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NEWS STAFFERS NEWS HILL LIFE & PEOPLE NEWS DUFFY TRIAL The people The youngest Conservative AG denies behind foreign Harper lawyer policy: A look MP with the most to say suggestion he inside the foreign will audit Duffy minister’s offi ce expenses with BY CHELSEA NASH trial over Political staffers, no matter their ambi- BY T IM NAUMETZ tion, don’t always get a chance to shape events outside the walls of Parliament. Auditor General Michael Ferguson does In the case of those hand-picked to work not intend to conduct an audit on Senator for Global Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion Mike Duffy’s travel, housing and contract ex- (Saint-Laurent, Que.) that’s exactly what penses following his acquittal on 31 charges they’ve been hired to do. A new government of fraud, breach of trust and bribery last invariably wants to project a new image of week—unless the Senate requests one, Mr. Canada to the world. Not just anyone can— Ferguson’s offi ce said Tuesday. or should—be trusted to paint that picture. A spokesperson for Mr. Ferguson was Colin Robertson, a former Canadian responding to an unexpected public state- diplomat, personally knows a few of the ment, from a lawyer representing former people working in Mr. Dion’s offi ce, includ- prime minister , predicting ing Christopher Berzins, director of policy, and Jocelyn Coulon, senior policy adviser. Mr. Robertson said he’s impressed with Continued on page 7 how the new Liberal government has been hiring “fi rst-rate people.” NEWS FOREIGN AID Continued on page 16 Only a few months on the job, rookie MP has met the Dalai Lama and is a regular at the Foreign Affairs Committee, though he’s not a member. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Aid group NEWS DIPLOMACY BY CHELSEA NASH Alta., has spoken more than twice as many famously dumped words as Prime Minister , Armenia pushes Garnett Genuis has been in offi ce for just and 6,367 words more than the next most over six months, and he’s already spoken frequent speaker in his caucus, MP Erin by Tories seeking 44,109 words in the House of Commons. O’Toole (Durham, Ont.). Liberals to fulfi l That’s second only to Liberal MP Kevin Former classmate Shawn Menard help from Liberals Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Man.), who characterizes 29-year-old Mr. Genuis, the election ‘promise,’ sits at 54,663 words, according to Maclean’s youngest MP in the Conservative caucus, BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH Magazine’s “Figures of Speech” data collector. as a “fi erce debater.” For perspective, Mr. Genuis, the rookie KAIROS Canada, an international devel- open embassy MP for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan, Continued on page 18 opment group famously dumped by a Con- servative federal minister, is looking to build BY SHRUTI SHEKAR bridges with the new Liberal government. The government ended its relationship Armenia’s ambassador to Canada is NEWS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY with KAIROS Canada in 2009 after 34 pressing the Liberal government to make years of federal funding. About $7 million good on what he says was an election in funding had been approved by top bu- promise to the politically infl uential Arme- Let courts, mediators decide on reaucrats with the Canadian International nian-Canadian community to establish a Development Agency, but International Co- Canadian Embassy in Armenia. operation Minister Bev Oda denied it. “This was a political promise during the mining disputes abroad: Lobby group A handwritten “not” was added to the election campaign,” said Armen Yeganian approval document with her signature. As in an interview with The Hill Times. “But BY PETER MAZEREEUW The court system is one of sev- details emerged in 2010 and 2011, the deci- I’m sure that as we’ve seen already with eral tools already in place to deal with sion became the topic of major controversy other political promises, such as refugees, While human rights groups are pushing confl ict or allegations of wrongdoing on the Hill. Ms. Oda’s answers to ques- this current government is very keen to for stronger government oversight of min- connected to foreign projects owned by tions about the decision were confusing, stick to their promises. So I hope that this ing companies’ conduct abroad, executives Canadian mining companies, said Min- and opposition MPs in a raucous minority one also will be implemented very soon.” from a national mining lobby group say ing Association of Canada president and Parliament accused her of lying. Canadian courts and existing mediation Continued on page 6 bodies should be allowed to do their work. Continued on page 5 Continued on page 3 2 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ Democratic Minister Monsef speaks at Ottawa Peace Talks ON HEARD THE HILL BY PETER MAZEREEUW Trudeau ranks below Huffi ngton Post Canada’s Althia Raj, event MC, left, with Global Centre for Pluralism Secretary-General John McNee, second from right, and Scott Weber Immigration Minister John McCallum corporate bosses on and Sarah Noble of Interpeace. The two groups organized the event, which at the event at the Delegation of the explored the theme of building peace through diversity. Ismaili Imamat. trust survey Ottawa Peace Talks photographs by Andrea Cardin

o you trust your boss more than Justin Senate staffer turns author DTrudeau? More rate the leader of their company as trustworthy than they do the Author prime minister, according to the results of Aram an online survey released by Environics Adjemian Communications Tuesday. works as About 46 per cent of the 1,001 Canadians a research who took part in the survey indicated that they assistant trusted their current prime minister to do “what to Senator is right for Canada,” compared to 52 per cent Sudanese child-soldier-turned-musician Emmanuel Jal, Serge Democratic Institutions Minister , a who trusted their CEO or most senior boss. and Hamoon Ekhtiari, Telus’s director of strategy, at the Joyal. The The survey was conducted between Feb. post-event reception. presenter at the April 19 event. Hill Times 29 to March 7 of this year, and looked at how photograph much trust Canadians had for various public by Peter and private leaders and institutions. House Speaker Regan hosts taste of Pacific Alliance Mazereeuw The higher score for corporate leaders likely has a lot to do with bosses rubbing shoulders with their employees, says Envi- ronics chief Bruce MacLellan. “Familiarity is a great way to build trust,” he said. Perhaps surprisingly, Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) was rated trustworthy by A collection of about 15 Parliamentar- more respondents from Western Canada ians, staffers, and Armenian community Causa Limeña Makis, Peruvian smoked- (48 per cent)—which, outside of urban advocates gathered in a small room April centres such as , is dominated in salmon sushi. 20 outside of the Parliamentary Restaurant Parliament by the Conservative Party and for the launch of a book by Senate staffer NDP—than from (42 per cent.) Re- Sabrina Ruiz Santa Maria, left, her grandmother, right, Peruvian Aram Adjemian. spondents from (48 per cent) and Ambassador Marcela López Bravo, and Conservative MP at the The Hill Times photographs Mr. Adjemian’s book, The Call From Atlantic Canada (49 per cent) gave roughly April 12 celebration of Pacifi c Alliance food in the Speaker’s Centre Armenia: Canada’s Response to the Ar- by Sam Garcia the same level of support to Mr. Trudeau as Block salon. menian Genocide, uses letters, newspaper those from Western Canada. articles, cartoons, and photos to illustrate “I don’t think we can categorize the the reaction in Canada to the deaths of West perhaps the way we have for the last hundreds of thousands, or possibly mil- decade, as the bedrock of Conservatism,” lions, of Armenians between 1915 and said Mr. MacLellan. 1917 at the hands of Ottoman troops. Mayor Naheed Nenshi proved The book is an updated and illustrated one of the most popular political leaders in edition of a master’s thesis completed by the survey; 66 per cent of Calgarian respon- Mr. Adjemian in 2007, the year before he dents indicated that they trusted their mayor. came to work on the Hill. Mr. Adjemian Almost three in 10 (28 per cent) Canadi- has worked for most of that time as a staff- ans indicated they didn’t trust any of the er for Senator Serge Joyal. He works as a leaders listed. Trust for provincial premiers research assistant to the Senate Liberal. (34 per cent) was lower than for several Mr. Adjemian was commissioned to other categories of leaders. Chefs Juan Pablo Loaiza (Colombia), Raúl Guerrero and Jonathan Luna Mexican Ambassador Agustín García-López complete the book by a committee orga- The research indicates Canadians trust (Mexico), Lizardo Becerra (Peru), Benjamín Ahumada (), and Loaeza laughs with House Speaker and host nized by the Armenian National Commit- leaders who are local, communicative, Tomas Rueda (Colombia). . tee of Canada to commemorate the 100th accessible, and value investment in their anniversary of the deaths last year. The communities. Nearly one-third of Canadi- ANCC is providing copies of the book to ans surveyed (32 per cent) suggested us- those who are interested. ing social media channels to communicate Mr. Joyal, Arnold Chan (Scarborough- is important to creating trust. Agincourt, Ont.)—who serves as chair- The survey was the fi rst CanTrust Index person for the Canada-Armenia Parlia- conducted by Environics. mentary Friendship Group— A Forum Research poll conducted in mid- (Thornhill, Ont.) and February found that 57 per cent of Canadians (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, Que.) were indicated they approved of Mr. Trudeau as among those in attendance. prime minister, and 49 per cent would have Armenian-Canadians and their sup- voted Liberal were the election held that day. porters marched in Ottawa April 24 to commemorate the 101st anniversary CORRECTION: THE HILL TIMES, of what they consider to be a genocide. APRIL 20 ISSUE Another march is planned for May 8, and Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly Re: “Trade Committee embarks (Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Que.) will partici- on $100,000-plus cross-country tour, pate, her offi ce confi rmed. hopes to report to House in December,” The Turkish Embassy in Canada— (The Hill Times, April 20, 2016, p. 1). which does not recognize the Armenian The article stated that witnesses who deaths as a product of genocide—released appeared before the committee were a statement from Turkish President Recep selected by each caucus in proportion to Tayyip Erdoğan April 24, paying tribute to their standing in the House. In fact, each those who lost their lives. caucus on the House Trade Committee Mr. García-López and Colombian Ambassador Nicolás House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair and selected an equal number of witnesses. Continued on page 19 Lloreda. Chilean Ambassador Alfonso Silva. THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 3 NEWS FOREIGN AID

Chantal affairs department. Her group gested Mr. Kenney had confused Bilulu co- is asking for the government the Canadian organization with a ordinates the to fund 75 per cent of a $5-mil- different group in the Palestinian Women and lion project, which works out to Territories, with which it had no Children’s $3.75-million. affi liation. program at Under the new government, Mr. Kenney later revised his Héritiers de the organization has already had statement, saying the decision la Justice, the chance to meet with some had to do with the project not a human government offi cials, Ms. Henry meeting CIDA priorities. rights said. A representative of KAIROS But CIDA offi cials told a organization also appeared before the House of parliamentary committee about a in the Commons Foreign Affairs Com- year later that they had originally Democratic mittee earlier in April, speaking approved funding. Republic on women, peace, and security. The controversy surround- of the “We are genuinely hopeful ing who ultimately made the Congo. The about this new government,” said decision to cut funding, and organization Ms. Henry. “There’s a tangible who wrote the “not,” prompted is one of change in ways of working, and signifi cant debate in the House fi ve partners we have had some good actions of Commons from late 2010 to for which off the top.” early 2011. The Liberals, then KAIROS The proposed funding would the House’s third party, tabled a Canada is benefi t programs that fall under Foreign Affairs Committee report currently the women, peace, and security asking for the House Speaker to seeking theme in South Sudan, the Demo- investigate possible sanctions. government cratic Republic of Congo, the The House of Commons Proce- funding. Philippines, Colombia, and dure and House Affairs Commit- KAIROS and the Palestinian Territories. tee began an investigation. Canada “We think that our work is On the third day of commit- photograph by complementary to what the gov- tee hearings in February 2011, Ian Thomson ernment’s goals would be in those Ms. Oda appeared and stated she places,” Ms. Henry said. had had the document altered Bernard Boutin, the press and had acted of her own accord, secretary for International Devel- absent any direction from Mr. opment Minister Marie-Claude Kenney or then-prime minister Bibeau (Compton—Stanstead, Stephen Harper (Calgary Heri- Que.), said the department tage, Alta.). doesn’t comment on projects that Ms. Oda, notorious for having are under review. charged $16 orange juice to her “Our international development expense accounts, stepped down assistance projects are funded as an MP, and from the ministry, Aid group famously based on the development merits in the summer of 2012. of their proposals and not on an af- On the fi ve-year anniversary fi liation, religious or otherwise,” he of losing its funding, KAIROS said. “They are selected following Canada hosted several parties dumped by Tories seeking rigorous analysis.” to celebrate “resilience” and “the fact that KAIROS is still here, The backstory dedicated to human rights and The Conservative govern- ecological justice,” according to its help from Liberals ment’s explanation for why fund- 2014 annual report. ing was cut off shifted as time It describes the cut-off from went on. government as sudden and unex- Less than a month after Ms. pected, and features a message government funding, Ms. Henry After almost six Continued from page 1 Oda’s 2009 decision, then-immi- from comedian Rick Mercer, confi rmed, and it hasn’t since the gration minister saying, “congratulations KAIROS years without funding fi asco. (Calgary Midnapore, Alta.) said on the occasion of you still being government Jennifer Henry, the group’s The tides may now be turn- publicly that the cuts had to do a thing.” executive director, said the orga- ing. The Liberal government’s with ending support for anti- The group, which is faith- funding, a proposal nization prepared a subsequent priorities and its “renewed way Semitic groups. based and affi liated with the by KAIROS Canada proposal aligned with the govern- of working with civil society” has But KAIROS Canada had United Church of Canada, ment’s “priorities,” but it was de- presented an opportunity, Ms. instituted a policy in 2007 saying reported expenses for that year at is under review nied too. After that, the organiza- Henry said. its member churches and orga- just shy of $2.5-million, funded in tion was “experiencing challenges She was told last week that nizations, along with its board, large part by donations. at Global Affairs in even meeting with government a funding proposal submitted in were “against advocating sanc- [email protected] Canada. offi cials,” so it stopped asking. It January was under what she said tions against Israel or a boycott of @mariedanielles does not currently receive any was active review at the foreign products from Israel.” It was sug- The Hill Times NUCLEAR POWER: THE CORE OF CANADA’S LOW CARBON FUTURE.

CNA HILL DAY 4 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 NEWS EUROPE Freeland defends EU’s investment court to its own Parliamentarians after CETA update

CETA no ‘backdoor’ to phony US investor-state dispute settlement suits, say trade lawyers.

BY PETER MAZEREEUW

rade Minister Chrystia TFreeland found herself in the awkward position last week of defending the EU’s proposed in- vestment court to members of its own Parliament, during the fi rst appearance of a Trudeau minister before the European body. Canada and the European Union recently renegotiated the investment chapter of their Com- prehensive Economic and Trade Agreement after formal negotia- tions had closed, responding to political pressure—primarily in Europe—to scrap a traditional investor-state arbitration system included in the original deal. The result was what Euro- peans are calling an investment court system, based upon a system proposed by the European Commission for trade deals more recent than CETA, such as the one being negotiated with the United States. However, many Members of European Parliament on the political left remain skeptical of the deal’s investment chapter, and grilled Ms. Freeland (University- Rosedale, Ont.) on those and other aspects of the deal during her April 20 appearance before the trade committee. Several MEPs raised concerns Trade Minister , right, and CETA chief negotiator Steve Verheul, second from right, meet with EU Parliament President Martin Schulz, left, in that U.S. companies could use Brussels. Photograph courtesy of the EU Parliament. close business ties with Canada to launch investor lawsuits against EU states. investments in Europe to make Martin (Socialists and Democrats) (Liberals and Democrats) said and becoming an issue in the state- Ms. Freeland responded by argu- use of the agreement’s investor asked whether the new investor she was “glad you’ve used the to-state relationship,” she said. ing the investor court would prevent court system. That system is de- court included in the CETA would momentum of your government business-to-state disputes from signed to give businesses a way be strong enough to prevent U.S. to remove one of the important Canada to ratify child labour, becoming state-to-state diplomatic to pursue legal action against companies from using Canadian hurdles” to the deal. pro-union conventions rows—and lecturing EU parliamen- governments that treat them subsidiaries as a “backdoor” to Mr. Fjellner, however, was Ms. Freeland also promised tarians on Canadian independence unfairly compared to domestic sue European states. critical of Canada’s government that Canada’s government was from the United States. companies, or illegally expropri- Belgian MEP Maria Arena for its U-turn on the deal’s invest- working to ratify two internation- ate their assets. (Socialists and Democrats) asked ment chapter after the Liberals al labour rights conventions that ‘Talk to us in our own right’ The CETA would not allow a similar question, while Swedish came to power. it has ignored for years. “We are independent and we shell companies established only MEP Christofer Fjellner (Europe- “I’ve listened to so many Canada will ratify the Inter- take our own decisions. That is very in Canada to launch a lawsuit an People’s Party) said he hoped Canadian representatives say, national Labour Organization’s much the case with trade agree- to use the investment court, said U.S. companies would fi nd a way ‘No, no, no. Don’t fi x something Minimum Age Convention by the ments. This is an agreement be- Matthew Kronby, the former lead to use the deal to trade more with that isn’t broken. Don’t leave the end of June, she said. tween Canada and the EU, it’s not lawyer for Canada during the the EU. well-functioning [original] ISDS That convention, adopted in an agreement between the EU and CETA negotiations. Canadian Some MEPs praised Canada’s system to something unknown. 1973, was designed to prevent anybody else, and really, you know, subsidiaries could only launch government for agreeing to And suddenly, you just turned child labour, and mandates a I’m Canada’s trade minister. I legal challenges over investments the changes in the investment around. And that of course, I minimum working age of 15 years would like you to please be respect- they, not U.S. parent companies, chapter proposed by the Euro- think, hurts the perception of old, or 18 for potentially hazard- ful of the fact that we are coming made in Europe, he said. pean Commission, while others Canada,” he said. ous work. The convention also to you as a separate country,” Ms. Canadian trade lawyers Riyaz denounced it for changing tack German MEP Joachim Schus- says each country can exclude Freeland told the committee. Dattu and Lawrence Herman or failing to remove the chapter ter (Socialists and Democrats) “limited” types of employment “We’re the 11th largest country wrote similar assessments in altogether. said he still didn’t see the need from the minimum age. in the world [by GDP], we’re a emailed statements to The Hill The previous Conserva- for an investor-state arbitration The minimum working age in G7 country. Talk to us in our own Times, pointing to language in the tive government had refused to system between two jurisdictions Canada is currently determined by right, OK guys?” she said. CETA’s investment chapter that change the investment chapter with reliable legal systems. provincial and territorial govern- Ms. Freeland did not specifi - limits what sorts of companies can that was agreed to when the Ms. Freeland defended the CE- ments and ranges from 14 to 16. cally address the concerns that be considered legitimate “investors.” CETA negotiations closed, lead- TA’s investment chapter, telling Canada’s government is also U.S. companies would be able to ing to months of stalling while MEPs that it would allow com- “on a path” to ratify the ILO launch investor suits against EU MEPs still split on the deal was supposedly in a legal mercial disputes to be resolved Right to Organize and Collective governments through Canadian investment chapter “scrubbing” process. without the Canadian and EU Bargaining Convention of 1949, subsidiaries. More than a dozen MEPs put “We would have voted against governments having to take each which protects the right to join a Canadian trade lawyers say questions and comments about the Canadian agreement if the other on in court. labour union, Ms. Freeland said. the CETA text would only allow the CETA to Ms. Freeland after [investor] system hadn’t been “The country doesn’t always [email protected] legitimate Canadian subsidiar- her introductory remarks to the changed,” said Mr. Martin. benefi t from every commercial @PJMazereeuw ies of U.S. companies with real committee. Scottish MEP David Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake dispute becoming a political issue The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 5 NEWS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Let courts, mediators decide on mining disputes abroad, says lobby group Mining Association of Canada exec. says courts will handle penalties, CSR tools work for the rest. Continued from page 1

CEO Pierre Gratton and vice president Ben Chalmers. The courts, Canada’s Corpo- rate Social Responsibility Strat- egy and CSR Counsellor should be allowed to do their job before they are deemed inadequate, the executives said. People who say they are victims of violence and wrongdo- ing in other countries and blame Canadian mining companies are looking to Canadian courts for justice. One case was dismissed by a court last year, which ruled it did not have jurisdiction to proceed. Another was allowed to proceed in Ontar- io in 2013, and a third is currently before the B.C. Supreme Court. The fact that Canadian courts have ruled both ways on the tricky question of jurisdiction is a sign that Canada’s civil legal system is working as it should, said Mr. Chalmers. The process should be left in the hands of the courts going for- ward, say the MAC executives. However, fi nding justice in Canadian courts is expensive for people who may not have the means, says Shin Imai, a law professor at York University and director of the Justice and Cor- porate Accountability Project. He focuses on Canada’s international obligations to regulate mining companies in Latin America. Mining companies may spend millions defending themselves against civil actions, while plain- tiffs from other countries may have to look for lawyers willing to work for free, he said. Latin American social justice groups sent an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to do more to regulate Canadian mining companies working over- Those who can’t afford to seas. Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland is responsible for overseeing corporate social responsibility for the mining sector. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke battle in court should turn to the dispute resolution tools—which Several Liberal ministers with Mr. Davidson and the OECD gimes that will allow their mining to deal with human rights viola- don’t assign guilt or levy penal- ties to the fi le have shied away contact point practice forms of sectors to fl ourish. tions once they have occurred. ties—provided by the govern- from the issue, repeating talking dispute resolution, whereby com- The Liberal government has The CSR Counsellor’s offi ce ment’s CSR Strategy and OECD points that the government has panies and aggrieved parties are signalled it supports the work of should be expanded, made more contact point, said Mr. Chalmers. high expectations of Canadian encouraged to come to the table the institute, despite criticisms transparent and tasked with pre- mining companies. to work out disputes themselves. from advocacy groups that it works venting or resolving confl icts for Ombudsman promised The Liberal Party promised dur- However, Canadians rely on fi rst and foremost in the interest all industries, not just the mining Meanwhile, human rights ing the election campaign to bring well-enforced regulations—not of mining companies. The govern- sector, said Mr. Chalmers. advocates and critics of Canada’s in an ombudsman for the extrac- just courts or mediation—to ment has also indicated support for [email protected] mining industry are continuing tive sector, but the government has prevent disputes between mining the CSR Counsellor, despite criti- @PJMazereeuw calls for Canada’s government not indicated yet when or whether companies and disaffected com- cisms that the offi ce lacks the teeth The Hill Times to step in, despite changes to the it will live up to that promise. munities in Canada, said Mr. Imai, CSR Strategy and CSR Counsel- Mr. Gratton said it was not clear something that is often lacking in lor’s role made in 2014 under the what role an ombudsman could the other countries in which min- former Conservative government. play, given the dispute-resolution ing companies operate. Mining companies before the courts Advocacy groups pressed that roles of Canada’s CSR Counsellor “It seems like a big task” for • The B.C. Supreme Court is who say they were shot in 2013 message once again in an April and OECD contact point. Canada to try to compensate for currently deliberating whether by security personnel for a local 25 open letter to Prime Minister the regulatory shortcomings of a case can be heard in Canada mine owned by a subsidiary of Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), Give CSR a chance other states, he said, but “it doesn’t that was fi led against Vancou- the company. which was signed by nearly 200 The government’s CSR mean that we don’t face it.” ver’s Nevsun Resources over • The Ontario Superior Court Latin American organizations Strategy was updated in 2014 to Mr. Chalmers agreed that regu- allegations that forced labour ruled in 2013 that it could and highlighted by Canadian allow it to withdraw diplomatic latory or legal shortcomings in the has been used at an Eritrean hear a case against ’s groups MiningWatch and Devel- support to mining companies countries where mines operate can mine operated jointly with the HudBay Minerals connected opment and Peace. that don’t work with CSR Coun- be a part of the problem. He pointed Eritrean government. Nevsun to shootings and rapes the The letter calls on the govern- sellor Jeffrey Davidson, who is to the work of the Canadian Inter- has denied the allegations. victims say were perpetrated ment to “more effectively regulate also working with a fresh set of national Resources and Develop- • The B.C. Supreme Court ruled by security personnel working the operations of Canadian min- directions after his predecessor, ment Institute as part of a solution. last year that it did not have ju- for the company’s Guatemalan ing companies around the world” Marketa Evans, was stonewalled The nonprofi t institute was risdiction to hear a case brought subsidiary. Hudbay Minerals and to guarantee that victims of by uncooperative mining com- furnished with a fi ve-year fund- against Tahoe Resources Inc., wrote in an online summary of human rights abuses “caused by” panies. ing arrangement by the previous which is headquartered in the case that the allegations are Canadian companies abroad have “It has to be given a chance to government in 2013 to help other Nevada, by seven Guatemalans “without merit.” access to Canadian courts. succeed,” said Mr. Chalmers. countries build regulatory re- 6 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 NEWS DIPLOMACY

Armenian Ambassador Armen Yeganian, right, says Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, left, made an election promise to establish a Canadian Embassy in Armenia. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and Sam Garcia

People carrying Armenian fl ags walk down Rideau Street toward the Turkish Embassy on April 24 in a demonstration to mark what Armenians call Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The Hill Times photograph by Kristen Shane

The lack of an embassy “cannot impact our very good Armenia pushes Liberals to fulfi l friendly relations with Canada” said Mr. Yeganian, and Mr. Kur is “incredibly well prepared.” But he suggested an embassy would election ‘promise,’ open embassy boost the level of quality of ties, in terms of politics, trade, and culture. Genocide Remembrance Day. Maria Mourani, the New Demo- Mr. Yeganian said he brought Given the sizable ethnic popu- Canadian Heritage The crowd Sunday blocked cratic Party candidate for Ahuntsic- up the establishment of an em- lation that has a strong interest Minister Mélanie traffi c in one direction in down- Cartierville, promised the same bassy with Ms. Joly as part an in Armenia, Canada’s intention town Ottawa as participants thing if she were elected to repre- April 22 meeting with her. to set up an embassy in Armenia Joly ‘strongly walked with fl ying red, blue, and sent the Montreal borough, home “[Ms. Joly] answered me in can’t be doubted, said University committed to orange Armenian fl ags to the to one of the largest populations of general terms that they will do of Toronto international relations Turkish Embassy in lowertown. Armenians in the city, according to their best, they will stick to all professor Aurel Braun in a phone promoting the Armenians say about 1.5 mil- the Armenian General Benevolent their promises that they made,” interview, though he stressed establishment of a lion people were killed by Ottoman Union in Montreal. said the ambassador in a follow- that it was hard to speculate and authorities starting April 24, 1915. Ms. Mourani, though, lost the up interview. “She said it was up he couldn’t speak on the govern- Canadian Embassy The Armenian government and riding by more than 9,000 votes to the minister of foreign affairs, ment’s behalf. others, including the Canadian to Liberal Mélanie Joly, now but the Liberal party is in power Girair Basmadjian, president in Armenia.’ government, say what happened the heritage minister. Ms. Joly, now and we will stick to all the of the Armenian National Com- was genocide, while the Turkish after a formal dinner during the promises we made.” mittee of Canada, said that not Continued from page 1 government denies the deaths campaign with members of the When asked about the estab- having an embassy is problematic amounted to genocide and disputes Armenian National Committee lishment of a Canadian Embassy for Armenians in Armenia and During last fall’s federal elec- the number of people who died. of Quebec, released a statement in Armenia, foreign ministry Canadians visiting Armenia. tion campaign, representatives of While Armenian community Sept. 26 noting, in French, that spokesperson Tania Assaly said If someone wanted to deal all three major political parties leaders have been pleased with she was “strongly committed to in an emailed response that the with Canada’s embassy “the only committed to Armenian-Canadi- the Canadian government and promoting the establishment of a department reviews its diplomatic embassy that they can deal with ans to bolster Canada’s diplomatic Parliament’s genocide recognition, Canadian Embassy in Armenia,” network on an ongoing basis. is in Moscow. That’s quite silly.” presence in Armenia, a country another of their top priorities, a and that “Canada needs to have “The department takes several He added that there’s a consider- of about three million people Canadian Embassy in Armenia’s an embassy in Armenia.” factors into consideration includ- able Canadian-Armenian commu- neighbouring Turkey, Azerbaijan, capital, Yerevan, has long eluded Though Ms. Joly’s statement ing Canada’s foreign policy and nity living in Armenia. “There are Georgia, and Iran. them. Currently, an honorary con- doesn’t explicitly say the Liber- trade interests, development quite a sizable number from On- While the Armenian community sul represents Canada in Armenia als would, if elected, establish priorities, and budgetary implica- tario, and some even from Quebec. in Canada is not huge, relative to and Canada’s ambassador for an embassy, Mr. Yeganian said: tions,” she said. And for them to have a Canadian other diaspora groups—just under Armenia is in Moscow, Russia. “I think what the Liberal party Asked this week to explain her Embassy is the proper thing.” 56,000 Canadians stated Armenian An online petition active last was promising was an embassy, Montreal meeting with the Arme- The Armenian Embassy in Ot- origins in the government’s 2011 fall urging the Canadian govern- and that’s what we read in Hon. nian community last September tawa opened in January 1995, ac- National Household Survey—it’s ment to open an embassy offi ce in Mélanie Joly’s statement.” and her subsequent statement, Ms. cording to the embassy’s website. well organized, which gives it Yerevan garnered 1,351 supporters. It was music to his ears, but he Joly’s press secretary, Pierre-Oliv- “I know that it takes time to political sway. Several community As the election campaign heat- hasn’t seen any result. ier Herbert, referred in an emailed open an embassy and it’s not centres, churches, and newspapers ed up, the Conservatives prom- “All these parties made a response to the “offi cial position” overnight, but because the prom- serve the population, which is cen- ised Armenians that “a re-elected promise, including Liberals who provided by the foreign ministry. ise was made with such a serious tred in Quebec and Ontario. Conservative government will es- came to power, and I understand Canada’s Moscow-based am- level, I’m asking my friends in The Armenian-Canadian com- tablish a new trade and consular it was a political promise,” Mr. bassador to Armenia, John Kur, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, munity shows its organizational offi ce in Armenia,” according to Yeganian said. “In my opinion and travels to Armenia often and is ‘What’s happening with your strength yearly on April 24, when the website of the party’s multi- in the opinion of many of my col- actively working on Canadian- promise?’” said Mr. Yeganian. hundreds fl ock to cultural point-man, Jason Kenney leagues, there is an imbalance in Armenian relations, Mr. Yega- [email protected] to mark what they call Armenian (Calgary Midnapore, Alta.). terms of representation.” nian said. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY APRIL 27, 2016 7 NEWS DUFFY TRIAL AG denies Harper lawyer suggestion he will audit Duffy expenses with trial over

The Auditor General’s Senator Mike Duffy offi ce says it won’t dig arrives at the court into Senator Duffy’s house on spending unless the day one of his criminal Senate specifi cally trial in April 2015. The requests an audit. Hill Times photograph Continued from page 1 by Jake Wright that Mr. Ferguson would audit Senator Duffy’s expenses despite the intense scru- tiny they have already undergone through examination and cross-examination of wit- nesses and other evidence during Senator Duffy’s trial. There were 69 days of witnesses and hearings and arguments, from April 14, 2015 through to last Feb. 23. A prominent lawyer who began rep- resenting Mr. Harper in mid-2014—as the RCMP were investigating the cir- cumstances behind a $90,000 payment to Senator Duffy from Mr. Harper’s chief of staff, Nigel Wright, and shortly before the through Mr. Staley’s administrative as- held the position that Mr. Duffy’s living vidual fi ndings among the 31 counts. Mounties laid charges against Senator sistant at his law fi rm, Bennett Jones LLP, expense claims were politically unaccept- “It’s beyond my station to supply infor- Duffy—said in a published statement Tues- about his view that an audit of Senator able and must be repaid, whether or not mation, that’s just not a part of my job,” Mr. day that an audit by Mr. Ferguson “is likely Duffy’s expenses was likely to proceed. they were technically permissible under Holmes said in a brief reply to questions to proceed” following an Ontario Court The earlier part of Mr. Staley’s commen- applicable Senate rules.” over the phone. of Justice ruling that dismissed all of the tary reiterated the former prime minister’s The lead Crown prosecutor for the trial, The Crown has 30 days to fi le a notice RCMP charges against the senator. view—expressed in the PMO emails and Mark Holmes, informed The Hill Times on of appeal to the Ontario Court of Appeal as “The public has a reasonable expecta- also stated by Senator Duffy during his Tuesday that he could not reveal whether of the date of the verdict, April 21. tion, and indeed a right, to the responsible testimony—that Senator Duffy’s cottage the Crown will appeal Judge Vallaincourt’s [email protected] stewardship of its purse by public institu- in Prince Edward Island fulfi lled constitu- judgment, or even one or more of the indi- The Hill Times tions and actors,” Toronto lawyer Robert tional requirements for a residence in the Staley said in an opinion column posted on province he represented. the online edition of the Ottawa Citizen. “Commencing in mid-2013, I repre- “As part of his mandate to ensure re- sented Prime Minister Stephen Harper in sponsible stewardship, the auditor general connection with the RCMP’s investigation has raised valid questions about Senate of Sen. Mike Duffy,” Mr. Staley said in his spending, including about Mr. Duffy. The letter. auditor general’s review of Mr. Duffy’s “So long as Mr. Duffy was facing crimi- spending is likely to proceed now that the nal charges, my client, and anyone acting criminal charges against Mr. Duffy have on his behalf, was prevented by the sub TALENT FOR been addressed,” wrote Mr. Staley. judice rule from making statements that In his letter posted by the Ottawa could prejudice court proceedings, includ- Citizen, Mr. Staley also explained that ing statements speaking to the merits of Mr. Harper had co-operated fully with the allegations,” said the letter. INNOVATION the RCMP during the investigation into Mr. Staley said with the trial over, he Senator Duffy’s expenses, to the point of could now comment, apparently with ap- instructing Mr. Staley, and possibly other proval from Mr. Harper, about aspects that lawyers with his law fi rm, to make volumes otherwise would be subject to the privi- of secret Prime Minister’s Offi ce emails lege of secrecy between lawyers and their Harnessing available to investigators. clients. The emails ultimately fueled a scathing “From the outset, we were instructed by denunciation from Ontario Court of Justice our client to assist the RCMP in its investi- Canada’s research Judge Charles Vaillancourt of Mr. Harper’s gation,” Mr. Staley said. “An early decision PMO aides, including Mr. Wright, over was made by our client to waive lawyer/ their backroom actions to “stop the water client privilege so that all PMO documents advantage torture” of the ongoing scandal in 2013. relevant to Mr. Duffy, including those Mr. Ferguson’s offi ce told The Hill Times refl ecting contemporaneous legal advice, shortly after the lawyer’s statement was were available to the RCMP.” Join Mitacs and leaders from business, published on the Ottawa Citizen website “Although this decision was politically Tuesday that no audit of Senator Duffy’s inexpedient, it was the right thing to do government, and academia as we examine expenses is planned. The audit Mr. Fer- and was an unequivocal act of integrity strategies to effectively engage and employ guson conducted on all other Senators’ and accountability by the prime minister,” expenses, following the 2013 scandal that the statement continued. “The record also our research innovators. led to the criminal charges against Senator showed that the prime minister was not Duffy, has been completed. privy to Mr. Wright’s decision.” “As stated in the scope of the audit of Evidence and testimony in Senator Senator’s Expenses, which examined the Duffy’s trial indicated that one of Mr. Register at mitacs.ca/en/events period from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2013, Harper’s closest longtime personal and the audit did not include Senators who were political aides, Ray Novak, was in a room the subject of an investigation by the Royal with Mr. Wright at the time he informed Canadian Mounted Police,” Céline Bisson- Senator Duffy’s lawyer he would per- Tuesday, May 11, 2016 Forum: 1–4:30p.m. nette, senior communications advisor in Mr. sonally cover the $90,000 Senator Duffy National Arts Centre, Ottawa Reception: 4:30–6p.m. Ferguson’s offi ce, told The Hill Times. required to repay living allowance and per “Our audit is complete, and we will not diem expenses for his Ottawa house, while be undertaking any further audit work maintaining his season home in P.E.I as his for the same period, unless specifi cally provincial residence. requested by the Senate,” Ms. Bissonnette “As the written record shows, it was our said in an email response to questions. client’s position that Mr. Duffy was consti- www.mitacs.ca Mr. Staley did not respond immediately tutionally qualifi ed to sit as a senator,” Mr. to questions from The Hill Times, placed Staley wrote. “At the same time, our client 8 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016

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EDITORIAL HUMAN RIGHTS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mining conduct abroad Help cross the fi nish line to destroy polio deserves another look n the last century, the mere mention of the word polio would Istrike terror in mothers. Although it strikes primarily children he Liberals have been busy in their fi rst six months in questions about change to mining-sector accountability, under fi ve years old, even the most powerful man in the world, Toffi ce mending Canada’s bruised image abroad. or declined to say whether change was needed. The Liber- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, succumbed to it. The prime minister’s many trips to the als have endorsed a controversial offi ce of an extractive- But times have changed. Since 1988 when the Global Polio in New York, Washington, and other world capitals have sector corporate social responsibility counsellor and an Eradication Initiative was launched, the number of cases have been earned him a lot of global goodwill. And besides the selfi es, extractives institute brought in under the former Conser- reduced by 99 per cent. Today, there are more than 13 million peo- the world is noticing that Canada is now taking seriously vative government. ple walking who would have otherwise been paralyzed by polio. climate change and the too-high number of murdered and But the Liberal government shouldn’t be satisfi ed sticking However, even though Canada has been declared polio-free missing indigenous women here. with the status quo, or just waiting to see what the courts de- since 1991, we still vaccinate our kids because until polio is eradi- But one area the Liberals haven’t touched, where Cana- cide. It should actively examine whether the current account- cated around the world, no one is totally safe. This is an apropos da’s international reputation remains blackened, is Canadian ability system works effectively. A lot of voluntary measures reminder during this year’s World Immunization Week. mining companies’ actions abroad. With Canada home to were put in place for corporations by the past Conservative The GPEI has set out a viable roadmap to do just that by many of the world’s top mining fi rms, some have been al- government that human rights advocates deemed lukewarm 2019, but it requires an extra US$1.5 billion from donors. At the leged to have harmed the environment or violated the human and without teeth. There have been campaigns for an inde- risk of using the over-used phrase “too big to fail,” failure would rights of people in communities hosting their operations in pendent ombudsperson, and for human rights to be sewed jeopardize 25 years of hard work and US$9 billion of invest- recent years. That’s not to say every Canadian mining compa- into trade deals in a more meaningful way. These options ments. Polio could come back with a vengeance with cases ny is bad—they’re not—but we hear a lot about a few cases of deserve careful study. The government must also look at how skyrocketing to 200,000 annually within 10 years. Conversely, alleged wrongdoing committed either directly by a company to better prevent abuses from happening in the fi rst place, not countries like Nigeria are already planning for a post-polio or its subsidiaries or security forces on its behalf. just ensure accountability after they’ve taken place. Ulti- world where the human and technical polio infrastructure That latest was a New York Times cover piece on Mayan mately this will benefi t rather than burden Canadian mining could be used to support other health programs. village women in Guatemala who allege they were gang- operations. In an increasingly globalized world a well-earned Like a marathon runner who draws on their own resolve to raped by men who had come to evict them from land they good reputation is always a worthwhile investment. fi nish the last mile of a race, Canada, who was at the starting said belonged to a Canadian fi rm. One of the women is suing The Liberals love consultations. They’ve turned to them line of GPEI’s marathon, must also fi nd its own resolve to help Hudbay Mineral Inc. The company, which was not the mine’s on the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership trade deal, and defence GPEI cross the fi nish line by making a top-up pledge of $150 owner at the time of the evictions, denies any wrongdoing. and foreign-aid policy reviews. The government should million. We can be a part of this great human endeavour to While the allegations are unproven in court, the case is show it’s serious about “continually assess[ing] its CSR eradicate only the second disease in history, smallpox being seen as a test for how far Canadian courts are willing to go policies,” in the words of a foreign ministry spokesperson, the other. Let’s put polio where it belongs: in a museum. to hold companies accountable for their actions abroad. and consult Canadians with a view to improving the cur- Stephen St. Denis Last week we reported that the Liberal government so rent fl awed system. Ultimately this will also benefi t rather Ottawa, Ont. far appears mostly uninterested in changing the way min- than burden Canadian mining operations. In an increas- ing fi rms are held accountable for alleged abuses in poor ingly globalized world, a well-earned good reputation is countries. Several ministers with related fi les dodged our not just a worthwhile investment. It’s a necessary one. Taiwan, Quebec parallels e: “Ministers, parliamentarians at Taiwan event anger RChina,” (The Hill Times, April 20, p. 1). Echoing in my mind more than 40 years later are Charles de Gaulle’s words, “Vive Montreal! Vive le Quebec! Vive le Quebec libre!” and the roar of the crowd caught half in disbelief that someone had the gall to give public voice to their cherished beliefs. It is no surprise that Bloc Québécois Members of Parlia- ment support the independence of a province in a far-away land; but the other parliamentarians are also upholding the democratic right of a group of people to choose separation from a state to which it historically belongs. Andrew Romain Ottawa, Ont. Support immunization oliomyelitis is a highly contagious disease that affects children Punder fi ve years. And, once infected, there is no cure. One in 200 cases results in irreversible paralysis and 5 to 10 per cent of those cases result in death. Luckily, there is a vaccine against po- lio, which is safe and available at immunization clinics in Canada. While the global effort to fi ght this disease decreased new in- fections by 99 per cent since 1988, there are two counties where polio is still endemic: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although far away from Canada, today’s frequent international travel can contribute to disease spread and bring it home to us. April 25 to 29 is World Immunization Week, raising aware- ness that providing vaccination—including in the poorest countries—is important to protect us against deadly and crip- pling diseases. Only with the combined effort to keep everyone vaccinated will it be possible to eliminate polio by 2019. We have the power to eradicate polio and protect chil- dren against polio-related paralysis. Get vaccinated and support international immunization campaigns. Karolin Klement Calgary, Alta.

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ment would have to fi nd an additional $20 and we closed our bases in , We literally have the billion per year to spend on military hard- Canada does not station soldiers perma- luxury to pick our battles. ware and salaries. nently on foreign soil. As much as I am a proponent for Cana- We still have the moral obligation to da maintaining a modern, effi cient military, the collective defence of Western Europe with service members being well paid and as a member of NATO. However, despite cared for, as a taxpaying Canadian citizen the media doing their level best to paint I cannot support doubling our defence bud- Russian President Vladimir Putin as the get to meet an arbitrary NATO-prescribed next Hitler, Russia is not about to annex percentage of our GDP. anything more than Crimea. Instead of determining how much we This means that Canada as a nation SCOTT TAYLOR should spend on defence or which piece of has the luxury to pick and choose which equipment we should purchase, the current confl icts it wants to contribute military round of public consultations should exam- resources to. Defence Minister , pictured in TTAWA—Earlier this month, Defence ine the really big picture of what we want If one is to learn from past mistakes, January, should focus public consultations OMinister Harjit Sajjan announced that our future military to do. then we should be getting quite clever by on the big picture rather than spending or the Liberal government would consult Geographically, we are blessed in that now. We had a 12-year commitment in Af- equipment, says Scott Taylor. The Hill Times experts and laypersons in advance of we share a single land border with the ghanistan, fi ghting a war we never should photograph by Sam Garcia Canada drafting its fi rst real White Paper world’s largest superpower to our south. have fought, propping up a corrupt and on defence since 1994. It is not expected With vast oceans and the frozen Arctic hated regime. Reluctantly, senior offi cials that such a policy paper will be released buffering our other three borders, we have are now fi nally admitting that the interven- (which we are training) are fi ghting to estab- before the end of this year. no foreseeable threat of foreign invasion tion was a complete failure. lish an independent Kurdistan, which runs Of course, those fi rst out of the gate at- on our soil from those quarters. In 2011, Canada led the NATO charge counter to Canada’s stated foreign policy of tempting to bend the government’s ear will Since America spends more on defence in Libya to depose President Muammar supporting a reunited Iraq, this mission is be the usual defence lobbyists and military than the rest of the world’s countries, there Gaddafi . We liberated the Libyans from a fatally fl awed in its very conception. boosters who are major stakeholders by is no longer even a Canadian contingency tyrant, but delivered them into a state of Now there is whispering in Ottawa that virtue of their professional livelihood. The plan for attempting to fi ght them off. Back armed anarchy in Gaddafi ’s wake. That the Liberal government wants to take a old chestnut they will no doubt roll out is in the 1920s, Canada actually had a daring country is now a failed state in the midst lead role in a United Nations peacekeeping that Canada’s defence spending should be strategy should a war with the United States of a second civil war, with evildoers from mission, possibly in Africa, with the thinly a percentage of our gross domestic prod- erupt. The plan was to mobilize quickly and Daesh (also called ISIL, ISIS, and the Is- veiled intention of boosting our chances uct, or GDP. invade Vermont, which we would then use as lamic State) thriving in the power vacuum of obtaining a seat on the United Nations At roughly $22 billion, the Canadian a bargaining chip until Britain and that we created. Very reluctantly, senior Security Council. defence budget represents just over one could come to our aid. We even sent spies offi cials are now admitting that Libya was Given that we literally have the luxury per cent of our current GDP. Armed with into Vermont to scout the best possible inva- a massive mistake. to choose our battles, why do we keep pie charts and graphs, the warmongers ar- sion routes. But I digress. While Canada has ended the combat air rushing from failure to failure? gue that as a member of NATO we should Canada is a former colony, and while a campaign against Daesh targets in Iraq and Scott Taylor is editor and publisher of live up to the alliance’s stated objective of member of the British Commonwealth, we Syria, we are continuing to provide training Esprit de Corps magazine. defence spending equalling two per cent of do not have an imperial legacy on foreign and support to Kurdish fi ghters in northern [email protected] GDP. This would mean the Liberal govern- continents. Since the Cold War concluded Iraq. Given that the Kurdish Peshmerga The Hill Times

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Tutsi minority on the other. Since the civil war, however, Burundi’s army has been evenly divided between the two ethnic Burundi: The next genocide? groups, and the opposition groups have also included both Hutus and Tutsis. The other besetting sin of African The future of an entire UN Secretary presidents, unfortunately, is that if they General Ban come from the biggest tribe (as they most country of 10 million Ki-moon meets often do), when they get into deep political with Burundian trouble their default solution is to fall back people is being put at President on tribal loyalties. That is what Nkurunziza risk by the president’s Pierre is doing now. The army is being purged of Nkurunziza, in Tutsis, and the very same language used personal ambition. the country’s by the Hutus in the run-up to the Rwanda capital, genocide is now being used by Nkurun- Bujumbura, ziza’s Hutu backers in Burundi. on Feb. 23. Révérien Ndikuriyo, the president of the United Nations Burundian senate, has been referring to the photograph by regime’s opponents as “cockroaches” (the Eskinder Debebe same word used for Tutsis by the Hutu ex- GWYNNE DYER tremists in Rwanda). He has even called on the government’s supporters to “start work,” which was the code word used in Rwanda term, and started Burundi on the road back Burundi’s Constitutional Court accepted for the launch of the 1994 genocide. ONDON, U.K.—The good news is that down to hell. Nkurunziza’s claim, however, as it would Nkurunziza is trying to turn a political Lthe killing in Burundi has not yet grown African presidents suffer from two be- have been hazardous to the members’ health confrontation he might lose into an ethnic into a civil war like the one that killed 300,000 setting sins. One is the belief that they are to do otherwise. (One of the judges fl ed the confl ict that he could win, but the cost people between 1993 and 2005, let alone irreplaceable: almost two-thirds of African country, saying that they had all been bullied would be another genocide. The future of a genocide like the one that killed 800,000 countries had two-term presidential limits and threatened into giving that judgment.) an entire country of ten million people is people in neighbouring Rwanda in 1994. The in their constitutions by 2000, but since The opposition parties all boycotted the elec- being put at risk by his personal ambition. bad news is that Burundi is getting there. then 10 of them have seen attempts by tion last July, so Nkurunziza “won,” and by The African Union offered to send It’s hard to speak well of Sepp Blatter, their presidents to remove the limit. then the level of violence was rising rapidly. 5,000 soldiers to help quell the violence, the disgraced former head of FIFA, the in- But Pierre Nkurunziza’s excuse was The killing started after a failed military but backed down when Nkurunziza ternational football federation. But Africa particularly pathetic. He became president coup that tried to stop the sham election, objected. There are 19,000 United Nations would owe him a large debt of gratitude at the end of the civil war in 2005, when the and the reported death toll is now around peacekeepers just across the border in the if he had persuaded Burundian President peace was precarious. There was no time for 400. The known victims are mostly political Democratic Republic of Congo, but the Pierre Nkurunziza not to seek a third term, a presidential election, so he was elected to activists and ordinary citizens murdered political will to send them in is lacking. and instead to accept a job as FIFA’s “am- the presidency by a parliamentary vote. by the police in Bujumbura, the capital, So far the opposition parties (which are, bassador for football” to the world. On the basis of that, Nkurunziza be- but the real total of the killings must be far of course, mostly Hutu) are resisting Nku- When the story came out recently in gan claiming last year that his fi rst term higher. Rural killings are rarely reported, runziza’s attempts to scapegoat the Tutsis, Blatter’s autobiography, the Swiss foreign shouldn’t count towards his constitutional but a quarter-million people have fl ed the but in one of the world’s poorest countries ministry (which asked Blatter to make the two-term limit because he was chosen by country in the past year and now live in many ordinary Hutus will be tempted to offer) explained that “The intention was to parliament and not by the people. Even refugee camps in neighbouring countries. go along with the regime’s lies in order to contribute to a peaceful solution in order to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe The one consolation in this dreadful steal their Tutsi neighbours’ land. We may be prevent the current crisis in Burundi.” (seven terms and counting) saw the situation until recently was that it wasn’t weeks away from Africa’s next genocide. It might even have worked. Nkurunziza humour in that. “They say the fi rst term a tribal confrontation. In both Rwanda’s Gwynne Dyer is a United Kingdom- is a keen footballer, and he certainly has was not a real term,” he said at an African genocide and Burundi’s civil war the ma- based independent journalist. put aside enough money to retire on. But Union summit last June, “but you were jority Hutus (85 per cent of the population) [email protected] he chose to stay on and run for a third there for fi ve years!” were on one side and formerly dominant The Hill Times 10 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 INSIDE POLITICS DUFFY TRIAL

Chantal proponents was charged with a criminal Hébert asks: offence. In his ruling, Judge Charles Vail- If Senator lancourt expended some of his harshest Mike Duffy, words on the manipulations Harper’s pictured, had offi ce undertook to avoid blame for the to win back free-spending ways of a Conservative- his Senate dominated Senate. seat in an The subtext of the verdict is an indict- election, ment of the practice of lowering the thresh- would he old for what is acceptable ethical behavior even run? at the partisan whim of an accountability- The Hill Times adverse government. photograph by Harper was not the only or the fi rst Cynthia Münster prime minister to conveniently determine that the responsibility for a major ethical malfunction lay with the offender(s) and the courts and not with his oversight or absence of it. Jean Chrétien was a fi rm believer in shipping off fi les to the police that called into question the ethical culture of his gov- ernment. The inference was that if no law had been broken, nothing really bad had actually happened. On that basis, he would not have set up a public inquiry into the sponsorship scandal. Just this week, Trudeau’s Liberals ar- gued there was nothing wrong with Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould attending a Liberal fundraiser hosted by a promi- nent law fi rm because she did not break Parliament’s narrow confl ict-of-interest rules. And yet her participation in the event clearly contradicted the spirit of the current government’s self-imposed code of conduct. With Harper out of offi ce this story Not guilty doesn’t mean ethically clean could have short political legs in the cur- rent Parliament. But the acquittal verdict does lend additional acuity to the unre- The verdict is a stark reminder to all solved issue of senatorial accountability. Life in ’s political class that the Crimi- It was the Duffy saga that led Trudeau shouldn’t mean placing nal Code is no substitute for an ethical to endeavour to make non-partisan ap- compass. pointments to the Upper House. But absent your good judgment in Public offi cials—be they elected or a party affi liation, Trudeau’s senators will the hands of high-level CHANTAL HÉBERT not—are held to a higher standard than be not once but twice removed from being just a clean rap sheet. Being found not held accountable by the electorate. political operators. If guilty of a crime does not de facto make If Duffy had to win back his Senate seat voters wanted trained seals one an ethical person. in an election, would he even run? Had ONTREAL—The ripples of the ac- In the Duffy affair, for instance, they had had to face voters at regular in- they’d buy tickets to the Mquittal of Senator Mike Duffy on 31 the cover-up engineered by Stephen tervals, would he or his Senate colleagues corruption-related charges should be felt Harper’s palace guard was a scandal of have been less profl igate in their spending? circus. well beyond the parliamentary pond. epic proportions even if none of its PMO There is a factual answer to those rhetorical questions in the shape of the case of former Conservative minister Bev Oda. She resigned after spending habits surfaced that failed to pass the public-opinion smell test. Had she been a senator, Oda’s expensing of a $16 glass of fresh orange juice would not have been a Women farmers grow more career-killing move. than crops. A word in closing on the bullying management style of the Prime Minister’s Offi ce: Harper did not invent it. He only In countries where hunger, perfected it. Over the years it is not just senators who have agreed to act like pawns malnutrition and poverty are in the hands of PMO chess masters. From most severe, women grow ministers on down, government MPs—with only too few exceptions—have had a long community resilience to a and not proud history of spineless compli- changing climate. ance. Just this week Conservative leadership candidate and former Harper minister Putting women at the centre told the CBC that she should not have accepted to front the announce- of sustainable global food ment of a controversial “barbaric cultural systems is not just good policy. practices” tip line in the last election. And It’s a good investment to yet this well-educated medical doctor did agree to sell a promise that—in the deliver lasting change. context of the niqab debate—could only come across as doubling down on a highly divisive issue. Being elected under a party banner should not involve placing one’s intellectu- al honesty and good judgment in the hands of the high-level political operators who staff the PMO. If voters wanted to watch trained seals and clown acts they would buy tickets to the circus instead of electing MPs to the House of Commons and having their taxes fund the Senate. Looking at the latest sequel in the Duffy saga, their pock- etbooks would be the better for it. Chantal Hébert is a national affairs Learn more at care.ca writer for The Toronto Star. This column was released on April 23. [email protected] The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 11 PLAIN SPEAK MARIJUANA Conservatives: Update pot policy or risk looking like prudes in poorly fi tting blue suits

A worker at policy change. The membership dedicated funding for mental The party has to Tweed Marijuana of the party should charge right health and wellness, something deal with this issue Inc. tends to through it and sketch out what Conservatives have comfortably pot plants in a Canadian plan for legalized championed for years. in a Modern-Family 2014. Conserva- ganja looks like. One that makes If you are a Conservative, look tives could spell sure grannies don’t rage and kids at the potential benefi t of hav- not Leave-it-to- out how money aren’t on a path to become burnt- ing another leadership candidate Beaver kind of way. derived from the out stoners. Also one that moves (also not a shoo-in), Kellie Leitch, sale of marijuana away from moralizing about weigh in on this matter not in the could be directly marijuana use and deals with the normal manner as ardent party reinvested in fi scal opportunity that legal weed gum-fl apper but as a respected Canada, says Tim presents to governments. physician, which she happens to Powers. The Hill Just look south of the border. In be. Leitch, whose initial posture Times photograph February, CNBC reported that legal seems to be for the antiquated by Jake Wright U.S. pot sales skyrocketed to $5.4 status quo, could alternatively TIM POWERS billion for 2015, up 17.4 per cent offer some thoughtful guidance from $4.6 billion in 2014, according on safety, education, distribution, to data from the ArcView Group, and product testing. TTAWA—Well, it didn’t hap- which tracks the cannabis markets. Conservatives could even re- Open like the Conservatives The tax revenue derived from turn to their sweet spot—law and said it would! and regulating marijuana. The Recently on CBC’s Power and the sale of legalized pot would order—and work with Liberal MP Remember leading into the last Conservative Party in the midst of Politics, Bernier said on the matter split about $5 billion per year , who is playing a key role election campaign those Conser- a leadership race and a rebrand of the legalization of marijuana between federal and provincial now shaping the future legislation. vative Party of Canada ads that all now has to deal with this issue in that, “I am more for it...It depends coffers, according to a recent Instead of the usual opposition but suggested Justin Trudeau and a Modern-Family not Leave-it-to- how the government will do it... report from CIBC World Markets, claptrap, they could lead the way his Liberals would be peddling Beaver kind of way. But I am more toward—for—that.” based on the apparent size of on a realistic legal framework. dope on a corner near you? So far, Conservatives can howl at the , interim leader of the current underground market The worst thing Conservatives as best we can tell, none of that ilk moon, as they did in the last elec- the offi cial-opposition Conservatives, and how legalization has played can continue to do is retain their has been busted for selling dime tion, and stand pat on the criminal- said in January in British Colum- out for the state governments of 2015 electoral position. Coming bags of weed in schoolyards. ization of marijuana, or they can bia that, “The bottom line is there’s Colorado and Washington. across as a bunch of prudes in While in New York last week, take a strong, mature, proactive a huge faction of people in this Conservatives could lead the poorly fi tting blue suits with bad the Liberal government’s seem- role in dealing with this inevitabil- country that want—that are mostly debate on the taxation policy; this buzz cuts will see them get rolled. ingly home away from home, ity. One long-shot candidate for adults, to be frank—that want access would be a natural fi t for Bernier. Tim Powers is vice-chairman Health Minister Jane Philpott the leadership of the Conserva- to pot and they want it legalized and He and his party could spell out of Summa Strategies and manag- announced that Canada would tives, , has already it’s for recreational purposes.” how money derived from the sale ing director of Abacus Data. introduce legislation next spring signalled he was leaning toward Ambrose and Bernier are open- of marijuana could be directly re- [email protected] to spark the process of legalizing supporting the Liberals here. ing a door to a major Conservative invested in Canada. Perhaps more The Hill Times

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charges against the chief of staff in Harper’s offi ce, it would almost Judge’s ruling demands certainly have been the end of Harper, politically, then and there. As it turned out, of course, the Senate uproar contributed to the answers from Harper, RCMP public’s decision last October to vote out the Conservative regime. While that may have closed Questions about wide interpretation and therefore possible to put a lid on the uproar Duffy and Wright of having com- the case, as it were, in the minds largely incompatible with the ex- over Duffy’s questionable spend- mitted bribery, frauds against the of many people, Canadians still treatment of acting standards of proof needed ing. The attempted cover-up was government, and breach of trust. deserve to know what transpired for criminal convictions. always the real political scandal But the investigation of Wright with the charges against Duffy. Wright remain. Vaillancourt’s across-the-board of the Duffy saga and the judge’s was dropped in April 2014. The Despite the expenditure of millions acquittal of Duffy was still surpris- account gives Canadians their fi rst RCMP said “the evidence gath- of dollars in investigative and court ing, with the judge stating the police comprehensive, unbiased look at ered does not support criminal time, the case did nothing to clarify and Crown prosecutors had utterly the manoeuvring behind the scenes charges against Mr. Wright.” the mess in the Senate. failed to prove their case against by Wright, other PMO staff, senior It was widely assumed the “The judgment is also very se- the Conservative senator. And he Conservatives, and Tory senators. It police made a deal with Wright to vere with regard to the behaviour coupled that with an unprecedented was, as the judge shows, a project obtain his testimony against Duffy of Stephen Harper and his offi ce, LES WHITTINGTON attack on Stephen Harper’s former driven entirely by political expedi- or that they felt Wright lacked and I think that they should start senior PMO staffers for their heavy- ency with no regard for ethics or the so-called guilty mind needed providing answers because I’ve handed attempt to cover up the accountability. to sustain a conviction. But who never seen that in a judgment,” spending irregularities and hide the But no answers have yet been knows what was really going on? the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair said. TTAWA—Deferential to scandal from the public. forthcoming to the question that As NDP MP “The judge was very severe on Oauthority as always, Canadi- On the weekend, Duffy’s underlies the entire legal case: said at the time: “You cannot Mr. Harper and I think he should ans for the most part have tiptoed lawyer, Donald Bayne, told in- What led the RCMP and the Crown make a payment to a sitting provide an explanation.” around the curious role of the terviewers the case should never to pursue charges that proved so senator” under the Parliament of And there’s the issue of whether RCMP in the Mike Duffy affair. have been brought forward by the fl imsy in court? In particular, why Canada Act. “That’s an indictable the RCMP acted independently and You don’t have to accept police and Crown. was Duffy alone charged with brib- offence, but apparently if it’s done without political infl uence. Shortly Ontario Court Justice Charles In any case, the overwhelming ery in connection with the $90,000 in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce, the after the police decided in the spring Vaillancourt’s depiction of Duffy not-guilty verdict will do little to re- cheque at the heart of the PMO’s RCMP say it’s not a problem.” of 2014 not to charge Wright, RCMP as a victim to see the weakness of vive public confi dence in the Sen- cover-up strategy? Asked on CTV’s Question Commissioner Bob Paulson took the case brought against him by ate or, for that matter, politicians There was always consterna- Period Sunday if Wright should the unusual step of writing a letter the state in the form of the RCMP as a class. It’s obvious to everyone, tion about the fact that Duffy was face criminal charges, Bayne said, to Angus, the NDP MP, complain- and the Crown. including Vallaincourt, that Duffy cited for bribery when former “It’s hard not to come to that con- ing that the Mounties were being In fact, it was obvious long and others were engaged in ques- PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright clusion when you read [Vaillan- unfairly accused of doing the PMO’s before last week’s court ruling that tionable spending in recent years. was not charged. The longtime court’s] fi ndings.” But Bayne added bidding. Paulson sought to reassure Duffy was very unlikely to be con- While not necessarily illegal, this Conservative insider wrote the that boat sailed a long time ago. Angus, saying the reasons for drop- victed on all, or very many of, the habit of throwing taxpayers’ money cheque as part of a secret plan Wright has maintained he act- ping allegations of bribery against 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust, around by the luminaries of the to get Duffy to lie to Canadians ed legally and in the public inter- Wright over the $90,000 cheque for and bribery he faced in the wake of Senate is obviously inexcusable. about how he had supposedly paid est and wrote Duffy the $90,000 Duffy would come out publicly at the Senate spending scandal. As to the politics of it all, Vail- back his questionable expenses. cheque to make sure taxpayers some point. But no compelling ex- That’s because, as Vaillancourt lancourt gave a new focus to the Back in 2013, in a court submis- weren’t on the hook for the sena- planation has been heard so far, and repeatedly made clear in his astonishing backdrop of the entire sion to obtain documents in the tor’s questionable expenses. I wouldn’t hold my breath. riveting judgment, the Senate’s affair—the secret plotting in Harp- case, the RCMP alleged it had “rea- It’s worth noting in passing [email protected] administrative rules were open to er’s offi ce to use almost any means sonable grounds” to suspect both that had the RCMP laid criminal The Hill Times 12 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 OPINION FOREIGN AID TUESDAY, MAY 17 NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE Canada: Lighting TRAVERS the path forward in DEBATES global public health 2016 In working with the private sector and promoting knowledge Are your fun times running a larger sharing, Canada is leading. than expected deficit? 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Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion, pictured in December, has suggested ‘responsible conviction’ is the foreign- policy rock on which his government will stand. Instead it’s been slip-sliding away, says Gar Pardy. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

straddle too many fences at the sure of legitimacy both domesti- same time you are bound to be cally and internationally is Saudi Do no more harm wounded in tender parts of your Arabia. It is involved in a nasty political anatomy. proxy war with Iran in Yemen and The reasons for supporting “The government with its own people in its Eastern the deal were numerous. Unfor- is yet to learn the Province. The West can only hope The Saudi arms deal world. The silent treatment of tunately, it was hard to fi nd a that it will prevail. If it does not regimes that did not live up to our principle Canadians might fi nd lesson that if you then what we have seen so far is the lesser of the standards such as Russia and Iran acceptable. in the region is the prelude to a was discarded. First, the contracts, if can- try to straddle too bloodier future where concern for evils available to The idea that religion needed its celled, “could result in Canadian human rights will recede deeper countries such as own unique offi ce in the bureau- taxpayers having to pay costly many fences at into the quagmire. cracy was dismissed by fi nancial penalties and damage the cred- The sale of military equip- Canada. fi at. Going forward, religion would ibility of the government of the same time you ment to Saudi Arabia is by far be bundled and defended as one Canada’s signature.” the lesser of the evils available to among the “universal, indivisible, Then using the hard facts of are bound to be countries such as Canada. It will interdependent, and interrelated” electoral politics, the minister not do much for the human rights rights detailed in the 1993 suggested the cancellation “would wounded in tender that do not exist in the region but Declaration and Programme of Ac- have a ripple effect in an industry it may offer some promise of a tion for human rights. on which 70,000 jobs in Canada parts of your slightly better future. GAR PARDY There are no contentious is- directly depend.” And using a line In his speech, the minister sues with the United States so the made familiar by ministers of the political anatomy. spoke of his new “guiding prin- minister was able to state Canada previous government, these jobs ciple” that he would follow in will act in “a wise and profession- included “many veterans.” the conduct of Canada’s foreign few weeks ago, Foreign al way.” He would not repeat the Backstopping these arguments often supported by other coun- policy. It was “responsible convic- AMinister Stéphane Dion “strident, awkward and, fi nally, was the historical record of such tries including Canada, sought tion,” a hybrid formulation from delivered his fi rst major speech ineffi cient way” of the previous sales. Canada had sold thousands to direct developments that had the work of Max Weber of more since he was sworn in more than government. of the armoured vehicles to Saudi little relevance to the people of than a hundred years ago. Mr. We- four months ago. Speaking at the Arabia since the 1990s and “to the the region. ber is often referred to as one of University of Ottawa, Mr. Dion Saudi deal damage best” knowledge of offi cials “there For the most part, these inter- the fathers of sociology. sought to lay down a foreign-pol- But even before the minister have been no incidents where ventions refl ected the exercise of Mr. Dion must have had Ste- icy rock on which the new Cana- spoke in late March, the guns of the they have been used in the perpe- raw power. The rights of the people, phen Harper fi rmly in his sights dian government would stand. arms deal with Saudi Arabia were tration of human rights viola- human and otherwise, were of little with this idea, especially as the What he had to say was not par- zeroing in on the new government. tions,” according to departmental concern. Today, of course, we try former prime minister did not ticularly unique or startling. Much The sale was fi nalized by the documents quoted by the CBC. and dress up such interventions in “commit sociology” nor see “socio- had been discussed earlier and previous government. Since the the respectable clothing of human logical phenomenon” as elements refl ected historical Liberal Party election, the Liberal government The West in the Middle East rights, in the hope that there might in his eschatology of government. attitudes towards the world. How- has been dogged by questions on Nowhere in these arguments be some success. Unfortunately, “responsible con- ever, his March 29 speech did put why it would allow the sale to go is there any refl ection on or refer- There has been no success. viction” suggests neither responsi- an end to lonely walks on several forward. ence to the mess in the Middle Stretching from Afghanistan to bility nor conviction. dead-end roads created and lauded The sale of such equipment East that is largely the result of Libya, the region is sinking into Gar Pardy is retired from the by the previous government. to Saudi Arabia was inconsistent military interventions by Western quicksand and human rights are Canadian foreign service and The United Nations and the with the image the new govern- governments that, in their cur- relegated to ethereal discussions recently published Afterwords: European security body OSCE ment has tried to portray. Unfor- rent phase, go back a hundred in Geneva. From a Foreign Service Odyssey. were back as valuable assets tunately, the government is yet to years. Throughout that period Sadly, the only government in [email protected] for Canada’s involvement in the learn the lesson that if you try to London, Paris, and Washington, the region that retains some mea- The Hill Times 14 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 OPINION DIPLOMACY

Parliamentarians and other VIPs raise a glass at Taiwan Night on April 13. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

China” policy, Canada and China agree that A country is above all there is only one China. Whether or not No reason for China to be a geographical space, Taiwan is part of China, however, is a totally different question. When Canada was con- and the 36,000-square- sidering how to recognize China, Minister kilometre island of of Foreign Affairs Sr. wrote that upset over Taiwan Night “the effective political independence of Tai- Taiwan is defi nitely that. wan is a political reality.” This is even more evident now that Taiwan has democratized. This situation explains why Canada re- sisted Chinese pressure to recognize Taiwan as part of China. The 1970 communiqué signed between Canada and China says, “[t] SOW he Chinese Government reaffi rms that Tai- SCOTT SIMON wan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China. The Canadian Government takes note of this position of the Much Love Chinese Government.” As negotiator Mitchell TTAWA—Canadian parliamentarians Sharp explained afterwards to Parliament, Oand cabinet ministers attracted the ire this meant that “the Canadian government Small family farmers of the Chinese Embassy for attending a does not consider it appropriate either to reception on April 13 hosted by the Taipei endorse or to challenge the Chinese govern- feed the world Economic and Cultural Offi ce in Ottawa—al- ment’s position on the status of Taiwan.” though the annual Taiwan Night has been If Taiwan were really a part of China, then held for 20 years. According to The Hill Taiwan Night would be no more controversial Times, Liberal MPs and Wayne than Chinese politicians attending an event Easter referred to Taiwan as a “country” in held by the Quebec Offi ce in Beijing. Voices of their speeches, and Conservative foreign protest from the Chinese Embassy suggest that affairs critic declared that Tai- the substantive relation between Canada and wan should be “a full member of the family Taiwan is in fact one between two states, even of nations.” This bothers Chinese diplomats. in the absence of formal diplomatic relations. None of this should be controversial. A Taiwan has not asked Canada for diplomatic country is above all a geographical space, recognition, and has become Canada’s fourth and the 36,000-square-kilometre island of largest trading partner in Asia without it. There Taiwan is defi nitely that. A nation, according is no need to ask for such recognition, which Together, we can to Benedict Anderson, is “an imagined politi- would require the ROC to fi rst relinquish its cal community—imagined as both inherently own anachronistic claim to the Chinese main- limited and sovereign.” Taiwan fi ts the bill. land. In fact, the status quo maintains the pos- end world hunger! According to polls from the Election Study sibility of eventual unifi cation when conditions Centre of National Chengchi University, 59.5 are ripe on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. per cent of people in Taiwan claim that they The protocol for Canada-China relations, are Taiwanese and not Chinese. with its corollary of maintaining only sub- Sociologically speaking, a state is a monop- stantive relations with Taiwan, has proven for oly of the legitimate use of physical force. The decades to be an effective formula for strong Republic of China (the offi cial name of Taiwan) business and people-to-people relations with maintains control effectively with autonomous both mainland China and Taiwan. It was skill- military, police, and immigration authorities— fully crafted by diplomats under the watch of all under the jurisdiction of a democratically Prime Minister . Unless China elected government. Even Quebec and Nova challenges the status quo, there is no need for Scotia courts have ruled that the ROC (Taiwan) change under the leadership of his son, Prime 1 888 234-8533 is a state. It is a simple fact. The problem is that Minister Justin Trudeau. China is looking for foreign support for its goal Scott Simon is a professor at the Uni- @devpeace of annexing Taiwan. versity of Ottawa and former chair of Tai- Given that the People’s Republic of China wan Studies. He has conducted research in has never ruled Taiwan since its estab- Taiwan since 1996. devp.org lishment on Oct. 1, 1949, China’s claim to [email protected] Taiwan is aspirational. Through the “One The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 15 OPINION ENERGY We need Own The Podium for clean tech

sive and are built using debt fi nance. Environment Backing Canadian clean- Whether it’s a solar farm in Africa, Minister tech winners could help energy storage system in California or Catherine biofuel factory in China, developers bor- McKenna and make up for lost ground. row money to build energy systems. It’s Innovation bankers who provide the debt who ap- Minister prove technology choices. That’s a prob- Navdeep lem for innovators because bankers are Bains are two allergic to technical risk. They love old of several stuff, not new. The trick to selling cutting- ministers edge technology is to give those bankers tasked with boosting TOM RAND comfort the debt will be paid back. In other words, back the loans. Canada’s That’s precisely what Export Develop- clean- ment Canada has been doing successfully technology ORONTO—Last week’s signing of for decades with established companies sector. The Tthe Paris climate accord marks the exporting into traditional markets. It has Hill Times start of a new age, with huge implications long provided a backstop so Canadian photographs by for Canada. The fossil fuels that power companies’ customers can borrow the Jake Wright the global economy today are entering money they need to make the purchase. a permanent (if slow) decline. Gone are But EDC is not set up to support new sec- cozy assumptions of endless growth in oil tors like clean tech. It can’t play ball if the exports. Winners in the high-stakes global Canadian seller doesn’t have a large bal- energy market of the 21st century are those ance sheet. In other words, EDC helps old, countries that can scale up exports of established industries—not new ones. cutting-edge clean-energy technology. That’s where creative public policy Canada’s clean-tech sector is poised to comes in. Targeted incentives can help compete. But it won’t win without support. Canadian champions stretch to EDC by We need an Own The Podium strategy for providing support for fi rst commercial clean energy. projects in global markets. A loan guaran- The stakes couldn’t be higher. The tee or other incentives to lower the barrier global clean-energy market is more than to traditional capital can get companies $300 billion annually, and estimated to through this valley of death. That’s not grow to a trillion dollars by 2020. picking winners, but backing them: an Other countries that see the Own The Podium for our proven up- America have gone belly up. ’s win in this market we need to get behind those sector’s potential are beating and-comers. It’s a catalyzing role, high-carbon bitumen will remain at risk. winners. And own the clean-energy podium. us to the punch. Canada not permanent support. By the We need to fi nd new and growing export Tom Rand is managing partner of had a decent head start, time the company wins the opportunities. ArcTern Ventures, a senior adviser at the but is losing ground fast. second or third contract EDC In a world starting to grapple with climate MaRS Discovery District and sits on the Between 2008 and 2015, and the private sector can change, clean-energy technology is a good board of a number of clean-energy compa- during the years of Ste- step in to play their tradi- bet. Canada has maybe a dozen clean-energy nies and organizations. phen Harper’s govern- tional role. champions on the verge of global success. To [email protected] ment, our market share Canada has precious dropped by nearly three few potential global cham- quarters. That adds up pions with proven tech- to more than a hun- nology, big markets, and dred billion dollars the capacity to disrupt MELANOMA MONDAY of lost business. global energy flows. We It’s taken a can get decade of MAY 2, 2016 Melanoma that patient pub- market Illustration by Melanie Brown lic and share private back. 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Policy adviser Pascale Massot. Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion walks down to the House of Commons chamber with his press secretary, Chantal Gagnon, on budget day, March 22. The Hill Photograph courtesy of Pascale Times photograph by Jake Wright Massot

“Pascale is not at all your typi- uncomfortable, then you resign or cal academic,” he said. you don’t take the job.” The people behind Mr. Robertson said as much Other policy advisers in Mr. about Mr. Dion himself. “I re- Dion’s offi ce include Jean Boutet, member briefi ng him and he was who was with Mr. Dion when he extremely rigorous. He came in was environment minister. After foreign policy: A look looking like a bit of a student, he the 2006 election bumped the had his backpack on and the rest, Liberals into opposition status, but when we sat down it was like Mr. Boutet worked at the environ- doing the defence of your thesis.” ment department before return- inside the foreign Jocelyn Coulon, Dion’s senior ing to Mr. Dion’s offi ce. policy adviser, was recruited with Joseph Pickerill is Mr. Dion’s a specifi c emphasis on peace op- director of communications. Most erations—“which is of course one recently, he worked as commu- minister’s offi ce of the things that the new govern- nications director for the Centre ment wants Canada to get back for International Governance involved in,” Mr. Robertson said. Innovation. He was only there for Former diplomat ing as intergovernmental affairs advance the national interest by Mr. Coulon also served on Mr. about three months before being minister under Jean Chrétien generating opportunities for us to Trudeau’s International Council approached by the minister’s says ‘fi rst-rate and later as environment min- do business,” he said. of Advisors, set up in December offi ce. Tammy Bender worked ister under Paul Martin, before Canadian mining and interna- 2014 ahead of last year’s federal under him at CIGI, and said he people’ are working his stint as Liberal Party leader tional business go hand in hand, election campaign. was an admirable leader and an for Stéphane Dion. from 2006 to 2008. Ergo: he is no of course. Mr. Ovens previously Mr. Coulon was in the media “extremely effective communica- stranger to staffi ng offi ces on the told The Hill Times that he had recently for penning an op-ed in tor.” He was incredibly well-liked Hill. He seems to be hiring from travelled to more than 60 coun- La Presse about the government’s there and they were sad to see Continued from page 1 a more pragmatic standpoint, Mr. tries in his life. His work in the controversial arms deal with him go, she said. Robertson said, something that mining industry took him abroad Saudi Arabia. Dahlia Stein is Mr. Dion’s “They’ve recruited people could be attributed to his previous to Paris, London, and Singapore, “Let’s not be naive. The Saudi director of operations and also based on subject matter expertise academic background. as well as all over Canada. and Iranian regimes are two comes from an academic back- and ability to get on,” he said. “The people I have met have Mr. Dion has also recruited dictatorships—the fi rst decapi- ground. From Calgary, Alta., she Getting along is important when been hired probably less for their several serious academics to work tates women accused of murder used to work as a senior policy you’re working with an adminis- political conviction than for their with him in advancing Canada’s and the other stones them for adviser for Health Canada. Ac- tration that touts government by policy smarts. Which I think is a international agenda. adultery,” he wrote in a column cording to her Facebook profi le, cabinet, he said. Inter-departmen- good thing. In that sense I think Pascale Massot, for in- published Jan. 10. she studied the economics of tal relations are important, but so this will be a much less ideologi- stance, is a policy adviser who Six weeks after that, Mr. Cou- climate change at the University are a ministerial offi ce’s relation- cal government than the last one.” recently completed her PhD at lon was hired to the department. of Cambridge. ships with civil servants—the Take Julian Ovens, for in- the University of British Colum- Despite Mr. Coulon’s previously- Rounding out the top staffers people actually implementing the stance, Mr. Dion’s chief of staff. bia in comparative politics and stated opinions, it wasn’t long in the offi ce, Jamie Innes is Mr. policies government decides on. Mr. Ovens comes from a min- international relations, with a after that that Mr. Dion took es- Dion’s director of parliamentary “One thing this government, ing background, having spent 14 focus on political economy and sential steps in fi nalizing the deal. affairs, and is the only one in I think, does want to do differ- years in the industry. He worked Chinese politics. Her supervisor, In April, Mr. Dion signed per- the offi ce with a strictly political ently is I think they want to work for Canadian mining company Yves Tiberghien, had nothing but mits allowing $15 billion in light background, having made his well with the civil service,” Mr. Alcan before moving to BHP Billi- glowing things to say about her, armoured vehicles to be exported way up through the Liberal Party Robertson said. The ministerial ton, where he stayed until Novem- raving that she was “really the to Saudi Arabia. Though the con- of Canada. mandate letters handed out by ber 2015 before moving into the complete deal.” He said she’s a tract itself was signed by the previ- Chantal Gagnon serves as Mr. Liberal Prime Minister Justin minister’s offi ce, according to his “very thoughtful, deep thinker,” ous government, Mr. Dion’s offi ce Dion’s press secretary. Trudeau noted ministers—includ- LinkedIn profi le. good at rationally assessing situ- came under criticism for implying Mr. Robertson told The Hill ing Mr. Dion—should engage in Mr. Robertson said that experi- ations and “very savvy in terms there was no turning back—and Times that Global Affairs Canada “meaningful engagement” with ence is relevant for the business of human relations, social issues, for only releasing the export has approached him for advice public servants, something they side of foreign affairs. “I think and policy issues.” permits publicly when a lawsuit on staffers who might have good accused the previous Conserva- that probably gives him a highly Mr. Tiberghien said he’s not required the department to do so. expertise on both the Americas tive government of doing poorly. practical sense of ultimately one surprised in the slightest that she Mr. Robertson said, “Anybody and the Middle East, as they are Mr. Dion was named a cabinet of the goals of foreign policy, was recruited by the minister’s who joins government knows that still looking. minister right off the bat when which is to protect Canadians and offi ce because she really has the ultimately, government is about [email protected] he became an MP in 1996, serv- advance the national interest. You eye and the interest for policy. compromise. And if you’re that The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 17 OPINION DEFENCE Might NATO and Russia make peace for Ukraine?

A lot needs to happen normal life possible along its 1,920-kilome- NATO tre border with its Slavic neighbour. Secretary to cement peace, but the Both sides would have to commit them- General Jens selves to restraint in rhetoric and in action. Stoltenberg time is right to try to turn Both would undertake to negotiate trade speaks to the rising tide of the new agreements freeing Ukraine to resume its reporters natural, age-old commerce with both east following Cold War. and west. the fi rst Both sides would have to acknowledge NATO-Russia that, with much of the political and natural Council world falling apart before their eyes, there meeting in are much, much better, urgent things to do two years, than spend new billions on arms to scare one April 20. another—arms they know they dare not use. Photograph A new deal is not all available tomor- courtesy of NATO CHRIS WESTDAL row morning. The council’s meeting last week did not shake the earth. Formidable political and diplomatic obstacles still lie in the path to such a peace. TTAWA—There may at last be light But these essential elements of peace Oat the end of the tunnel of war in had better not be just pipe dreams. The Ukraine. The NATO-Russia Council, which long-term stakes are too high. The West tide of new cold war. sultant, corporate director, and occasional had been dormant for two years, met last has many more interests in common with Chris Westdal is a former ambassador commentator on Canadian foreign policy. week to discuss the peace process in east- Russia than it has reasons to squabble. The and current fellow with the Canadian [email protected] ern Ukraine. It was better late than never. time is right for us to try to turn the rising Global Affairs Institute. He is also a con- The Hill Times There was no great leap forward. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg voiced the requisite assurance that the meeting was “no return to business as usual.” United States General Philip Breedlove, the head of the U.S. forces in Europe and NATO’s supreme EVENTS allied commander, added that, despite the talks, NATO reinforcement in Europe would continue. Afterward, Stoltenberg advised that the discussion had done nothing to change the “profound and persistent disagreements” between Russia and the NATO states. All this notwithstanding, the revival of the NATO-Russia Council is a major step to- WOMEN ward peace for Ukraine because, unlike the Minsk peace process, which is focused on the mechanics of the confl ict and its possible resolution, the Council must focus on the IN larger picture, in which the root causes of the confl ict need diagnosis and remedy. The Council’s deliberations are also a ma- jor test for our new government. The subject matter is crucial. Canadians have fought two FINANCE no-holds-barred world wars for Eurasian se- curity. We cannot fi ght another, not ever, not with NATO and Russia both nuclear-armed. PRESENTED BY: If our new leaders have any new ideas about MAY 10 how Canada might help avert Cold War II, now is the time to voice them. We know our policy is not going to be more 7:30-9:00 AM of the same. We’re re-engaging with Russia, for one thing, and surely we won’t carry on OTTAWA MARRIOTT HOTEL campaigning, as our last government did, for further NATO growth, even unto the Caucasus. But just what will our new policy be? The essential elements of peace in east- ern Ukraine include not only the substance On May 10 join Hill Times Events as we explore what it will take to encourage greater participation of women in finance. Opening of the Minsk plan but also a larger peace remarks will be delivered by the Minister of Small Business and Tourism Ms. , MP (Waterloo, Ont.). between NATO and Russia, an agreement to stop the tug of war for Ukraine and This session will explore why there has been a decline in women-owned small to medium sized enterprises, the percentage of start giving that tormented state a chance women serving on corporate boards and the importance for teaching financial literacy to women and girls. to make the best of its circumstances, between East and West, rather than go on making the very worst of them. There is no charge to attend for Hill Times subscribers and $20.00 for non-subscribers. That larger peace requires better fences Advance registration is required. between NATO and Russia—in our minds and on the ground—than the ones we’ve got, particularly now with NATO so far ex- tended, the EU at (if not beyond) its limits, and Russia back on its feet. These parties need better boundaries. They need what Robert Frost called “mending walls.” To build them, NATO would have to es- chew further growth. The West would have to recognize that Crimea was Russian. The government of Ukraine would have to decentralize and work to regain the trust and loyalty of the Donbas. With Ukraine looking these days like another case of failed U.S.-backed regime change, the West would have to step back, stop pouring Supported By: billions into Kyiv with obvious political intent, stop choosing leaders and running major ministries there and stop feeding exclusive Ukrainian nationalism. Russia would have to stop interfering in eastern Ukraine, stop the hybrid war, stop hilltimes.com/events holding Kyiv to ransom and start making 18 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 NEWS HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

MP Garnett Genuis talks about his passion for human rights. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

for sure,” Mr. Menard told The Hill caucus. When asked what he Asked about his interest in Times. “I think he’s very skilled at thought of Mr. Genuis, he laughed human rights and freedom of The youngest that sort of thing.” and said, “Where do I begin?” speech, Mr. Genuis talks about The two crossed paths at Mr. Kent said it’s “not typical” his family. His grandmother was Carleton University, where Mr. for an MP to sit so regularly on a a Holocaust survivor, he said, Genuis attended the Public Affairs committee they are not a member and his wife’s family immigrated Conservative MP and Policy Management program. of, but “he’s a great colleague on to Canada from Pakistan, where Mr. Menard was president of the the Foreign Affairs Committee.” they were part of the Christian student union at the time. He said “It refl ects enthusiasm, inter- religious minority. he and Mr. Genuis frequently en- est and wanting to stay abreast “What is important about the with the most to say gaged in lively debate on anything of what the committee is doing, conversations I’ve had with my from changes to the student union so that when he does sub in, he’s grandmother-in-law is that it constitution to whether or not a not just fi lling a chair or provid- helped me understand that the situ- Those who know on human rights and religious pro-life group that advocated crimi- ing a vote for our opposition three ation is not hopeless. Some people freedom,” Mr. Genuis said in an nalizing abortion had the right to members, that he’s there engaged,” want to just say, ‘well, the human him say rookie MP interview with The Hill Times. The exist on campus. (Mr. Genuis was he told The Hill Times. “Very few rights violations are just part of primary critic for human rights is for; Mr. Menard was against.) rookie members have hit the the culture over there.’ That’s not Garnett Genuis is a David Anderson (Cypress Hills— “Heated debates that defi nitely ground running as effectively and true...By trying to have a construc- ‘fi erce debater’ and Grasslands, Sask.). Mr. Anderson, aren’t easy, he’d be in the thick of,” enthusiastically as he has.” tive human rights dialogue, we’re who has uttered 4,959 words in said Mr. Menard, laughing. As soon Mr. Genuis said he sees simi- not trying to introduce ideas that a strategic thinker Parliament, sits on the House Sub- as he saw Mr. Genuis’s name on larities between himself and his are foreign,” he said. who planned his committee on International Human the riding nomination for what was colleague Jason Kenney, cited by Russia and China are two geo- Rights; Mr. Genuis does not. considered a safe Conservative some as a potential leadership political giants that Mr. Genuis political foray far in Mr. Genuis’s perseverance at seat, he said, “I could expect that he candidate. “Many of the things I’m said Canada should be “calling advance. participating in each foreign affairs was going to win that, just because trying to bring attention to on the out.” He said Canada should be committee meeting could come in of his sort of forethought and stra- human rights front are things he “willing to risk those relation- handy if the Conservatives ever tegic thinking ability. Certainly he has been continually advocating ships” in the name of human need a committee member replace- Continued from page 1 uses those things to his advantage.” for and talking about. I have a lot rights, something he doesn’t think ment. Conservative MP Peter Kent Mr. Genuis’s wife, Rebecca, of admiration for him.” is happening now. (Thornhill, Ont.), who sits on the said she was fi rst “warned” about For example, he said, Mr. Ken- “I think we should be willing It isn’t hard to see why. Mr. foreign affairs committee, sug- his aspirations to enter federal ney is a vocal advocate for a more to talk about human rights in a Genuis appears to dive into gested that once the Conservative politics on their fi rst date six or principled approach to relations way that challenges the Chinese debate at every chance he gets, leadership race takes off, a spot on seven years ago. with China, and has been openly directly. I don’t think we should whether in question period or in the committee may open up. “I think he really just cares, sympathetic to Tibet. be so concerned about offending committees—even committees “Tony, of course, has been to be honest,” she said. “The It’s no surprise, then, that Mr. them that we either don’t bring up he’s not a member of. named as a potential candidate,” number of hours that he’s spent Genuis has secured a footing human rights or we only bring it Offi cially, Mr. Genuis—pro- he said, referring to foreign af- campaigning, and that he spends as deputy chair of the Canada- up in a sort of cursory, formulaic nounced like “jean-us,” in case you fairs critic Tony Clement (Parry reading and learning. Like, the Tibetan Parliamentary Friendship way,” he said. were wondering—sits on the Stand- Sound—Muskoka, Ont.). “So I budget comes out, and that’s his Group. He met with the Dalai Mrs. Genuis said he “always has ing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny think Garnett’s only doing the pleasure reading for the next little Lama early in his mandate as MP, a lot to say about everything,” but of Regulations. However, you can wise thing and I think he would while. Everywhere we go, the before taking on his role with the that it’s just how he was raised. almost always fi nd him at the Stand- be ready to sub in in any event.” budget is coming with us.” friendship group. He credits the “When we have family din- ing Committee for Foreign Affairs Mr. Menard said Mr. Genuis prolifi c meeting to “just a matter ner with his parents, we don’t sit and International Development, excels at that kind of strategic ‘Where do I begin?’ of being in the area and asking.” around and talk about the weather.” which he attends on a regular basis. thinking. “He thinks long term, Mr. Kent has had quite a few He added, “I don’t know what’s [email protected] “It dovetails well with the work ahead of the game and will set chances to observe his young standard and what isn’t, I just put @chels_nash I’m doing as the deputy critic himself up to have a big profi le, colleague, in committee and in in the request.” The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 19 FEATURE BUZZ Senate Speaker hosts photo exhibit of ON Canadian volunteers in Haiti HEARD THE HILL Senate Opposition BY PETER MAZEREEUW Leader Claude Carignan and Francois Gérin-Lajoie, president Bongs, bells, and fake of the Paul Gérin-Lajoie moustaches take to the Hill Foundation.

Memorial University Faculty of Medicine dean Dr. James Rourke, Haitian Ambassador Frantz Liautaud, and Dr. Andrew Furey, Senator Furey’s son. Both doctors have worked as part of Team Broken Earth’s Newfoundland team.

A haze of marijuana smoke drifts across the Hill during the annual gathering of marijuana enthusiasts on April 20. The Hill Times photograph by Peter Mazereeuw

Continued from page 2 a UN session on drug policy April 20 that the government would fulfi l its promise to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in A swarm of colourful characters blanket- early 2017. Even the dominion carillonneur ed the lawns on the Hill to smoke pot, listen got in on the act, playing on the Parliament to music, and lounge in the sun, as is tradi- Hill bells stoner favourites such as Puff, the tion on April 20, known as 420. The marijua- Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow and Imagine na-themed celebration—peaking, naturally, by John Lennon. at 4:20 p.m.—happens around the world each year on that day, though no one has pinned Senator Elizabeth Marshall looks at a photo down for certain why that number has be- Haiti NGOs show off taken by a Canadian volunteer working with come synonymous with marijuana. Speaker Furey, Paul Gérin-Lajoie and Senator a government development program in Haiti. A band played on the steps, with about photo skills on Hill Serge Joyal. Photographs courtesy of Neil Valois 20 police offi cers standing watch above. One offi cer carried an assault rifl e, though Senate Speaker George Furey fêted Four of the aid groups represented at teer group of Canadian doctors, nurses and he and his colleagues appeared relatively Canadian NGOs working in Haiti April 21, the event have been running the govern- physiotherapists, was also represented at unconcerned about the weed enthusiasts on hosting an exhibition of photographs taken ment’s Volunteer Cooperation Program the event, according to a press release from the Hill. A countdown to 4:20 p.m. sparked by volunteers for the aid groups during Supporting Governance, Education, and Mr. Furey’s offi ce. a haze of smoke that drifted into downtown their time in the country. Economic Development in Haiti. They in- The photos, many of which feature Ottawa. One woman was seen handing out About two-dozen Senators, diplomats, clude the Centre for International Studies volunteers themselves, are a “testimonial to fake moustaches to passersby departing the staffers, and NGO executives attended the and Cooperation, World University Service the work that they do over there,” said Mr. gathering, though it’s not clear why. reception, which was held in the Speaker’s Canada, the Canadian Executive Service Liautaud. Health Minister Jane Philpott, (Markham- Salon in Centre Block on Parliament Hill, Organization and the Paul Gérin-Lajoie [email protected] Stouffville), coincidentally or otherwise, told said Haitian Ambassador Frantz Liautaud. Foundation. Team Broken Earth, a volun- @PJMazereeuw 20 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 HILL CLIMBERS POLITICAL STAFFERS

Immigration Minister John McCallum, pictured centre, has hired communications and parliamentary affairs staffers in recent weeks. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Félix Corriveau is Mr. McCallum’s senior strategic communications adviser. Photography courtesy of CNW Group/Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma

special assistant. tertainment programming for the A recent graduate of the Uni- Canadian National Exhibition. versité de Montréal, Mr. Biondi- Brandan Rowe is assistant to Morra, 23, is a dual citizen, via his the minister’s parliamentary sec- Italian-born father, and for a time retary, Liberal MP , the HILL CLIMBERS while growing up lived in Rome. In MP for Parkdale-High Park, Ont., December 2011, he took a year- after having served as Mr. Virani’s BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT long break from his studies to campaign communications direc- serve in the Italian Army, becoming tor during the 2015 election. a corporal in the armour division, As well, Stephanie Speroni during which time he took part in is now executive assistant and patrols in Italy with military police scheduler to Mr. McCallum, and after a few months of training in Hursh Jaswal is a special assis- southern Italy. He’s originally from tant in the offi ce. Immigration Minister Montreal, and is no longer enlisted. Kerry Cundal is director of He told Hill Climbers he case management to the min- decided to enlist as it “was a family ister. A lawyer who previously tradition” on his father’s side, and worked as an adjudicator with the McCallum bolsters staff he also thought it would be a good Immigration and Refugee Board experience “for discipline and of Canada, she appears to have organization and opening up to the run as the Liberal candidate for world in a different manner.” Calgary-Signal Hill, Alta. in last Mr. Biondi-Morra’s new gig in October’s election, losing to Con- Canadienne, La Presse, and News do business in France. Mr. Cor- Mr. McCallum’s offi ce is his fi rst servative . Félix Corriveau 98.5 FM in Montreal. He’s also riveau studied for a bachelor of on the Hill, but he’s been active Zubair Patel is now a senior joined Immigration worked with TV5Monde. arts in political science and govern- with the Liberal party, including special assistant to Mr. McCal- Mr. Corriveau reported abroad ment at Université Laval and later until recently serving as vice- lum, having previously worked for Minister John on the 20th anniversary com- earned a journalism certifi cate president of policy for the Young Liberal MP Arnold Chan. McCallum as a memorations of the Rwandan from the school. He’s also studied Liberals of Canada in Quebec. As previously reported by Hill genocide, on refugees from the at Paris’s La Sorbonne university. He said he was drawn to his Climbers, Mr. Bélanger is chief of senior adviser Democratic Republic of Congo in Bernie Derible, previously new job by “the opportunity to staff to the minister, whose offi ce for strategic Rwanda, and on alleged abuses reported by Hill Climbers as direc- [participate], to be a part of it, and also includes Jennifer Bond, direc- by mining companies in the DRC, tor of issues management to Mr. help in this [Syrian refugee] crisis tor of the Syrian refugee initiative; communication. among other things. In 2014, he McCallum, is also wearing the hat and help this new government.” Camielle Edwards, senior special was awarded a Forum Freelance of director of communications and It’s exciting, he said. “It’s really assistant; Nathalie Guay, senior mmigration Minister John Fund bursary to get training on deputy chief of staff in the offi ce. the best environment, frankly, to special assistant; Kyle Nicholson, IMcCallum has bulked up his reporting in crisis zones from Mr. Derible was previously manag- participate in politics, to contrib- policy adviser; Bernard Morin, ministerial staff team in recent Columbia University’s Gradu- ing director of Leadership and Life ute in this change.” special assistant and driver; and weeks, including hiring an execu- ate School of Journalism for his Coach Solutions, and has also been Olga Radchenko is a special private secretary and scheduling tive assistant and communica- reporting from the DRC. a senior governance and man- assistant for parliamentary affairs assistant Denise Jackson. tions staffers. His chief of staff, Mathieu agement consultant for the San for Mr. McCallum. Until recently, Félix Corriveau joined the Bélanger, also has connections to Francisco-based Asia Foundation. she worked on communications and minister’s offi ce on March 9 as a Rwanda, having worked as acting In other international work, public engagement for the Canadian senior adviser for strategic com- country representative for the he served for a time as country Red Cross in Toronto and is a former Bains hires tech guru munications. Before joining Mr. east African country for the Glob- director for the RMA Group Com- consultant with Hill and Knowlton Gunn as innovation McCallum’s team, Mr. Corriveau al Green Growth Institute. pany Ltd. in Afghanistan, where Strategies. For four months in the was working as a freelance re- Mr. Corriveau previously he’s also worked as a geo-polit- spring of 2015 she served as a junior policy adviser porter based in Toronto, according worked for Quebec’s public secu- ical risk assessment consultant research fellow at the NATO Council to his LinkedIn profi le. He worked rity ministry for just over a year and in 2008 served as an adviser of Canada, and in 2014 was a part of Innovation Minister Navdeep for Games News Service covering starting in September 2001, and to the Afghan deputy minister of Canadian Election Observer Mission Bains has hired three more staffers the 2015 Pan/Parapan American worked for a time in Paris, France youth, among other experience, delegation to Ukraine. She speaks to join his ministerial staff team, Games in Toronto; as manager as a communications project man- according to his LinkedIn profi le. both Russian and Ukrainian. including former departmental editor for Canada at Newzulu ager at the France-Canada Cham- Francesco Biondi-Morra also Among her other past jobs and staffer Kelly Acton, who was previ- Limited; and as a reporter for the ber of Commerce, providing advice started working in Mr. McCal- internships, Ms. Radchenko is a ously stationed in the minister’s CBC and Radio-Canada, La Presse to Canadian companies wanting to lum’s offi ce on March 9 as a former program assistant for en- offi ce on an interim basis. THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 21 HILL CLIMBERS POLITICAL STAFFERS

Bernie Derible is Minister McCallum’s issues Olga Radchenko is a special assistant for AJ Cheema has been hired as a special Nathon Gunn is now a policy adviser for management director and deputy chief of staff. parliamentary affairs for Mr. McCallum. assistant for the Western and Northern desk for innovation in Mr. Bains’ offi ce. Photo courtesy Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn Minister Foote. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn of Twitter

Ms. Acton is now a political aide to Mr. Ms. Logeswaran was also previously Mr. Tallerico also previously was a consul- and Labrador. During the summer of 2008, she Bains, working under the title of director of press secretary to Ontario’s former con- tant for The ParkHill Group, according to his was a parliamentary intern in the United King- strategy and delivery. She was previously sumer services minister Tracy MacCharles, LinkedIn profi le, providing advice to “Liberal dom’s House of Commons, and during the sub- a senior offi cial with Industry Canada, and served as a legislative assistant and nomination candidates across Ontario” from sequent fall semester she interned in the major until recently holding the title of director issues manager to her predecessor in the August 2014 to May 2015. He’s also a former narcotics bureau of the Kings County District general. Since Mr. Bains was appointed portfolio, Margarett Best. She studied po- vice-president of policy for the Young Liberals Attorney’s Offi ce in Brooklyn, New York while minister last fall, she’s been helping out his litical science at the University of Waterloo. of Canada, among other experience. a student at New York University, studying a offi ce on an interim basis, including act- AJ Cheema has been hired as a special bachelor of political and political economy. ing as chief of staff and communications assistant for the Western and Northern desk, She’s since pursued a master’s degree director. Public Services Minister meaning he’s providing regional advice to in the history of international relations at She previously worked under Jean Ms. Foote. Mr. Cheema was most recently the London School of Economics in the Chrétien’s Liberal government as a com- Foote hires assistants working as a realtor with Sutton Group West U.K. and most recently studied for a bach- munications aide to Jane Stewart, who was Coast Realty in British Columbia. Among elor of laws at the University of Edinburgh. at the time minister of Indian Affairs and Public Services and Procurement Minis- other experience, he spent more than fi ve Finally, Government House Leader Northern Development, as the department ter Judy Foote has welcomed a number of and a half years as a South Asia market Dominic LeBlanc recently welcomed Barry was called. new assistants to her ministerial staff team manager for RCI Capital Group’s immigrant Lacombe as a special adviser in his minis- Nathon Gunn is now a policy adviser for in recent weeks, as well as a new policy investor program. He lists Hindu and Pun- terial offi ce. And Hill Climbers has learned innovation in Mr. Bains’ offi ce, and he brings adviser, Mary-Rose Brown. jabi among his languages on LinkedIn. that staffer Sabrina Atwal, already report- with him an impressive and long resumé of Until March, Ms. Brown was working Meanwhile, Victoria Windsor is now a spe- ed as an exempt staffer to Mr. LeBlanc, is experience as a high-tech entrepreneur. for the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation cial assistant for Atlantic Canada to Ms. Foote. working under the title of press secretary. Until recently, he was working in Cali- since the spring of 2013, most recently as Until recently, she was a national fi eld orga- Vince MacNeil is chief of staff to Mr. LeBlanc. fornia and Toronto, wearing multiple hats: an “Innoweave” program manager, which is nizer for the federal party in Newfoundland The Hill Times as founder, product launcher and mentor aimed at helping community organizations of X-Pollinate, a Silicon Valley company “learn about, assess and implement” ap- which helps “founders in the world launch proaches to “social innovation,” according to  and grow their products,” according to the foundation’s website, which describes it- his LinkedIn page; as a senior business self as aimed at “building a more innovative, 3# 3# strategy and fundraising adviser with Sin- inclusive, sustainable and resilient society.” )$(427B (A@ gularity University in California, helping Before that, Ms. Brown worked for the advise startups; as director of the board of Public Policy Forum, during which time she  the provincial government agency Ontario helped put together a report on the outcome Media Development Corporation; and as of a pan-Canadian roundtable put on by founder and CEO of Lightning Platform the forum, Building Authentic Partnerships: until last December. Aboriginal Participation in Major Resource Mr. Gunn also worked for Blackbox Accel- Development Opportunities. She is a former erator LLC up until April 2015, and is a former Balsillie Fellow at the Centre for Internation- CEO and founder of Social Game Universe, al Governance Innovation in Waterloo, Ont., and CEO of Bitcasters, among a wealth of as indicated by her LinkedIn account. other past experience, including as a former For just over a year and a half starting in fellow for Queen’s University’s Centre for the February 2007, she was a special assistant to Study of Democracy and as a co-founder of then-Liberal MP . She’s also a Miramax Films New Media Division. former administrative assistant with Carleton He’s worked with companies like Dis- University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law, ney, Universal, the CBC, the United States and during the summer of 2006 she interned in Agency for International Development the Ontario Liberal caucus services bureau at (including on a project to improve civic Queen’s Park, according to her online profi le. engagement in Jordan), and Lionsgate, Christina St. John is now working in among many others. Ms. Foote’s offi ce as assistant to Parliamen- Among his political experience, Mr. tary Secretary , the MP for Gunn served as a lead for net strategy Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, Ont. Dilys for Paul Martin’s 2003 leadership Fernandes is now a special assistant for op- campaign and then in his offi ce as prime erations. Ms. Fernandes describes herself as a minister. He also previously worked with Blue Jays fan and “life-long student” on Twitter Canadian Association of International former Trudeau (Sr.) speech-writer and and was active with the Liberal Party during aide Thomas Axworthy at the Charles the 2015 campaign in Toronto and the GTA. Development Professionals Bronfman Foundation in Montréal as lead Joel Tallerico is now a legislative assistant on digital and technology initiatives. in Ms. Foote’s offi ce. Originally from Calgary, Annual Conference Mr. Gunn studied for a bachelor’s de- Alta., Mr. Tallerico fi rst moved to Ottawa to gree in image arts, studying computer visu- get a bachelor’s degree in public affairs and alization, animation, fi lm, and photography policy management at Carleton University,      at Ryerson University in Toronto. He spent and later studied for his master’s in political years living abroad as a youth, including in management. Since moving to Ottawa, Mr. •  24&3292 (" ' (38 • 1% 3$(")412 &! Australia, Malaysia, and New Delhi, . Tallerico has interned for Liberal MP Wayne 5&43$)( reported this week Easter, and been a clerical assistant to Lib- • '0& ' (3$("3# #$2 that he’ll have a lead role in shaping the eral Senator Elizabeth Hubley. • )1%$("6$3#$&)&(!!$12 •  41$37(#437)!)1  Liberals’ innovation agenda. He was data chair for Marie-France )(8 * 2 Nilani Logeswaran is also now working Lalonde’s campaign in Ottawa-Orléans, for Mr. Bains as a special assistant for par- Ont. during the 2014 Ontario election and  liamentary affairs and issues management. later became her constituency assistant. For more information please visit:visit: During the Liberal Party’s 2015 campaign, During the 2015 election, he was campaign she served as a communications assistant co-chair for now Liberal MP Bob Nault in www.caidp-rpcdi.ca and before that was press secretary to On- , Ont., helping defeat former Con- tario Education Minister Liz Sandals. servative minister . 24 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 FEATURE PARTIES

PARTY CENTRAL WEDNESDAY EDITION

BY CHELSEA NASH Sheila McIntyre of Ottawa, one of the recipients.

The Hill Times photographs by A room full of Sam Garcia MP and Kelly Ouimet. famous women

Five women from across the more to their causes than it did for them personally. country were celebrated at “Actually get[ting] nationally celebrated as opposed to stigmatized or catcalled or the Persons Case Awards told to sit down or told to be reasonable— luncheon on April 21. instead of that, what you have is ministers and senators and lawyers and a whole pile of families all saying here ‘This matters.’ I uccessful and impressive women fi lled think it’s fantastic,” Ms. McIntyre told Party Sa ballroom at the Westin hotel in Ottawa Central. for the Famous 5 Persons Case Awards lun- Ms. Dooley was incredibly honoured to cheon celebration on April 21, from resilient receive the award, she said, but like many MP Hedy Fry with Famous 5 Ottawa Chair Isabel Metcalfe. politicians to admirable academics. people that day, acknowledged there was Party Central still a long way to go estimated the room to achieve equality consisted of about 20 for women. Canada inter-parliamentary per cent men and 80 “It was interesting per cent women—in- when I looked at the group launches teresting, considering other recipients and women are used to noticed there were no being greatly out- women of colour, no numbered on the Hill, indigenous women,” with only 26 per cent she said. of seats in the House During a mod- of Commons held by erated discussion, women. Ms. Bégin said she The honorees of supported the idea the event were an of gender parity in impressive force: for- the Senate as well as mer health minister in cabinet, while Ms. Monique Bégin, the Monique Bégin, one of this year’s recipients of Chicha retorted that fi rst woman from the Persons Case Award, walks up to the stage if the Senate were to Quebec to ever be at the annual Famous Five Luncheon. The Hill consist of 50 per cent elected to the House Times photograph by Sam Garcia women, then the sal- of Commons; Marie- ary would be reduced. Senators Raynell Andreychuk, Joseph Day, and Salma Ataullahjan, Bulgarian Ambassador Nikolay Milkov, EU Ambassador Thérèse Chicha, who The joke, which al- Marie-Anne Coninsx, Senator Victor Oh and Senator Yonah Martin, co-chair of the Canada Bulgaria Inter-Parliamentary has devoted her life to researching the sys- luded to the widely acknowledged pay gap Friendship Group. temic discrimination of women and other between genders that exists in Canada, minorities; Dee Dooley, the youth award was met with knowing chuckles. recipient, dedicated to achieving equity for The lively discussion lasted the dura- The Hill Times photographs by Kristen Shane marginalized groups; Ruth Martin, a fam- tion of the meal, which consisted of a ily physician and advocate for the health of salad, herbed chicken, garlic potatoes, and incarcerated women and their infants; and roasted vegetables, as well as a straw- Ottawa’s own Sheila McIntyre, a tireless berry apple crumble. The recipients later activist who has fought her entire life for turned to questions from the audience, in women’s rights. which former minister Sheila Copps, in the Each of the women had received a absence of a microphone, shouted out a Persons Case Award from the governor question to Ms. Bégin about how universal general earlier that day. The award was health-care could be saved in the current created in 1979 to mark the 50th anniver- Ottawa Region Bulgarian Foundation vice political climate. Global Affairs Canada’s Olivier Nicoloff in conversation with Ms. sary of the well-known so-called persons Ms. Martin, seated at the same table as president Ralitsa Tcholakova performs at the April Martin. case, in which fi ve women from Alberta Party Central, had fl own in from Vancou- 20 reception in Centre Block. fought a legal battle to have women as well ver the night before to accept her award. as men recognized as “persons.” Until then, She told the table that all the women had women were not permitted to be appointed been quite nervous the night before as they to the Senate because they were not ac- added the fi nishing touches to their accep- Wine experts sip a taste of knowledged as “persons” by the state. tance speeches. “Like many of you, I am reminded of “I’m still in a bit of shock or awe about their fi ght every day as I climb the steps it,” she told Party Central, “because it’s not to Parliament Hill,” said Globe and Mail why I do this work. I feel very humbled reporter Michelle Zilio, who delivered re- and honoured and surprised.” marks, having been honoured as the Nor- Party Central spotted ministers Caro- ton Rose Fulbright Mentorship Program lyn Bennett, Maryam Monsef, and Patty recipient. Hajdu, former senator Marie Charette- She explained to the crowded room, Poulin, MP Hedy Fry, MP Marilyn Gladu, “how far we still need to go to break author Charlotte Gray, and president of Argentine Ambassador Norma Nascimbene de through that glass ceiling to ensure that the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Dumont clinks glasses with the LCBO’s Mark Mason every woman has the ability to fulfi l their Improvement Maureen O’Neil. University at a reception her embassy hosted April 18 to full potential in all aspects of their lives.” of Ottawa president was there, celebrate Argentina’s popular Malbec wine. Each of the recipients wore the medal as was journalist Norma Greenaway, and she had received from the governor Famous Five Foundation director Shauna general earlier that day. While they were Frederick. The Hill Times photographs by Ms. Nascimbene de Dumont with Argentine third secretary grateful to be honoured, each of them ac- [email protected] Sam Garcia knowledged that the awards meant much The Hill Times Franco Senilliani. THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 25 ENVOYS SAINT KITTS & NEVIS

Americans do that,” she said, STATUS OF GOVERNMENT BILLS laughing. “I’m not criticizing it, eh? I’m just stating a fact.” DIPLOMATIC Ms. Skerritt-Andrew said a HOUSE OF COMMONS • C-12, An Act to Amend the Canadian Forces government minister from the • C-2, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act Members and Veterans Re-establishment and dual-island nation (she refused to (committee) Compensation Act and to make consequential give a name) was recently • C-4, An Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code, amendments to other Acts (second reading) CIRCLES declined for a visa application the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations • C-13, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, because he applied too late. It was Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the the Hazardous Products Act, the Radiation Emitting BY CHELSEA NASH Income Tax Act (committee) Devices Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection a last-minute trip, and under the Act, 1999, the Pest Control Products Act and the previous restrictions he would • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 (second Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and to make have been able to come with just reading) related amendments to another Act (second reading) his passport, she said. • C-6, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act and to • C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to Climate change, visa- “All I have to say is that it’s make consequential amendments to another Act make related amendments to other Acts (medical having a terrible effect on people- (committee) assistance in dying) (second reading) • C-15, Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1 to-people contact, which is what • C-7, An Act to Amend the Public Service Labour lifting key for Saint we want to encourage,” she said. Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations (second reading) and Employment Board Act and other Acts and to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau SENATE vacationed in Saint Kitts and provide for certain other measures (report stage) • C-14, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to Kitts envoy Nevis with his family in Decem- • C-10, An Act to Amend the Air Canada Public make related amendments to other Acts (medical ber. Prime Minister Timothy Participation Act and to provide for certain other assistance in dying) (Senate pre-study) measures (committee) Harris of Saint Kitts and Nevis ROYAL ASSENT RECEIVED • C-11, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act (access greeted him at the airport. • C-3, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2015-16 The Conservative Party of to copyrighted works or other subject-matter Shirley for persons with perceptual disabilities) (second • C-8, Appropriation Act No. 5, 2015-16 Skerritt- Canada released a statement at reading) • C-9, Appropriation Act No. 1, 2016-17 Andrew the time noting that a local news- attended paper in Saint Kitts had reported the that the country’s PM and foreign University minister had brought up the visa THE WEEK AHEAD of the issue with Mr. Trudeau during the West visit. The Conservatives sought to Indies know whether Mr. Trudeau made Prime Minister on a any commitment to lift the visas, Justin Canadian which they saw as being neces- Trudeau, left, bursary. sary for security. and Finance Photograph Ms. Skerritt-Andrew said it was Minister Bill courtesy of just a courtesy greeting, and that Morneau, the Saint nothing offi cial was discussed. pictured March Kitts and “You don’t have a head of state 22. The budget Nevis High coming into your country and implementation Commission you pretend that he’s not com- bill will be ing in. As a courtesy, both the debated in the prime minister and the minister House once it of foreign affairs met him, shook reconvenes next his hand, you know, said hi, have week. The Hill a great time, and that’s it.” Times photograph Ms. Skerritt-Andrew also by Jake Wright made it clear that the visa issue wasn’t the only reason the high Visas imposed in claiming to have purchased his commission was established in Saint Kitts and Nevis diplomatic Ottawa. The decision was made in 2014 over security passport for US$1 million from 2012, she said, shortly after a joint concerns are the country’s controversial buy- diplomatic mission of the Or- a-passport program. It offered a ganisation of Eastern Caribbean ‘having a terrible passport in exchange for invest- States was shut down for eco- ment, but the program’s users nomic reasons. Other states that effect on people- didn’t even have to set foot in the • Parliament is not sitting this week. House and Act to Amend the Citizenship Act and to Make were under that umbrella mission Senate business resumes the week of May 2. Consequential Amendments to Another Act. to-people contact,’ country to gain it. have separately since sought indi- Convincing the Canadian • The House Indigenous and Northern Affairs vidual diplomatic representation MONDAY, MAY 2 Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in room says the new high government that Saint Kitts and in Canada, including Saint Vin- • The House will continue debating at second reading 253-D of Centre Block for a briefi ng on the commissioner. Nevis has lived up to its com- cent and the Grenadines, which is Bill C-14, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. mitment to overhaul its passport accredited through its mission in Make Related Amendments to other Acts (medical It will hear from the National Centre for Truth assistance in dying), and will begin debating at system and tighten security is the United States. and Reconciliation’s Ry Moran, director with the one of Ms. Skerritt-Andrew’s second reading ’s (Yorkton- University of ; the U of M’s vice-president, hirley Skerritt-Andrew is an Before Canada, Ms. Skerritt- Melville, Sask.) private member’s Bill C-225, the environmentalist, a feminist, goals during her term here. research and international, Digvir S. Jayas; S Andrew was posted to Brussels as Protection of Pregnant Women and Their Preborn and Lakehead University vice-provost for aboriginal and Saint Kitts and Nevis’ new The country has since re- the Organization of Eastern Ca- Children Act (Cassie and Molly’s Law). initiatives Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux. At 4:30 high commissioner to Canada. called all passports and included ribbean States ambassador, and • The House Offi cial Languages Committee will p.m., the committee will have a briefi ng with the Ms. Skerritt-Andrew arrived in the date and place of birth of she was cross-posted to Sweden. meet at 3:30 p.m. in room 7-52, 131 Queen Specifi c Claims Tribunal Canada, hearing from the Canada in mid-August last year, as its citizens on the document, as She maintains the latter posting, Street, to work on a review of the status of tribunal’s Harry Slade and Alisa Lombard. offi cial languages in minority settings across the fi rst resident high commission- well as any name changes. Saint she said, even in Canada. • The Senate Transport and Communications Canada. It will hear from offi cials from the Offi ce er of the Caribbean nation’s new Kitts and Nevis citizens still have Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. in room 2 of the Because Canada and Saint of the Commissioner of Offi cial Languages, visa-free access to the European Victoria Building to discuss the development of a diplomatic mission in Ottawa. Kitts both recognize the Queen including Commissioner Graham Fraser, assistant strategy to facilitate the transport of crude oil to She said in an interview she Union and the United Kingdom. as the head of state, she didn’t commissioners Mary Donaghy, Ghislaine Saikaley, eastern Canadian refi neries and to ports on the wants to focus on boosting invest- Ms. Skerritt-Andrew said the and Mario Séguin, acting director and general need to present credentials to the East and West coasts of Canada. Canadian Energy counsel in the Legal Affairs Branch Pascale Giguère, ment, deepening partnerships visa is a challenge because almost governor general to start offi cial Pipeline Association president and CEO Chris and fi nance and procurement director Colette M. outside the tourism sector, and everyone in Saint Kitts and Nevis duties, but she did give a letter of Bloomer will appear before the committee. Lagacé. At 4:30 p.m. the committee will discuss the working with the Canadian gov- has relatives in Canada. She has introduction to the prime minister • The Senate Energy, Environment, and Natural an uncle and too many cousins to relevant portion of the Main Estimates 2016-17, and ernment to ensure “green growth.” on April 11. hear from the same witnesses. Resources Committee will meet at 5 pm. in room Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion count here, she said. 257 East Block to work on a study on the effects Ms. Skerritt-Andrew, a widow • The House Citizenship and Immigration Committee’s of transitioning to a low carbon economy. It will is her hero, she said, because “We gave Canada our best,” who is in Canada on her own, Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure will meet hear from Max Gruenig, president of the Ecologic of his long-time commitment to she said. “Some of them came for said she has “a lot to be grateful” in-camera at 6:30 p.m. in room 237-C of Centre Institute US, and John Kousinioris, chief legal offi cer tackling climate change. educational reasons, and stayed Block to discuss committee business. to Canada for personally. Her fi rst of TransAlta Corp. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a on. Some of them came up for interaction with Canada was as a dual-island state in the Caribbean work but they were people who TUESDAY, MAY 3 university student, when she at- • The House will continue debating at second reading home to around 52,000 people. had done well academically at tended the University of the West WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 Bill C-14, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and to • The House will begin debating at second reading Bill “We’re small, we’re vulnerable, home. That’s a profi le of some- Indies on a Canadian bursary. Make Related Amendments to Other Acts (medical one coming from Saint Kitts and C-15, the Budget Implementation Act. It will also we cannot afford to destroy our Ms. Skerritt-Andrew said she assistance in dying), and will begin debating at debate at second reading ’s (Niagara environment,” she said. “We’re Nevis to Canada.” would like to see a multilateral second reading ’s (- Falls, Ont.) private member’s bill, C-233, the tourist destinations, we depend Canada’s visa application has as well as a bilateral relationship Streetsville, Ont.) private member’s bill, C-247, An National Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other on an environment that’s pristine a reputation for being particularly blossom with Canada. Canada’s Act to Amend the Criminal Code (passive detection Dementias Act, and Ron McKinnon’s (-Port device). for our livelihood.” tedious, which complicates things involvement in the G7, G20, and Coquitlam, B.C.) private member’s bill, C-224, the Another top priority for her further. OECD is something she values. • The House will take deferred recorded division on Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act. “They ask about your parents, the business of supply opposition motion by Ruth • The Senate Modernization Committee will meet is the lifting of visas Canada “We look to Canada, as we have Ellen Brosseau (Berthier-Maskinongé, Que.) on the slapped on Saint Kitts and whether they are deceased or not, at 12 p.m. in room 257 of East Block to discuss in the past, to raise our issues in Canadian dairy industry. methods to make the Senate more effective within Nevis after security concerns they ask about all your siblings, these arenas,” she said. • The House Citizenship and Immigration Committee the current constitutional framework. Witnesses were raised in 2014. An Iranian their jobs, you know, where they [email protected] will meet at 11 a.m. in room 253-D of Centre Block from the Senate’s Chamber Operations and businessman arrived in Toronto live, and all that. Not even the The Hill Times for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-6, An Procedure Offi ce will appear before the committee. 26 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 FEATURE EVENTS

election in 1994. For information on any celebrations, MONDAY, MAY 2 The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Pub- Parliamentary call the High Commission at 613-744-0330. lishers of Canada (SOCAN)—Invites all parliamentar- Togo celebrates its national day. It gained indepen- Electoral Reform in 2016—NDP MP Nathan Cul- ians and staff to come celebrate Canadian music talent Calendar dence from France in 1960. For information on any len and Conservative MP will talk about at a reception and special live performances by Karim celebrations, call the embassy at 613-238-5916. electoral reform in 2016. Hear what the NDP and Con- Ouellet and Sam Roberts on May 3 in the Aboriginal servative critics have to say about keeping the Liberal THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Peoples Committee Room 160-S in Centre Block from government accountable as their voting reform initiative 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will showcase music Conservative MP Fundraiser, Trudeau goes forward. Let’s build a politically legitimate reform performances from English and French top-chart art- 2.0: How Conservatives Must Respond—Cocktail and that works for all parties and all Canadians. Fair Vote ists. RSVP by April 29 to [email protected] private dinner with Conservative MP Tom Kmiec, April Canada local chapter AGM; open to public; free admis- Movie Night on the Hill—Heritage Minister Mélanie 28, cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. and dinner at sion. Tom Brown Arena, 141 Bayview Road. Doors open Joly, along with Telefi lm Canada, will host her fi rst 6:30 p.m. The Polish Canadian Cultural Centre, 3015 6:30 pm, AGM business 7-8 p.m.; speakers 8 p.m. Movie Night on Hill, showing the Canadian Screen and 15 Street NE, Calgary, Alta. Special guest speaker: Melanoma Monday Skin Cancer Screening Clinic Oscar Award winner, Room. May 3, 7 p.m., Canadian Conservative MP Jason Kenney. Tickets are $100 and and Reception—The Honourable Geoff Regan, Speaker Museum of History, 100 Laurier St., Gatineau, Que. are available at http://tomkmiec.ca/april28 of the House of Commons, Liberal MP and Milken Institute in Los Angeles—Bank of Canada Community Liaison Offi cer Group, April Meeting— the Canadian Dermatology Association will host a skin Governor Stephen Poloz will take part in a panel Open to all embassies in Ottawa, this group is a union cancer screening clinic and reception from 3-6 p.m. discussion at the Milken Institute in Los Angeles, Cali- Parliamentary of people who handle the welcoming and transfer into in 216-N, Centre Block. For more information visit fornia. For more information, call 613-782-8782. other postings of employees of their own embassies. dermatology.ca or email [email protected] A Taste of Moldova—The Embassy of the Republic Featuring a monthly guest speaker and information Great Canadian Debates: Syrian Refugee Resettle- of Moldova and ambassador Ala Beleavschi, in collabo- secretaries exchange. British High Commission, 80 Elgin St., 2:30 ment—The Macdonald-Laurier Institute hosts the Great Ca- ration with Santé Restaurant, host an evening to pro- p.m. Potential members may contact Steffen Ringwald nadian Debates. Tonight, Green Party leader mote Moldova. Enjoy some of the country’s best wines, for more info, [email protected] (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) will argue in favour of the reso- delicious food and great company under the splendid to join EU Common Security and Defence Policy Sympo- lution: “Mass resettlement to Canada is the best thing for sounds of traditional pan fl ute music. Featuring a dis- sium—Join the delegation of the European Union in the country, and the best thing for Syrian refugees.” David play of paintings in wine by Moldovan journalist Vasile diplomats Ottawa for its third symposium, bringing experts and Frum, a former presidential speechwriter and columnist-at- Botnaru. 6 p.m. at Santé Restaurant. Reserve tickets, policymakers from Canada and the EU together. They large in the United States, will argue against. 7 p.m. at the at $55, by calling 613-241-7113. will discuss strategic partnerships in global security, as Canadian War Museum. $15 for students and seniors, $20 Poland celebrates its Constitution Day. It celebrates for defence well as women’s role in the prevention and resolution of for general admission. Register online via macdonaldlaurier. the constitution of May 3, 1791, which, though short confl icts. Featuring John McKay, the parliamentary sec- ca or contact [email protected]. lived, is considered to have been one of the fi rst such retary to the minister of national defence, and Pamela TUESDAY, MAY 3 documents in Europe. For information on any celebra- symposium Goldsmith-Jones, the parliamentary secretary to the tions, call the Polish embassy at 613-789-0468. minister of foreign affairs. Victoria Hall, John G. Dief- Auditor General to Table Spring Reports—Audi- WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 April 28 enbaker building, 111 Sussex Dr. from 8 a.m. to 2:15 tor General Michael Ferguson will release the spring p.m. For more information, visit eucanada40.ca/events/ reports on May 3. The reports will cover: venture Why the UK should leave the European Union—Lord strategic-partners-multilateral-security-environment/ capital action plan; detecting and preventing fraud David Owen, a former United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Physician-Assisted Dying Panel Discussion—Join in the citizenship program; the governor in council and European Union Peace Negotiator in the former WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 the Ottawa Society for the Arts and Sciences for a appointments process in administration tribunals; drug Yugoslavia, offers a presentation on why the UK should panel discussion on physician-assisted dying. Panelists benefi ts and Veterans Affairs Canada; Canadian Army leave the EU ahead of the referendum June 23. This Donner Canadian Foundation Award Ceremony— include Ann Alsaffar (inaugural president of Canadian Reserve-National Defence; and a special examinations event takes place at the Sheraton Hotel, 150 Albert St., The 18th anniversary of the Donner Prize to reward Family Practice Nurses Association); Francis Bakewell of PPP Canada Inc. and Via Rail Canada Inc. There will in the Rideau Room. Reception at 5 p.m., presentation excellence and innovation in public policy writing by (senior emergency medicine resident at the Ottawa be a media lockup from 6 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Offi ce of the and discussion at 6 p.m., optional dinner at 7:30 p.m. Canadians for 2015-2016, will be held on Wednesday, Hospital); John Johnson (president, Council on Aging of Auditor General of Canada, 240 Sparks St., followed Register before May 2 at cicncbmay042016.eventbrite. April 27, 2016 at 6 p.m. at The Carlu, 444 Yonge St. Ottawa); Shannon Kehoe (division of oncology, Ottawa by a news conference at 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the ca, or contact [email protected] or 613-903-4011. in Toronto. Invitation only. Hospital); Angela Sumegi (associate professor of reli- National Press Theatre, 150 Wellington St., Ottawa. Avoiding Catastrophe: Linking Armed Confl ict Harm Strengthening NATO: The Warsaw Summit and gion, Carleton University). Free. Ottawa Public Library 18th Annual World Press Freedom Day Awards to Ecosystems and Public Health—From May 4-6 in beyond—This conference on NATO is organized by the Main Branch auditorium, 120 Metcalfe St. at 7 p.m. Luncheon—At the Chateau Laurier Ballroom at 11:30 a.m. Montreal, join experts from the medical, epidemio- Embassy of Poland, the Centre for European, Russian Keynote speaker will be Suzanne Legault, Canada’s infor- FRIDAY, APRIL 29 logical, veterinary, confl ict management, biodiversity and Eurasian Studies, the Petro Jacyk Program for the mation commissioner. The CCWPF Press Freedom Award conservation, climate change and political science Study of Ukraine at the Munk School of Global Affairs Empire Club Luncheon—The Empire Club of will go to a Canadian journalist who has made an outstand- communities for this conference hosted by the Loyola and the NATO Association of Canada. Munk School, Canada hosts a luncheon with Innovation, Science and ing contribution to press freedom or freedom of expression. Sustainability Research Centre. The event kicks off 1 Devonshire Pl., Toronto, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Email ot- Economic Development Minister (Mis- Celebrate the work of cartoonists from around the world in with keynote speakers Dr. Keith Martin (Consortium of [email protected] for more details. sissauga—Malton, Ont.), who will speak on “The Inno- the 16th Annual Editorial Cartoon Contest. Tickets are $65 Universities of Global Health) and Adan Suazo Morazán The Netherlands celebrates its national day. The vation Agenda.” Toronto: Arcadian Court, 401 Bay St. or $120 for two, $480 for a table of eight. (Embassy of Honduras in Brazil) on May 4, from 6-9 date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. For at 12 p.m. For more information, call 416-364-2878. Nestlé Canada Parliamentary Reception—All p.m. at 1400 de Maisonneuve St., room LB-125. Free. information on any celebrations, call the embassy at parliamentarians are invited to join Nestlé Canada’s For more information, see eventbrite.com/e/avoiding- 613-237-5031. SUNDAY, MAY 1 business leaders from across the country to celebrate catastrophe-linking-armed-confl ict-harm-to-ecosystems- Sierra Leone celebrates its national day. It gained Marshall Islands celebrates its national day. It gained 150 years of Nestlé ‘Good Food, Good Life.’ May 3, and-public-health-tickets-21273132512 independence from the United Kingdom in 1961. 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Daly’s Restaurant, The Westin Ottawa political independence from the United States in 1979, THURSDAY, MAY 5 celebrates its national day, commemo- with the US Congress ratifying a Congress of Free Associa- Hotel. RSVP to Laura Seguin [email protected] or call rating the country’s fi rst post-apartheid democratic tion in 1986, granting it formal independence. 613-235-1400. Building Capacity, Fostering Collaboration: The Best Defence Against Dangerous Pathogens in Africa—Award- winning scientist Gary Kobinger, with the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg and the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases Detection, outlines his approach to combating infectious disease in Africa. Hosted by the International Development Research Centre at the Delta Ottawa City Centre Hotel, 101 Lyon St., Panorama Room, from 2-3:30 p.m. See idrc.ca for more information. FRIDAY, MAY 6 Nobel Peace Laureate lecture—Hosted by Alex Trebek, the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee, speaks on the topic of “Crossing borders to fi nd common ground.” Cocktail reception at 6 p.m. and lecture at 7 p.m., Trillium Ball- room, Shaw Centre. Tickets (including hors d’oeuvres and one drink) $15 for University of Ottawa alumni and students; $20 for the general public. Register online by visiting alumni.uottawa.ca/en/gbowee. MONDAY, MAY 9 EU and Canada Strategic Partners: Towards a New Generation Relationship—To celebrate 40 years of the European Union in Canada, the EU Delega- tion to Canada hosts a conference at the National Gallery of Canada, 1-5:30 p.m. Speakers include EU ambassador Marie-Anne Coninsx, French ambassa- dor Nicolas Chapuis, Liberal MP (North Vancouver, B.C.) and the former trade minister, Conservative MP Ed Fast (Abbotsford, B.C.). For more information, and to register, visit eucanada40.ca TUESDAY, MAY 10 Hill Times Event: Women in Finance—Join Hill Times Events as we explore what it will take to encour- age greater participation of women in fi nance. Opening remarks will be delivered by the Minister of Small Busi- ness and Tourism, Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Ont.). Ottawa Marriott Hotel, 7:30-9 a.m. For more informa- tion, visit hilltimes.com/events/WIF.html CCSA Hosting Communications Services Reception— The Canadian Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA), which represents 120 independent and entrepreneurial cable, telephone and Internet companies, is hosting a reception in the Commonwealth Room in Centre Block from 5-7 p.m. All Senators, Members of Parliament and staff are invited to attend and better familiarize themselves with our nation’s communications service providers. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Cynthia Waldmeier at 613-233-8906 or [email protected]. THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 27 FEATURE EVENTS Parliamentary Calendar

Elizabeth May to debate David Frum on Syrian refugee resettlement May 2

The Canadian Dental Association’s (CDA) Days on the Hill—May 10 and 11 CDA’s Days on the Hill connects leaders from Canada’s 21,000 dentists with parliamentarians to discuss important issues pertain- ing to oral health. The CDA is the national voice for dentistry in Canada and is dedicated to the promotion of optimal oral health for Canadians. For further infor- mation, please contact Bonnie Kirkwood at bkirkwood@ cda-adc.ca An Evening with the Canadian Dental Association— The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) invites you to its annual Parliamentary reception for friends of the Conservative MP Jason Kenney (Calgary Midnapore, Alta.) will be the guest speaker at a fundraiser held by Conservative MP Tom Kmiec (Calgary dental profession, parliamentarians, and staff at 5:30 p.m. at the Métropolitain restaurant. Refreshments will Shepard, Alta.), titled “Trudeau 2.0: How Conservatives Must Respond,” in Calgary on Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright be provided. To RSVP, please contact Bonnie Kirkwood at [email protected] the launch of a new award for indigenous students. The Parliamentary Calendar is a free listing. Send Friday at noon before the Wednesday paper. Or fax it to Launch of the Rio Tinto Award for Indigenous Stu- Mingle with indigenous fi nancial award recipients from in your political, cultural, or governmental event in a 613-232-9055. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every dents—Mining and metals business Rio Tinto co-hosts across the country to learn about their experiences in paragraph with all the relevant details under the sub- event, but we will defi nitely do our best. a reception with Indspire, an indigenous-led charity the Drawing Room at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier, 1 ject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@hilltimes. [email protected] that invests in indigenous education, to celebrate Rideau St., 5:30-7:30 p.m. Invitation only. com by Wednesday at noon before the Monday paper or The Hill Times

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