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Conservativesatives boycottingng Senate ScrollScroll meetingss p. 4 Liberal MP Conservatives Alghabra’s Mississauga raised $68.4-million riding, has largest immigrant since 2015 p. 18 population in countyyp p. 23 If TrostTro losess nomination,nom SeanSe he couldc runn BruyeaB inin a differentt onon vets’ SaskatoonSask bbenefie ts ridingridin p. 19 p. 14 TWENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 1506 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 $5.00 News #MeToo & politics News PMO & #MeToo Myriam Denis Government whips to hold closed-door story reveals meetings with Liberal MPs, staff ers to questionable HR practices discuss sexual harassment on the Hill in PMO, say • Chief government whip BY ABBAS RANA labour experts Pablo Rodriguez and s the #MeToo move- deputy whip Filomena Ament continues to BY JOLSON LIM Tassi are meeting with unfold on the Hill, chief MPs on Feb. 28 on government whip Pablo he PMO bureau charged with Rodriguez says he and dep- Tresolving harassment com- Parliament Hill. uty Liberal whip Filomena plaints shouldn’t have reached • The sexual harassment Tassi will hold two special out to a potential victim of inap- closed-door meetings with propriate behaviour while a third- fi le is ‘rapidly’ unfolding MPs and staffers to seek party investigation was ongoing, as the House examines input on how to make Par- because such an action can hurt liament Hill a harassment- the integrity of the workplace Bill C-65, an Act to Amend free workplace. complaints resolution process in the Canada Labour “It’s something we’re the country’s top political execu- Code, the House Affairs preparing at the whip’s tive offi ce, say human resource offi ce, we want to consult and labour experts. Committee reviews the the whole caucus on how Eddy Ng, a Dalhousie Uni- MPs’ Code of Conduct on we could do more, or bet- versity professor specializing in sexual harassment, and ter with everything related human resources management, to harassment,” Mr. Ro- told The Hill Times he saw several the chief human resources driguez (Honoré-Mercier, issues with the way government of- offi cer starts in-person Que.) said in an interview fi cials dealt with communications The Hill Times training sessions for the with last professional Myriam Denis, who week. Sexual harassment training: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this fi le photo wrote her account of interactions PM, ministers, and MPs on at a national caucus meeting on the Hill. Liberal MPs are holding a special closed- sexual harassment. Continued on page 20 door meeting on Feb. 28 to discuss sexual harassment. The Hill Times fi le photograph Continued on page 21 News Senate machinations Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 Senators split over new clerk who came from House, Sen. McCoy calls him ‘prime minister’s man’ in the Red Chamber BY PETER MAZEREEUW of Commons administrator as the also said they supported the ap- When asked to explain the Offi ce would only say that Mr. interim Senate clerk, with some pointment of Richard Denis, the government’s decision to tap Mr. Denis’ previous experience in enators are divided over the calling him the “prime minister’s former House deputy law clerk, to Denis for the job instead of any the House “has provided him the Trudeau government’s deci- man” in the Red Chamber. take on the top procedural job in of the experienced administrators S Continued on page 16 sion to name a longtime House Several high-profi le Senators the Senate. in the Senate, the Privy Council 2 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES handful of ministers in Prime Minis- “The whole world laughed at your boss A ter Justin Trudeau’s cabinet hosted & his absurdly politically correct, virtue- what was the fi rst ever baby shower for a signalling #peoplekind nonsense,” Mr. cabinet minister, Democratic Institutions Morgan posted on Twitter. Minister Karina Gould, on Feb. 5. “If you choose to condemn everyone Heard on the Hill “Canadian history in the making. Tonight who did so as being a Nazi, then I politely we celebrated @KarinaGould—who will suggest you’re a complete & utter halfwit.” be the fi rst woman to give birth while in Mr. Morgan then tweeted: “Mr. Butts is by Shruti Shekar cabinet! From all of us—congratulations! what we Brits would call ‘one sandwich #AddWomenChangePolitics,” Environment short of a full picnic.’ Incredible that some- Minister Catherine McKenna enthusiasti- one so close to your prime minister is able cally tweeted on Feb. 5 along with a picture. to spout such dangerously infl ammatory Public Services and Procurement Min- nonsense on his behalf.” This particular Trudeau’s female cabinet ister Carla Qualtrough, National Revenue tweet was retweeted 834 times and was fa- Minister Diane Lebouthillier, Employment vourited by 1,826 people. “a) I’m not a Nazi. Minister Patty Hajdu, Indigenous Services b) It wasn’t a joke. c) If you’re one of @ ministers host baby shower Minister Jane Philpott, Justice Minister Jody JustinTrudeau’s chief advisers, no wonder Wilson-Raybould, and Small Business and he’s making so many gaffes.” Tourism Minister Bardish Chagger were all It wasn’t a good week for Mr. Trudeau. in attendance at the small evening gathering. The Toronto Star ran a front-page column for Democratic Institutions Ms. Gould previously told the media on Feb. 7 by entertainment columnist Vinay that she hoped being the fi rst federal cabi- Menon headlined, “For the sake of people- net minister to give birth while in offi ce kind, Justin Trudeau needs to shut his will help set better rules for parental leave mouth,” and The Washington Post’s Molly Minister Gould on Parliament Hill. Roberts wrote a column on Feb. 7 head- Currently, the House rules say MPs are lined, “Forget ‘peoplekind.’ There’s a lot else allowed to take a 21-day absence from wrong with Justin Trudeau,” criticizing not parliamentary sittings, after which their only Mr. Trudeau’s fl at town hall perfor- pay will be docked with exceptions relating mance, but his government’s $233-million to illness. deal to sell 16 combat helicopters to the Ms. Gould is due to give birth in March Philippines. and plans to take about two months off from House duties. Treasury Board Presi- dent Scott Brison will take over for Ms. Gould while she’s off. CP’s Kristy Kirkup welcomes baby Hazel, and Morgan, Butts duke it out she already missed her on Twitter and it’s frothy deadline by four days Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould and some of her cabinet colleagues hosted the fi rst cabinet baby shower last week. Photograph courtesy of Twitter Canadian Press’ Kristy Kirkup has given birth to her daughter baby Hazel and she’s super cute. Photograph courtesy of Twitter Canadian Press’ Kristy Kirkup gave Piers Morgan and Gerald Butts got into a scrap birth to a baby girl on Feb. 5. on Twitter. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia “Who run the world? Girls. Meet Hazel Commons and The Hill Times fi le photograph Grace. Seven lbs. of strength born Mon- day morning,” Ms. Kirkup tweeted on Feb. It all started last week when Brit journal- 6 along with a super cute photo of her Piers newborn. ist Piers Morgan, former host of CNN’s Toronto Star Morgan, wrote a column in The Daily Mail ’s Tonda MacCharles on Feb. 6, headlined, “How dare you kill off tweeted that same day: “Welcome to the mankind, Mr. Trudeau, you spineless virtue- world Haze. Isn’t she arriving before dead- signalling excuse for a feminist.” Wow. line? Excellent start.” The column attacked Prime Minister Ms. Kirkup tweeted in response to Justin Trudeau’s use of the word “people- Ms. MacCharles that Hazel was late: “She kind” in response to a question at a town ended up missing her deadline by four hall. The column was posted on the popular days—a girl with her own schedule!” Canadian news aggregator, National News- Congrats to you, Ms. Kirkup! watch, and then it took off from there. But Mr. Trudeau later clarifi ed that the remark was a “dumb joke” that appeared to Peter MacKay’s family is have went over fi ne at the event but “didn’t play so well” out of context. It also sounded adding one more baby more like he was teasing the questioner who was telling Mr. Trudeau that she’d like to share the message of “God the Mother,” and said “maternal love is the love that’s going to change the future of mankind,” to which Mr. Trudeau said, “We’d like to say ‘peoplekind,’ not necessarily mankind, because it’s more inclusive.” Gerald Butts, the PM’s principal sec- retary, tweeted at Ms. Morgan on Feb. 8: “You have joined a lovely international club,” copying a previous tweet he posted Former defence minister Peter MacKay is commenting on a video of the woman who adding one more to his family. Photograph heckled Mr. Trudeau at his town hall in courtesy of Twitter Hamilton being interviewed by controver- sial alt-right activist Jack Posibiec. Speaking of babies, congratulations are Mr. Morgan, who has 6.4 million Twit- in order for former federal defence minister ter followers, didn’t take too kindly to being Peter MacKay, who tweeted that his wife, lumped in with the notorious alt-right, which Nazanin Afshin-Jam, is pregnant again. is often confl ated with white nationalism and “Thrilled to share the news that team the neo-Nazi movement, and accused Mr. MacKay will add a new player to be named Butts, who has 40,000 Twitter followers, of be- ing, er, not the brightest lightbulb in the room.