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Exclusive p. 16 pp. 19-33 and Labrador’s history.’ p. 34 TWENTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 1074 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSWEEKLY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 $4.00 Tories raise whopping Copyright heats up in legislative committee Conservatives $17.3-million, parties say partisanship question ‘Republican- Bill C-32, Copyright Modernization Act interfering in Bill style’ tactics C-32 hearings The party raised $17.3-million Copyright Modernization Act in 2010, compared to $7-million review could be delayed until collected by the Liberal party, the fall as opposition parties $4.4-million raised by the NDP, call for 200 more witnesses. $1.3-million by the Green Party and $642,500 by the Bloc Québécois. By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH pposition MPs want to hear By TIM NAUMETZ Ofrom 200 more witnesses on the House special legislative committee The minority governing Con- studying the controversial Copyright servatives’ staggering lead on the Modernization Act, Bill C-32, but the other main parties in financial Tories say excessive partisanship is donations last year and a lingering interfering with the meetings. question about its creation through “I think there’s an elephant in the a merger of the former federal Pro- room at the committee, which is that gressive Conservative and Cana- everybody is going into it, unfortu- dian Alliance parties have sparked nately, with a very partisan political more comparisons between Con- stance, rather than working together servative tactics and U.S. Republi- on the bill which was the intent of can Party political methods. setting up the legislative committee to Photographs by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Please see story on Page 46 Copyright committee: Lib MP Dan McTeague; Tory MPs Dean Del Mastro and Gord Brown; and lawyer Howard Knopf. Please see Legislation on Page 4 Donolo brings more focus to Liberals’ Experts urge feds to Every Wednesday move offshore oil messaging, and a sharper response morning, the most drilling environmental A year into the job, Peter Donolo, chief of staff to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, has been credited with bringing more discipline, professionalism, and structure to the OLO and caucus. powerful mandarins in protection under government meet over Atlantic Accord By KRISTEN SHANE When Peter Donolo stepped into the Official coffee in Langevin Experts say the governments of Opposition Leader’s Office on Nov. 17, 2009 for Newfoundland and Canada should his first day as Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff’s Ned Franks, one of the country’s move environmental and safety (Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Ont.) chief of staff, there leading experts on Parliament, Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 were high expectations of the 50-year-old. protection in the Atlantic Accord. “You could almost hear the collective sigh of says deputy ministers should relief gripping the Liberal Party when the leader By KRISTEN SHANE hired a new chief of staff last week,” wrote Hill have five-year tenures. Times columnist and former Liberal deputy prime Two Canadian academics are minister Sheila Copps. “The leader of the opposi- By JESSICA BRUNO urging the provincial and federal tion, struggling to recast his own image, now has a governments to respond to prob- pro on his side. For months, Ignatieff has suffered Every Wednesday morning, lems they say exist within Cana- a downward spiral in personal popularity, courtesy Clerk of the Privy Council Wayne of successful Tory attack ads. With the arrival of da’s system of regulating offshore Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Wouters, the most powerful oil and gas drilling and production Donolo, he is finally about to start fighting back.” bureaucrat in the country, gathers Chief of staff: Peter Donolo, pictured with CTV’s Craig Oliver. Please see story on Page 6 Please see story on Page 44 Mr. Donolo’s mantra is ‘it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon.’ Please see story on Page 47 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 FEATURE: BUZZ ON HEARD THE HILL BY B EA V ONGDOUANGCHANH NDP MP Martin tweets from U.S. national prayer breakfast in D.C., Taste of the Arctic The Hill Times The attracts hundreds, Campbell on Bill Maher’s They’re baaaack: The Genie Awards are back in O-town on March 10 at the NAC. Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore show, and Genies coming to O-town says Canadian film has had a good year. Photograph by Jake Wright, Wright, by Jake Photograph DP MP Tony Martin joined the Twit- Genies return to Ottawa “When the Genie Awards come to town, Nterverse last Thursday. His first tweets The Genies are coming back to O-town. Canada’s film industry leaders will have the CORRECTIONS: THE HILL TIMES were about a national prayer breakfast he The National Arts Centre will be hosting support of the city and the entire country.” Re: “Safe drinking water bill on First was attending in Washington, D.C. with U.S. Canadian stars, and of course politicians, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said he was Nation Lands hits Senate committee,” President Barack Obama, Commander Mark at the 31st annual Genie Awards on Thurs- “thrilled” the Genies were coming back to (The Hill Times, Jan. 31, p. 45). British Kelly whose wife is Arizona Democratic rep- day, March 10 to celebrate the best of the nation’s capital. They were previously Columbia Conservative Senator Gerry St. resentative Gabby Giffords who was recently Canadian film and television. held here at the Canadian Aviation Museum Germain was attributed as the chair of shot at a public event in Tucson, Arizona, “From Incendies to Barney’s Version in 2009. “There is no better backdrop than the Standing Senate Committee on Bank- Braveheart filmmaker Randall Wallace, and and many others, this has been an excit- the nation’s capital to showcase a celebra- ing, Trade and Commerce. Conservative Ontario Senator Michael A. Meighen is one of the Chilean miners stuck underground ing year internationally and at home for tion of Canadian film and the people who that committee’s chair. for months, Jose Enriquez. Canadian film,” said Heritage Minister create and star in it,” Mr. Watson said. • He tweeted that the breakfast was James Moore, who’s well-known for host- CBC will be broadcasting the ceremony Due to two typing errors, some Sena- “huge” and “inspiring” and that President ing Canadian movie screenings. live. tors’ travel expenses were incorrectly list- Obama noted that his wife Michelle keeps “The Genie Awards are an important The adaptation of Mordecai Richler’s book ed in the Jan. 17 edition of The Hill Times. him “humble.” recognition for Canada’s film industry of Barney’s Version, directed by Richard J. Lewis, Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein’s Mr. Martin and Liberal Senator David the talent and calibre of Canadian film—I is nominated for 11 Genies, including best pic- “other” travel was $1,476.36, not $14,796.36 Smith were the only two federal Canadi- am pleased that this year’s Genie Awards ture, best actor, best actress and best director. which makes his total expenses $44,753.38, an legislators at the prayer breakfast. In show will cap a year of successful Cana- Other nominees for best picture are: 10 not $58,073.38 as listed. In addition, Con- a press release, Mr. Martin said he hoped dian film screenings in Ottawa.” 1/2, directed by Pierre Gendron; Les Amours servative Senator Stephen Greene’s “other” “to be inspired and energized” and was Government House Leader John Baird, Imaginaires/Heartbeats, directed by Xavier travel was $152.37 not $125.37, making his “looking forward to having more time who represents Ottawa West-Nepean, Ont., Dolan, Carole Mondello and Daniel Morin; total $42,217.25, not $42,190.25 as listed. to chat with the Canadian delegation of and is the region’s political minister, was also Incendies, directed by Luc Déry and Kim The total for all Senators, therefore, is Parliamentarians from other parties and excited for the Genies to come to town. “As our McCraw; and Splice, by Steven Hoban. $5,336,757.26, not $5,350,050.26 as listed. to strengthening relationships for the nation’s capital, Ottawa is every Canadian’s The Hill Times apologizes for these errors. work ahead.” second hometown,” he said in a press release. More Heard on the Hill on Page 40 THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT FOR THE CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRY Products such as aerospace technology, bulletproof vests and probiotic medicines don’t come to mind when you think of a tree. But “pseudo-plastics” derived from wood products have the potential to make products such as those used in aerospace cheaper, lighter and more environmentally friendly. They’re just part of the existing and future products that could make up the new and dynamic face of forestry in Canada. To learn more visit www.fpac.ca/bio-pathways 4 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2011 LEGISLATION: COPYRIGHT and send the wrong message dur- creating new taxes, you’ll have a ing this fragile economic recovery.” problem getting Conservative Party Some insiders said recently support. If we’re talking about cre- Tories say excessive partisanship it’s because of this very public ating an industry, re-establishing a criticism and because the Con- market place, ensuring that artists servatives are using the levy as a and creators have the protections wedge issue, that the opposition, that they deserve in the law, that’s interfering in Bill C-32 hearings especially the Liberals, will drag what we intend to do, and that’s out the committee process and what we intend to establish with a long time and have met with sev- make it difficult to pass.