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THIRTIETH YEAR, NO. 1601 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 $5.00 Liberal gun bill What Phoenix: after three McCallum set to get rough Trudeau years, departments still inputting HR fi red for ride in Senate p. 6 must data do to months telling the boost the past economy deadline: truth Whittington Qualtrough Editorial p. 8 p. 9 p. 4 News Public serviceOpinion Hill renos News Politics PSAC concerned Brison’s Nova about plan to House returns to new digs, Scotia riding privatize heating as MPs ramp up for feisty ‘diffi cult’ for plants serving Liberals to hold: the Hill, 80-plus ex-Grit minister federal buildings fi nal sitting before election BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN in national capital New home: Deputy sergeant-at-arms ith seven-time MP Scott Pat McDonell leads BY EMILY HAWS WBrison out of the picture in House Speaker Kings-Hants, N.S., this fall, the Geoff Regan into the he Public Service Alliance of riding is “one to watch” in Atlan- House of Commons tic Canada and a “diffi cult” win TCanada is pressuring the gov- interim Chamber ernment to drop its plan to contract for the Liberals, says a former in West Block in Chrétien-era cabinet minister. out work on fi ve heating plants that the fi rst Speaker's serve more than 80 buildings in the A well-liked representative for parade in the the riding north of Halifax, Mr. National Capital Region, saying renovated building that the proposed public-private Brison’s longevity was a credit to on Jan. 28. Read his personal popularity, said Rob- partnership compromises health how MPs marked the and safety, promotes precarious ert Thibault, a federal fi sheries occasion in Heard minister in Jean Chrétien’s Lib- work, and could cause environ- on the Hill, p. 2. The mental issues. eral government who represented Hill Times photograph the riding west of Kings-Hants About 30 union members braced by Andrew Meade the frigid -20 C temperatures Jan. 28 from 2000 to 2008. to raise awareness of the campaign, “It’s certainly one to watch. It’s one of the more diffi cult holds for High stakes: NDP MP Continued on page 5 Peter Julian, with the Continued on page 7 party's parliamentary leader Guy Caron, speaks to reporters in the House foyer. News Lobbying NDP Leader Jagmeet News Politics Singh's chances as leader hang on whether he can win a Feb. 25 Innovation byelection, one of the Bernier says he things politicos will be minister, Finance watching this sitting, ‘won’t spend a writes Tim Powers. Committee chair, Read his column, cent’ on internal member top p. 11. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew People’s Party most-lobbied Meade Re-election on the polling MPs of 2018 mind: New Treasury Board President Jane BY BEATRICE PAEZ & SAMANTHA Philpott enters the BY CHARELLE EVELYN WRIGHT ALLEN House on Jan. 28. She'll be part of the he People’s Party of Canada Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 committee chair, a minister, process of crafting Thas less than two per cent Aand a backbencher were 2018’s the Liberals' last support, nationally, according top-lobbied MPs, according to a pre-election budget to the latest polls, but leader Hill Times analysis that observers this winter, which Maxime Bernier says polling isn’t said made sense given the Par- could spell out their something that’s part of his new liamentarians’ close contact with game plan for trying party’s process. budget planning and the Liberals’ to keep control of the Where other parties conduct much-touted innovation mandate. House come October, internal polling to help gauge Chair of the House Finance writes Tim Powers on their next move or base support, Committee Wayne Easter notched p.11. The Hill Times Mr. Bernier (Beauce, Que.) almost photograph by Andrew Continued on page 12 Meade Continued on page 14 2 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES resigned nine months before the scheduled Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, election—before Jan. 21. Intergovernmental, Northern Affairs, and In- ternal Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Brit- tany Kerr, Nikki Hipkin, and Sylvie Paradis Guy Lauzon not seeking will lead the national campaign committee. Heard on the Hill Ms. Paradis is a Quebec-based political re-election consultant. Ms. Hipkin is the former presi- dent of the Blackstrap, Sask., federal Liberal by Neil Moss After fi ve-terms in the House of Com- mons, Conservative MP Guy Lauzon an- nounced that he will not be on the ticket in the next federal election. “Both of us, jointly, have made a deci- Paul Henderson gets sion that we’re going to go on to hopefully bigger and better things, and bring our po- litical career to a fi nish after 19 years,” Mr. Lauzon announced in a Facebook video House support for Hockey with his wife, Frances. Mr. Lauzon said he plans to spend more time with his wife, according to a Cornwall Hall of Fame honour Seaway News report. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma before the The Liberals have selected the leadership for their “This space is a unique marriage of 2015 election, which she has recovered national campaign committee. Justin Trudeau, tradition and modernity, of the familiar and from, but has ongoing health issues. th middle is pictured with with his wife Sophie the new,” House Speaker Geoff Regan said Mr. Lauzon is the 10 Tory MP to an- Grégoire Trudeau and daughter Ella-Grace before as the House met for the fi rst time in West nounce that they will not seek re-election, casting his vote in the 2018 Ontario election. The Block on Jan. 28. representing more than 10 per cent of the Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took time caucus. in his fi rst answer in West Block’s debut He was the Conservative caucus chair riding association. She was also the cam- Question Period to thank those who made the from 2008 to 2015. paign co-chair for northern Saskatchewan move possible. By the time the House rises in June, Mr. for the party during the 2015 election. Ms. “We need to take a moment to recognize Lauzon will have served about 15 years Kerr is a former staffer in the Prime Minis- and applaud the extraordinary women as an MP. In 2015, he won the riding of ter’s Offi ce, serving as the regional adviser and men who worked so hard to build this Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, Ont., Paul Henderson, left, meets with Conservative for British Columbia. She currently runs her beautiful chamber for us to serve in and to with 51.1 per cent of the vote. Before Mr. own consultancy fi rm, called Kerr Advisory. Leader Andrew Scheer, right, in Ottawa on Jan. remember that if we who serve Canadians 28. Photograph courtesy of Twitter For the fi rst Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in this place work even half as hard as they time since and Liberal MP Mona Fortier were previ- ere’s a shot. Henderson made a wild worked to build this place for us, we will be 2004, Tory MP ously announced as the co-chairs of the “Hstab for it and fell. Here’s another very well served as a country indeed,” Mr. Guy Lauzon committee leading platform development. shot. Right in front. They scored! Henderson Trudeau said. won’t be on Chris MacInnes is the Liberals’ national has scored for Canada,” legendary broad- For some MPs, their new home will take the ticket in campaign co-chair. caster Foster Hewitt exclaimed as Paul some adjustment to. An NDP MP spoke with the October —with fi les from Laura Ryckewaert Henderson put Canada on top, clinching a reporters in the new foyer with a map in hand. election as a 6-5 victory for the home team in the 1972 “It feels like Hogwarts with its moving Conservative Summit Series against the so-called amateur staircases. Defi nitely takes getting used to!” Party candidate. Independent Sen. Paula Soviet Union team, which had dominated NDP MP Matthew Dubé tweeted on Jan. 28. Photograph international hockey for the past decade. The move isn’t without growing pains, courtesy of Guy Simons nominated for a Now MPs want to see the man behind as there was fl ooding on multiple fl oors in Lauzon’s offi ce Canadian Atheist award Canada’s most iconic goal enshrined in the West Block on Jan. 29, which forced the Lauzon, the riding was held by former Lib- Hockey Hall of Fame. closure of the parliamentary cafeteria. eral MP Bob Kilger from 1988 to 2004. It New Independent Senator Paula Si- A motion, put forward by Liberal MP The Canadian Press reported that a burst was Liberal-held for 26 of 30 years before mons was selected as one of the nominees James Maloney, passed the House unani- sprinkler pipe soaked a whole end of the Mr. Lauzon won in 2004. for Canadian Atheist’s persons of the year. mously to encourage the hall of fame to building, including a third-fl oor cabinet Mr. Lauzon was nominated to be the The blog gives the award for a “person induct Mr. Henderson for his “incredible meeting room, though the prime minister’s riding’s Tory candidate in October’s elec- who had greatest positive impact in Cana- contribution” to Canadian hockey and its offi ce itself was unaffected. tion in December 2017. dian secularism, humanism, atheism, and cultural history. freethought” in that year.
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