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bec Liberal Senator Charlie Watt has appar- Parliament Hill off ers ently decided to step away from his Senator duties a little sooner than expected. new shuttle service His mandatory retirement date is June. 29, 2019, but NunatsiaqOnline.com Heard on the Hill to parking lot reported he had given his notice to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in December, To ensure pedestrian safety along the indicating that if he became president he by Shruti Shekar Ottawa River Pathway, Parliamentary Pre- would step down as Senator. cinct Operations is offering a shuttle bus The article noted that by stepping away service to those parked in parking lot 180. from the Senate, he would be able to fulfi l A Jan. 8 press release said that the his election promises. House of Commons transportation service Makivik is an economic development would be providing rides from Jan. 29 to corporation that is in charge of implement- All hands from March 2 at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 6:30 ing the 1975 James Bay and Northern Que- p.m. on days the House is sitting. bec Agreement. It is Canada’s fi rst modern It noted the shuttle will go to the Justice land claim agreement. and Confederation Buildings before head- Sen. Watt was recently selected as chair ing to the parking lot that’s located behind of a new Senate Special Committee on the all parties on deck the Supreme Court of Canada. Arctic, which plans to study issues that af- fect Canada’s North. The committee had its Tom Mulcair to take on fi rst meeting on Dec. 13. Alberta Liberal Senator Claudette Tar- for democracy the Earth in new gig dif will be retiring much sooner than expected. Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault tweeted Looks like the former leader of the New Jan. 22: “Today Senator Claudette Tardif, a Democratic Party, Tom Mulcair, has already dear friend, announced her imminent retire- found a new gig before leaving politics. ment. Senator Tardif served Edmonton & caucus debut Canada with distinction and a passion for Former NDP improving the country. An ardent champion leader Tom for offi cial languages, I wish her all my best Mulcair is the wishes for her future adventures.” he all-party democracy caucus will Director of the initiative Maureen chairman of Sen. Tardif was expected to retire on July have a chance to make its big debut T Boyd said if there aren’t any House du- the board of 27, 2022, but in an email to The Hill Times during a Feb. 6 panel discussion. ties, up to 35 MPs of all parties will be directors of she said her retirement is effective Feb. 2. The event, examining the role of Cana- attending the event. Earth Day. The “After 13 years, I have decided it is time dian legislators in democracy abroad, is or- Hill Times fi le to spend more time with my family and ganized by Carleton University’s Initiative photograph loved ones,” Sen. Tardif said. for Parliamentary and Diplomatic Engage- Rockcliff e Park burglary ment. Registration starts at 4:30 p.m. at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building and the under scrutiny Former lobbying discussion will be followed by an evening cocktail reception. Ottawa Police are looking for leads after watchdog Karen Shepherd an early January break-in occurred in Con- servative Party leader Andrew Scheer’s On Jan. 11 he became the chairman watching Health Ottawa neighbourhood. of the board of directors of Earth Day, a The investigation into a break-and-enter charitable organization that helps people The former commissioner for lobbying, in the area of Acacia Avenue and Mariposa and organizations to reduce their carbon Karen Shepherd, has quickly moved on and Avenue—home to the opposition leader’s footprint. The news was announced in gotten herself a new job with Health Canada. offi cial residence, Stornoway, and the French on Earth Day’s website. Ms. Shepherd is now the executive residendces of several high commissioners Mr. Mulcair said in mid-December that adviser to Simon Kennedy, the deputy and ambassadors—is ongoing after three he was going to resign from his House of minister of health, his offi ce said. suspects, described as Caucasian males, Commons seat in the spring after holding entered a home shortly before 6:30 p.m. on it for about 10 years. Former lobbying Jan. 4 and stole various pieces of jewelry Sarah Andrews, spokesperson for the commissioner and a winter jacket, according to police in NDP, said in December that the next parlia- Karen Shepherd a Jan. 13 press release. mentary session would be his last and he has been hired Det. Mitch Houle of the Ottawa Police would begin working in academia. She was as the executive Service told The Hill Times that “there was not able to specify details at that time. adviser to nothing more to add [to the case]” since the Mr. Mulcair was fi rst elected in 2007 for Simon Kennedy, Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld, the chair of the release was issued. the riding of Outremont, Que., which is in deputy minister democracy caucus, says an event hosted by “The media release was done basically Montreal. of health. The Carleton University on Feb. 6 will be a good with the hope that we would get some He became the leader of the party in Hill Times fi le platform for more people to learn about the new information, which would assist further in 2012, taking over from the late Jack Layton. photograph all-party caucus. The Hill Times fi le photograph the investigation, but there is nothing at In October, Jagmeet Singh took reins of this point,” he said. the party from Mr. Mulcair, also becoming the fi rst person of colour to lead a major Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld, the chair He said that there have been no new re- The office noted she began her new federal party in the country. of the democracy caucus, said the group’s ports of a breaking and entering in the area. role on Jan. 15. mandate is to promote healthy democracy “There are sporadic [cases] here and As part of her duties, she will provide in Canada and around the world. Mem- there, but nothing that would be cause for Former Senator Normand advice on issues regarding stakeholder en- bers will be present Feb. 6 to showcase the concern,” Det. Houle said. gagement, transparency, and guidance on group. Grimard die, Senators values and ethics, a statement from Health It was created last June after NDP Canada said. MP Kennedy Stewart, Conservative Separated at birth, eh? Charlie Watt, Claudette Her work will also include the “develop- MP Michael Chong, and Liberal MP Scott ment and implementation of the proposed Simms launched their book Turning Tardif to retire Cannabis Act,” and assisting the Opioid Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas Response Team on policy issues, Health for Reforming Canada’s Democracy, which Former Progressive Conservative Sena- Canada said. is about parliamentary procedure and en- tor Normand Grimard died on Dec. 28 at Ms. Shepherd was appointed the lobby- hancing cross-party co-operation. the age of 92. ing commissioner in 2008 and was in that “We had an authors’ lunch when the Sen. Grimard a well-known lawyer, role for seven years. She was in charge book was launched and we started brain- served for almost 10 years after being of monitoring lobbyists communicating storming and said ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to appointed in 1990 by Brian Mulroney to with the federal government, handling the have discussions like the way we were hav- represent Quebec. federal lobbying registry, and administer- ing at lunch?’” she said. A funeral was held for him on Jan. 6 ing the Lobbying Act and Lobbyists’ Code The caucus has a membership of in Rouyn-Noranda, Que. of Conduct. She was also in charge of con- 20 people and is hoping to expand In other news, after getting elected ducting investigations when she believed to include Senators, Ms. Vandenbeld Makivik Corp.’s president on Jan. 18, Que- lobbyists contravened the law. said. “Our biggest issue is that a lot of Nancy Bélanger replaced Ms. Shepherd Parliamentarians aren’t aware that it as lobbying commissioner in December. [email protected] exists. … The Feb. 6 event will put us Photograph courtesy of Chrystia Freeland’s Twitter Former @shruti_shekar out there so that both civil society and and Mingle Media TV Progressive other Parliamentarians know that we Conservative are there and maybe we can drum up She may not be able to see Russia from Senator CORRECTION more interest to the point where we can her house, but Foreign Affairs Minister Normand “The faces of NAFTA,” (The Hill maybe formalize it a little bit more.” Chrystia Freeland looks like actress, come- Grimard died Times, Jan. 17, p. 20). A sidebar on Vice-chairs of the democracy cau- dian, and writer Tina Fey, who was noted last month. the foreign affairs minister’s NAFTA cus include Mr. Stewart, Green Party for her uncanny resemblance to Alaskan Photograph council mistakenly said Brian Topp is a leader Elizabeth May, and Conservative politician and former vice-presidential courtesy of the former Saskatchewan MLA. 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Justice coming to court and giving your Minister evidence, and if the evidence that Jody you’re giving is incorrect or just Wilson- simply not true, the accused has a Raybould right to challenge you on that. The tabled point of a trial is for the accused Bill C-51, to challenge the evidence that that which Crown is seeking against them in would order to have them found guilty.” change Sen. Andreychuk said she’s legal rules “always concerned about unin- around tended consequences when we do sexual piecemeal changes, especially with assault regards to sexual assault,” and that cases, in a more general review of laws per- June. The taining to sexual assault has merit. Hill Times Sen. McIntyre said the years photograph of legislative reforms that have by Andrew preceded this bill “were aimed at Meade ensuring women’s equality, which is very important—a woman’s privacy, a woman’s security rights—by countering myths and stereotypes about sexual assault,” he said. “We can’t go back to Adam and Eve here; we just can’t Defence lawyers ‘cringe’ at turn back the clock.” Bill creates extra barrier to accessing justice: defence lawyer ‘unconstitutional’ new sex- Bill C-51 was introduced in June as a perceived response to the Jian Ghomeshi trial, which saw the former CBC Radio assault case rules in justice bill host acquitted of sexual assault charges in March 2016. Since then, the #MeToo hashtag and judge will then rule on whether (Vancouver Granville, B.C.) defence counsel for many years so sex assault allegations against As Bill C-51 heads for the evidence is admissible. tabled with C-51 says the changes he can see where defence lawyers powerful players in Hollywood, In speaking to the bill at third “would preserve the features of are coming from, but is awaiting the media, and other public posi- Senate study, lawyers reading in the House of Commons the law that allow the accused proper study of C-51 in the Senate. tions has captured headlines. last month, Liberal MP Marco to present evidence relevant to “The courts have made it clear, The current conversation say part of it could Mendicino (Eglinton-Lawrence, their defence, while continuing to for example, that the defence has about what constitutes consent infringe on the rights Ont.), the parliamentary secretary safeguard the equality, security of to work with facts, and if they start and what constitutes sexual as- to the justice minister, said C-51 the person, and privacy interests resorting to unproven assumptions sault is a positive development, of the accused. “seeks to facilitate the truth- of sexual assault complainants.” and innuendos in an effort to crack said Ms. Leamon, but that doesn’t seeking function of the courts Under current rules, the defence the untruthful witness then it’s mean that it’s a judicial issue that by ensuring that evidence that is has to make an application for the not going to work. But the defence requires legislative reform. BY CHARELLE EVELYN clearly irrelevant to an issue at admissibility of third-party records should not be prevented from get- “I don’t think that we can look trial is not put before the courts, relating to the complainant, such ting at the facts,” he said. to the justice system and revamp- ome defence lawyers are with its potential to obfuscate and as medical records. The bill would Conservative Senator Raynell ing the justice system, making all Slooking to the Senate to fi x a distract the trier of fact.” capture any records already in the Andreychuk (Saskatchewan), a of these allowances for just one government justice bill they say accused’s possession “that contains former judge, told The Hill Times particular kind of offence, in or- would make unconstitutional personal information for which through her offi ce that she’s just der to solve the problem that’s not changes to the way courts deal there is a reasonable expectation of beginning her own study of the bill, a judicial problem; it’s a social with sexual assault cases. privacy” about the complainant. but that she’s concerned about the problem,” she said. The wide-ranging Bill C-51 Existing rape-shield laws reverse-onus sections of the bill be- Another issue she said she has cleared the House of Commons mean records, such as text mes- cause they “may upset the balance with the bill is the allowance for on Dec. 11 and will be in front of sages, of a sexual nature that between the rights of the accused sexual assault complainants to have the Upper Chamber during the don’t have to do with the accused and the rights of the person putting the right to their own legal repre- upcoming sitting, which begins can’t be used in court. forward the allegation.” sentation, outside of Crown counsel, Jan. 29. It aims to do a number of But the proposed changes don’t The bill “respects the fair-trial for the hearings in which evidence things, including cleaning up so- help bring justice to those with le- rights of the accused in that it does is deemed admissible or not. called “zombie laws”—removing gitimate complaints, according to not prevent relevant evidence from This could create a schism be- from the Criminal Code offences the Criminal Lawyers’ Association. being used in court,” Mr. Mendicino tween victims of sexual assault, who that have long been deemed out- Adam Weisberg, a director said on Dec. 11. “The Supreme have this right to counsel, and vic- dated or unconstitutional, such as with the group, told The Hill Court has already recognized that tims of other types of violent crimes challenging someone to a duel— Times the disclosure rules create an accused’s right to full answer who do not. Additionally, there’s as well as aligning sexual assault Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, a risk of wrongful conviction. and defence does not include a nothing in the bill that backstops laws with existing Supreme Court parliamentary secretary to the justice “Because what happens, it al- right to defence by ambush.” how people would access their own of Canada decisions. minister, said the right to defence lows the complainant, if they are The word “ambush” is dramatic, legal representation, when legal aid But some of the proposed doesn’t include ‘defence by ambush.’ dishonest, to then adjust their evi- said Ms. Kent. “It’s not that some- is already underfunded. changes infringe on the Charter The Hill Times fi le photograph dence or their trial evidence rather one’s ambushing, it’s that you’re Unless there’s a fund set up rights of those accused of sexual than have their inconsistency or specifi cally for sexual assault vic- assault, some lawyers say. But creating this new disclosure their lie exposed through cross- tims, people will have to foot the “I kind of cringe at this bill be- regime for defendants is unconsti- examination,” he said. “Basically, it bill for their own lawyers, creating cause I feel like it’s really reaction- tutional, said Tonya Kent, an associ- takes away one of the most impor- a two-tier system of those who can ary,” said Sarah Leamon, a Vancou- ate with Toronto’s Edward H. Royle tant weapons we have in defend- afford representation and those ver-based criminal defence lawyer and Partners LLP. “There’s nowhere ing accused people against people who cannot, Ms. Leamon said. with Acumen Law Corporation, in our constitution that says that a who aren’t telling the truth.” “I’ve had the opportunity who appeared before the House defendant has to present evidence Many of the criminal defence to talk to a lot of marginalized Justice Committee during its study or has a disclosure obligation to community’s concerns fell on deaf women about it because I work of the bill in the fall. “And I don’t the Crown, and I think that’s what ears during the House proceed- with a lot of non-profi ts in the like the creation of what I see be- this is creating.” ings. The Justice Committee rec- Downtown Eastside and it’s a ing, basically, a dual justice system It’s the job of the Crown to ommended a handful of amend- concern,” she said. “They actually based on the class of offence.” ensure justice is served and prove ments to Bill C-51, which were don’t even want to see that be- The bill’s critics dispute the the accused’s guilt, Ms. Kent passed by the House, including cause often marginalized women requirement for those accused noted. “So when I say uncon- clarifying language about consent feel that they already have of sexual assault to proactively stitutional, it’s unconstitutional in sexual assault cases, but left the enough barriers. And if this is just disclose, 60 days in advance of a because you’re asking an accused disclosure provisions unchanged. another barrier to access justice, trial, to the court and the com- person to prove themselves in- Conservative Senator Paul Mc- Conservative Sen. Paul McIntyre they can’t afford to hire a lawyer plainant any records they have nocent or provide evidence of that Intyre (New Brunswick), who sits on sits on the Senate’s Legal and so it makes it more diffi cult for in their possession that relate to innocence, in a manner.” the Senate’s Legal and Constitution- Constitutional Affairs Committee, them to come forward.” their accuser that they want to The Charter statement Justice al Affairs Committee, which is likely which is likely to study Bill C-51. The [email protected] use as part of their defence. A Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to study the bill, said he worked as Hill Times fi le photograph The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 5 Public Service News

and Inclusion, modelled after the Commis- sioner of Offi cial Languages. Accountabil- Public service needs better data ity ensures action, Mr. Khan said. Hiring practices were a big focus for the task force, said PSAC human rights offi cer Seema Lamba, who was also on the techni- cal committee, as equity group members to measure diversity: task force often feel they are included or excluded because of their status. A joint union-management Waheed Khan, “Respondents don’t necessarily feel that a member of the staffi ng process that they’ve experi- task force spent the last the Professional enced has been fair or transparent,” she Institute of the said. “There needs to be more accountabil- year consulting public Public Service ity around the staffi ng process, as well as servants on diversity and and co-chair of oversight and monitoring.” a Joint Union- She added that since 2005, Treasury inclusion, coming up with Management Task Board has increasingly delegated its au- Force committee, thority in overseeing diversity programs, 44 recommendations in said unions and and what PSAC has seen is inconsistency management across departments. One department may December that Treasury agreed on all 44 do a decent job around accommodation, of the report’s said Ms. Lamba, but others might not. Board is reviewing for recommendations. Blind hiring practices—where any implementation. It is the fi rst details about a person’s identity are re- review of its kind, moved—were recommended in the report. he added. The Hill The Treasury Board Secretariat began test- BY EMILY HAWS Times photograph ing name-blind recruitment between April by Andrew Meade and October in six federal departments, lanning the future of diversity in the including National Defence and Global Ppublic service is not possible with out-of- Affairs Canada, although 17 departments date data, leaving certain groups uninten- ended up participating. In a blog post Jan. tionally sidelined, a joint task force studying 23, Treasury Board President Scott Brison equity initiatives found, after a months-long (Kings-Hants, N.S.) said the experiment did examination of inclusion and diversity in not uncover bias, but the report notes that the public service. today’s complex challenges,” reads the report, Mr. Khan said those who can manage participants were aware they were partici- In its fi nal report released Dec. 11— and creativity, problem solving, and innovation diverse teams, such as those consisting of pating in a name-blind recruitment project, Building a Diverse and Inclusive Public are improved with varied perspectives. men and women, or different racial groups which could have affected their assessment. Service—the joint union-management task Treasury Board is reviewing the report or cultures, encourages equity and so the force on diversity and inclusion made 44 and determining how it wants to move bureaucracy needs to value that skill. This Diversity and inclusion lens, recommendations surrounding four themes: forward with implementation. It did not re- could be implemented by making it a job people management, leadership and ac- spond to requests for comment by deadline. requirement, for example. mandatory training recommended countability, education and awareness, and Equity groups—which include women, LG- When someone wants to develop an the consideration of diversity and inclusion. Put people who understand BTQ sexual orientations, Indigenous popula- infrastructure project, such as a bridge, they The demographics of Canada’s popula- tions, those with disabilities, and visible minori- have to do an environmental impact assess- tion are drastically shifting, but the work- diversity in top roles: report ties—are often expected to conform with the ment, said Mr. Khan. It allows stakeholders to force availability (WFA) estimates, which Leadership and the way people are man- majority, he said, but good management can understand the effect of their actions and put compare the percentage of minorities in the aged is the start of the shift, said Mr. Khan. reduce the harassment and discrimination they mitigation strategies in place, if necessary. Canadian population to their percentage in The task force spoke to public servants face, allowing them to speak up more often. A diversity and inclusion lens would do the public service, use data from the census, through 20 focus group interviews, as well as “You should also have this intercultural much the same thing for government poli- which is only completed every fi ve years. an online survey that garnered over 12,000 effectiveness as a competency for people cies, programs, and people management Waheed Khan, a member of the Profes- responses. It also did research on provincial who want to move on to managerial posi- strategies. That way they can understand sional Institute of the Public Service (PIPSC) equity initiatives, as well as the Australian tions,” he said, so that power dynamics how these policies affect different groups. and a co-chair of the task force’s technical and British bureaucracies. There are about begin to shift in an offi ce. The lens is an education tool, but the committee, said because of the old data, diver- 262,000 public servants in Canada. Those who are included in the defi nition report also recommends mandatory diversity sity goals could often be drastically skewed. Establishing a Centre of Expertise on of equity groups often face more discrimi- and inclusion training for all new employees “Right now, the [estimates say there Diversity and Inclusion will help senior nation, he said. and managers, and for equity conversations is] about 12 or 14 per cent visible minori- management implement policies to foster a Along with valuing the management to be meaningful discussed in other train- ties [in Canada]… but if you look at the healthier work environment, recommended of diverse teams as a skill set, the task ing. Often it’s not that people are trying to current data it is over 22 per cent,” he said, the task force. It would determine better force recommended hiring boards and be discriminatory toward equity groups, said adding that this means deputy ministers ways to communicate about equity issues; other sources of authority be staffed with Mr. Khan, it’s just that they haven’t been edu- may think they’re doing fi ne if their de- outline possible challenges or barriers; and people from diverse backgrounds. As well, cated to understand other perspectives. partment is 13.5 per cent, for example. work with other related groups to ensure it recommends the creation of a Commis- [email protected] Projections say the visible-minority consistency within the bureaucracy. sioner for Employment Equity, Diversity The Hill Times population could reach 37 per cent in the future, he said, meaning suddenly 13.5 per cent doesn’t cut it. The workforce availability estimates REGISTER at www.energy.ca also don’t track LGBTQ Canadians or per- manent residents working as bureaucrats. 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HOUSE OF COMMONS tracker to become ‘more useful,’ Second reading: • S-5, An Act to amend the Tobacco Act and the Non-smokers’ Health Act • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of says government ‘deliverology’ chief Part 3 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 • C-12, An Act to amend the Continued from page 1 Matthew Canadian Forces Members and Mendelsohn, Veterans Re-establishment and deputy Compensation Act to Clerk Michael Wernick, has secretary to • C-27, An Act to amend the Pension spent the last two years focused the cabinet, Benefi ts Standards Act, 1985 on developing routines so that results and • C-28, An Act to amend the Criminal departments are designing delivery, who Code (victim surcharge) • C-32, An Act related to the repeal of programs for results, Mr. Men- is known section 159 of the Criminal Code delsohn said, adding that chal- as the • C-33, An Act to amend the Canada lenges have included getting government’s Elections Act timely data, and shifting bureau- ‘deliverology’ • C-34, An Act to amend the Public cratic thinking. guy, has Service Labour Relations Act Known as the “deliverology” been in his • C-38, An Act to amend an Act to guy, Mr. Mendelsohn is a former role heading amend the Criminal Code (exploita- Ontario government deputy min- up the tion and traffi cking in persons) ister who helped with the Trudeau government’s • C-39, An Act to amend the Criminal government’s transition. He is now Results and Code (unconstitutional provisions) heading the RDU, based in the Delivery Unit • C-42, Veterans Well-being Act Blackburn Building. for just over • C-43, An Act respecting a payment Deliverology—the art and sci- two years. to be made out of the Consoli- ence of delivering results—was The Hill Times dated Revenue Fund to support a developed by Michael Barber, who photograph by pan-Canadian artifi cial intelligence started a unit in former United Andrew Meade strategy Kingdom prime minister Tony • C-52, Supporting Vested Rights Blair’s offi ce. Unlike other gov- Under Access to Information Act • C-56, An Act to amend the Correc- ernment policy implementation tions and Conditional Release Act strategies, this approach “involves and the Abolition of Early Parole Act a greater focus on implementa- • C-62, An Act to amend the Federal tion and impact, which requires Public Sector Labour Relations Act evidence-based decision-making, and other Acts improved measurement and • C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Critics have also brought up weight. Traditionally, PCO has boil water advisories challenging routines that sustain attention on Labour Code (harassment and violence) clear priorities,” said Mr. Men- that the government has a politi- helped with the upfront decision to lift,” he said. “I go in as some- delsohn in an email. cal bias in tracking its own com- making and then stepped back, but one without expertise on that and Committee: Governments normally run mitments. Other accountability now the unit is staying involved. say ‘well, we should just be able • C-47, An Act to amend the a program and then evaluate websites, such as TrudeauMetre. “Offi cials, but also deputy min- to eliminate them’ that should be Export and Import Permits Act and afterward, Mr. Mendelsohn said, com, are seen as more accurate, isters, and even ministers, increas- pretty easy, and then you begin to the Criminal Code (amendments but his strategy includes ongoing where electoral reform is listed as ingly in their decisions are asking better understand all of the vari- permitting the accession to the evaluation to ensure it is achiev- a broken promise. implementation questions—how ous obstacles along the way.” Arms Trade Treaty) ing objectives early on. Mr. Mendelsohn said the gov- will this work, how do we know Prof. Khan said culture transfor- • C-48, Oil Tanker Moratorium Act Critics, including former Ste- ernment’s website is a centralized it will work, who has tried this mations are diffi cult and long-term • C-59, An Act respecting national phen Harper staffer Rachel Curran, way to track progress instead of before, do we have real models in nature because it entails “the security matters have said that all governments searching government websites. that this kind of thing has worked breaking of scripts by manage- • C-64, Wrecked, Abandoned, or Hazardous Vessels Act should be setting, tracking, and Canadians can check other before?” Mr. Mendelsohn said. ment, learned over decades, [using] sources to judge the accuracy of “That’s made...quite a big culture new operating approaches.” He delivering on goals. Others have dis- Report stage: missed the strategy as a fad, but Mr. the reporting, he said, adding “ac- change to focus less on process, said it is positive that Mr. Trudeau tive citizen engagement is healthy inputs, and activities and more on is asking questions in order to • S-2, Strengthening Motor Vehicle Mendelsohn said he believes “it’s Safety for Canadians Act an evolution that governments are for democracy.” The Privy Council outcomes, results, and evaluation.” infl uence the ministers and senior Offi ce has always tracked govern- One of the main jobs of Mr. bureaucrats, but this shift could • C-21, An Act to amend the Customs Act going through where every dollar • C-50, An Act to amend the Canada ment promises internally, he said, Mendelsohn’s unit is to prepare take several mandates to achieve. matters, every minute matters,” he Elections Act (political fi nancing) told The Hill Times. French Presi- but RDU now publishes it. materials for the Cabinet Com- One of the biggest challenges • C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans dent Emmanuel Macron recently Sahir Khan, executive vice- mittee on Agenda, Results and the results and delivery unit has Act and the Canada Petroleum released his own promise tracker. president at the University of Communications. Otherwise, faced is the lack of timely data, said Resources Act Ottawa’s Institute of Fiscal Stud- Mr. Mendelsohn spends his days Mr. Mendelsohn. Sometimes this is • C-57, An Act to amend the Federal ies and Democracy and a former speaking to external experts and due to Statistics Canada timelines, Sustainable Development Act Useful to hear critiques assistant parliamentary budget stakeholders to understand issues, making it diffi cult to see if the of mandate letter tracker: offi cer, said he is positive but among other meetings. Prime government’s policies are working SENATE skeptical about deliverology, say- Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, in the short term. In other cases, the Second reading: Mendelsohn ing it is important to note that if Que.) is actively involved in the data didn’t previously exist. • C-24, An Act to amend the Salaries The tracker categorizes the resources are provided to achieve process, he said, and having the “We have new data coming on- Act and the Financial Administra- 300-plus mandate letter commit- mandate letter commitments, they prime minister asking questions line now so StatsCan has become tion Act ments based on completion. Users could be taken off other govern- “tends to focus people in a more much more timely reporting on • C-45, Cannabis Act can click through the dashboard ment projects. The 19-person direct way to drive success.” hate crimes data, for example,” said • C-51, An Act to amend the Criminal to sort commitments by status results and delivery unit’s budget The work is about understand- Mr. Mendelsohn, adding they’ve Code and the Department of Justice and subject. is about $3.2-million. ing and solving all of the smaller invested in programs to increase Act It got signifi cant heat when it challenges in a problem so there data collection and capacity. • C-58, An Act to amend the Access to was unveiled, as notable campaign are long-term solutions, Mr. Men- Prof. Khan said more data is Information Act and the Privacy Act Changing culture a • C-66, Expungement of Historically promises—such as keeping defi cits delsohn noted. The government is better than less, “however, it’s worth Unjust Convictions Act to $10-billion or less—were missing diffi cult, long-term working towards eliminating all considering the lessons learned or were controversially catego- process: Prof. Khan boil water advisories on reserves from previous data exercises and Committee: rized, such as balancing the books by 2021, he said, because his unit why they didn’t lead to signifi cant In particular, the recently cre- • C-46, An Act to amend the by 2019 being listed at “underway asks questions, almost like outside changes in operating behaviour.” ated Crown-Indigenous Relations Criminal Code (offences relating with challenges.” Electoral reform consultants, to make sure depart- Looking ahead, Mr. Men- and Indigenous Services depart- to conveyances) is listed as “not being pursued.” ments have thought of everything. delsohn said the unit will contin- ments and Innovation, Science, • C-49, Transportation Modernization Mr. Mendelsohn said it’s a way The government could just ue to emphasize a results-orient- Act and Economic Development have to see how the government thinks solve the water advisories for a ed approach so that, even if the jumped on board the data-driven, it’s doing. few days by pumping in enough unit doesn’t exist in the future, Consideration of Committee results-focused approach, said The critique is “great for con- resources, he said, but it’s not there is “the function being per- Report: Mr. Mendelsohn. versation” and opens debate, he sustainable. formed of constantly monitoring • C-25, An Act to amend the Canada The idea is to shift the policy- added. Some stakeholders disagree “We’ve participated with them and establishing routines to see if Business Corporations Act, Canada making process so that the deci- with a few items, he said, but he in mapping out all of the delivery things are moving forward.” Cooperatives Act, Canada Not-for-profi t takes comfort “in that I’d say 98 per sion making, the implementation, chain—so where have obstacles [email protected] Corporations Act, and Competition Act cent received no criticism at all.” and the evaluation have equal occurred, why are some of these The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 7 Comment

new advocates, and thereafter The Canada Summer Jobs pro- have those program apostles go gram was never designed to be a forth and preach the good word. tool for societal re-engineering. It Summer jobs program Some organizations like the was, and should remain, a vehicle YM/YWCA are more likely to for government and would-be hire a student to work at a sum- employers to create the opportu- mer camp where playing dodge- nity for kids to get some work ex- anti-abortion clause is a ball and swimming dominate perience and earn a few bucks to the agenda, not a Bible-study apply towards school. That is the class. A community church only attestation that is needed. group would want a kid to cut Tim Powers is vice-chairman crock of Liberal nonsense the grass and paint a building. of Summa Strategies and manag- Fomenting a religious revolu- ing director of Abacus Data. He is wedge-type politics that typifi ed ber and close on Feb. 2. tion and an overhaul of societal a former adviser to Conservative Can you imagine the the Harper era. So it has taken So why have this sort of attes- progress is not a legitimate fear political leaders. many by surprise to see the Cana- tation in the fi rst place, particu- that should be guiding who can The Hill Times outcry if Stephen da Summer Jobs program become larly from a government that is hire a few students to work for a playground for the worst sort of supposedly open to diversity of them over the summer. Harper had pulled murky menacing. thought, free speech, and reli- Can you imagine the outcry this stunt? You see, on the funding ap- gious freedom? The government from the current government if plication for this year’s Canada has said: “We are committed to Stephen Harper’s Conservatives Summer Jobs program, the gov- ensuring that summer jobs for had pulled such a stunt? Make no ernment created a mandatory at- young Canadians funded by the bones about it: this is a stunt. Mo- testation that states the applicant Government of Canada take place dernity is not being advanced by organization’s “core mandate” in an environment that respects making sure the Catholic Church must respect reproductive rights. everybody’s rights.” As it stands, that runs the soup kitchen can’t Hell hath no fury like a faith or that is a crock of nonsense by the hire an additional person to feed church group that feels it is under Liberals, unless they have changed someone in need. If anything, the attack. Court challenges, protests, the meaning of the word respect. effect is the opposite. and many column inches have While I am certainly devoutly Many faith groups do excellent been dedicated to condemning pro-choice and in no way a social work keeping the community go- Tim Powers the government’s game here. conservative, me and lots of ing, whether it is welcoming Syr- Plain Speak The prime minister, while people like me respect the right ian or other refugees or providing Employment Minister Patty Hajdu’s not throwing out the current of others to have a faith-based much-needed daycare spaces. press secretary has said: ‘We are application form, has argued perspective. I am never in favour They don’t mandate that the committed to ensuring that summer TTAWA—When Justin that faith groups will get a fair of that perspective being driven people they help devour their doc- jobs for young Canadians funded by OTrudeau’s government was hearing on their funding ap- down anyone’s throat or forced trine. They just roll up their sleeves the Government of Canada take place elected in late 2015, one of the plications if they make them. upon another, but the Canada and serve. Yes, they have value and in an environment that respects things the then incoming prime Some may not bother to make Summer Jobs program, to the belief systems, we all do; but you everybody’s rights.’ That’s a load minister signalled was there them, though, because of the best of my knowledge, has never aren’t required to walk around of Liberal hooey, says Tim Powers. would be a change in tone and attestation. Applications for the been used as a recruiting tool by with a crucifi x on your neck be- The Hill Times photograph by Andrew approach: a lot less smash-mouth program opened in late Decem- pro-lifers to harvest legions of fore you get a helping hand. Meade

1983 cut short that source. But there are dozens of songs Canada’s artists describing Canada. My favourites include Ian Tyson’s “Summer Wages,” Charlebois’ “Je reviend- rai à Montréal,” the McGarrigles’ “Jacques et Gilles,” and Rita contribute to our MacNeil’s “Working Man.” There are many others from Beau Dom- mage, Harmonium, Great Big Sea, and The Tragically Hip’s collec- national identity tion on Canadian politics, sport, and small-town life. Sadly, many of those artists the opportunity to understand the are gone now, and our successful Arts programs aren’t profound differences in life experi- musicians and stories are assimi- frivolous, but an ences, geography, and employ- lated into the cultural behemoth to ment within an enormous country. Singer Alan Doyle’s band Great Big Sea has performed some iconic music the south. We forget we have a rich important part of And yet it allows us to understand that resonates in us, as Canadians, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times fi le culture that is more than the arena, what we have in common. photograph the cottage, and the double-double. promoting Canadian When I jumped on a train in In 2008, I was part of a team at Montreal heading west to Lake Depression. The legendary Woody in Quebec. Many years ago, CBC Foreign Affairs that shut down the culture abroad. Louise, Alta., in the summer of Guthrie and Lead Belly made Radio’s Peter Gzowski received a program promoting emerging art- 1971, it was in many ways due to people aware of the lives of the letter from a teacher who told of ists abroad. Many of our current hours singing along to Lightfoot’s poor at the time; Guthrie’s “This attending a conference abroad and superstars had toured outside of “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” and Land is Your Land” was once when asked to sing a popular Ca- Canada through the program. But “Mountains and Maryann.” Over considered seditious by some nadian song everyone in her group despite its minimal cost ($4.5-mil- many years, I climbed and skied Americans. Paxton, Bob Dylan, knew, sang “O Canada” instead. lion a year), it was marginal to the those mountains and travelled Joan Baez, and Simon and Gar- Gzowksi set out to fi nd great Cana- Conservative “base.” In Quebec, the those rails east and west. funkel continued in that tradition dian songs. The top three selected uproar over its closure led to a loss I met Lightfoot a few years in the 1960s, leading the way as a were: “The Canadian Railroad Tril- of seats in the 2008 election. ago and told him his music had “Folk Song Army,” as satirist Tom ogy,” “Mon Pays,” and Stan Rogers’ The program has now been re- changed my life. It was not a new Lehrer called them. “Northwest Passage.” stored through Canadian Heritage story for him. In Canada, music has driven po- Paradoxically, two of the three and the Canadian Council for the Andrew Caddell His recent biography reveals litical movements as well. Former were commissioned by govern- Arts. I think it should be a key tool With All Due Respect he did not intend to become a Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau ment agencies. The “Trilogy” was in our diplomatic efforts at Global “musical historian” but, infl uenced once said the independence move- part of a CBC special on Canada’s Affairs Canada. When we say “The by Bob Dylan and Tom Paxton, he ment in Quebec had been led by centennial New Year’s Day of 1967 world needs more Canada,” we TTAWA—“Mon pays, ce n’est began writing about the Canada a few politicians, a bunch of civil and Vigneault wrote “Mon Pays” should be proud to entertain oth- Opas un pays, c’est l’hiver.” he knew. Pierre Berton once told servants, and “50 chansonniers.” for the National Film Board’s 1965 ers, encourage our artists, and tell Gilles Vigneault’s lyrics (“My Lightfoot more Canadians learned Indeed, the songs of Vigneault, production La Neige a fondu sur la our stories at home and abroad. country is not a country, it’s win- about the building of the Canadian Félix Leclerc, Diane Dufresne, and Manicouagan. While the fi lm has Andrew Caddell retired July ter”) describe what many of us Pacifi c Railway through his songs Robert Charlebois fuelled the pride long passed into history, the song 11 from Global Affairs Canada, feel about our country, especially than had read Berton’s books. and resentment of Quebec’s youth remains unforgettable. where he was a senior policy this winter, for good or bad. The tradition of folk music in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Vigneault’s Rogers’ “Northwest Passage” adviser. He previously worked Like Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song as an expression of culture or “Gens du Pays” was intended to be about the ill-fated expedition led as a broadcast reporter and as for a Winter’s Night,” and Ian politics began with the old-time Quebec’s national anthem. by Sir John Franklin was only one an adviser to Liberal govern- and Sylvia Tyson’s “Four Strong troubadours in Middle Ages Eng- Elsewhere, there were few of his many songs chronicling ments in Ottawa, St. John’s, and Winds,” we see ourselves refl ected land and was part of American songs that resonated in our nation- moments known and unknown elsewhere. in the lyrics. Our music gives us social movements in the Great al character as much as they did in Canadian history. His death in The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Summer jobs kerfuffl e Trudeau’s totalitarian tendencies like Christmas in July laid bare in abortion policy: reader e: Editorial cartoon (The Hill Times, duce constitutionally acceptable legisla- RJan. 22, p. 8). Stephen Harper, who had tion on abortion. for Conservatives a number of disagreements with the Su- Trudeau not only ignores the Supreme preme Court, once said “as a general rule, Court, but has also set himself up as the gree or disagree with the policy, the into the freedom of expression and free- I don’t believe in imposing values upon chief justice by handing down a decision Liberals have given the Conserva- dom of religion vein, which allows them A people.” And quoting from the National to exclude pro-life groups from summer tives something they can really sink their to gain support from those in and outside Post on June 20, 2014, “Harper sharpened job grants, citing his interpretation of teeth into with the ongoing Canada Sum- of their base, on the charge of hypocrisy. his message on abortion...saying political party values imposed on caucus as being mer Jobs program saga. According to CBC News, Liberal back- parties have no business trying to ‘impose’ compliant with the Charter of Rights. And agree or disagree with their bench MP Scott Simms said he’s planning a position on politicians when it comes to In summary, then: whipping the vote stance, the offi cial opposition is going to petition Employment Minister Patty matters of morality and personal faith.” in Parliament to support pro-choice poli- about this in all the right ways. Hajdu to remove the attestation require- Quite the opposite of Justin Trudeau who, cy. Ignoring a Supreme Court instruction The ongoing furor has resulted from ment, and soften it so that only those according to the same article, instructed to revise abortion legislation. Interpret- organizations applying to receive wage whose jobs or programs involve actively “all of the party’s MPs—including existing ing the Charter of Rights as supportive subsidies for summer jobs for young campaigning to change Canadian law members of caucus—[that they] must vote of party policy. Imposing party values on people aged 15 to 30 having to affi rm “that with respect to rights are captured. pro-choice if the abortion issue arises.” voters. both the job and the organization’s core On Jan. 23, Ms. Hajdu told Global News So Trudeau prides himself on impos- Totalitarian, n’est-ce pas? mandate respect individual human rights the reason the attestation requirement ing values by sidestepping the Supreme Kope Inokai in Canada, including the values underly- even came into being was because of com- Court’s instruction for Parliament to pro- Toronto, Ont. ing the Canadian Charter of Rights and plaints about precisely that last year. Freedoms as well as other rights.” “For example, organizations that are It goes on: “These include reproductive anti-abortion distributing very graphic rights and the right to be free from dis- pictures of aborted fetuses or organiza- crimination on the basis of sex, religion, tions that won’t hire LGBTQ members or race, national or ethnic origin, colour, young people,” she said. Sen. Unger’s got it wrong mental or physical disability, sexual ori- Ms. Hajdu and Prime Minister Justin entation or gender identity or expression.” Trudeau have also said an organization’s Of course, the loudest bee in the Conser- core mandate has to be about restricting on marijuana legalization vatives’ bonnet has been regarding repro- rights to be ineligible for funding, and that e: “Marijuana legislation will not analysis for every lot produced, and is com- ductive rights (read: abortion), with church- it’s not about individual belief systems. Rachieve its objectives and should be pliant with federal regulations for quality es and other faith groups raising the alarm But if Liberals have lost Liberals, is defeated,” (The Hill Times, Dec. 20, on- and safety. This is infi nitely better than the that having to make such an attestation fl ies there any reason for Conservatives to line). Senator Betty Unger’s op-ed against unregulated, untested, and hazardous prod- in the face of their religious beliefs. not go whole hog? The issue has already Bill C-45 is false and deceptive. uct from which organized crime profi ts. Others have picked up on the fact that the captured national attention, taking over the Unger claims that Colorado now Secondly, cannabis is not a gateway Liberals, oft-repeating the “diversity is our supper-hour political programs, newspaper leads the United States in cannabis use drug. Dealers push more dangerous prod- strength” mantra, seem like they’ve backed editorial pages, and probably mentioned in amongst 12- to 17-year-olds. In February uct. Legalization disrupts dealers. Those themselves into a corner. How does the party church bulletins across the country. 2017, the Journal of the American Medi- who disagree lack insight into market that brought the Charter home justify dis- The Liberals are going to have to ei- cal Association Pediatrics (JAMA Pedi- economics, public safety, and harm-re- criminating against Canadians who just want ther double down or retreat on this issue, atrics) published a paper on the change duction strategies. to give young people summer jobs? and either way, it’s a gift wrapped for the in prevalence of adolescent cannabis use Where Unger is correct is that if tariffs Even without bringing abortion into opposition looking to take the govern- in Colorado following legalization. Its are applied to cannabis in usual form the mix, the Conservatives have tapped ment down a peg. conclusion: there was no change. (in other words, to punish the purchaser In a U.S. federal survey comparing ado- while paying tax to the public) the black lescent use of cannabis in 2013-14 and 2015- market will persist and fl ourish through 16, reported use actually dropped sharply. more competitive pricing. Next, Unger posits that youth usage in Unger also raises a valid point regarding states that have legalized marijuana sur- homegrown production. Bill C-45 reintro- passes those that have not. Self-reported duces the opportunity for personal cultiva- drug usage during prohibition is an age- tion but without any reporting requirements, old validity issue for researchers of drug whatsoever, and the number of plants is gen- policy, however, to Unger, legalization erous. The incentive for product diversion causes increased usage because teens will be so great for personal growers that it perceive the risk of cannabis to be “safe could be deemed entrapment, but a solution and state-sanctioned.” No one is calling would be to require personal growers to sub- cannabis “safe”—no safer than alcohol, mit biannual product yields. The aggregate cigarettes, and prescription drugs, any- data would provide important information ways, in spite of the fact that there has yet on total annual personal production; outliers to be a single fatality in North America would give Health Canada a starting place for which cannabis overdose is to blame. for audits. Clinical trials are key. Continuing to An appointed Senator would be wise prohibit medical research on cannabis is to note that it is generally not the role or to repeat costly failures like “Just say no!” practice of the Upper House to reject a bill or the debunked Drug Abuse Resistance from the House of Commons, particularly Education (D.A.R.E.). one that is so evidence-based and has such Unger moves on to declare that the overwhelming support from Canadians. eradication of illicit cannabis markets is an Bryan Sandilands all-or-none affair. Experts disagree. First of Edmonton, Alta. all, cannabis is now being produced that (The author is a health care con- meets or exceeds current good manufac- sultant including to licensed cannabis turing practices, is accompanied by a lab producers and applicants.)

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There was never a declaration ing people in a foreign civil war. of war against Assad’s Syrian re- All in the name of security and gime, even though from the outset stability. And now it says it will Keeping U.S. of the Syrian uprising in the spring stay in Syria indefi nitely as it has of 2011 the U.S. wholeheartedly learned its lesson of premature sided with the anti-Assad rebels. withdrawal from the fi asco that In fact, the U.S. poured in weapons befell Iraq after the U.S. withdrew and advisers to assist the so-called its combat forces in 2011. troops in Syria moderate Syrian rebels until it For the record, the U.S. illegally was revealed that they weren’t so invaded Iraq in 2003 on the false moderate after all. claim of self-defence from a fi c- The U.S.-funded Syrian oppo- tional arsenal of weapons of mass is a recipe for sition leadership debated policies destruction that Saddam Hussein in Istanbul cafés while the actual never possessed. During the eight- Syrian rebels battled Assad’s loy- year American occupation of Iraq, alists in the country’s urban cen- that country was plunged into an tres. It did not take long for these orgy of interfactional bloodletting disaster rebel groups’ true Islamic extrem- that the American military proved ist nature to be revealed, and in powerless to curtail. TTAWA—On Jan. 17, United 2014 they emerged as the Daesh The Daesh onslaught in 2014 The Americans OStates Secretary of State Rex scourge. As this Sunni Muslim into Iraq’s Sunni Triangle was Tillerson declared that American faction poured out of Syrian not an isolated operation, but risk Turkey’s ire by troops will remain in Syria indefi - bases and captured large swaths simply a continuation of the keeping troops in nitely. Tillerson’s remarks came on of central Iraq in the summer of perpetual cycle of violence that the heels of the recently announced 2014, the U.S. was compelled to the U.S. started with its illegal northern Syria’s defeat of Daesh (also known as rush military assistance back invasion of Iraq in 2003. United States Secretary of State Rex Islamic State, ISIS, and ISIL) evil- into Iraq to prop up the impotent Now its plan is to remain in Tillerson is keeping American troops Kurdish separatist doers in both Iraq and Syria. regime in Baghdad. northern Syria’s Kurdish separat- in Syria indefi nitely. The Hill Times His reason to keep U.S. sol- Once they were back in the ist region, which has successfully photograph by Andrew Meade region. diers in Syria was not limited to neighbourhood, the U.S. forces freed itself from Assad’s author- the prevention of another Daesh helping to battle Daesh in Iraq ity. It is America’s stated intention has immediately decried the plan movement; these troops are stay- took the opportunity to take that to create a 30,000-strong uni- to create a Kurdish military force ing in order to counter the power fi ght across the Syrian border to fi ed Kurdish security force from on its border while Turkish security of both Syrian President Bashar battle Daesh there as well. the various splinter groups and forces are actively engaging PKK al-Assad and Iran. Of course, the Now, since Daesh was tech- factions that have been fi ghting fi ghters in the eastern Kurdish- buzzwords used by the U.S. State nically fi ghting Assad in Syria, against a variety of foes in the majority region of Turkey. Department are that its combat any U.S. military operations multifaceted Syrian civil war for If that is Tillerson’s recipe for soldiers will be used to bring “sta- against Daesh rebels would have the past seven years. stability and security, I would bility” and “security” to the region. indirectly helped the embattled This sounds good in theory, but hate to see what he could concoct The sad fact is that no one Syrian president. However, unlike many of those Kurdish fi ghters if his objective was to sow chaos even thought to question Tillerson the Russian and Iranian militaries have links to the Kurdistan Workers’ and reap violence. Scott Taylor as to just what the hell American that were invited into Syria by the Party (PKK), the notorious terrorist Scott Taylor is the edi- Inside Defence soldiers are doing in Syria in the recognized offi cial government organization that has been active tor and publisher of Esprit de fi rst place, and under which legal in Damascus, the U.S. simply for decades just across the Syrian- Corps magazine. authority they were deployed. authorized its troops to start kill- Turkish border. Naturally, Turkey The Hill Times

An American take on Canada’s defence policy

Engaged—in June 2017, the Most media analysis focused Defence Canada is still Department of National Defence on expanding troop numbers and Minister Harjit missing a greater has undergone some substantial fi xing procurement, both of which Sajjan, seen reshuffl ing of personnel, includ- are welcome from the perspective at a December sense of who it ing a new deputy minister, to of a partner and ally. However, press ensure that the right people are the more interesting portions of conference wants to be in the in place to execute this ambitious the document are embedded in in Ottawa, new strategy. Some of those new the back: Canada’s new “concur- released world. people have since also had the op- rent operations” concept. Canada’s portunity to provide some clarifi - In the policy, Canada has new defence cation about the major provisions articulated for the fi rst time what policy— of the policy with their public its maximum engagement globally Strong, statements. We fi nally have as full might look like, in terms of numbers Secure, a picture as we are going to get, of forces and numbers of missions Engaged—in at least for now, about what the that Canada must now plan for. June. The policy means for Canada. However, missing from the Hill Times It provides some meaningful document is any sense of broader photograph by reassurances. The document was strategy; in other words: what these Andrew Meade released last summer one day missions might be, what those after Foreign Affairs Minister thousands of troops are going to be Lindsay Rodman Chrystia Freeland spoke about doing, and why. Without a sense of Security United States President Donald how Canada might engage in the Trump’s administration seeking world—where, and toward what what Canada intends to be able United States will depend on Can- to “shrug off the burden of world end—it is hard to know whether to do with its people and materiel, ada to help defend both North ow that Canada’s defence leadership,” implying that Canada Canada will succeed at organizing, and it does not follow from any America (as part of NORAD) and Npolicy has been introduced, was poised to look elsewhere for training, and equipping its force. articulation of goals or priority. Europe, in the event of an attack and has moved toward implemen- partnership and support. Reas- The lack of strategic under- For Canada to be transpar- on a NATO country. Spending is tation, we have an opportunity surances are therefore important, pinning is disorienting from an ently accountable to its people one important signal of commit- to assess what Canada accom- and the policy provides a strong American perspective. In the United about its defence policy, Cana- ment, but Americans will look to plished—and what it didn’t—with foundation for the continuation States, the Department of Defense dians need to understand not a bigger question fi rst. We are still this new document. of the strongest alliance and part- is statutorily obligated to draft strat- just what DND is doing in terms missing a greater sense of who Especially from the perspec- nership in the world. egy and policy documents routinely. of numbers of forces and pro- Canada wants to be in the world. tive of Canada’s closest ally and It also provides investment in These documents are derived top- curement of weapons systems. Lindsay Rodman is a fellow at partner, the United States, it takes key areas that signal to external down, meaning that defence policy Those numbers are important in the Council on Foreign Relations, a few months to understand how onlookers that Canada is moving cannot exist without reference to context; what does Canada seek former director for defence policy a country’s new policy interacts in the right direction. Increased overarching strategy documents to use those people for, and where and strategy at the U.S. National with its bureaucracy, and how it investment in intelligence and that provide important context. does Canada believe it might use Security Council in the former is messaged and implemented, intelligence platforms, and high- The concurrent mission con- those weapons systems? Obama administration, and a internally and externally. skill or specialized technical cept in the second-to-last chapter For partner nations, trans- fellow at the Canadian Global After releasing the new capabilities are welcome from a of the Canadian policy is the only parency is also important. As Affairs Institute. defence policy—Strong, Secure, partner like Canada. articulation in the document of a trusted partner and ally, the The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Comment

represented with the same moral One of the most powerful mo- clarity that Spielberg brought ments in the movie comes toward Th e Post: to Schindler’s List, Saving Private the end, when then deputy edito- a brilliant Ryan, and Lincoln—steals every rial page editor Meg Greenfi eld, scene just for seeming exotic at played by Carrie Coon, announc- a time when lies have become so es the Supreme Court’s decision unbelievably common. in the Post’s favour to a tense Over the past 20 years, the newsroom by repeating the news reminder of what internet has slowly boiled the frog from a reporter phoning from of legitimate journalism by deci- the scene. Quoting Justice Hugo mating ad revenue, glutting the Black’s opinion, she says: “In the market with free content, blurring First Amendment the Founding the line fi rst between news and Fathers gave the free press the democracy looks like opinion and then between fact and protection it must have to fulfi ll fi ction. Add to that the resource- its essential role in our democ- sucking obligatory coverage on racy. The press was to serve the Of all the things the Steven charismatic glory. The way Bra- perpetual deadline of the non- governed, not the governors.” As a lying president Spielberg Pentagon Papers dlee and Graham play off each stop bonfi re that is the current It was true then and it’s true now. conducts a daily war drama The Post is, a period piece other’s strengths and weaknesses president, and scenes of a dozen Lisa Van Dusen is associate isn’t one of them. through the crisis both presages reporters and editors spending editor of Policy Magazine and against the media Yes, it’s set in 1971. Yes, there Watergate and reminds us that hours poring over thousands of was a Washington and New are shots of hot metal typesetting Woodward and Bernstein weren’t pages of truth in Bradlee’s living York-based editor at UPI, AP, and in Washington, The and everyone’s smoking their the paper’s only fateful duo. room seem like a parallel-universe ABC. She writes a weekly column Post heads off. Newsrooms were noisy As has been said by Spielberg dream sequence. for The Hill Times. is a story of how and at Georgetown dinner par- about the fi lm, the issues at the Above all, The The Hill Times ties, the women, including Wash- heart of the New York Times and Post is a reminder the system would ington Post publisher Katharine then the Washington Post’s decision that democracy be working if truth Graham, peeled off in a gaggle to publish parts of the Pentagon can’t function with- after dessert to let the men talk Papers detailing the ways in which out a robust, fact- weren’t buried under about big important things over successive administrations had lied based, incorruptible cognac and Cohibas. about the Vietnam War resonate free press. Which a deluge of nonsense. Meryl Streep Streeps Katha- inescapably with current events. may be why, amid rine Graham the way she Streeped “The level of urgency to make other recent degra- Margaret Thatcher and Karen the movie was because of the cur- dations of democ- Blixen and the woman whose rent climate of this administration, racy, truth and the baby really was, it turned out, bombarding the press and labelling people who report eaten by the dingo, making her the truth as fake if it suited them,” the it in Washington portrayal seem more authentic director told The Guardian recently. are being buried in than the original. The real distance between a deluge of tacti- The bonus is that Tom Hanks today and The Post isn’t about the cal nonsense. The does the same with the late Ben retro quaintness of pay phones Post feels less like Bradlee, fi lling out the margins and typewriters, it’s about the a fl ashback than an Lisa Van Dusen left by Jason Robards’ indel- gap between how things are and excavation of the Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, played by Tom ible All the President’s Men-deus how they should be. It’s a story genuine America Hanks, in the foreground, speaks with newspaper staff What Fresh Hell ex machina Bradlee with the real about American journalism and currently obscured in a scene from The Post. Niko Tavernise photograph guy in all his everyday, helplessly government in which the truth— by that nonsense. courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

American society. Many troubling questions have been raised in the process about U.S. institutions, the Trump, the fi rst Twit-tator, education system, embedded rac- ism, mass psychology, susceptibili- ty to demagoguery, nativist resent- ment, bogus exceptionalism, and the vulnerability of democracy to enabling tyrants worldwide the infl uence of the super-rich. But, as Human Rights Watch notes, a taste of Trump has Backed by the malleable and Arizona Republican, who is soon of the Trump administration, prompted a widespread response The president is undiscerning base he energizes to retire, said on the Senate fl oor. goes on to say that the damage in the U.S. from the media, the le- through social media, the presi- Flake said Trump’s “repulsive” is also being felt in significant gal community, civic groups, poli- single-handedly dent is single-handedly under- remarks about the media show ways in the wider world. ticians, and other public fi gures. undermining mining the principles of fairness, how mixed up the president Discussing the tension between And the wave of authoritari- decency, tolerance, and account- is: it’s actually despotism that “is the forces of populism and those an, intolerance-driven populism the principles of ability at the heart of United the enemy of the people.” opposing the populist upsurge that appeared to be sweep- States democracy. In only one year, Trump has globally, Human Rights Watch ing the West not long ago has fairness, decency, Many presidents have had done considerable damage to executive director Kenneth Roth generally slowed, most notably acrimonious relationships with the traditional mechanisms of says the playing out of this strug- with the election of French tolerance, and the news media. Richard Nixon, accountability and rule of law gle has left many Western powers President Emmanuel Macron. in his thuggish way, ordered the that bolster the American system, more inwardly focused, leading to Interestingly, Human Rights accountability at wiretapping of journalists’ phones including not only battering the a more fragmented world. Watch cites Canada, along with the heart of United and got the Internal Revenue Ser- independence and credibility of “With the United States led France, Belgium, the Netherlands, vice to go after them on taxes. the media but also chipping away by a president who displays a and Ireland, as small- or medium- States democracy. But few would have ever imag- at the role of the courts, law en- disturbing fondness for rights- sized countries that are pushing ined a president of the U.S. vilifying forcement, intelligence agencies, trampling strongmen, and the back against the populists’ anti- the media in the way Trump has, or the legislative branch, and the United Kingdom preoccupied by rights agenda and instead stress- ever foreseen a president threaten- voting system itself. Brexit, two traditional if fl awed ing “the advantages of governments ing to take away the licences of In its latest global report, defenders of human rights glob- that are accountable to their people media outlets, not to mention his Human Rights Watch notes that, ally are often missing in action,” rather than to their offi cials’ em- brazen, all-encompassing, upside- despite pushback from many sec- Roth writes in an introduction powerment and enrichment.” down approach to the truth. tors of U.S. society, “Trump was to the recently released annual Prime Minister Justin Trudeau On Jan. 17, U.S. Senator Jeff still able to take regressive steps report covering 2017. also gets credit in the report for Flake took Trump to task on the by executive action—deport- “Buffeted by racist and anti- prioritizing women’s rights. question of media, comparing the ing many people without regard refugee political forces at home, But the overall picture, of op- president’s labelling of journal- to their deep ties to the United Germany, France, and their Europe- pressive autocrats moving into the ists as the “enemy of the Ameri- States, reviving a cruel and dis- an Union partners have not always vacuum created by the retreat of Les Whittington can people” to those of Soviet credited policy of mass incarcera- been willing to pick up the slack. De- Trump’s United States as a defend- Need to Know dictator Joseph Stalin. tion of criminal offenders, easing mocracies such as Australia, Brazil, er of democracy and human rights “It is a testament to the condi- oversight against police abuse, Indonesia, Japan, and South Africa globally, is far from encouraging. tion of our democracy that our and restricting global funding for have been heard actively defending Les Whittington is an Ottawa TTAWA—Donald Trump, the own president uses words infa- women’s reproductive health.” human rights rarely, at best.” journalist and a regular contribu- Ofi rst Twit-tator, is changing the mously spoken by Joseph Stalin The report, a scathing Trump has exploited and ex- tor to The Hill Times. world, whether we like it or not. to describe his enemies,” the review of the first 12 months posed some of the worst aspects of The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 11 Opinion

It’s good, but there’s still more to do. But we should be thinking even bigger. In a study on the Canadian cleantech Canada has to shoot for the top spot. ecosystem, Cleantech Group suggests the We can be the relentless pioneers at Canada needs to federal government should also consider the forefront of this global disruption. the role it can play to help companies Our cleantech companies can have their move from public to private sector fund- place on the map in forging a global evo- ing more effectively. Businesses them- lution toward a greener future, and reap think bigger to see selves have to maximize the support that the economic and environmental awards. exists, and then create a value proposition The sooner we embrace our Canadian that appeals to the market. companies to lead the way, the better that The 2017 Analytica Advisors industry future is for all of us. true growth in its report said if Canadian companies were to Lynn Côté is the cleantech lead for achieve just a two per cent global market Export Development Canada, Canada’s share, we could create a $50-billion clean- export credit agency. cleantech industry tech industry by 2022. The Hill Times

and 2020. Our Cleantech Team has tailored Canadian companies are EDC’s fi nancial products to accept the type Canadian companies that made the best in class, but scaling of risk we see in cleantech companies, so we can support the unique challenges of 2018 Global Cleantech 100 list up to global markets early-commercialization companies that are ready to compete globally and grow Name Funding Sector Year Founded remains the biggest their export revenue. We are merely one part of a broader cleantech ecosystem. challenge. Awesense 0$ smart grid 2009 We have an abundance of Axine Water Technologies $15.6M water & wastewater 2010

cleantech companies with great Carboncure Technologies $9.232M advanced materials 2007 climate solutions, struggling to Ecobee $44.24M energy effi ciency 2007 get into the global market. Enbala Power Networks $45.11M smart grid 2003

Just last week, the federal govern- Enerkem $234.3M biofuels & biochemicals 2000 ment announced the creation of the Clean Growth Hub, supporting clean- FarmersEdge $59.07M agriculture & food 2005 Lynn Côté tech companies by coordinating existing Energy programs, and tracking results. The last GaN Systems $24M energy effi ciency 2008 federal budget included nearly $1.4-bil- lion in new fi nancing for EDC and the MineSense Technologies $26.27M conventional fuels 2008 he worldwide movement to fi ght Business Development Bank of Canada Tclimate change is electrifying unprec- to help the most promising companies Opus One Solutions $5.81M smart grid 2011 edented momentum in the global cleantech in Canada’s cleantech sector grow and $3M water & wastewater 2008 market. This momentum is characterized expand. Add to that $400-million over Saltworks Technologies Inc. by a global race to innovate, develop, ver- fi ve years towards a technology fund run Semios Bio $10.06M agriculture & food 2010 ify, and bring solutions to market. Canada by Sustainable Development Technology has the potential to lead the pack. Canada, and money for Global Affairs Terramera $10M biofuels & biochemicals 2009 There’s no question we have the talent; Canada to implement an international Canada’s clean technology sector con- business development strategy. tinues to punch above its weight interna- tionally, and we’re getting noticed. This week, the Cleantech Group released its annual Global Cleantech 100 list. Thirteen Canadian companies were named. The sector’s premier research organization also ranked Canada fourth in the world The Standard: Supporting as a clean technology innovator—number one among our peers in the G20. We have a strong number of companies ready to compete globally and deliver Workplace Mental Health solid revenues. And they have the poten- tial to be an exporting powerhouse. Yet, our global market share is less than two per cent. Scaling up to global markets Workplaces can play an essential part in maintaining The MHCC is committed to helping employers remains the biggest challenge. positive mental health. They can give people the create and maintain mentally healthy workplaces Over the six years Export Development Canada (EDC) has been really focused on opportunity to feel productive and be a strong by providing the necessary tools, information, the cleantech space, we have consistently contributor to employee well-being. Yet it can also and support. heard cleantech developers say it’s a tough business. Our cleantech industry faces be a stressful environment that contributes to the The National Standard of Canada for Psychological many challenges moving past the research rise of mental health problems and illnesses. and development stage. In many cases, com- Health and Safety in the Workplace panies are trying to disrupt markets and, In any given week, 500,000 Canadians are unable to at other times, create new ones altogether. Webinar series and tool kits EDC’s customers tell us everything costs work due to mental health problems and illnesses. more and takes longer than anticipated. While there are a number of factors Training: Mental Health First Aid, that contribute, fi nancing keeps coming up th as the biggest hurdle. Many clean tech- 5 anniversary of the Standard! The Working Mind nologies are capital intensive to produce and have long production timelines. This 40,000 downloads of these voluntary guidelines to help combination of high capital needs and organizations in promoting mental health at work. long return periods in some sectors makes fi nancing more challenging than in other industries. The result is that we have an abundance of cleantech companies with great climate solutions, struggling to get Together, into the global market. We accelerate change. Now, more than ever, there is coordi- nated government support to try and ease Learn more, visit: some of their pain. mentalhealthcommission.ca EDC alone expects to bring more than $6-billion to the table to help support Canadian clean technology between now 12 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

Our capacity to offer such ing programs all over the world. In An observation mission led by support was badly weakened by election observation, civil society globally respected Canadians and Stephen Harper’s former govern- development, local governance, composed of competent observers How Canada ment, and has not been rebuilt. and political party training, Ca- could provide Zimbabweans with We had a robust democracy- nadian expertise is well respected crucial international support as it support policy agenda and and in demand. As a brand name, moves toward a more fully func- programs. Under the former though, Canada is not at the table. tioning constitutional democracy. can return to Canadian International Develop- There are thousands of Canadi- That should include contests ment Agency we had the Offi ce ans with experience and expertise where women are candidates and for Democratic Governance. The in governance and democracy pro- leaders in decision-making, and predecessor to Global Affairs motion. One Ottawa-based group where civil society organizations Canada used to run a Democracy has an active roster with over 10,000 can play important roles in hold- democracy- Promotion Unit. Brian Mul- registered democracy experts. ing government to account, and roney’s former government set The world needs Canada, as the full exercise of fundamental up the International Centre for former U.S. vice president Joe human rights is enjoyed by all. Human Rights and Democracy. Biden said. Opportunities to offer It’s a low-cost, low-risk, high- building abroad The Canada Corps was created the potential of Canadian political return multiplier for Canada’s infl u- to help developing and unstable values as the world’s most success- ence and respect on the global stage. countries develop strong demo- ful federated state, as a community We should remember our Minister Chrystia Freeland in cratic institutions. famous for its social inclusion, and history of supporting countries Zimbabweans will her major foreign policy address Regrettably, each institution as a nation built on an understand- in transition. It’s in Canada’s go to the polls in to the House in June. has been dismantled or merged ing of the power of mutual accom- interest to re-engage. There is one area where oppor- into the bowels of the bureaucracy. modation, are everywhere. And it provides a powerful an- a few months. The tunities to demonstrate this abound. Curiously, the Harper govern- Zimbabweans will go to the swer to Minister Freeland’s question: president says he In November, Robert Mugabe, ment ladled out millions of dollars polls in just a few months’ time. “Yes, Canada is an essential the widely detested president to American organizations in the President Mnangagwa has said country!” wants free, fair, and of Zimbabwe, was forced from fi eld: the International Republican that he wants free, fair, and cred- Michael Murphy is a Canadian credible elections offi ce. His replacement—known Institute and the National Demo- ible elections and has invited political analyst and organizer by his nick name, The Crocodile— cratic Institute, representing the the international community to with more than 20 years’ experi- and has invited was put in power by the military. United States’ two major parties. observe them. Canada should ence in the fi eld, in democracy- Emmerson Mnangagwa, This policy still prevails today. take up that offer by providing building, political party reform, the international Mugabe’s hatchet man for 40 In 2016, the IRI received $5.6-mil- assistance to local civil society election observation, and civil community to years, was the intelligence chief lion and the NDI got $2.6-mil- organizations in advance and society capacity building on four when thousands of civilians, lion. The U.S-based International organize an election-monitoring continents. observe them. mostly ethnic Ndebele, were Foundation for Electoral Systems mission to observe the vote. The Hill Times Canada should take massacred. He was also a key got another $5.8-million, and the ‘Is Canada party enforcer who ensured that European Endowment for Democ- an essential up that offer. ZANU-PF dominated Zimbabwe racy received another $1.5-million. country at this from independence in 1980 on. The Netherlands Institute for time in the life Not surprisingly, many crit- Multiparty Democracy provides of our planet?’ ics fear that democracy will support for political party and asked Foreign be neither more inclusive nor parliamentary development, Minister more accountable under the new as does the United Kingdom’s Chrystia president, despite reassurances Westminster Foundation for De- Freeland in a to the contrary. The main opposi- mocracy. Germany and Sweden major foreign tion to Mnangagwa will come generously support domestic policy speech from “Generation 40,” a faction of political party foundations, which in the House the long-ruling party ZANU-PF, in turn work with political parties in June. Yes, supported by Grace Mugabe, the in emerging democracies. The EU Michael Murphy writes Michael former president’s wife. has its own well-funded European Murphy, and we International development It is worth recalling that Centre for Electoral Support. ought to show Why should Canada not be Canada, as a member of the it more. PMO Commonwealth, played an promoting our democratic values photograph by s Canada an essential coun- important role in supporting under our fl ag internationally? Adam Scotti “Itry at this time in the life the democratic development of Canadians get paid to implement of our planet?” asked Foreign Zimbabwe a generation ago. other countries’ democracy-build- Conditions ripe for waving the fl ag of hate

his town hall meeting in Quebec Party—The National Socialist attitude across our country? If six million reasons are not Warnings about City by a man who held up an German Workers’ Party. Our warnings about rising hate enough, frankly, I am not sure rising hate have upside down Canadian fl ag with This shameful behaviour by have been largely disregarded what is. a swastika drawn on it. The man Canadians follows the redistri- by federal and provincial gov- Avi Benlolo is the president been largely was removed from the room, but bution of a winter edition of the ernments. It’s not suffi cient to and CEO of the Friends of Simon the pain of that episode remains. so-called Your Ward News last denounce and condemn hateful Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust disregarded No matter your political view- week. This edition of the Toronto- incidents. We have been calling Studies. point, holding up a swastika in based newspaper appears more for active enforcement of hate The Hill Times by federal and Canada and desecrating our fl ag intensely pro-Nazi than previous crime and hate speech. provincial is damaging to our national ethos. editions. Calls for an establish- It took two years for authorities What permits this type of ment of a “Hitler Fan Club” and to lay hate crime charges against governments. behaviour and how have we de- recruitment of volunteers to join the editor and owner of Your Ward scended so far down the path of its movement have increased, News, despite complaints from the hate and intolerance in Canada? while images of swastikas prolif- community. All the while those At the University of New erate the pamphlet and calls for who peddle in hate observed and Brunswick, where white suprema- book burnings and Nuremberg- became more emboldened and cist posters were distributed, a like rallies are featured. motivated into action. spokesperson from the university Neighbours are pitted against So after a town council in advised us that she received com- neighbours. This week, a Toronto Puslinch, Ont., voted to keep the munication from a group called family found swastikas drawn in name of a local street “Swastika National Socialist Canadian the snow on their car. The snow Trail,” should we be surprised Labour Revival Party. The group will melt and the swastika will when a swastika is unfurled at a claimed responsibility for the fl y- disappear—but suspicion about town hall meeting with the prime ers and objected to its character- neighbours will last. minister of Canada? We shouldn’t be surprised when Avi Benlolo ization as intolerant, despite the Which of them holds white Many argue for free speech. a swastika-defaced Canadian fl ag is unfurled at an event with Prime Hate speech fact it laid out its platform on an supremacist views? Who among But this is not a poli-sci course. anti-Semitic and hateful website them would have marched in This is real life. We have learned Minister Justin Trudeau, as it was and calls for white “survival.” The Charlottesville, Va. last summer? from history that free-market in Quebec City earlier this month, n Jan. 18, Prime Minister name of that party eerily resem- Why should we be surprised rhetoric will always victimize writes Avi Benlolo. The Hill Times OJustin Trudeau was heckled at bles the offi cial name of the Nazi by the spread of this hateful minorities and especially Jews. photograph by Andrew Meade THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 13 Opinion

To pay for the clean-energy Natural Resources economy, participants identifi ed Minister Jim Carr’s a range of funding sources, from People power: department, through a government revenues to private contribution agreement capital to industry. But when with Simon Fraser push came to shove, the majority University, funded of participants also told us that Canadians willing a series of citizen they were willing to pay their dialogues last fall fair share of these costs, with 75 across the country on per cent of participants willing to Canada’s energy future. contribute between 1.5 and three to shell out for The Hill Times fi le per cent of their annual income. photograph This willingness to pay came with conditions in many cases, such as following a “polluter pays” princi- fi nal set of pan-Canadian recom- uncertainty about whether the ple, protecting vulnerable groups clean energy from unfair costs, and accounting mendations to Natural Resources information they receive is trust- Canada as part its Generation worthy and felt that they lacked for how money has been spent. Cross-country citizen nergy issues can be a polariz- Energy public consultation. tools they require to hold decision- In outlining these recom- Eing force in Canadian politics, The detailed results, to be re- makers accountable. mendations, citizens called for roundtables last fall all too often pitting region against leased in the coming week by Simon To better address these issues Canada to lead by example on the revealed three-quarters region, or opening up divisions Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk and inspire public confi dence, global stage and take measured between rural and urban. Centre for Dialogue, provide a com- citizens called for a strong, indepen- actions to reduce its greenhouse of participants were So when we kicked off the pelling reference point for decision- dent oversight body with the teeth gas emissions. willing to chip in Citizen Dialogues on Canada’s makers and energy stakeholders. required to regulate, enforce, and Given the tensions that exist Energy Future in September, we In their consensus statement, report on the effectiveness of energy around energy, there is remark- between 1.5 and 3 per didn’t know where these discus- citizens outlined the need to policies and spending in Canada. able agreement about the energy cent of their annual sions would take us. transition to an energy future that Participants agreed upon future that citizens want the The idea was to bring together achieves a more sustainable and a range of tangible actions to next generation to inherit. What income for a clean- randomly selected citizens from clean environment, while continu- advance their vision, including is clear is that realizing this energy economy. different regions and walks of ing to provide employment and investments in energy infrastruc- future requires not just a techni- life to sit down at the same table. affordable energy. ture, incentives for clean-tech- cally robust plan, but also robust Over two days, participants To achieve this vision, par- nology innovation, and stricter measures to increase public learned about energy issues, ticipants called for the federal regulations for polluters. confi dence and help vulnerable listened deeply to each other’s government to play a leadership In conjunction, they identifi ed communities transition to the new hopes and fears, and imagined role in partnership with provinc- the need to maintain jobs, afford- energy economy. the future they wanted the next es, territories, Indigenous peoples, able energy, and opportunities Robin Prest is the program generation to inherit. and local governments to create a for those groups that will be most director at Simon Fraser Univer- With every province and ter- national energy plan. affected by the transition to a sity’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for ritory represented, these citizen- Indeed, governance emerged new energy economy. These goals Dialogue. The Citizen Dialogues driven conversations moved across as an unexpected theme at almost would be advanced through creat- on Canada’s Energy Future were the country from Vancouver, to every dialogue across Canada. Cit- ing a transition plan in consulta- independently designed and facili- Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and izens told us they were frustrated tion with fossil fuel-dependent tated by SFU as part of Natural Robin Prest Halifax. A fi nal group of citizens with partisan politics and called communities, rural and northern Resources Canada’s Generation then met in Winnipeg to review for more continuity between elec- regions, vulnerable populations, Energy public consultation. Natural resources emerging themes and present a tion cycles. They also expressed and trade-exposed industries. The Hill Times

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legislation wends its way through An analysis by CBC News last target new the Red Chamber. Observers say June found they voted with the some Senators are more willing to government 94.5 per cent of the take meetings than others, which time compared to the kicked-out plays into popularity. Liberals who, at the time, voted Over the last two years the only 78.5 per cent of the time. Senate has become a “reinvigo- Sen. Tkachuk suggested his rated and empowered” body, said group and the Liberals are also Independents Kevin Bosch, a longtime Liberal a continued target, noting their staffer who last year joined Hill combined votes represent more and Knowlton Strategies in Ot- than half of Senate despite the tawa as the fi rm’s vice president, ISG’s plurality, and smart lobby- Continued from page 1 adding the changed structure has ists see that opening. had a “signifi cant effect.” “They know the independent according to an analysis of the “I don’t think people realize Liberals are upset at Trudeau for 35,338 communications fi led with how big a change was being insti- kicking them out so if they don’t the federal lobbying commis- tuted when [Mr. Trudeau] removed like something in the bill they see sioner in 2017. The House of Com- Liberal Senators from the Liberal them as potential allies, along mons still accounts for the bulk of caucus and decided to only ap- with us,” he said, noting while lobbyist attention, with more than point independent.” they often still vote for legislation 11,000 entries fi led in 2017 under It’s become more unpredict- “they are about making mischief, the 338 MPs and their offi ces. able, but also a space where lob- that’s for sure.” There’s “absolutely no doubt” byists see an opening. As caucus structures in the Senate is an empowered body “In the old days, you could just the Upper Chamber fall away, and the numbers bear it out, said go and talk to the government government representative Sen. Temple Scott Associates Inc. se- leader in the two caucuses,” said Harder has a diffi cult job deal- nior counsel Chris Gray who, like Mr. Bosch, adding perceived “infl u- ing with each group, especially most lobbyists last year, reached encers” would also be courted. the ISG, which doesn’t whip its out to Independent Senators fi rst. “I think it’s a lot less clear votes. While the group is starting “The Senate was always seen as [who those are] because there’s to organize itself, its facilitator necessary to get legislation passed, so many Independents there,” he doesn’t necessarily speak for the but I think they have more infl uence said. “It means people have to go group and which ways members Senator by Senator and build sup- are likely to vote. than they have ever had before.” Source: The Offi ce of the Lobbying Commissioner. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau port for the cause.” “[Sen. Harder has] a wild card (Papineau, Que.) in 2014, as leader Lobbying increased exponentially in 2017, a Hill Times analysis of federal in the independent Liberals and of the then-third-party Liberals, lobbying commissioner data reveals. The Hill Times graph by Infogram New Senate ‘making there’s no love lost there,” added kicked Liberal Senators out of Sen. Tkachuk. caucus, and since Mr. Trudeau mischief,’ changing bills: became prime minister in 2015 he Although he’s always been Senate structure, hovering in the Sen. Tkachuk Health and transport has been appointing Senators who busy, Liberal deputy leader Terry mid 400s from 2011 to 2014. The The nonpartisan focus of the top lobbying issues sit as un-whipped Independents, Mercer—this year’s most lobbied year of Mr. Trudeau’s election, appointments means many new In August, former ISG fa- leaving votes in the Upper Cham- Senator—said he’s noticed re- 2015, saw a dip in lobbying efforts members are unknown entities cilitator Senator Elaine McCoy ber a lot less easy to predict. quests for his time have increased. across the board, with only 217 to lobbyists who themselves have (Alberta) praised an institutional The Independent Senators “There’s more focus, more communications logged in the political connections, said Con- shift made evident by analysis Group (ISG), which recently be- requests and it demands more time,” Senate that year. servative Senator David Tkachuk from her offi ce. It found 25 per came the largest contingent in the said Sen. Mercer (Nova Scotia), who Leaders in the Conservative and (Saskatchewan). When he came cent of all government bills were Senate, accounted for 43 per cent also attributes his top spot to being Liberal caucuses appear among to the Upper Chamber he knew a amended in the Senate. It’s a of lobbyist meetings in 2017. Nine the longest-serving member of the the most lobbied Senators. With the lot of people in the lobby groups big jump over the seven per cent ISG members are in the top 20 most agriculture and transport committees. Independents, committee member- because they were from the party. of government bills that were lobbied Senators, followed by fi ve Last year’s numbers are more ship appears the most likely factor “I think that’s true of the Lib- amended in the previous 10 Par- Conservatives, four Liberals, and than three times what was typical for their contact with special- erals as well, but I know that’s not liaments, the offi ce said. two non-affi liated members. The 39 before Mr. Trudeau changed the interest groups, as controversial true of the Independents because “There’s more opportunity to ISG Senators accounted for 552 of it seems to be a qualifi cation pass amendments now,” agreed the logs compared to 386 for the 33 that you not belong to a political Sen. Tkachuk, but that’s made it Conservatives (or 30 per cent), and party,” said Sen. Tkachuk, who a more controversial place, which 247 for the 15 Liberals (or 19 per was seventh most lobbied in 2017 has also helped raise the Senate’s cent). The government’s three repre- with 36 communications. profi le and engagement with it. sentatives, who sit as “unaffi liated” That was one of the main rea- Signs the Senate would be dif- Senators—Peter Harder (Ottawa, sons Independent Lucie Moncion, ferent came early in Mr. Trudeau’s Ont.), Grant Mitchell (Alberta), and third most lobbied in 2017, put her mandate, with its back-and-forth Diane Bellemare (Quebec)—repre- name forward, saying an “indepen- with the House on assisted dying sented seven per cent, not including dent Senate is a better place.” legislation. After lengthy study, the staff in their offi ces. “We can look at legislation and vocal pushback from Sena- Four Senators who spoke without being told how we should tors, the government accepted with The Hill Times last week, all vote at the end of the day,” said some amendments. among the top 10 most lobbied, Sen. Moncion (Ontario), who sits Before the summer break last said they have to turn away some on the Internal Economy and Of- year, Trudeau-appointee Inde- requests, but mostly attribute their fi cial Languages committees. pendent Senator André Pratte ranking to a willingness to take Some observers noted that (Quebec) made a motion to split meetings, and positions on key despite the name, the Indepen- the implementing legislation for committees studying controversial Former Liberal staffer Kevin Bosch said a newly independent Senate is dents are more likely to vote in or wide-ranging legislation. line with Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals. empowered and lobbyists are taking notice. The Hill Times fi le photograph Continued on page 15 THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 15 Senate News

Continued from page 14 legislation if you want something changed,” he said, adding he’s noticed their staff members are a new federal infrastructure bank The most lobbied Senators of 2017, by communications often more willing to meet than from the budget bill, a move Sen. those in the House. Name Affiliation Communications Province Appointment Tkachuk said is “not usually done” Part of the spike in numbers Liberal deputy leader Terry Mercer Lib. 65 Nova Scotia 2003/Chrétien with government budgets. can be attributed to the simple Government liaison Grant Mitchell Non-affiliated 60 Alberta 2005/Martin Efforts to remove an excise tax fact that so many new Senators Lucie Moncion ISG 59 Ontario 2016/Trudeau on tax on wine, beer, and alcohol have been appointed in such a Dennis Dawson Lib. 57 Quebec 2005/Martin ultimately failed, but brought short time. In less than two years, Diane Griffin ISG 42 P.E.I 2016/Trudeau in considerable lobbying. In the Mr. Trudeau has named 30 mem- Rosa Galvez ISG 41 Quebec 2016/Trudeau Senate, the Canadian Vintners bers through a process that the David Tkachuk C 36 Saskatchewan 1993/Mulroney Association fi led 33 reports last government champions as merit- René Cormier ISG 35 New Brunswick 2016/Trudeau year, followed by Beer Canada Pierrette Ringuette ISG 34 New Brunswick 2002/Chrétien based and nonpartisan. There are with 25. Bill C-4, which repealed Michael MacDonald C 33 Nova Scotia 2009/Harper still 11 vacant seats. two Harper-era laws perceived as Douglas Black ISG 31 Alberta 2013/Harper “People are going to want to anti-labour, also earned opposi- Claudette Tardif Lib. 30 Alberta 2005/Martin meet with them and they all came tion from Senators and engage- Government representative Peter Harder Non-affiliated 29 Ontario 2016/Trudeau at once so we’ll see if this develops ment with lobbyists, but ulti- Frances Lankin ISG 28 Ontario 2016/Trudeau into the long term or whether the mately passed without the Senate Richard Neufeld C 28 British Columbia 2009/Harper ISG establishes some semblance insisting on amendments. Carolyn Stewart Olsen C 25 New Brunswick 2009/Harper of caucus unity over time,” said The government recently Larry Campbell ISG 24 British Columbia 2005/Martin Sen. Tkachuk. The same was true André Pratte ISG 24 Quebec 2016/Trudeau reached a compromise on Bill S-3, for him after his 1993 appointment Liberal leader Joseph Day Lib. 23 New Brunswick 2001/Chrétien dealing with sex discrimination in by Brian Mulroney, he said. Scott Tannas C 23 Alberta 2013/Harper the Indian Act, after Senators pre- The ISG is so new that observ- Tony Dean ISG 20 Ontario 2016/Trudeau pared to square off if the govern- ers are still working out the way Victor Oh C 20 Ontario 2013/Harper ment didn’t accept its amendments. it functions, and who its leaders Conservative whip Don Plett C 20 Manitoba 2009/Harper Looking at the names that ap- or infl uencers are. Its facilitators Raymonde Gagné ISG 19 Manitoba 2016/Trudeau pear among top lobbied Senators, haven’t garnered the same level Judith Seidman C 19 Quebec 2009/Harper several noted the connection to of interaction as leadership in the Patricia Bovey ISG 17 Manitoba 2016/Trudeau the Transport Committee and its traditional caucuses. Sen. Yuen Percy Downe Lib. 16 P.E.I 2003/Chrétien review of C-49, the Transportation Stephen Greene ISG 16 Nova Scotia 2009/Harper Pau Woo (B.C.), who was named to Modernization Act. Sen. Mercer, Elizabeth Marshall C 16 Newfoundland and Labrador 2010/Harper the post in September, has 14 com- Liberal Dennis Dawson (Quebec), Nancy Greene Raine C 14 British Columbia 2009/Harper munications, while former facilita- Independent Rosa Galvez (Quebec), David Wells C 14 Newfoundland, Labrador 2013/Harper tor Sen. McCoy had one in 2017. Conservative Michael MacDonald ISG facilitator Yuen Pau Woo ISG 14 British Columbia 2016/Trudeau Sen. Galvez, the new chair of (Nova Scotia), and Independent Jean-Guy Dagenais C 12 Quebec 2012/Harper the Energy, Environment, and Diane Griffi n (P.E.I.) have been on Art Eggleton Lib. 12 Ontario 2005/Martin Natural Resources Committee, the committee for months and new Ghislain Maltais C 12 Quebec 2009/Harper said she has a “doors open, hands chair Sen. Tkachuk has also fi elded Jim Munson Lib. 12 Ontario 2003/Chrétien on” approach to meetings, while Chantal Petitclerc ISG 12 Quebec 2016/Trudeau meetings on the topic. colleague Sen. Moncion said Claude Carignan C 11 Quebec 2009/Harper Several Senators referred to she tries to schedule about three Jane Cordy Lib. 11 Nova Scotia 2000/Chrétien it as an omnibus bill, noting it’s meetings a week because as a Marilou McPhedran ISG 11 Manitoba 2016/Trudeau been a focal point for industry new Parliamentarian she sees it Howard Wetston ISG 11 Ontario 2016/Trudeau and will likely bring continued as part of the learning experience. Raynell Andreychuk C 10 Saskatchewan 1993/Mulroney lobbying into 2018. “We should have an open mind Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard ISG 10 Nova Scotia 2016/Trudeau Legislation recommending and receive as many opinions Norman Doyle C 10 Newfoundland, Labrador 2012/Harper plain packaging for tobacco also and positions [as possible]…we Sabi Marwah ISG 10 Ontario 2016/Trudeau earned Senators attention. Roth- Kim Pate ISG 10 Ontario 2016/Trudeau are looking [for] facts,” said Sen. mans, Benson & Hedges Inc. fi led Dan Christmas ISG 9 Nova Scotia 2016/Trudeau Galvez, noting the approach is 40 reports in the Senate, followed Percy Mockler C 9 New Brunswick 2009/Harper borrowed from her background in by the Heart and Stroke Founda- Mobina Jaffer Lib. 8 British Columbia 2001/Chrétien academia as a professor. “My deci- tion of Canada with 15, Canadian Yonah Martin C 8 British Columbia 2009/Harper sion will be better when I experi- Cancer Society with 12, and Im- Paul Massicotte ISG 8 Quebec 2003/Chrétien ence what people are telling me.” perial Tobacco with nine. Health Dennis Patterson C 8 Nunavut 2009/Harper At the committee level, Inde- was a top-lobbied fi le in the sen- Anne C. Cools ISG 7 Ontario 1984/P.E.Trudeau pendent Sen. Raymonde Saint- ate last year, a reality Senators Michael Duffy ISG 7 P.E.I 2009/Harper Germain (De la Vallière, Que.) predict will continue into 2018 as Lillian Dyck Lib. 7 Saskatchewan 2005/Martin told The Hill Times lobbyists are Marc Gold ISG 7 Quebec 2016/Trudeau controversial cannabis legislation given “too much time and too Paul McIntyre C 7 New Brunswick 2012/Harper makes its way before two Senate much importance.” Ratna Omidvar ISG 7 Ontario 2016/Trudeau committees. With meetings, Sen. Galvez Betty Unger C 7 Alberta 2012/Harper

said she tries to speak to groups Gwen Boniface ISG 6 Ontario 2016/Trudeau Independents open to with opposing views “so you have Éric Forest ISG 6 Quebec 2016/Trudeau Fabian Manning C 6 Newfoundland, Labrador 2011/Harper many meetings, key all the perspectives,” and while she’s found some come with a Raymonde Saint-Germain ISG 6 Quebec 2016/Trudeau focus for lobbyists partisan bent or a clear agenda, Murray Sinclair ISG 6 Manitoba 2016/Trudeau she would rather get information, Pamela Wallin ISG 6 Saskatchewan 2009/Harper Before the new appointment Diane Bellemare Non-affiliated 5 Quebec 2012/Harper or data points that she can parse. process, groups would have Linda Frum C 5 Ontario 2009/Harper focused their efforts on House “Most of the time I send them Leo Housakos C 5 Quebec 2009/Harper committees, but Government Re- back with homework,” said Sen. Colin Kenny Lib. 5 Ontario 1984/P.E.Trudeau lations Institute of Canada presi- Galvez, who also sits on the Thomas McInnis C 5 Nova Scotia 2012/Harper dent Phil Cartwright said “ev- Transport Committee and the Sen- David Richards ISG 5 New Brunswick 2017/Trudeau eryone” in government relations ate’s new Special Arctic Committee. Conservative leader Larry Smith C 5 Quebec 2011/Harper realizes the Senate is different, As an “autonomous” body, Sen. Vernon White C 5 Ontario 2012/Harper and compared to years past they Moncion noted ISG members Denise Batters C 3 Saskatchewan 2013/Harper are far more focused on them as don’t infl uence each other’s votes, Nicole Eaton C 3 Ontario 2009/Harper part of an outreach strategy. but do try to have a group ap- George Furey Non-affiliated 3 Newfoundland, Labrador 1999/Chrétien “There’s agreement right proach to determine who speaks Lynn Beyak Non-affiliated 2 Ontario 2013/Harper across the board, including with on topics to avoid repetition. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu C 2 Quebec 2010/Harper GRIC members, that the Senate As the government launches into Marie-Françoise Mégie ISG 2 Quebec 2016/Trudeau has taken on new importance in an ambitious legislative agenda, Thanh Hai Ngo C 2 Ontario 2012/Harper terms of the new Senate and new Sen. Moncion said it’s not a ques- Rose-May Poirier C 2 New Brunswick 2010/Harper structure underpinning how the tion of whether the Senate makes it Salma Ataullahjan C 1 Ontario 2010/Harper Nancy Hartling ISG 1 New Brunswick 2016/Trudeau Senate functions and how people diffi cult for the government to pass its laws, but whether the govern- Elaine McCoy ISG 1 Alberta 2005/Martin are appointed,” he said, adding if Charlie Watt Lib. 1 Quebec 1984/P.E.Trudeau ment will be open to that feedback. a group sees the opportunity for Patrick Brazeau ISG 0 Quebec 2009/Harper amendment, it makes sense that it “When the prime minister Mary Coyle Non-affiliated 0 Nova Scotia 2017/Trudeau would “pretty aggressively engage decided that he wanted a more Jacques Demers ISG 0 Quebec 2009/Harper with the Senate.” independent Senate, he also wanted Renée Dupuis, ISG 0 Quebec 2016/Trudeau Temple Scott Associates Inc. independent views, different views Fraser, Joan Lib. 0 Quebec 1998/Chrétien makes a point to connect with Sena- on what the government is bringing Serge Joyal Lib. 0 Quebec 1997/Chrétien tors, said Mr. Gray, adding he fi rst forward,” she said. “They shouldn’t Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Lib. 0 New Brunswick 2005/Martin reaches out to members of the ISG. have a problem...We might see Mary Jane McCallum Non-affiliated 0 Manitoba 2016/Trudeau “I target them as a group, I other things that [MPs don’t catch].” Josée Verner ISG 0 Quebec 2011/Harper think, [that] would be more ame- [email protected] Source: The Offi ce of the Lobbying Commissioner. Data refl ects direct communication with nable to potentially looking at The Hill Times Senators and does not include the 159 communications with staff in some Senators’ offi ces. 16 THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 CLASSIFIEDS Information and Advertisement Placement: 613-688-8822 • [email protected]

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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has promoted a new director of policy, hill climbers and has tapped parliamentary affairs director by Laura Ryckewaert Vincent Garneau to also serve as a senior adviser for Canada-U.S. relations in her Foreign Aff airs Minister ministerial offi ce. The Hill Times photograph by Freeland names fellow Andrew Meade Rhodes Scholar alum as new policy director Laurence Deschamps- Laporte has replaced Owen ter’s parliamentary secretary, Liberal MP ecutive assistant to the minister; and Ashley Teo as director of policy to Pamela Goldsmith-Jones since early 2017. Press, executive assistant to the chief of staff. Before that, he was a legislative assistant to the foreign aff airs minister. Liberal MP Julie Dabrusin, who represents Toronto-Danforth, Ont. Ministers Hajdu, Petitpas oreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland As assistant to Ms. Goldsmith-Jones, Mr. Taylor welcome new assistants Fhas made a few senior staffi ng changes in Kapches got the chance to accompany the Employment, Workforce Development, her ministerial offi ce of late, including nam- parliamentary secretary on a number of and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu has hired ing a new director of policy following the trips abroad, including to Vietnam, Singa- Sahar Zaker to join the exempt staff ranks departure of Owen Teo in December. pore and Brunei for bilateral meetings in in her ministerial offi ce. Mr. Teo had been serving as Ms. Freeland’s April; to Manila, Philippines, for the 49th Ms. Zaker was until recently working on director of policy since June 2016 when she ASEAN economic ministers’ meeting in the Hill as a member’s assistant to Liberal was the minister responsible for international September; and to China to take part in The MP Majid Jowhari, who represents the trade. When Ms. Freeland was shuffl ed into Belt and Road Forum and bilateral meet- Toronto area riding of Richmond Hill, Ont., her current foreign affairs portfolio in January ings in May. In all, he claimed $32,548.62 in and is now a special assistant to Ms. Hajdu . 2017, Mr. Teo was quick to follow, continuing to travel and hospitality expenses while with Policy adviser Omer Aziz has left his post in She started out as an outreach and case lead policy work in the minister’s new offi ce. the trade minister’s offi ce in 2017. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s manager in Mr. Jowhari’s constituency He’s now opted to return to work in the He also sat in on many meetings with offi ce. Photograph courtesy of Facebook offi ce in 2015, shortly after the MP was federal public service. Stay tuned for more lobbyists in his previous role, as indicated by elected for the fi rst time with roughly 46.9 details on his new role. the federal lobbying registry, including with: per cent support. Before becoming a political aide to Ms. taken on the added responsibility of also the Japan Automobile Manufacturers As- Ms. Zaker had worked on Mr. Jowhari’s Freeland, Mr. Teo spent the last almost four serving as a senior adviser for Canada-U.S. sociation of Canada, Renewable Industries 2015 federal election campaign, helping years as an executive director in the offi ce relations to Ms. Freeland. Canada, the Council of Canadian Innovators, with community outreach, as indicated of the deputy minister for international Mr. Garneau fi rst began working for Ms. by her LinkedIn profi le, and is a former trade, and from 2009 to 2012, he was a Freeland during her time as international vice-president for outreach for the Rich- senior trade commissioner posted in the trade minister in February 2016, and before mond Hill Federal Liberal Association. She Canadian Embassy in Beijing, China. that had been a foreign service offi cer with studied an undergrad in political science During his time with Ms. Freeland, Mr. Teo the then-named Department of Foreign Af- and government at York University. logged plenty of time on the road. In 2016, fairs, Trade, and Development. That includes Matthew Mitschke is chief of staff to while while working on trade, he claimed a serving as a trade commissioner in the Mon- the employment minister. total of $15,735.31 in travel and hospitality treal regional trade offi ce, as a policy adviser In other staffi ng news, while looking expenses, including for trips to Washington, for the United Nations Educational, Scientif- up Mr. Jowhari’s staff team on the govern- D.C., for meetings with the United States ic, and Cultural Organization, and as a policy ment’s electronic directory service, Hill Trade Representative in September; to China adviser with the department’s clemency and Climbers spotted that former ministerial for G20 trade ministers’ meetings in Shanghai complex consular cases division. staffer Erik Mistal is now working as a in July and again in August for G20 meetings He’s also a former legislative and politi- member’s assistant to the rookie MP. in Hangzhou; and to Laos in August to ac- cal adviser to Quebec Liberal Senator Den- Mr. Mistal was previously working in company the minister at the ASEAN econom- nis Dawson, amongst other past experience. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr’s of- ic ministers’ meeting. Jeremy Broadhurst is chief of staff to fi ce as an assistant to the minister’s parlia- With Mr. Teo’s departure, policy adviser Ms. Freeland. Vincent Garneau is now director of parliamentary mentary secretary, Liberal MP Kim Rudd, Laurence Deschamps-Laporte has been International Trade Minister François- affairs and a senior adviser for Canada-U.S. up until November. Before that, he had promoted to take over as Ms. Freeland’s Philippe Champagne has hired Marianne relations to the foreign affairs minister. been a special assistant for communica- new director of policy. Brisson to serve as a special assistant for Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn tions to Ms. Hajdu in her previous capacity Ms. Deschamps-Laporte started in the policy in his offi ce. as the minister for status of women. foreign affairs minister’s offi ce in the fall of Ms. Brisson spent a couple of months Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas 2016 under then minister Stéphane Dion. last fall working as a research assistant for Honda Canada, eBay, Universities Canada, Taylor added a new adviser to her political She’s a former Rhodes Scholar at the the International Centre for the Preven- the Association of Canadian Port Authori- staff team, starting the week before last. University of Oxford, where she studied tion of Crime, and before that spent the ties, the Steelworkers Humanity Fund, the Aamar Yaseen is now a regional adviser international development and modern summer of 2017 as an intern in National Canadian Sugar Institute, the Canadian Pork to the minister for the West and North, as Middle Eastern studies. Originally from Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s Council, the Canola Council of Canada, the well as serving as assistant to the minister’s Quebec, Ms. Deschamps-Laporte also has a Hill offi ce as the Liberal MP for Gaspésie- Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Ca- parliamentary secretary, Liberal MP Bill Blair, master’s in international development from Les-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Que., amongst nadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, and Ferrero who represents Scarborough Southwest, Ont., the University of Oxford, and a bachelor’s other past experience. Canada, amongst others. and also serves as parliamentary secretary to degree in international studies from the On the fl ip side, policy, operations, and James Cudmore is director of policy to Mr. Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Quebec regional affairs adviser Sylvain Sajjan, while Scott Savage is a senior policy Geneviève Hinse is chief of staff to Ms. Along with French and English, she can Bédard has left Mr. Champagne’s of- adviser, and John Ma is a policy adviser. Petitpas Taylor. Also currently working for speak Spanish, German, and Arabic. fi ce. Mr. Bédard joined Mr. Champagne’s Zita Astravas is chief of staff to the minis- the minister are: Stevie O’Brien, director of In further policy staff changes, adviser Omer ministerial offi ce in February 2017, and ter, whose offi ce also includes: Louis Landry, parliamentary affairs and issues manage- Aziz has also recently exited Ms. Freeland’s of- before that had been working for him in director of parliamentary affairs; Manjeet ment; Yves Comeau, director of commu- fi ce, which he joined back in July 2017. his capacity as the Liberal MP for Saint- Vinning, director of operations; Renée Fili- nications; Thierry Bélair, press secretary; Mr. Aziz was previously a student fel- Maurice–Champlain, Que. atrault, director of communications; Byrne Monique Lugli, senior adviser; Kathryn low with the Yale Information Society Proj- Another recently departed trade staffer, Furlong, press secretary; Matt Luloff, special Nowers, senior policy adviser; Travis ect while studying law at the Ivy League Jim Kapches, is now busy working as a assistant for issues management; Anthony Gordon, policy adviser; Kate Moussouni, school, and was a legal intern at the offi ce policy adviser in National Defence Minis- Di Carlo, special assistant for Quebec and policy adviser; Danielle Boyle, offi ce man- of the United Nations Special Envoy for ter Harjit Sajjan’s offi ce, as of this week. Atlantic regional affairs; Jonathan Barry, ager and executive assistant to the chief of Syria during the summer of 2015. Previously, Mr. Kapches had been an On- special assistant for Western regional af- staff; and driver Gislain Dumas. Along with these changes, director of tario regional affairs adviser in Mr. Cham- fairs; Danielle Moriarty, special assistant for [email protected] parliamentary affairs Vincent Garneau has pagne’s offi ce, and assistant to the minis- Ontario regional affairs; JoAnne Buteau, ex- The Hill Times 18 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Diplomatic Circles Labour Minister Hajdu speaks at Finnish centenary bash by Shruti Shekar Photographs courtesy of Cynthia Münster Booming Canada- Wales trade leads to Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, Finnish Ambassador Vesa Lehtonen, and Liberal MP Don Rusnak at Finland’s 100th Independence Day celebration at the Pirjetta Manninen, spouse of the ambassador, Mr. new diplomatic offi ce ambassador’s home on Dec. 6. Lehtonen, and Russian Ambassador Alexander Darchiev. opening in Montreal ith a 70 per cent increase in the past Wyear in trade between Wales and Canada, the British High Commission is opening a new offi ce for the territory that Labour Minister Patty Hajdu, whose Thunder forms part of Great Britain in Montreal to Bay-Superior North, Ont. riding has a large Finnish Burundian Chargé d’Affaires Emmanuel Niyonzima capitalize on burgeoning opportunities. community. and Ghanaian High Commissioner Ayikoi Otoo. Trevor Kerr, head of communications at the high commission, said in an email that the offi ce, consisting of “one representative accredited through the high commission” would open at the end of February. “Our staff will work closely with our Welsh colleague to provide any support they need to promote Wales in Canada,” Mr. Kerr said. A Nov. 27 press release from the Welsh government indicated that in the last year Canada was the ninth largest market for Welsh exports, which totalled roughly $682-million, which represented a 70 per Ambassadors of Slovenia, Sweden, Finland, and Serbia: Marjan cent increase in trade from 2016. Cencen, Per Sjögren, Mr. Lehtonen, and Mihailo Papazoglu. Companies that have invested in the Welsh market include Montreal-headquar- tered CGI, which has an offi ce in Wales. The release noted that Canada is in the top Qatar hosts national day do fi ve investment markets for Wales. A Welsh government spokesperson said The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia the government has many offi ces overseas to promote international interests, which include trade, investment, tourism, culture, and educa- tion. The spokesperson said having the offi ce in Montreal provides more opportunities because of its metropolitan location. “Wales already has vibrant business relations with Canada and we are looking U.K. High Commissioner to Canada Susan forward to strengthening and develop- le Jeune d’Allegeershecque’s offi ce says the Iraqi Ambassador Abdul Kareem Kaab and Fahad Kafoud, ing these further,” the spokesperson said British consulate in Montreal will be the ambassador of Qatar, at the latter’s national day reception via email. “The offi ce [in Montreal] will location for the new Welsh offi ce. Photograph at the Chateau Laurier on Dec. 7. U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft and Mr. Kafoud. allow close collaboration with colleagues courtesy of the U.K. Foreign Commonwealth offi ce and partners including foreign embassies, Chambers of Commerce, the Department d’affaires, said she was back at the foreign for International Trade and the Foreign and ministry and a new high commissioner has Commonwealth Offi ce in [the] market.” been selected to come to Canada. Mr. Wallace Kazakhstan welcomes Parliamentarians, would not reveal who the new high commis- sioner was and when they would be arriving. diplomats to Independence Day party Changes in the Ms. Skerritt-Andrew was the fi rst resident high commissioner for Saint Kitts, diplomatic corps and helped establish an independent high commission in Ottawa after the High Com- The new Icelandic ambassador, Pétur mission of the Organizations of Eastern Ásgeirsson, presented his credentials to the Caribbean States—of which Saint Kitts and Governor General on Nov. 20 at Rideau Hall. Nevis is a member—closed down in 2011 Mr. Ásgeirsson, a career diplomat who for economic reasons. joined the foreign service in 1999, replaced During her time, Ms. Skerritt-Andrew’s Sturla Sigurjónsson who left in July. priority was to lift the visa requirement that Ólöf Sigvaldadóttir, deputy head of Former chief of staff to the Senate Speaker Kressell Daniel, senior program adviser with the Saint Kitts Canada imposed on residents after security Janelle Feldstein with Conservative Senator mission and chargé d’affaires, said Mr. Sig- concerns from Saint Kitts and Nevis’ buy-a- and Nevis High Commission; Myriam Sepulveda, Royal Bank of Victor Oh at Kazakhstan’s Independence Day urjónsson returned to Iceland and is now passport program were raised in 2014. Canada diplomatic account manager; and Eustace T. Wallace, the permanent secretary of state. The program essentially allowed users party Dec. 7 at the Chateau Laurier. counsellor at the Saint Kitts and Nevis High Commission. Before coming to Canada, Mr. Ás- to get a passport in exchange for invest- geirsson was the consul general in Nuuk, ment without being a resident of the Greenland, for the past fi ve years. He was country. also the director general for administration During a 2016 interview with The and consular affairs from 2009 to 2013 in Hill Times, Ms. Skerritt-Andrew said she the Icelandic Foreign Service. would work to convince the Canadian Mr. Ásgeirsson had been the political government that Saint Kitts and Nevis had adviser to Ólafur Einarsson, the former tightened security. Its government had re- minister of science, education, and culture called all passports and now includes the in Iceland from 1993 to 1994. date and place of birth of its citizens in the In other movements, the high commission- documents. er for Saint Kitts and Nevis has left the country. Before coming to Canada, Ms. Skerritt- The high commission said Shirley Sker- Andrew was the ambassador of the Orga- ritt-Andrew left on Dec. 22 and returned to nizations of Eastern Caribbean States in Portuguese Ambassador José Pakistani High Commissioner Tariq Azim Khan, Mr. Zhigalov, his the Caribbean nation after being in Canada Brussels. Moreira da Cunha and Konstantin wife Indira Zhigalova, Kamala Pokhrel, and her husband Nepalese for a little over two years. [email protected] Zhigalov, Kazakhstan’s ambassador. Ambassador Kali Prasad Pokhrel. Eustace Wallace, the interim chargé @shruti_shekar THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018 19 Events Feature

delegation will be led by Liberal MP Anthony break a week later in the spring, on June 29. Rota, and will include Senators Anne Cools Ministers to Meet in Montreal for Round Six Parliamentary and David Wells, Liberal MP Joyce Murray, of NAFTA Renegotiations—Canada’s Minister Thousands fl ock to Hill for and NDP MP Murray Rankin. of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, United Calendar States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and Mexico’s Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Women’s March THURSDAY, JAN. 25 Guajardo will meet in Montreal as part of the Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American sixth round of NAFTA renegotiations. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade Republic, with David Frum—Maclean’s writer Paul Wells hosts this Ottawa Writers Festival WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31 event featuring author, former White House Police estimated between 6,000 and 8,000 people marched in Ottawa on the speechwriter, and The Atlantic columnist and Arctic Inspiration Prize Awards Ceremony— afternoon of Jan. 20, matching last year’s total, according to the Ottawa Citizen. media commentator David Frum, who explains This is an event honouring the 2017 laureates how he says U.S. President Donald Trump has of the $3-million Arctic Inspiration Prize, Conservative undermined America’s most important institu- which encourages, enables, and celebrates the tions in ways even the most critical media inspiring achievements of northerners. Hosted have missed. He’ll speak to his new book, by CBC Igalaaq’s Madeleine Allakariallak, caucus to huddle Trumpocracy. Southminster United Church, the event will feature a performance by the 15 Aylmer Ave., Ottawa. 7 p.m. Prices vary, up cast of Kiviuq Returns, produced by 2015 in Victoria before to $20. writersfestival.org. Arctic Inspiration Prize Laureate Qaggiavuut, Community Liaison Offi cers’ Group and a special announcement by Natan Obed, Ottawa—The CLO Group is hosting a president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. 8 p.m. Parliament sits 2017/2018 series of information sessions Shaw Centre, Ottawa. No charge, advance reg- for foreign diplomatic missions’ personnel istration required. For more information, visit WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 responsible for welcoming new embassy arcticinspirationprize.ca or [email protected]. staff members and their families. The group Prime Time in Ottawa 2018—The Canadian The House Is Not Sitting—The House of involves networking and sharing information Media Producers Association is hosting the Commons is not sitting this week after ad- essential for a smooth transition and settle- 2018 edition of its annual conference for the journing for the traditional holiday break on ment of new families to Ottawa/the National Canadian media industry from Jan. 31 to Feb. Dec. 13. The House is scheduled to resume Capital Region. Monthly meetings feature 2 at the Westin Ottawa. Prime Time is the na- sitting Jan. 29. guest speakers. January’s topic is taxes and tional networking event for business leaders Conservative National Caucus Meets in banking. 2:30 p.m. To join the group or from Canada’s television, interactive media, Victoria—The national Conservative caucus is participate in the meeting, please contact feature fi lm, broadcasting, and telecommuni- meeting in Victoria, B.C., from Jan. 24-25, [email protected]. cations industries. Actor, director, writer, and in advance of the start of the winter session In Search of the Next Gig: A Snapshot of producer Jay Baruchel is the closing keynote of Parliament on Jan. 29. Conservative leader Precarious Work in Canada Today—What does speaker. His recent credits include acting roles Andrew Scheer will deliver opening remarks precarious work look like in Canada today, and in Goon: Last of the Enforcers, Man Seeking at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 24. His speech will be what is driving it? How should decision-makers Woman, This Is the End, Tropic Thunder, and open to the media. The caucus will break address the loss of employment stability? With the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. For for the day at 5 p.m. Mr. Scheer will hold a the help of a panel of experts, this breakfast more, visit primetimeinottawa.ca. media availability at the end of the caucus discussion hosted by Policy Options magazine Canadian Catastrophe Conference—CatIQ is meeting on Jan. 25. The Fairmont Empress, will broach this key public policy issue. 8-10 hosting the third annual Canadian Catastrophe 721 Government St., Victoria, B.C. a.m. National Arts Centre, O’Born Room, 1 Conference from Jan. 31-Feb. 2 in Gatineau, NAFTA Negotiations—The sixth round of Elgin St., Ottawa. Registration is $25. Register Que., at the Hilton Lac-Leamy. The goal of The event was meant to promote women’s and human rights. It also attracted some counter- negotiations is being held until Jan. 28, in at irpp.org/irpp-event/in-search-of-the-next-gig- the conference is to bring government, the Montreal, Que., with ministers arriving for a a-snapshot-of-precarious-work-in-canada-today. insurance industry, and academia together to demonstrators. Events took place in cities across Canada. fi nal day of talks on Jan. 29. Minister Philpott to Convene Two-Day discuss Canadian disasters and how to better PM Continues Davos Trip—Prime Minister Emergency Meeting on First Nations, Inuit, Métis prepare and respond to them. It is also hosting Justin Trudeau continues his visit to the Nation Child and Family Services—Indigenous a national disaster mitigation workshop in col- World Economic Forum in Davos, Swit- Services Minister Jane Philpott will convene laboration with Public Safety Canada on Jan. zerland. Today, he’s set to participate in a an emergency meeting on Indigenous child 31. For more information, www.catiq.com. Canada-U.S.A. Economic Roundtable and and family services at the Shaw Centre in Ot- Hall in Edmonton—Prime Minister Justin Oceans Roundtable, and meet with Argentine tawa (55 Colonel By Dr.) from Jan. 25 to 26. Trudeau is holding a town hall in Edmonton. President Mauricio Macri and business This meeting will include Indigenous leaders, A venue has yet to be publicly announced. executives including DP World chair and provincial and territorial ministers, com- CEO Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Ericsson munity technicians, youth representatives, CEO Börje Ekholm, Salesforce CEO Marc experts, and advocates. The meeting looks to SATURDAY, FEB. 3 Benioff, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Ben van identify shared priorities and a path forward British Columbia Liberal Party Elects New Beurden, and Microsoft Corporation CEO in reforming Indigenous child and family Leader—Voting will take place online, with Satya Nadella. Tomorrow, he will attend a services. Media will be invited to the morning a telephone option, on Thursday, Feb. 1, Canada Reception at night and meet during portions of the main plenary each day. Friday, Feb. 2, and Saturday, Feb. 3. The the day with Malala Yousafzai, co-founder of United States International Trade Commission party will hold a leadership convention for the Malala Fund, as well as executives Jacob to Make Final Bombardier Determination—The the announcement of the new leader on Feb. Wallenberg, chair of Investor AB, Coca-Cola ITC is set to make its fi nal injury determination 3. For more info: bcliberals.com/leadership. Company CEO James Quincey, IBM CEO in the Bombardier-Boeing case today. Marchers came out for the second annual event, with last year’s march held largely to protest Ginni Rometty, and World Economic Forum U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration the day prior. founder Klaus Schwab, as well as hold a TUESDAY, FEB. 6 SATURDAY, JAN. 27 media availability. Promoting Democracy Abroad: What Role NDP Caucus Meets—The NDP national Saskatchewan Party Elects New Leader— for Canadian Legislators?—Organized by the caucus is holding a strategy session from The next premier of Saskatchewan, taking Carleton University Initiative for Parliamentary Jan. 23-25. It was originally scheduled over from Brad Wall who announced his and Diplomatic Engagement, Parliamentarians to take place in Saguenay, Que., but was resignation in the summer, will be elected and senior government offi cials are invited to moved at the last minute to Ottawa due to today by party membership at a convention this panel discussion and introduction to the travel complications and fl ight cancella- in Saskatoon. saskparty.com. new All-Party Democracy Caucus. Panelists: tions amid a glut of snow and ice. Winter Celebration at Rideau Hall—Rideau Fen Hampson, Carleton University/Centre for CIGI Global Policy Forum—The Centre for Hall is hosting its annual Winter Celebration International Governance Innovation; Jacque- International Governance Innovation presents public event from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Activities, line O’Neill, Inclusive Security; and Kevin its fi rst Global Policy Forum event in 2018. Its all of which are free of charge and will be Deveaux, former Nova Scotia MLA. Sir John featured speaker is University of Waterloo Prof. held rain/snow or shine, include skating on A. Macdonald Building, 144 Wellington St., Bessma Momani, a CIGI senior fellow. She will Rideau Hall’s outdoor rink, kick-sledding, Ottawa, 4:30 p.m., registration; 4:45 p.m., speak on “Flashpoints of the Middle East.” giant ski races, curling, snowshoeing, and panel; 6:15 p.m., reception. Please register at 5:30 p.m. Rideau Club, lounge, 99 Bank cross-country skiing. There will also be [email protected] by Jan. 31. 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Visitors are encouraged to bring cultural, diplomatic, or governmental event on Countering Violent Extremism and United non-perishable food items for the Ottawa in a paragraph with all the relevant details States Conference of Mayors Meeting—The Food Bank or Moisson Outaouais or articles of under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Cal- U.S. Department of State and the U.S. winter clothing for the Snowsuit Fund. endar’ to [email protected] by Wednes- Embassy in Ottawa, in partnership with the day at noon before the Monday paper or by Strong Cities Network, have invited seven MONDAY, JAN. 29 Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. We mayors and other representatives from can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, Canadian cities to Washington, D.C., for a The House Resumes Sitting—The House of but we will defi nitely do our best. Events workshop with American and international Commons begins the winter and spring session can be updated daily online too. mayors on countering violent extremism. today after returning from the traditional holi- The Hill Times The participants will also attend the United day break. The House is sitting every weekday States Conference of Mayors’ 86th winter until Feb. 16. It will then take a one-week meeting from Jan. 25-26. The mayors of break from Feb. 19-23 before returning Feb. the following cities will be attending: Ot- 26. The House will break again on March 2, Extra! Extra! tawa, Gatineau, Quebec City, London, and take a two-week break from March 5-16. ReReadad thethe fullfull Windsor, Saskatoon, and Edmonton. Repre- After returning March 19 and sitting every sentatives from the cities of Montreal and weekday for the next nearly two weeks, the ParliamentaParliamentaryry Surrey will also be in attendance. House will again break from March 30 to April ParlAmericas Inter-Parliamentary Meeting 13. It will resume sitting April 16 and sit every CCalendaralendar on Gender Equality in Jamaica—An all-party weekday until leaving for a one-week break delegation of Canadian Parliamentarians will from May 14-21. After returning on May 22, online participate in ParlAmericas’ Inter-Parliamen- the House is scheduled to sit every weekday tary Meeting on Gender Equality from Jan. until adjourning for the summer break in late 24-25 in Kingston, Jamaica. The focus of June. The Senate will largely follow the same the meeting is on building partnerships to schedule, though the Senate traditionally only Indigenous, labour, women’s, and human rights groups took part. transform gender relations. The Canadian sits Tuesday to Thursday, and is scheduled to THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL BUDGET IDENTIFIED HEALTH AS A KEY SECTOR IN MAKING CANADA A WORLD-LEADING CENTRE FOR INNOVATION.

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