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DAVID CRANE ON MARK CARNEY'S VERY GOOD ADVICE The case against China: In the post-pandemic it’s damning, but world, what comes next? p. 12 after that what? p. 12 CORONAVIRUS: how Canada can strengthen its health diplomacy p. 15 Women leaders are running this country, U.S. INTERFERENCE IN LATIN and we should keep it that way p. 13 AMERICA: nothing new there p. 15 Michael Harris p.4 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 1728 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, MAY 18, 2020 $5.00 News Part II of III-Part Series: Transparency, Trust & Transition News UN Security Council Recent surge of public trust in government hard to maintain, Trudeau say experts, as Canada moves from crisis into recovery taking charge BY MIKE LAPOINTE cians and offi cials have provided dent of strategy at Proof Strate- more diffi cult for politicians, of Canada’s the public with unprecedented gies. according to pollster Nik Nanos. anadians’ trust in government levels of “transparency, availabil- But moving into and through The next four to six weeks is Chas surged in recent weeks, ity, and accessibility,” says Greg “phase two” of the COVID-19 UN Security according to experts, as politi- MacEachern, senior vice presi- pandemic recovery will be much Continued on page 17 Council bid News Politics & COVID-19 with calls to world leaders, COVID-19 ‘revolutionary moment’ but they could in politics will reshape political have limited impact, says dynamics and established views on former UN policy issues, say pundits and MPs diplomat BY NEIL MOSS s Prime Minister Justin Deputy Prime Pollster Nik Nanos says the ATrudeau works to address Minister the coronavirus pandemic from coronavirus will change Chrystia Rideau Cottage, he is also tack- Freeland, ling another crusade—Canada’s the political dynamics pictured May push for a seat on the UN Secu- 14, 2020, rity Council. But a former Cana- and reset established on her way dian diplomat at the UN says the views of Canadians about into that impact of his calls to other world day's media leaders might be limited. policy issues, such as the briefi ng on While the fi ght against CO- the effects VID-19 remains the government’s economy and the role of of and the priority, the topic of Canada’s government in people’s government's Security Council campaign was response to discussed in some of the 12 recent lives. He also says retail the COVID-19 calls Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) global has had with other world lead- Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 politics could take a page pandemic in ers since April 29, according to a out of the book of delivery Canada. The government offi cial. Hill Times Since April 29, Mr. Trudeau services, UPS and Amazon: photograph by has held 12 phone calls with Andrew Meade national leaders from the prime ‘it’s knock and drop.’ minister of the Netherlands to the president of Ghana, includ- ing with small island nations BY ABBAS RANA politics in profound ways, has ment in the lives of Canadians “Why don’t we use the defi cit like Fiji, Saint Lucia, and Tuvalu, reset the established views of and will reshape political dynam- as an example? The general, which have populations of around he unprecedented COVID-19 Canadians on major policy issues ics in the future, say pundits and Tcrisis has transformed federal like defi cits or the role of govern- MPs. Continued on page 16 Continued on page 18 2 MONDAY, MAY 18, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES The Supreme Court will be hearing four cases in June by video. The Heard on the Hill Hill Times photograph by Andrew by Neil Moss Meade Maple syrup, maple chocolate, maple lollipops: a look inside Canada’s gifts to UN diplomats cause included House of Commons “I’m thrilled to announce I’m joining Speaker Anthony Rota, Liberal MP and The Globe and Mail as a reporter for their nurse Kamal Khera, Innovation Minister Thunder Bay bureau,” Ms. Fiddler tweeted Navdeep Bains, Liberal MPs Kirsty Dun- earlier this month. She starts her new gig can and William Amos, as well as Conser- on May 19. vative MP Cathy McLeod. The Globe and Mail opened a bureau in Provincial and municipal politicians the remote northern Ontario city last year across Canada also joined in on the following a report fi nding that systematic campaign, such as Ontario Premier Doug racism existed in the city’s police force. Ford, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Ms. Fiddler, a member of the Sandy Dwight Ball, as well as Ottawa Mayor Jim Lake First Nation, has been a video Watson, and many others. journalist for APTN, where she has been So far, the campaign has raised $1-mil- nominated for three Canadian Association lion, with 15,000 T-shirts sold. of Journalists awards. “Five years ago, I was in college prepar- ing to start my journalism career. I toured Supreme Court to resume The Globe’s Front Street location [and] hearings online in June met [with] senior editors. The next day I A bottle of Canadian maple syrup sits alongside a bag of Colombian coffee on the Sri Lankan desk emailed the editor-in-chief to suggest hir- ing Indigenous reporters to fairly represent at the UN General Assembly on Oct. 12, 2010. Maple products have long been a gift of choice for For an institution as time-honoured as Canadian diplomats. Photograph by Evan Schneider, courtesy of the United Nations Indigenous [people] and their stories,” she the Supreme Court, there have been a lot tweeted on May 4. of changes recently. Last year, it had hear- At The Globe, Ms. Fiddler will cover hen keeping up the tradition of dip- Donning a T-shirt honouring frontline ings outside the national capital for the northern Ontario and Manitoba. Wlomatic gift-giving, Canada’s mission workers, MPs showed their support for fi rst time in its history, and now it will hold to the United Nations takes cues from its those most directly battling the spread of hearings online. fl ag—handing out an assortment of maple- the COVID-19 pandemic. The court announced last month that Some Canadians want related items to envoys from across the “My mother is a nurse,” Natural Re- four hearings will take place through world. sources Minister Seamus O’Regan said in a videoconference as Canada’s top bench government restrictions Maple syrup, maple cookies, maple but- Twitter video. “You say ‘is’ a nurse, because adapts to the coronavirus pandemic. Hear- ter, maple chocolate, and maple lollipops I don’t think you ever stop being a nurse.” ings over the last three months had been relaxed permanently after are some of the items that Canadian diplo- adjourned for safety reasons. mats in New York City gift to their counter- The hearings will be live-streamed for COVID-19, a new poll parts from other countries. the general public, and a copy of the video suggests Canada’s UN gift registry was released will be made available on the Supreme last month in response to a January Order Court’s website as is normal practice. In order to curb the spread of COVID-19 Paper question from Conservative MP The court also announced last month and encourage social distancing, federal and John Nater, who asked about the gifts that Ontario and Saskatchewan’s carbon provincial governments have relaxed some being given to foreign diplomats as part tax appeals will be heard in September, but restrictions, including allowing pharmacists of Canada’s campaign for a seat on the no formal date has yet been set. to extend customers’ prescriptions as well UN Security Council (UNSC). Canada is as allowing home delivery of beer and wine competing for a spot on the council with with food delivery orders. A new poll sug- Ireland and Norway in an election set to Willow Fiddler joins gests some Canadians want those measures take place on June 17. The Globe and Mail’s to continue even after the pandemic is gone. “The Permanent Mission of Canada A Léger poll commissioned by the think to the United Nations in New York has Thunder Bay bureau tank Second Street has found that a major- maintained a small gifts inventory as per ity of Canadians want health care-related customary practice in the conduct of diplo- Willow Fiddler is joining The Globe and restrictions relaxed, including allowing matic affairs for several years, pre-dating Mail’s bureau in Thunder Bay, coming to medication to be delivered to homes and Canada’s UNSC campaign,” the Global Af- the national newspaper after four years to be able to meet with a doctor through fairs response read. “The gifts are selected reporting for APTN. videoconferencing. to profi le Canadian products or Canadian Among the more than identity.” Willow 1,500 respondents in the The gift registry also includes key Fiddler has May 1 to 3 poll, 45 per chains that feature a duck or goose, as well been an cent felt there was an ap- as ice wine, Purdys chocolate bars, Roots APTN video propriate level of restric- House Speaker Anthony Rota is pictured Canada gloves, and goodies from Peace by journalist in tions overall in Canadian in front of Centre Block donning a t-shirt Chocolate—which was founded by Tareq Thunder Bay society, while 23 per cent in support of frontline workers. Photograph Hadhad, a Syrian refugee who settled in for the past said there were too many courtesy of Twitter/Anthony Rota Nova Scotia. four years. restrictions. The items added to the registry since Photograph Those polled in West- “I grew up with nurses all around me.