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Inside My Yearly Hair-Pulling Ordeal The photo DFATD making of the list MY YEARLY HAIR-PULLING ORDEAL INSIDE retired in January. I included his replacement, Brian Porter, BY KRISTEN SHANE who doesn’t have Mr. Waugh’s profile or experience, but still leads Canada’s most international bank. Job over person. have a love-hate relationship with this list. Then take Barrick Gold, whose founder and co- For the past three years, I’ve put together a chairman, Peter Munk, is also stepping down. He plans to rundown of the top people influencing Canadian start retirement at age 86. At the time of writing, Mr. Munk foreign policy. First, for the newsweekly Embassy, and was set to exit at Barrick’s annual general meeting slated now for the Power and Influence magazine. for April 30, 2014. While he’s not managing the company II love it because I get to have long, honest conversations on a daily basis, his name is still synonymous with Barrick, with political insiders about who they think deserves to be so much so that sources said Barrick should go on the list, listed. They know the power brokers personally, and the maybe not Mr. Munk, but someone. They couldn’t think of anecdotes they sprinkle into their conversations (this person is another name. So Mr. Munk gets one last hurrah. retiring soon, that person just gave birth to twins) humanize Another couple of rules: I pick names, not organizations the listees for me when they might appear otherwise as just (although sometimes people on the list are there more as people with powerful titles and great CVs. group representatives than for their own merits); and it’s What I hate about making the list is deciding who meant to be a snapshot of now. That means Alison Redford makes the cut. I agonize over decisions and hate hurting is out, and newly accredited United States Ambassador people’s feelings. But somebody’s gotta do it. Bruce Heyman is in. This year, the Embassy team consulted 20 people who are Besides diplomats posted to Canada and a few others in government or have dealt with it up close. In exchange for regularly in the country, I’ve shied away from putting their frankness, we agreed not to use their names. non-Canadians on the list. I’ve also made a point of This isn’t a scientific survey. There’s no magic formula looking beyond Ottawa, and including fewer association to determine power and influence. It’s a combination of heads and more CEOs because I’ve been told they’re the access to power, experience, demonstrated ability to effect agenda-drivers. change or simply a powerful job. Over the years, the list has ballooned from 40 to 100, while The experts consulted may mix opinion with fact; it’s the real power still lies with one guy: Prime Minister Stephen hard to separate the two and get consensus. Harper. That being said, a bigger list gives more opportunity to Those who make the list tend to be people the highlight folks with extreme influence on a narrow issue. government listens to, people who shape policy and not just The list doesn’t just cover foreign policy in the say it, people whose influence is shown through results, not traditional sense, but all foreign-focused federal fields, just those with the loudest voices. including trade, aid, defence, diplomacy and immigration. But do I pick based on the person or the job? That is one The winners are broken down by category (which are of my toughest decisions. in no particular order), and ranked from most to least Take Scotiabank for instance. We’ve had former CEO influential within the category. Rick Waugh on the list for years, because of his role co- A huge thanks to everyone who spent hours talking to chairing the Canada-Brazil CEO Forum and his company’s our team for this. strong presence in the Caribbean and Latin America. But he Happy reading. Q ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © £ § £ ¤ § THE LIST Top 100 people influencing Canadian foreign policy, 2014 Politicians Civil Servants Business cont’d. 1. Stephen Harper, prime minister & Ambassadors 72. Murray Edwards , chairman, Canadian 2. John Baird, foreign minister Natural Resources Ltd. 40. Wayne Wouters , privy council clerk 3. Jason Kenney, jobs and multiculturalism minister 73. John Masswohl , director of government 41. Daniel Jean, deputy minister, foreign affairs and international relations, Canadian 4. Ed Fast, trade minister 42. Simon Kennedy, deputy minister, trade Cattlemen’s Association 5. Chris Alexander, immigration minister 43. Richard Fadden, deputy minister, defence 74. Jason Langrish , executive director, Canada 6. Gerry Ritz, agriculture minister 44. Christine Hogan, prime minister’s foreign Europe Roundtable for Business 7. Diane Finley, public works minister and defence policy adviser 75. David Collyer, president, Canadian 8. Joe Oliver, finance minister 45. Stephen Rigby, prime minister’s Association of Petroleum Producers 9. Rob Nicholson, defence minister national security adviser 76. Pierre Beaudoin, president and CEO, 10. Christian Paradis , international development 46. Anita Biguzs, deputy minister, citizenship Bombardier Inc. and Francophonie minister and immigration 77. Russ Girling, president and CEO, 11. Peter MacKay , justice minister 47. Paul Rochon , deputy minister, TransCanada Corp. 12. Leona Aglukkaq, Arctic Council and environment minister international development 78. Mark Wiseman , president and CEO, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board 13. Tom Mulcair , NDP leader 48. Michel Coulombe, director, Canadian 79. Jim Irving, CEO, Irving Shipbuilding Inc. 14. Justin Trudeau , Liberal leader Security Intelligence Service 80. Paul Desmarais Jr. , chairman and co-CEO, 15. Christy Clark, British Columbia premier 49. John Forster , chief, Communications Security Establishment Canada Power Corporation of Canada 16. Brad Wall , Saskatchewan premier 50. Gen. Tom Lawson , chief of defence staff 81. Jim Prentice, senior executive vice-president 17. Rob Merrifield, House trade committee chair 51. Gary Doer, ambassador to the US and vice-chairman, CIBC 18. Deepak Obhrai , parliamentary secretary to the foreign 82. Peter Munk , founder and board co-chairman, minister, and for international human rights 52. Steve Verheul , chief trade negotiator (Canada-European Union) Barrick Gold Corp. 19. Paul Dewar , NDP foreign affairs critic 53. Ian Burney, DFATD assistant deputy minister, 83. Brian Porter, president and CEO, Scotiabank 20. David Johnston, governor general trade agreements and negotiations 84. Ross Gallinger, executive director, Prospectors 54. Kirsten Hillman, chief negotiator for the and Developers Association of Canada Trans-Pacific Partnership 85. Donald Guloien, president and CEO, Diaspora & 55. Guy Saint-Jacques, ambassador to China Manulife Financial Corp. 56. Gordon Campbell , high commissioner to the UK 86. Tim Page, president, Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries Civil Society 57. Stewart (Stew) Beck , high commissioner to India 87. Tim Gitzel, president and CEO, Cameco Corp. 58. Peter Boehm , associate deputy minister, 21. Paul Grod , national president, Ukrainian Canadian Congress foreign affairs 88. Maryscott (Scotty) Greenwood, senior adviser, Canadian American Business Council 22. Shimon Fogel, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs 59. Nadir Patel, DFATD chief financial officer 23. Khalil Shariff, CEO, Aga Khan Foundation Canada and assistant deputy minister 24. Dave Toycen , president and CEO, World Vision Canada 60. Arif Lalani, ambassador to the United 25. Steve Torino , president, Canadian Shooting Arab Emirates Thinkers Sports Association 61. Diane Jacovella, DFATD assistant deputy 26. Scott Gilmore, founder and CEO, Building Markets minister, global issues and development 89. Janice Stein , director, Munk School 27. Jim Cornelius , executive director, Canadian Foodgrains Bank 62. Lawrence Cannon, ambassador to France of Global Affairs, University of Toronto 63. Les Linklater, assistant deputy minister, 90. David Perry, senior defence analyst, strategic and program policy, Citizenship Conference of Defence Associations Institute and Immigration Canada 91. Richard Kurland, immigration policy 64. Tom Ring , assistant deputy minister, analyst and lawyer Political Staffers acquisitions branch, Public Works and 92. Laura Dawson, president, Dawson Strategic Government Services Canada 93. Dominic Barton, global managing director, 28. Ray Novak, prime minister’s chief of staff 65. Ben Rowswell, ambassador to Venezuela McKinsey and Co. 29. Garry Keller, foreign minister’s chief of staff 94. Derek Burney, senior strategic adviser, 30. Bill Hawkins, trade minister’s chief of staff Norton Rose Fulbright 31. Meredith Lilly, prime minister’s policy adviser Foreign Diplomats 95. Fen Hampson , global security and politics (foreign affairs and trade) program director, CIGI 32. Roy Rempel, prime minister’s policy adviser (defence) 66. Zhang Junsai, Chinese ambassador 96. Peter Van Praagh , president, 33. Lynette Corbett , public works minister’s chief of staff 67. Bruce Heyman, US ambassador Halifax International Security Forum 34. Shuvaloy (Shuv) Majumdar , foreign minister’s policy director 68. Francisco Suárez, Mexican ambassador 35. Chris Day, immigration minister’s chief of staff 36. Idee Inyangudor, international co-operation Journalists minister’s director of policy and stakeholder relations Business 37. Jeremy Hunt , PMO director, stakeholder relations 97. John Ivison , National Post political columnist and outreach 69. Jayson Myers , president and CEO, Canadian 98. David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen defence 38. Monika Le Roy, foreign minister’s senior policy adviser Manufacturers and Exporters journalist 39. Lise-Ann Jackson, trade minister’s director of policy 70. John Manley , president and CEO, Canadian 99. Theo Argitis, Bloomberg News Ottawa bureau chief and stakeholder relations Council of Chief Executives 100. Luiza Ch. Savage, Maclean’s Washington 71. Tom Jenkins , chairman, OpenText Corp. bureau chief ¡ ¢ £ ¤ ¥ ¦ § ¨ © £ § £ ¤ § .
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