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Senator Paula Simons held conversations with five Albertans Heard on the Hill from differing backgrounds by Neil Moss for Alberta Unbound. Photograph courtesy of Liberal MP Kamal Khera Paula Simons joins nursing ranks after Gord McIntosh is pictured with Hill Times editor Kate Malloy in 2013. The Hill Times file photograph COVID-19 recovery hen, a communications and public affairs media background to help Canadians hear firm, as its senior Ottawa consultant. the voices of all kinds of Albertans—and Mr. McIntosh was the president of the not just the ‘usual suspects’ who tend to Parliamentary Press Gallery from 1996 be featured on/in the news,” Sen. Simons to 1998 and a member of the gallery as a tweeted about the podcast on May 11. Canadian Press reporter on the Hill from Sen. Simons is a former Edmonton 1986 to 2001. Journal columnist. She was appointed to After leaving journalism, he became a the Senate in 2018. lobbyist and was most recently a senior adviser for the Canadian Medical Associa- tion. Craig Dalton departs “Brown & Cohen lobbies at all levels of government which was a large factor in my veterans ombudsman office wanting to join this team,” Mr. McIntosh said in a statement. “I am excited to provide Canada’s third veterans ombudsman them with an expanded presence in Ottawa has left the post after 18 months on the job, using both my media and government rela- Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence Ma- tions experience.” cAulay announced earlier this week. The former wire service reporter has Liberal MP Kamal Khera, second from right, is working alongside military nurses at a Brampton long-term appeared on The Hill Times’ list of top care home on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19.Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Kamal Khera Veterans Affairs federal lobbyists numerous times. His work Minister Lawrence has included ghost writing for parliamen- he only MP to have publicly revealed nadian Forces] has meant for this LTC and MacAulay tarians and media training for politicos. Tto have tested positive for COVID-19 its nursing staff.” announced Craig Mr. McIntosh also writes a monthly po- and subsequently recovered has joined the Dalton’s departure litical column for Investment Executive. front lines pitching in at a long-term care Senator Paula Simons in a May 11 press home in Brampton, Ont. release. The Hill Rubicon embarks into Liberal MP Kamal Khera, who is a reg- launches five-part Times photograph istered nurse, announced she was joining by Andrew Meade defence procurement the front lines of the health crisis in March, podcast on Albertan but before she could don the scrubs she With the hiring of seasoned lobbyist tested positive for COVID-19. After more identity and culture Louise Mercier, Rubicon is entering the than a month in self-isolation, she recov- world of defence procurement. ered from the virus in late April. To explore what it is to be an Albertan, Ms. Mercier previously was On May 11, she tweeted that since her Independent Senator Paula Simons has Hill+Knowlton Strategies’ group lead on recovery she has been pitching in at a long- launched a podcast to delve into Alberta’s defence procurement in Ottawa. term care home alongside military nurses identity and mythology. deployed to the facility. The five-part podcast features a con- Craig Dalton is a former colonel in the Canadian Forces nurses have been versation between the Albertan Senator Canadian Armed Forces, where he spent posted to five long-term care homes in and University of Alberta political science 25 years as a member of the Army. During Ontario at the request of the provincial professor Jared Wesley, whose research on that time, Mr. Dalton was deployed to Af- government, including Holland Christian Albertans’ self-identification was an inspi- ghanistan, where he served as Task Force Homes Grace Manor in Brampton. ration for the podcast, Sen. Simons wrote Kandahar’s chief of staff. Ms. Khera, who is the parliamentary on Twitter. “As a veteran with more than 25 years secretary to International Development Alberta Unbound also features conver- of service in the Canadian Armed Forces, Minister Karina Gould, has represented sations with Conservative MP Shannon Mr. Dalton demonstrated exceptional lead- Brampton West, Ont., in the House of Com- Stubbs, who represents Lakeland, Alta., in ership and showed care, compassion, and mons since 2015. the House of Commons; as well as Yellow- respect for our veterans and their families. She tweeted that she held a FaceTime head Tribal College president Diana Stein- He will continue to be a respected voice call with Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan so hauer, a Saddle Lake Cree Nation elder; within the veteran community, and I am he could thank the nurses for their work. journalist and author Omar Mouallem; and very grateful for his lifetime of service,” Mr. “I can’t put into words what it meant for former Progressive Conservative cabinet MacAulay said in a press release. these brave women & men to hear directly minister Doug Griffiths. He thanked Mr. Dalton, adding that he from [Mr. Sajjan],” Ms. Khera wrote. “I also “I don’t just want to be a ‘voice’ for is beginning a “new chapter in his distin- can’t express what the support of the [Ca- Alberta in Ottawa. I want to try to use my guished career.” Mr. Dalton raised concerns with the in- Louise Mercier was one of the founding dependence of the ombudsman office, and members of Women in Defence and Security in before the last election he had expressed 2005. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn hope the government would review its mandate. According to a CBC report, he “Louise Mercier has successfully wanted the government to assess whether planned and executed multiple business the office should report to the veterans af- development strategies for military indus- fairs minister or to Parliament. trial programs,” Rubicon managing partner The office was created in 2007 under the Andrew Balfour said in a press release. Conservative government of then-prime “She is undoubtedly one of Canada’s minister Stephen Harper. The last ombuds- leading experts on defence procurement.” man, Guy Parent, served in the role from A veteran of the defence industry, 2010 to 2018. having worked for Lockheed Martin and the ADGA Group, Ms. Mercier served as We provide full service corporate, one of the founding members of Women government and social catering in Former Press Gallery in Defence and Security (WiDS) in 2005. the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region. She serves as a board member at the CDA prez Gord McIntosh joins Institute. Reserve your next event today! 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That’s the “fundamental to move everything outside of barometer that I’m judged at Ottawa.” whenever I go to the people at the “To me, those ideological, polls,” said Mr. Fergus. “If Cana- a priori positioning, that’s the dians don’t see the public service thing that we didn’t do in terms delivering on the goods, that’s of responding so well as a public when other options will start service to this crisis, and I would looking a lot more attractive.” want us to hold on to that innova- “As public servants, we have to tive approach that we have and be really clear about why we are say that good ideas come from making the choice we’re making different places and we can make in terms of whether it’s public that happen, without an ideologi- or private and what benefits are cal bent on it.” coming from that,” Ms. Tarras Mr. Wernick said it’s “really im- said, who noted there have been portant” to keep talking about the “some great examples” of public- value that citizens and taxpayers private partnerships and out- are getting from the public sector. sourcing in B.C. “There are lots of people out “Being clear about why you’re there that want smaller government, Liberal MP Greg Fergus, left, PIPSC president Debi Daviau, centre, and former clerk of the Privy Council Michael doing it, being clear about what lower taxes, are quick to find fault, Wernick, right. 'I’m incredibly amazed at the level of front line work that our members are engaged in as part of this type of partner you are choos- they have an ideology that private is pandemic, from developing CERB and other benefits, to making sure that public servants could work from home ing, being clear that that partner always better than public, and they [which] was key to keeping operations going, to developing tests for COVID-19 to converting labs for disinfectant,' said shares the values that you have as are active, and I think the progres- Ms. Daviau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Jake Wright an organization, and being clear sive side of the debate has been too that you’re capitalizing in the passive and set back,” he said. skill set of the public service at the same time as you’re capital- izing on whatever the private ‘We may not go all the ‘Quietly competent’ public partner brings to that equation is way back to normal at all,’ an important thing.” When it comes to the future of says Senator Tony Dean the public service work environ- When asked about the “new service during COVID-19 ment, the current situation has normal” when the government demonstrated that working from returns to regular business, home “is not only possible, but Independent Senator Tony Dean notable, says union president, it’s productive,” said Ms. Daviau. (Ontario) told The Hill Times “I don’t think location makes one it won’t occur until we’re in a bit of difference—even if there is “steady state where we’ve moved pressure to move jobs outside of out of emergency mode.” as stakeholders take stock of Ottawa for example, what differ- “And that may mean that ence does it make? You don’t have intermittently, there are still quar- to move because you can connect antines in particular parts of the to a job anywhere in the country, country or in provinces, but gener- bureaucracy’s future role and this pandemic has really ally speaking, [it will be when] proven that that’s the case.” we’re not all 100 per cent in lock- It’s one of the “silver linings” down and on full alert,” said Sen. at the public service as largely an Canadians instinctively—and that have cropped up, she said. Dean, a former top civil servant ‘What’s impressed administrative body, I’m incred- even more and more as the thing “There are opportunities that are for the Ontario government. ibly amazed at the level of front has progressed—have turned to arising out of this crisis—the abil- “Things will wind down slow- me, is the dog line work that our members are the public sector for help for con- ity to work remotely, the benefits ly, but you will need the capacity that didn’t bark,’ engaged in as part of this pan- tinuity, for persistence, and so on, to the environment, to health across the country for rapid re- demic, from developing CERB and some of the people who were and wellness and even things sponse where there are occasion- says former clerk and other benefits, to making the loudest voices for tax cuts and like recruiting the next genera- al flare-ups of disease outbreak,” sure that public servants could privatization and deregulation are tion—[there’s] a whole generation said Sen. Dean. “So you will need Wernick. ‘We haven’t work from home [which] was key now running to the government of people who feel quite natural a certain number of people to be to keeping operations going, to for help.” about working that way and we in first-responder mode.” had any major IT developing tests for COVID-19 to Eugene Lang, professor at failures, bottlenecks converting labs for disinfectant.” Former deputy the School of Policy Studies at The Monday afternoon event minister and Queen’s University, told The Hill or collapses—not looked at how the public service head of the Times that “it’s hard to know has dealt with COVID-19, as well B.C. Public exactly what things are going to everything has been as lessons learned. The session in- Service Agency look like in a year or two.” cluded insights from former clerk Lynda Tarras “Right now, we’re going perfect, but generally of the Privy Council Michael says ‘as public through this unprecedented Wernick, Liberal MP Greg Fergus servants, we change in the role and size and things have gone (Hull-Aylmer, Que.), and past have to be scope and reach of government, quite well.’ B.C. public service agency deputy really clear generally. The federal govern- minister Lynda Tarras. about why we ment, I think specifically in The panellists addressed a are making the Canada and other countries, na- BY MIKE LAPOINTE wide swath of subjects, including choice we’re tional governments, we’ve never public service outsourcing, work- making in terms seen, at least not in peace time, t’s been an “important year for ing from home, IT issues—and of whether expenditures of this scale, and, Ithe public service” and “inter- what the public service will look it’s public or in particular, expenditures that esting to see” how Canadians like in the weeks, months, and private and are being ramped up from zero have instinctively turned to the years to come, based on the expe- what benefits to 100 in a matter of days,” said public sector for help, says former rience and insight gleaned from are coming Prof. Lang. “We’re almost having top federal bureaucrat Michael dealing with the worst health and from that.’ a federal budget every week.” Wernick, with the president of economic catastrophe in memory. Screenshot via Prof. Lang said the situation Canada’s second largest public YouTube has “blown all the orthodoxies out sector union saying there are the window.” “silver linings” that can come out ‘What’s impressed me is “All the conventional thinking of how the federal bureaucracy the dog that didn’t bark’ He added: “It’s a little bit amus- can really follow their example is gone about the role and scope of has contended with the onslaught Mr. Wernick said that “in many ing and ironic, but I think it’s and learn from a different genera- government, and for good reason, of COVID-19. ways, what’s impressed me is the really been, in some ways, in ter- tion about how easily this can be in my view,” said Prof. Lang. “It has “I’m a proud mama as presi- dog that didn’t bark.” rible circumstances, an important done.” to be done, and everybody is learn- dent of a union representing “We haven’t had any major year for the public sector.” “The fact is, this crisis has ing by doing and fumbling in the about 55,000 federal public ser- IT failures, bottlenecks or col- Mr. Fergus, who is also par- shown that people can work in a dark to some degree, but when it’s vants,” Debi Daviau, Professional lapses—not everything has been liamentary secretary to Treasury whole bunch of different situa- all over, whenever that is, I don’t Institute of the Public Service of perfect, but generally things have Board President Jean-Yves tions, as long as they have a con- see it going back to status quo Canada president, said during gone really quite well, certainly Duclos (Québec, Que.), said he nection,” said Mr. Fergus. “What ante—I don’t think that’s going to a May 11 webinar hosted by the compared to some other public thinks one of the reasons why the I do fear, is an ideological bent, happen, either from a policy stand- Pearson Centre for Progressive sectors you can think of around public service is enjoying over- to say that government has to be point or more from a management Policy. “I think what’s really no- the world, so I think it’s been whelming popularity right now is X or Y, the same thing as saying or administrative standpoint.” table is that they’ve been quietly gratifying,” said Mr. Wernick. “It’s that it “stepped up to the bat and you have to shrink government [email protected] competent. Although people look also been interesting to see how delivered.” to fit into a bathtub, or you have The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 5 Comment Digitalization is the way forward and out of COVID crisis

ensuring contact-free and sustainable Fully integrated fishing and simplified fishing surveillance. Many other smart applications are related public services and full to health, education, security, transport, compliance with data and other sectors. Digital solutions combined with good privacy rules is the way cyber security preparedness have proved their usefulness in minimizing the negative to build a secure and effects of hybrid threats, such as cyber- attacks and the spread of disinformation. broad-based digital society. They also enable us to address climate change issues and speed up the transition towards a green economy. Estonia is ready to share its experiences and help other countries to implement large-scale public Estonian IT-cluster companies orga- sector digitization projects, which can contribute to resolution of international crises, writes nized the “Hack the Crisis” hackathon, Estonian Ambassador to Canada Toomas Lukk. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay which rapidly grew into a worldwide movement. Over the Easter weekend, the Estonian-initiated global online hackathon contribute to the resolution of international embrace digital change at all. Estonia has provided solutions that were inspired by crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic. the necessary experience and references to aspects of practical life and by the UN’s As the coronavirus constitutes a serious share the skills of building a secure digital sustainable development goals. Similarly, threat to international peace and security, society. the EU Commission hosted the pan-Euro- Estonia, a non-permanent member of the Digital solutions, if used smartly, make Toomas Lukk pean “EU vs Virus” hackathon to develop UN Security Council, intends to pay special economies grow, governments more ef- attention to these aspects during its UNSC ficient and the world a better place. Digital Comment innovative solutions aimed at fighting the pandemic. presidency in May and beyond. society, if widely practiced, is not just a Fully integrated public services and Employing digital methods and new norm, but a lifestyle. TTAWA—The coronavirus has acceler- full compliance with data privacy rules is innovative solutions to organize public Toomas Lukk is the Estonian ambassa- Oated the application of digital technolo- the way to build a secure and broad-based life may face failures and risks along dor to Canada. gies. Big jumps in digital activity have been digital society. the way, but it is even more risky not to The Hill Times reported in countries that have imposed Today, the world is concerned with an the strictest lockdowns. Remote working, imminent and deep economic recession, online teaching, medical assistance, com- and a disruption of existing global supply merce, and teleconferencing have become and value chains. a “new normal.” There are no proven guide- In the post-pandemic world, economic lines as to how to act in these trying times. growth needs an accelerator. Digitalization Digital infrastructure, however, allows us of society, employment of new tech- to observe the most important treatment nologies, and business models using the available today—social distancing. potentials of information technology may COMMUNITY NOTICE The Global Statshot Report of April become a key factor. 2020 suggests that the world’s digital Last February, the European Commis- Annual Vegetation Management Program behaviour has changed dramatically over sion unveiled its White Paper on Artificial the first three months of 2020. Billions of Intelligence: a set of ideas for a digital Every year, CN is required to clear its right-of-way from any vegetation that may people have turned to online devices to transformation of Europe. Over the next pose a safety hazard. Vegetation on railway right-of-way, if left uncontrolled, can help them cope with life and work under five years, the Commission will focus on contribute to trackside fires and impair proper inspection of track infrastructure. lockdowns. Today 4.57 billion people use three key objectives; technology for people, the internet, which represents an increase a vibrant and sustainable economy, and of seven per cent over the same time last sustainable democratic society. The digital As such, for safe railway operations, the annual vegetation control program will year. The number of social media users future of Europe reflects and reinforces be carried out on CN rail lines in the province of Ontario. A certified applicator has grown even faster, reaching 3.81 bil- the concept of European integration and lion. The number of mobile phone users solidarity and the importance of shared will be applying herbicides on and around the railway tracks (primarily along has grown by 128 million over the past 12 freedoms and values. the 16-feet gravelled area). All product requirements for setbacks in the months, and approximately two-thirds of The New York Times recently assessed vicinity of dwellings, aquatic environments and municipal water supplies will the world’s total population now uses a that some countries might have a competi- be fulfilled. mobile phone. tive edge on their way out of the COVID-19 Estonia started building its information crisis. Estonia is among them due to the society in the 1990s, at a time when most digital nature of its society, the thriving At this time, we expect that the program will take place from May to people did not have access to the internet. startup ecosystem, and its agile business October 2020. Today, the spread of wireless technologies and government partnerships. Estonia’s and the development of Estonia’s e-Gover- experience in the digital state is unique to nance ecosystems has ensured the continu- the world. Because of its digital society, Visit cn.ca/vegetation to consult the list of cities as well as the updated schedule. ity and sustainability of the public sector Estonia has been able to keep most of its services for citizens and private enterprises national systems and infrastructure run- Safety is a core value at CN and in the actual context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has had a tangible impact on quality ning smoothly. our employees and contractors are taking all measures to stay healthy and to of life. The coronavirus knows no borders and, protect the communities in which we operate. For more information, please visit There are many examples of services therefore, international co-operation is our cn.ca/covid-19-update. that could be adopted by Canada. A fully best weapon. The spread of the coronavirus automated unemployment insurance regis- has shown that there is a great need to sup- For more information, please contact the CN Public Inquiry Line at try allows citizens to apply for unemploy- port the development of countries in their [email protected] or 1-888-888-5909. ment benefits or allowances, confirmed by digitization journey and to ensure access to a digital stamp, which is legally equal to secure digital services. Estonia is ready to that of a physical signature. An electronic share its experiences and help other coun- fisheries management system provides tries to implement large-scale public sector cn.ca data on fishing opportunities and licenses, digitization projects. Digital skills can

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litical tool of said he was His answer did not sound like a Who would have relatability. practicing. corny talking point. He said on Ontario Equally, it Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde guessed that during Premier Ford is hard to en parle, when asked if he would is taking believe many send his own kids back to school, the COVID-19 some heat of the media though they are educated in On- crisis we would for admit- who cover tario: “I don’t know.” ting that on him and “And it will be a decision that have seen Trudeau Mother’s those who is extremely personal for many Day he wel- call him out parents. I would make the deci- and Ford sharing comed two have been sion probably at the last minute,” of his four pure, abso- he added. similar patterns of daughters, lute adher- All parents can relate to those behaviour? I guess who were ents to the comments. He did not offer the nor- not already guidelines. mal political speak, that he would that is what you call living in his Ford respect the choices made by each home, into knew his province and note they were being the new normal. his residence choices were made in the best interest of the on that day. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured addressing not going to people they serve. He sounded like He is being media on May 7 and Nov. 21, 2019, respectively. Both are making a virtue of lead to the he went off script and was partially called out for behaving like some of the rest of us have in this crisis, and demonstrating that crumbling in opposition to another first minis- breaking his highly valuable political tool of relatability, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times of social ter’s position. That has not been the own guide- photographs by Andrew Meade order, nor norm during this pandemic. lines that he mass rule- Error or not, it helped situate has publicly credible messenger of his own breaking. the prime minister’s apparent admonished people to follow for public health gospel questioned Instead, he rightly calculated own thoughts about his kids in weeks. Stay in your home bubble. because he is not following his that a premier demonstrating a the same plane as the rest of us. No more than five people in that own rules. Sure, some of that is relatable flaw in behaviour would That type of connectivity is very bubble. Do not allow visitors. You fair, but I suspect more of us are make him come across as more valuable for any leader, especially Tim Powers know the rest, we have heard it saying to ourselves: “We get it.” empathetic. It might have even in a time of crisis. Plain Speak so often. That is Ford’s strength. He has played to an audience that is try- Who would have guessed that This recent spate of criticism a way of connecting with people ing to find a way to respect public during the COVID-19 crisis we against the premier follows the at a personal level through his health approaches while search- would have seen Trudeau and TTAWA—“To err is human; blast he got last week for visiting language and behaviour. I am ing for a bit of normal. It is called Ford sharing similar patterns of Oto forgive, divine,” or so goes his cottage to check on its well- sure he knew, in both the case of being human. behaviour? I guess that is what the well-known English proverb. being. Again, we are all familiar his daughters’ visit and his trip to The prime minister also scored you call the new normal. Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford with the public scolding that has his cottage, he was going to get a marks last week on the sound- Tim Powers is vice-chairman are living embodiments of that played out towards those nasty, public rap on his knuckles. ing like a normal human card. In of Summa Strategies and manag- truth. Both are making a virtue of nasty cottage owners to stay away But he also knew to use his one of his public appearances, ing director of Abacus Data. He is behaving like some of the rest of from their own country dwellings. own defence of these actions, that Trudeau was asked about Que- a former adviser to Conservative us have in this crisis, and demon- Ford is being called a hypo- is, that people govern themselves bec’s reopening plans, including political leaders. strating that highly valuable po- crite and his effectiveness as a with “common sense,” just like he its plan to open some schools. The Hill Times

Cinema Quarantena: what to watch (and not) in isolation

So, in this latest instalment Since watching a pandemic You’ll have to watch of my public service series of movie during an actual pan- isolation tips, some viewing demic strikes me as an act of Tiger King yourself. recommendations for whiling karmic provocation comparable away those hours not spent either to licking every doorknob within navel-gazing or looking up the 20-square blocks of this couch, thesaurus-junkie word for navel- even the Brad Pitt movie is out of gazing so you can actually use the question. Instead, other than “omphaloskepsis” in a sentence. season 2 of Ricky Gervais’ After There is an entire genre of pandemic movies and shows out there, but Some people, and by some Life, which is excellent, I’ve been watching a pandemic movie during an actual pandemic strikes Lisa Van Dusen people I mean human beings of the watching anything that repli- as an act of karmic provocation comparable to licking every doorknob within type one once encountered in one’s cates the essential elements of 20-square blocks of the couch. Screenshot via Netflix daily perambulations in the pre- the crisis—an enemy that doesn’t pandemic utopian meat space of respect borders, an uncertain non-lethal droplets and unmasked future, a context of unfamiliar sion of surveillance activity across built on hidden wires and camou- Lisa Van Dusen bipeds, have been spending their deprivation, democracies under an increasingly un-democratic flaged bugs. Surveillance stopped globe, it’s a bit of a primer for the being about hardware and started What Fresh Hell isolation viewing hours—according siege—without the clinical simi- to the unimpeachable anthropolog- larities. In Second World War con- surveillance-state renaissance. being about software with the ical authority of Twitter—watching tent, the addictive 2015-17 CBC Among the take-aways: unregu- dawn of the fourth industrial revo- fter so many weeks of Isolation pandemic movies, of which there is series X Company has the best lated, ubiquitous surveillance is lution. These days, surveillance ANation quarantine that snow is an entire genre. ass-saving line ever, yelled by never passive, it is a means of not states respect no physical bound- now as discombobulated as the rest The core canon includes Conta- a Resistance fighter caught in just censorship but of maintaining aries and leave no fingerprints. of us about which season it is, I’m gion, Pandemic, Outbreak, 28 Days American crossfire while imper- fealty to a corrupt regime through Which means, as pandemics down to streaming entertainment Later, Virus, and How Hello Kitty sonating a Nazi: “Don’t shoot— coercion and intimidation; surveil- go, it may be more akin to zombies content that can best be described Charmed the World. There is a I’m Canadian!” which should be, lance states inevitably abuse power than microbes. And very tough to as “Whatever isn’t Tiger King.” pandemic-adjacent sub-genre that if not our new national motto, at on a massive scale to justify their contain. The hopeful twist in The Having processed just includes World War Z, in which least a Barenaked Ladies song. continued existence; surveillance is Lives of Others is that the watcher, enough information about Tiger Brad Pitt plays a United Nations The most useful non-Nazi con- a means of not just monitoring, but a human being, rebels. King weeks ago to sort its fight-or- official single-handedly thwarting tent I can recommend is The Lives also colonizing the lives of others, Lisa Van Dusen is associate flight triggers, my amygdala identi- a zombie pandemic using his wits of Others, the 2006 drama about deployed by people—because “the editor of Policy Magazine and fied it as the Netflix version of that and the ineffable, balmy superpow- the surveillance state run by the state” is made up of human beings was a Washington and New York- sad jar of jumbo capers in the back er of being Brad Pitt, which seems East German Stasi before the fall after all—with agendas, grudges, based editor at UPI, AP, and ABC. of my fridge, i.e. the last isolation qualification enough for the real of the Berlin Wall. Since the COV- obsessions, and vendettas. She writes a weekly column for item I would ever consume before UN to conscript him as an asset in ID-19 pandemic is currently being A major difference since then: The Hill Times. shuffling off this mortal coil. our current battle. used as a rationale for the expan- the Stasi surveillance empire was The Hill Times ANN BRIAN ARLENE MICHELE MARK MIURA-KO HALLIGAN DICKINSON ROMANOW CUBAN Navigating the Current Crisis

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Editorial Letters to the Editor There isn’t any time to waste in Now is when opportunity has a fixing the long-term care crisis chance to meet preparedness rguably, the exposure of the long- guidelines to having concrete national Aterm problems in this country’s long- standards that all would have to follow. hen considering financial support in term care homes is as equally devastating As The Toronto Star reported, for- Wa post-COVID world, we might want an issue as the virus that is killing so profit care homes have seen residents die to use the lens of climate change and the many of those who reside in them. of COVID-19 at twice the rate of those in future in which we want to live. The past, For example, in just one home in non-profit homes, which has NDP Leader we will recall, has led us to where we are Ottawa, Carlingview Manor, out of a po- Jagmeet Singh calling for an end to for- today. When opportunity meets prepared- tential 303 beds, there were 147 cases of profit facilities. ness, significant synergies can result and COVID-19, CBC Ottawa reported on May Speaking of the New Democrats, they include a future by design. 12. Forty-two residents of the home have and the Bloc Québécois have been ring- Money will be spent in the post- died and 75 staff members have tested ing the bell for governmental support COVID recovery. Do we want to use a positive as well. for seniors for weeks, and have consis- rear-view mirror to re-claim the past, or The premiers of Quebec and Ontario tently been met with the reassurance that design the future in which we want to have requested military support to help something was on the way, that it was just live? There are opportunities to re-train out on the ground at these facilities, and around the corner. workers and develop infrastructure to on May 12, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau That something was finally unveiled help transition toward that future. Are said that the federal government will help on May 12, when Seniors Minister Deb Finance Minister Bill Morneau gives an we prepared to take advantage of that the provinces and territories find “lasting Schulte made a rare press conference update about the government’s COVID-19 opportunity? solutions” to the crisis. appearance to announce new money for response in the West Block on April 11. The Ron Robinson Because of the way our country is set seniors through Old Age Security and Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Nelson, B.C. up, health care and these care homes fall Guaranteed Income Supplement one-time under provincial and territorial responsi- top ups. bility, so, ostensibly there isn’t much the When pressed about the situation in federal government can do to make the long-term care homes, Ms. Schulte reiter- necessary changes happen. That means ated the need to support provinces and it’s going to take some serious co-ordi- territories, suggesting anything more will Base virus response on nation, co-operation, and lack of ego for have to wait until the situation abates. things to get done the way they should. “The focus right now is on working as a We know it can happen, because we’ve Team Canada and to address these issues evidence, not fear, says reader been seeing it play out to various degrees that are there right now,” she said. “There throughout the coronavirus response— will be time to look at the system and to re we too compassionate to notice at consequential (along with a growth of provinces, territories, and the federal work with the provinces and territories on Awhat point care changes into para- antibodies in the population), none of us government working hand-in-glove to addressing those issues that have become noia? In other words, can we attack a should tolerate the imposition of over- address problems that each order would very apparent through this crisis.” specific virus without incapacitating an regulation. After all, did the authorities normally tackle on their own. But if things carry on as they are, entire economy? And how much of a cure not react responsibly in regard to tuber- Health Minister Patty Hajdu was on without immediate intervention and is that if it causes widespread deaths by culosis or the swine flu or SARS or other that track this week, telling reporters on movement, there may not be time for the suicide? In effect, is life livable without a previously severe infections? May 11 that sort of collaboration was promised review. People are sick, they are healthy economy? There’s a difference between strate- on her mind. She said there’s room for a dying, and things need to change now, or Why can’t everyone else follow the gic containment and general paralysis. conversation with provinces and territo- the problem is only going to get worse. same practical precautions (masks/gloves/ Those who object, insisting we’re fol- ries to move from the existing system of The Hill Times disinfectant) that grocery stores, pharma- lowing the best possible advice, should cies, banks, transit systems, and hospitals therefore expect to meet the exact same are applying? Either such measures are tactics when hit with the next seasonal deemed safe for all working members influenza, which can be, statistically, of society, or they are safe for none. Of just as fatal. So is every flu now cata- course, those who develop symptoms strophic? Of course not. The point is, should avoid work—as we normally do. statistics show the new virus is very And do we need physical distancing if contagious but, like the flu, not very we’re already wearing masks? Should it deadly; so why is the economy being not be one or the other? At the same time, shut down as if we’re facing the bubonic stricter pre-emptive tactics (isolation/ plague? quarantine) should be enforced only on Is this not a disease we can man- those most vulnerable (the elderly and age to live through without putting our immune-deficient), along with focusing lives—and livelihoods—on pause in such medical resources intensively on them— drastic fashion? There’s a difference especially at every seniors’ residence and between the temporarily sick and the sanatorium. truly endangered. When we know where Are we basing our decisions regarding the overwhelming percentage of casual- this epidemic on the threat of it being conta- ties are happening, that’s where most gious or on the threat of it being deadly? The means of protection should be targeted. vast majority of the infected are recovering The current strategy being waged by our without suffering extreme conditions, so officials against the coronavirus shows they’ll require little in terms of prescribed an excess of benevolence and a failure of care—or psychological coddling. intelligence. As time goes on, and hospitalization L.S. Cattarini subsides and the contagion is no longer Montreal, Que.

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“The instability and fear that reopening as the price of getting the pandemic engenders is exac- the economy going. erbating existing human rights Internationally, Trump and As COVID-19 plays concerns, such as discrimina- his administration have opted tion against certain groups, hate to blame it all on China, go- speech, xenophobia, attacks and ing so far as to suggest without forced returns of refugees and proof that it originated in a asylum-seekers, mistreatment of Chinese lab. While Beijing will out, the world finds migrants, and sexual and gender- rightly be the target of scrutiny based violence, as well as limited post-epidemic, the alarming access to sexual and reproductive U.S. approach could unwind health and rights,” the UN report any progress the two countries said. have made in easing Trump’s itself at a crossroads It is well known that extrem- trade war with China (a disturb- ist, right-wing groups are trying ing possibility when the world to capitalize on COVID-born fear economy is struggling with the will be felt around the globe for a harbinger of change. If the and frustration to drum up thou- impact of COVID) and raises the Will the collective years to come. collective shock might compel sands of new recruits—pumping prospect of an enduring great- Seventy-five years ago, it was people to think seriously about conspiracy theories and taking power conflict. With Trump’s shock compel people the sheer horror of the 1939-45 a fundamental transformation of advantage of anti-shelter-in-place decision to defund the World war, in which 60 million were political motivation to prioritize demonstrations. Health Organization (another to think seriously killed and countries were left social justice. Protests against COVID-relat- White House scapegoat) and about a fundamental in ruins, that prompted Western So it was in other Western ed restrictions have happened in refusal to co-operate in a global nations, led by the United States, countries. But now, with the first various countries but none has campaign to address the pan- transformation of to try to construct a global order stage of the epidemic possibly been as disturbing as the dozens demic, the U.S. has completed founded on ideas such as national receding, the jury is out. Will it of demonstrations by “Trump its abandonment of the global political motivation self-determination, rules-based mark a shift to a more humanis- troops” in the U.S., particularly leadership it assumed after the trade among countries, and col- tic, co-operative world based on where extremists are harassing Second World War. to prioritize lective security. shared hardship and the need for legislators while prominently Other leaders are trying to The impact of the pandemic more generous policies, or will it displaying their assault rifles. fill the vacuum. For instance, social justice? has not reached the proportions be a source of increased isolation U.S. President Donald Trump German President Frank-Walter of that war, but the trauma and and discord among peoples and has encouraged such protests, Steinmeier, speaking on May 8 dislocation of normal life has been nations? part of his daily efforts to turn about how the allied victory 75 profound enough to prompt second Increasingly, the signs are not the epidemic into a culture war years ago “liberated” his country thoughts about how we conduct propitious. With people eager to distract from his failure to from the catastrophic evil of fas- ourselves. Early in the upheaval, as usual to blame someone for address COVID-19 quickly or cism, said: “Today, (all peoples) people in many parts of the world a catastrophe, there has been a adequately. His beyond-chaotic must liberate ourselves. From set aside their distrust of politicians troubling, widespread search for performance has become his- the temptations of a new brand and looked to the authorities for scapegoats. United Nations Secre- toric as the U.S. has topped the of nationalism. From a fascina- guidance and help. There was also tary General António Guterres lists of virus cases. Desperate to tion with authoritarianism. From a recognition of how the glaring warned last week that the public save his re-election prospects, distrust, isolationism and hostility inequality built into our social-eco- health emergency is quickly Trump is betting everything between nations. From hatred and Les Whittington nomic systems made those at the becoming a human rights crisis. on championing an economic hate speech, from xenophobia Need to Know lower end of the income scale more This is happening against a back- recovery at all costs. The latest and contempt for democracy—for vulnerable to COVID-19. drop of rising ethno-nationalism, twist is his quiet embrace of they are but the old evil in a new In Canada, for instance, many populism, authoritarianism, and herd immunity tactics, in effect guise.” TTAWA—Like the Second watching federal and provin- push-back against human rights encouraging Americans to see Les Whittington is a regular OWorld War, COVID-19 has the cial leaders extend emergency in some countries, the UN noted the coming upsurge in the epi- columnist for The Hill Times. potential to be a dividing line that aid began to wonder if this was in a recent report. demic as a result of a premature The Hill Times

only way to make a point is a tough delivery, well the point’s going The Star’s Macpherson defined to be made.” Mosher character- izes him as an “equal opportunity lampoonist,” saying “any Canadian public figure was fair game.” moments in history in a single frame The greatest compliment any cartoonist can be paid is when monopoly of COVID-19 on the Mosher’s brilliant biography of for- “Mike” Pearson wasn’t flattering, “victims” request copies of their It is the editorial news, and the melding of one day mer Toronto Star cartoonist, Duncan either. Pierre Trudeau was often work. On the walls of countless into another. Although the 75th an- Macpherson, Professional Heckler, portrayed as arrogant or alone, politicians around the country, cartoonist who has niversary of VE day on May 8 was to be launched later this year by a characterization that outlived Macpherson’s work was displayed the capacity to survey marked with muted celebrations, McGill-Queen’s University Press. him. Macpherson often included a prominently, as it was considered other days have been lost in the Mosher, also known by his nom short, disheveled character in his an achievement to be caricatured the news, inject an fog of passing weeks. de plume, “Aislin,” is an award- cartoons, representing the Cana- by him. In the permanent exhibit One such overlooked date was winning cartoonist featured on the dian “Everyman,” who was abused on the life of “Mike” Pearson at the opinion, find humour World Press Freedom Day on May editorial pages of Montreal news- or ignored by the powerful. eponymous Global Affairs head- 3. The day was proclaimed by the papers for five decades; Macpher- The 1950s to 1980s were quarters on Sussex Drive, several or pathos in current UN General Assembly in 1993 to son was a friend and a mentor. As Macpherson’s heyday: newspa- of Macpherson’s cartoons are fea- “defend the media from attacks a result, the Macpherson family pers were dominant, and The tured, as they encapsulate history. events, and define on their independence and to pay gave Mosher access to his papers; Toronto Star was the richest At a time when we look back a moment in history tribute to journalists who have he spent countless hours research- paper in the country. As the book to the days before COVID and lost their lives in the exercise of ing the late cartoonist and inter- attests, it had a stable of bril- beyond, and newspapers shrink or in a single frame. their profession.” viewing those who knew him. liant writers and was run by the disappear, it is hard not to be nos- Among those journalists are While one might have ex- hard-nosed Beland Honderich. talgic for the bygone era of literate cartoonists. It was only five years pected a thick coffee table tome Macpherson was considered the criticism and satire. Macpherson’s ago gunmen shot and killed 12 of cartoons, it goes far beyond, best editorial cartoonist in North work, sometimes dark, more often people at the French satirical with a crisp, biographical narra- America, so Honderich gave him than not hilarious, reminds us of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo. tive explaining Macpherson, warts free rein and the salary to go with the service rendered by editorial And given autocrats do not like and all, from his boyhood in rural it. In return, Macpherson won cartoonists in standing up for the being ridiculed, cartoonists are Scotland and Toronto, to his death an unprecedented six National average person, and puncturing often targeted by repressive re- at 68 in 1993. One also appreci- Newspaper Awards. the egos of the powerful. gimes. Fortunately, in our society, ates Macpherson’s gift as an artist, Macpherson is portrayed as a Andrew Caddell is retired from they are only the objects of rage combined with his skill in skewer- man who despised conflict after Global Affairs Canada, where he by thin-skinned politicians. ing the most powerful in Canada. his experience in the Second World was a senior policy adviser. He Andrew Caddell For it is the editorial cartoonist For those of a certain age, War, and lived as a “functioning previously worked as an adviser With All Due Respect who has the capacity to survey the Macpherson defined how English alcoholic” for most of his life. While to Liberal governments. He is a news, find humour or pathos in Canadians felt about their political prone to rages when drunk, he fellow with the Canadian Global current events, and define a mo- leaders. For example, his carica- held no malice for anyone in public Affairs Institute and a principal of TTAWA—As the pandemic ment in history in a single frame. ture of John Diefenbaker as Marie life: “I don’t think I ever intended QIT Canada. He can be reached Ogrinds on, two noticeable I was reminded of this role while Antoinette stuck, to Dief’s dismay, a cartoon to be vicious in the sense at [email protected]. phenomena have emerged: the reading an advance copy of Terry while the depiction of an awkward of (being vengeful) … but if the The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES Comment Push to reopen the economy fuelled by disinformation, political gaslighting

U.S. President Donald year entitled, Report of the Select Commit- taxonomy of Trump’s tweets as an effort to This pandemic is not just Trump, pictured in tee On Intelligence United States Senate control the news cycle.) the Press Briefing On Russian Active Measures, Campaigns What we have, instead, is a media that a mere inconvenience, Room on April 7. His And Interference In The 2016 U.S. Election, mainly transcribes Trump’s messages, gaslighting of America that laid out the who, what, when, where, rather than challenging them for credibil- it’s literally life and death, is rapidly turning why, and how of the Russian government’s ity or accuracy. In addition, just to make yet we have politicians into Canadian policy attempt “to access election infrastructure” sure selected politicians stuck with the through an aggressive with a campaign that “sought to polarize program, right-wing groups co-ordinate gaslighting us into disinformation Americans on the basis of societal, ideo- “protests” to pressure government officials campaign controlled logical, and racial differences, provoked to do their bidding. And that’s exactly what believing otherwise. and co-ordinated by real world events, and was part of a foreign happened with the “re-open the economy” the White House, government’s covert support of Russia’s debate: we got played. writes Erica Ifill. favored candidate in the U.S. presidential Let’s look at how this played out. Photograph courtesy of election.” Hence the rancour of the public March 24: Trump states that he wants the White House Flickr/ and politicians directed at the social media the economy open by Easter; this year, Eas- Andrea Hanks giants. Also, hence the Mueller Investiga- ter Sunday was on April 12. tion. April 7: 42 states implemented lock- Enter the Trump White House, which down or “shelter-in-place” restrictions. are opening the economy is not only the has never been ride or die for the truth, or April 12: Anti-lockdown protests in fault of their short-term, callous thinking, facts, or information, for that matter—how- Canada began in Vancouver and Vernon on it originated as an orchestrated movement ever, as the masters of media manipulation, April 12, the same day as protests hap- whose media manipulation tactics and that doesn’t really matter. pened in Ohio and the same day as Trump’s Erica Ifill disinformation techniques lie squarely at Misinformation that turns into disinfor- deadline to reopen the U.S. economy. Bad+Bitchy the heart of the White House. mation campaigns and the irreverent use April 15: One of the first large-scale The term “misinformation” is false in- of Twitter are what make U.S. President “anti-lockdown protests” was held in Michi- formation that is shared about a specific Donald Trump particularly effective at gan. It was organized by a Facebook group, TTAWA—Donald Trump’s gaslight- subject; disinformation is misinforma- galvanizing his fan base to organize the “Operation Gridlock,” created by the Michi- Oing of America is rapidly turning into tion created to intentionally spread to spread of his “fake news.” In this sense, the gan Freedom Fund, and they spread like Canadian policy. This is being orchestrated confuse, deny, and lie to mislead the president of the United States runs his own wildfire. Protesters in multiple other states through an aggressive disinformation cam- recipients of that information. In 1923, informal troll farm, using Fox News as its cited Michigan as an inspiration and used paign, controlled and co-ordinated by the Russia established a special disinforma- public relations arm. It’s quite brilliant if similar material on their own websites, White House. tion office, used by the then-precursor to you look at this ecosystem of mendacity Facebook groups, and Reddit pages to On May 11, thousands of children in the KGB as a tactical weapon for political through a dispassionate lens. What he has promote their protests. Interesting fact, the Quebec returned to school after an eight- warfare to influence the course of global learned is a tenet of today’s digital media Michigan Freedom Fund was bankrolled by week absence as a result of measures events and tilt the analysis of those environment: a platform is power, and an the deVos family. You know, Betsey deVos, undertaken to stop the spread of COVID-19. events in Russia’s favour. engaged base provides inexpensive and the Secretary of Education. Quebec was hit particularly hard by this Today, the purpose remains the same, inexhaustible ways to transmit your mes- April 17: virus, resulting in a high of 1,110 new cases but is mostly done through social media, sage, rapidly. No one: … on May 1, bringing its total to 38,469 cases a fact uncovered by Buzzfeed News in Enter mainstream media. Donald Trump: LIBERATE VIRGINIA, as of May 11. In fact, coronavirus cases in their story on Russian disinformation The problem with disinformation is that MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA! Canada reached a milestone on that day campaigns after their invasion of Crimea: it is no longer confined to the anus of the In the next few weeks, the news cycle with the death toll reaching 5,000, with most “The bizarre hive of social media activity internet or even social media; conspiracy in Canadian media had turned this into a of these deaths in—you guessed it—Quebec. appears to be part of a two-pronged Krem- theories that used to live there are now debate between reopening the economy or Must be nice to be top shotta of the lin campaign to claim control over the being platformed by media we rely on to not, as though the choices had equitable “reopen the economy” mafia, because that’s internet, launching a million-dollar army tell us the truth and the politicians we rely outcomes. This is not a coincidence, it’s co- what the band of provincial premiers who of trolls to mold American public opinion on to make policy decisions. And let’s be ordinated; it is intended to fit into Trump’s are moving ahead with such plans, who as it cracks down on internet freedom at real, these are politicians whose oxygen re-election strategy, predicated on a robust appear to be doing the most to ensure that home.” These troll farms were instrumental supply is connected to the latest poll, so in economy. people’s lives are endangered for the good in the shaping of the 2016 U.S. presidential that sense, media becomes instrumental in However, a pandemic can only be of the economy, are. election. framing an issue and presenting it through controlled so much and is often unpredict- Speaking of organized crime, the The U.S. Senate Select Committee on a lens of critical analysis. (George Lakoff, able, much like Trump himself. The U.S. is recklessness with which many premiers Intelligence tabled a report in April of this a professor at UC Berkeley explained the a ticking COVID-19 time-bomb with the latest death count as of filing deadline at 82,555 and 1,395,026 infected. That’s bad news for Ontario, sandwiched between tweedle dee and tweedle don’t, whose early COVID-19 infections came from across the 49th parallel. It is unfortunate for us that the push to reopen the economy comes at a time when we are yet to have proper personal protec- tive equipment (PPE) for health-care work- ers, long-term care facilities are exploding with the virus, Ontario’s cases are begin- ning to increase again, we don’t yet have a vaccine, and we are being consistently told by the Conservative Party how lazy we are because we are taking proper precautions for an unprecedented pandemic. The fact that is most terrifying, though, is that those countries (South Korea, Ger- many, China) who seemed to have a handle on this virus, and who have reopened their economies, are now seeing new virus out- breaks, demonstrating that without these lockdown procedures, we could be right back in the same place we were in March. This pandemic is not just a mere incon- venience, it’s literally life and death, yet we have politicians gaslighting us into believ- ing otherwise. What a dystopian nightmare of epic proportions. Erica Ifill is a co-host of the Bad+Bitchy podcast. The Hill Times children. There is also a need for designated funding for Children First Canada Kids Can’t Wait! child-focused research in order to ensure than children’s and the Council of health and well-being is not impacted in the long- Champions The federal government must term by the cancellation of virtually all non-COVID19 research across the country. Sara Austin, Founder and CEO, act now to mitigate the impact Children First Canada • Protecting children from violence: including scaling of COVID-19 on children. up programs to keep kids safe in their homes and online, Dr. Kevin Chan, Former Chair and Chief of Pediatrics, such as: extending supports to children and youth Children’s Health Memorial in and out of care, supporting children and families Owen Charters, CEO, Across the country, children are uniquely at risk with emergency needs, providing home visits while maintaining physical distancing, and supporting Boys and Girls Clubs Canada impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and they and children and families with virtual visits and programs. Mathew Chater, CEO, their families are in urgent need of support. This must also include ensuring the continuity of care Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada for children who had experienced abuse prior to the Dr. Ronald Cohn, CEO, Children are affected by disruptions to their daily lives due to crisis and preparing for an anticipated spike in child Sick Kids Hospital the closure of schools, recreational programs and other public abuse reports once the restrictions on schools and Irwin Elman, Former Ontario places. Children’s health has been directly impacted by the daycares are lifted. Child Advocate, Global Strategic pivoting of healthcare systems to focusing on the needs of Champion, Until the Last Child adults and seniors during the pandemic; meaning that many • Promoting the resilience of children: including the vital services for children have been cancelled or postponed. provision of virtual and remote programming to ensure Emily Gruenwold, CEO, Children’s Healthcare Canada They are also impacted by the increasing economic pressures that children are supported with healthy active living and stress that their parents and other caregivers are facing through existing relationships with caring adults and Mary Jo Haddad, Chancellor due to work closures and job losses. All children are impacted, peers. The delivery of such programs must include of the Univ. of Windsor, and some are being particularly hard hit. flexibility in how programs are delivered, not just a Board Director of TD Bank Group blanket outburst of ‘virtualized’ programs. Children need & TELUS Kids growing up in poverty have limited access to nutritional to see adults who care about them through small group Christine Hampson, President, programs that would otherwise be offered in schools and interactions online, and this then reinforces the self- The SandboxProject they no longer have access to recreational supports that directed learning or exploration that they need now. Julia Hanigsberg, CEO, Holland would have been available through afterschool programs. Bloorview Kids Rehab Hospital Children who experience family violence no longer have a We call on the federal government to invest $250 safe refuge at school, and more kids are at risk of abuse due million to address these priorities, including the Mark Hierlihy, President & CEO, to the increased economic pressures that their families are short, medium and long terms impacts of the Children’s Hospital Foundations of Canada experiencing. First Nations, Métis and Inuit children living pandemic on the wellbeing of kids in Canada. in remote and rural communities are particularly vulnerable We also urge the federal government to work directly Krista Jagaard, CEO, IWK due to overcrowded housing, lack of clean water, and limited with Indigenous organizations to fund their needs to Health Centre (Halifax) access to hospitals. support First Nations, Métis and Inuit children and Karyn Kennedy, CEO, Boost families. Furthermore, we urge the federal government to Child Advocacy Centre & Chair Since the outset of the pandemic, Children First Canada and work with the Provinces and Territories in a coordinated of the Canadian Network of Child our Council of Champions have been working directly with response and ensure that no child is left behind. Advocacy Centres the federal government, providing policy recommendations Alex Munter, CEO, CHEO to senior decision-makers and to Ministers whose mandates Lastly, we call on the federal government to hear directly Hospital include children to offer recommendations for action to from children and youth as to how they are impacted and Bruce Squires, President of mitigate the impact of the crisis on kids. to involve them in the decisions being made to improve McMaster Children’s Hospital their lives. Children aren’t simply people in need of help, We have been encouraged by initial investments made in they are citizens with rights. Dr. Holden Sheffield, Chief of frontline organizations like Kids Help Phone, foodbanks Pediatrics, Qikiqtani General and emergency shelters, and by the Prime Minister’s efforts There is nothing more important to Canadians than the Hospital (Iqaluit) to directly engage children through his press conferences survival of our children. Kids represent nearly a quarter Dr. Michael Shevell, Chair of and by answering questions from kids in conjunction with of our population and one hundred percent of our future. Pediatrics, McGill University Dr. Theresa Tam. We also acknowledge the tremendous Without immediate help, we risk jeopardizing their Health Centre, Pediatrician-in- supports from the private sector and communities in support childhood and the future of all Canadians. Chief at The Montreal Children’s of children and youth. These early efforts have brought much Hospital needed attention and resources to the plight of children and We urge the Government of Canada to act without delay Kathleen Taylor, Chair of have been greatly appreciated, if and ensure that kids receive the care and support they but much more is needed SickKids Foundation we are to make significant impact. need. Even prior to this crisis, Canada lagged behind our global peers when it comes to the health and wellbeing Dr. Michael Ungar, Canada With each day that passes, the toll of this crisis on children of our children, ranking in 25th place out of 41 OECD Research Chair in Child, Family worsens. As leaders in our respective fields, we serve and countries according to UNICEF. The COVID-19 pandemic and Community Resilience, Dalhousie University support millions of children from coast to coast to coast. is further threatening the physical and mental health of Collectively, we have identified three major priorities for our children, and we must act now to ensure that the 8 immediate investment that are currently lacking support: million kids in Canada can survive and thrive.

• Protecting the physical and mental health of children: including scaling up and ensuring long-term sustainable Every single day matters in the life of a funding for virtual care for physical and mental health for child, and they cannot afford to wait.

the full joint statement is available at childrenfirstcanada.org 12 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

perpetrated by state and non-state actors. In Colombia, the lockdown contributed to Mercenary mess An act the assassination of a member of Orga- nización Femenina Popular, one of several human rights defenders murdered within the broader context of state-sponsored and should prompt of care: paramilitary violence. This militarized response is driven by ongoing weapons manufacturing while other industries shut down. In Italy and Ottawa to drop picked reframing other European countries, weapons manu- facturing plants remain open as “essential services,” and while such operations have not been deemed essential in the United Venezuelan president global States, they have not been closed. De- spite endorsing the UN’s call for a global ceasefire, such as in Yemen and Syria, the government of Canada recently announced selected by the Lima Group, which is led by its decision to resume approving weapon Hopefully, Canada will cut Canada and includes 14 other Central and efforts to exports to Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s South American countries. most heinous human rights abusers. its ties with Juan Guaidó Since the Lima Group made its choice, The narrative of war and rallying support now that his true colours Guaido has been recognized as Venezuela’s for the battle of our lives and those of our fel- president by a total of 60 countries, the contain low citizens justifies this show of force. They have been revealed. most notable being the U.S. This means are accompanied by violence and social that more than 120 countries do not recog- norms that oppress all populations, but par- nize Guaidó’s presidency, the most notable ticularly racialized groups including Black of them being Venezuela itself. COVID-19 and Indigenous communities; women and This past January, Prime Minister Justin gender diverse people; and people with dis- Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrys- abilities. This is the definition of militarized tia Freeland hosted Guaidó in Ottawa. Fol- The narrative of war and and toxic masculinity—whether adopted by lowing that meeting, Freeland held a press men or women. It excludes anyone who does conference wherein she told reporters that rallying support for the not conform to a dominant masculine/femi- the Lima Group and Guaidó were all seek- nine binary narrative. ing the same goal of a “peaceful transition battle of our lives and This narrative normalizes a military, to democracy.” police, or security presence that is proving Scott Taylor Meanwhile, completely unbeknownst those of our fellow citizens to be far from benign. to Freeland, Guaidó had already signed a Inside Defence excludes anyone who does For this moment of collective pain, force contract with a mercenary to invade his and muscle are out of place. Especially own country. not conform to a dominant force and muscle that are using this pan- TTAWA—Last week, a bizarre drama That contract, which was published last demic to instil a tyranny of security that Ounfolded on the shores of Venezuela. week in the Washington Post, firmly tapes masculine/feminine binary criminalizes those who are already most Security forces engaged several boatloads Guaidó’s feet to the bicycle pedals in this marginalized. In some spaces, it escalates of armed gunmen, resulting in eight dead botched coup. However, Goudreau has also narrative. the narrative of fear that leads to violence and a dozen prisoners. Two of those who made the claim that his invasion had the against those responding to the pandemic. surrendered to Venezuelan authorities were sanction of the Trump administration. Workers in too-often underfunded and un- ex-U.S. Special Forces soldiers who had A photograph of Goudreau with U.S. derappreciated sectors of care. As Arund- identity cards showing they worked for President Donald Trump, purportedly taken hati Roy asks: “if it were not masks and Silvercorp USA; a Florida-based private on Oct. 18, 2018 in Charlotte, N.C., was gloves that its frontline soldiers needed, security company. posted on Goudreau’s Instagram account. but guns, smart bombs, bunker bust- Just prior to the skirmishes, on Sunday, Although the U.S. government has thus ers, submarines, fighter jets, and nuclear May 3, Silvercorp president Jordan Gou- far denied having any involvement with bombs, would there be a shortage?” dreau had proclaimed to the media that the attempted coup d’état, Venezuelan We need to reframe our narrative and he was launching an invasion to liberate participants in the botched raid stated they response to the COVID-19 pandemic and, Venezuela and arrest President Nicolás were seeking the bounty money offered by consequently, an alternative political and socio- Maduro. the Trump administration for the arrest of Mayssam D. Zaaroura & Kirsten Van Houten economic response that takes into account the The Canadian- Maduro. Opinion needs of the most vulnerable populations. born Goudreau On March 16, This reframing must be feminist: served as a reserv- 2020, just as the rights-based, inclusive, non-violent, and ist with the Cana- wave of COVID-19 e are waging a war, we are told. We undertaken in the spirit of gender equality dian Armed Forces was swallowing up Ware all in this war together. We have and racial justice. Amnesty International before enlisting in all available media to fight this disease—look at how this has noted that measures undertaken by the U.S. military, space, Secretary of country is winning this battle, this is how governments in the name of protecting where he eventual- State Mike Pom- we flatten that curve, and here is how we people from this disease must be “pro- ly was selected for peo announced will emerge victorious. portionate, time-bound, and that they the special forces. a total value of This militarized narrative is used to are implemented with transparency and Goudreau $55-million for the describe the COVID-19 pandemic: fighting adequate oversight.” claimed that his arrest and deten- on the frontlines. The militarization is not Our response to COVID-19 must be pre- actions were part tion of Maduro only evident in the language describing the sented as an act of care as opposed to an of a contract he and four of his top crisis; it also shapes the response. act of war. It must recognize that women had signed with a aides. The price on Many governments, including in are at the forefront of the response, and chap named Juan Venezuela politician and declared interim leader Maduro’s head was Canada, are adopting increasingly milita- ensure they have seats at decision-making Guaidó. Juan Guaidó is pictured with Prime Minister Justin $15-million. The rized language and approaches to enforce tables and where we maintain positions of When the at- Trudeau in Ottawa on Jan. 27. A Canadian-born reason given for physical distancing and restrict mobil- leadership. A response that acknowledges tempted Rambo- mercenary allegedly ties Mr. Guaidó to a botched placing a bounty ity of populations around the world. In women’s continued work as human rights style invasion attempt to arrest Nicolás Maduro. The Hill Times on these leaders some parts of Canada, police have set up defenders throughout the pandemic and literally washed up photograph by Andrew Meade was that they were checkpoints to reduce non-essential trips beyond, ranging from challenging milita- on the Venezuelan considered “narco- between and within provinces. In more rism to providing humanitarian assistance. shores, Guaidó terrorists.” extreme cases, such as the Philippines, Rather than staying home to fight the was quick to denounce any knowledge of According to Pompeo, these dastardly governments have given their militaries virus, we stay home to care for ourselves the armed invasion. Venezuelans were using the cover and the authorization to shoot and kill anyone and each other. The frontline can be Unfortunately for Guaido and other confusion of the COVID-19 pandemic to violating lockdowns. reframed as our communities. Let’s use members of the Venezuelan opposition, flood the U.S. with cheap illegal narcotics. These militarized responses have led to a narrative and response, steeped in care there exists a signed contract between He offered no proof, nor did he explain an increase of human rights abuses around and compassion, in the hope that when them and Silvercorp dated October 2019. how such a scheme was to succeed. The the world. In the Philippines, 21 residents the pandemic ends, this period might be The deliverable on that contract was the Venezuelan Narco-Giveaway plot seems of the urban, poor neighbourhood Sitio San remembered as the world’s greatest col- invasion of Venezuela and the overthrow of less feasible than Goudreau’s 60-man inva- Roque were arrested after protesting inad- lective effort towards positive peace and a Maduro in exchange for US$213-million. sion of Venezuela—and we saw how that equate access to food after their livelihoods more equitable world. For those who may have lost track of unfolded. were restricted by the lockdown in Luzon. Mayssam D. Zaaroura is a women’s the Venezuelan political crisis in the midst Hopefully, Canada will cut its ties with The pandemic response has also led to a re- rights knowledge specialist with Oxfam of the COVID-19 pandemic, it must be Guaidó now that his true colours have been surgence of armed violence, as tensions rise Canada, and Dr. Kirsten Van Houten is the remembered that Guaidó was chosen as revealed. The Venezuelan people deserve in fragile and conflict-affected states, includ- global partnerships co-ordinator at Kairos president of Venezuela in January 2019. better. ing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Canada. This piece was written in collabo- This was not the choice of Venezuelan vot- Scott Taylor is the editor and publisher Mobility restrictions imposed in some ration with members of the Women, Peace ers who had elected Maduro to a second of Esprit de Corps magazine. countries also pose a risk to human rights and Security Network–Canada. term in 2018; rather, Guaidó was instead The Hill Times defenders seeking protection from violence The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 13 Virtual solutionsPolitical fundraising are News Morechanging dollars the way we throughaccess health the door care for CPC,Demand forbut virtual Liberalscare will grow as outbreaks like COVID-19 make face-to- seeface appointments more impracticaldonors in 2020’sBy: Michael Greenfirst quarter Virtual Care is the In the past number of weeks, physical distancing and self- generate $4 in health system value through avoided use of isolation have been mandated by most public health officials preciousFuture system resources, of likeHealth reduced hospital Carestays and across the country and health professionals are responding by emergency room visits. offering virtual care alternatives to patients. This care delivery Delivery in Canada model will be paramount to our ability to flatten the pandemic Canada is a world leader in telehealth, delivering over a million curve, which is the primary focus in Canada right now. careBy Michael visits Green, via telehealthPresident and every CEO, Canada year. Health And theseInfoway numbers will grow as more virtual care options become available and outbreaks like any Canadians had likely never heard the term “virtual care” before the COVID-19 The use of technologies which allow for virtual consultations COVID-19pandemic. make Now it’sface-to-face part of our lexicon, appointments right up there with impractical. terms like “physical between patients and clinicians via video, text or email, is an M distancing” and “flattening the curve.” But when the pandemic is over and we stop talking about physical distancing and flattening the curve, will virtual care be here to stay? Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Bloc Québécois Leader effective way to help prevent the spread of the virus. Virtual visits SocietyVirtual care –is connecting changing, with a there’s health care no provider doubt. by email, COVID-19 phone or video has call accelerated– has become Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party parliamentary leader Elizabeth May. The Liberals,also provide Conservatives, peace and NDP of all sawmind a dip toin fundraising those inrecovering the first quarter at after home a general and election thea necessity need during for theand pandemic use ofbecause virtual in-person solutions appointments and at Infoway clinics and doctors’ will offices compared to early 2016, while the Bloc and Greens saw a boost. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade are not safe or feasible. Health care providers across the country have been offering virtual those who are at risk and don’t want to venture to a doctor’s continueoptions for all tobut workurgent orclosely ongoing care,with such our as check-upsfederal, for provincial expectant mothers. and territorial office or hospital. While it maysociations seem like and justcandidates, a convenience the Green Party governmentTracking by Canada partners Health Infoway to (Infoway) advance shows these that, by thesolutions. end of April, the proportion of Theto Conservative some, for those Party who have limitedbrought mobility, in a total ofcomplex $582,350 for health the quar- visits that happened virtually rather than in-person had increased to 60 per cent – a dramatic jump ter. Meanwhile, the Bloc added $203,548 from less than 20 per cent prior to COVID-19. The most common way to connect with patients onceissues, again multiple led the encounters pack withto the its central health coffers system, over the and/or first three live in Infowaywas by phone is (40 also per cent), spearheading followed by video ACCESS visits (11 per cent) 2022, and email/online a social chats movement (5 per in fundraisingrural and remote in theareas, first the abilitymonths to visit of the their year, carewith $19,352 team in virtually trans- tocent). create For appointments a new specificallyday for relatedhealth to concernscare in about Canada, COVID-19, one 23 per where cent of Canadiall - fers from riding associations and candi- ans contacted their family physician, 19 per cent accessed the system through 811 or a telehealth quarteris extremely of 2020, valuable. but the dates and donations from 1,519 individuals. Canadiansline, and 17 per cent have reached access out to a toprivate their sector health virtual care information provider. and digitally- During the last quarter of 2019—cover- Liberals saw 778 more ing Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, and in turn including enabledPrior to the pandemic, tools andeven though services many Canadians to better had likelymanage never heard their the termcare “virtual and care,” PrescribeIT®, Canada Health Infoway’sthe tail-end national of last year’s e-prescribing federal election, improvetheir desire to health connect with outcomes. clinicians using modern digital technologies was already increasing. In a individuals pitch in. which saw the Liberals returned to govern- 2019 survey, 63 per cent said they would like to connect with their care providers by email, 58 per service, can also be a significantment, asset albeit whenwith a in-personminority—the visitsLiberals with cent said they’d like to use SMS or an app, and 44 per cent said they’d like to use video calls. BY LAURAhealth RYCKEWAERT care professionals are notmanaged possible, to surpass or not the recommended.Conservatives in TheIncidentally, COVID-19 in some clinical pandemic settings, patient reminds satisfaction us withof thevirtual need care is veryfor high. continued Prior to fundraising and brought in $656,967 more the pandemic, for example, an e-visit pilot project delivered by the Ontario Telemedicine Net- Itespite reduces an ongoing the leadershipneed for race in-person from physician 14,339 more or individuals. nurse practitioner The Liber- innovationwork (now Ontario in Health)Canadian found that health 98 per care.cent of patientsOver feltthe an cominge-visit was theweeks same as and or Dvisitsseeing dollarsand enables being directed vulnerable to the populationsals reported a to total limit of roughly their time$4.8-million months,better than an we’re in-person sure visit, to99 persee cent virtual said they’d care use itevolve again, and and 92 per grow, cent said as it mademore coffers of candidates’ campaigns, the that quarter, and 45,917 donors, while the accessing care more convenient. It’s important to note that in primary care and specialist set- Conservativeoutside Party thereby has reclaimed reducing its lead their riskConservatives of infection. raised For almost prescribers $4.2-million peopletings, virtual come visits tend to to rely work on best it when during they support these established unprecedented doctor-patient relationships.times. No and offeringonce again outpacedvirtual consultationsthe other major withfrom patients, 31,578 individuals. prescriptions can doubt, when we make it to the other side of this crisis, we will parties in fundraising in the first quarter of In all, between the last quarter of With high levels of patient interest in, and satisfaction with virtual care (in certain clinical 2020,be bringing sent electronicallyin almost $4.4-million. to the patient’s2019 and pharmacy the most recent of choiceone, the Liberal and seesettings), a new why were day virtual in health visits relatively care. uncommon prior to COVID-19? There are a number The Liberal Party’s fundraising trailed Party’s fundraising dipped by 34 per cent, of reasons for the low level of virtual consultations, including challenges with appropriate the Conservatives’pharmacies by can almost request $1.2-million, prescription while the renewals Conservatives’ from increased a patient’s by tools and training for clinicians. However, physician remuneration was a very significant issue withprescribing the governing partydoctor reporting electronically. a total roughly four per cent. If– mostyou’d provinces like andto beterritories a part did notof supportmoving payment Canada’s for routine health clinician usecare of virtual into the of roughly $3.2-million for the quarter. But, The NDP, Greens, and Bloc Québécois visits. When the pandemic struck, this critical issue was urgently addressed, out of necessity. despite a lower total, the Grits saw 778 all saw their fundraising drop by roughly future,Today, all provincesjoin the and ACCESS territories have 2022 billing movement codes in place forat virtual access2022.ca. care. moreOutside donors over the the current quarter, withhealth 27,224 crisis, 65 in per 2018 cent between alone, the virtual last quarter care of The recent announcement that the federal government is investing $240.5 million to develop, 2019 and the first quarter of this year. In contributorshelped compared patients to livingthe Tories’ in 26,446.rural and remote communities avoid Michaelexpand and launchGreen virtual is thecare andPresident mental health and tools CEO to support of CanadaCanadians, isHealth also a hopeful The New Democrats, Greens, and the Bloc the last three months of 2019, the NDP sign for the future of virtual care in Canada. We look forward to working with Health Canada Québécoismore all than raised 280 below million the $1-million kilometres raised of travel. almost $2.8-million,This represents while the more Infoway,and others to a accelerate federally-funded and support the roll-outnot for of virtualprofit care servicesorganization, across jurisdictions. and has mark between Jan. 1 and March 31, based on Greens raised close to $1.7-million, and the financialthan reports $420 filed million with Electionsin avoided Canada. costsBloc and raised more $580,871. than 70 thousand longWhy is itbeen so critical a tovisionary keep moving for toward the virtual way health digital care delivery health after solutions the pandemic can is over? Evenmetric without tonnes the $535,129 of avoided in transfers CO2 emissions.But, compared Virtual to the care first alsoquarter has of 2016 makeIn 2019, virtualpublic care health saved Canadians systems 11.5 millionmore hours sustainable by not having toand take improvetime off work the to from leadership contestants reported by following the October 2015 federal election, attend in-person appointments. It also saved them more than $595 million in avoided travel costs. the Conservativeshigh patient over satisfaction the quarter, the rates. the Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP all patientAnd it resulted experience. in a reduction of 120,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions – which is better for party still outpaced the Liberals in fund- saw in a dip in numbers this time around. everyone’s health. If we could sustain virtual visits at 50 per cent of primary care visits, we project raising by $626,422. In the first three months of 2016, the Liber- annual savings of 103 million hours for Canadians, $770 million in travel costs, and 325,000 TheOpting Conservative for virtual Party set care a $200,000 solutions en- als—newlycan also catapulted be a boon to government to the healthwith a Paidmetric tonnes for by: of CO2 Canada emissions. Health Infoway trancesystem. fee for candidates For example, to run in thisfor year’s every $1majority—reported spent on telehomecare, $4.1-million from 35,902 we Virtual care will never replace in-person appointments, and that is not the goal. Highly effec- race, of which $50,000 is non-refundable. The donors, while the Conservatives brought in tive virtual care is intended to be complementary to traditional in-person care. party also levies a 10 per cent administra- $5.5-million from 32,502 individuals, and the tive fee on donations directed to leadership NDP raised $1.4-million from 16,663. And the evidence in favour of virtual care is clear. It’s a safe and effective means of care de- candidates. The race to replace Conservative On the other hand, the Bloc Québécois, livery. It can reduce pressures on our health system. Canadians want it and love it. It saves Leader Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, which managed to increase its caucus time and money and it’s good for the environment. So when the pandemic is over and we Sask.)Hill Times officially Spon Con.inddkicked off 1on Jan. 13. from 10 to 34 last fall, and the Green Party, stop talking about physical distancing and flattening the curve, we must ensure2020-03-27 that virtual 10:41 AM For its part, the Liberal Party’s $3.2-million which went from two to three MPs (com- care becomes a permanent part of our lexicon and of health care delivery in Canada. for the quarter includes $263,053 in transfers pared to just one after the 2015 vote), both from riding associations and candidates. had a much better post-election year first The NDP reported a total of $972,209 for quarter compared to 2016. During the first the first quarter of 2020, including $8,162 in quarter of 2016, the Bloc had raised just transfers from riding associations and 2019 $131,312 from 802 donors, and the Greens candidates, with 12,060 donors pitching in. $453,406 from 6,713 individuals. With donations from 8,215 individuals [email protected] and $4,800 in transfers from riding as- The Hill Times 14 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 15 News Conservative leadership Conservative leadership News Experienced team returns to back O’Toole in leadership bid

Conservative to then-Western Economic Diversifica- is a former Harper-era ground team behind the 2017 campaign campaign and ‘No one has ever run MP and tion minister of state Jim Prentice, and a cabinet staff, includ- to unite Alberta’s Wildrose and Pro- is in charge of leadership former research and video specialist with ing as chief of staff to gressive Conservative parties. After the fundraising. a campaign during a contender the federal Conservative caucus’ research then-associate defence United Conservative Party was formed, He’s also a for- Erin O'Toole, bureau, among other things. minister Julian Fan- he was regional organizer for central mer director pandemic, at least in my pictured Financial reports for the first quarter tino, and has spent Alberta for now-Premier Jason Kenney’s to the secre- lifetime. There’s no path speaking of 2020, up to March 31, show Mr. the last two years as a successful leadership bid. tary of state with media O’Toole’s campaign has raised a total of partner with Loyalist Mr. Ross has been a senior consultant for foreign in the campaign manager outside the $784,997 so far, from 4,686 individuals. Public Affairs. with ElectRight since 2012, according affairs during House of That tally puts Mr. O’Toole second in Now on Team to his LinkedIn profile, and previously the Harper manual on what to do,’ says Commons fundraising, behind Mr. MacKay, whose O’Toole, Mr. Burnett worked on Mr. Brown’s 2015 Ontario PC government’s Chamber campaign reported nearly $1.05-mil- was Ontario campaign leadership campaign and on Mr. Hudak’s first mandate, Erin O’Toole’s campaign on Dec. 10, lion raised. But Mr. O’Toole leads in chair for Kevin 2009 leadership bid, among other cam- among other manager, Fred DeLorey. 2019. The donors, with the MacKay camp noting O’Leary’s paigns. He’s a former assistant to then- past Hill Times donations from 3,538 individuals—a failed 2017 Conservative MP Rick Dykstra and was an jobs. photograph difference of more than 1,000, or 24.5 leader- assistant in Mr. Kenney’s office as then- Continued from page 1 by Andrew per cent. ship bid. federal citizenship minister. COVID-19 pandemic and resulting physical Meade “We had an overwhelming number A former Tannis Drysdale is Team O’Toole’s distancing restrictions. of more donors, which goes to show Dan Mader is leading policy development for Mr. as- Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) chair. She’s “No one has ever run a campaign dur- we have real grassroots support across O’Toole’s campaign. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn sis- been running her own consulting firm for ing a pandemic, at least in my lifetime. the country,” said Mr. DeLorey. years, and has been involved in a long list There’s no path in the campaign manager The majority of donations made to Mr. tant to then-Ontario PC minister Tim of conservative campaigns over the years, O’Toole’s campaign in the first quarter Hudak, Mr. Burnett was director of orga- including Kellie Leitch’s 2017 leadership manual on what to do,” Mr. DeLorey told Tausha Michaud is principal secretary The Hill Times. came from Ontarians, with 2,066 contribut- nization for Patrick Brown’s unsuccessful campaign, ing. Next was Alberta, with 1,177 donors, 2015 campaign for Ontario PC GOTV efforts broadly are much the same to Mr. O’Toole on the campaign. While “However, our team has been incred- Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn ibly nimble and able to adjust on the fly while 860 came from British Columbia, 162 leadership and is now a partner as they were last campaign, said Mr. her work in terms of our approach and how we’re from Saskatchewan, 155 from Manitoba, with Pathway Group, a gov- DeLorey, noting that 2017’s race saw the has communicating with members, and Erin is 92 from Quebec, 89 from Nova Scotia, 44 ernment relations and pub- vast majority of voting take place by moved to digital, Stephanie Dunlop is on continuing to work night and day talking from New Brunswick, 19 from Newfound- lic affairs firm in Toronto. mail-in ballot ahead of the convention, board as tour director. An account direc- to Conservatives across Canada through land and Labrador, 13 from P.E.I., five from Working closely with with only a limited number of polls set tor with Hill and Knowlton Strategies, she video conferencing and telephones.” the Yukon, three from the Northwest Ter- Mr. Burnett to recruit, up for day-of voting. was the lead organizer in the GTA for Mr. The Conservative leadership race of- year’s large, 14-candidate slate to have Jeff ritories, and one from Nunavut. train, and oversee vol- Walied Soliman, a partner with O’Toole’s 2017 leadership bid and has since ficially resumed on April 29, after suspend- returned for a second attempt. Ballingall “There’s a lot that goes into strategy, a unteers and organizers Norton Rose Fulbright LLP and spent time as director of appointments ing in late March due to the outbreak of As with a majority of Canadians, the is head of lot of targeting that we do … our biggest across the country are Mr. its Canada chair since 2017, is Mr. and stakeholders to then-Ontario tourism COVID-19. pandemic has pushed the work of cam- digital for asset though, at the end of the day, is our O’Toole’s director of field O’Toole’s campaign chair, while Dan minister Michael Tibollo. Originally, the party planned to an- paigning almost entirely online. Mr. O’Toole’s candidate, Erin O’Toole,” said Mr. DeLorey, operations, David Parker, Robertson is chair of strategy. Mr. Mike Wilson, a lawyer with Goodmans nounce its new leader at a convention in For the O’Toole campaign team, it’s campaign. calling his candidate a “True Blue Conser- and chair of field operations, Robertson is a former associate LLP and former chief of staff to Ontario Toronto on June 27. Now, a deadline of made little difference day to day, accord- Photograph vative.” Jim Ross. director of communications Attorney General Doug Downey (and his Aug. 21 has been set for mail-in ballots ing to Mr. DeLorey. The campaign courtesy “We have all these tools around him to Mr. Parker is a former to Mr. Harper as prime min- predecessor, Caroline Mulroney), is the to be counted, and the party has said the nev- er had a physical head- of Jeff help push the message, but it’s the mes- assistant to Conser- ister, a former spokesperson campaign’s legal counsel. “result will be announced as soon as those quarters office, he Ballingall sage that’s so vital in this campaign and vative MPs Shannon for then-Ontario premier Team O’Toole also includes a roster Jim Burnett is another deputy ballots can be properly processed and ex- said—calling them it’s what’s really set us apart, I’d say, from Stubbs (Lakeland, Alta) Ernie Eves, and a former of regional organizers. In Quebec, that’s campaign manager. Photograph amined by scrutineers while respecting any a “thing of the the MacKay campaign.” and Ed Fast (Abbotsford, director of advertising for the led by Conservative MP Alupa Clarke courtesy of LinkedIn health guidelines in place at that time.” past for leader- Mr. DeLorey said a full campaign plat- B.C.) and was part of the federal party. Until January, (Beauport-Limoilou, Que.) as chair. Em- The race officially began on Jan. 13, a ship races”—and form would be released “in due course.” he’d spent the last two years manuel Dion-Weiss, who’s been an as- month after outgoing Conservative Leader in turn, the team as a partner with ONE Persuades, working sistant to Conservative MP Gerard Deltell Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.) was already doing Team O’Toole’s alongside former Scheer campaign manager (Louis-Saint-Laurent, Que.), and Andrew announced he would step down following much of its work Who’s who on Team O’Toole Hamish Marshall, among others. Swidzinski, a former president of the Lac 2019’s disappointing election result. virtually. Supporting Mr. DeLorey are three endorsements to date:* Contact Gold’s Riyaz Lalani is also a se- Saint-Louis federal Conservative riding Mr. O’Toole, who’s been the MP for Dur- “We were all deputy campaign managers: Mélanie nior adviser to the campaign, having been association, are running field operations in ham, Ont., since 2012, officially announced operating remotely Paradis, who’s been tasked with communi- 1. Alberta MP Garnett Genuis a co-chair of Mr. O’Toole’s 2017 bid. the province. tinuing to do that,” he said. have one earlier in the day with people he would make a second run for leadership anyways in different cations; Dan Mader, who’s leading policy 2. Alberta MP Dane Lloyd Laura Kurkimaki, another former Harper- To date, Mr. O’Toole is second to Mr. Mr. DeLorey, who was political opera- in Newfoundland, so you can get around on Jan. 27. A former officer in the Royal places of the development; and Jim Burnett, who’s 3. Alberta MP Greg McLean era cabi- net staffer and former issues MacKay in endorsements from current and tions director of the Conservative Party and actually talk to more people,” said Mr. Canadian Air Force, he also briefly served country, so focused on field operations. 4. Ontario MP Alex Ruff manager in the PMO, is former Parliamentarians and other notable from 2013 to 2015, is running the campaign DeLorey. “Now that people are using video- as veterans affairs minister under Stephen we’re Ms. Paradis led communications for 5. British Columbia MP Cathy McLeod Mr. O’Toole’s campaign politicians, with a tally of 36 such endorse- from Ottawa. conferencing more and more in their daily Harper’s Conservative government in 2015. just Mr. O’Toole in 2017 and went on to do the 6. Ontario MP Bruce Stanton secretary, putting her ments, including from 26 current MPs, two He ran the show for Mr. O’Toole back lives, it’s just become so much easier to set Mr. O’Toole came third behind Mr. con- same for Christine 7. British Columbia MP Kenny Chiu in charge of ensuring Conservative Senators, and Alberta Pre- in 2017, and said he signed up to do the up these types of meetings.” Scheer and then-Conservative MP Maxime Elliot’s unsuccess- 8. Alberta MP Stephanie Kusie the team stays on mier Jason Kenney, as of filing deadline. Fred DeLorey is Mr. O’Toole’s national campaign same—albeit, with hopes of a definitively Pandemic aside, the use of digital ad- Bernier in 2017 and is the only one of that ful 2018 bid for 9. Saskatchewan MP Gary Vidal task and that com- Mr. MacKay had 84 such endorsements as manager. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn different outcome—after connecting with vertising and outreach methods in general Ontario Progres- 10. Manitoba MP Larry Maguire munication flows of May 11. Mr. O’Toole at a Christmas party shortly are becoming “more and more important” sive Conservative 11. Ontario MP Philip Lawrence between organizers [email protected] after Mr. Scheer announced his plans to every election, said Mr. DeLorey, and leadership. She 12. Ontario MP Michael Barrett spread out across The Hill Times step down in December 2019. “that’s something that we’ve put a lot of was part of the 13. Alberta MP Kerry Diotte the country. She A Nova Scotia native, Mr. DeLorey has effort into, and it’s been paying off tremen- Ontario PC’s 14. British Columbia MP Brad Vis previously worked been managing partner with DesLaurier dously.” 2018 campaign 15. Saskatchewan MP Robert Kitchen alongside Mr. Public Affairs since 2015, and is also a In charge of the O’Toole campaign’s communications 16. Manitoba MP Dan Mazier DeLorey 17. Alberta MP Gerald Soroka former Atlantic regional affairs adviser to digital strategy this time around is Jeff shop, and provid- at Con- 18. Ontario MP David Sweet then-prime minister Stephen Harper and Ballingall, founder of Ontario Proud, ed communica- servative former director of communications for the Canada Proud, and B.C. Proud, as well as 19. Alberta MP Martin Shields tions support 20. Saskatchewan MP Warren Steinley headquar- federal party. the Mobilize Media Group and a co-owner to federal ters as 21. Saskatchewan MP Corey Tochor Laura Kurkimaki plays a key co- The campaign’s original “aggres- of The Post Millennial, a right-wing news Conser- a former 22. Saskatchewan MP Brad Redekopp ordinating role as Mr. O’Toole’s sive” cross-country tour plans have been site. vative national 23. Ontario MP Eric Melillo campaign secretary. Photograph scrapped as a result of COVID-19 and re- Ontario Proud threw its weight behind candi- 24. Quebec MP Richard Martel outreach placed with a virtual tour that has already Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives courtesy of LinkedIn Mélanie Paradis is one of three deputy dates 25. Alberta MP Blake Richards co-ordi- seen Mr. O’Toole do “hundreds” of events, in the 2018 Ontario election, helping to campaign managers for Team O’Toole. last 26. Alberta MP Pat Kelly nator and field operations manager for the from videoconferencing to conference calls run ads and mobilize voters for the party, Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn fall. Ms. 27. Quebec Senator Leo Housakos party. Of late, she’s been busy as a senior to live streams with question-and-answer which ultimately won a majority, reducing Paradis 28. Quebec Senator Judith Seidman public affairs adviser for Payments Canada. sessions, said Mr. DeLorey. the provincial Liberals to just seven seats. is currently a vice-president of the Ontario 29. Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta Tausha Michaud is principal secretary to While “nothing beats actually looking Mr. Ballingall’s third-party network also PC Party and a director with McMillan 30. David Piccini, Ontario MPP Mr. O’Toole. A former senior adviser and act- someone in the eye and having a conversa- backed the federal Conservatives in 2019. Vantage Policy Group. 31. Stacey Hassard, Yukon MLA and Yukon Party interim leader ing chief of staff to Mr. O’Toole as veterans tion,” he said he’s seen benefits to cam- After Mr. Scheer and party failed to de- She’s no doubt in close contact with Mr. 32. Stan Cho, Ontario MPP affairs minister, she continued working for paigning virtually, and, with the ability to feat the Trudeau government, Mr. Ballingall O’Toole’s campaign press secretary, Chel- 33. Michael Harris, former Ontario premier him as an MP for two years after the 2015 hit “a lot more ridings,” he predicted that “a was among those behind the Conservative sea Tucker, and videographer Jeff Pierce, 34. Alupa Clarke, former Conservative MP election. She’s currently a director with Mc- lot of the stuff we’re seeing in this cam- Victory campaign formed last fall to push who’s been producing video content for 35. Chuck Strahl, former Conservative MP and cabinet minister Millan Vantage Policy Group in Toronto. 36. Christian Paradis, former Conservative MP and cabinet paign” will “become the norm” for future for a leadership race to be called. He’s the federal party in recent years. Jeffrey Kroeker, a partner with Civis minister Maxime Bernier, Erin O’Toole, and Andrew Scheer are pictured at the 2017 Conservative leadership leadership campaigns . also a former content producer with the Mr. Mader, who’s similarly returned for Law LLP in Toronto and former adviser to BASTIENPRIZANTOPTOMETRY.COM “Erin can have a meeting with mem- since-defunct Sun News Network, a former * Note: this list is focused on current and former Parliamentar- convention in Toronto. Behind Mr. O’Toole, pictured right, is Mélanie Paradis, who is once again backing Mr. Round 2 after having helped with com- ians, and notable provincial and municipal politicians. Mr. Hudak and John Tory as then-Ontario 613.236.6066 • [email protected] O’Toole, this time as one of three deputy campaign managers. The Hill Times file photograph bers in the Yukon tonight and then he can special assistant for communications munications during Mr. O’Toole’s 2017 bid, PC leaders, is chief financial officer for the 16 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES News Conservatives & Quebec

Conservative caucus endorse- Quebec CPC membership ments don’t mean much, agreed Mr. Powers and Mr. Keller, unless they come with the political orga- nizing strength of the politician votes more important than low as well. Both Mr. Martel, a former hockey coach who boasted connections in each riding, and leadership donations, say politicos Sen. Housakos said they’ve been on the phone and Zoom calls for days urging support for Mr. O’Toole. And, as The Hill Times reported this week, many of Mr. Quebec donations O’Toole’s recent ads have run to CPC leadership exclusively in French. Mr. Martel (Chicoutimi-Le candidates made up Fjord, Que.), speaking to The Hill Times through a translator, said three per cent of the the low numbers are in part due to the Quebec mentality on fun- total they raised in draising, especially federally. He said it’s not reflective of the mem- the first quarter— bership numbers and interest in down from seven per the party or his chosen candidate, Mr. O’Toole, who he described cent in the 2017 race— as a straight-shooter with good judgement and a strong debater. despite the province He also praised the Ontario MP’s French and said the candi- making up 23 per cent Donations from Quebec residents to Conservative leadership candidates made up only three per cent of the totals, even date can bring the party closer to of the vote. though the province is an important pool for votes as 23 per cent of the final tally. From left, former cabinet minister Quebecers, acknowledging the Peter MacKay, Conservative MP Erin O'Toole, Conservative MP Derek Sloan, and Toronto lawyer Leslyn Lewis are election was a disaster for the running for the party's top job. Photographs courtesy of Twitter and The Hill Times file photographs party in his province. Sen. Hou- sakos also pointed to language, Continued from page 1 will probably come by the end It’s worth taking into account the province’s total donations. saying that while all candidates campaigns, and less inclined than of June now that Quebecers are how the party is doing in the Meanwhile, the most raised in are “challenged” with French, Mr. provincial counterparts to give slowly returning back to work province as a whole, said former Quebec this race came from the O’Toole has “improved drasti- federally in the first place. and Montreal is being opened Conservative cabinet chief of staff former candidate Rudy Husny, cally,” and that was, in part, why The four candidates collec- and we’re coming out of our Garry Keller, noting Quebec is who amassed $27,300 and was the he supported him. tively raised less than $60,000 cocoons,” said Sen. Housakos, unique in its provincial fundrais- only Quebecer to enter the field. With organizing all being done in Quebec, with frontrunners who noted Quebec has been hit ing, which has one of the highest online and over the phone, former Peter MacKay (who raised a total particularly hard with COVID-19. per-vote subsidies paid to regis- MacKay leads in caucus Conservative candidate David $1.04-million) and Erin O’Toole It’s reported the most cases of tered parties. Tordjman said it’s hard to get a (who raised a total of $785,000) the virus, and the most deaths. “Dollars may not necessarily endorsements read on where support is, but he’d neck-and-neck leading the small On March 26, the party an- translate to membership num- Mr. MacKay leads in caucus put it at “an almost 50-50 split” for figures in the first three months nounced it would suspend the bers,” he said, and given that endorsements, including four of the two frontrunners. of 2020, according to fundraising leadership race, pushing back March was likely a “dead zone” the 10 Quebec MPs, including He’s supporting Mr. MacKay, data released by Elections Can- the April 17 deadline to bring on for many of the candidates, it’s Bernard Généreux (Montmagny- who he said got a positive recep- ada. Meanwhile, all candidates new members to May 15. hard to know who had momen- L’Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière du tion when visiting Mount Royal, combined raised $1.49-million But Conservative strategist tum and whether it stalled. Loup, Que.), Jacques Gourde Que., which Mr. Tordjman lost to in Ontario, $397,000 in Alberta, Tim Powers said the low fundrais- incumbent Liberal MP Anthony $337,100 in B.C., $183,500 in Nova ing totals could be instructive Housefather. Scotia, $105,400 in Manitoba, and on a number of fronts, and may Despite the hard time getting $67,100 in Saskatchewan. suggest there’s a disconnect with donors, he said he doesn’t see In Quebec, Mr. O’Toole (Dur- the Conservative Party and its people backing away from the ham, Ont.) came out slightly candidates with Quebec voters. Conservative Party. After the party ahead with $21,000, followed “Usually a leadership race posted disappointing results in by the former justice minister’s creates some excitement and that Quebec and lost two seats in Octo- $18,000. The other two candidates may suggest there isn’t the degree ber, he said it was clear there were were further behind, with rookie of excitement in Quebec that the issues that needed to be addressed. Ontario MP Derek Sloan (Hast- party would like, and any leader “Quebec is a key province ings-Lennox and Addington, Ont.) would like. It might also suggest to winning a federal election,” raising $11,000 of his $448,000 in that the teams don’t have strong he said, and he’s been making Quebec, and for Ontario lawyer fundraising organizations in Que- calls to encourage involvement, Leslyn Lewis, $7,000 of her total bec,” he said. regardless of who they support. $410,000. None of the campaigns That’s not necessarily a ter- “My interest is making sure granted interviews or gave infor- rible thing if a campaign’s focus people sign up, whichever way mation about their work fundrais- is on securing the support of they’re going to vote,” he said. “We ing and recruiting members in members in Quebec, several sug- need to make noise and people Quebec. gested, with the May 15 deadline Conservative Senator Leo Housakos has endorsed Ontario MP Erin O’Toole for are not happy with the present With all 338 ridings worth looming. Especially, said Mr. Pow- Conservative leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade government. We need to get ready equal weight electing the next ers, given the “working theory” for the next election. leader, the relatively few party that much of this leadership race “I wouldn’t read too much into (Lévis–Lotbinière, Que.), Luc Conservative Senator Larry members in Quebec’s 78 ridings will be done off of active member- it. If I’m a leadership candidate, Berthold (Mégantic–L’Érable , Smith (Saurel, Que.), who has yet make important marks for the ship lists. Quebec is a great territory for Que.), and Pierre Paul-Hus. Mr. to endorse a candidate, said inter- leadership campaigns for their Still, the money raised in leadership votes because of the Paul-Hus’ (Charlesbourg–Haute- est in the leadership campaign disproportionate influence on the Quebec by the potential nine number of ridings there.” Saint-Charles, Que.) office has been affected by COVID-19, outcome. candidates that started the race While Quebec federal fun- referred questions to the Conser- and likely had an impact on the “I always say one Conservative amounted to only three per cent, draising has historically been vative Party, while Mr. Ber- low numbers to end the quarter. vote in Quebec during a leader- or $98,665, of the $3.25-million small for the size of the province, thold (Mégantic-L’Érable, Que.) “Obviously there’s work to do ship campaign is almost equiva- they all brought in the first quar- this race’s candidates are still declined to comment, as did the in Quebec,” he said. “There’s no lent to 100 votes in Alberta,” said ter—or an even worse two per prompting, proportionally, fewer party’s Quebec lieutenant Alain secret the Conservatives have not Conservative Senator Leo Hou- cent among the four remaining pockets to open in their favour Rayes (Richmond-Arthabaska, had a strong position in Quebec, sakos, where Quebec accounts candidates. That roughly matches compared to the 2017 race that Que.). specifically in the Montreal area,” for 23 per cent of the votes versus the breakdown the Conserva- saw Andrew Scheer (Regina- Mr. O’Toole has Quebec MP he said, adding it will be “critical” Alberta’s 34 ridings at 10 per cent. tive Party fundraised in the same Qu’Appelle, Sask.) named leader. Richard Martel (Chicoutimi-Le for the next leader, especially as Sen. Housakos (Wellington, quarter, with Quebec accounting Quebec donations accounted Fjord, Que.) in his corner, along- an anglophone, to better establish Que.) has endorsed Mr. O’Toole, for only $57,000 of the $1.96-mil- for seven per cent of all donations side Sen. Housakos and Quebec themselves among francophone and said the fundraising numbers lion in donations—of more than to the 2017 field of 14 candidates. Conservative Senator Judith voters. That means appealing don’t suggest a lower interest in $200 that can be tracked by loca- They raised $737,800 out of the Seidman. Former Conservative directly to voters, he said. the race. tion—to the brand rather than $10.3-million recorded by the end Quebec MP Alupa Clarke is also “My philosophy is simple—get “I’m convinced a better candidates. The Tories brought in of the long campaign, with former leading his campaign in Quebec, in front of as many as you can.” snapshot of the leadership race nearly $4.4-million overall for the Quebec MP Maxime Bernier and Sen. Housakos said the team [email protected] from a fundraising perspective first quarter of 2020. bringing in more than half of working the province is strong. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 17 Sponsored travel News

that’s not our job,” said Ms. May, can see the travel that we’re ac- who said she doesn’t accept such cepting and they can make their MPs claimed $230,000 travel, or pays her own way. own assessment on whether we While she said she doesn’t should accept the travel, and at want to criticize individual the same time it reminds us, as MPs—noting it’s such a common Members of Parliament, that we practice—she’d like it reviewed to are going to be accountable,” he in free travel from see if the practice is transparent, said. “I think this strikes a good complies with the lobbying act, balance.” and offers a clear picture about He was among four MPs who how foreign governments are lob- accepted more than one trip in bying MPs. 2019. That also included Lib- organizations, foreign In a report last year, Lobbying eral MP Pam Damoff (Oakville Commissioner Nancy Bélanger North—Burlington, Ont.) who warned of a transparency gap in wasn’t available for an interview reporting, where groups regis- and didn’t respond to questions tered to lobby are concerned, by email. governments in 2019 noting reporting makes it unclear She traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel, whether lobbying occurred. in February for a parliamentary Under the Conflict of Interest meeting with “leading service question” and its tensions with five for NDP MPs, at $27,900; and Code, MPs are restricted from providers of inclusion models” for Taiwan was the China, she said. “It’s obviously two for Independents, valued at accepting gifts “that might reason- people with disabilities in Israel, for the purpose of securing more $9,500. ably be seen to have been given according to the report. most frequent— support for that government in The year before, Liberal trips to influence” them in their job, Her trip was sponsored by and expensive— terms of how Canada relates to edged out the opposition, with 44 and must be disclosed if they are March of Dimes Canada, a na- that government.” Liberal visits valued at $236,400, valued at $200 or more, but travel tional charity focused on reha- destination, totalling She said she shares the same compared to 38 Conservative is an exception—which Ms. May bilitation services and resources concern with visits to Israel destinations valued at $261,400, said amounts to “a loophole.” for people with disabilities, which $90,000 and making sponsored by the Centre for Israel followed by 13 for NDP MPs at New Democrat Charlie Angus also paid for Conservative MP and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) in the $22,900. (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.), Con- John Barlow (Foothills, Alta.) to up 40 per cent of all past, noting both destinations are servative Michael Barrett (Leeds- attend. frequently Grenville- She also travelled to Nairobi, claimed travel. atop of Thousand Kenya, to attend the 25th anni- the annual Islands versary of the Nairobi Summit’s sponsored and Rideau International Conference on Continued from page 1 travel list. Lakes, Ont.), Population and Development. acommodation, gifts, and fees de- Last year, and Bloc Action Canada for Sexual Health scribed as “other” to these groups, CIJA didn’t Québécois and Rights sponsored the Novem- or the 98 valued at $616,300 in sponsor any MP Marie- ber visit. Both trips were valued 2017. MPs, but Hélène at just less than $4,000. Taiwan was the most fre- in 2018, it Gaudreau Both trips were in between quent—and expensive—des- sponsored (Lauren- her being named to parliamen- tination, totalling $90,000 in 12 MPs tides-La- tary secretary posts—currently sponsored travel from the island and spent belle, Que.) to Indigenous Services—as both nation’s government and office in $117,000, —all ethics cabinet ministers and parliamen- Canada. Attended by seven Con- and in 2017 critics for tary secretaries are forbidden servative MPs and one Liberal, sponsored their par- from accepting sponsored travel. Taiwan accounted for 40 per cent 13 MPs, ties—didn’t Conservative MP Ziad Aboul- of all claimed travel in 2019. valued at respond to taif (Edmonton Manning, Alta.), For at least the last five years, $147,286. requests for who declined to comment, trav- groups representing Taiwanese Martin comment. elled to Uzbekistan in December, interests have topped the spon- Sampson, In the where the government sponsored sorship list. For example, in 2018 spokes- past, Mr. the $12,800 trip as a guest observ- these groups spent $170,416 person for Angus has er of its elections. He also went to sponsoring 14 MPs and some of CIJA, said echoed Ms. learn about the “current political their partners on trips; in 2017, by email Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion released the latest MP sponsored May’s con- landscape and establish strong $165,628 on 17 MPs; and in 2016, it didn’t travel report, showing MPs accepted $229,600 worth of free travel in 2019. cerns, call- ties with Canada and Uzbekistan,” $127,739 sponsoring 11 MPs. sponsor The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade ing spon- according to his report to the eth- Blocked at international tables 2019 travel sored travel ics commissioner. by China, which claims it as a because “lobbying” Earlier in the year, World province, Taiwan has long lobbied it was an election year, and the and “very problematic,” with “seri- Vision sponsored his $4,000 trip, countries to support its presence organization shifts focus from ous gaps in the rules.” alongside Liberal MP Rob Oli- and independence. That effort parliamentary trips to other Ethical ‘grey area’: May “It’s about gaining influence phant (Don Valley West, Ont.), to has gained momentum amid the initiatives “because we know MPs Other than parliamentary and there’s no oversight over how Bangladesh to “gain insight into global fight against the novel are focused on the election and committee travel, this is one of the sponsored travel is allowed to Canadian-funded development coronavirus, with Taiwan argu- tend to spend more time in their the few opportunities for opposi- happen,” said Mr. Angus in May and humanitarian program- ing it deserves a seat at the World ridings.” tion Members and government last year. ming.” Health Organization. There was only one sponsored backbenchers to do international Conservative MP Garnett Though Canada has a “One trip reported between June and work—to see where Canadian Sponsored travel strikes Genuis (Sherwood Park-Fort China” policy, where it doesn’t the Oct. 21, 2019 election, by Lib- development money is going, Saskatchewan, Alta.) went on officially recognize Taiwan as a eral MP Anita Vandenbeld in July for example—whereas MPs who ‘a good balance’: Lake three trips, at a cost ranging sovereign state, it has supported to Malaysia, a $3,200 trip granted are parliamentary secretaries or Though Mr. Lake didn’t accept from $1,300 to $3,000 to Colom- the small island nation having by the National Endowment for ministers have that access, noted travel overseas in 2019, he said bia, sponsored by the Political observer status at the WHO. Democracy. During the last Par- Conservative MP Mike Lake it can be valuable for opposition Network for Values, to India Recently, Foreign Affairs Minister liament, Ms. Vandenbeld (Ottawa (Edmonton-Wetaskiwin, Alta.). Members to see the international sponsored by the Canada Tibet François-Philippe Champagne West-Nepean, Ont.) chaired the His three trips last year were all development work Canada is Committee, and to Switzerland, (Saint Maurice-Champlain, Que.) newly created all-party democra- in North America to speak at taking part in. He’s travelled with sponsored by the Office of Tibet in refused to name Taiwan when cy caucus. MPs were permitted to conferences. World Vision in the past and said Geneva. pressed by opposition to thank accept travel during those months But Ms. May said sponsored it gave him insight into what’s Most claims were for travel the government for its donation and remained subject to the Con- travel, especially from foreign happening “on the ground.” abroad, save for five in Canada. of 500,000 masks, though Prime flict of Interest Code for Members governments, can be highly There’s no other mechanism Independent MP Jody Wilson- Minister Justin Trudeau (Papine- of the House of Commons, and its curated, with MPs lobbied on a for this type of travel, or for him Raybould (Vancouver Granville, au, Que.) later directly acknowl- reporting requirements, until the certain perspective who “don’t get to accept requests to speak on B.C.) was top of that list, claim- edged the support. writ was issued in September last both sides of a story.” issues he’s passionate about. ing $7,174 for speaking at the Green MP Elizabeth May year. After the election, nine MPs “It’s certainly not black and Mr. Lake, whose son has autism, November Ontario Realtor Party (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) said reported trips to end the year. white, but this creates a real said he sees it as a way to affect Conference. She claimed $6,494 she worries about “inappropriate Four MPs accepted two or ethical grey area that we need to how people see employment in transportation for the flights influence” when foreign govern- more sponsored tours, and 15 examine because it’s so common. and disability, and inclusion and between Toronto and B.C. and ments are paying Canadian politi- involved someone accompany- So much money is going into contribution. He doesn’t accept cars to the venue and airport. cians to visit, especially when so ing the Parliamentarian, like a this and when I look at govern- speaking fees, and the current Her office said yb email that much money is spent year after spouse. Conservatives were the ments that do it most frequently, approach means neither he nor the Ontario Real Estate Asso- year. most likely to accept the spon- they have to feel it’s worth their the taxpayer have to pay out of ciation booked and paid for the “Taiwan should not keep need- sorships, with 22 trips valued while and an investment keeping pocket. flight directly. ing to bring MPs to make sure at $128,200; followed by 14 for Canada and getting Canadian “Rules around transparency [email protected] we understand that international Liberal MPs, valued at $63,800; MPs to take up their cause. And are really important so people The Hill Times 18 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES News Procurement ‘Hard decisions are going to have to be made’: can vital defence procurements survive in a post-pandemic world?

‘When you are trying Since here and not just part of the fiscal cancelling problem,” Mr. Perry said. to fix a fiscal problem, the past Former naval officer Norman Conservative Jolin, who served in the Cana- inevitably national government’s dian Navy for 37 years and com- planned manded the Halifax-class HMCS defence is part of the procurement Montréal, said the last thing the way governments of the F-35s government will want to do is the Liberal cancel projects that it has al- have tended to try and government’s ready announced at the expense plan to of Canadian workers. fix that,’ says defence purchase a “The last thing [the govern- new fighter ment] would want to do in a world procurement expert jet fleet where we’ve lost so many jobs is has faced to cause more people not to have David Perry. numerous jobs by cutting things,” he said. delays. Mr. Jolin compared the Na- The Hill Continued from page 1 tional Shipbuilding Strategy to Times the construction of a trans-Cana- “Companies and government photograph da railway in the 19th century. are always generally working by Andrew “This is jobs across Canada,” he hard trying to meet [the] sched- Meade said, adding that it is not just jobs ule, and make up time wherever at shipyards but throughout the they can afterwards, but there’s a supply chain including manufac- limit what you can do to replace a turing jobs in southern Ontario. few lost weeks of work,” said Da- Mr. Jolin said with the pro- vid Perry, a defence procurement curements under the National expert and vice-president of the Shipbuilding Strategy, the lengthy Canadian Global Affairs Institute. timeline will mitigate the pan- “The impacts are going to be demic’s impact. tangible,” Mr. Perry said, adding For the Canadian Surface that the picture is still murky Combatant procurement, the first about the final impact on the ship isn’t projected to be com- current procurements as defence pleted until the mid-2020s and the companies are still trying to get a pandemic, we remain commit- Mr. Stephenson, a retired colo- government will balance military final delivery date for the entire handle on the pandemic. ted to the National Shipbuild- nel who is now a senior associate requirements with economic fleet is in the late 2040s. The high-profile $19-billion ing Strategy and other defence at David Pratt and Associates, needs. He said while there may be project to replace Canada’s fleet projects under Strong, Secure, said the problem with the fighter Mr. Perry said historically minor delays in the short term, it of CF-18 fighter jets was delayed Engaged,” the spokesperson said jet procurement is being com- when the government has needed shouldn’t have much impact on a second time in 100 days last in an email. pounded by successive govern- to slash spending, it has looked at when the ships are delivered in week, over a bidder’s concern “We continue to meet regu- ments’ use of military spending to the military. the end. over completing its bid on time, larly with PSPC [Public Services solve other problems. “When you are trying to fix a But he said there is still much according to a Canadian Press and Procurement Canada] to “Now we find ourselves with … fiscal problem, inevitably national unknown about how the pandem- report. address the delivery of ongoing fighters that will be over 50 years defence is part of the way govern- ic has affected the procurement Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax and future major procurement old,” he said. “And we’ll be flying ments have tended to try and fix process. shipyard, which has been tasked projects, and that,” he said, Charles Davies, a retired to build two central pieces for to assess and adding that colonel in the Armed Forces who the future of the Canadian Navy address the given the size spent time as the senior director in six Arctic and Offshore Patrol impact of the of the defence responsible for procurement and Ships and 15 Canadian Surface pandemic on budget, it is equipment management policy Combatants, is running at half these proj- “virtually at the Department of National capacity with around 650 people ects. Howev- impossible” Defence, also said the long time- working at the shipyard and 300 er, given that to address line on projects should reduce the remotely, according to a CTV the extent of an economic impact of any delay. report. The two projects are pro- COVID-19, or situation with- “In the inherently long gesta- jected to cost upwards of $4.3-bil- how long this out making tion periods of the major pro- lion and $60-billion, respectively. situation will some fiscal grams, the net impact should be Mr. Perry also said the impact last, cannot changes at the limited,” he said. on the procurements will depend be assessed Department Mr. Davies, a CDA Institute on what stage the project is in, at this time, of National fellow, said now can be a time for with less effect for those still in it is not yet Defence. the government to look to make design and requirement phases possible to But he said key investments in capabilities and more impact on projects in determine that historical that will be needed in the future the midst of construction. the impact pattern may to defend its borders while at the He added that the impact this situation not continue same time keeping the economy will also depend on where the will have on as it’s a dif- afloat. facilities are located, as the Irving our projects,” The Irving shipyard is operating with reduced capacity due to the COVID-19 ferent kind of He said unlike in the mid- shipyard in Nova Scotia faced a the statement pandemic. It is tasked with building six Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships and 15 fiscal problem 1990s during the budget cuts three-week shutdown, opposed read, adding Canadian Surface Combatants frigates. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons for the gov- under then-prime minister Jean to the Seaspan shipyards in B.C., that the focus ernment. Chrétien, Canada is not in the which has continued relatively remains on continuing essential [the CF-18s] into the future.” “In a dynamic where you have geopolitical position to allow its normal operations. services, which include “domes- “COVID has changed the real big impacts on consumer defence budget to dissipate. A spokesperson for the De- tic operations and search and game,” Mr. Stephenson said, add- confidence and there’s also, I “We’re in a different world partment of National Defence rescue.” ing that the focus on the Liber- think, fairly serious concerns now,” he said, citing the “strategic told The Hill Times that progress Former Air Force pilot Alan Ste- als’ 2017 defence policy, Strong, about the availability of financ- environment” with more aggres- is still being made “where pos- phenson said that there is “no doubt” Secure, Engaged, will still be ing and liquidity in the civilian sive behaviour being seen from sible” on current and future equip- that there will be “a huge impact” to present, but there will be fiscal economy, potentially there’s more the Chinese and Russian govern- ment for the Canadian Forces. defence procurement caused by the questions of its feasibility. of a room for DND and the Gov- ments. “While our focus must be on pandemic, pointing to the govern- “Hard decisions are going to ernment of Canada writ large to [email protected] responding to the COVID-19 ment’s ballooning spending. have to be made,” he said, as the be part of the economic solution The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 19

Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, right, pictured hill climbers speaking with Treasury Board President by Laura Ryckewaert Jean-Yves Duclos, left, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair in New communications the House of Commons on May 6. The Hill Times director for Minister photograph by Andrew Meade Rodriguez quarters as chief Quebec organizer ahead munity development branch (that ministry of last year’s federal election, which saw has since been merged with the Ministry Government the Liberals returned to government in of Health and Long-Term Care). She’s also House Leader a minority Parliament. She’d previously done communications and engagement and Quebec supported the party’s campaign in Quebec work for the Ministry of Transportation in Lieutenant in 2015. the lead up to Toronto’s 2015 Pan-Am and Pablo She’ll be working closely with Paul- Parapan-Am Games, and issues manage- Rodriguez, Christian Nolin, director of regional affairs ment for the Ministry of Health and Long- pictured in for east Quebec. Term Care, amongst other past jobs the House Geneviève Hinse is chief of staff to Mr. Previously, Jeff Valois was Mr. Miller’s of Commons Rodriguez as Quebec lieutenant. That team head of parliamentary affairs, but he during a also currently includes former Liberal MP recently exited to join the Prime Minis- meeting of Ramez Ayoub and Éric Beaulieu as senior ter’s Office as an Ontario regional affairs the Special advisers for regional affairs, and Norair adviser. Committee on Serengulian as director of community rela- Jordano Nudo also joined Mr. Miller’s the COVID-19 tions. team in early April, taking on the title of Pandemic on Rheal Lewis is chief of staff to Mr. policy adviser. May 6. The Rodriguez as government House leader Hill Times and currently oversees: Hugo Dompierre, photograph by director of parliamentary affairs; Korne- Andrew Meade lia Mankowski, director of Senate af- fairs; Daniel Arsenault, director of issues management; John Matheson, director of policy; Rob Jamieson, senior adviser; Izabel Czuzoj-Shulman, senior adviser for parliamentary affairs; Trevor Harrison, senior adviser for parliamentary affairs; Jean-Luc Plourde, senior special assistant for parliamentary affairs; Jérôme Miousse, turn now has two teams supporting him, policy adviser; Samar Assoum, parliamen- Plus, Indigenous Services with some staff working as part of both, tary affairs adviser; and Lynda Bouraoui, Mr. Brodeur included. executive assistant. Minister Marc Miller has Mr. Kennedy continues to work for Mr. hired a new director of Rodriguez in his capacity as government Indigenous Service Minister House leader, now under the title of senior Miller names parliamentary parliamentary affairs and communications adviser. Mr. Brodeur arrived straight from Que- affairs head Jordano Nudo has joined Mr. Miller’s team issues management. bec’s national assembly, where he’d spent There’s a new director of parliamentary straight from the public service. Photograph the last year and a half working for Quebec affairs and issues management in place in courtesy of LinkedIn Government House Leader and Quebec Justice Minister Sonia LeBel as a political the office of Indigenous Services Minister Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez has a new di- adviser and director of communications. Marc Miller. Mr. Nudo has spent the last two and rector of communications, Louis-François Before then, he spent a little more than Sara Amash started in the job in early half years working on the departmental Brodeur, supporting him in both of his two years working as federal public ser- April. She’s most recently been busy doing side of things as a junior policy analyst, cabinet posts. vant for Employment and Social Develop- freelance public and government relations having been hired on in January 2018 after Mr. Brodeur marked his first day tack- ment Canada in Gatineau, Que., ending as work, but previously spent a little more interning in the then-named department of ling communications for Mr. Rodriguez on senior adviser for the innovation unit of the than three years working for then-Ontario Indigenous and Northern Affairs for a little March 16. department’s labour branch, as noted on Liberal citizenship and immigration minis- more than half a year. his LinkedIn profile. He’s also previously ter Laura Albanese as director of commu- He has a bachelor’s degree in politi- done public affairs work, including on a nications and senior press secretary. cal science and government from McGill freelance basis for Octane Stratégies. University and a master’s degree in public Emmanuelle Ducharme has also been policy and administration from Concordia hired on to Mr. Rodriguez’s team and, like University, during which time he worked Mr. Brodeur, is supporting the minister in as both a teaching assistant and research both of his roles. She started on the job as assistant. a communications adviser on Feb. 7. Katherine Heus is director of policy to Ms. Ducharme was previously working Mr. Miller. in the Prime Minister’s Office as executive Mike Burton is the minister’s chief of assistant to then-executive director of com- staff. The team also currently includes: munications Kate Purchase. Ms. Purchase Marie-Emmanuelle Cadieux, director of left the Hill to become a senior director communications; Vanessa Adams, se- with Microsoft in January, as previously nior communications adviser and press reported. secretary; Adrienne Vaupshas, communi- Ms. Ducharme is also a former assistant cations assistant; Katherine Koostachin, to then-Quebec Liberal MP Denis Paradis. senior policy adviser; Kathy Kettler, senior Simon Ross remains press secretary to adviser for Northern regional affairs; Louis-François Brodeur is now Mr. Rodriguez and similarly supports the Bismah Haq, policy adviser; Sherry Smith, communications director to Mr. Rodriguez. minister as both House leader and Quebec senior regional adviser for the Prairies; Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn lieutenant. Sara Amash is now director of parliamentary Griffin Marsh, operations assistant and Speaking of Prime Minister Justin affairs and issues management to Mr. Miller. regional adviser for B.C. and Ontario; Previously, former Parliamentary Press Deliah Bernard, Atlantic regional affairs Trudeau’s office, former PMO Quebec Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn Gallery reporter Mark Kennedy wore the regional affairs adviser Marie-Laurence adviser; Christi Basaraba, issues adviser; title of director of communications to Mr. Lapointe has joined Mr. Rodriguez’s Que- Ms. Amash first started working for the Hilary Lawson, legislative assistant; Bryan Rodriguez as the government’s House bec lieutenant team as director of regional Ontario government as part of the public Rourke, executive assistant to Mr. Miller; leader, a role he first took on in early 2017. affairs for west Quebec. service in 2009, according to her LinkedIn and Alina Dewani, executive assistant to Last November, after the 2019 election, Ms. Lapointe left the PMO after almost profile, first doing issues management and Mr. Burton. Mr. Rodriguez was given the additional three years as the top office’s Quebec desk policy work for the then-health promotion [email protected] responsibility of Quebec lieutenant, and in in April 2019 to join Liberal Party head- and sport ministry’s programs and com- The Hill Times 20 WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES CLASSIFIEDS Information and advertisement placement: 613-232-5952 • [email protected]

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none of this has been confirmed yet. The House was also WEDNESDAY, MAY 13—MONDAY, MAY 18 capital markets, Wealthtech, payments, crypto, and block- scheduled to adjourn again for three months and to return chain. July 8-9. Speakers include: Robert Asselin, senior in the fall on Monday, Sept. 21, for three straight weeks. Canadian Tulip Festival—The Canadian Tulip Festival, a director public policy, BlackBerry; Paul Schulte, founder and Parliamentary It was scheduled to adjourn for one week and to sit again not-for-profit charitable organization, is dedicating its pro- editor, Schulte Research; Craig Asano, founder and CEO, from Oct. 19 until Nov. 6. It was scheduled to break again gramming this year to commemorating the role Canadians NCFA; George Bordianu, co-founder and CEO, Balance; for one week and to sit again from Nov. 16 to Dec. 11. played in the Liberation of the Netherlands 75 years ago Julien Brazeau, partner, Deloitte; Alixe Cormick, president, Calendar And that would be it for 2020. We’ll update you once the while celebrating the Gift of Tulips that led to the festival, Venture Law Corporation; Nikola Danaylov, founder, keynote House calendar has been confirmed. from Friday, May 8, to Monday, May 18. While the tulips speaker, author futurist, Singularity Media; Pam Draper, Senate Not Sitting—The Senate has extended its will still bloom in Commissioners Park, Tulip Festival president and CEO, Bitvo; Justin Hartzman, co-founder and suspension due to the COVID-19 virus until June 2. The programming will be presented on virtual platforms. The CEO, CoinSmart; Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, founder & CEO, June possible sitting days were June 1, 5, 8, 12, 15, public is asked not to travel to the Tulip Gardens this year, FrontFundr; Cynthia Huang, CEO and co-founder, Altcoin and 19. The Senate was scheduled to sit June 2-4; June but instead to allow the Canadian Tulip Festival to bring Fantasy; Austin Hubbel, CEO and co-founder, Consilium 9-11; June 16-18; and June 22, 23, it was scheduled to the tulips, and tulip-related activities and entertainment, Crypto; Patrick Mandic, CEO, Mavennet; Mark Morissette, break on June 24 for St. Jean Baptiste Day; and it was into the comfort and safety of their homes. Festival-goers co-founder & CEO, Foxquilt; Cato Pastoll, co-founder & CEO, scheduled to sit June 25 and June 26. The Senate was will be asked to visit www.tulipfestival.ca to take a virtual Lending Loop; Bernd Petak, investment partner, Northmark scheduled to break from June 29 until Sept. 22. The Sen- garden tour through the 300,000 tulip blooms in Ottawa’s Ventures; Ali Pourdad, Pourdad Capital Partners, Family ate’s possible September sitting days are Sept. 21, 25, Commissioner’s Park while also enjoying music, theatre, Office; Richard Prior, global head of policy and research, 28. It’s scheduled to sit Sept. 22-24 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1, and memories on the Festival’s TulipTV YouTube channel. FDATA; Richard Remillard, president, Remillard Consulting House recalled with a possible sitting day on Friday, Oct. 2. The possible THURSDAY, MAY 14 Group; Jennifer Reynolds, president & CEO, Toronto Finance Senate sitting days are Oct. 5, 9, 19, 23, 26, and 30. It’s International; Jason Saltzman, partner, Gowling WLG scheduled to sit Oct. 6-8; it takes a break from Oct. 12- The Shape of Canada’s Infrastructure Stimulus—Re- Canada; James Wallace, co-chair and co-CEO, Exponential; May 13, Senators to 16; it will sit Oct. 20-22; and Oct. 27-29. The November New Canada and Global Public Affairs host a webinar Alan Wunsche, CEO & chief token officer, Tokenfunder; possible Senate days are: Nov. 2, 6, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30. on “The Shape of Canada’s Infrastructure Stimulus,” and Danish Yusuf, founder and CEO, Zensurance. For more It’s scheduled to sit Nov. 3-5; it will take a break from a discussion on how best to target infrastructure information, please visit: https://fintechandfunding.com/. brainstorm about Nov. 9-13; it will sit Nov. 17-19; and Nov. 24-26. The investments in 2020. Panellists include former federal Conservative cabinet minister John Baird, global The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. possible December Senate sitting days are: Dec. 4, 7, and Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- 11. 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