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NEWS NDP LEADERSHIP NEWS HILL LIFE & PEOPLE NEWS SPENDING How long will MP airline ‘lame duck’ A Jack Layton expenses Mulcair stay plunge as on as leader? bobble-head doll reporting Hard for him to remain requirements leader for nearly two in her offi ce, beefed years: NDP MP Davies. BY T IM NAUMETZ

BY CHELSEA NASH NDP MP Tracey Members of Parliament dramat- ically reduced spending on free air New Democrat Members of travel for return trips anywhere in Parliament don’t agree on wheth- Ramsey dives Canada and also sharply curtailed er Thomas Mulcair should stay on hospitality expenses as the House as leader for up to two years after of Commons expanded expen- he received only 48 per cent of diture reporting requirements in votes from delegates at his leader- into trade at the fallout over the 2013 Senate ship review on the weekend. expense scandal, MP spending NDP MP Don Davies (Vancou- reports for the period show. ver Kingsway, B.C.) questioned The number of “special” trips how Mr. Mulcair could remain the deep end anywhere in the country, apart from leader for so long. regular trips between Ottawa and “The numbers are real,” he MPs’ electoral districts, dropped 24 said. “I think it’s very diffi cult for per cent from the fi scal reporting a leader to continue on for a year Ms. Ramsey at the House Trade year of April 2013 to March 2014 and a half after they’ve received a Committee on April 12. See to the fi scal year of April 2014 to delegate vote of 48 per cent.” story on page 26. The Hill Times March 2015, the reports show. photograph by Sam Garcia Continued on page 4 Continued on page 25

NEWS DEVELOPMENT OPINION NDP LEADERSHIP NEWS PUBLIC SAFETY Face-time A movement in search of a leader: Goodale good, funding where does the NDP go from here? keeping options underwhelming, Tom Mulcair isn’t BY LES WHITTINGTON bolic of a tone-deaf campaign that open for CBSA fi nally caught up with him in the re- say aid groups the man to lead a TTAWA—I never understood jection of his leadership on Sunday. oversight movement, and it’s a Owhy Thomas Mulcair kept Mulcair is a decent fellow who BY MARIE-DANIELLE SMITH saying, “When I’m prime minister” did well as an antagonist to Stephen BY PETER MAZEREEUW movement his party during last fall’s election campaign. Harper in the Commons. Some will Canadian international is likely to need to Whatever he was thinking, the say he was treated shabbily by his Public Safety Minister Ralph development organizations are smarmy, overconfi dent phraseology Goodale is leaving the door buoyed by Minister Marie-Claude challenge for power. struck me as totally wrong—sym- Continued on page 11 cracked open to new solutions for Bibeau’s open door, though they’d supervising the Canada Border like to see the government open Services Agency, amid calls from its wallet wider. within the Senate, opposition, and Gillian Barth, CEO of civil rights and refugee groups for CARE Canada, told The Hill a different solution from the par- Times she’s met more often with MULCAIR’S UNDOING liamentary oversight committee the international development promised by the government. minister since December than she The deaths of two immigration has in the last 10 years. Powers: Selfi es and sunny ways win over curmudgeons P. 11 detainees in less than one week “[Ms. Bibeau is] defi nitely out last month renewed long-standing and about, she’s defi nitely, I would Hébert: An irrational road to nowhere P. 10 calls for better oversight of the Continued on page 6 Richler: Mulcair casualty of NDP brash hubris P. 18 Continued on page 24 2 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ

ON HEARD THE HILL BY PETER MAZEREEUW Soup’s on for Angela Bogdan, RHOMA president Sandelle Scrimshaw, Sharon Hapton, Volunteers made a lentil and RHOMA program director Penny Reedie and past president Rick Kohler. Swiss chard recipe. Syrian refugees

ublic servants, diplomats, and Governor Gen- Peral David Johnston rolled up their sleeves last weekend to take part in a soup-making marathon for Syrian refugees in Ottawa. The bigwigs were among about 200 people expected to help whip up batches of a lentil and Swiss chard concoction over the fi ve-hour event, which is set to be repeated April 16. The goal is to deliver 5,000 servings of comfort food to some of the nearly 1,500 refugees who have been resettled in Ottawa after fl eeing Syria. Volunteer Catherine Wilde, Ms. Bogdan and The event was organized by the Women’s Ai-Ju Chang and Sunny Y.P. Sun from the Taipei Georgian Ambassador and ODA president Alexander Global Affairs Canada’s Laurie Peters. Network at Global Affairs Canada, the Re- Economic and Cultural Offi ce. Latsabidze and Georgian consul Ketevan Markozia. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia tired Heads of Mission Association and the Ottawa Diplomatic Association along with Soup Sisters, a non-profi t organization that says it’s “dedicated to providing comfort to women, children and youth through the mak- ing, sharing and donating of soup.” Canada’s chief of protocol at Global Affairs, Angela Bogdan, set the wheels for the event in motion after hearing of simi- lar events held in Calgary and Lethbridge, A strong year-round offshore Alta., said Soup Sisters founder Sharon Hapton. Volunteers paid $25 each to take part in the event in Ottawa, which was held at La Cité collégiale east of Vanier. shrimp fishery builds a The recipe for the soup made Saturday came from a Syrian family in Calgary, and includes cumin, thyme, and parsley, said Ms. Hapton. It is also vegan and halal, as is stronger economy. the batch of vegetable soup that is set to be brewed up on April 16. The soup containers will include labels listing ingredients and heating directions in Arabic, she said. The soup will be delivered to local resettle- ment agencies for delivery to or pick up by the refugee families. The Your Independent Grocer company has also donated freezer space to store some of the soup before deliv- ery, according to Paula Roy, an organizer for the Soup Sisters Ottawa chapter. Ex-MP publishes controversial book Former Liberal MP Gary Francis McCauley published a book last week that’s sure to gener- ate a reaction from current and past members of the Canadian military. Titled Fraud & Dis- ability: The SNAFU at Veterans Affairs, the 140- page book details countless cases of what Mr. McCauley considers bogus disability claims by current or former members of the armed forces and RCMP. One chapter he called People Out to Screw the Department details Mr. McCau- ley’s opinions on post-traumatic stress disorder and some questionable-sounding claims—the names of claimants aren’t included—related to PTSD he says came before him while he served on the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, which hears appeals over benefi t claims denied by the federal government, in the mid-2000s. Mr. McCauley, who represented Monc- ton, N.B. from 1979 to 1984, had previously published a pair of historical fi ction novels Good jobs. based loosely on the experiences of his uncle, who served in the Second World War. “That was my image of a veteran when I went to work for the Veterans Review and Sustainable fishery. Appeal Board. I quickly learned that the people I was seeing didn’t measure up to that image,” he said in an interview. Mr. McCauley said disability fraud among veterans and soldiers isn’t scruti- nized carefully enough in Canada, thanks to CANADIAN a culture of “mindless patriotism” in which ASSOCIATION OF criticism of the military is taboo. StrongShrimp.ca PRAWN PRODUCERS “I think the politicians are as much in the dark as the Canadian public,” he said. The book can be ordered through its publisher, Thorny Issue Press. Continued on page 24 PROFITS FROM CONTRABAND TOBACCO SUPPORT ORGANIZED CRIME, OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEMES. > - ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE *

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With a leadership convention potentially taking two years to come to light, he said the party would appreciate Mr. Mulcair using his abilities in the House of Com- mons for “some period of time,” but likely not until the convention, for which a date has yet to be set. “We have to have an interim leader now, whether that’s Tom or someone else is a subject of dis- “Anyone who is suggesting he shouldn’t continue cussion. In my view, it’s going to is in a sense saying the NDP shouldn’t use one of be very diffi cult for Mr. Mulcair to its biggest assets in the House of Commons to hold stay on until our next permanent the government to account,” says NDP MP Peter leader is chosen in a year and a Julian. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright half,” Mr. Davies told reporters outside the Commons the day after the vote. Other NDP MPs, though, sug- gested they felt differently. “Anyone who is suggesting he shouldn’t continue is in a sense saying the NDP shouldn’t use one of its biggest assets in the House Tom Mulcair speaks to delegates at the NDP convention on Sunday. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert of Commons to hold the govern- ment to account. Who would not want to hold the government to account?” Peter Julian, NDP house leader (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.) told The Hill Times. Erin Weir (Regina-Lewvan, Sask.) said he wouldn’t see the vote as being against Mr. Mulcair as much as a vote for a new leader. “I think that delegates, who represent party members, wanted a new leader in place for the 2019 federal election, but we’re happy Grassroots protesters hold a sign that reads, ‘For to have Tom Mulcair continue to Delegates cast their ballots during the vote on Tom democracy and socialism back in the NDP’ at the lead us in Parliament for a while convention in Edmonton on April 9. The Hill Times NDP MP Don Davies speaks to reporters about longer,” he told The Hill Times. Mulcair’s leadership review on April 10. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert photograph by Laura Ryckewaert Tom Mulcair’s leadership Monday outside the “My sense is that many House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph people who want a new leader by Chelsea Nash for the 2019 federal election are still very impressed with Tom’s performance in the House and would be happy to have him serve as a parliamentary leader for a few months or even a couple of years.” He said he thinks it’s a very “exciting and encouraging thing” to have a leadership race in the works while Mr. Mulcair stays on as leader because “it’s an op- portunity to renew the party in preparation for 2019.” Mr. Mulcair was in the House of Commons speaking on his party’s behalf in question period on Tuesday. Mr. Julian said the sense at the convention was a positive one Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks at when Mr. Mulcair announced he the NDP policy convention. The Hill Times would stay on as leader until the NDP delegates applaud Tom Mulcair before he speaks on April 10. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert photograph by Laura Ryckewaert party selects a new one. “I think you probably saw the response from delegates at convention. He was in front of the He’s not going to have any carrots While he said he does think Rachel Notley’s Alberta NDP and “Mulcair couldn’t bridge those delegation, he said I intend to stay and sticks in dealing with his own the NDP is having a “crisis of con- some within the grassroots of the divides, that’s why they got rid of on until my successor is elected, caucus. He’s going to have no science,” he doesn’t necessarily party over her support for and him,” said Mr. Bratt. and there was applause from credibility when he’s questioning think Mr. Mulcair should resign at their opposition to the development Mr. Davies said bridging di- the room. That there was a very the government,” said the Mount this point. of pipelines and the oil industry. vides is one thing he would like to good reaction from the folks who Royal University professor. “It would seem like a continu- A policy document released by a see in the next leader. were at the convention and had “Mulcair is the leader of a third ity issue now if he were to step group of authors, activists, artists, “I would like to see a leader just voted on his leadership,” Mr. party, who has just been publicly down,” he said. “The party is and others last year called the that can unite our party, that can Julian said. embarrassed, publicly fi red by looking to renew, I suppose, but I Leap Manifesto outlines environ- bridge the different movements Political scientist Duane Bratt his own party,” he said. “He’d have don’t think that him administer- mental policies that go against Ms. within our party from left to right. said Mr. Mulcair is now a “lame been better off stepping down and ing the party up until that point is Notley’s views on pipelines and For example, I think we can have duck” and that he’s going to have bringing in a caretaker.” in confl ict with that renewal.” fossil-fuel use and had the Alberta responsible resource develop- a “really awkward two years.” “The NDP has administration, On the note of “crisis of con- NDP openly discussing cutting ties ment, and take the leadership “He’s just been disassociated but they don’t have leadership,” science,” one thing that did come with the national NDP. Ms. Notley, role in climate change and the from his party. I don’t know how said Stephen Taylor, a former out of the convention that very well though, told reporters Monday she environment,” said Mr. Davies. he can lead that party, even in an director of the conservative Na- may shape the party’s future is the wouldn’t pursue calls to split from [email protected] interim role, for up to two years. tional Citizens Coalition. disagreement between Premier the federal party. The Hill Times Benefiting Canadians while Protecting the Environment

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It’s only a short list, the docu- ment emphasizes. Engagement, it says, “strength- ens stakeholder understanding and buy-in to the government’s international development agenda” and “informs the government policies, programs and activities that frame and deliver that agenda based on stakeholder input.” The usual suspects are there, well-funded and long-established groups like the Aga Khan Foun- dation, World Vision, the Red Cross and a variety of United Nations agencies. Friendly governments are included too, such as the United States, United Kingdom, Austra- lia, the European Commission and the United Arab Emirates, with which Canada entered into a “shared strategic agenda” on development co-operation in 2013. The UAE has ramped up its foreign aid in recent years, giving billions of dollars to recipients mainly in the Middle East and North Africa, and blowing past traditional Western aid donors like Canada in terms of money spent as a percentage of gross national income. Three organizations associated with the private sector are in- cluded. There’s the World Econom- ic Forum and MasterCard, with which Canada partners on food security in Asia and fi nancial in- clusion programs, respectively. The third is the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, a big supporter of the development fi nancing initiative announced by the Conservatives in their 2015 federal budget. “Early engagement with the International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau walks with aid agency chiefs to a press conference Jan. 8. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Chamber could help support the smooth implementation of the initiative,” the briefi ng book says. Face-time good, funding Some major NGOs not listed CARE Canada didn’t make the list of 27 entities, despite being one of the top recipients of gov- underwhelming, say aid groups ernment funding for humanitar- ian activities. Neither did Médecins Sans Major NGOs didn’t Ms. Bibeau’s press secretary, Not everyone in Canada’s de- certainly weren’t very many op- Frontières (Doctors Without Bor- Bernard Boutin, said the minister velopment community sees this as portunities to meet.” ders) nor the Bill & Melinda Gates make short list but has met with dozens of humani- a re-engagement, however. Most “It was much easier to collabo- Foundation, another notable part- tarian and development-focused report having had a good relation- rate and engage with Minister ner and a participant in joint pro- still secured seat at organizations “across the country ship with the most recent inter- Paradis. He was more available gramming with the International meeting table, as as well as abroad.” national development minister and open than his predecessors,” Development Research Centre. That will continue as her offi ce under the Conservatives, Christian Ms. Havard said. Claudia Blume, a press offi cer minister embarks on launches an “offi cial consultation on Paradis, though relations with the with MSF, confi rmed its executive policy revamp. Canada’s international development government were chillier before Engagement to boost ‘buy-in’ director has met with Ms. Bibeau. policy,” Mr. Boutin said. The 2016 he took up the fi le in 2013. A ministerial briefi ng book “It doesn’t concern me,” Ms. Continued from page 1 federal budget says the government “We had a very good relation- obtained through an access-to-in- Barth said in reaction to CARE will review Canada’s international ship with him, no question about formation request shows a short Canada not being on the list. say, consulting most sincerely and assistance policy framework over it. He...worked very well with list of stakeholders bureaucrats “We obviously are at these seriously,” Ms. Barth added. the next year, and the outcomes will the development community,” recommended the minister con- tables,” she said. “We are a very, very Ms. Bibeau has held several inform next year’s budget. said Ms. Barth. “Prior to Minister tact within six months of taking healthy partner and have been with roundtable discussions with non- Ms. Bibeau’s ministerial man- Paradis, it was a different experi- offi ce. She was sworn in Nov. 4, them for quite a number of years.” governmental organizations since date letter tasks her with “refocus- ence. We certainly didn’t have which puts the 180-day mark in [email protected] the Liberal government came into ing” aid toward the poorest of the very many consultations. There early May. The Hill Times power, including one on interna- poor, and with creating a “new tional humanitarian aid, another policy and funding framework.” on Canadian aid objectives and After years of stagnant aid an unprecedented joint meet- budgets, the Liberal government AID GROUPS ing with Defence Minister Harjit this year set aside $256 million Sajjan on military operations and over two years in new resources, Stakeholders on the minister’s short list humanitarian aid. but CCIC called that “disappoint- Between fi ve and 15 organiza- ingly modest.” It’s been pushing tions were present at each meet- the government to set a timeline to Aga Khan Foundation Canada Organisation internationale de la Francophonie ing, Ms. Barth said. ramp up the aid budget to hit 0.7 Australia UN Development Programme “We are very encouraged,” the per cent of gross national income, Canadian Chamber of Commerce UN High Commission for Refugees Canadian Council for Internation- an internationally agreed target Canadian Council for International Co-operation UNICEF al Co-operation’s Chantal Havard Canada’s been urged to meet by Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health UN Offi ce for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a recent interview. the UN’s secretary general. Canadian Red Cross Society United Arab Emirates “[Minister Bibeau] has indi- CARE Canada called the European Commission United Kingdom cated her interest in consulting budget boost “a step in the right more with organizations and direction.” Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria United States engaging with stakeholders,” Ms. Global Partnership for Education World Bank Group Havard said. “There has been Paradis praised Grand Challenges Canada World Economic Forum a recognition that we need to Mr. Boutin said the focus, for International Development Research Centre World Food Programme increase the aid budget, although now, is “to consult broadly and MasterCard World Health Organization there hasn’t been any fi rm com- to re-engage in a dialogue with Micronutrient Initiative World Vision Canada mitment so far.” development stakeholders.” OECD Development Assistance Committee THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 7 NEWS TAX EVASION

National Revenue Tory critic Minister Diane Lebouthillier is travelling to an OECD wants a meeting in Paris to discuss the Panama Papers. The Hill Times reluctant photograph by Jake Wright. CBC to hand over Panama Papers Lebouthillier to travel to Paris to discuss fi nancial data leak while CRA zeros in on the Isle of Man as a tax haven. in Paris on April 13 to discuss the fallout “The question is not giving them eco- he said he believes it is a legitimate use of BY CARL MEYER from the Panama Papers, said Parliamen- nomic resources, the question is how they’re public resources, he also cast doubt on the tary Secretary to the Minister of Finance going to use that money to step up their tax return on investment. The Conservative Party’s national rev- François-Philippe Champagne (Saint avoidance initiatives, and whether they will “$444 million is a big number, it’s not a enue critic is calling on the CBC to hand Maurice-Champlain, Que.) Monday. use it effectively and effi ciently depends small investment. How much are you going to over its Panama Papers data to Canada’s The leak is already shaking up global upon factors that are not necessarily within get back?” said Mr. Aboultaif. “The problem is tax agency, something the Crown corpora- politics, with Icelandic Prime Minister their control,” he said in an interview. you cannot anticipate how much money you tion is refusing to do. Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson stepping down Mr. Aboultaif called the government’s will make out of such an investment.” Ziad Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning, as controversy swirled around his offshore investment into an offshore tax evasion [email protected] Alta.) says information coming out of a holdings, and British Prime Minister David crackdown an “aggressive” move, and while The Hill Times mammoth leak of documents detailing a Cameron facing calls for an inquiry. global transfer of wealth into offshore ac- Reports indicate the Royal Bank of counts is fair game for the Canada Rev- Canada has also been named in the docu- enue Agency to demand. ments. The bank says it has “established “If someone says, especially the media, controls, policies and procedures in place” ‘I have something,’...I think they have to to detect and prevent tax evasion. back it up,” Mr. Aboultaif told The Hill In Ottawa, Ms. Lebouthillier outlined Times in an interview. the agency’s plan to put to work the $444.4 “Maybe they have information the CRA million over fi ve years that her government Aviation in Canada doesn’t have, and the CRA is asking for had already introduced in Budget 2016 to details, and I think they have the right to “crack down on tax evasion and combat key economic driver do so.” tax avoidance.” A The tax agency has formally asked the “Most middle-class Canadians pay their Employs over 60,000 Canadians CBC to hand over the information, the fair share of taxes, but some wealthy indi- broadcaster reported April 11, but the CBC viduals avoid taxes by hiding their money Enables connectivity across the country is refusing, saying it does not reveal its in offshore tax havens. This is not fair, and sources and pointing to a similar request in it needs to change,” Mr. Champagne told 2013 that it also rejected. reporters April 11. Mr. Aboultaif said press freedom can’t The CRA will be using the money to always trump the public interest. “[If] it has better examine whole jurisdictions, start- to do with the public, public issues...I think ing with the Isle of Man. The Crown depen- they need to back it up,” he said. dency in the Irish Sea saw $860 million in There are 350 Canadians in the database electronic transfers in a 12-month period, leak, CBC has said, citing an unspecifi ed said Mr. Champagne. report. News articles indicate that the infor- The CRA’s choice of the Isle of Man mation in the leak comes from Panamanian as their fi rst jurisdiction-wide target is law fi rm Mossack Fonseca. The Hill Times notable as it is the same location named ATAC - A dominant voice in the Canadian has not seen the documents and cannot in another CBC investigation of the tax independently verify the information. agency and auditing fi rm KPMG. air transport industry since 1934 The International Consortium of Inves- Other government initiatives include tigative Journalists is working with two hiring extra auditors and specialists to go Canadian news outlets, the CBC and the after “high-risk” individuals, and setting Members serve every region of Canada Toronto Star, as well as others around the up an “independent offshore compliance world to process the cache of records into advisory committee” to advise the minister Represents over 180 Operators and news stories. and the CRA on “future strategies,” said Mr. Industry Partners The consortium has already rebuffed Champagne. requests to release the data en masse, stat- The Liberal Party committed in its Members train pilots from all ing that while the Panama Papers reveal election platform to direct CRA “to im- questionable activity by politicians, banks mediately begin an analysis and stronger over the world and celebrities, “other parts of the data are enforcement of tax evasion.” of a private nature and of no interest to the public.” Tax expert doubts effectiveness One concern is that offshore accounts The $444.4 million is the “largest single aren’t necessarily illegal as long as the investment in the agency’s history,” said Mr. money is disclosed to the relevant tax au- Champagne. He predicted the agency will MEET ATAC MEMBERS thorities when necessary. “identify and recoup $2.6 billion in unpaid taxes over fi ve years.” on our May 17 Minister to attend Paris meeting Others aren’t so convinced. University Aviation Day on the Hill National Revenue Minister Diane Leb- of Ottawa law professor Vern Krishna said www.atac.ca outhillier (Gaspésie-Les Îles de la Made- more money for the CRA won’t necessarily leine, Que.) will travel to an OECD meeting help Canada track down tax dodgers. 8 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016

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EDITORIAL SYRIAN REFUGEES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A parliamentary Columnists Dyer, Taylor Canada’s has an edge committee grapples both ‘on the mark’ in China ties: Romain

with the question, e: “What would a Syr- Taylor are on the mark. e: “China-focused accepts Canada’s good- Rian peace deal look How do we get the people Rthink tank coming to neighbour relationship like?,” (Embassy, April 6, forming government Ottawa,” (Embassy, April with the United States of does it matter where p. 6) and “The pitfalls of policy and action to pay 6, p. 8). Tuesday afternoon, America. training foreign fi ghters,” attention to such words of Professor Shi Xuehua Holding up Adrienne (Embassy, April 6, p. 7). wisdom? of Carleton University’s Clarkson’s book, Norman refugees come from? Both opinion pieces by Roland Trenaman Confucius Institute Bethune, I remarked Gwynne Dyer and Scott Vancouver, B.C. lectured on China and Canada had an “edge” Canada. in establishing ties with he number of Syrian refugees admitted to Canada, as When the question, China. In the book, Ms. of last week, is 26,213, according to the Immigration “Why didn’t Canada join Clarkson writes “[he is] TDepartment’s website. This number at once represents the Asian Infrastructure the single most famous both an amazing achievement and a token of compassion. Israel’s boycott Investment Bank?” was Canadian in the world, It is an amazing achievement because the new Liberal gov- raised there, a member known to a billion and a ernment was able to marshal government resources to achieve of the Canada-China half Chinese.” Friendship Society Left unsaid at it as quickly as it did. makes sense: Lauer replied, “Because the Professor Shi’s lecture, But it is also only a token because the need is so extraordi- e: “Settlements aren’t Israeli actions: coloniza- United States prevented I recall at the launch narily great. More than 43 million people worldwide are now Rthe obstacle—hatred of tion in the occupied West it.” Another member of the book in 2009 in forcibly displaced as a result of confl ict and persecution in their Israel is,” (Embassy, March Bank, the illegal blockade later added that after six Ottawa (Rockcliffe) countries, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. 2, p. 7). Israel’s defenders of Gaza and the intensify- months in government questioning whether The UN lists on its website some of the countries that produce in Canada like to pretend ing discrimination against neither Prime Minister Bethune became large refugee populations. They include Afghanistan (2.9 million), that Palestinians operate Palestinian Israelis. Justin Trudeau nor Canada’s greatest not on the basis of facts Israel and its Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane missionary, and the Iraq (1.8 million), Somalia (700,000), Congo (456,000), Myanmar but emotions: they are ir- supporters clearly need Dion had yet made any former governor (407,000), Colombia (390,000), and Sudan (370,000). rational, almost genetically help to overcome this important moves toward general magnanimously Canadian NGOs, church groups, and refugee lawyers who inclined to hate Israel. denial. I think the boycott the government of China. replying that she didn’t work daily with asylum seekers in Canada can tell you that Luckily for us, there is movement could be just Professor Shi made necessarily mean a the list goes on to a very great length. It includes Rwanda and plenty of information out the right therapy. it clear that a window religious missionary. Burundi, among other African countries, and even European there to verify that the Pal- Martina Lauer of opportunity still Andrew Romain estinian anger is based on Chesterville, Ont. exists, and China Ottawa, Ont. countries like Hungary and Western Hemisphere neighbours like Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. Persecutions and death threats abound. Sometimes refu- gees are poor and in danger from civil confl ict. At other times they are successful middle-class people whose integrity has put them on the wrong side of corrupt police, military, govern- ment offi cials, and organized crime. The refugee story is multilayered but it has one thing in common: when legitimate refugees are accepted in Canada they regularly arrive here with strong sense of gratitude. For this reason it was more than a little strange to read reports of members of the House Committee on Public Safety and National Security raising a stink about the reporting of the number of Syrian refugees who moved out of camp tents to Canada as opposed to those who came to Canada from out- side camps. “Outside,” it turns out, were makeshift apartments and other temporary dwellings, in some cases more tentative than having a place inside a camp. Lurking behind the questions of where refugees came from was the suggestion that perhaps some refugees were not so deserving. Rouba Al-Fattal, a part-time professor on Middle East and Arab politics at the University of Ottawa, spotted the implication and mentioned it in an op-ed in The Hill Times on April 11, writing that the question gave rise to comments that Canada’s generosity was being abused. Prof. Al-Fattal has learned from fi rst-hand experience what many other Canadians are learning: a deserving refugee need not come from a camp. For that matter, a deserving refugee need not come only from Syria. It’s a lesson being learned across Canada daily as more refugee families become neighbours and friends. It’s a lesson that even appears to be part of a learning ex- perience in parliamentary committees.

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INSIDE DEFENCE AFGHAN MISSION We failed in Afghanistan, let’s admit it

To prop up this Kabul cabal against the 1918, we had trained and equipped 620,000 The Afghan army is in steadily increasing threat from the Taliban, citizen soldiers into what was considered complete disarray, the Al Qaeda and now Daesh (also known as to be the best shock army in the world. the Islamic State, ISIL and ISIS), the U.S.- In 1939, on the eve of the Second World Taliban is resurgent, the led international coalition continues to pour War, Canada’s military consisted of 4,500 Islamic State has a foothold in weapons and trainers with the objec- members in the Permanent Force and a tiny tive of making the Afghan security forces underfunded militia. Less than six years in the country, and schools self-suffi cient. This was of course the initial later, at war’s end, more than one million are being closed. goal of the NATO International Security men and women had served in uniform, Assistance Force when it fi rst deployed to Canada had the one of the largest navies in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. the world, and arguably one of the most ef- Back in those heady days, it was be- fective air forces on the planet. That is what lieved that within just three short years you call building a military from scratch. the international community could create Of course the failure to create an ef- a democracy, stage an election, build an fective security force in Afghanistan and Afghan army and withdraw all foreign thereby the failure to create a secure SCOTT TAYLOR troops by 2005. environment means that any of the so- Now, given the recent track record of called reconstruction successes that were the Afghan security forces in waging a achieved are being reversed. In late March counterinsurgency on their own, it would the Afghan Ministry of Education admitted TTAWA—While Canada pulled the appear the U.S. would need to extend its that, due to the escalating insurgency, 714 Oplug on the Afghanistan mission two military commitment well into the foresee- schools have had to close, leaving 2.5 mil- years ago, the United States and a handful able future. lion Afghan children without education. of other NATO countries have continued Throughout 2015 the Afghan military Afghan national police and army personnel and U.S. In 2014, when Canada staged a day to provide a drip feed of life support to suffered horrifi c casualties and lost vast army soldiers patrol in July 2009 in Zabul province, of honour on Parliament Hill to com- prop up the Western-installed regime in tracts of land to Taliban control. Con- Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army memorate the 158 soldiers killed and 2,000 Kabul. No one even pretends that the cur- tributing to the ineffectiveness of these wounded during the 12-year commitment rent Afghan government has a democratic Afghan units is the widespread unreported to Afghanistan, many pundits used that foundation. desertions, which results in the phenom- following the ouster of the Taliban in 2001. milestone to ask: was it worth it? This When the election process in 2014 failed enon known as ghost soldiers. The corrupt While that excuse might have been ap- prompted the warmongering apologists to to produce a verifi able result, the U.S. bro- commanders continue to collect rations plicable in 2002, the fact is that the U.S.-led argue it was too soon to tell. kered a power sharing arrangement wherein and pay for these non-existent troops. This coalition has been arming, training and Well, 24 months later the Afghan army Ashraf Ghani would rule as president, and proves ultimately problematic when those equipping Afghans, arguably the fi ercest is in complete disarray, the Taliban is resur- his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, would assume battalions, without full strength, are called warriors on the planet, for 15 years without gent, Daesh has a foothold in the country, the newly fabricated post of national chief upon to actually fi ght the insurgents. achieving success. and schools are being closed. So no, our executive offi cer. Given that this not-so- One of the excuses offered by NATO In 1914, when Canada heeded Britain’s failure in Afghanistan was not worth the dynamic duo are in cahoots with the same trainers for their lack of success with the call to arms for the First World War, the sacrifi ce in blood and gold. We failed. motley collection of warlords in top ministe- Afghans, and Canadian trainers used these number of regular soldiers in uniform was Scott Taylor is editor and publisher of rial posts, they are as widely despised as the same lines, is that they had to virtually a mere 3,000. Just over four years later, Esprit de Corps magazine. country’s former president, Hamid Karzai. build an Afghan military from scratch at the signing of the armistice on Nov. 11, The Hill Times 10 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 INSIDE POLITICS NDP LEADERSHIP Mulcair’s irrational road to nowhere Tom Mulcair must be a glutton for punishment. Some even believe he could be amenable to being drafted to run for the job he just lost. That sounds crazy but no more so than some of the choices made in Edmonton this weekend. Rational calculations, as recent events have demonstrated, are not always at the root of political decisions.

CHANTAL HÉBERT

ONTREAL—By the time Mhe stood at the podium to address the NDP convention Sunday morning, Thomas Mulcair must have known he was in deep and likely irreversible trouble. It took little more than a minimum of political acumen to pick up the negative signals that preceded the vote on whether to seek a new leader. Mulcair did not lack for antennae in the corridors of the convention. Upon arrival in Edmonton on Thursday, a longtime NDP insider told me Mulcair could hope at best to win the vote with 55 per cent. The support of such a slim majority of delegates would have left him well short of the mark he needed to reach to have the legitimacy to stay at the helm. Presumably, the outgoing leader had access to the same sobering assessments of his prospects. If he ever had any illusions that the 70 per cent-plus confi - dence vote he was seeking was in the bag, he had to have lost them some time before he fi nally faced the music on Sunday. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and his wife Catherine Pinhas, pictured April 10 arriving at the convention. The Hill Times Photograph by Laura Ryckewaert As the convention progressed, Mulcair and his team must have noted that things were taking a turn for the worse. The momen- was still in control of his destiny. Even as late as Sunday morning, them to a wall. But every situation pursue less thankless challenges. tum for a leadership campaign On the way to the podium, he still Mulcair could have regained control is different. As the prospective Instead he immediately offered to grew with every passing hour, had course-altering alternatives of the agenda by telling delegates leadership fi eld looks now, Mul- act as the party’s caretaker for up with fewer and fewer New Demo- at his disposal. he had resolved to ask the party to cair would have stood head and to two years. crats willing to challenge the case As late as last week he could organize a leadership convention shoulders above the competition. Mulcair must be a glutton for for replacing the leader. have signalled his intention to and planned to run for his own job. As time went on this weekend, it punishment. Some even believe he A politician as seasoned as oversee a 24-month transition After all, even in the best-case became less and less clear what could be amenable to being drafted Mulcair wouldn’t have thought a to a successor. In the summer of scenario, a decent score on the the NDP leader’s end game was. to run for the job he just lost. single speech would turn the tide 2002, then-prime minister Jean weekend would have signalled It would have made strategic That sounds crazy but no more so or that the meandering address Chrétien did just that, setting a only the beginning of another sense for Mulcair to allow, as he than some of the choices made in he was about to deliver was up to date for his retirement more than campaign to survive another did, events to take their course Edmonton this weekend. Rational such a Herculean task. a year before his actual departure convention vote in two years. to their inevitable conclusion on calculations—as recent events have It is even harder to imagine his rather than fend off an attempt Would it have been worse to take Sunday if he has come to simply demonstrated—are not always at inner circle did not at least pres- to drive him out at a Liberal na- on real-life rivals in a full-fl edged want to put the leadership chap- the root of political decisions. ent him with options that would tional convention. That paved the contest than to spend the next ter of his life behind him. But it Chantal Hébert is a national have spared him a public humilia- way to a dignifi ed exit. few years fi ghting shadows? seems the opposite is true. affairs writer for The Toronto tion and, possibly, left him with a Alternatively, there was a Yes, former Tory leader Joe Given the result of the vote, Star. This column was released on shot at keeping his job. middle ground between losing Clark and the Canadian Alli- most party leaders standing in his April 12. In the weeks, days and hours the vote and stepping down to ance’s Stockwell Day both took place would have issued a terse [email protected] leading up to the vote, Mulcair pre-empt it. that particular route and it led farewell and been on their way to The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 11 PLAIN SPEAK NDP LEADERSHIP

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair Curmudgeons need pictured April 9, 2016, at the NDP policy convention in not apply, it’s selfi es Edmonton. The NDP leader was sent packing this and sunny ways in 2016 past weekend in Edmonton where his party Mulcair, again like Harper, is innocent if charged with a lack of gave him a Suffering fools obviously a smart and capable char- effort. His crime—being the wrong failing grade gladly is a great acter. He is a seasoned politician type of leader at the wrong time, for leadership, unafraid to duck a fi ght or throw a were he contesting the Democratic but Mr. Mulcair skill in politics. punch. But he just took a body blow primaries in the United States now said he will from his own party who felt it was he might look pretty appealing. stay on until a But the crusty, time he was taken out of the ring. Mulcair mirrored former prime new leader is cultish style isn’t What a difference a year minister Harper in disposition and elected. The Hill makes? In 2015, Mulcair was the style. His actual competition turned Times photograph a big seller now. undisputed heavy weight champ of out to be a dynamic likeable celeb- by Laura Question Period. Some good that rity fi gure—Justin Trudeau. He was Ryckewaert did him! Now he is the guy ques- ill-equipped for that battle. tioning what the hell happened. For years in public opinion But should it be all that much surveys, the late Jack Layton used well-known New Democrat. campaign he even behaved like of a surprise that time has been to be the federal politician Cana- Ongoing success though is about the previous one limiting access, called on the NDP leader? dians most wanted to have a beer proper succession planning. taking few risks and managing Federal political parties aren’t every encounter. There’s nothing TIM POWERS Suffering fools gladly is a great with. No such luck for Mulcair. skill in politics. Sometimes you When our research fi rm great at preparing a path of wrong with a professional ap- do have to pretend you really give Abacus last sampled Canadians transition. What’s next, and the proach but if it seems off brand as a damn about certain things that on some more ephemeral things thorough planning that comes it did it is hard to believe. TTAWA—Curmudgeons need you fi nd silly or bore you to death. related to the federal party lead- with that, is less important than As Mulcair discovered in Onot apply. For some, having Neither Mulcair, nor Harper, are ers—people wanted Trudeau to who can win for us now. The NDP Alberta, the jury seems to be out if that disposition can be a badge award-winning actors. The crusty, join their vacations, come with Mulcair inherited was Layton’s enough members of the NDP want of honour, but not so much if you cultish style isn’t a big seller now. them to a movie, or babysit the party. It was shaped for and by to gain power. That is an identity are looking to win in Canadian The outgoing NDP leader never kids. In more than 16 categories him over nearly a decade. That crisis no leader, no matter how politics in 2016 where selfi es, seemed to have one constant and like these, Canadians preferred said, Mulcair looked like a winner capable, could easily fi x. He might sunny ways, and sizzle are cur- authentic public personality. In Trudeau on 10 occasions, Harper and a potential prime minister in end up being thankful it is no longer rently preferred. one role he was the prosecutor and on fi ve (good at giving the kids 2012 for the delegates who select- something he has to worry about. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, like chief in the House of Commons. advice apparently) and Mulcair in ed him. Yet, in reality the political Mulcair can step away now, former prime minister Stephen At other times, he came across as one; yup he would loan you a $100 landscape was changing and not knowing he gave it a good go and Harper before him, becomes the scolding dismissive parent. He but ironically his line of credit no in the way the NDP calculated. tell all his detractors to go to hell the second publicly perceived tried to play the common man of longer works with the NDP. Mulcair was not able to fi nd a like a good curmudgeon would! grumpy oldish guy to fall as party the people, but folksy just wasn’t The NDP’s success in 2011 was comfortable place for himself and Tim Powers is vice-chairman leader. The NDP leader was sent Mr. Mulcair. He sounded like an real and Mulcair deserved ample the NDP with Canadians the way of Summa Strategies and manag- packing this past weekend in Ed- autocrat not a New Democrat. recognition for that because of they did in the previous election ing director of Abacus Data. monton where his party gave him Give him credit for trying. He the signifi cant breakthrough in Mulcair wanted to be prime minis- [email protected] a failing grade for leadership. deserves that. He would be found Quebec where he was the most ter—that was obvious. During the The Hill Times

OPINION NDP LEADERSHIP

programs and the long-neglected challenge of climate change. A movement in search of a leader: The Liberals tapped into this public discontent in the 2015 elec- tion. But it’s questionable whether Trudeau’s approach will be seen in where does the NDP go from here? the long run as dynamic enough to really make much headway on the deeply-entrenched problems faced time when rabble-rousing Demo- to the environment, it still seems deregulation, and general obei- by average Canadians. cratic presidential hopeful Bernie to have created the kind of bad sance to Wall Street and corpo- Laudable as the Trudeau gov- Sanders was sounding more like blood within the NDP that will rate America—has not worked. ernment’s increased spending on an NDP-er in the United States, of not be easily overcome. The legacy includes the infrastructure may be, for instance, all places, than Mulcair himself. As to the future, Justin outsourcing of millions of jobs, it’s not nearly enough to deal effec- LES WHITTINGTON On the face of it, the leadership Trudeau and the Liberals proved the accumulation of unspeak- tively with the current inadequacy vote was an emphatic rejection of you can throw out parts of the able wealth in the hands of the of the country’s highways, bridges Mulcair’s attempt to position the usual political playbook and still very rich, a race to the bottom in and transit systems. And the Liber- NDP closer to the political centre. be successful at the ballot box. policies meant to help average em- als’ increased child benefi ts, while Continued from page 1 But he appears to have been And, assuming the convention is ployees, underfunded public ser- helpful, won’t solve the problem of caught in an unexpected lose-lose an accurate indication, the NDP vices, crumbling cities and fading unaffordable child care. party at the Edmonton conven- situation by the LEAP Manifesto. may head into the next election middle-class prospects and hopes. Looking ahead for the NDP, tion. But that’s hardly the issue. As The proposed platform includes with a set of very radical policies. In the U.S., this has spawned a a great deal will depend obvi- leader, he squandered the federal a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels There’s a lot to be said for widespread disgust with authority ously on who wins the leadership NDP’s best chance in many years (including no new pipelines) as thinking big, of course. Incremen- that has turned parts of the cur- contest, what kind of approach to advance in an election. well as an array of radical left- tal, safe approaches that miss the rent presidential candidates’ cam- he or she takes and whether the And more to the point, Mulcair wing economic prescriptions. It depth and urgency of problems paign into a nihilistic sideshow. party can keep the tensions over isn’t the man to lead a movement, dominated debate and seemed to can be a killer—just ask Paul While Harper’s program energy/environmental issues seen and it’s a movement his party is galvanize delegates impatient with Martin or Michael Ignatieff. pointed Canada in the same in Edmonton from evolving into a likely to need to challenge for power. Mulcair’s centrist tendencies. And you could argue that now direction, the results were not as damaging long-term split. Where all this will eventually Meanwhile, Mulcair’s endorse- is the time to overhaul the current pronounced as they have been There’s also the question, in the take the NDP, of course, is complete- ment of LEAP (even if half-heart- system of democratic capitalism south of the border. But the strat- end, of how receptive voters might ly up in the air after the stunning ed) appears to have alienated some from top to bottom. egy and the trend lines—when be to the prospect of a radical and divisive three days in Edmonton. of the many Alberta NDPers in at- The North American economy it comes to income distribution, leftist government in Ottawa and So now both the NDP and tendance who see it as an extremist has yet to fully bounce back pro-business policies and wage whether voters would ever trust the Conservatives must fi nd new (not to say hard-hearted) recipe for from the global recession and is stagnation—were there. their livelihoods and futures to the leaders and devise a strategy and disaster for the oil and gas industry headed for years of likely lacklus- It stands to reason that many NDP. In the U.S., Bernie Sand- set of ideas to give them more and its dwindling workforce. tre growth—thanks to a combina- voters are tired of a political dia- ers’ appeal has surprised a lot of relevance by 2019. The convention’s adoption of tion of deindustrialization, ageing logue that has remained largely people, but so far he’s still seen a For the NDP, it may take the LEAP initiative was hedged. populations and slowing produc- within the same limited centrist long shot to win the Democratic months, or years, to gauge the But coming after Alberta NDP tivity. The economic model spun parameters for decades and more nomination, let alone mount a fallout from the Edmonton gath- Premier Rachel Notley implored out of the Republican-dominated open to a party willing to cham- credible run for the White House. ering. It was Mulcair’s bad luck to her fellow party members to be U.S.—an approach founded on pion some radical solutions when [email protected] be subject to a leadership test at a more pragmatic in their approach tax cuts, reduced social spending, it comes to the economy, social The Hill Times 12 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 GLOBAL AFFAIRS EUROPEAN UNION Migrants, euro, Brexit: the EU at risk The Brexit vote is Where Britain breaks coming at a par- trail, others might follow. ticularly bad time for British Prime Minis- ter David Cameron, says Gwynne Dyer. Photo courtesy of the UK government

GWYNNE DYER

ONDON, U.K.—A recent headline Lon the leading French newspaper Le Monde said it all: “Migrants, the euro, Brexit: The European Union is mortal.” And it’s true, the EU could actually collapse, given one or two more years of really bad decisions by the 28 national governments that make up the membership. The most immediate threat is Brexit (British+exit), the possible result of the yes/ no referendum on British membership in the EU that is scheduled for June 23. Prime Minister David Cameron promised this ref- erendum three years ago to placate an anti- EU faction in his own Conservative Party (Cameron himself wants to stay in the EU), but it is coming at a particularly bad time. Cameron doubtless calculated that the referendum would produce a large major- The refugees and illegal economic mi- issues like debt and infl ation. It was bound it could stay in the EU), and nobody would ity for staying in, and force the nationalist grants really are a problem for most other to end up in crisis as the economies of the have much sympathy for England’s post- “Little Englanders” in his own party to shut EU countries. The vast majority of them member states diverged—and they have. Brexit diffi culties. But the walk-out of the up for a while. But the vote is actually being enter the EU through Greece and Italy, The EU was transfi xed all last year by country with the EU’s second-biggest econo- held at a time when many English people but they almost all want to travel on to the the threat that Greece would crash out of the my would trigger a political earthquake. are upset by the large fl ow of immigrants richer EU countries—which, with the admi- euro. The Greek crisis has been put on hold The various populations of the EU are into the United Kingdom and blame it on rable exceptions of Germany and Sweden, for the moment, but it is clear by now that seething with dissatisfaction about immi- the policy of free movement for EU citizens. want nothing to do with them. Italy, Spain, and Portugal, at least, would also gration and refugees, about the euro, about That is only half true: only half the foreign- This is rapidly leading to a breakdown of benefi t from leaving the euro zone. This is all the compromises and bureaucracy born people settling in Britain are EU citizens the Schengen Agreement, by which all the a currency that has no future, although its that must be tolerated to keep a 28-coun- who come by right. The rest are legal im- EU members except the United Kingdom demise is not necessarily imminent. try “community” going. Mini-Trumps are migrants from other parts of the world, also and Ireland abolished their border controls So: three separate problems, none of cropping up everywhere, offering radical attracted by the relatively prosperous British with other Schengen countries. New border them likely to be fatal to the EU on its own. solutions that usually include an explicit or economy, and if the locals don’t like it they fences are now springing up everywhere as The EU survived with separate national implicit commitment to leave the Union. are free to change Britain’s own laws. But the EU members try to keep the migrants out. currencies for four decades before it adopt- It could snowball. Where Britain (or half-truth that it’s all the EU’s fault has been Dissent with EU policies is growing as ed the euro; it could do so again, although rather, England) breaks trail, others might vigorously promoted by the right-wing papers some Eastern European countries refuse the transition back would be painful and follow. We could end up with a severely that dominate the British media scene. to accept any refugees at all, and ultra- probably chaotic. The Schengen treaty was shrunken EU, back down to the original six The million-plus wave of refugees and nationalist parties are growing in strength a nice idea, but not essential to the Union’s members plus a few others, while the coun- economic migrants that has surged into the almost everywhere. In Hungary, and now smooth functioning. And Britain’s depar- tries of Eastern Europe try to get used to EU in the past year feeds the British panic in Poland, they have even come to power. ture could be nothing more than a spec- being once more the buffer between Russia even more, although Britain still controls Then there is the euro, the common cur- tacular act of self-mutilation. and the West. its own borders and none of those migrants rency shared by 19 EU countries including It’s the fact that all these crises are hit- Gwynne Dyer is a United Kingdom- can enter the United Kingdom without all the big ones except the United Kingdom. ting together that endangers the EU’s very based independent journalist who writes a London’s permission. The result is that the It was a bad idea from the start, because a existence. The only immediate and certain column for The Hill Times. polls now show the “Leave” and “Remain” single currency without a single government consequence of Brexit would be Scotland’s [email protected] votes almost neck-and-neck. behind it cannot deal effectively with big secession from the United Kingdom (so that The Hill Times

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DOUGLAS ROCHE

hen the recent 50-some- Wnation Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, aimed at stopping terrorists from obtaining nuclear materials, ended on a fl at note, I was reminded of the torch singer Peggy Lee’s famous song, Is That All There Is? Standing in front of her blues band, Ms. Lee wistfully sang of clowns and elephants and dancing bears at the circus and then, when it was over, plaintively asked: “Is that all there is? “If that’s all there is, my friends, “Then let’s keep dancing.” Governmental efforts to prevent a nuclear bomb explosion some- where seem like an endless dance. In 2010, United States President Barack Obama initiated a series of summits of countries possessing nuclear reactors to minimize the risk of nuclear and radiological terrorism through national actions Above, British Prime Minister David and international co-operation. Cameron, French President François The Washington summit was the Hollande, U.S. President Barack Obama fourth of these meetings, which and other leaders of nuclear-armed have tightened the legal framework states talk on the sidelines of the to secure civilian-based highly Nuclear Security Summit in Washington enriched uranium. Prime Minister on April 1. Photo courtesy of U.S. State Justin Trudeau attended. Department/Ben Solomon The challenge to keep nuclear materials out of the hands of a Belgian-style bomber is daunting. Left, an inert intercontinental ballistic The ingredients for a radiological missile at the Titan Missile Museum dirty bomb are located at tens of in Sahuarita, Ariz. Photo courtesy of Wiki- thousands of sites (including hos- media/Aspersions pitals and academic institutions) in more than 100 countries, many of them poorly secured and vul- nerable to theft. President Obama that U.S. insistence on building a sia, the United Kingdom, France ing its entire nuclear arsenal. the use of nuclear weapons, and warned that the danger of “mad- missile-defence system in Europe, and China—are at this moment The U.S.-Russia relationship has this has led to the Humanitarian men” setting off a nuclear device U.S. space weapons research, boycotting a U.N.-sponsored become poisonous, conventional Pledge, now signed by more than is “one of the greatest threats to and the expansion of NATO up diplomatic process in Geneva try- arms build-ups are taking place 120 states (but not Canada). The global security.” to Russia’s borders made the ing to establish a legal path to the on the NATO-Russia border, trust humanitarian approach may be Russian government fearful of elimination of nuclear weapons. has disappeared, and the nuclear our only hope. But, in the con- Russia, U.S. at odds American power. There’d be no With the support of 138 countries, negotiating process is frozen. fl icted environment of today, it is Despite a clear analysis of the more nuclear disarmament talks, the Geneva meetings are discuss- A new nuclear arms race is having little effect on the institu- threat, the Washington summit director Mikhail I. Ulyanov told ing legal measures and norms under way, but it is cloaked from tional political systems. offered no new fi rm commitments me. “Without nuclear weapons, needed to maintain a world with- public attention by the turmoil It is all well and good to say to ensure a global lockdown of we’d be toast.” out nuclear weapons. over dealing with terrorists, that the abolition of slavery, nuclear materials, other than This brings us to the main Why are the nuclear powers notably ISIS (also known as the colonialism and apartheid move- setting up a group of offi cials to criticism of the Washington resisting discussions about how to Islamic State, ISIL and Daesh). ments all went through periods work on the problem. They could summit process: it did not ad- start such negotiations? They do Except for a little spotlight on the of hitting an institutional wall not even agree on how to operate dress the huge stocks of highly not want to be subject to a global U.N.’s Sustainable Development before a gathering public opinion a shared global database to high- enriched uranium and plutonium law that would prohibit and elimi- Goals, there is virtually no public forced the institutional structures light existing vulnerabilities. in military programs, specifi - nate the very weapons they deploy discussion about how to achieve to yield, but the public at large is So we can justifi ably ask: is cally the estimated 15,000-plus to maintain their power. common security, the broad oblivious to the new nuclear arms that all there is? nuclear weapons in existence, 95 This “strange spectacle” ex- outlines of which were actually race with the result that we are Russia’s absence at the summit per cent in the hands of the U.S. poses the wholly new situation developed during the Cold War. today witnessing not the institu- vividly demonstrated its limited and Russia. Because the summit confronting the nuclear disarma- The public is faced with im- tionalizing of nuclear disarma- value. Russian President Vladimir ignored the main places where ment process. Since the end of mense complexities and con- ment but the institutionalizing of Putin claimed that his refusal to bomb-ready material is stored, the Cold War, the framework of tradictions: the world is moving nuclear weapons. attend was because his country the meeting was, as John Bur- the nuclear disarmament debate forward in many fi elds (science, In the face of these dangers, was excluded from certain work- roughs, executive director of the has been in a downward context: medicine, agriculture, technology, we are certainly entitled to chal- ing groups at the summit. U.S.- New York-based Lawyers Com- in other words, discussing and communications), but backward lenge the political leaders’ current Russian relations have been in mittee on Nuclear Policy, wrote, “a negotiating reductions. in political co-operation. Who efforts to promote nuclear secu- crisis since Putin’s annexation of strange spectacle.” Suddenly, the ground has expresses a vision for peace rity: Is that all there is? Crimea. But the testiness started shifted. The debate is now about today? We have entered a new era Douglas Roche is a former well before that event. New nuclear arms race how to deal with the upward shift: without a compass. senator and former ambassador When I interviewed senior the nuclear states’ moderniza- The humanitarian movement for disarmament. His latest book offi cials at the Department of Se- under way tion programs, notably the U.S., (Oslo, Nayarit, Vienna) has sprung is The United Nations in the 21st curity Affairs and Disarmament Moreover, all fi ve major which plans to spend $1 trillion up, making clear the “catastrophic Century. in Moscow in 2011, I was told nuclear powers—the U.S., Rus- over the next 30 years on upgrad- humanitarian consequences” of The Hill Times 14 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 OPINION SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

and a refugee crisis without precedent. Four of the nine critical systems that humanity needs to survive—including a safe and stable Think global, think local climate—have been compromised by unmea- sured consumption and production patterns, with the potential to trigger irreversible and UN Secretary The connections catastrophic changes to our planet that will Canada must act General Ban across peoples and spare no one, no matter where they live. on the Sustainable Ki-moon and countries that charac- Lines between the local, national, regional Prime Min- terize today’s global and global are becoming increasingly blurred. Development Goals ister Justin challenges can only And the international community has taken Trudeau speak be ignored at our own note. Last September at the United Nations, at home and abroad. to reporters on peril. Inequality, pov- world leaders adopted The 2030 Agenda for Parliament Hill erty, fi nancial instabil- Sustainable Development, a comprehensive Central to this is the in February. ity, food insecurity, and shared vision for how we can transform The Hill Times environmental degra- our societies and economies, while protecting need to fi ght poverty photograph by dation, and migration the planet and its natural resources. Jake Wright crises have tangible Over the next 15 years, the global and exclusion in our national repercussions community will be guided in its efforts to but are global in na- tackle pressing global challenges by 17 own society. ture. They transcend Sustainable Development Goals, cover- national borders and ing everything from ending hunger and are affecting everyone realizing women’s rights and equality, to everywhere. tackling wasteful consumption, ensuring he marriage of Embassy with The Hill The 2008 fi nancial crisis, which was vibrant and healthy oceans, and generating TTimes this week is a fi tting sign of our triggered in the United States and Europe, decent work for all. This new agenda is uni- changing times. Irrespective of the reasons caused havoc in the lives of millions of ordi- versal, applicable to everyone everywhere. that drove the decision, the merger speaks nary people around the globe and its impacts JULIA SÁNCHEZ Canadians will need to increasingly inte- to the inextricable linkages between the in- are still being felt. The outbreak of civil war grate the national to the global, and the global ternational and domestic spheres in policy in Syria in 2011 has resulted in 13.5 million to the national, in order to contribute to the and politics. people needing humanitarian assistance achievement of the peaceful and prosperous world that these goals aspire to. Policy-mak- ers, in government and elsewhere, need to be- come acutely aware of the interconnectedness of Canada’s domestic policies with sustain- able development in the rest of the world. The universality of the goals will require Canada to do three things: lead by example at home, provide innovative international leadership, and enhance its policy coherence. Firstly, Canada must develop a strategy and action plan to implement the Sustain- able Development Goals both domestically and internationally. Central to this will be bold action on tackling poverty and exclu- sion in our own society. Key issues such as violence against women, homelessness, in- come inequality, and defi cient basic social services in First Nations communities must be front and centre as we use Agenda 2030 to set goals and targets at home. Secondly, Canada must provide leader- ship on the multilateral stage to address the many global challenges that transcend national borders. These range from com- batting climate change and inequality—in a world where 62 individuals have as much wealth as half of the world’s population— to tackling tax evasion, an ever-pressing issue especially in the wake of the Panama Papers. To do so, Canada will have to set an ambitious international development Y policy, accompanied by enhanced funding for international co-operation efforts. Addressing the global sustainable devel- opment agenda on these two fronts will be no Canada is easy task. In addition to fi nancial and political backing, it will require increased policy co- herence between domestic and international policies and practices, as well as across the the world’s greatest whole range and levels of government. This means, for example, that when we talk about human rights, we consider ac- cess to education in Canada by indigenous trading nation. peoples alongside the promotion of plural- ism abroad. When we speak of climate YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT YQM YXX YQT YHZ YYC YYZ YHM YXC YVR YKA YYG YYC YLW YSB YUL YXH YGK YEG change, we consider our own extractive industries in Canada alongside investment YQB YAM YZF YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT YQM YXX YQT YHZ YYC YYZ YHM YXC YVR YKA YYG YYC YLW YSB YUL in climate adaptation overseas. When we YLW YSJ YYR YQB YAM YZF YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT YQM YXX YQT YHZ YYC YYZ YHM YXC YVR YKA YYG YYC support inclusive growth, we consider YYT YKF YQX YLW YSJ YYR YQB YAM YZF YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT YQM YXX YQT YHZ YYC YYZ YHM YXC YVR those left behind by inequality in Canada Canada’s airports alongside those affected by our trade and YYJ YQR YFC YYT YKF YQX YLW YSJ YYR YQB YAM YZF YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT YQM YXX YQT YHZ YYC YYZ investment agreements in other countries. YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR YFC YYconnectT YKF YQX YLW usYSJ YYRto YQeveryone.B YAM YZF YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT YQM YXX YQT It is a cliché that all politics is local. But YWG YXS YXY YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR YFC YYT YKF YQX YLW YSJ YYR YQB YAM YZF YXE YQY YXU YMX YJT it is a fact that the international is closer to YHZ YXT YEG YWG YXS YXY YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR YFC YYT YKF YQX YLW YSJ YYR YQB YAM YZF YXE YQY home now than ever before. Dialogue be- tween domestic and foreign policy-makers YXS YXY YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR YFC YYT YKF YQX YLW YSJ YYR YQB YAM YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT YEG YWG needs to ramp up if Canada is to live up to YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT YEG YWG YXS YXY YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR YFC YYT YKF YQX YLW YSJ the challenges of our increasingly inter- YUL YXH YGK YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT YEG YWG YXS YXY YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR YFC YYT YKF linked world. The marriage of Embassy and YYC YLW YSB YUL YXH YGK YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT YEG YWG YXS YXY YTZ YQF YMM YYJ YQR The Hill Times provides a timely platform for some of that dialogue to take place. YVR YKA YYG YYC YLW YSB YUL YXH YGK YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT YEG YWG YXS YXY YTZ YQF Julia Sánchez is the president-CEO of YYZ YHM YXC YVR YKA YYG YYC YLW YSB YUCANADASAIRPORTS.COML YXH YGK YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT YEG YWG YXS the Canadian Council for International Co- YQT YHZ YYC YYZ YHM YXC YVR YKA YYG YYC YLW YSB YUL YXH YGK YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB YDF YHZ YXT operation, Canada’s national coalition of civil society organizations working globally YJT YQM YXX YQT YHZ YYC YYZ YHM YXC YVR YKA YYG YYC YLW YSB YUL YXH YGK YEG YCD YQQ YOW YYB to achieve sustainable human development. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 15 OPINION FOREIGN AID The other Syrian refugees

million are displaced within Syria itself. Ghassim al-Haraki Not everyone wants to Many are unable to work, either because with members of come to Canada, and there are few employment opportunities in his family in their the camps, or because the governments of home in Jordan’s not everyone can. The Jordan and Lebanon don’t allow them to Za’atari refugee work due to high unemployment in those camp. Photograph millions still in the Middle countries. courtesy of John East need Canada’s help In Syria itself, fi ghting and internal Longhurst displacement make it impossible for many in other ways. people to earn an income. I heard that in one rural area farmers have not been able to harvest a crop for four years. People who used to grow food are now lining up for food aid. For these people, refugee sponsorship is not an option. They don’t want to come to Canada. And, even if Canada wanted JOHN LONGHURST to help in that way, it couldn’t absorb that many refugees. Plus, taking more people would be bad for the future of Syria; they herever I went in Jordan and Leba- are needed to rebuild that country, once the and other nearby countries, the govern- John Longhurst directs communications Wnon last month while visiting refu- war is over. ment should also continue providing its and marketing for Canadian Foodgrains gees from Syria, I heard people express The Canadian government is to be com- important support for the many in desper- Bank, a partnership of 15 Canadian churches gratitude for what Canada had done in mended for how it stepped up to sponsor ate need of our help there. and church agencies working together to accepting 25,000 people from that war-torn 25,000 Syrian refugees. But with the major- Because that is also a good, right, decent end global hunger. country. ity of the need in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Canadian thing to do. The Hill Times “Canada has a very good reputation here,” one aid worker told me. But while so many feel good about how Canada responded to the needs of Syr- ian refugees, none of the Syrians I met expressed interest in coming here. Instead, they want to go home when the war ends to rebuild their lives. They are people like the family of Ghas- sim al-Haraki, who live in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. Ghassim, his wife, Lamya, and their four children have been living in the camp for three years. Life in the camp is diffi cult, he said. There is no work, and the one- room trailer they live in is cold in winter and hot in summer. When asked if the family has hope for the future, Ghassim quickly replied: “The future is back to Syria.” But what about going to another coun- try—like Canada? There was an emphatic “No!” from all members of the family. Why not? The reasons came quickly: It’s so far away, and they don’t know the language, culture and customs. Besides, said Ghassim, sticking his nose in the air and breathing deeply, “I can smell Syria from here.” I didn’t know if that was really true. But the Syrian border was just a 10-minute INFRASTRUCTURE drive away—maybe it was possible. Then there was Fatima, a former teacher rime Minister Justin Canada Governor Stephen in Syria now living in Lebanon. All she wants Trudeau’s government is Poloz’s statements on municipal to do is go back to being a teacher in her country. Ppromising to make the New infrastructure spending; we look “I miss teaching,” she said, covering her Building Canada Fund, which is at how northern fi nance ministers face with her hands and sighing so deeply POLICY BRIEFING heavily backloaded with more want infrastructure spending at the you felt that all the cares of the world were than 70 per cent of its funding top the federal government’s list; being exhaled from her body. Publication Date: locked away until after 2019, more we look into Public Safety Minister Fatima, a single woman, fl ed Syria April 18, 2016 focused and more transparent Ralph Goodale’s promise to open in 2013. Her three brothers are missing Booking Deadline: April 13, 2016 because of the war. Now she lives with with clearer project criteria the government’s wallet to prepare relatives in a single rented room in a house and faster approval processes. for natural catastrophes; and we on a hilltop near Sidon. We look into this. The Liberals look into a C.D. Howe Institute As far as she knows, her house in are also promising to spend report that wants the Liberals to Syria is still standing. But, she says $20-billion over the next few break its election promises on firmly, it doesn’t matter if it is destroyed years on infrastructure as part of creating the New Building Canada or not. its 10-year, $60-billion election Fund and its promise to require “Even if my house is gone, I will pitch a tent in the front yard and start over,” she pledge. Is this enough? cities to look for a private-sector said in a way that made everyone who partner to share the fi nancial risks heard her believe it to be true. We also look into the idea and windfalls of any infrastructure This desire to go home was echoed of creating innovation hubs project. again and again as I visited the homes of in municipalities across the Syrian refugees. country; we look at Bank of Be a part of it. So does this mean Canada, and the Canadians who responded to sponsor refugees, shouldn’t have brought so many here? Of course not—offering that kind of assistance was the right, decent and Cana- Communicate with those most responsible for dian thing to do. Canada’s public policy decisions. But the fact is that the majority of Syrians who need help are in the re- For more information or to reserve your government gion. Currently, there are an estimated 4.8 relations and public affairs advertising space, contact The Hill million Syrians who have fl ed for safety Times display advertising department at 613-688-8825. in neighbouring countries. More than six 16 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 OPINION FOREIGN AID Women peacebuilders need our support and her small team of women’s and ensure the success of Canada’s If Canada is serious rights advocates, lawyers and current development programming. about developing paralegals document cases of This month Parliamentarians rape and sexual violence, accom- are examining how well Canada is a feminist foreign pany women through the judicial living up to its international com- process and help them to reinte- mitments around women, peace policy, it should fund grate into their communities. and security. The House Foreign grassroots women’s The work is transformative in Affairs and International Devel- the lives of these women, as they opment Committee is conducting peacebuilding. regain their dignity and become a study at the prompting of MP trained advocates for peace and Hélène Laverdière, the lone female human rights. But the need is vast. voice on the 10-person committee. The legal clinic is always over- KAIROS is testifying this week to whelmed with more women who highlight how partnerships with need assistance than it can handle. civil society working at the grass- The Canadian government has roots has been a missing ingredi- invested $18-million over fi ve years ent in the Canadian government’s IAN THOMSON in a UN-led project in Congo called approach to date. Fight Against Impunity and Support The committee’s study is timely. to Survivors of Sexual Violence. This Canada’s National Action Plan on anada’s prime minister is a project helps a great deal, bringing Women, Peace and Security ex- Cself-declared feminist. Much mobile tribunals deep into rural pires this year and is up for review. ink has been spilled about the areas. But it won’t realize its full If Canada is serious about de- gender parity of his cabinet. potential without additional support veloping a feminist foreign policy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a talk on gender equality at the United Nations And two weeks ago at the UN to local civil society groups like our government should export in New York on March 16. UN photograph by Mark Garten Security Council, a top Canadian Héritiers de la Justice that are able something different: ambitious diplomat emphasized the crucial to provide women with the human new funding to support grass- role of women in international key drivers in defending human With support from the Cana- rights training and legal accompani- roots women’s peacebuilding, peacebuilding efforts and the rights and promoting peace all dian churches, KAIROS has been ment needed to benefi t more widely which it praised at the UN Secu- importance of supporting local over the world, the resources they supporting grassroots women from the new tribunals. Funding rity Council. As Canada makes a women’s organizations in confl ict receive worldwide are shamefully human rights defenders engaged grassroots efforts will yield huge bid for a seat at that table, we can zones and fragile states. scarce and declining. in peacebuilding in some of the dividends for the larger centrally distinguish ourselves by putting Have we fi nally reached the Peacebuilding processes are most protracted confl icts around administered project. women at the centre of interna- tipping point when Canada will often dominated by men’s voices the world. In January, KAIROS submitted tional peacebuilding initiatives commit signifi cant new resources and experiences. From 1992 to In February, I returned to the a new project proposal to Global and post-confl ict development. to support women peacebuilders? 2011, only two per cent of chief Democratic Republic of Congo to Affairs Canada seeking support Ian Thomson is the Africa More resources are desper- mediators and nine per cent of visit Chantal Bilulu of the human for our partners’ work on women, partnerships coordinator at KAI- ately needed to support women’s negotiators in peace processes rights group Héritiers de la Jus- peace and security in Congo and ROS: Canadian Ecumenical Jus- civil society organizations and were women. At the same time, tice. She co-ordinates the KAI- four other confl ict-affected states. tice Initiatives. KAIROS unites 11 women human rights defend- studies show that peace processes ROS-sponsored legal clinic that There has been no response yet, but national churches and religious ers. Despite recent research that that involve women are not only since 2007 has assisted hundreds we remain hopeful. We are con- organizations in faithful action proves that women’s organiza- more equitable and inclusive, of women who are survivors of vinced that our approach and that for ecological and social justice. tions and movements have been they are also more sustainable. rape as a weapon of war. Chantal of our partners will complement The Hill Times

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Photograph courtesy of UN/Logan Abassai ort-au-Prince is a city on the gangs— emerge to fi ll the gap. Pedge. Six years after a devastat- City fragility is further exacer- ing earthquake shattered the capital bated by specifi c risk factors: the The data visualization shows of the major cities in the United Canada has a unique opportu- and left tens of thousands dead, the pace of urbanization, social and how city fragility is not limited to States also witnessed a dramatic nity to promote resilience in some city is still in partial ruins. There economic inequality, youth unem- poor countries. While urban fragility fall in violent crime since the early of the world’s most fragile settings. are signs of progress in the city of ployment, poor access to key ser- is concentrated in Africa and Asia, 1990s, even if some of them regis- In fact, the Federation of Canadian roughly 2.2 million—newly con- vices, and low resilience to climate there even more cities ranking high tered a modest spike in 2015. There Municipalities already is. With fund- structed roads, hotels, and govern- change and sudden onset disasters. on the fragility scale (scoring at least are important lessons from the ing from Global Affairs Canada, ment buildings—but the recovery Some cities are evidently more 4 or 5) in medium- and upper-income Americas—a region that has gone the FCM is promoting economic progress has been painfully slow. fragile than others, including settings as in low incomes ones. through its demographic transi- policy in cities from Bolivia and And rather than giving rise to Aleppo, San Salvador and Mogadi- Cities like Baltimore and Naples, for tion—that are applicable to other Burkina Faso to Mali and Vietnam. more inclusive urban planning, shu. But we know surprisingly little example, register comparable fragil- parts of the world where run-away The federation is also working with new slums have sprung up includ- about how fragility is distributed. ity scores to Cali and Cape Town. urbanization is taking place. metropolitan Caribbean and Ukrai- ing Canaan-Jerusalem, a sprawl- One reason why we suf- Fragile cities also aren’t restricted A precondition to getting fra- nian partners to stimulate business ing settlement on the outskirts fer from this knowledge gap is to countries affected by war. In fact, gility under control is enlightened investment. And it has worked with of the city. Almost 80,000 people because there is no global data there were twice as many fragile leadership, especially successive local authorities in Port-au-Prince displaced by the disaster last year repository on cities. Surprisingly cities on the fragility scale outside of mayors who make a plan and stick and elsewhere to strengthen local still lived in 105 sites scattered little is known about the world’s confl ict zones than in them. with it. This is not as straightfor- democracy and development. across the metropolis. It is an 55,000 or so urban settlements. And it isn’t necessarily the larg- ward as it sounds. But when city There are no simple solu- archetypal fragile city. Another challenge is that fragility est cities that are most vulnerable leaders, business groups and civil tions to dealing with city fragil- As odd as it sounds, Port- is neither constant nor easily predict- to fragility. Instead, it is small and society associations are able to ity. To turn sprawling cities like au-Prince presages the future able. Ostensibly “stable” cities can medium cities that are most suscep- work together to defi ne common Port-au-Prince around, planning of urban living for most of the exhibit destabilizing characteristics tible. Just three megacities (more problems and develop data-driven authorities, businesses and citizen world’s population. The world is at the neighborhood level. Even than 10 million residents) and three solutions, safety often follows. groups need to come to grips with urbanizing at a blinding pace. The cities like Brussels and Paris exhibit very large cities (with between fi ve And with improvements in real the risks associated with rapid statistics are familiar. Cities are fragility zones such as Molenbeek and 10 million people) are at high and perceived security comes a urbanization, but also with the growing by roughly 65 million and Bondy. The research shows that risk of fragility including Baghdad, renewed trust in city institutions. many available solutions. residents each year. At this rate, where social disorganization reaches Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Ka- But caution: the fact is that The good news is that networks more than fi ve billion people will a certain threshold, above-average rachi, Lagos, and Shanghai. many researchers are still strug- such as the Federation of Canadian live in cities by 2030. crime and even radicalization and But there are another 56 large gling to fully understand what ex- Municipalities can potentially help But not all parts of the world extremism can follow. cities, 42 medium cities, and 40 plains crime drops in cities, even empower citizens to make their are growing at the same pace. To- smaller cities that are also catego- in data-rich settings like Canada. cities safer and more livable. This in morrow’s turbo-urbanization will Comparing city fragility rized as fragile. What are some of the proven turn can reduce risks of violence and occur not in North America or What if it were possible to The most rapidly expanding ways to make cities safer and less extremism. Mayors from successful Europe, but in the sprawling me- compare fragility risks across cit- cities appear to be most at risk of fragile? For one, mobilizing more cities are already sharing best prac- tropolises and slums of cities like ies? A new digital platform devel- fragility. Most of the world’s cities police and prisons is not the most tices to help struggling municipali- Karachi in Asia or Dar es Salaam oped by the Igarapé Institute and are growing at between zero and cost-effective solution. Instead, cit- ties. There are exciting opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa. partners such as the United three per cent. Yet the most at-risk ies that invest in focused deterrence for Global Affairs Canada to amplify Cities are impressive natural Nations University, the SecDev cities are those that are growing at a often see pronounced reductions what works at home, abroad. In do- experiments. Some of them gener- Foundation, and Global Affairs pace of four per cent or more. Haiti’s in crime and associated victimiza- ing so, it could make a real dent on ate immense prosperity and prog- Canada can do precisely that. rate of urbanization is hovering at tion. These effects are amplifi ed city fragility at a global scale. ress. Others sputter and fail to lift The data visualization is based between 3.6 and four per cent. As- when they also invest in positive Robert Muggah is the research off. All of them experience varying on a review of the science of urban sociated risks are especially acute police-community relations and director of the Igarapé Institute in levels of fragility. Notwithstand- instability and more than 100 data- in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia participatory forms of governance Rio de Janeiro, and the SecDev ing the resilience of city residents sets. While still a work in progress, where the vast majority of future city in low-income communities. Foundation in Ottawa, is a in places such as Port-au-Prince, it features data on 2,137 cities with population growth is projected. Among the most powerful member of the World Economic their coping levels are stretched populations of at least 250,000. The ways to turn things around is by Forum’s Global Agenda Council on to the breaking point. And Haiti’s platform also includes a fragility How to make cities safer investing in inclusive open spaces, Fragility, Violence and Confl ict, and capital is not alone: many cities in scale (with 1 being low and 5 being The silver lining is that city predictable public transport and a fellow at the Canadian Global low- and middle-income countries high risk). The scale is based on fragility is reversible. There are ex- data-driven prevention, not least Affairs Institute. He’ll be speaking are reaching a breaking point. 10 indicators that are statistically amples of the world’s most violent crèches for single mothers, condi- on related themes at the Chicago Even mature megacities like Cairo, associated with city fragility. While and unstable cities, such as Ciu- tional cash-transfers targeting low- Forum on Global Cities and a TED Los Angeles, and Paris are suscep- still early days, some of the fi nd- dad Juarez, Medellin, and Sao income families and rehabilitation summit in Banff in June. tible to fragility risks. ings are instructive. Paulo, turning things around. Many programs for at-risk young adults. The Hill Times

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SHOWCASING CANADA’S TALENT Mulcair fi rst casualty DON’T MISS THE UPCOMING MOVIE NIGHT ON THE HILL of NDP brash hubris In one fell swoop, one man’s political

Join the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, ambitions were dead, at the Canadian Museum of History for a celebration screening of and the excitement, if not delirium, that drove the NDP since its impressive ROOMM election in 2011 came crashing down to earth NDP Leader Tom Mulcair spoke to party members on April 10 before they voted on whether to seek WINNER OF 9 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS, with one loud thud. a new leader. ‘If you keep standing with me, then AS WELL AS THE OSCAR, GOLDEN GLOBE, BAFTA AND CSA FOR BEST ACTRESS! together, we will never stop fi ghting,’ he said. The STARRING Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert BRIE LARSON, JACOB TREMBLAY and had still never formed a government. In WENDY CREWSON other words, 103 seats was their high-water JEREMY A. RICHLER mark, an impressive feat given the party’s distant second best performance in the 1988 LENNY ABRAHAMSON federal election with only 43 seats. Yet, having A never formed government before, and with film ORONTO—A visibly shaken Tom an enduring Liberal brand that was showing Mulcair could not contain his disap- An ELEVATION PICTURES T new signs of life under the leadership of Jus- pointment when he failed to capture the tin Trudeau, the NDP smugly underestimated presentation confi dence of a majority of the delegates at the Liberals and their capacity to vault from a A Canada-Ireland the NDP convention in Edmonton. distant third place to their peril. In the end, this decision was really the coproduction produced by And so they did. Once the writ was only logical conclusion for a party with high dropped, signs of a weak, underwhelm- DAVID GROSS and hopes of forming government that instead ing campaign were ever present. The New ED GUINEY got clobbered in the last election. Although Democrats were so confi dent that they made I did initially believe Mulcair was a fi ne par- In association with it a choice between themselves and the liamentarian who deserved a second chance, THE MOVIE NETWORK Conservatives, ignoring the Liberals at every it soon became obvious that he could no possible opportunity. The NDP were no lon- Based on the novel by longer cling to the helm of the NDP. As more ger running a campaign to be the conscience EMMA DONOGHUE of a hired gun than a tried and tested social of Parliament, but rather to form the next democrat, he failed to deliver on the promise government. This was laudable, but ignor- #hillmovienight of bringing New Democrats into power. He ing stiff opponents was politically dumb and simply is not the leader to renew the social reeked of arrogance. In a cynical lurch to the purpose of a party that now once again fi nds political centre, the NDP promised balanced itself bordering on the margins of the Cana- budgets when the base was hoping for a dian political landscape. more activist thrust. This promise was not The wider lessons of this weekend’s red meat for the base, but more akin to stale Edmonton results underscore the hubris that breadcrumbs. Many of the rank and fi le in JOIN THE STARS ON THE RED CARPET engulfed the NDP after its historic win back the NDP were defl ated and disappointed. in 2011 clouded more rational judgment Mulcair also simply did not run a good TUESDAY, MAY 3 AT 7:30 p.m. about prospects for power. Instead, the NDP campaign. He often appeared stiff and imper- lost connectivity with its grassroots and a sonal. His centrist shift, for a party grassroots Canadian Museum of History (Theatre) genuine commitment to social democracy, all once more accustomed to democratic social- in a poorly-executed Machiavellian quest for ism than this bizarre “austerity light” platform, power that simply did not materialize. were not amused. This was just a cynical at- To understand the pitfalls of the NDP tempt to triangulate (i.e. to wed small ‘c’ conser- in this election, we need to juxtapose vative ideas in a format more amenable to the them against the party’s triumphant feat WATCH FOR YOUR SPECIAL INVITATION overarching progressive agenda, quite popular during the 2011 Canadian federal elec- in the 1990s) without Bill Clinton’s charm. tion; perhaps the most lopsided results in In his fi nal speech to delegates, Mulcair our country’s history. The Liberals were was underwhelming and his body language seemingly on the brink of elimination and seemed to suggest that he knew it. In the secret the perpetual third party NDP, the one that ballot, the delegates seemed to tell Mulcair THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS had failed to receive offi cial party status “you’re fi red.” Although delivered with greater back in 1993, had now been catapulted into humility than Donald Trump could muster, the offi cial opposition. Against this backdrop, verdict was in and it was both decisive and the Conservative Party secured its much harsh. In one fell swoop, one man’s political coveted majority government. ambitions were dead, and the excitement, if In the heat of a transformational election, not delirium, that drove the NDP since its im- what everyone seemed to forget was that pressive election in 2011 came crashing down the NDP did NOT win in 2011. It formed the to earth with one loud thud. offi cial opposition, a breakthrough indeed, The wider lessons here for all of us to but the story of greater consequence was remember are that governments come and that the Conservatives formed a majority go and political preferences are volatile. Yet government. Indeed, Jack Layton inspired sweeping generalizations about the future many and was, without a doubt, the most are often baseless, borne of hubris, or as the liked leader, but Stephen Harper won a NDP has recently found out, crushing and majority government and in so doing steered humiliating. The NDP will have its work cut the country further to the right than he out for itself in the weeks and months ahead, could muster in the fi ve years in which he and it defi nitely faces an uphill climb with a ruled with a minority. In the end, the NDP popular Liberal government and prime min- did not even come close to winning the 2011 ister Trudeau comfortably anchored in the general election. This is a point that everyone centre-left of the spectrum. But don’t count seemed to forget, either by intention or mere the NDP out just yet, as the universe unfolds shock at the lopsided results. in ways us mere mortals simply cannot pre- Election results must also be viewed in dict, and never to everyone’s liking! their larger historical context. Although the Jeremy A. Richler is a Toronto lawyer INSPIRED BY TALENT. VIEWED EVERYWHERE. New Democrats were steadily progressing that practices employment and corporate under the leadership of Jack Layton, gain- law. He is an active member of the Liberal ing in prominence, and often leading in the Party and sits as a director on the Eglin- polls in advance of last year’s election, they ton-Lawrence federal Liberal association. THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 19 OPINION FOREIGN AID

The budget failed to show the bold • Agenda 2030 should be formally signal needed to demonstrate Canada was adopted as the framework for Canada’s Why did the federal back for the developing world. re-energized, development co-operation We must now hope a bolder message program, followed quickly by new Agenda will emerge from the upcoming public 2030-compliant country strategies; consultations on a new co-operation policy • Commit to reach the 0.15 per cent of budget forget the and funding framework. the gross national income UN target for aid Canada’s future should no longer be to least developed countries in 2016. Up- tied to our traditional trading and invest- dating the priority country list to comprise ment partners. We are talking longer term, at least 70 per cent of the least developed world’s poorest? not the next two to three years. Today, countries easily does this; economies are depressed almost every- • A medium-term aid commitment of its response: middle-class tax relief and in- where: in Europe, the global south, even 0.50 per cent of gross national income by Buried in a technical frastructure spending to keep the economy the United States. They will recover, but 2020. This will match Canada’s level of aid annex there was a token growing. The budget was commendably future global leadership will need to be effort of the ‘70s; bold in its new agenda for our indigenous shared. By Agenda 2030’s end date, China, • Build closer trusting development aid increase of $256 peoples, as we committed to fi nally tackle India, even Brazil, will all be back as global partnerships by enhanced decentralization; million over two years: their “third world” conditions. drivers although being oil-rich will be of • Achieve meaningful policy coher- Domestically, Canada chose a sensible little benefi t to us or even the Saudis. A ence: require development perspectives be Inadequate to even Keynesian approach with its $30-billion bud- new Canada, more economically self-con- formally part of decision-making on new restore cuts imposed by get defi cit. But none of this went to the global fi dent, at ease with its indigenous peoples, political and trade initiatives; bottom billion, the poorest, overwhelmingly with a more mobile and internationally • Respond to humanitarian crises with the Harper government. in Africa and South Asia, that the interna- adventurous population, will want new new money, not by diverting regular devel- tional community, Canada included, prom- partners in a rapidly developing global opment programming; ised to ensure were not left behind. south. • Respect civil society organizations as We need a bold response to their needs as But to get there, Canada and Canadians development partners, not contractors; fellow global citizens. Can we afford not to, need credibility as a partner. We should • Increase funding for public engage- morally or as international development actors? seek a stronger role in working with the in- ment in schools; The appropriate response is framed by creasingly diverse nations of the South. Its • Restore for Canadians and our de- JOHN SINCLAIR the UN’s new Agenda 2030, with its Sustain- new mega-economies like India will soon velopment partners the CIDA brand that able Development or “Golden Goals” and its far exceed our own in size. they know and respect. This can be inside “transformational” ambitions. This should However, the more fundamental chal- Global Affairs Canada; be the template for future development co- lenge will be for the poorest and most frag- • Set a public, aspirational offi cial de- anada is back” is our message at the operation, paralleling Mr. Trudeau’s strong ile states. They want effective development velopment assistance goal of 0.7 per cent; “CUnited Nations and in Washington, commitment to our indigenous peoples. at home more than aid. Our support should • Require a strong development back- but on the ground in our priority aid-recipi- Indeed, the Agenda’s Universality Principle allow them to move beyond today’s frequent ground in senior operational staff, espe- ent countries, especially the least developed means Canada will soon be setting public violence and human misery. The streams cially new recruits and managers. amongst them, “old usual” seems to be still targets for its own development goals, just as of desperate refugees in Europe will not be Enhanced development co-operation is a the norm. Last month’s fi rst Liberal budget developing countries like Senegal and India. solved by more humanitarian aid. Sadly, we sound investment by Canadians in global well- speech did not even have a few token words So why the divergence in approaches, seem to lack a longer-term perspective; our being and security. Their future is our future. about the promised mandate shift to a pro- domestic versus global? The goodwill is responses are hesitant and temporary. John Sinclair is a Cambridge economics poor approach in our development co-oper- there for sure, as demonstrated in our What should be the new paradigm for graduate who worked for many years as a se- ation. Buried in a technical annex there was response to the tragic fl ow of refugees from Canada in the global south? What actions nior offi cial in CIDA and the World Bank. He a token aid increase of $256 million over Syria. But there is little evidence of practical should hopefully follow the anticipated is now a development commentator with the two years: inadequate to even restore cuts change from old norms when it comes to consultations on a new development policy McLeod Group. He also teaches and writes imposed by the Harper government. development programming. Was the fi nance and funding framework? blogs and op-eds, notably for The Hill Times, Of course these are also diffi cult times minister not hearing the right messages This is an incomplete list of desirable Ottawa U CIPS, and The Huffi ngton Post. for Canadians, but the budget was bold in from his advisers and cabinet colleagues? responses: [email protected] 20 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 OPINION CANADA-RUSSIA RELATIONS ‘Responsible Independent reporting conviction’ means you get the critical business should not mean knowledge you need. rapprochement Canada's media and telecom business news you can trust. thewirereport.ca with Russia

Under his regime, dozens of journalists Dion says Canada and political activists have been mur- dered. His government has waged war will engage with its in Ukraine and Georgia and obliterated Chechnya. It suppresses free press and eyes open. Sounds opposition, propagandizes on RT, and like a wide-eyed assists autocrats in countries like North Korea and Syria. Russia destabilizes kitten talking with Europe and the Middle East. There is no contrition or letting up. a crazed bear. Rapprochement with Putin can’t possibly be a Canadian value or bring positive results even if it’s done with “responsible conviction.” Without a willingness to change by Russia, talk and re-engagement—cornerstones of Mr. Dion’s policy—become shameful capitu- WATERSTREET, A WAVE OF CALM IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE lations to Canada’s pro-Putin interests TWO CONDOS FOR SALE: OKSANA BASHUK HEPBURN and their business-at-any-cost greed. When it comes to Russia, the minister’s Open Houses - seven days a week from noon to six guiding principle for Canada to be “a fair- 316 Bruyere, Unit 102, two blocks east of King Edward ast month, Foreign Affairs Minister minded and determined peacebuilder” is 2013 Prices $388,000.00 and $570,000.00 (Both units include indoor parking) Stéphane Dion outlined the main misguided. L Regrettably, Canada’s policy of engage- These units, a one bedroom plus den (770 SF), ground-floor and a large two bed- thrust of Canada’s foreign policy. The emphasis is on fi ghting climate change, ment with Russia reads like the peace-at- room, third floor, corner unit (1110 SF), both feature expansive windows and a United Nations peacekeeping, post-con- any-price offer by Neville Chamberlain to private terrace, providing scenic views of the Rideau River and Bordeleau Park, with fl ict reconstruction efforts, women and Hitler. Ultimately, the appeasement led to its two public tennis courts. These Clairidge condos are available for occupancy now. refugees. the Second World War. It’s also on re-engagement—solv- Re-engagement must not be one-sided. FMI visit: www.magiclightphoto.ca and click on CONDOS ing political differences by talking them Russia must pay a price for the grief and or contact John (613 265-1833 [email protected]). through—a Canadian way that works in destruction it has sowed. To have better A LOVELY, TEN MINUTE WALK ALONG THE RIVER TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS some cases, but not in others. relations with Canada, Mr. Putin’s Rus- In a destabilized world where dicta- sia must adhere to international law and tors sow terror at home and abroad, agreements it has signed. reaching out is not enough. In this Mr. Dion argues that non-engagement context Mr. Dion’s intent to re-engage with Russia did not help Ukraine or with autocrats whom Canada has been Canada in the Arctic. This is partially shunning for disrupting global peace true. It would be beneficial to re-engage and security sounds hokey. Similarly, his if Russia were a trustworthy neighbour. focus on post-confl ict reconstruction and It is not. Canada’s engagement was refugees are the after-the-fact response limited because Russia invaded neigh- to horrifi c acts, rather than a strategy to bouring Ukraine, destroying life and stop rogue leaders. property, demanding peace then break- True, thanks to punishing sanctions, ing it in order to pursue its imperialistic objectives. One bedroom plus den ~ park and river views some dictatorships, like Iran, are moving LargeTwo bedroom ~ park and river views forward and this warrants re-engagement. Meanwhile in the Arctic, it’s fl exing But not all. its muscles with some 30,000 personnel TWO LUXURY CONDOS FOR SALE (by owners) President Vladimir Putin’s Russia has blood and destruction on its hands. Continued on page 21

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Regrettably, says Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, Canada’s policy of engagement with Vladimir Putin’s Russia reads like the peace-at-any-price offer by Neville Chamberlain to Hitler. Russian President’s Offi ce photograph

Continued from page 20 manoeuvres and building a fl eet of 14 icebreakers. Is it preparing for more than just talk? It’s hard for me not to grimace at Mr. Dion’s assurances that Canada will have its “eyes open” in re-establishing commu- nications with Russia. The words conjure an image of a wide-eyed kitten discussing jurisdiction over the Arctic with a crazed bear. Of course, Russia is happy to re-engage providing it’s not at its own cost—even better if the talk ends punishing sanctions or at least halts any increases. The best scenario for Russia is engagement that allows it to pursue its own goals, as it did in Syria. Russia commented on Mr. Dion’s for- eign policy. It blamed Canada for its “self- isolation” without taking any responsibility for the chaos that prompted it, and offered a threat rather than a thank-you for Mr. Dion’s efforts: “unfriendly steps...will be met with resolve and reciprocity.” Since the Liberals were last in power, the world has destabilized signifi cantly, much of it due to Russia’s belligerence. Yet some high-profi le Canadians with business interests in Russia or a desire to have them have urged Canada to re-engage. Such advice is self-serving, indeed dangerous to Canada, yet it has become Mr. Dion’s policy. It is already being acted out. Global Affairs Canada is engaged in a trade mission to Ukraine in concert with the Canada Eurasia Russia Busi- ness Association, a pro-Putin entity. It surprises me that Mr. Dion sanctioned a mission comprising pro-Russia interests to explore Ukraine’s sensitive aerospace sector. Did his staffers forget Russia is waging war against Ukraine? Meanwhile, the Canada-Ukraine Cham- ber of Commerce, which together with the Conference Board of Canada is managing a multi-million-dollar project to promote Canada’s investment in Ukraine, is not involved in the mission. Mr. Dion’s foreign policy needs re- thinking. Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, former public- servant policy adviser in the Canadian government and president of a consulting fi rm brokering interests between Canada and Ukraine, is a founding member of the Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine. The Hill Times 22 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 OPINION HUMAN RIGHTS Irwin Cotler pursuing justice on a global scale 1

his favourite Jewish sayings, “jus- 2 This human tice, justice, thou shall pursue,” Cotler believes one must pursue rights scholar justice justly. The event also served to raise awareness of the and advocate of Raoul Wallenberg Centre. international note A homecoming of sorts for justice pursuers and Cotler fans, is both dedicated the event saw a cast of the politi- cal and legal world. As one of the to a slate of attendees, former Conservative minister John Baird noted, “there’s human rights Olivia Chow, me, and everything in between.” The honorary chairs 4 5 issues and is in included former prime ministers 3 John Turner, Kim Campbell, Jean high demand to Chrétien, and Paul Martin, with the event’s co-chairs being On- speak and lecture tario provincial politicians Sandra Pupatello and Monte Kwinter. all over the world. Federal ministers who showed up included his long-time friend Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr who was his former law student, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, and Indig- ANDREW CARDOZO enous Affairs Minister Carolyn 7 Bennett. In addition, there were sev- TTAWA—“Where are they eral MPs: Bill Blair, Ali Ehsassi, PHOTOGRAPHS BY MASSILIANO GALASSI now?” is frequent question Anthony Housefather, Michael O 6 about former Parliamentarians. Levitt, James Maloney, John The answer for Irwin Cotler McKay, Marco Mendicino, Rob is that he is founding chair of the Oliphant, Kyle Peterson, Yasmin new Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Ratansi, Ruby Sahota, Ramesh Human Rights, based in Montreal Sangha, Francesco Sorbara and but national and in fact and in- Arif Virani. Former Parliamentar- ternational in scope. And not sur- ians included Bob Rae, Gerry prising. This human rights scholar Weiner, Maria Minna and Barry and advocate of international Campbell. Other notables includ- note is both hugely dedicated to a ed Dalton McGuinty, Margaret slate of human rights issues and McCain, Roy McMurtry, Dwight in high demand to speak and lec- Duncan, Charles Harnick, Chris ture literally all over the world. Bentley, and Israeli Ambassador 8 9 First elected in a byelection Rafael Barak. 10 in 1999, Cotler worked on vari- Provincial ministers present ous Foreign Affairs and Human were Transport Minister Steven Rights committees and was Del Duca, Attorney General Mad- 1. Former Toronto city councillor Ceta Ramkhalawansingh justice and attorney general in eleine Meilleur, Innovation, Train- MP James Maloney, and Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr. Paul Martin’s government. He ing, Colleges and Universities 2. Irwin Cotler and Olivia Chow. was a supremely qualifi ed justice Minister Reza Moridi, and Com- 3. Roy McMurtry, Jacques Shore, John Turner, Dalton minister. But his work in human munity Safety and Correctional McGuinty, Liberal MPP Indira Naidoo-Harris, Mr. Cotler, rights goes back to his youth. Services Minister Yasir Naqvi. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Mr. Carr, Sen. Having studied law, he was a Despite the serious issues at Art Eggleton, and Ramesh Sangha. political aide to John Turner when hand it was an evening of great 4. John Baird and Sandra Pupatello. appreciation, and affection for a he was justice minister and was 5. Sharon Sholzberg-Gray and Dalton McGuinty. involved in various human rights leading Canadian human rights 6. Jim Carr and Mr. Cotler. causes through his academic advocate. career at McGill University. Indira Naidoo-Harris, a for- 7. Liberal MP Bill Blair, Adrian Macdonald, Tony Merchant Cotler’s new centre is an inter- mer television broadcaster and and Liberal MP John McKay. national consortium of parliamen- now MPP, conducted a dialogue 8. Anthony Housefather and Michael Levitt. tarians, scholars, jurists, human with Cotler. It began with an over- 9. Ms. McKenna speaking to the crowd. rights defenders, community- view of some of his past human 10. Marc Kealey, Mr. Turner, and MPP Monte Kwinter. rights work for prisoners, such as based organizations, and students 11 11. Jacques Shore and Indigenous Affaires Minister working in “the pursuit of justice,” Nelson Mandela in South Africa, Carolyn Bennett. dedicated to Raoul Wallenberg’s and Natan Sharansky in the humanitarian legacy. Soviet Union. Cotler’s work has Wallenberg, Canada’s fi rst gotten him expelled by repressive One of his own high priori- recognition, respect, redress, over- er government which he feels is honorary citizen, inspired an all- regimes, something he wears as a ties continues to be the effects of representation (in the criminal a disservice to the high court and party Human Rights Caucus in badge of honour. repressive governments and the justice system), responsiveness by openness in government. February, with the help of Irwin Cotler is unmistakably posi- focus on political prisoners and governments, and fi nally recon- After 16 years in Parliament, Cotler. The MPs are Liberals tive and delighted about the tone prisoners of conscience in several ciliation which can lead to the Cotler has launched his new career, Anthony Housefather, Judy Sgro, of the new Trudeau government countries around the world. He renewal of the nation-to-nation although it’s a lot like his old career, Arif Varani; Conservatives James and spoke highly of the new pointed to the Rwandan geno- relationship. in Parliament and before that: pur- Bezan and Peter Kent, NDP MP Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Ray- cide and reminded the audience He also urged the new govern- suing justice in Canada and abroad! Murray Rankin and Green Party bould. He addressed some of his that that was an example of “the ment to return to a more open He’s tilting at unpopular windmills Leader Elizabeth May. important themes with Naidoo- dangers of inaction in the face of system of consultation and review and never backing down. Cotler was also the focus of a Harris, including the primacy of injustice.” of the appointment of the next Andrew Cardozo is president of gala event hosted by the Pearson the Charter of Rights and on the He addressed the urgent need justice on the Supreme Court and the Pearson Centre and is an ad- Centre, which I head, in Toronto related matter he said, “women’s to improve the status of indig- to fi ll the vacancy left by retiring junct professor at Carleton Univer- on March 31 and which I hosted, rights are human rights. And enous peoples, repeated his 7Rs Thomas Cromwell. The system he sity. Mr. Cardozo hosted the gala. to launch the centre’s “Pursuing there are no human rights with- for the justice system which he instituted for the Martin govern- [email protected] Justice” project. Refl ecting one of out women’s rights.” instituted when he was minister: ment was disbanded by the Harp- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 23 OPINION DRUG POLICY Canada on drugs at the UN: standing up for a long-overdue policy shift A worker at Canada’s statement Tweed Marijuana read like a checklist of Inc. tends to marijuana plants progressive drug policy at the company’s Smiths Falls positions. facility in 2014. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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he applause persisted until the chair of Tthe session eventually gavelled it to an end. The occasion? Canada’s statement last month at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, where countries were negotiating the text of a declaration to be adopted next week at the UN General Assembly’s Special Session on drugs (UN- GASS) in New York. The last time the General Assembly met on this issue was in 1998, when it absurdly declared it would pursue the goal of a “drug-free world,” largely through yet sion of any drugs (and not just cannabis) This doesn’t mean Canada should violated human rights and shattered mil- more drug law enforcement. The reality, for personal use. Some countries (Portugal, abandon its sensible plan to experiment lions of lives. of course, is that we cannot end drug use, Czech Republic, for instance) have done so with cannabis legalization and regula- After a long silence, we’ve seen Canada whether problematic or otherwise, through to varying degrees, with positive outcomes tion. Continued prohibition makes little applauded on the international stage. prosecution and punishment. Indeed, a for public health and order, including re- sense, and the 1961 Single Convention Health Minister Jane Philpott is set to lead growing number of states are starting to ducing HIV infections. In keeping with its on Narcotic Drugs is long overdue for Canada’s delegation at UNGASS—a forum openly question the orthodoxy of drug pro- newfound commitment to more evidence- revision. for Canada to demonstrate a principled hibition and calling for reform, while some based approaches to drugs, Canada should Instead, even as we move forward with commitment to public health, to evidence, countries are simply moving ahead with learn from those experiences and move cannabis regulation domestically, Canada and to human rights, plus leadership in re- sensible, evidence-based reforms to their forward with decriminalizing simple pos- should work with other states, and with forming failed international drug treaties. domestic laws in order to better protect session of drugs. UN agencies, academic experts and civil Richard Elliott is the executive director both public health and safety. However, it isn’t tenable, on any plain society groups, to offer reasoned, credible of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Sadly, at the CND in Vienna, a faction of reading, to claim that that the treaties al- proposals for treaty reform. This would be a non-governmental human rights organi- states ensured that the document going be- low countries to go further by legalizing a major contribution, a step towards end- zation in special consultative status with fore the General Assembly next week falls and regulating the production and sale of ing the costly so-called war on drugs that the UN’s Economic and Social Council. far short of the promised action-oriented cannabis (for non-medical purposes). has ravaged public health, systematically The Hill Times program that will respond to the current realities of the “the world drug problem.” Hence, it was important that Canada’s ap- plause-worthy statement read like a check- list of progressive drug policy positions, refl ecting many points Canadian civil society groups have been advocating for years. It included support for “harm reduction”— a phrase too controversial to yet appear in a resolution from this UN body, and a phrase opposed by Canada in recent years, along- side the likes of Russia—including needle and syringe programs, supervised injection sites and expanded access to naloxone to prevent fatal overdoses. It also included support for drug policies based on evidence and human rights. Categorical opposition to the death penalty “in all cases, everywhere,” including for drug offences. And, to fi nish, a bonus: Canada’s plan to legalize and regulate cannabis, aligning itself with the objectives of the internation- al drug control treaties “wherever possible.” Those two diplomatic words speak volumes. They tell the world that Canada recognizes that it cannot be held back by an outdated and harmful international drug- control system. In staking out that position, Canada also sets an important international precedent, requiring further principled lead- ership in the months and years ahead. Countries such as Uruguay (moving ahead with a national plan for a regulated cannabis market) and the United States (some states have legalized and regulated cannabis) continue to claim that there is suffi cient fl exibility in the international drug control treaties to permit their legal, regulated markets. While their initiatives are welcome and so far successful, such claims are a legal fi ction. Countries certainly do have some fl ex- ibility under these treaties when it comes to national drug laws. For example, coun- tries are free to decriminalize the posses- 24 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 NEWS PUBLIC SAFETY FEATURE BUZZ Goodale keeping options open for CBSA oversight

Public Safety Feds stick to Minister Ralph parliamentary Goodale ‘is open to the committee as one consideration answer, but won’t of review mechanisms for rule out additional CBSA,’ said a oversight bodies. spokesperson. Interparliamentary Group members with Canadian MPs, from fourth from The Hill Times right, Paul Lefebvre, Alain Rayes, Jean Rioux, Steven Blaney and, far left, Joël Continued from page 1 photograph by Godin. Photograph courtesy of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Jake Wright border agency, which grants its offi cers signifi cant powers of arrest, detention, search, and sei- zure but is not supervised by any would likely be “weak and tenta- carry out his or her duties, or the agency outside government. tive, at best,” if not complemented public interest clearly outweighed MPs stop by Israeli A collection of refugee sup- by a truly independent body, said the potential harm, according to port groups and civil liberties Alex Neve, secretary general of the text of Mr. Moore’s bill. organizations called for an over- Amnesty International Canada. That’s not good enough for friendship group sight body with total indepen- Sen. Moore said the parliamen- Mr. Garrison or some of the civil dence from the government dur- tary committee likely wouldn’t dig society groups that are calling for ing a March 31 conference call into specifi cs such as complaints strong reforms to CBSA oversight. with the press, and the federal from individuals or families of An inspector general as proposed Continued from page 2 French dip three-creates NDP supports a similar solution. individuals who felt they had been by Mr. Moore wouldn’t be far- Trudeau pose mistreated by the CBSA. enough removed from government Five French-speaking MPs re- Senate Liberal Wilfred Moore The French Embassy in Ot- Sen. Moore tabled his bill—at infl uence, said Mr. Garrison. cently capped off a tour of Israel is also continuing to champion his tawa waded into the Twittersphere the time titled s-222—after hearing “It’s not a solution to the prob- by taking part in the fi rst meeting private Senate public bill, s-205, March 31 with an impressive re- multiple complaints from Cana- lem we’ve been talking about,” he of the Israeli Knesset’s reconsti- to create an inspector general to creation of the now-widespread dians about the conduct of CBSA said, adding that inspectors gen- tuted Israel-Canada Interparlia- review and report on the CBSA’s photo of Prime Minister Justin offi cials, and after the death in eral do serve a useful purpose. mentary Group in late March. activities to the government and to Trudeau planking across a desk CBSA custody of Mexican national An oversight agency for the Conservative MPs Joël Godin Parliament, and to investigate civil- in 2010 while an amused Liberal Lucia Vega Jimenez in 2013, one of CBSA must have the power to act (Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier, Que.), ian complaints about the CBSA. MP for Nipissing-Timiskaming now 14 immigration detainees to quickly when someone is being Alain Rayes (Richmond-Arthabas- So far, the government has Anthony Rota looked on. have died in CBSA care since the mistreated, not just write reports for ka, Que.) and Steven Blaney (Belle- committed only to creating a com- That photo was itself a re- beginning of 2000. Ms. Jimenez’s publication later, Josh Paterson, the chasse-Les Etchemins-Lévis, Que.) mittee of Parliamentarians from all creation—though it’s not clear death was only made public after executive director of the BC Civil and Liberal MPs Jean Rioux (Saint parties to act as an oversight body whether it was intentional—of her family informed Canadian Liberties Association, told reporters Jean, Que.) and Paul Lefebvre (Sud- for the CBSA and other intelligence a photo taken of the elder journalists. during a March 31 conference call. bury, Ont.) sat in on the meeting, the agencies. Few other details have PM Pierre Trudeau doing the pea- “They had nobody to go to,” Mr. Paterson and representa- fi rst since the membership of the in- been released about that proposed cock pose on the ground during a said the Nova Scotia senator. “It tives from Amnesty International terparliamentary group was shaken committee. NDP public safety critic visit to the Northwest Territories was just absolutely wrong.” Canada, the Canadian Council for up after Israel’s 2015 legislative Randall Garrison (Esquimalt-Saan- in 1970. His bill is sitting at second Refugees, Canadian Association election, said Rafael Barak, Israel’s ich-Sooke, B.C.) and spokespeople French diplomat Benoit Com- reading in the Senate and was of Refugee Lawyers and Interna- ambassador to Canada. for Amnesty International Canada bourieu recreated the yoga pose, debated twice there last month. tional Civil Liberties Monitoring The group was in Israel on a and the International Civil Liberties balancing his body weight on a Conservative public safety Group banded together to hold trip organized by Canada’s Cen- Monitoring Group say this doesn’t desk using just his hands, with critic Erin O’Toole (Durham, Ont.) that call and advocate for a serious tre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, go far enough. The offi ce of Mr. intern Francois Sobry playing the took a different line on CBSA effort to improve the oversight of and was joined at the meeting by Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) part of Mr. Rota (they actually oversight, saying no other watch- CBSA shortly after the Toronto Star Ralph Jansen, deputy head of says he is open to considering ad- look a lot alike). It was intended dogs should be put in place until reported the deaths of Francisco mission for Canada’s embassy in ditional oversight for the CBSA. as a “friendly and gracious nod more is known about how the pro- Javier Romero Astorga, originally Israel. The Israeli chairpersons “Minister Goodale has indicat- to the Prime Minister’s photo” posed parliamentary review com- from Chile, and Melkioro Gahungu, of the interparliamentary group ed that he is open to the consid- and “to show that we too, diplo- mittee would function. The govern- from Burundi, in the space of less are Yoel Hasson, from the Zionist eration of review mechanisms for mats, can have fun while being ment has not shared these details than a week in mid-March. Union, and Anat Berko, from the CBSA during our upcoming public serious at work,” wrote Mr. Com- so far with the other parties, said The civil society executives did governing Likud Party. consultations on national security,” bourieu, fi rst secretary for foreign Mr. O’Toole and Mr. Garrison. not delve into the same sort of detail Cyber security was the theme spokesperson Scott Bardsley wrote affairs, in an emailed statement. as Mr. Moore’s bill, but stressed that of the meeting. The attendance in an emailed statement, adding [email protected] CBSA inspector general any oversight body for the CBSA of the Canadian MPs is another those consultations would begin in @PJMazereeuw The inspector general proposed must be well funded, completely example of bridges built between the “medium term.” The Hill Times “Furthermore, he has commit- in Mr. Moore’s bill would hold the independent of the government the two countries, said Mr. Barak. ted to introducing legislation by same status in the public service and free to co-ordinate with other summer to create a committee as the deputy head of a depart- government oversight bodies. of Parliamentarians with special ment, and would be appointed by Mr. Moore said he was not access to classifi ed information to the cabinet to a seven-year term concerned about the independence review government departments subject to approval via resolution of the proposed inspector general, and agencies with national secu- by both chambers. The inspector who would ultimately be able to rity responsibilities—including general would have the right to inform the public through reports if CBSA,” he wrote. access any information held by the the government did not co-operate Mr. Goodale was unavailable CBSA, to summon offi cials and with his or her recommendations. to comment, but told The Canadi- compel them to testify under oath, “It’s a hell of a lot better than an Press in January that “The sub- to make recommendations to the what we’ve got now, which is ject matter is large, it’s complex, CBSA, and to require reports back nothing,” he said. the solutions aren’t particularly from the agency on how it acts on Mr. Moore said he does not yet easy to achieve. But our whole those recommendations within a know whether the government will point in having consultations is to specifi ed timeline. support his bill. He said he is open listen to what we hear. And if the The inspector general would to amending the bill if needed, or messages indicate that something have to consult with the minister’s to dropping it if the government more needs to be done, obviously offi ce before releasing its reports decides to introduce its own legisla- we would try to pursue that.” to ensure that no information tion to accomplish the same thing. would be made public that would In June of last year, the Senate ‘They had nobody to go to’ violate cabinet confi dence, client- National Security and Defence Mr. Garrison and some civil solicitor privilege, cause harm to Committee issued its own report society groups in Canada say the privacy or commercial interests, calling for “an independent, civilian proposed Parliamentary com- international relations or national review and complaints body where mittee alone wouldn’t provide security, or “any restriction on the public can direct concerns and enough oversight of the CBSA, as disclosure created by or under any which can review all Canada Bor- any parliamentary group would other Act of Parliament.” der Services Agency activities.” be infl uenced by the government However, the inspector general [email protected] Justin Trudeau and Benoit Combourieu show off their yoga skills. Photographs would be able to disclose that @PJMazereeuw and party politics. The commit- courtesy of Twitter/Gregory Kolz/French Embassy tee would be a “step forward,” but information if it was necessary to The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 25 NEWS COMMONS SPENDING

where in the country for MPs and fellow travellers is a positive development. MP airline expenses plunge as His concern was the reduction in travel by dependants might inhibit the ability of MPs to be with members their families. “The one thing I guess that is a bit discor- reporting requirements beefed dant is around whether this has impacted family members and dependants, speaking as a single dad who was for a period of time, in 2014-2015 from 249 in 2013-2014, a drop Heather Bradley, the Speaker’s communica- with my son kind of going back and forth, I Total MP spending on air of 31 per cent. The number of special trips tions director, said in an email response on hope that the self-policing hasn’t meant that travel dropped $740,943 anywhere in the country by dependants, in- behalf of the House administration. members are cutting back contact with their cluding students up to age 25, dropped from “Due to the nature of special travel, the use children and their spouses,” said Mr. Julian from one year to the next. 69 to 43, a 38 per cent decrease. of travel points for this purpose is not forecast- (New Westminster-Burnaby, B.C.). A spokesperson for House of Commons ed for any given fi scal year, but rather limited “Generally overall, when I see a decline, Continued from page 1 Speaker Geoff Regan (Halifax West, N.S.) in accordance with the Members’ Allowances for example on hospitality, I think it’s a a Liberal MP the Commons elected as and Services Manual,” Ms. Bradley said, refer- good thing, that maybe the excesses of the Combined with an even greater reduc- Speaker when the new Parliament con- ring to the House document that covers all MP Senate have had a positive impact on how tion in free airline travel anywhere in Can- vened after the federal general election last expense and travel spending, which sets out Members choose to make their expenses, ada for spouses, other designated travellers October, provided only a brief response the limits and availability of travel expenses, that would be a good thing,” Mr. Julian said. and dependants in the aftermath of the from House of Commons administration but does not refer to reporting requirements. Conservative MP Andrew Scheer (Regina- Senate scandal and the introduction of de- after The Hill Times asked if the House She referred a reporter to the travel sec- Qu’Apelle, Sask.), House speaker in the previ- tailed reporting requirements for each trip, could explain the decline in travel, and tion of the manual. ous Parliament and now Conservative House the reduced travel accounted for nearly all whether it might have been related to the NDP MP Peter Julian, the NDP House leader in the Commons, and Liberal MP of a $740,943 drop in total MP spending on publicity over Senate expenses. leader in the Commons and its representa- Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Man.), air travel from one year to the next. “Many factors and priorities linked to the tive on the authoritative House of Com- parliamentary secretary to Liberal House With the introduction also of more detailed business of the House can impact special mons Board of Internal Economy, which Leader Dominic LeBlanc, did not respond to hospitality expenses in the annual reports on travel points used by Members and their au- rules over MP expenses and their reporting emailed questions sent to their offi ces. MP expenditures in the fi scal year April 2014 thorized travellers in the support of Members’ requirements, said the reduction in spend- [email protected] to March of election year 2015, total spending parliamentary functions in a given fi scal year,” ing on essentially unlimited air travel any- The Hill Times on hospitality plunged from $1.6 million in the 2013-2014 fi scal year to $1.2 million in the 2014-2015 fi scal year, the reports show. The free airline travel MPs are allowed is managed through a point system, with each MP allotted a total of 64 points for <:G:=:L=B@BM:E a 12-month fi scal year period. Each point represents a return trip, primarily for travel between Ottawa and electoral districts, but 25 of the points may be used by MPs for IHEBKLB?RBG@<:G:=:L>Mike Duffy, former Conservative senator Patrick Brazeau and PINNACLE ROOM former Liberal senator Mac Harb, the Senate 110 LYON ST. N, OTTAWA, ON passed a motion on June 6, 2013, to invite Auditor General Michael Ferguson to con- duct a “comprehensive audit of all Senators.” Mr. Ferguson reported his fi ndings in RECEPTION: THE ARC HOTEL June 2015, singling out 30 senators with improper or questionable expenses. The 140 SLATER STREET, OTTAWA, ON auditor general referred nine to the RCMP for investigation, though no charges were laid and news reports last fall said the in- FREE ADMISSION vestigations had ended without charges. As the political parties in the Commons established new expense reporting require- ments for their MPs in 2013, to be posted on individual MP websites, the House also [email protected] began tightening up its reporting require- ments, but did not ask Mr. Ferguson to con- RSVP: Denise Siele (613) 276-3274 duct the kind of audit the Senate sought – a move senators later regretted as auditors began scouring the expense claims of the senators. For the 2014-2015 reporting year, the www.cdpf.ca number of special trips MPs took anywhere in Canada plunged by 355, to 1,161 that year from 1,517 the previous year. The number of Supported by: special trips for spouses and other designat- ed travellers close to the MP dropped to 171 26 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 NEWS HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

at family functions. I love to get into friendly disagreements with NDP MP Tracey Ramsey my 94-year-old grandmother, and whoever else wants to talk about political issues. I think it’s healthy and important,” said Ms. Ramsey. swimming in the trade deep end She worked administrative jobs after leaving high school, NDP MP for then applied at age 24 to work at NDP rookie Tracey Essex Tracey the Ford Motor Company’s plant Ramsey is quickly Ramsey is in Essex at the urging of her fa- settling into ther, who worked in a separate di- getting comfortable her role as vision of the plant as a manager. as her party’s voice on her party’s Over 19 years she worked every critic on the job in the assembly line, helping international trade. House Trade to turn cylinder blocks of metal Committee. into engines for F-150 trucks and The Hill Times Mustangs. BY PETER MAZEREEUW photograph by Politics and the merits of free Sam Garcia trade were common topics of The questions were focused conversation on the line, she said; and concise, free from the politi- auto workers are well aware of cal preamble often jammed into the consequences of international queries from Members of Parlia- trade agreements and policies, ment in the spotlight. not least because of the decline in Will the government provide auto jobs since the North Ameri- fi nancial aid? Which studies have can Free Trade Agreement came been done? Where are those into force in 1994. Ms. Ramsey emails going? says that deal is partly to blame The prosecutor on this occa- for the layoffs and plant closures sion was not outgoing NDP Lead- in the Windsor area in the years er Thomas Mulcair, but one of since. She was among a batch the freshest recruits to his party. of workers laid off by Ford as International trade critic Tracey the effects of the fi nancial crisis Ramsey was using her third-ever were taking hold at the end of House committee meeting to grill 2008. She was eventually brought David Lametti (LaSalle-Émard- back, but others—including her Verdun, Que.), the parliamentary brother—never were. secretary for trade critic Chrystia Ms. Ramsey dove as deep into Freeland, and Kirsten Hillman, the labour movement as she could Canada’s top trade negotiator, on during her time at Ford. She sat the government’s plans for the on committees, taught classes on Trans-Pacifi c Partnership trade human rights to other workers deal. and dissected government pro- The rookie representative for gramming in the her local CAW Essex, which borders the city chapter’s newsletter. She hosted of Windsor, Ont., has quickly a “kitchen table conversation” in adjusted to serving as her party’s 2013 with parents and grandpar- sole MP on the House Trade Com- ents struggling to fi nd child care, mittee. She has become one of the as part of a campaign organized more recognizable new faces— by Canada’s largest labour unions. with perhaps some credit due to She spoke about the “horrible her long, reddish brown hair—in situation” of encouraging her sons, a party that was decimated in the current health critic, who met with partner, and knows fi rst-hand NDP team had her name on a Maxwell and Maliq, to go to school October election. Ms. Ramsey several times to brief some of the concerns around free list of about 30 people they knew when they were complaining about International trade is one area her on the fi les he had been work- trade held by Canada’s labour from municipal politics, union ac- feeling ill because she couldn’t fi nd where the NDP has been able to ing on, she said. unions, which form a big part of tivity or other political activism, a babysitter on short notice. wedge itself away from the gov- Other MPs and their staff have the NDP’s power base. said Ms. Baylis. The structure of the CAW, erning Liberals, particularly since reached out to connect her with Anxiety over the Trans-Pacifi c Ms. Ramsey was one of ten which was folded into Unifor in the late stages of last summer’s interest groups from their area Partnership trade agreement, who agreed to run, and one of 2013, helped to prepare her for election campaign. Where the who have something important to which Canada’s government has four who were ultimately inter- life on the Hill, she said. Liberals have alternatively been say about trade, she said. signed but not committed to rati- viewed by the riding association “In many ways, some of the supportive, cautious, and non- “A lot of my time is spent in fying, became one of the biggest team, she said. procedures that we used are the committal to free trade and the those meetings,” she said. issues of the campaign in Essex “After Tracey’s interview, we same, and maybe that’s why at TPP in particular, and the Con- Ms. Ramsey has also relied during the fi nal weeks leading all looked at each other and said, committee I feel in my element.” servatives staunchly in favour, the upon knowledge accumulated up to the election, said Bobbye ‘We’ve got our candidate’,” she Ms. Ramsey chaired the Wom- NDP have claimed the ground of during her years as a political K. Baylis, the CEO of the NDP’s said. en’s Committee for the Unifor TPP opponents. “discussion leader” for Unifor, and Essex riding association. That was Ms. Baylis and the team put Local 200 during her time at Ford, Mr. Mulcair’s offi ce selected Ms. a member of a Windsor blue-col- a boon for Ms. Ramsey and the fi ve questions—tough ones—to helping to organize fundraisers Ramsey to lead the charge, and lar class that is still stinging from NDP, who were in touch with the each interviewee, and asked them for women’s shelters, educational the former auto worker, activist, the loss of jobs sent to Mexico pain infl icted on unionized auto to pick three to answer, she said. campaigns around domestic and labour crusader has evidently and elsewhere over the past and food processing workers in “Tracey answered all [fi ve] in violence and, for something dif- thrown herself into the task. couple of decades. the area over the past couple of the length of time it would have ferent, a choreographed fl ash “Her questions are good, decades, said Ms. Baylis. taken most people to answer mob dance in Windsor’s Devon- she’s doing her homework,” said On the campaign trail The tension spilled over dur- two,” she said. Her answers were shire Mall as part of the 2013 One Liberal MP Mark Eyking (Sydney Ms. Ramsey won her riding ing a protest against the TPP engaging, she said, not the sort of Billion Rising campaign around Victoria, N.S.), the House Trade by a margin of about six percent- organized by Unifor outside of a boilerplate stuff typical of people violence against women. She Committee chairperson. age points last year, making her rally for then-incumbent Conser- in political circles. also served on a committee on The trade portfolio is not a the fi rst member of the NDP to vative MP for Essex, Jeff Watson, “She was, immediately after politics. Her style was pro-active; light one for the uninitiated. Ask- represent the district since Steven in September. Volunteers for Mr. the interview, the number one on she didn’t hesitate to take things ing the right questions requires at Langdon in the early 1990s. She Watson’s campaign reported our list,” she said. on or ask questions if some- least a beginner’s understanding volunteered to serve as a critic being verbally abused by some thing wasn’t clear, said Darlene of trade law, global economics, after NDP Leader Thomas Mul- of the protesters. Mr. Watson Life on the line Costello, a friend who served with trade remedies, supply manage- cair told his new crop of MPs to called on Ms. Ramsey via Twitter Ms. Ramsey has always been a Ms. Ramsey on both committees. ment, and non-tariff barriers. The put their names forward during a to denounce “her fellow Unifor political person, both in her per- “She’s more of a go-getter. TPP itself is about 6,000 pages post-election conference call. She activists” for their behaviour, sonal and professional life. She She’s not one to sit back and long, and it’s not a breezy read. put her name in for several critic The Windsor Star reported. Ms. grew up in a heritage home in [just] listen,” she said. Ms. Ramsey, 45, has taken on roles, including trade and status Ramsey and Ms. Baylis said they Kingsville, Ont., listening to her Ms. Ramsey keeps a Jack her task with some help from of women, and says she was played no part in planning the father, a career auto worker, and Layton bobblehead doll in her a pair of veteran Hill staffers, “thrilled” when she was named protest, and did not participate. mother, who worked for Employ- offi ce, a gift from Ms. Mathyssen, Lindsay Mathyssen and Melanie the trade critic. ment Canada before being laid and a Canadian Labour Congress Sanderson, and her fellow NDP Ms. Ramsey is, on the surface, ‘We’ve got our candidate’ off in the 1990s, debate political poster on the wall. She has been MPs. After her appointment in No- on obvious fi t for the trade critic Ms. Ramsey says she had no issues of the day. The couple often a strong supporter of Mr. Mulcair. vember, she scoured the Internet role, despite her rookie status. aspirations of entering federal planted different party signs on As a new MP, “I’m kind of in the for articles on international trade She represents a border rid- politics before she was contacted the lawn in front of the house deep end of the pool, ” she says. until she was able to connect with ing reliant on the exchange of by an Essex riding association during campaigns. “But I’m swimming.” Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, goods and people with the United offi cial in search of a candidate “I don’t believe the old adage [email protected] B.C.), the last NDP trade critic and States, Canada’s largest trading for last year’s election. The Essex that you don’t talk about [politics] @PJMazereeuw THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 27 ENVOYS NEW ZEALAND DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES BY KRISTEN SHANE New Zealand high commissioner brings defence, trade background

arrived at the end of February, fi nished a trip to New Zealand and “I3 o’clock in the morning, in Australia, where he met his counter- the middle of a snowstorm.” parts and talked about their recent What a welcome to Canada defence policy reviews (Canada is for New Zealand’s high commis- about to embark on one). sioner, Daniel Mellsop. Mr. Mellsop’s deep background It was a few days after Ottawa got in defence, trade, and economics its last big dump of snow: 50-some- makes him well suited for the post. thing centimetres of the white stuff. His most recent position before “That was fun, bringing a young coming to Canada was as head family into that environment,” says of the international branch at his the career diplomat, dryly. Ministry of Defence, responsible to In all seriousness though, he advising the government on inter- adds: “For us, it’s exotic, all this national military deployments and snow. It’s exciting, getting the kids defence diplomacy. out sledding for the fi rst time in New Zealand and its Pacifi c their lives…getting them fi tted out neighbour and ally Australia have in snowsuits. That was Day One: jointly deployed troops to Iraq to going out to the kids’ clothing shop train Iraqi soldiers to help fi ght the to get their Michelin [Man] outfi ts.” Islamic State (also known as ISIS, Zara, who is turning fi ve this ISIL and Daesh). New Zealand month, started at Rockcliffe Park forces are based in a different part Public School. Her brother,Connor, of Iraq than the Canadian troops is two. who are training Kurdish peshmer- Mr. Mellsop’s partner, Jane ga soldiers in the country’s north. Hooker, started together with him Besides the defence stint, Mr. at their Pacifi c island-nation’s Mellsop has been posted as a dip- foreign ministry. She’s a lawyer lomat to his country’s embassies in who, though she isn’t working at The Hague and Seoul. He was also the high commission, may pick up once seconded to work in Foreign some contract work here once the Minister Murray McCully’s offi ce. family is settled in, he said. His Korean posting came after Because New Zealand and Can- Mr. Mellsop studied the language ada are both Commonwealth coun- and economics at the University New Zealand’s high tries that share the Queen as the of Waikato in New Zealand, earn- commissioner, Daniel Mellsop, head of state, Mr. Mellsop is called ing a bachelor of arts and master spent his fi rst day in Canada a high commissioner instead of an of management studies. at a kids’ clothing shop getting ambassador and he’s able to start He was keen to learn an Asian Michelin-Man-style snowsuits for on the job offi cially on his fi rst day, language, he said, given the Asia- his kids. Photograph courtesy of after stepping off the plane, unlike Pacifi c backyard to him and 4.6 the New Zealand High Commission other heads of foreign diplomatic million other Kiwis. mission. Ambassadors to Canada “Looking at the Asian lan- have to wait to present their creden- guages, Japanese was very popu- led him to join his country’s ratify,” he said, adding that New New Zealand this year fi nishes tials to the governor general before lar. Everybody else seemed to be foreign ministry in 2001 to use his Zealand will closely follow the up a two-year temporary seat on taking up offi cial duties including learning Chinese because that skillset to advance his country’s consultation process. the United Nations Security Coun- meeting with certain government was the language of the future. So interests abroad. Promoting business links and cil. Canada can help it along in the offi cials. New high commissioners I fi gured I’ll…have a point of dif- One of his fi rst jobs was analyz- bilateral trade is a top priority for job, fi lling in information about like Mr. Mellsop, though, do need to ference, so [I] went for Korean.” ing the economic impact of the 9/11 him, including dealing with thorny places like francophone Africa, for present an introductory letter from It’s not the fi rst time he’s taken attacks in the United States, but government regulations in the instance, where New Zealand has their prime minister to Canada’s the road less travelled. his career has largely been focused wine sector (Canada’s an attrac- relatively less expertise. PM. His Twitter feed (@NZinOttawa) Mr. Mellsop got his fi rst taste on Asia and trade, including work tive market for New Zealand) and “We’ve noted with interest… indicated he did on April 11. Mr. of the diplomatic lifestyle as a on China’s accession to the World dairy sector (the country hasn’t the prime minister’s announce- Mellsop said April 1 he was courier- high school student on a year- Trade Organization, and trade been shy about its desire for ment for Canada to go for the Se- ing in a traditional Maori cloak to long exchange to Russia. deals with Thailand and Korea. Canada to open up its longstand- curity Council in [2021],” he said. wear on the occasion. New Zealand’s trade minister He was a deputy to New ing supply management system Asked whether Canada would Ottawa is a prime location for and a delegation of businesspeo- Zealand’s chief negotiator for a that keeps aggressive exporters have New Zealand’s support for his fi rst head-of-mission posting. ple were in Saint Petersburg and pre-cursor deal to the Trans-Pacifi c like it away). its bid, though, he said the coun- Not only because of its family- the country’s embassy, supporting Partnership. The recently signed but Besides trade, he said, he’s try doesn’t normally talk voting friendly nature, a big personal the visit, invited the Kiwis in town not yet-to-be-enforced deal now has seen interest from Canadians in arrangements for these things. motivation for him to ask for the to a dinner with the crew. All three a dozen members including Canada how New Zealand develops policy What he could say: “There is a post, but also because of the close of them (including Mr. Mellsop). and top economies Japan and the toward its Maori indigenous popu- very strong tradition of New Zealand historical Canada-New Zealand “And that’s where I found out United States. But when Mr. Mellsop lation in terms of socio-economic and Canada and Australia working ties. Both are members of the about what the diplomats get up started working on it, it was known development and education. with each other in these multilateral Commonwealth and the even more to. That inspired me to at least as the Pacifi c Three or P3, which The Trudeau government has forums at the United Nations.” exclusive Five Eyes club of defence think about a diplomatic career,” included Singapore and Chile, and made indigenous affairs a priority. While in Canada, he’ll also and security allies (which also he said. “When you come from a then P4 when Brunei joined. “There’s a real interest in make a few trips to Jamaica, includes the United States, Britain small country like New Zealand The Canadian government is learning from that New Zealand where he is cross-posted. and Australia). They also swap some there’s a general desire to go out consulting before deciding wheth- model, and that’s something [email protected] immigration security information. and explore the world.” er to ratify the deal. “Obviously that we’ll be trying to facilitate @kristenshane1 Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan just His “intensely patriotic” nature our interest here is for Canada to through this offi ce,” he said. The Hill Times 28 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 LEGISLATION

THE WEEK AHEAD STATUS OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 Foreign HOUSE OF COMMONS • The House will be debating the Liberal government’s Minister • C-2, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act (committee). 2016-17 budget. Stéphane • The House will debate Steven Blaney’s (Bellechasse- Dion, left, • C-4, An Act to Amend the Canada Labour Code, the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Les Etchemins-Lévis, Que.) private member’s bill, is slated to Relations Act, the Public Service Labour Relations Act and the Income Tax Act (committee). C-226, Impaired Driving Act, at second reading. speak before • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 • The House Offi cial Languages Committee will the House meet at 3:30 p.m. in Room 253-D, Centre Block, (second reading). to continue studying the Translation Bureau. It will Foreign • C-6, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to Affairs on hear from: University of Ottawa professor Linda another Act (committee). Cardinal and professor emeritus Jean Delisle; and April 14. the Fédération des communautés francophones et The House • C-7, An Act to Amend the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the Public Service Labour acadienne du Canada’s Chair Sylviane Lanthier and will debate Relations and Employment Board Act and other Acts and to provide for certain other executive director Suzanne Bossé; and the Language Industry Association’s vice-president Maryse Benhoff. Conservative measures (committee). MP Steven • The House Health Committee will meet at 3:30 • C-10, An Act to Amend the Air Canada Public Participation Act and to provide for certain Blaney’s p.m. in the Valour Building (151 Sparks St.), other measures (second reading). Room 268, to discuss the development of a private national pharmacare program. It will hear from member’s • C-11, An Act to Amend the Copyright Act (access to copyrighted works or other subject- the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies bill on drunk matter for persons with perceptual disabilities) (second reading). in Health’s president and CEO Brian O’Rourke, driving on • C-12, An Act to Amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and- the Canadian Institute for Health Information’s vice president of programs Brent Diverty, and April 13. The Compensation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (second reading). director of pharmaceuticals and health workforce Hill Times information services Michael Gaucher, as well as photographs by SENATE the Health Department’s assistant deputy minister Jake Wright in the strategic policy branch Abby Hoffman and • There are currently no bills before the Senate. pharmaceuticals management strategies offi ce director Frances Hall, and Patented Medicine Prices ROYAL ASSENT RECEIVED Review Board executive director Douglas Clark and offi cials Tanya Potashnik and Guillaume Couillard. • C-3, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2015-16 • The House Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee will • C-8, Appropriation Act No. 5, 2015-16 meet at 3:30 p.m. in Centre Block, Room 112-N, to discuss committee business and the Canada • C-9, Appropriation Act No. 1, 2016-17 • The Senate Foreign Affairs and International Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier and Canada Transportation Act Review Report. It will hear Trade Committee will meet at 4:15 p.m. in Room Revenue Agency offi cials Marie-Claude Juneau and from the Department of Transport assistant deputy 160-S, Centre Block, to continue a study on foreign Ted Gallivan, as well as Privacy Commissioner Daniel minister of policy Shawn Tupper, and director general • The House Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Ines Silberberg, and offi cials from her embassy. The relations and international trade generally. It will Therrien. of surface transportation policy Lenore Duff. Development Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in committee will also work on a study on foreign hear from Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance • The House Public Accounts Committee will meet at Centre Block, Room 237-C to discuss the declaration relations and international trade generally, hearing • The House Human Resources, Skills and Social executive director Claire Citeau, Canadian Pork 8:45 a.m. in private, in Room 112-N, Centre Block, of a health emergency by First Nations communities from Employment and Social Development Canada Development and the Status of Persons with Council executive director and Trade Alliance board to draft its report on Chapter 5, Canadian Armed in northern Ontario. It will hear from: Ontario assistant deputy minister for the policy, dispute Disabilities Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in member Martin Rice, and McMaster University Forces Housing, of the Fall 2015 Report of the Regional Chief Isadore Day; Mushkegowuk Council resolution and international affairs, labour program the Valour Building (151 Sparks St.), Room 228, economics professor Jim Stanford. Auditor General of Canada. Grand Chief Jonathon Solomon; Nishnawbe Aski Anthony Giles, and ESDC’s director general for the on the 2016-17 Main Estimates. MPs will hear • The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs will Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler; Neskantaga First international and intergovernmental labour affairs, from the Department of Employment and Social • The House International Trade Committee will meet meet at 4:15 p.m. in Room 257, East Block, to study Nation Chief Wayne Moonias; and Sioux Lookout labour program Rakesh Patry. Development’s deputy minister Ian Shugart and at 8:45 a.m. in Room 306, Valour Building (151 matters pertaining to delays in Canada’s criminal First Nations Health Authority board chairman John senior assistant deputy ministers Kathryn McDade Sparks St.) on the auditor general’s fall 2015 report • The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee justice system. It will hear from Brock University Cutfeet. This meeting will be televised. (Income Security and Social Development Branch), on controlling exports at the border. Witnesses: will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 257, East Block, to study political science professor emeritus Carl Baar, Paul Thompson (Skills and Employment Branch), Auditor General Michael Ferguson and principal • The House Fisheries and Oceans Committee will matters pertaining to delays in Canada’s criminal justice University of Toronto criminology professor Anthony Benoît Long (Processing and Payment Services Nicholas Swales. The committee will then meet in meet at 3:30 p.m. in Room 228, Valour Building system. It will hear from witnesses from Rideauwood Doob, retired chief justice of the Superior Court of Branch, Service Canada), assistant deputy minister private to discuss committee business. (151 Sparks St.) to discuss the closure of the Comox Addiction and Family Services, University of British Québec François Rolland and University of Ottawa MCTS station of the Canadian Coast Guard. It will Columbia clinical assistant professor Dr. Keith Ahamad, Anthony Giles and chief fi nancial offi cer Alain P. • The House National Defence Committee will meet associate professor of criminology Cheryl Webster. talk about drafting instructions for a report and then Craig Fairbairn of the Ottawa Police Service Drug Séguin. It will also hear from the Canada Mortgage at 8:45 a.m. in Room 362, East Block, to discuss meet on committee business. Treatment Court Liaison Offi cer, Central Neighbourhood and Housing Corporation’s president and CEO Evan • The Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology Canada and the Defence of North America. It will Unit and the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse’s Siddall and chief fi nancial offi cer Brian Naish. Committee will meet at 4:15 p.m. in Room 2, hear from Commander of the Royal Canadian Air • The Foreign Affairs and International Development the Victoria Building, to continue its study on the senior policy adviser Rebecca Jesseman. • The House Natural Resources Committee will meet Force Lt.-Gen Michael Hood, and director general Committee will meet at 3:30 p.m. in Room 268, issue of dementia in our society. It will hear from at 3:30 p.m. in Room 237-C of Centre Block to of air readiness with the Royal Canadian Air Force Valour Building (151 Sparks St.) to discuss women, the Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association discuss the future of Canada’s oil and gas, mining Brig.-Gen Todd Balfe. peace and security. It will hear from Institute for FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016 president Veronique Boscart; Canadian Association Inclusive Security director Jacqueline O’Neill, Human and nuclear sectors. It will hear from the Canadian • The House Canadian Heritage Committee will meet • The House will debate Ziad Aboultaif’s (Edmonton on Gerontology’s Dr. Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard; Rights Watch’s women’s rights division executive Standards Association’s director of energy and at 8:45 a.m. in Room 237-C, Centre Block to study Manning) private member’s bill, C-223, Canadian and the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry’s director Liesl Gerntholtz and women, peace and utilities Kevin MacDougall, environment and climate relevant aspects of the main estimates 2016- Organ Donor Registry Act, at second reading. Dr. Marie-France Tourigny-Rivard. security advocate Sarah Taylor. At 4:30 p.m. the change program manager Michael Leering and 17. Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly, committee will receive a briefi ng on the mandate natural resources program manager Jeffrey Walker, • The Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce deputy minister Graham Flack, and chief fi nancial letter of the foreign minister, hearing from Foreign as well as the Canadian Association of Petroleum Committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. in Room 9, offi cer Andrew Francis will testify. At 9:45 a.m., MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2016 Minister Stéphane Dion, deputy minister Daniel Jean Producers’ vice-president of policy and performance Victoria Building, to study issues pertaining Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Carla • The Special Senate Modernization Committee will and assistant deputy minister for strategic policy Alex Ferguson. After that it will meet on committee to internal barriers to trade. It will hear from Qualtrough will testify with Canadian Heritage meet twice today in Room 160-S, Centre Block. Vincent Rigby. business in private. Canadian Chamber of Commerce transportation associate deputy minister Patrick Borbey and chief At 11:30 a.m. it will consider methods to make and infrastructure policy director Ryan Greer, • The House Special Committee on Pay Equity will fi nancial offi cer Andrew Francis. This meeting will • The Senate Energy, the Environment and Natural the Senate more effective within the current Environment and Climate Change Canada director meet at 5:30 p.m. in Room 237-C Centre Block, in be televised. Resources Committee will meet at 8 a.m. in Room constitutional framework, hearing from the Right general John Moffet and Canadian Federation 257, East Block to study the effects of transitioning private, to study pay equity. It will hear from Library • The House Justice and Human Rights Committee Honourable the Lord Hope of Craighead, KT, of Independent Business national affairs director to a low carbon economy. It will hear from Natural of Parliament analysts Julie Mackenzie and Julian will meet at 8:45 a.m. in Room 253-D Centre Block Convenor of the Crossbench Peers, House of Lords Monique Moreau. Resources Canada directors general Patricia Fuller, Walker and then open the meeting to the public to to discuss access to the justice system. Witnesses: of the United Kingdom. And at 2:30 p.m., it will Jeff Labonté, Drew Leyburne, Niall O’Dea, Laura plan for future business. • The Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee will meet Aboriginal Affairs Coalition of Saskatchewan meet with an agenda to follow. at 6:45 p.m. in Room 160-S, Centre Block, to work Oleson, Paula Vieira, and Marc Wickham. • The Senate Human Rights Committee will meet president Kim Beaudin, Congress of Aboriginal on a study on best practices and ongoing challenges at 11:30 a.m. in Room 9, the Victoria Building, to Peoples senior adviser Jerry Peltier, Goldblatt Partners • The Senate Internal Economy, Budgets and TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016 relating to housing in the North. It will consider, in LLP partner Cynthia Petersen, REAL Women of Administration Committee will meet at 8 a.m. in conduct an examination of Canada’s international • The Canadian Heritage Committee will meet at private, a draft agenda. Canada national vice-president Gwendolyn Landolt, Room 160-S, Centre Block, partially in private, to and national human rights obligations. It will 8:45 a.m. in Room 253-D, Centre Block to discuss • The Senate Transport and Communications West Coast Women’s Legal Education and Action consider fi nancial and administrative matters. hear from: director general of refugee affairs at the media and local communities. It will hear from Committee will meet at 6:45 p.m. in Room 2, the Fund executive director Kasari Govender and litigation Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada • The Joint Scrutiny of Regulations Committee will Rogers vice-president of television and broadcast Victoria Building, to study the development of a director Rajwant Mangat as well as Women’s Legal Sarita Bhatla; Global Affairs Canada’s director of meet at 8:30 a.m. in Room 256-S, Centre Block, to operations Colette Watson, and vice-president of strategy to facilitate the transport of crude oil to Education and Action Fund executive director Diane the Northeast Asia division Christopher Burton and review statutory instruments and consider a draft regulatory and media Susan Wheeler; Fédération eastern Canadian refi neries and to ports on the east O’Reggio, and legal director Kim Stanton. assistant deputy minister for Asia-Pacifi c Susan budget. nationale des communications president Pascale and west coasts of Canada. It will hear from the Gregson; KCWA Family and Social Services executive • The House Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure • The Senate Social Affairs, Science and Technology St-Onge and secretary general-treasurer Pierre University of Lethbridge political science professors director Monica Chi; HanVoice Support Association of the Status of Women Committee will meet at 10 Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 2, Roger; Transcontinental Inc. CEO François Olivier; Geoffrey Hale and Yale Belanger. executive director Christopher Kim; Light Korean a.m. in Room C-120, 1 Wellington Street, to discuss Victoria Building, to continue its study on the DBC Communications Inc. president and director Presbyterian Church Volunteers Committee chairman • The Senate National Finance Committee will meet committee business. issue of dementia in our society. It will hear from general Benoit Chartier; and Public Interest Ross Lee; and secretary general of Amnesty at 6:45 p.m. in Room 9, the Victoria Building, to • The House Environment and Sustainable Alzheimer’s Disease International executive director Advocacy Centre legal counsel Alysia Lau with International Canada Alex Neve. study the main estimates. It will hear from Transport Development Committee will meet at 11 a.m. Marc Wortmann. external counsel Geoff White. This meeting will be • The Senate Special Committee on Senate Canada’s Claude Corbin and André Lapointe, and in Room 306, The Valour Building, 151 Sparks St. • The Senate Banking, Trade and Commerce televised. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Modernization will meet at 12 p.m. in Room 257, to discuss the Federal Sustainable Development Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 9, • The House Public Accounts Committee will meet at Safety’s Gareth Jones and Frank Leduc. East Block, to continue its consideration of methods Act and will hear from the Department of the Victoria Building, to study issues pertaining to 8:45 a.m. in Room 237-C, Centre Block to discuss a to make the Senate more effective within the Finance’s Richard Botham; the Privy Council internal barriers to trade. It will hear from: Richard chapter in the fall 2015 auditor general’s report on current constitutional framework. It will hear from: THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 Offi ce’s Les Linklater; and from video conference on Arsenault, executive director of Domestic Food implementing gender-based analysis. Witnesses to University of Prince Edward Island politics professor Pender Island B.C., Simon Fraser University’s David Safety Systems and Meat Hygiene Directorate at the • The House will debate the Liberal government’s 2016- be determined. This meeting will be televised. Donald Desserud; University of Ottawa law professor Boyd. The committee will then move on to draft Canadian Food Inspection Agency; president of the 17 budget on the fourth and fi nal appointed day. • The House Environment Committee will meet at Errol Mendes; University of Montreal law professor instructions for its report. International Trade Policy Consultants Inc. Kathleen • The House will debate for the fi rst time Gabriel 11 a.m. in Room 253-D, Centre Block to receive Stéphane Beaulac; and University of Manitoba • The Veterans Affairs Committee will meet at 11 Macmillan; and Mr. Seppey, the chief agriculture Ste-Marie’s (Joliette, Que.) private member’s motion, a briefi ng on the environment minister’s mandate professor Paul Thomas. a.m. in Room 268, Valour Building (151 Sparks St.) negotiator at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. M-42, on tax avoidance. letter. It will hear from Environment Minister • The Senate Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs will to discuss service delivery to veterans. It will hear • The Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Catherine McKenna, her deputy minister Michael meet at 12:15 p.m. in Room 2, Victoria Building to • The House Committee on Access to Information, from Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson Committee will meet at 10:30 a.m. in Room 160-S, Martin, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency discuss services and benefi ts provided to veterans Privacy and Ethics will meet at 8:45 a.m. in Room and offi cials from his offi ce Joe Martire and Dawn Centre Block, to continue a study on recent political president Ron Hallman, and Parks Canada Agency and their families. Appearing will be Veterans 268, Valour Building (151 Sparks St.) to talk about Campbell as well as Veterans Affairs Department and economic developments in Argentina. It will hear CEO Daniel Watson. With the same witnesses, it will Affairs Minister Kent Hehr and his deputy minister, the transfer of information to the United States offi cials David F Ross and Dr. Cyd Courchesne. It will from Argentine Ambassador Norma Nascimbene discuss relevant sections of the main estimates 2016- Walter Natynczyk. Internal Revenue Service. Appearing will be: National also discuss committee business. de Dumont, and Sebastian Molteni and Cecilia 17 and the 2015-16 supplementary estimates (C). THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 29 POLITICAL STAFFERS

HILL CLIMBERS BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT A look at Chief Government Whip Leslie’s offi ce

decades in the offi ce (her, Ms. Sauvé and Longtime Liberal Mr. Durocher should be well familiar by now), continues as a committee co- Whip staffers Patrick ordinator. Working under Ms. Lauzon to help Durocher, Mélanie organize committee members and work are committee analysts Karlee Bourque, Lauzon and Nathalie Allison Chick and John Power. Before joining the Whip’s offi ce back Sauvé all continue to in December, Ms. Chick was a manage- Cheer up, Mr. Leslie: Chief Government Whip Andrew Leslie, pictured recently in Ottawa, has an ment assistant at Risk Dynamics, a global 11-member staff. Hill Climbers highlights his staffers. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright work in the offi ce. risk management adviser to fi nancial institutions, according to her LinkedIn account. Before that, she worked for hief Government Whip Andrew Leslie a time at The Ottawa Hospital, among Chas an 11-member staff team in his of- other experience. A McGill grad, Ms. fi ce as a Liberal House offi cer, led by chief Chick also has a post-graduate certifi cate of staff Mathieu Dupont. in human resources management from As whip, Mr. Leslie is responsible for Humber College. keeping tabs on all MPs of the Liberal cau- Mr. Power, meanwhile, previously cus on the Hill, 184 MPs in all (including worked for pharmaceutical company Bris- Mr. Leslie and the PM). He helps ensure tol-Myers Squibb as a virology marketing MPs show up for votes in the House Cham- associate, after having worked as a market ber; organizes participation in Chamber research intern at the company for almost debates; and organizes committee, seat and a year in 2014, according to his LinkedIn offi ce assignments, among other tasks. profi le. Before that, he briefl y worked as a While not a minister, Mr. Leslie is a researcher at Tactix Government Relations political House offi cer, and as such has and Public Affairs, in part helping clients been allocated a budget of $899,996 to run to prepare for appearances before parlia- the Chief Government Whip’s Offi ce for mentary committees. 2016-17. As Whip, Mr. Leslie works closely Mr. Power also previously worked as a alongside Liberal MP and Government student in the House of Commons’ mul- House Leader Dominic LeBlanc, who is a timedia services division for about four member of cabinet. months over the summer of 2012, dur- Working directly under chief of staff ing which time he helped research “best Mr. Dupont in Mr. Leslie’s whip’s offi ce are practices in website design used in other Caroline Theriault, assistant to the chief of jurisdictions and countries, and provided staff, and special assistant Clive Ngan. Mr. recommendations for the renewal of the Ngan is a former parliamentary guide on parliamentary websites,” as explained on the Hill. Mr. Ngan started last September his online profi le. before joining Mr. Leslie’s team in Febru- Matt Luloff, whom Hill Climbers report- ary, as indicated by his LinkedIn profi le, ed late last year as working in the Whip’s and before that spent a year as a House of offi ce as a lobby co-ordinator, has since This just in: Clive Ngan, left, is a special assistant in Chief Government Whip Andrew Leslie’s Commons page. the beginning of the year been working in offi ce, working under chief of staff Mathieu Dupont, centre. Former Conservative Hill staffer A Carleton University student, his Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s offi ce as Jacques Fauteux, right. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn LinkedIn profi le indicates he’s previously assistant to the parliamentary secretary for been engaged with politics at the munici- Defence, Liberal MP John McKay. pal level, including serving as elementary rial on their honeymoon last summer. and was able to attend one at the Vimy Memo- engagement and marketing manager for “She said, ‘I’d love to do that,’ and put it rial in France with the minister in 2014. the Markham Mayor’s Youth Task Force. Former Veterans staffer on our bucket list,” he said. Participants on the ride have to raise a In his role as chief of staff, Mr. Dupont “I’ve seen Italy because of my military minimum of $4,000. The ride is set to take also helps to tackle media requests to the Fauteux to do Battlefi eld experience, and also because that used to be place from June 10 to 18, starting in Raven- offi ce. the place that we used to go before going to na, Italy, and ending near Monte Cassino. Veteran Hill staffer Patrick Durocher Bike Ride in June Bosnia, but I’ve never seen it from that par- It will also go through Rimini, the Strait of continues to work in the Liberal Whip’s ticular vantage point, from a World War Two Messina, and Ortona, among other places. offi ce as a lobby co-ordinator, with more VIA Rail’s director of government and vantage point, so I just want to see where Mr. Fauteux said his wife is “the biker”— than a decade worth of experience in the community relations Jacques Fauteux, a veterans have gone before me.” he’s a runner—and, “I’m afraid she’s going role now under his belt. Colin Lalonde, former chief of staff to ex-Veterans Af- After graduating from military college to beat me all across the route in Italy; who’s been actively involved with the Lib- fairs minister Julian Fantino, is headed to in Kingston, Ont., Mr. Fauteux signed up in I’m going to be the one at the back.” His eral Party in Ontario, supports him in this Italy in June as part of Wounded Warriors 1982 and served as a naval offi cer for al- job with VIA Rail means he spends about role as deputy lobby co-ordinator. Canada’s Battlefi eld Bike Ride, a 600-kilo- most 25 years. His military career included three days on the road—on the train, in his Nathalie Sauvé, another longtime Lib- metre tour of Italy’s battlefi elds. a stint in Bosnia with NATO. case—each week, so he’s done a lot of his eral Whip staffer, also continues to work in Mr. Fauteux, himself a navy veteran He retired from the Canadian Armed training in hotel gyms. the offi ce as a senior adviser, helping Mr. who left his gig as chief of staff to Mr. Forces in 2006. Soon after, Mr. Fauteux be- Mr. Fauteux said he got a chance to Leslie to liaise with the party caucus on the Fantino to work for VIA Rail in November gan working in then PM Stephen Harper’s meet new Liberal Veterans Affairs Minister Hill. Working under her is special assistant 2014, will be doing the ride with his wife, offi ce as a deputy director of communica- Kent Hehr recently at the Toronto Garrison Trevor Padbury, who’s previously been Joanne Lostracco, who works for the tions, and has previously also worked for Offi cers Ball. involved with the Liberal Ottawa-Vanier Department of National Defence in Ottawa John Baird when he was Transport minister “I think those guys are doing great riding association and has worked for the (as a civilian) and whose father immigrated and as chief of staff to Mr. Fantino when he work and anything that moves ahead the federal party. to Canada after the Second World War. He was associate defence minister. agenda and the benefi ts and the support Mélanie Lauzon, who’s perhaps the told Hill Climbers he surprised her with the While working for Mr. Fantino, Mr. Fau- for veterans I think is good,” he said. longest-serving veteran Liberal Whip trip as a Christmas present after mention- teux said he got to see “fi rst-hand” a “lot of [email protected] staffer having now spent more than two ing it after visiting the Vimy Ridge memo- preparations for the D-Day commemorations,” The Hill Times 30 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 FEATURE EVENTS

Immigration including diplomatic community Parliamentary Minister John members to a Special Church Ser- McCallum at vice. Reverend Dr. Anthony Bailey will offi ciate. Light refreshments Economic Club will be served following the service. Calendar of Canada—His 4 p.m. Parkdale United Church, talk, Canada’s 429 Parkdale Ave., Ottawa. RSVP Renewed to [email protected] or 613- Commitment 236-9517. to Hosting, Mark Bourrie: Martyrdom, Integration, Murder and the Lure of ISIS— Why would youth choose to fi ght in and Success other people’s wars? Why has ISIS of Immigrants, become so good at attracting foreign will take place fi ghters? In his new book, The Kill- April 14, 11:45 ing Game, Mark Bourrie examines a.m.-1:30 p.m. the lure of this radical Islamist at the Westin movement. Talk presented by the Ottawa, 11 Ottawa International Writers Festi- val. 4 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral, Colonel By Dr. 414 Sparks St. Members, free; oth- The Hill Times ers $10-$20. writersfestival.org photograph by Jake Wright MONDAY, APRIL 18 McCallum to Zimbabwe celebrates its Inde- pendence Day. It gained indepen- dence from the UK in 1980. For information on any celebrations, talk immigrant please call the embassy at 613- 421-1242. WriteOn! Resilience and Tri- success April 14 umph: Immigrant Women Tell Their Stories—The Ottawa International Writers Festival presents this event featuring human rights advo- at the Westin cate Monia Mazigh and Carleton University adjunct professor Vanaja Dhruvarajan. 12 p.m. Christ Church Cathedral, 414 Sparks St. Free for members, $5-$15 for others. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 treal. Free. Registration mandatory writersfestival.org via eventbrite. Parliamentary Internship Assemblée parlementaire de Smart Global Development Con- Program (PIP) Alumni Reception— la Francophonie—The Canadian ference—This event will explore the Celebrating its 47th anniversary, Branch of the Assemblée parlemen- role of higher education in advanc- the Parliamentary Internship taire de la Francophonie takes part ing sustainable development goals, Program (PIP) invites all Members in a meeting of the APF Political April 13-14, at the Delegation of the of Parliament, Senators, and staff Committee. New York. parl.gc.ca/ Ismaili Imamat, Ottawa. Organizers to its annual alumni reception IIA/CalendarOfEvents.aspx and sponsors: Aga Khan Founda- featuring House Speaker Geoff Liberal Caucus Meeting—The tion Canada, Academics without Regan as well as newly-elected Liberals will meet in Room 237-C Borders, International Development (and former parliamentary intern) Centre Block on Parliament Hill. Research Centre. 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Environmental Grantmakers’ p.m. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Jean-Luc Pepin Research Chair, FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Advance registration is required: For more information, contact Cory Network and Tides Canada, Devonshire Pl., Toronto. billgraham- University of Ottawa, a panel Parliamentary Press Gallery https://pip-psp.org/events/alumni- Hann, director of communications, together with Liberal MP Francis centre.utoronto.ca discussion on electoral reform Mugging—The Parliamentary Press celebration-2016 Conservative Party of Canada at Scarpaleggia, invite you to an THURSDAY, APRIL 14 featuring: Minister of Democratic Gallery will hold a mugging for full- Debate: The Terrorist Threat [email protected] evening of celebration and Institutions Maryam Monsef; Nik time members only in the Reading Has Been Grossly Exaggerated in NDP Caucus Meeting—The discussion about the future of Bacon & Eggheads Breakfast— Nanos; CP’s Heather Scoffi eld; Room, Room 237-C, Centre Block Canada—Walrus editor Jonathan NDP caucus will meet from 9:15 Canada’s most precious resource: PAGSE presents a talk ‘Exploring University of Ottawa’ s Mike Pal; on Friday, April 15. The mugging Kay (yea) and former cabinet a.m.-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Cen- fresh water. Remarks by Liberal MP a Simulated Brain: From Human Queen’s University’s Jonathan will start at 12:30 p.m. minister Chris Alexander (nay) will tre Block, on Wednesday. Please Jonathan Wilkinson, parliamentary Behaviour to Drug Effects’ with Rose; Université de Montréal Henry Spring Concert—The Ewashko hash out that question as part of the call the NDP Media Centre at 613- secretary to the minister of Chris Eliasmith, University of Milner; University of Calgary’s Singers present A Baroque In- fi rst Great Canadian Debate to take 222-2351 or [email protected] environment and climate change; Waterloo. Thursday, April 14, 7:30 Tom Flanagan; Liberal MP Mark terlude: Vivaldi’s Gloria & Bach’s place in Toronto, presented by the The Agricultural Institute of Jodi White, chair of the board, a.m. Parliamentary Dining Room, Holland; Conservative MP Scott Cantata 131. 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The Netherlands— Parliamentary Ambassador Cees Kole is set to mark King’s Day, King Calendar Willem-Alexander’s birthday, on April 27. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The Netherlands celebrates King’s Day April 27

TUESDAY, APRIL 19 storing Sanity to Our Politics, Our Economy, and Our Lives. CCSPA Government Break- fast Reception—The Canadian THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Consumer Specialty Products As- Hill Times Events: Global Food sociation invites all MPs, Senators, Security & Climate Change—Join and staff to their Annual Govern- Hill Times Events for the release of ment Breakfast Reception on April a new report on global food security Sierra Leone celebrates its 3, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Daly’s Restau- May 10th at 5:30 p.m. at the Conservative Convention—The 19. 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the and climate resilience from the Food Independence Day. It gained inde- rant, The Westin Ottawa Hotel. Métropolitain restaurant. Refresh- federal Conservatives will hold their Ottawa Marriott (100 Kent Street). Security Policy Group. Presenting the pendence from the UK in 1961. RSVP to Laura Seguin lseguin@ ments will be provided. To RSVP, convention in Vancouver, B.C., May Please RSVP to Nancy Hitchins at report will be CARE Canada presi- Togo celebrates its Indepen- summa.ca or call 613-235-1400. please contact Bonnie Kirkwood at 26 to May 29, 2016. [email protected]. dent and CEO Gillian Barth. Followed dence Day. It gained independence The Society of Composers, Au- [email protected] SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Canada’s Digital Policy by a panel talk featuring Paul Hager- from France in 1960. For informa- thors and Music Publishers of Canada WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 Forum—Moderated by Breakfast man, Canadian Foodgrains Bank, tion on any celebrations, please call (SOCAN)—Invites all parliamentarians Parliamentary Press Gallery Television’s Winston Sih, Canada’s Dennis Prouse, CropLife Canada, and the embassy at 613-238-5916. and staff to come celebrate Cana- Canadian Rail Summit 2016— Dinner—It’s the 150th Anniversary Digital Policy Forum is holding a Josianne Gauthier, Development and Donner Canadian Founda- dian music talent at a reception and Canadian Rail Summit 2016, of the Press Gallery at its Annual digital policy educational workshop Peace. 7:30-9 a.m. Delta Ottawa City tion Award Ceremony—The 18th special live performances by Karim Canada’s leading rail event. Explore Gallery Dinner, Saturday, June 4, entitled “Diversifying Canada’s Centre. Free for Hill Times subscrib- anniversary of the Donner Prize to Ouellet and Sam Roberts on May 3 cutting-edge products and services 5:30 p.m., Canadian Museum of Economy Through Strong Digital ers, $20 for others. hilltimes.com/ reward excellence and innovation in in the Aboriginal Peoples Committee from 50 tradeshow exhibitors, History, River View Salon. The din- Policy” from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 events/FS.html public policy writing by Canadians Room 160-S in Centre Block from and choose from a wide variety of ner will be held in the Grand Hall p.m. on April 19 at the Ottawa The Famous 5 Ottawa to cel- for 2015-2016, will be held on 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event technical and conference sessions at 7 p.m. Dress: cocktail elegant Delta City Centre. An interactive ebrate the 2015 Governor General’s Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 6 will showcase music performances on key industry issues such as (black tie optional). For press gal- reception will follow from 5:30 Person Case Award Recipients— p.m. at The Carlu, 444 Younge St. from English and French top-chart competitiveness, safety and emerg- lery members and guests only. p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Arc Hotel. Hear their stories and inspire others Invitation only. artists. RSVP by April 29 to socan@ ing technologies. Register at www. TUESDAY, JUNE 7 There is no charge to attend this to be nation builders. This year’s Commonwealth Parliamentary environicspr.com railcan.ca/crs2016 and for more event. For more information please award winners are: Monique Bégin, Association—The Canadian Branch Movie Night on the Hill—Heri- information, contact Janet Greene Registration Now Open visit www.cdpf.ca/events or contact Marie Thérèse Chica, Ruth Elwood of the CPA will travel to London, tage Minister Mélanie Joly will host at 613-564-8109 jgreene@railcan. CIPMM’s 27th Annual National Denise Siele at [email protected]. Martin, Sheila McIntyre, and Dee United Kingdom, for an Executive along with Telefi lm Canada, her ca or Lynn Raby at 613-237-3888 Workshop—June 7-8, 2016. The Mark Bulgutch in Ottawa—Mark M. Dooley. Event takes place on Committee Meeting. Until April 30. fi rst Move Night on the Hill on or [email protected] workshop fee is $875 plus HST and Bulgutch, author of That’s Why I’m April 21, 11:45 a.m.-1:30pm at the parl.gc.ca/IIA/CalendarOfEvents.aspx May 3, the Canadian Screen and THURSDAY, MAY 12 includes access to all keynote and a Journalist: Top Canadian Reporters Westin Hotel in Ottawa. Visit www. THURSDAY, APRIL 28 Oscar Award winner, Room. 7 p.m., breakout sessions. More than 400 Tell Their Most Unforgettable Sto- famous5Ottawa.ca for more informa- Canadian Museum of History, 100 Polytechnics Canada Annual delegates from PWGSC, ESD, DND, ries, will be in Ottawa April 19. tion and to purchase tickets. Conservative MP Tom Kmiec Laurier St., Gatineau, Que. Policy Conference—This year’s HC, RCMP, CSEC, DFATD, DFO, Franchise Awareness Day Assemblée parlementaire de la Fundraiser: Trudeau 2.0: How TUESDAY, MAY 10 conference theme is “Learning that TBS, NRCan, IC, AAND, CIC, and Cocktail Reception—Canadian Francophonie—The APF’s Canadian Conservatives Must Respond. Works: Polytechnic Education.” LAC. Senior government offi cials Franchise Association hosts eve- branch will host a meeting of the Cocktail and private dinner with CCSA Hosting Communications Speakers include disruptive innova- from the lead departments and ning reception for government to APF Parliamentary Affairs Commit- Conservative MP Tom Kmiec, April Services Reception—The Canadian tion expert Michael Horn, best- agencies will be at the networking celebrate Franchise Awareness Day tee in Ottawa. parl.gc.ca/IIA/Calen- 28, cocktail reception at 5:30 p.m. Cable Systems Alliance (CCSA), selling higher education author Jeff reception. There will be exhibitors, on Parliament Hill. Free of charge darOfEvents.aspx and dinner at 6:30 p.m. The Polish which represents 120 independent Selingo and ESDC deputy minister subject matter experts representing and open invitation to MPs, Sena- Canadian Cultural Centre, 3015 15 and entrepreneurial cable, telephone Ian Shugart. The conference will be both the public and private sectors. tors, and political staffers. 5 p.m. TUESDAY, APRIL 26 Street NE, Calgary, Alta. Special and internet companies, is hosting held on May 12th and 13th, 2016 Please contact CIPMM Secretariat to 6:30 p.m. at The Renaissance Tanzania marks Union Day, the guest speaker: Conservative MP a reception in the Commonwealth at Humber College in Toronto, Ont. at [email protected] or at Room, Fairmont Château Laurier. anniversary of the union between Jason Kenney, $100. Tickets online Room in Centre Block, May 10, For more information visit polytech- 613-725-0980. Pre-registration required at www. the Republic of Tanganyika and the at http://tomkmiec.ca/april28 from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. All Senators, nicscanada.ca. MAY 2017 FranchiseAwareness.ca/HillTimes People’s Republic of Zanzibar that TUESDAY, MAY 3 Members of Parliament and staff are Ottawa Branch Monarchist or RSVP to Samantha Sheppard at gave birth to the United Republic invited to attend and better familiar- League of Canada Celebrates Conservative Party Leadership [email protected]. of Tanzania. For information on any Auditor General to Table Spring ize themselves with our nation’s Queen’s 90th Birthday—Senator Convention—The Conservatives Celebration of Life in Honour celebrations, contact the high com- Reports—Auditor General Michael communications service providers. Serge Joyal will deliver an address will elect their next leader on May of Val Sears—Don Newman will MC mission at 613-232-1500. Ferguson will release the spring For more information or to RSVP, ‘Canada’s Constitutional Monarchy: 27, 2017, Dan Nowlan, chair of an evening of stories and reminisce Carleton University to Host reports on May 3. The reports will please contact Cynthia Waldmeier Honougin a Lifetime of Service by the party’s leadership election about the life and career of one of Seminar to Celebrate Dr. B.R. cover: venture capital action plan; at 613-233-8906 or cynthia@ Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, organizing committee announced Canada’s leading political journal- Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniver- detecting and preventing fraud in impactcanada.com. Queen of Canada. NAC director last week. The party is urging ists, Val Sears. The ‘Celebration of sary—Hosted by Carleton University the citizenship program; the gover- The Canadian Dental Associa- of communications Rosemary Conservative Party members Life’ for friends, family, and mem- president Roseann O’Reilly Runte nor in council appointments process tion’s (CDA) Days on the Hill-May Thompson will emcee. The event is to buy memberships or renew bers of Ottawa’s media and political and India High Commissioner to in administration tribunals; drug 10 and 11—CDA’s Days on the Hill sold out. them in order to vote. For more communities, will be held at the Canada Vishnu Prakash. 9 a.m.-4 benefi ts and Veterans Affairs Cana- connects leaders from Canada’s TUESDAY, MAY 17 information, contact Cory Hann, Rideau Club at 5:30 p.m. on April p.m., second fl oor atrium, River da; Canadian Army Reserve-National 21,000 dentists with parliamentar- director of communications, 19. The Rideau Club asks that guest Building, Carleton University, Ot- Defence; and a special examinations ians to discuss important issues Travers Debates—Maclean’s Conservative Party of Canada, at are reminded of its dress code. tawa. RSVP to [email protected] of PPP Canada Inc. and Via Rail pertaining to oral health. The CDA iconoclastic humourist Scott 613-697-5614. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 Canada Inc. There will be a media is the national voice for dentistry Feschuk, journalist Katie Simpson, The Parliamentary Calendar is a WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 lockup 6 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Offi ce in Canada and is dedicated to the and Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner and free listing. Send in your political, Writers’ Trust of Canada An- The Netherlands celebrates of the Auditor General of Canada, promotion of optimal oral health for NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau are cultural, or governmental event in nounces Shortlist March 2—On King’s Day, King Willem-Alexander’s 240 Sparks St., followed by a news Canadians. 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Bangladesh Independence Day reception

Presents The Yvonne Walkes and Kamrul Ahsan, high commissioners of Barbados and Bangladesh, Walrus at his country’s March 29 Independence Day reception at the Château Laurier. Talks

The Future Mr. Ahsan and Mr. Leslie. Liberal MPs Andrew Leslie and Anita Vandenbeld. How the world we live in today will become Photographs by Sam Garcia the world we live in tomorrow Greek Independence Day reception Eight speakers. Seven minutes each. Robert J. Sawyer Author, Quantum Night Alan Shepard Greek fi rst counsellor Lambros Kakissis and his wife Isidora Hatziyiannaki. President, Concordia Universi Frauke Zeller Co-creator of hitchBOT and my kulturBOT Hal Niedzviecki Author, Trees on Mars: Our Obsession with the Future

Marc Mayer Croatian Ambassador Marica Matkovic Austrian deputy Bernhard Faustenhammer and Director, National Gallery of Canada and Israel’s Miriam Barak. Greek Ambassador George Marcantonatos. Zahra Ebrahim CEO, Doblin Joanna Berzowska Department of Design and Computation Arts, Concordia Universi Lynda Brown O awa Inuit Children’s Centre Serbian Ambassador Mihailo Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jon Vance and Mr. Marcantonatos. Thursday, April 21, 7 p.m. Papazoglu and Mr. Marcantonatos. National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa Tickets and information

thewalrus.ca/events Thailand’s Wannipa Isarabhakdi General: $20 | Students: $12 and Nepal’s Kamala Pokhrel.

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BY CHELSEA NASH Sikhs celebrate with Trudeau on the Hill

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan with an honour guard.

PMO staffer Jessie Singh Chahal, Canadian secretary to the Queen Kevin MacLeod and businessperson Baljit Chadha. Liberal MP Chandra Arya with Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets guests. Liberal MP Raj Grewal, Aekus Trehan, 12, and Jaskanan Kohli.

aisakhi is a Sikh celebration of spring- gized for the Komagata Maru incident in Vtime, harvest and renewal. It’s vibrant, Surrey, B.C., but it was rejected by many colourful and full of life. The Vaisakhi cele- in the Sikh community who wanted to see bration on Parliament Hill on Monday was an offi cial apology take place in the House nothing short of that, plus the whirlwind of of Commons. The apology will take place excitement that comes from an appearance on May 18 in the Commons, marking the Liberal MP Anju Dhillon, Former Liberal minister Justin Trudeau from Prime Minister in a 102nd anniversary of the event. right, and her nephew, Herb Dhaliwal and Senator Honduran Ambassador Sofìa Cerrato and room full of Liberal Sikhs. “It will quiet a lot of bleeding hearts,” Anmol Singh Padda. David Smith. her husband Adolfo Fonseca. This year, the Vaisakhi celebration on said Parjat Singh Bhurji, a pediatrician the Hill was more than just a celebration of who had travelled all the way from Surrey Sikh culture; it was a celebration of Sikhs to take part in the festivities. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Chelsea Nash in Canada, and their newfound representa- Organizers stayed late into the previous tion in Parliament. night fi nalizing preparations for the event, “It’s all because of Justin Trudeau,” said but it defi nitely paid off. Ritu Wadhawan, a Liberal supporter from The reception, which took place in the Palestinian lunch for deputy minister Ottawa-West Nepean. newly renovated Sir John A Macdonald The prominence of Sikh culture in Building, was completely packed. Many Canadian politics was certainly a theme of were dressed in vibrant colours and some the evening, and Mr. Trudeau made sure he MPs joined their Sikh colleagues in dress- demonstrated his mutual appreciation for ing in traditional clothing. That, combined the Sikh community as well. with the intricate gold decorations of the “Canada is not strong in spite of our dif- building, the rich aroma of Indian food ferences, but because of them,” he said, to and the performance from popular Punjabi cheers and applause, before joking about singer Satinder Sartaaj, practically trans- the merging of the two cultures never be- ported the room to India. ing more evident than when Hockey Night Many MPs and several ministers at- Slovenian Ambassador Marjan Cencen, the University of in Canada is broadcast in Punjabi. tended, including Heritage Minister Mé- Ottawa’s Abdallah Obeid, and Turkish Ambassador Selçuk Ünal. October’s election saw 17 Sikh MPs lanie Joly, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan elected, and then four of those gained cabi- and Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi. net positions. Punjabi is now the third most Sikh Canadians came from all across the common language in the House of Com- country to attend, and their joy could be mons, after English and French. felt by everyone there, especially when the Earlier that day, the prime minister dancing started later in the evening, and promised to offer an apology to the Cana- several MPs joined in. dian Sikh community for the Komagata “It’s a combination of emotion and joy at Maru incident in which Canada turned the same time,” said Jaskanan Kohli, a Sikh away more than 300 Sikhs off the coast of from Ottawa who works in the aerospace Vancouver who were seeking a better life industry, and says his work is more appre- here. He was also presented with a kirpan, ciated here in Canada than it ever was in Iraqi and Jordanian ambassadors Abdul Kareem a Sikh ceremonial sword, engraved with India. “It’s a proud moment for all of us.” Kaab and Basheer F. Zoubi at an April 1 Palestinian Palestinian Chief Representative Nabil Maarouf, Global the phrase: God is One. [email protected] lunch in honour of Foreign Affairs DM Daniel Jean. Affairs Canada ADM Alexandra Bugailiskis, and Mr. Jean. In 2008, Stephen Harper also apolo- The Hill Times April 14 @ 5:30 PM TWO FREEDOMS: CANADA'S GLOBAL FUTURE WITH HUGH SEGAL April 17 @ 4:00 PM Hosted by Jennifer Ditchburn MARTYRDOM, MURDER AND THE LURE OF ISIS with MARK BOURRIE Hosted by CBC’s Laurence Wall

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