time to train law So what have the Liberals tion between THC blood concen- arbitrary timeline to legalize mari- done to help law enforcement tration levels and impairment. juana. If they don’t, our roads are enforcement, as prepare for what is sure to be a Neither THC nor alcohol, impair going to become a lot more danger- significant spike in drug impaired the blood; they impair the brain. ous come the summer of 2018. well as flawed and Conservative MP Michael Cooper driving? Precious little. For alcohol, blood can be used as Conservative MP Michael Coo- good surrogate for the brain to per, who represents St. Albert- Bill C-46 To begin with, there is a short- unscientific per se age of drug recognition experts detect impairment. Not so with Edmonton, Alta., is his party’s limits, underlies the (DREs). DREs are the “gold stan- THC. There simply is no level of deputy justice critic. mpaired driving is the leading dard” in providing evidence of drug THC in the blood in which everyone The Hill Times need for the Liberals Icriminal cause of death and injury impairment. There are approxi- on Canada’s roads. Each year 1,200 mately 600 DREs across Canada. to put the brakes to 1,500 Canadians are killed at Law enforcement says that many the hands of a driver impaired by more DREs are needed to deal with on their rushed and alcohol or drugs. That works out the anticipated increase in drug to four to five Canadians a day. On impaired driving. Despite the need, arbitrary timeline to average, a staggering 60,000 more the Liberals haven’t done enough legalize marijuana. If are injured. Thanks to the Liberal to help. As a result, by the summer government’s decision to legal- of 2018 there won’t be many more they don’t, our roads ize marijuana, expect to see more DREs than there are now; far short carnage on Canada’s roads. One of what law enforcement says is are going to become need only look at other jurisdictions needed to detect and remove drug that have legalized marijuana. Take impaired drivers from our roads. a lot more dangerous Colorado. According to a U.S. gov- Then there’s the Liberals’ ernment study, marijuana-related rushed and arbitrary timeline to come the summer of traffic deaths increased on aver- legalize marijuana by the sum- 2018. age 48 per cent in the three years mer of 2018. Law enforcement People pictured at the 4/20 event on Parliament Hill on April 20, 2017. Conservative after Colorado legalized marijuana. says they simply can’t be ready MP Michael Cooper says Bill C-46 is flawed.The Hill Times file photograph

will soon be will needlessly harm vulnerable Ca- Health Minister made legal in nadians, particularly young people, Trudeau government Ginette Petitpas Taylor Canada, the NDP racialized communities, Indigenous and Liberal MP Bill has been clear people, and other marginalized Blair, parliamentary from the outset groups, mainly the poor. secretary to the that we should Parliament is well aware of the should create process minister of justice and immediately devastating consequences of carry- minister of health, decriminalize ing criminal convictions, especially pictured Nov. 21, the possession for young people, Indigenous and to pardon, expunge 2017, on the Hill of recreational marginalized Canadians. It is il- launching public cannabis for logical and unjust to continue this consultations on the personal use policy on the eve of legalization. criminal records regulatory approach pending full After the NDP and stakehold- for the Cannabis legalization. ers revealed gaping holes in the Act. The Hill Times Now, petty Liberal government’s cannabis leg- photograph by Andrew possession is a islation, the NDP proposed amend- of Canadians with Meade crime that the ments to C-45 that would provide print of Bill C-45 only to discover prime minister an expedited pardon process for that it is not legalization, but simply himself has admitted to committing Canadians carrying convictions for cannabis offences making cannabis less illegal. while serving as an elected official. cannabis offences that no longer From the start, the Liberals This admission of past cannabis use exist, but they were rejected. have refused to decriminalize belies his repeated assertion that Millions of Canadians use simple possession of cannabis, “Until we’ve changed the law, the cannabis. They have used it in the Given that cannabis despite calls from stakeholders current laws exist and apply.” I guess past, they will use it today, and possession will soon and the NDP. In the meantime, that means that they apply to other they will continue to use it in the thousands of Canadians are con- people and not to him. years to come. They are not crimi- be made legal in tinuing to get arrested, charged It is a shame and hypocrisy of nals. They are our parents, teach- and convicted for something the highest order that the current ers, friends, colleagues, loved ones, Canada, the NDP that will soon be legal, even government continues to pros- and citizens of this great country as our justice system remains ecute and convict Canadians for who voted for genuine cannabis has been clear from severely under-resourced. simple cannabis possession, which legalization in the last election. the outset that we For far too long, we have wast- is something the government ad- The NDP will continue to call NDP MP Don Davies ed billions of dollars in resources mits, should be legal. The govern- on the Trudeau government to should immediately Pardons & Offences in the criminal justice system by ment knows full well that current create a process to pardon and criminalizing otherwise law-abid- cannabis laws are not applied expunge the criminal records of decriminalize ing citizens at an alarming rate for consistently across this country. Canadians with cannabis offenc- hen the Liberals promised simply processing and consuming Indeed, their discriminatory im- es. We will also continue to work the possession WCanadians cannabis legaliza- cannabis. In fact, we still are. pact has been well documented by positively and constructively to tion in the last election, Canadians According to Statistics Canada, Canadian researchers, like Simon develop the smartest, safest, and of recreational understood legalization to mean the in 2016, under the Liberal govern- Fraser University’s Dr. Neil Boyd. most effective cannabis legisla- cannabis for personal end of criminalization, the end of ment after it promised Canadians Furthermore, given the extensive tion and regulations in the world, stigmatization, and the end of the legalization, there were 55,000 of- body of research on the negative because it is time we delivered. use pending full prohibitionist approach to cannabis. fences related to cannabis report- impacts of carrying a criminal NDP MP Don Davies is his It is why the NDP, along with ed to police, and police charged record, it is clear that pursuing party’s health critic and MP for legalization. millions of other Canadians, were 17,733 people with pot possession. thousands of convictions for actions Vancouver Kingsway, B.C. somewhat surprised to read the fine Given that cannabis possession that we no longer view as criminal The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 23 Policy BriefingCannabis Must cannabis be grown in Fort Knox?

welcomes this government’s commitment to For some reason, the legalization. Unfortunately, these efforts are The problem marred by something of a “reefer-madness” is that growing government seems bound mindset. I attempted to amend the legis- cannabis indoors, and determined to confine lation to eliminate the extremely severe in addition to penalties for accidentally sharing cannabis being unnecessary, growing of cannabis to the with a minor. Those efforts failed. But much imposes a rather can be improved through regulations. large climate indoors. This is bizarre. For some reason, the government seems impact. An bound and determined to confine growing of astonishing amount Cannabis grows well cannabis to the indoors. This is bizarre. Can- of water and energy outdoors. In fact, it grows nabis grows well outdoors. In fact, it grows are required to like a weed. It is an ideal crop to replace grow cannabis like a weed. It is an ideal tobacco cultivation in many parts of Canada. indoors, writes However, ever since the first govern- Green Party leader crop to replace tobacco mental medical marijuana facility was Elizabeth May. built by Allan Rock in the abandoned mine The Hill Times file cultivation in many parts of tunnels of Flin Flon, Man., the cultivation photograph of cannabis has been consigned to the Canada. dark. When cannabis was a prohibited substance, indoors growing may have been A peer-reviewed study by Evan Mills, the potential to ramp up supply is far more defensible as the crop was a target for a senior scientist and energy expert attainable than with the indoor factory theft. But as a legal crop, there is no more at University of California Berkeley, approach. Because outdoor cultivation also need to grow it indoors than there is to estimates that a kilogram of cannabis has environmental impacts in energy use, grow tobacco indoors. product will produce 4,600 kilograms of fertilizer and pesticide run-off, the gold The problem is that growing cannabis greenhouse gases. (“The carbon foot- standard of regulations should aim for indoors, in addition to being unnecessary, print of indoor cannabis production,” certified organic production. Our experi- imposes a rather large climate impact. An Energy Policy 46 (2012) 58-57) ence with tobacco shows that some of the astonishing amount of water and energy are In British Columbia, we have protected carcinogenic impacts of cigarettes were re- required to grow cannabis indoors. Statistics agricultural areas for decades within the lated to artificial fertilizers and pesticides, from those areas where cannabis has been Agricultural Land Reserve. In my riding made deadlier through burning and inhala- legalized in the United States should give us on southern Vancouver Island, this pre- tion within smoke. An organic cannabis Green Party Leader Elizabeth May pause as we organize a massive energy-inten- cious agricultural land is up for grabs for product will be preferable from health and Growing cannabis sive indoors cannabis industry. In Colorado, indoor cannabis operations. Constructed environmental viewpoints. Our regulations Denver’s marijuana facilities consume two per in bunkers, they have no relationship to should contemplate our best outcomes and cent of the state’s electricity. In California, it is agriculture. The soil is being covered, food avoid creating another and growing source s the first federal party in Canada to three per cent. Oregon’s utility has compared is not being grown, and vast areas are off of greenhouse gas emissions. Aadvocate for an end to the futile and the energy required to grow four plants to that limits behind barbed wire. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May rep- counter-productive prohibition policy to- required to run our most energy-hungry appli- While growing cannabis as a more tra- resents Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C. wards cannabis, the ance—not one refrigerator, but 29 refrigerators. ditional outdoor crop has some challenges, The Hill Times

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among orders of government, and with provinces—for a 75-25 split— financial tools that work. specifically to support municipali- Co-ordination matters because ties. This has launched an impor- Municipalities key local implementation hinges on tant conversation among orders of the regulatory frameworks that government toward achieving that federal and provincial govern- fair municipal share. ments develop. To move forward The federal commitment to le- to safe, effective locally, municipalities need to galize cannabis has always carried know what’s coming—and we a federal responsibility to ensure have frontline expertise to share. all orders of government have the And while co-ordination has been tools they need to follow through. uneven, we see it improving, and So if cannabis revenues start cannabis legalization we need that to continue. lower than hoped, or if local costs Financial tools matter be- exceed FCM’s projections, Ottawa Canadians are asking tough ques- But keeping Canadians safe and cause implementing this federal will need to find other ways to en- With the right tools, tions: Will marijuana be sold next well-served will involve as many government commitment will sure those costs are covered. But to my child’s school? How will we as 17 municipal departments— impose major new costs on mu- the great advantage of revenue- local governments will keep drug-impaired drivers off from business licensing to transit nicipalities. To keep Canadians sharing is the planning stability it be ready to answer the the road? How will we dissuade to human resources. protected—at launch and for the offers all orders of government. my teenager from smoking pot? Municipalities will be amend- long term—those costs need to We all know that cannabis tough questions and These are the kinds of questions ing, administering and enforc- be sustainable. So FCM has been legalization requires a strong reassure Canadians that thousands of municipal lead- ing zoning and density bylaws, working on the math, based on federal-provincial-territorial ers are working hard to answer. along with rules around smoking evolving information from prov- municipal partnership. Over the that they’ll be safe and Legalizing and regulating restrictions, public nuisance, and inces and consultations with our last couple of years, we have seen well-served in a world cannabis across Canada is a safety concerns related to build- members nationwide. that partnership grow stronger major challenge for all orders of ing codes. We may share respon- Our best projections pin on infrastructure and affordable of legal cannabis. government. As president of the sibility with other governments those local costs at $3-million housing. From FCM’s perspective, Federation of Canadian Munici- for rules around minimum age of to $4.75-million annually per what we have now is an opportu- palities (FCM), I can tell you that purchase, possession limits, pub- 500,000 residents. This is money nity to get this partnership right local governments are well into lic consumption, retail location, municipalities don’t have and by building in the right financial this process. After all, our cities and home cultivation. We will cannot raise on their own. That’s tools from Day 1. and communities are where can- play varying roles in promoting why FCM has proposed flowing With the right tools, local gov- nabis will be produced, sold and public health through education one-third of cannabis excise tax ernments will be ready to answer consumed. And the proposed leg- and prevention. revenues to local governments. the tough questions and reassure islation places them on the front To help municipalities get ready, Based on the Parliamentary Canadians that they’ll be safe lines of keeping Canadians safe FCM published a Cannabis Le- Budget Office’s cannabis revenue and well-served in a world of and well-served. galization Primer last August, and projections, one-third will go a legal cannabis. For instance, municipalities are we’re in the final stages of develop- long way toward making those lo- Jenny Gerbasi is deputy mayor Jenny Gerbasi preparing the bulk of Canada’s ing a comprehensive guide. Imple- cal enforcement and operational of Winnipeg and president of the Municipalities police forces to enforce new menting this federal commitment is costs sustainable. Federation of Canadian Munici- cannabis rules. As a top priority, a mammoth undertaking, and local Initially, the federal govern- palities, the national voice of mu- protecting people from impaired governments are capable partners ment had proposed a 50/50 revenue nicipal government, with nearly INNIPEG—With cannabis drivers means rolling out roadside in getting it done. And we’ve al- split with provinces. So we were 2,000 members representing 90 Wset to become legal for testing programs, training officers ways said that getting it done right encouraged to see Ottawa respond per cent of Canadians. recreational use by next summer, on new equipment and protocols. requires two things: co-ordination to FCM by sharing 25 more points The Hill Times

This marks a departure from the current medical model, which has Cannabis legalization in Canada: the case been dominated by well-funded, large-scale producers. Diversity in this market would be bolstered for pardons and preferential licensing by creating a special class of licence for people previously convicted of cannabis crimes rime Minister Justin Trudeau’s and almost 6,000 youth were found In the case of pardons, we and those from neighbourhoods The Opium Act of 1908, Pproposed date for legalizing the guilty. So, in less than half the should follow the example targeted by our war on drugs. Los and many that followed, recreational use of cannabis is fast time our prime minister has held provided in Bill C-66, where the Angeles took this approach as a approaching and the Senate is de- office, more than 30,000 Canadians government erased the records of way to introduce equity into Cali- had a considerable bating Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act. were branded with the marker of a LGBTQ Canadians convicted of fornia’s new recreational market. Given the social harms associated criminal record for a “crime” com- activities that are no longer illegal. Canadians need to remem- negative impact on with drug prohibition, legalization mitted by a significant proportion These pardons should be auto- ber that our country stood at the the very groups that cannot come soon enough. We also of the Canadian public, including matically granted by the federal vanguard of international drug law need to go further and right past Justin Trudeau when he sat as MP. government and should extend to with its adoption of the Opium Act their proponents so wrongs by pardoning those con- Unfortunately, these 30,000 any subsequent charges stemming of 1908. This law, and many that often purported to victed of minor cannabis offences people joined a lengthy list of from an original cannabis related followed, had a considerable nega- and by giving preference to those Canadians who, like them, face charge (failure to comply with the tive impact on the very groups that help. At a time when most targeted by Canada’s war on difficulties travelling overseas, conditions of a probation order, their proponents so often purport- Canada once again drugs when we issue cultivation volunteering at their local schools for example). The latter are impor- ed to help. At a time when Canada and distribution licences. and finding meaningful employ- tant as they serve to unnecessarily once again stands at the forefront stands at the forefront Although unrecognized by ment due to minor cannabis of- drag individuals further into the of international drug law, we many, the policing of cannabis and fences. We are legalizing the drug criminal justice system. should set an example to the world of international drug other drugs has been a priority in part for this very reason; we The federal government also by providing redress for the harms law, we should set an for Canadian law enforcement acknowledge the harms caused by recently announced a plan to we now know we have inflicted. agencies. According to Statistics its current illegality. As we move spur a “diverse and competitive” Akwasi Owusu-Bempah is example to the world by Canada, Canadian police agencies towards legalization we should industry by establishing differ- an assistant sociology professor providing redress for recorded approximately 109,000 not forget those who have already ent tiers of licences required for at the . offences under the Controlled been affected. Former Toronto participation in the legal market. The Hill Times the harms we now know Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) police chief and current Liberal in 2013, the most recent year for drug czar, Bill Blair, has himself we have inflicted. which comprehensive data are pointed out these people are more readily available. Of these, about likely to be drawn from the young, 73,000 were cannabis-related cases impoverished, and otherwise mar- and 59,000 were for possession. ginalized—the very people that we While many of these cases were should be trying to better incorpo- cleared through police discretion rate into our society, not working (i.e. not taken to court), the number to exclude from it. of people tried for simple pos- So how can we rectify this? session was significant. Between By pardoning the convicted and 2008 and 2009 and 2011 and 2012, providing opportunities for those cannabis possession accounted for personally affected by the war The federal government also recently announced a plan to spur a ‘diverse and competitive’ industry by establishing different tiers of licences required for Akwasi Owusu-Bempah approximately 59,000 adult and on drugs, as well as members of 14,000 youth cases completed in their communities, to benefit from participation in the legal market, writes Akwasi Owusu-Bempah. The Hill Times Pardons & Licensing our courts. Of these, 25,000 adults a burgeoning industry. file photograph THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 25 Policy BriefingCannabis

Over generations, marijuana to the effects of THC (delta-9-tet- of “lower-risk cannabis use.” As vocabulary and cultural icons rahydrocannabinol) a dopamine youth describe differences be- have metamorphosised from the triggering chemical in cannabis. tween sativa and indica plants, MJ-101: time ganja-smoking Bob Marley reg- Consider the developing brain with formulaic description of gae tunes and Peter Tosh singing being a fresh egg and the mature their THC to CBD (cannabidiol) “legalize it.” Snoop Dogg now brain boiled. You may find yourself ratios while claiming they modu- iconizes marijuana through music, thinking, “Hey we smoked pot and late their cognitive states with for ‘higher’ smoke-imagery and a large social turned out just fine,” however, the high THC and wind down with media presence with 120 million difference lies in the THC content CBD; clinicians may be struck by views of his song Smoke Weed which has increased from about their own knowledge void. Every Day (SWED), a new phrase three per cent a few decades ago Every health professional, knowledge in urban youth lexicon. Marijuana to nearly 30 per cent in some con- teacher, first responder, parent, is now at home on Instagram and temporary hybrids. Evidence also and child should have evidence- fed with Bitcoins as times change. suggests a drop in IQ with heavy based cannabis literacy deliv- Today, Canadian youth rank use. Higher grade, but lower IQ. ered through a medium they about cannabis top of the global cannabis-use Health Canada and other understand and engage with. The league, while the 2017 Maclean’s agencies are committed to raising ‘green-rush’ has invested mil- University Marijuana Ranking awareness, however, there remains a lions of dollars in sophisticated highlights the influence of weed considerable knowledge gap regard- marketing and development of What is ideal an age for in academic institutions. The ing current scientific evidence about new cannabis professions with cannabis literacy to start Canadian cannabis survey (2017) risks and benefits of cannabis use. credible-looking and persuasive observed 55 per cent found posi- The challenge faced by policy- knowledge positioning. and when should it stop, tive effects of cannabis on mental makers, health professionals, and What is ideal an age for can- health (mood, anxiety, sleep and health educators is how to bridge nabis literacy to start and when if ever? Start young and creativity). However, motivation, this knowledge chasm. While the should it stop, if ever? I propose don’t stop. Many youth memory and decision-making frequency and pattern of use has start young and don’t stop. Many were also problematic (60 per been established, we know less youth may face challenges with may face challenges cent). Twice as many 16-24 year about cannabis literacy in youth. I employment screening, insurance Oyedeji Ayonrinde with employment olds (41-45 per cent) reported have heard young people suggest and professional regulatory bodies Cannabis Literacy cannabis use in the past year than cannabis helps grow brain cells e.g. Armed Forces, police, pub- screening, insurance 25year-olds and above (18 per and can enhance productivity in lic transport drivers, health and and professional cent). Of importance, 16 per cent school. Some also felt it improved construction, to mention a few. INGSTON, ONT.—While many said they used weed before or focusing while driving. When What does a positive cannabis test regulatory bodies e.g. Kpsychoactive substances like during school. In Ontario, about asked their sources, friends, the in- mean, without a criminal record? caffeine, cocaine, tobacco and two per cent of Grade 7 students ternet, and social media were cited. Higher knowledge before get- Armed Forces, police, heroin have plant origins, none report cannabis use in the last In developing high cannabis liter- ting high. public transport has proven a contemporary social year with rapid acceleration to acy in young people, what messages MJ: 101—frequent or daily use phenomenon as marijuana—a about 37 per cent by Grade 12. should they receive and through of cannabis from a young age is drivers, health and plant with both medicinal and Does this actually matter? The what media? Who is best suited to strongly discouraged below 21 years, construction, to recreational potential. Very few simple answer is yes. There is credibly communicate this? particularly if there is a history companies or indeed countries can robust evidence that frequent Many clinicians are probably of psychosis if the THC content is mention a few. What boast the iconic brand recognition or daily use of high potency not aware of the most current greater than your age, you’re taking of the cannabis leaf; certainly, none cannabis-products from a young cannabis evidence and may also greater risk with your mental health. does a positive cannabis of the aforementioned plants. Sci- age significantly increases the have their individual biases. The Dr. Oyedeji (Deji) Ayonrinde is test mean, without a ence, industry, agriculture, legisla- risk of developing psychosis and advent of medical marijuana and an associate professor in the tion, education and policy have schizophrenia. The developing imminent legalization poses a department of psychiatry at criminal record? now converged as the ‘green rush’ brain (including that of the unborn challenge to health profession- Queen’s University. collides with grey cells. child) is particularly vulnerable als as they confront a new ethos The Hill Times Government falling behind on cannabis public education, say critics lower,” he said at the committee. da (MADD), said the key to reach- Health Canada is collaborating Continued from page 20 Mr. Davies said he couldn’t ing youth is not being preachy. The with the provinces and territories age groups 12 to 17, 18 to 25, recall if the American experts organization has educated youth to identify the best way to get it and over 26. had give a timeline for when the about the effects of drinking and the information into schools, said “The increases were 17 per campaigns should be released to driving for a number of years, but Ms. Jarbeau. She said the groups cent to 63 per cent higher, while the public, but both he and Ms. more recently turned to the effects have been meeting monthly to national averages for the same Gladu said they would expect it of driving and drug impairment. discuss public education efforts. group remained the same or soon because of the deadline. Youth are very sensitive to hy- “You can’t start soon pocrisy and exaggerated claims, Current Public Safety enough,” he said. “It … should said Mr. Davies, so having accu- have happened in the fall of last rate information is important. ads running until March year, but certainly I should be “It needs to be focused on 2018 seeing it by now.” usage, helping people under- Jean-Philippe Levert, a Youth were not consulted stand brain development, help- spokesperson for Public Safety, during the House Health Com- ing people understand what the said the current campaign will mittee’s study of the bill, said Mr. impacts of what cannabis use are, run from November 2017 until Davies, which he found concern- and what they’re not,” he said. March 2018, but the initiative ing because of the focus on usage Ms. Gladu said the campaign will continue for five years. The rates in the age group. He would should also be implemented in primary target for this year’s ad- have liked to ask them about what schools, tailored to meet provin- vertising are those aged 16-24. they thought of legalization, or cial and municipal laws. Schools “Young people are the least ex- NDP MP and health critic Don how to best reach them during an could also talk about the unin- perienced when it comes to driving Davies said tone, as well as educational campaign, he said. Mr. tended consequences of marijuana and drug use, and they continue to accurate information, are important Cannabis enthusiasts take part in Davies moved a motion to have use, she said, such as potentially be the largest group of drivers who when it comes to the cannabis 4/20 in Parliament Hill, an annual two days of hearings to include being barred from the U.S., where die in crashes and later test posi- public education campaign. The Hill day in celebration of the plant. youth, but it was voted down. marijuana is illegal federally. tive for alcohol or drugs,” he said in Times photograph by Andrew Meade “What I think about cannabis “They’re not legalizing it The government plans to legalize an emailed statement. implement and the easier one for cannabis on July 1, 2018, but use and what a 16-year-old thinks at the federal level, we’ve just He also noted Public Safety is about cannabis use are probably seen the [U.S. Justice Depart- the public to understand. critics are concerned the spring partnering with MADD and the “There’s nothing unique about 2018 implementation date for the quite different,” he said. ment] take a reverse opinion Canadian Association of Chiefs from the Obama administration [it], you can’t drive high now, never national marijuana public education of Police, among others, for the mind legalization,” he said. “That’s advertising campaign will not be Don’t come off as preachy: on whether or not they’re going impaired driving campaigns. to look the other way for state not where the bulk of the education- enough time to educate the public While Mr. Davies supports al campaign needs to be focused on.” of the risks. The Hill Times file MADD legalization,” she said. “Those are the impaired driving campaign, Andrew Murie, CEO of Moth- [email protected] photograph the kinds of things I think young he said it was the easier one to ers Against Drunk Driving Cana- people need to know.” The Hill Times 26 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Feature Events

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Affairs Minister SATURDAY, JAN. 27 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7 Chrystia Freeland, pictured, is scheduled Saskatchewan Party Elects New Leader— The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s to meet U.S. Trade The next premier of Saskatchewan, taking Parliamentary Reception—Assistant Deputy Representative over from Brad Wall who announced his Speaker Carol Hughes and The Home Depot resignation in the summer, will be elected Canada Foundation are hosting a cocktail Robert Lighthizer and today by party membership at a convention reception raising awareness of the Orange Mexico’s Secretary of in Saskatoon. saskparty.com. Door Project and Canadians’ active role Economy Ildefonso MONDAY, JAN. 29 reversing the cycle of youth homelessness Guajardo on Jan. 29 in in their communities. 5:30 p.m. (or after Montreal as part of the The House Resumes Sitting—The House votes) to 8 p.m. Speaker’s Salon, 216-N negotiations. The Hill of Commons begins the winter and spring Centre Block. Times photograph by session today after returning from the tradi- Prime Minister Trudeau to Travel to the tional holiday break. The House is sitting ev- United States—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Andrew Meade ery weekday until Feb. 16. It will then take a is visiting the U.S. from Feb. 7-10. His one-week break from Feb. 19-23 before re- visit will include stops in Los Angeles, San turning Feb. 26. The House will break again Francisco, and Chicago. In Chicago, the on March 2, and take a two-week break from prime minister will meet with key officials March 5-16. After returning March 19 and and deliver a speech at the University of Chi- sitting every weekday for the next nearly cago’s Institute of Politics. In the Los Angeles two weeks, the House will again break from area, Mr. Trudeau will deliver remarks at the March 30 to April 13. It will resume sitting Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and April 16 and sit every weekday until leaving Institute in Simi Valley, while in San Fran- for a one-week break from May 14-21. After cisco, the prime minister will meet with local returning on May 22, the House is sched- business leaders and entrepreneurs to explore uled to sit every weekday until adjourning for opportunities for increased collaboration. the summer break in late June. The Senate THURSDAY, FEB. 8 will largely follow the same schedule, though the Senate traditionally only sits Tuesday to Manning Centre Networking Conference— Thursday, and is scheduled to break a week This annual conference for conservatives NAFTA negotiations resume later in the spring, on June 29. and libertarians will take place in Ottawa, Ministers to Meet in Montreal for Round Feb. 8-11. Shaw Centre, 55 Colonel By Dr. Six of NAFTA Renegotiations—Canada’s manningcentre.ca/manning-networking- Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, conference. in Montreal; NDP national United States Trade Representative Robert Big Thinking Lecture on the Hill—Speaking Lighthizer, and Mexico’s Secretary of Econo- to the topic “Trade and human rights: What my Ildefonso Guajardo will meet in Montreal is Canada’s role?” at this breakfast event will as part of the NAFTA renegotiations. be Susan Aaronson, senior fellow, Centre for WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31 International Governance Innovation, and re- caucus meets in Saguenay search professor, George Washington Univer- Arctic Inspiration Prize Awards Ceremo- sity; as well as Patrick Leblond, senior fellow, ny—This is an event honouring the 2017 Centre for International Governance Innova- magazine, Rachel Curran, senior associ- Network, have invited seven mayors and laureates of the $3-million Arctic Inspira- tion, associate director, Graduate School of ate with Harper & Associates, Toronto Star other representatives from Canadian cities tion Prize, which encourages, enables, and Public and International Affairs, University of Parliamentary immigration reporter Nicholas Keung, Jamil to Washington, D.C., for a workshop with celebrates the inspiring achievements of Ottawa. 7:30-8:45 a.m. Parliamentary Res- Jivani, visiting professor with the Osgoode American and international mayors on coun- northerners. Hosted by CBC Igalaaq’s Mad- taurant, Centre Block, Parliament Hill. $25 Calendar Hall Law School, and Andrew Griffith, fellow tering violent extremism. The participants eleine Allakariallak, the event will feature a ($10 for students), pre-registration required. with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute will also attend the United States Conference performance by the cast of Kiviuq Returns, Details to come. Free for Parliamentarians and the Environics Institute. Event starts at of Mayors’ 86th winter meeting from Jan. produced by 2015 Arctic Inspiration Prize and the media. Breakfast included. ideas- 5 p.m. with a cocktail reception (cash bar). 25-26. The mayors of the following cities will Laureate Qaggiavuut, and a special an- idees.ca/events/big-thinking. Discussion begins at 6 p.m. National Arts be attending: Ottawa, Gatineau, Quebec City, nouncement by Natan Obed, president of TUESDAY, FEB. 13 Centre, Ottawa. The event is free to attend. London, Windsor, Saskatoon, and Edmonton. the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. 8 p.m. Shaw Register at http://bit.ly/2miAXJU. Representatives from the cities of Montreal Centre, Ottawa. No charge, advance registra- Macdonald-Laurier Institute Canada-U.S. NDP Caucus Meets in Saguenay—The and Surrey will also be in attendance. tion required. For more information, visit Dinner—The MacDonald-Laurier Institute NDP national caucus will hold a strategy arcticinspirationprize.ca or [email protected]. is hosting is annual dinner, 5:30 p.m. at session from Jan. 23-25 in Saguenay, Que. THURSDAY, JAN. 25 Prime Time in Ottawa 2018—The Cana- the Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Pl. Buy MONDAY, JAN. 22 The Trump Presidency: Understanding Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the dian Media Producers Association is hosting tickets via macdonaldlaurier.ca. It— A panel session in Ottawa offering a American Republic, with David Frum—Ma- the 2018 edition of its annual conference The House Is Not Sitting—The House of for the Canadian media industry from Jan. THURSDAY, FEB. 15 Commons is not sitting this week after ad- chance to hear Trump’s side of the story clean’s writer Paul Wells hosts this Ottawa 31 to Feb. 2 at the Westin Ottawa. Prime The Gift of Jazz: From Africa to New journing for the traditional holiday break on from ardent supporters. The panelists are Writers Festival event featuring author, Time is the national networking event for Orleans to The True North Strong and Free— Dec. 13. The House is scheduled to resume Rita Smith, a communications specialist, former White House speechwriter, and business leaders from Canada’s television, Deborah Davis and Segue to Jazz will be sitting Jan. 29. conservative organizer, and social media The Atlantic columnist and media com- interactive media, feature film, broadcast- joined by Stefan Keyes, weekend Ottawa Detailed Route Hearings begin in B.C. activist with the Trump campaign, and Ge- mentator David Frum, who explains how ing, and telecommunications industries. anchor of CTV News; jazz great Michael Lower Mainland for Trans Mountain Pipeline organne Burke, conservative strategist in the he says U.S. President Donald Trump has Actor, director, writer, and producer Jay C. Hanna; Jamaal Jackson Rogers, Ottawa Expansion Project—The National Energy U.S. and Canada, canvasser in the Trump undermined America’s most important Baruchel is the closing keynote speaker. His English poet laureate; and former world Board is holding detailed route hearings campaign, and senior vice president with institutions in ways even the most critical recent credits include acting roles in Goon: tap-dancing champion Darin Kyle, for their in Burnaby, B.C. to hear from landowners PathwayGroup. Earnscliffe Strategy Group media have missed. He’ll speak to his new Last of the Enforcers, Man Seeking Woman, annual tribute to Black History Month. Gen- in the B.C. Lower Mainland area who have Principal and former senior advisor in the book, Trumpocracy. Southminster United This Is the End, Tropic Thunder, and the eral audience tickets are $40; $25 for se- raised concerns with the detailed route Mulroney PMO Geoff Norquay is the modera- Church, 15 Aylmer Ave., Ottawa. 7 p.m. How to Train Your Dragon franchise. For niors and students. 6 p.m. National Gallery of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion tor. Following a panel discussion there will Prices vary, up to $20. writersfestival.org. more, visit primetimeinottawa.ca. of Canada Theatre, 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. project. Jan. 22-31. Delta Burnaby, 4331 be a Q&A session. 8-9:15 a.m. By invitation Community Liaison Officers’ Group Canadian Catastrophe Conference—Ca- For more, visit odysseyshowcase.org. This Dominion Street. Details of these hearings, only because of space limitations. For more Ottawa—The CLO Group is hosting a tIQ is hosting the third annual Canadian event is presented by Odyssey Showcase a daily schedule of appearances, and tran- info, contact [email protected] 2017/2018 series of information sessions Catastrophe Conference from Jan. 31-Feb. in partnership with the National Gallery of scripts are available on the NEB website. for foreign diplomatic missions’ personnel WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 2 in Gatineau, Que., at the Hilton Lac- Canada and sponsored by TD Bank. Freedom of Expression: A Discussion responsible for welcoming new embassy Leamy. The goal of the conference is to The Parliamentary Calendar is a free with Sweden’s Ambassador to Canada—The Conservative National Caucus Meets in staff members and their families. The group bring government, the insurance industry, events listing. Send in your political, cultural, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Victoria—The national Conservative caucus involves networking and sharing information and academia together to discuss Canadian diplomatic, or governmental event in a Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia Uni- is meeting in Victoria, B.C., from Jan. essential for a smooth transition and settle- disasters and how to better prepare and re- paragraph with all the relevant details under versity is welcoming Sweden’s ambassador 24-25, in advance of the start of the winter ment of new families to Ottawa/the National spond to them. It is also hosting a national the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to to Canada H.E. Per Sjögren for a talk about session of Parliament on Jan. 29. Conserva- Capital Region. Monthly meetings feature disaster mitigation workshop in collabora- [email protected] by Wednesday at noon Sweden’s foreign policy in upholding free- tive leader Andrew Scheer will deliver guest speakers. January’s topic is taxes and tion with on Jan. before the Monday paper or by Friday at noon dom of expression as a fundamental human opening remarks at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24. banking. 2:30 p.m. To join the group or 31. For more information, www.catiq.com. for the Wednesday paper. We can’t guarantee right across the globe. 12-1 p.m. MIGS, His speech will be open to the media. The participate in the meeting, please contact inclusion of every event, but we will definitely Concordia University, 1250 Rue Guy, FB caucus will break for the day at 5 p.m. Mr. [email protected]. SATURDAY, FEB. 3 do our best. 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With the help of a panel party will hold a leadership convention for TUESDAY, JAN. 23 presents its first Global Policy Forum event of experts, this breakfast discussion hosted the announcement of the new leader on Feb. Extra! Extra! 3. For more info: bcliberals.com/leadership. NAFTA Negotiations—The sixth round of in 2018. Its featured speaker is University by Policy Options magazine will broach this Read the full negotiations is set to be held from Jan. 23 of Waterloo Prof. Bessma Momani, a CIGI key public policy issue. 8-10 a.m. National TUESDAY, FEB. 6 to 28, in Montreal, Que. senior fellow. She will speak on “Flash- Arts Centre, Ottawa. Registration is $25. 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Mr. Eglinski said he had a conversa- tion with his family and decided that was time for him to retire and spend time with his family. Seven Mr. Ouderkirk did not respond to interview requests from The Hill Times. Mr. Obhrai, who finished last in the Conservative Party’s leader- Conservative ship contest and won the last elec- tion with 48 per cent of the vote, told The Hill Times that he was surprised by former Alberta MLA ’s challenge, especially since he considered Mr. Amery a MPs face friend who he has helped out in provincial elections by going door knocking with him. Mr. Obhrai, a seven-term MP, said he’s prepar- ing for the nomination contest and divisive is optimistic that he will win. “I’m getting ready for the Conservative challendes: Seven incumbent Conservative MPs are facing challenge,” said Mr. Obhrai, but nomination challenges, including from top Jim Eglinski, left, , declined to further discuss the Mike Lake, Kellie Leitch, Deepak Obhrai, above left, David Tilson, and Brad details. nomination Trost. Since facing the nomination challenge, Mr. Eglinski has announced he Mr. Amery, however, told The won’t seek re-election in 2019. Photographs courtesy of www.parl.gc.ca Hill Times that he is the one who helped out Mr. Obhrai to success- the challengers were required to get Yellowhead, Alta. riding, but fully enter the federal political 50 signatures from existing riding couldn’t get a straight answer. arena the first time. Recalling association members. In addition, “I asked the question, there a meeting with Mr. Obhrai in challenges, the challengers will be interviewed are 239 ridings in Canada, why 1997, Mr. Amery said the now by the local candidate nomination he didn’t run in those ridings, and seven-term MP came to his MLA committee and either a representa- he couldn’t answer to me other office and said he was in the tive of the executive party director than he put a little grin on his “political wilderness.” At the time, or the executive director. The 85 face,” Mr. Eglinski said. “I think Mr. Amery said that Mr. Obhrai party denies other incumbent MPs who weren’t we’re seeing a society of ‘me’s had tried to run unsuccessfully challenged were acclaimed. Those out there,’ what’s best for me, and provincially twice and for the city nominations have since been closed. I’ll try to get in there and may be councillor’s position once. So Mr. Mr. Miller said he is support- something will happen and the Amery said he suggested to Mr. ing all his colleagues facing chal- incumbent might be overthrown Obhrai to run for the Reform Par- it’s behind it lenges. He said outsiders should or something like that.” ty federally, and supported him to not be involved in the nomina- Like most other Alberta rid- win the nomination and the 1997 (Dufferin-Caledon, Ont.), Jim Eg- tions and only those candidates ings, Yellowhead is a safe Conser- federal election, and every subse- Conservative MP linski (Yellowhead, Alta.), Deepak who have strong connections with vative riding which Mr. Eglinski quent election after that. He said Obhrai ( Forest Lawn, Alta.), the ridings should run. won by a margin of 58 per cent of he also hosted Mr. Obhrai’s vic- Jim Eglinski told and Mike Lake (Edmonton-Wetask- “I’ll tell you, if somebody comes the votes in 2015 or with 72.3 per tory party at his brother’s restau- Hill staffer Ryan win, Alta.). into my riding and starts interfer- cent of the vote. A former RCMP rant. Since that time, Mr. Amery “All that I can tell you is I heard ing with my EDA’s nomination, officer, Mr. Eglinski, 69, was first said, he has helped Mr. Obhrai Oudekirk that he was rumours that some of our col- they’re going to have a war on elected to the House in a byelec- “a million times” more in federal leagues, including some of the their hands,” said Mr. Miller. tion in 2014 after election campaigns compared to ‘disappointed’ and names you’ve mentioned were Meanwhile, Mr. Trost, a five- stepped down from the seat. MPs the help the MP provided to him going to be challenged,” said Mr. term MP, is facing challenge from need six years of parliamentary in his provincial campaigns. ‘not happy’ with the Miller, a five-term Conservative MP, two Conservatives, including lo- service to be eligible for a pen- “I brought Deepak into politics, in an interview with The Hill Times. cal businessman , sion, which means Mr. Eglinski I supported him all along, I door nomination challenge. “I’ve absolutely no reason to believe and Saskatchewan MLA, and will not be eligible. knocked for him, I supported him Continued from page 1 that the party’s behind it.” But, he former speaker of the provincial Mr. Eglinski questioned why in nominations when he faced chal- also warned that if someone from legislature . Mr. Ben- someone who is originally from lenges,” said Mr. Amery, adding that the federal party was involved, it Ami, in the interview, expressed Ontario would be interested spe- he decided to run for the nomina- Mr. Trost, who finished fourth would be a problem. surprise that Mr. Tochor would cifically in his Alberta seat. tion because some of Mr. Obhrai’s in last May’s leadership race, is “My message would be if the step down from the speaker’s “Ridings are best represent- constituents approached him and promising to launch a lengthy legal party is involved, and I want to position to run against Mr. Trost ed by people who have lived told him the incumbent MP was “out court battle against his own party make it very clear that I don’t without “having discussions” with in that riding for a number of of touch” with the base. after it fined him $50,000 for leaking think they are, but if they are, I the party officials. years, or understand that riding, Conservative MP Mike Lake the Conservative Party’s member- think that they are walking on “Serious politicians like Cory or have grown up in the rid- (Edmonton-Wetaskiwin, Alta.), ship list to the National Firearms very thin ice, because I have no in the case of Brad’s nomination ing or are from that province,” who won the last election with 65.8 Association. Last week, he told time for anybody getting in- don’t wake up one morning and said Mr. Eglinski, adding that a per cent of the vote, told The Hill CBC News that he was will willing volved, anybody from outside of say, ‘Hmm, I’m going to challenge number of his constituents have Times that he has been challenged to take his legal fight “all the way,” the riding getting involved in a a long-time, sitting incumbent, a questioned why someone from by Gordon Francis, an IT profes- against a “deliberate smear,” and nomination race,” said Mr. Miller. former leadership contestant with- outside of the riding has come sional. He said he was taking the said his supporters have raised tens He said if he had found any out first doing their homework,’” to the riding to be an MP. He challenge seriously and putting in of thousands of dollars to help pay proof, he would have publicly said Mr. Ben-Ami. “It just defies said that he told Mr. Ouderkirk 14-hour days every day, in addition for his legal fees. spoken up about it. credulity, if you will. So, is the directly in a meeting he was to constituency work, to work on A Conservative source, mean- Cory Hann, director of com- party behind this, can’t say, I don’t “disappointed” and “not happy” his nomination campaign. while, told The Hill Times that Con- munications for the Conservative know definitively. But, there’s zero with his challenge. “You never take these things servative MP Larry Miller (Bruce- Party, denied any suggestions that chance, in my view, that he wasn’t “I told him I was disappointed. for granted. We will work as hard Grey-Owen Sound, Ont.) had the party’s leadership is in any encouraged to proceed.” I talked to him personally about as we can at it,” said Mr. Lake. “I overheard the conversation about way involved in encouraging any Mr. Tochor did not respond to it, and I told him I wasn’t happy do feel that the feedback we’re incumbent challenges among OLO challenger to run against incum- an interview request from The about it,” said Mr. Eglinski. “I hear getting is very, very positive. But, staffers last fall, and then talked bent MPs. Hill Times. very often how come some guy until the votes are counted, you to some of the MPs who were “We’re running our nominations Mr. Eglinski, who after facing coming from Ottawa is going to never know for sure.” mentioned in the conversation. in the exact manner we’ve run all the nomination challenge from run and represent me. I’m hearing Mr. Lake denied that the party In an interview, Mr. Miller did not our nominations including our an Ottawa Hill staffer Ryan that constantly, people ask me has encouraged his opponent to directly confirm or deny if he had leadership—in a very fair and open Ouderkirk, has decided not to what’s going on. It’s not a good challenge in the nomination. overheard the conversation, but manner,” said Mr. Hann, last week. seek re-election in 2019, said he scenario, it doesn’t look good.” “I don’t believe that at all.” said he heard rumours the party The Conservative Party opened was “surprised” and “not happy” During the Conservative Ms. Leitch, Ms. Gallant, who leadership wanted some incum- nominations on Nov. 1 in the 92 with the challenge. He said that Party leadership, Mr. Eglinski first is being challenged by veteran bents challenged. Mr. Miller said held ridings where there has not Mr. Ouderkirk, parliamentary endorsed Andrew Scheer (Regina- Conservative political insider he checked on his own internally if been a byelection held since the assistant to Conservative MP Qu’Appelle, Sask.), but later Michael Coates, and Mr. Tilson did that would be the case, but did not 2015 election. Seven Conservative (Fort Murray- switched his support to Conserva- not respond to interview requests get any solid proof to substantiate MPs who have been elected in bye- Cold Lake, Alta.), is originally tive MP Erin O’Toole (Durham, from The Hill Times, by deadline the rumours. lections since the last election are from Ontario, but has now come Ont.), who won third place in the last week. The seven Conservative MPs not facing nomination challenges to Alberta to challenge him. leadership contest. But Mr. Eglinski Ms. Leitch, who won the last facing challenges are: Mr. Trost, for the 2019 election cycle. Conser- Mr. Eglinski said he asked Mr. said he does not believe he’s been election with 46.6 per cent of the Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew-Nipissing- vatives won 99 of the 338 ridings Ouderkirk in a meeting that challenged for this reason, or that vote, ran for the Conservative Party Pembroke, Ont.), Kellie Leitch in 2015. The deadline to challenge of the 99 held ridings, and 239 the party leadership is behind it. leadership and came in fifth place. (Simcoe-Grey, Ont.), David Tilson incumbent MPs was Dec. 15, and unheld ridings, why he chose After the nomination challenge, The Hill Times 28 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES News Senate Lobbyists get ‘too much time’ in Senate committees, says ISG deputy ahead of back-to-Parliament meeting

Procedures and the Rights of Par- The biggest group liament Committee. Sen. Saint- Germain does not sit on that in the Senate will committee, but the ISG facilitator, Sen. Yuen Pau Woo (B.C.) does. meet to talk lobbying, The Senate Liberals, Conser- Senate rule changes, vatives, and ISG struck a deal in November that re-allocated seats and key bills early on Senate committees and gave, temporarily, some new rights and next month. privileges to the ISG leaders, in light of the group’s growing size. Continued from page 1 Sen. Saint-Germain said the ISG would press to make those gains permanent through changes the deputy facilitator of the ISG. “It made via the Rules Committee, and is not exactly the type of contribu- would also seek some new rights tion that we always want.” and privileges it had not gained in Sen. Saint-Germain spoke to the last set of negotiations, such as The Hill Times about the ISG’s the ability for the group’s leaders to upcoming “retreat” meeting, set refer a bill for study at committee. to take place in Centre Block in “It’s a series of issues like that, two weeks. She said she plans to that as a consequence, the ISG raise the subject of how and when facilitator does not have the same lobbyists are chosen as witnesses Senate committees often hear from lobby groups representing the private sector during studies of bills or other issues. Senators capability to influence the orders for committee studies during that are also being contacted directly by lobbyists far more than at any time in the last decade. The Hill Times file photograph of the day or the way the cham- meeting, which will also cover ber works,” she said, adding bills key pieces of legislation, areas were at times not referred to a of common interest among ISG committee promptly for “partisan Senators, and more. Reported communications between lobbyists and Senators in 2017 reasons.” “We want independent experts “We are now the most numer- and we want people who bring *Does not necessarily include lobby groups that testify before a committee. ous group, as you know, and it added value,” said Sen. Saint- is important to adapt the rules Germain, adding it was her own Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. consequently.” opinion, and not that of the group 26 175 78 105 124 172 8 9 64 187 215 28 The ISG is not a political caucus, as a whole. and does not whip votes among “Whereas each committee has its members. ISG Senators have a limited time to complete their “It’s very, very time consum- economy or society, he said. ules debates, a point he pressed record of voting overwhelmingly in studies, the quality of expert ing,” she said. “Advocacy is a very important again in an opinion piece published favour of government legislation, witnesses is of the utmost im- The ISG is now the largest part of a democratic system.” on his Senate website Jan. 16, in but have at times pushed hard for portance. Lobbyists and corpo- group in the Senate. It now holds Mr. Cartwright said he did which he called the current system amendments to bills, against the rate representatives can testify 39 of the 105 seats in the Senate not believe Sen. Saint-Germain’s of debate “a disjointed practice that will of the government. honestly and legally without a Chamber, with the Conservatives views on lobbyists were widely makes it difficult for the public to doubt, but I have a preference holding the second-most, at 33, shared among Parliamentarians. follow how laws are evaluated and for independent, impartial and the Senate Liberals 15, and non- The office of Conserva- reviewed.” ISG liaison eschews neutral information. affiliated Senators holding seven. tive Senate leader Larry Smith Sen. Saint-Germain also con- disciplinarian role “In general, I would say that Eleven seats in the Senate are (Saurel, Que.) responded to Sen. firmed that the ISG will continue ISG Senator Marc Gold (Stad- the information provided by currently empty, and it is likely Saint-Germain’s comments by to press for permanent changes to acona, Que.) said he hoped to set scholars, scientists and fellow that all or most will become part saying the Senate Conservatives the Rules of the Senate to give the aside time during the ISG’s summit citizens involved is likely to be of the ISG once they are filled. would “continue to be faithful to ISG leaders the same rights and meeting to discuss his new role as more reliable and valuable for As an example, Sen. Saint- our role as official opposition in privileges in the Chamber as their the group’s liaison, a re-styled role Canadians.” Germain pointed to the Senate the Senate Chamber, in particular, counterparts who represent the of- that replaces the whip of a political Lobbyists contacted Senators Transport and Communications when it comes to ensuring that all ficial opposition and government. caucus. at an unprecedented rate last Committee’s study last year on voices are heard at committee.” Any such changes must be The ISG does not whip votes, year, reporting 1,250 communica- autonomous vehicles, during made through the Senate Rules, but uses its liaison to keep track tions altogether. That’s up from which the committee members Senate rule changes on of who is in the Chamber or 687 in 2016, which was well above were approached by lobbyists available for a vote, and occasion- the previous high of 472 in 2014. who she said represented private the ISG agenda ally uses the cloud-based online The federal Lobbying Act came sector interests that were not im- The ISG holds summit meet- survey tool SurveyMonkey to get into force in 2008. mediately obvious. She declined ings like the one planned for Feb. a voluntary, anonymous count of Those numbers likely do not to name them. During that study, 5 at the end of each summer and ISG Senators’ voting intentions on include many of the committee the Transport Committee heard winter break. Key pieces of legis- important pieces of legislation. appearances by lobbyists, who from lobbyists representing the lation, such as the government’s Caucus whips also tradition- are not required to report commu- trucking and insurance indus- marijuana legalization Bill C-45, ally take on other roles, such as nications if they are initiated by tries, BlackBerry, General Motors and the Senate’s “moderniza- disciplining members who don’t the government, or in this case, a of Canada, Transdev, New Flyer tion” are also on the agenda, said follow the party line, and approving Senate committee. Industries Canada, and other wit- Sen. Saint-Germain. requests from caucus members to The creation and growth of the nesses from the private sector, as The latter will likely include travel at the Senate’s expense. Re- Independent Senators Group has well as academia and government. talk of changing the way the Sen- cent changes to the Senate Admin- sparked a great deal of interest in “It’s important that we hear ate schedules debate over pieces istrative Rules have also given the the Senate among lobbyists, thanks [lobby groups], but sometimes of legislation, a haphazard process leadership of Senate groups power in part to the fact that many ISG they are very numerous, and we through which debates can be to allocate office space for Senators members have shown themselves give them, from my standpoint, stretched out over long periods of within their group, something that willing to propose amendments to too much time and too much time, and any item on the Sen- would fall to the whips as well. government legislation. importance.” ate’s agenda can theoretically be “I don’t see putting discipline Sen. Saint-Germain said many Lobbyists would “absolutely” debated on any given day. in one person’s hands—it certain- of her colleagues in the ISG were be concerned to hear Sen. Saint- Sen. Saint-Germain said the ly wouldn’t be a role that I would concerned with finding the best way Germain’s comment that they are group would probably discuss be comfortable in,” he said. to deal with a barrage of requests given too much time and impor- whether the Senate can sit for longer Sen. Gold said he hoped the from lobbyists, wanting to make tance in the Senate, said Phil hours—perhaps starting earlier in group could develop a set of rules their case on a particular issue. Cartwright, the president of the the day—or devote more time in the ISG facilitator Sen. Raymonde to determine when travel for ISG Sen. Saint-Germain said many Government Relations Institute of Chamber to debate on legislation, Saint-Germain will meet her fellow members would or would not be of her colleagues in the ISG were Canada—an organization repre- and less to Senators’ declarations. ISG Senators on the Hill Feb. 5 to approved, instead of having those concerned with finding the best way senting lobbyists. The government’s representative share information and plan strategy decisions falling solely under his to deal with a barrage of requests Lobbyists make recommenda- in the Senate, Senator Peter Harder for issues of common interest in the discretion. from lobbyists, wanting to make tions on studies or bills that could (Ottawa, Ont.), has also proposed a spring. The Hill Times photograph by [email protected] their case on a particular issue. impact large portions of Canada’s change to the way the Senate sched- Andrew Meade @PJMazereeuw THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 29 Military criminal justice News

‘No money’ Status of Government Bills

HOUSE OF COMMONS Second reading: to bring in • S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 missing-in- of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 • C-12, An Act to amend the Cana- dian Forces Members and Veterans Re- establishment and Compensation Act action military • C-27, An Act to amend the Pen- sion Benefits Standards Act, 1985 • C-28, An Act to amend the Crimi- nal Code (victim surcharge) • C-32, An Act related to the repeal justice reforms, of section 159 of the Criminal Code • C-33, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act • C-34, An Act to amend the Public Defence Minister ’s office says bringing in changes to the military Service Labour Relations Act four years after justice system passed into law in 2013 will be complicated, and require a • C-38, An Act to amend an Act to ‘substantial commitment of time and resources.’ The Hill Times photograph by amend the Criminal Code (exploita- Andrew Meade tion and trafficking in persons) • C-39, An Act to amend the enough people to take on tasks Criminal Code (unconstitutional being made law Bureaucrats resisting provisions) that are not top priorities, he said. • C-42, Veterans Well-being Act The budget of the National argued that some military trials change: advocate • C-43, An Act respecting a payment The government do not provide soldiers on trial Defence Department has stayed Members of Canada’s military to be made out of the Consoli- still hasn’t brought with all the legal rights provided relatively flat in recent years, with are accountable to a separate dated Revenue Fund to support a for in the Charter of Rights and spending ranging from $18.7- to justice system from the rest of pan-Canadian artificial intelligence into force several Freedoms, and took issue with the $18.9-billion since 2013-2014, when the population, and the military strategy ability of the vice chief of defence the previous Conservative govern- justice system operates differently. • C-52, Supporting Vested Rights big changes to the staff to intervene in police investi- ment cut its budget down from Less serious cases are dealt with Under Access to Information Act gations under the bill. more than $20-billion. either through a summary trial, • C-56, An Act to amend the Cor- way the Canadian Parts of C-15 were brought The text of Bill C-15 specified run by the defendant’s superior of- rections and Conditional Release Act into force in 2014, but the remain- that it would only come into force ficer, while more serious offences and the Abolition of Early Parole Act Forces disciplines der have not been implemented once ordered by the Governor are dealt with in a court martial, • C-62, An Act to amend the Federal by either the previous Conserva- in Council. That is one of several presided over by military judges. Public Sector Labour Relations Act its members, and and other Acts tive or current Liberal govern- ways that bills can be brought As it stands, Canada’s military into force: they can also come justice system is “arcane,” “anti- • C-65, An Act to amend the says doing so will ments. Those include clauses Canada Labour Code (harassment that would create new sentenc- into effect immediately upon re- quated,” and perpetuates a “hyper- ceiving royal assent, or on a fixed macho culture of harassment and and violence) be complicated and ing principles for the military Committee: justice system; allow an absolute future date. abuse against females, LGBTQ, Allowing the Governor in • C-47, An Act to amend the Export expensive. discharge of an accused instead and ethnic minorities,” said Sean and Import Permits Act and the Council to decide when bills to of a conviction in some cases; Bruyea, a retired captain in the Criminal Code (amendments permit- come into force “may afford more Canadian forces and a soldiers’ and BY PETER MAZEREEUW introduce victim impact state- ting the accession to the Arms Trade ments; require some offenders to time to await consensus or agree- veterans’ rights advocate, in a state- Treaty) ment on the legislation before its ment emailed to The Hill Times. he office of Canada’s defence pay restitution to their victims; • C-48, Oil Tanker Moratorium Act coming into force” or “give the Canada’s defence bureaucracy minister says bringing lan- and allow some offenders to serve • C-59, An Act respecting national T government an opportunity to has “persistently and aggressively guishing reforms to the military intermittent sentences. security matters achieve the policy goal underly- resisted long-needed improve- justice system into effect would The clauses implemented • C-64, Wrecked, Abandoned, or ing the act using other ways to ment” to the military justice Hazardous Vessels Act require a “substantial commit- in 2014 “were relatively simple, achieve the same purposes,” ac- system, he wrote. Report stage: ment of time and resources,” and requiring few regulatory amend- cording to the Library of Parlia- Members of the military have • S-2, Strengthening Motor Vehicle says the federal cabinet is work- ments,” wrote Byrne Furlong, the ment. criticized the military justice system Safety for Canadians Act ing on the file, which is part of press secretary for Mr. Sajjan, in However, any bills or clauses as well. A leaked draft of an interim • C-21, An Act to amend the Cus- legislation passed more than four an emailed statement. that have not come into force nine report from last year on a review toms Act years ago. “The sections that are not in years or more after they were of the military justice system—led • C-50, An Act to amend the Cana- The office of Defence Minister force are much more complicated, passed into law are repealed each by the judge advocate general, who da Elections Act (political financing) Harjit Sajjan (Vancouver South, requiring extensive regulatory year via the Statutes Repeal Act, oversees that system—included • C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans B.C.) would not confirm whether amendment, which requires a Act and the Canada Petroleum unless Parliament moves to save feedback from military members the changes would be made substantial commitment of time Resources Act them. That means the remaining who said sentences under the mili- before the 2019 federal election, and resources. These updates to • C-57, An Act to amend the Federal reforms in Bill C-15 will be wiped tary justice system were too harsh however, only calling them a the military justice system are Sustainable Development Act out if they are ignored until 2022. or too lenient, that the process was “priority.” important, and our government is “There is a cabinet process too slow, confusing, and not suf- NDP MP committed to seeing them imple- SENATE and work is ongoing,” wrote Ms. ficiently supportive of the accused, (Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke, B.C.), mented as soon as possible,” the Second reading: Furlong. “These updates to the among other complaints. his party’s defence critic, said the statement said. • C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries military justice system are a pri- A pair of Ottawa-based mili- government told him the same Those resources aren’t there, Act and the Financial Administration ority and we remain committed tary defence lawyers blasted the thing back in April, with no sign said Mr. Garrison. The non-oper- Act to implementing them as soon as current government as an “ab- • C-45, Cannabis Act of progress since. ational portions of the National possible.” sentee landlord” when it came to • C-51, An Act to amend the “There’s just no money” for the Defence Department don’t have military justice reform, and said Criminal Code and the Department department to go through with NDP MP Randall Bill C-15 had been “left to collect of Justice Act the changes, said Mr. Garrison. Garrison, his party’s dust,” in an opinion piece pub- • C-58, An Act to amend the Access The previous Conservative defence critic, said lished in The Hill Times Jan. 15. to Information Act and the Privacy Act government passed Bill C-15, the the government Joshua Juneau and Michel • C-66, Expungement of Historically Strengthening Military Jus- hasn’t given the Drapeau, who authored the piece, Unjust Convictions Act tice in the Defence of Canada National Defence are administrative lawyers focused Committee: Act, into law on June 19, 2013. • C-46, An Act to amend the Department enough on military and veterans law, and Then-defence minister Peter Criminal Code (offences relating to money to go through acted as co-counsel for the Fynes MacKay touted the bill in the conveyances) with the changes family—whose son Cpl. Stuart Lan- House that year by highlighting • C-49, Transportation Moderniza- first laid out in gridge killed himself on a Canadian its changes to sentencing options tion Act the Strengthening Forces base in 2008—during the and introduction of victim impact Consideration of Committee Military Justice Military Police Complaints Commis- testimony to the military justice Report: in the Defence of sion public inquiry process in 2013. system. Liberal MP John McKay • C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Act. The Hill Mr. Drapeau was also consulted as (Scarborough-Guildwood, Ont.), Canada Business Corporations Act, Times photograph by part of the judge advocate general’s Canada Cooperatives Act, Canada then his party’s defence critic, Andrew Meade review of the military justice system. Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and responded in the House that he [email protected] Competition Act agreed with much of the bill, but @PJMazereeuw 30 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Feature Ethic commissioner New ethics czar Dion says he ‘has no IOUs,’ not looking for another promotion, this is it New Ethics Mario Dion, who’s been Commissioner Mario Dion doing media interviews says his new about his new job recently, job as ethics commissioner says he does not fear what is ‘about as high as will happen if he performs I will get,’ freeing him his duties independently. to perform his duties Continued from page 1 fearlessly. The Hill Times photograph by Mr. Dion, who was appointed to the Andrew Meade position of conflict of interest and ethics commissioner last month for seven years, is an independent officer of the House of Commons, and will advise appointed and elected government officials on how to avoid conflicts of interest between their official duties and personal affairs. He will also investigate any complaints of conflicts of interest that arise from time to time about top appointed and elected officials. Mr. Dion has succeeded outgoing commissioner Mary Dawson, who held the position for about a decade. Prior to his current position, he served as chairperson of Immigration and Refugee Board; and before that, was the the Prime Minister’s Office had completely at the Aga Khan’s home on Bell Island. ter Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.) was Public Service Integrity Commissioner, a stayed out of the selection process, and did Mr. Dion told The Hill Times that for his in a conflict of interest when he introduced position intended to protect whistleblowers not know how many candidates had ap- new job, he was interviewed by two senior Bill C-27, the pension bill, in Nov. 2016, that expose wrongdoing in the government. plied for this position. PCO officials, the comptroller general of while he still owned shares in his family- When he was integrity commissioner, In May, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Canada, the chief of staff to the president owned human resources and pension he received sharp rebukes for his perfor- (Papineau, Que.) announced that he would of the Treasury Board, and the chief of staff management company, Morneau Shepell. mance from whistleblower groups and recuse himself from appointing the new to the government House leader. He said Prior to the 2015 election, Mr. Morneau had Auditor General Michael Ferguson. ethics commissioner. The reason was that there was only one interview, which lasted worked as the company’s CEO. In a report about the Public Sector Ms. Dawson was investigating Mr. Trudeau for about an hour. As part of the selection Before leaving her job, Ms. Dawson Integrity Commissioner’s Office released for his Christmas vacation in 2016 at the process, he underwent a psychometric test, cleared Mr. Morneau of another investi- in 2014, Mr. Ferguson said that his staff Aga Khan’s private island in the Bahamas. and an English proficiency test, as he had gation in which the finance minister was found “gross mismanagement” in two In his place, Mr. Trudeau asked Govern- misplaced the document that proved he accused of getting a financial benefit based separate case files of whistleblowers that ment House Leader (Wa- had been granted an exemption from the on the insider information, when he sold they reviewed. At the time, some whistle- terloo, Ont.) to oversee the process. language proficiency test in 1985. shares in Morneau Shepell after becoming blower groups in media interviews blasted In November, the Prime Minister’s Of- On Dec. 12, Mr. Dion appeared before a cabinet minister in 2015. The Conserva- Mr. Dion and asked for his removal, one fice announced that Mr. Trudeau, and four the House Access to Information, Privacy, tives had requested Ms. Dawson to look saying he was no better than his predeces- senior officials—chief of staff Katie Telford, and Ethics Committee to answer questions into the timing of the transaction of sale of sor Christiane Ouimet. “Dion has failed, in principal secretary Gerald Butts, senior from the committee members. Following shares, and whether Mr. Morneau and his my opinion, at least as badly as Christiane adviser and lawyer Mathieu Bouchard, the committee appearance, his appoint- father had benefited financially. Ouimet,” said Allan Cutler, who heads Ca- and director of issues management Ryan ment was approved by a vote in the House Mr. Dion told The Hill Times last week nadians for Accountability, in an interview Dunn—had recused themselves from the before the Parliament adjourned for the that in his first week in the new job, he with The Toronto Star. ethics commissioner’s recruitment process. Christmas break. received briefings from his officials about “Now you’re putting these people in The senior staffers recused themselves be- As ethics commissioner, Mr. Dion will Mr. Morneau’s case and had given the a position where their job is to expose cause they were helping Mr. Trudeau deal investigate any complaints that the most green light to continue the investigation. wrongdoing which will embarrass their with the investigation. powerful government officials have poten- He said the investigation would start deputy minister and departments, if it’s Last month, Ms. Dawson released her tially breached federal conflict of interest exactly where Ms. Dawson had left off. done properly,” David Hutton, executive report, after a year-long investigation, rules. One of the most high-profile cases Mr. Dion said that he’s hoping to file his director of the Federal Accountability finding Mr. Trudeau in contravention of the that he has inherited from Mary Dawson is report by the end of spring. The House is Initiative for Reform, or FAIR, told The Conflict of Interest Act when he vacationed an examination of whether Finance Minis- supposed to rise for the summer recess on Canadian Press in April 2014. June 22, and the last day of spring is June “So you’re asking them to do something 21. If all parties agree, the House could that is completely against their instincts.” rise sooner than June 22. Mr. Dion said After Mr. Dion’s appointment to the in the interview that he was aware of the current position in December, Mr. Hutton House schedule, but that was not a factor predicted in a recent interview with The in when the report will be issued. Hill Times that the commissioner will side “I’m quite confident that by the end with the government in his decisions on of this spring this should be completed,” conflict of interest complaints. said Mr. Dion, adding that the timing of “He’ll do exactly what the government the release of the final report depended would like him to do,” Mr. Hutton said, on a number of factors, including avail- adding that he was making this prediction ability of people involved for interviews, based on Mr. Dion’s past performance as and whether Mr. Morneau was guilty of a the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner. conflict of interest or not. “He’s a completely reliable ethics commis- Mr. Dion told The Hill Times that in sioner from their [the government’s] point his first two weeks in office, he had done of view.” about 10 media interviews with English Mr. Dion told The Hill Times that his and French newspapers, radio and TV record will speak for itself, and he will networks, as he thinks media is an impor- perform his duties fearlessly. tant player in any democratic system. He “I do not fear what will happen and I’m said that it was mainly his idea to do all not trying to get a higher promotion,” said those interviews, and his communications Mr. Dion. “It’s about as high as I will get in staff didn’t “oppose this idea.” Mr. Dion any event.” said that he follows news closely, and will Mr. Dion said, last week, he applied for make himself and his office available for the job online in August out of his own vo- information whenever journalists have lition, and no one had asked him to do so. The report about Finance Morneau’s potential conflict of interest regarding Bill C-27 is expected to questions. He said that to the best of his knowledge, come out by the end of the spring. The Hill Times file photograph [email protected] THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 31 Lobbying & ethics News

responsibility to Government House Leader Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.). Democracy Watch claims that at the time of Mr. Dion’s appointment on Dec. 14, the eth- ics commissioner’s office was investigating, at the very least, the following four cases involving Mr. Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.): • Mr. Trudeau’s vacation to the Aga Khan’s private island in the Bahamas in 2016 • Mr. Morneau’s sale of shares in his family firm Morneau She- pell in Nov. 2015 • Mr. Morneau’s involvement in legislation impacting pen- sions, Bill C-27, while still holding shares in Morneau Shepell, a human resources services and technology company that man- ages pensions • And finally, Mr. Morneau’s failure to disclose publicly when he had recused himself from deci- sion-making processes because of conflicts of interest. Then-ethics commissioner Mary Dawson ruled late last month that Mr. Trudeau breached conflict of interest rules by vaca- tioning on the Aga Khan’s private island, rejecting the prime minis- ter’s argument that the “gift” was acceptable because the religious Canada’s new Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion, left, and Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger, right, were appointed last month after a lengthy selection leader fell under the close friends process that spanned months. Democracy Watch last week launched a lawsuit in Federal Court challenging the appointment on the grounds that opposition exemption. parties were not adequately consulted during the nomination process. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade Earlier this month, Ms. Daw- son cleared Mr. Morneau of any commissioner, and both com- post, and simply offered a brief wrongdoing related to the share missioners were investigating seven-minute interview with the sale, concluding that the introduc- situations involving Trudeau or prospective appointees. tion of a high-income tax hike Watchdog other ministers so the cabinet had NDP MP and party ethics that could be seen as negatively a clear conflict of interest when critic Nathan Cullen (Skeena- impacting the share price was making the appointments of these Bulkley Valley, B.C.) described announced publicly weeks before key democracy watchdogs,” Duff consultations on the new commis- the sale. petitions Federal Conacher, Democracy Watch sioners as a “sham,” and accused The ethics commissioner’s of- co-founder and adjunct professor the prime minister of failing to fice is still investigating Mr. Mor- of law and political science at the respect legislation mandating co- neau’s involvement in introducing University of Ottawa, said in a operation with opposition parties. the pension legislation. statement. “It was an insult to the idea Democracy Watch also claims Court to kill new “Given it is essential that of consultation,” he told The Hill that the lobbying commissioner’s ethics and lobbying watchdogs Times. office was investigating the fol- are independent and impartial, “They said this is the one per- lowing four separate cases involv- Democracy Watch hopes the court son we’re looking at, we’re going ing Mr. Trudeau and members of appointments for will overturn both appointments to hire them, we’re not going to cabinet, when Ms. Bélanger was and establish high standards to tell you who else we looked at, appointed commissioner, also on prevent conflicts of interest, and and that’s it.” Dec. 14. also require meaningful consulta- However, Mr. Cullen said he • A fundraising event attended lobbying, ethics tion with opposition parties, for all did not support removing the by Justin Trudeau and hosted by future watchdog appointments.” commissioners from their posts, late Apotex chairman Barry Sher- Mr. Conacher applied for the and was now turning his attention man. Apotex has registered to lobbying commissioner’s job. to how he could work best with lobby the Prime Minister’s Office The federal cabinet has the the new watchdogs. • A fundraiser in Aug. 2014 at- commissioners authority to appoint the lobbying He said it was “unfair” for tended by Mr. Trudeau hosted by and ethics commissioners. How- Ms. Bélanger and Mr. Dion to a Clearwater Seafoods co-founder Democracy Watch has for the lobbying and ethics com- ever, the have their legitimacy questioned and board member. Clearwater is missioners, saying the Liber- Act requires cabinet to consult through no fault of their own, also registered to lobby the PMO filed lawsuits in Federal als failed to honour legislative with the leader of each recog- though argued that issues with the • Mr. Sherman’s assistance in Court challenging requirements mandating consul- nized party in the House of Com- appointment process must be aired. selling tickets for a fundraising tations with all parties recognized mons on the appointment of the The selections of the new event that Mr. Morneau attended. the appointments of in the House of Commons. ethics commissioner, while the ethics and lobbying watchdogs Apotex was also registered to Mario Dion as ethics Democracy Watch announced Lobbying Act requires the same ended months of speculation lobby Finance Canada on Jan. 18 that it had filed law- for the lobbying commissioner about the future of the roles, with • Council of Canadian Innova- commissioner and Nancy suits in Federal Court challeng- appointment. the Trudeau government drawing tors staff lobbying senior officials Bélanger as lobbying ing the appointments of Mario The appointment of the eth- criticism for repeatedly extend- at Global Affairs Canada after Dion as ethics commissioner ics commissioner must still be ing the terms of Ms. Dawson and working on Foreign Affairs Min- commissioner, on the and Nancy Bélanger as lobbying approved by a resolution of the former lobbying commissioner ister Chrystia Freeland’s (Univer- grounds that the Trudeau commissioner on the grounds House, while the appointment of Karen Shepherd over 2016 and sity Rosedale, Ont.) 2015 election that opposition parties were not the lobbying commissioner has 2017, on account of the lack of campaign. government did not adequately consulted during the to be approved by the House and replacements. The lobbying commissioner’s meet the standards for nomination process. Senate. The controversy over ap- office, though, has no author- It also claimed that the entire The Liberal government pointing new commissioners was ity to investigate MPs or cabinet proper consultations federal cabinet was in a conflict publicly introduced the new eth- intensified by politically sensi- ministers. It’s responsible for with opposition parties of interest in making the appoint- ics and lobbying commissioners tive investigations launched by regulating those lobbying the fed- ments because both of the com- in mid-December after what it the offices involving the prime eral government and designated stipulated in federal missioner offices were actively claimed was an open and trans- minister and other cabinet public office holders. As such, the legislation. investigating a number of cases parent appointment process that members. Prime Minister Justin investigations would be centred involving the prime minister or included consultation with the Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) even on those lobbying government, other cabinet ministers. major opposition parties. recused himself from the process not the public office holders being BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI “The Trudeau cabinet failed The Conservatives and NDP, of appointing the new ethics targeted. to consult with opposition party though, disputed claims that commissioner because of the The Prime Minister’s Office was n ethics watchdog is suing leaders, as required by law, be- they were adequately consulted, office’s investigation of his vaca- unable to respond by deadline. Athe Trudeau government for fore appointing the new ethics saying the Liberals only put for- tion to the Aga Khan’s private [email protected] the way it handled appointments commissioner and lobbying ward a single nominee for each island in 2016, handing off the The Hill Times 32 THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 CLASSIFIEDS Information and Advertisement Placement: 613-688-8822 • [email protected]

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Kornelia Mankowski, policy adviser; Before coming to Ottawa to work for Jérôme Miousse, policy adviser; Gurjiven Ms. Philpott in the new Liberal govern- Sandhu, general assistant; and Daniele ment, Mr. MacKendrick had been working Medlej, special assistant. as a coordinator for community engage- In more belated staffing news from ment and digital media for the Markham hill climbers across the aisle, Conservative leader Stouffville Hospital Foundation, located Andrew Scheer bade farewell to Question in Markham, Ont., since 2011. He’s also Period adviser Jayden Robertson this past a former communications manager for by Laura Ryckewaert fall. the Markham Stouffville Federal Liberal Mr. Robertson joined the Conserva- Association, as indicated by his LinkedIn tive Opposition Leader’s Office (OLO) in account. November 2016 under then interim party Mr. MacKendrick studied an undergrad- leader . uate degree in geography and geographic Before that, he’d been working as an information systems at the University of Issues director administrative assistant in the Conserva- Guelph, according to his online profile, and tive House Leader’s Office under current while at the school, represented his college House Leader Candice Bergen. Mr. Rob- (social and applied human sciences) at the ertson first joined the Conservative House school’s central students association. Leader’s Office as a special assistant for Micol Zarb is communications director exits Government parliamentary affairs under then House to Ms. Philpott, as previously reported by leader , who continues to Hill Climbers, and officially started work- serve as the Conservative MP for York-Sim- ing full-time in the role the week before coe, Ont., in 2013. He’s also a former House last. A former consultant with Colbeck of Commons page. Strategic Advisers and former communica- House Leader No longer in Mr. Scheer’s office, Mr. tions director for Médecins Sans Frontières Robertson is now a spokesperson for the Canada (Doctors Without Borders), she Canadian Border Services Agency, work- had begun transitioning into her role in the ing out of its national headquarters office minister’s office at the end of November. in Ottawa. While Mr. MacKendrick continues to Chagger’s Office Bryan Rogers is Question Period direc- tackle the responsibilities of a press secre- tor to Mr. Scheer, while Phil Bolduc was tary in his new role as director for issues hired to serve as manager of parliamentary management and media relations, staffer affairs and a Question Period adviser to the Bismah Haq has in turn taken on more Government House Leader leader in November. communications responsibilities in the Bardish Chagger, pictured David McArthur is chief of staff to the office. She’s now a legislative and commu- in Centre Block. She leader, aided by deputy chief of staff Marc- nications assistant to the minister, having recently bade farewell to André Leclerc. Also at the senior-most previously just been styled as a legislative Chad Mariage, who left her OLO staff level is Kenzie Potter, principal assistant to Ms. Philpott. office earlier this month to secretary to Mr. Scheer, and Nancy Bishay, Ms. Haq has been working in the office return to work in the federal senior adviser to the deputy chief of staff. since October. Before that, she was an as- public service. The Hill Times Daniel Schow is executive assistant and sistant to Liberal MP Raj Grewal, who rep- photograph by Andrew Meade English press secretary to the leader. resents Brampton East, Ont., on the Hill. John Brodhead is chief of staff to Ms. Philpott. Also currently working in the minister’s Minister Philpott promotes office are: Brian Kaufmann, director of parliamentary affairs; Maya Borgenicht, new director from within senior policy adviser; Kyle McKenzie, senior policy adviser; Jessica Hayden, se- Indigenous Services Minister Jane Phil- nior policy adviser; Kathy Kettler, special pott recently promoted her press secretary, adviser; Sherry Anne Smith, senior special Andrew MacKendrick, to instead serve assistant for Western Canada; Jeffrey as a director for issues management and Copenace, special adviser; Ana Fujarczuk, media rela- special assistant for Ontario regional af- tions in her fairs; Steven Caron, special assistant for ministerial Quebec regional affairs; and Cindy Daw- office. son, executive and scheduling assistant. Mr. MacK- Meanwhile, Canadian Heritage Minis- endrick has ter Mélanie Joly recently bade farewell to been fielding special adviser Julie Bélanger, who’s now media que- working off the Hill. ries as press Ms. Bélanger first joined Ms. Joly’s of- secretary to fice around May 2016, and as a special ad- Ms. Philpott viser to the minister, she was focused on all since the things related to Canada 150, the country’s overnment House Leader Bardish He previously spent almost a decade as beginning, celebration of 150 years since Confedera- Chagger, who is also the minister re- a House of Commons clerk, including with starting in G tion throughout 2017. sponsible for Small Business and Tourism, the House Proceedings Directorate’s Table December She’s already embarked on a new gig, is down one political aide, following direc- Research 2015 shortly becoming a senior adviser on public af- tor of issues management Chad Mariage’s Branch and as after she fairs and philanthropy for Lune Rouge, a recent exit. a committee was sworn company founded by Cirque du Soleil co- After a little more than a year, Mr. clerk. He has into her first founder Guy Laliberté, as of Jan. 8. Mariage left the minister’s office on Jan. also previous- cabinet role Lune Rouge “operates and invests prin- 12, according to filings on the conflict of ly worked an as minister cipally in the technology, entertainment, interest and ethics commissioner’s online MP’s assistant of health. He arts, and real estate sectors,” as described public registry. on the Hill and started in his on its website, and works to rally entre- He’d been in the House Leader’s Office as an assistant new role at Andrew MacKendrick is now preneurs and “stimulate entrepreneurial since November 2016, and before that was to an Ottawa the beginning director of issues management innovation.” In her new role, Ms. Bélanger working for the department of Innovation, city councillor. of the new and media relations to the will be working on Lune Rouge’s ‘Creative Science, and Economic Development as a He studied po- year. Indigenous Services Minister. Hub’ project, which is currently being de- manager of parliamentary affairs. litical science Ms. Photograph courtesy of Facebook veloped but will be aimed to bringing “to- As director of issues management, he and English Philpott was gether talented individuals and companies was tasked with helping the government at the Univer- shuffled into the brand new Indigenous working in the fields of content creation to track, anticipate, and work to mitigate sity of Ottawa, Services portfolio as part of then-revealed and creative technology in the entertain- potential issues and hurdles around House according to efforts to split up the old Indigenous and ment industry” with a view to developing business and the progress of government his LinkedIn Northern Affairs Canada structure, along Chad Mariage is now working projects and start-ups, as described online. legislation. Along with keeping up good profile. with a slate of other cabinet changes, an- for the Treasury Board The ‘Creative Hub’ is set to be officially “un- relations with opposition House leaders Mr. Mar- nounced on Aug. 28. Liberal MP Ginette Secretariat. Photograph veiled” in early 2019, at the Maison Alcan and their teams, that means liaising with iage’s role has Petitpas Taylor replaced Ms. Philpott as the courtesy of LinkedIn complex in downtown Montreal. the Prime Minister’s Office, various cabinet not yet been federal health minister. Along with naming Before joining Ms. Joly’s office, Ms. offices, and with the Senate, which is be- filled in Ms. a new minister of Indigenous Services, the Bélanger was a public affairs manager coming increasingly independent. Chagger’s Government House Leader’s old Indigenous and Northern Affairs port- for the Just For Laughs comedy festival Mr. Mariage has now returned to work Office, which is run by chief of staff Rheal folio was restyled as Crown-Indigenous in Montreal. She’s also previously been in the public service, this time as director Lewis. Relations and Northern Affairs, led by head of media relations for the Montreal of cabinet and parliamentary affairs at the Also, currently working on the House Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett as minister. Symphony Orchestra, amongst other past Treasury Board Secretariat. He also contin- leader’s team are: Hugo Dompierre, Amid the shuffle, Mr. MacKendrick stuck experience. ues to serve as a school board trustee for the director of parliamentary affairs; Mark with his boss and continued staffing Ms. Leslie Church is chief of staff to Ms. Joly. French-language Catholic school network, Kennedy, director of communications; Philpott during her transition, becoming the [email protected] Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-est, Sabrina Atwal, press secretary; Stephanie first confirmed political staffer in the new The Hill Times in Ottawa, which he has done since 2012. Choeurng, parliamentary affairs adviser; office. 34 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES

Don Guy now heads up research firm Pollara as Heard on the Hill Mike Marzolini retires

by Shruti Shekar Don Guy, the former chief of staff from 2003 to 2006 to Ontario Is that a ball, or is it premier Dalton McGuinty, is now the owner and chief strategist of strategic research just ’s firm Pollara. Mr. Guy made the announcement in a letter posted on pregnant belly? Pollara’s website on Jan. 10. He takes Two more the reins from Pol- months: lara founder and Democratic former Liberal Party Institutions pollster Michael Minister Karina Marzolini. Gould proudly “I owe Michael a Long-time CBC reporter Alison Crawford is leaving the CBC to join the shows off her tremendous debt of Royal Canadian Mint. Photograph courtesy of Twitter growing belly at gratitude, as a men- a Raptors game tor and supporter of last week. my career. There simply couldn’t have been director for the Ontario Liberal Party Photograph a better place to learn and grow than the for 13 years and was the senior adviser courtesy of Pollara he led for so many years,” said Mr. of strategic communications for the B.C. Karina Gould’s Guy, who was Pollara’s president and CEO Liberals’ election campaign in 2013. Twitter back from 2007 to 2009 after leaving Mr. Mr. Guy is a founding partner of KTG McGuinty’s office. Public Affairs and is the vice-president of Mr. Guy had been the campaign Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.

Alison Crawford leaves Rachel Gilmore joins CBC, joins Canadian Mint iPolitics reporting team

Longtime full time journalist Alison Crawford an- The iP- nounced on Twit- olitics team ter on Jan. 16 has added that she will be Rachel leaving the CBC Gilmore as to join the Royal a full-time Canadian Mint. reporter as Continued from page 2 March, said she plans to be with the baby “Hello tweeps, of Jan. 2. for about two months. Ms. Equal Voice’s Nancy Peckford said in I have personal news to share. Gilmore has emocratic Institutions Minister Karina The Hill Times last week that addressing been writing Gould was growing and glowing when changes would “signal to an emerging After 22 ex- D hilarating years for iPolitic- she attended a Raptors basketball game generation of young women leaders that Long-time CBC reporter sINTEL for last week in Toronto. Parliament isn’t just for women whose kids with CBC News, Alison Crawford is leaving I’m making an about a year “So I may or may not have borrowed are well on their way to being raised or out the CBC to join the Royal and provid- the ball…#WeTheNorth #GoRaptorsGo exciting change,” of the door already.” Canadian Mint. Photograph ed parlia- #33weeks,” Ms. Gould tweeted on Jan. 13 she tweeted. “On Currently, the House rules say MPs are courtesy of Twitter mentary with a picture of herself standing up in allowed to take a 21-day absence from parlia- Jan. 29, I’ll join the team at the monitoring a packed Air Canada Centre where the mentary sittings, after which their pay will be Rachel Gilmore used to work @CanadianMint as senior manager, public services. Toronto Raptors were competing against docked with exceptions relating to illness. for iPoliticsINTEL, but now affairs. 2018 is already off to a roaring She also California’s Golden State Warriors. “I want to be ambitious and have a will be working for iPolitics full start!” was also an The gripping game resulted in the Rap- successful career, but I also want to have time as a reporter. Photograph Ms. Crawford was the senior reporter for occasional tors losing to the reigning NBA champions a family,” Ms. Gould said in The Globe courtesy of LinkedIn the parliamentary bureau for a little more freelancer to a score of 125 to 127. and Mail article. “I don’t see those things for iPolitics. Ms. Gould told The Globe and Mail on as being mutually exclusive.” The article than 11 years. Before that, she was still with CBC, but was an investigative reporter Prior to joining iPolitics, Ms. Gilmore Jan. 5 that she hoped by becoming the first indicated that Ms. Gould has received had a short stint with CPAC for six months federal minister to give birth while in office the option of working from home, ap- in Winnipeg from 2003 to 2006, a radio reporter in Calgary from 2000 to 2003 and from May to October 2016 and also in- she will help set better rules for parental pearing through video conferences for terned there shortly before she was hired. leave on Parliament Hill. committee meetings, and attending votes was the city hall and legislative reporter in Fredericton, N.B., from 1997 to 2000. [email protected] Ms. Gould, who is expecting her baby in when needed. @shruti_shekar THE HILL TIMES | MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 35 By Laura Ryckewaert The Spin Doctors

“What’s your take on U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comment when, in a meeting with lawmakers about protecting immigrants, he reportedly called Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations ‘shithole countries’?”

CAMERON CORY SARAH MATHIEU R. DEBRA AHMAD HANN ANDREWS ST-AMAND EINDIGUER Liberal strategist Conservative strategist NDP strategist Bloc Québécois strategist Green strategist fter a productive cabinet adies and gentlemen, pull up a nfortunately, ever since U.S. ust when we think the president t’s hardly a revelation that the “A retreat in London last “Lseat, watch as I try to write this “UPresident Donald Trump was “Jof the United States can no “IU.S. president is overtly racist, week, the prime minister ad- column without repeating the as- elected, he has taken a number longer surprise us with his remarks, but this comment is nonetheless dressed this during his closing cribed comment from above (not be- of controversial positions, often which are unworthy of a head of egregious. Donald Trump’s racism press conference in response cause I was told not to, but because directing insulting comments at state, he goes and does so again. first made contemporary news when to a question from a journalist. my mother reads this sometimes). groups and individuals, from immi- Donald Trump’s remarks are irre- he led the ‘Birther’ movement: a “He began by taking the “Call me an old-fashioned gration to trade deals and Cana- sponsible and dangerous. Americans hodgepodge of conspiracy theorists opportunity—both as prime communicator, but my general da’s supply management system. are more divided than ever, and and Klu Klux Klan sympathizers minister and as the proud advice to elected officials has “Mr. Trump has made no secret the president is deepening divi- that claimed Barack Obama had for the been to avoid referring to other about his position on migrants to sions with his false, inflammatory, been born in Kenya, not Hawaii. diverse riding of Papineau, countries as gaps in the earth used the U.S. As soon as he was inau- and fundamentally racist remarks. When Trump announced his intent Que., which boasts a strong for defecating in. I’ve also advised gurated, the new president chose “Donald Trump is playing a very to run for president, concerns were and vibrant Haitian com- against referring to your political to implement a travel ban that dangerous game that could change repeatedly raised about his mental munity—to mark the recent opponents as pieces of excre- meant a number of refugees fled to the geopolitical map for many stability, temperament, arrogance, anniversary of the earthquake ment—advice in which our current Canada. Unfortunately, because of years to come. The U.S. president is and yes, longstanding record of that struck Haiti in 2010. The prime minister probably should the government’s refusal to suspend pushing his traditional allies into racism. These concerns remain, yet massive earthquake caused have taken not so long ago. the Safe Third Country Agreement, the arms of his political and eco- there he sits in the Oval Office. devastation and tragedy not “People leaving their countries these refugees resorted to irregular nomic rivals like Russia and China “As far back as the 1970s, the only on the island, but across for new homes elsewhere aren’t border crossings into Canada, in and Canada’s finally getting tough Trump family has been investigated the diaspora in North America always leaving because they feel many cases, putting their lives at with its neighbour. By launching a and publicly shamed for decades-long and beyond. The prime minis- their homelands are metaphorical risk. This situation was made worse complaint with the World Trade Or- discrimination against black tenants ter highlighted the resilience hollowed areas for human waste. by mixed messaging from the prime ganization against the U.S. and the in their myriad New York apartment and strength of the Haitian They’re pursuing new opportunities, minister, who on the one hand made Trump administration’s protectionist buildings. Fast forward to this month’s community in Canada and the they’re seeking reunification with a very public statement welcoming measures, Canada is taking a stance unfiltered slur against poor, visible support Canadians to our Hai- family and friends, they’re looking to everyone to Canada; and on the against the U.S.’s cavalier attitude. minority nations, and Trump is only tian friends, whose response change their own lives for the better. other hand, slamming the door shut. “As a neighbour and major eco- trotting down the well-worn familial was truly heartening. “Unfortunately, we’re all now It took a crisis last summer for the nomic partner, Canada has to walk path of open discrimination. “Canada is a country that is distracted from the real issue at government to make more resources a fine line while defending Que- “Over time, Trump’s racist lan- proud of its diversity, and our play. It wasn’t a salty word that available to deal with the influx. bec’s and Canada’s interests. The guage is emboldening race politics, continued openness towards peo- was used but rather what action “It is clear that Trump’s divi- NAFTA negotiations are crucial with dangerous and disruptive cul- ple who strengthen and enrich is being taken on a concern for sive comments, and policies, are for Quebec’s economy. Canada tural repercussions for the multicul- our society from all walks of life many Americans.” here to stay. 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