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THETHE HILL TIMES • WINTER-SPRING 2012 MOST INFLUENTIAL 100 PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN 2012 JAMES MOORE JOHN BAIRD DEREK VANSTONE ANDREA MCGUIGAN NIGEL WRIGHT JEREMY HUNT MICHELLE D’AURAY RACHEL CURRAN JENNI BYRNE ANDRÉ BACHAND BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN ANDREW MACDOUGALL RAY NOVAK ROB FONBERG Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. Foreign

6-18 The top 20 Contents 21-34 The politicians 35-43 The political staffers 44-50 The public servants & offi cials 51-52 Other public fi gures 53-58 The lobbyists & consultants 59-70 The media

6 Stephen Harper & Laureen Harper He’s his own C.D. Howe and Mackenzie King. And she keeps him real.

7 Jim Flaherty Finance has been a career-killer for many ambitious politicians, but not for Flaherty. So far.

8 John Baird He’s the feds’ attack dog and their more hard-edged Foreign Affairs minister.

9 Jason Kenney He’s the consummate political player and Immigration minister.

10 Nigel Wright He’s an important asset to the 6 Prime Minister Stephen Harper and British Prime Minister David Cameron, PM as the world economy pictured Sept. 1, 2011, in for a meeting on Libya. continues its convulsions. Office Photograph by Jason Ransom, Prime Minister’s

11Wayne Wouters He’s the top federal bureaucrat in the entire country.

12 Michelle d’Auray She oversees the public purse, and the so-called people management offi ce. 14 He’s , , 33 ’s voice for ’s and . industrial and fi nancial CEOs. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright,

15 Jenni Byrne She’s the Conservatives’ hard-hitting political operator. 11 16 Ray Novak He has more infl uence than most federal Cabinet ministers.

17 Gary Doer He deals with the Washington, D.C., Mark Carney 10 Wayne Wouters. and Tiff Macklem. snake-pit every day. The Hill Times Photograph by Cynthia Münster, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, January 2012, Power & Influence—3 Contributors

Editor Corporate Account Executives Production Manager Kate Malloy Craig Caldbick Benoit Deneault [email protected] Deputy Editor Steve MacDonald Graphic Artist Bea Vongdouangchanh [email protected] Joey Sabourin Reporters Martin Reaume Web Designer Mark Bourrie [email protected] Hao Guo Jessica Bruno Chris Eldridge Chris Plecash [email protected] Web Developer Peter Du Laura Ryckewaert Director of Reader Sales and Service Photographers Ryan O’Neill General Manager Photograph by Sam Garcia, The Hill Times [email protected] Andrew Morrow Sam Garcia The newsroom: Deputy editor Bea Vongdouangchanh, left, photographer Cynthia Münster Subscription Sales Reception Jake Wright Brent McInnis Alia Heward Jake Wright, editor Kate Malloy, and reporters Laura Ryckewaert, Chris [email protected] Director of Advertising Associate Publisher Plecash, and Jessica Bruno. Don Turner Circulation Anne Marie Creskey [email protected] Heather Marie Connors [email protected] Publishers Advertising Coordinator Ross Dickson Amanda Keenan Finance and Administration Jim Creskey Tracey Brydges Editor’s Note Publications Mail Agreement No. 40068926 Published by Hill Times Publishing Inc. BY KATE MALLOY RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN www.hilltimes.com ADDRESSES TO: CIRCULATION DEPT. 69 Sparks Street 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, K1P 5A5 When it comes to power and infl uence in Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A5 (613) 232-5952 Fax (613) 232-9055 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has it all. In fact, today e-mail: [email protected] he’s considered one of the most powerful prime ministers in Canadian history. You might say Harper’s government Mark Bourrie holds a makes Jean Chrétien’s “Friendly Dictatorship” look like the master of journalism from Good Ship Lollipop. Prime Minister Harper controls the and public service, his party, his caucus, the House, the Senate, a PhD in history from the and more. But he can’t do everything alone. There are . His people who do have some power and infl uence in Ottawa, 10th book, The Fog of War: including federal and provincial politicians, bureaucrats, Censorship of Canada’s political staffers, and, believe it or not, a few journalists. Media in World War II Five years ago, The Hill Times started producing “The reached No. 6 on Maclean’s 100 Infl uential People To Watch in Government and Poli- bestseller list in September tics” because we wanted to shed more light on who these 2011. He is a three-time people are. And so it started. Over the years, we’ve been National Magazine Award lobbied by some players to get on the list, by some to get nominee, winning gold in others off the list, and we’ve been blasted by some who the social affairs category in did not make it on the list. We’ve learned a lot, sometimes 2001. He has been a member painful lessons. This year, we decided to publish the list of the Parliamentary Press and the 100 profi les in a special magazine, Power & Gallery since 1994. Infl uence, which will now come out annually.

Photograph by Kate Malloy, The Hill Times Photograph by Kate Malloy, The Hill Times’ deputy editor Bea Vongdouangchanh worked on this year’s list for more than two months. She talked to government insiders, lobbyists, Conser- vatives, New Democrats, and Liberals. Some of the people on the list are always on the list because of their jobs. Others are brand new and refl ect the politi- cal climate. This year, we also ranked the top 20. Next year, we’ll go further on ranking. Mark Bourrie, an author and freelance writer, wrote 50 of the profi les. Ms. Vongdouangchanh, along with The Hill Times’ reporters Jessica Bruno, Chris Plecash, and Laura Ryckewaert wrote the other 50.

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, We hope Power & Infl uence leaves you more en- The design and web boys: Web designer Hao Guo, graphic designer Joey lightened about some of the key players in government Sabourin, web developer Peter Du, and production manager Benoit Deneault. and politics, especially as we head into the 2012 win- ter/spring Parliamentary session. It left us enlightened. 4—January 2012, Power & Influence POWER AND INFLUENCE IN OTTAWA Reach of Harper’s power something to behold

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Another lobbyist told The Hill Times that power and infl uence in TTAWA—Hands down, notable. “She can deny, and has de- the nation’s capital “is a hand-in- Prime Minister Stephen nied, people the right to run for the glove relationship—having infl uence Harper is the most powerful party,” said one political insider. gives you power.” When it comes to Operson in government and But Mr. Harper is not merely government and politics, it can mani- politics. He’s been described as disci- a one-man show. He has an inner fest itself in several ways. Power can plined, ruthless, and a control freak circle, and there are outsiders who come from being at the Cabinet table by some, including by Lawrence Mar- impact government—staffers, the and controlling the levers of govern- tin, author of the runaway bestseller bureaucracy, lobbyists, media, and ment, and infl uence can come from a Harperland: The Politics of Control. other public fi gures. That’s infl uence. person’s proximity to the power. “The reach of Harper’s power has “Power is the ability to make Another said while it’s not always been something to behold,” Mr. Mar- things happen, while infl uence is the about “who-you-know-in-the-PMO” tin, a Globe and Mail national affairs ability to advise those who have pow- personal relationships matter because columnist, told The Hill Times. His er,” Prof. Savoie wrote in his book. trust is an important part of infl uence. book was published in 2010. One lobbyist told The Hill Times But there is also a “quiet infl uence” “He also is, by the way, a guy that power is a misleading term exerted by political outsiders, such as with a big, big mainframe-computer because offi cial Ottawa is run more media and think tanks that can shape mind. It’s very impressive. He’s dis- on infl uence. public perception and force govern- ciplined. He studies fi les. He knows “There’s this misconception that ments to act. his stuff as well as anybody,” Mr. power is the ability to when some- “I think it all feeds into the Martin told The Georgia Straight. body wants to do A, get them to environment in which decisions are Prime Minister Harper ( do B. Even though that might very made. You can’t make a decision Southwest, Alta.) is also powerful, well be the objective, it shouldn’t in Ottawa without some consider- in the political science textbook be equated with force,” said the ation of how is this going to play in way—“Those with power can issue lobbyist who did not want to be the street,” one insider said. “So in a command, make a decision and identifi ed. “I think infl uence is a an-hours-of-the-day issue, you want expect that they will be obeyed,” much better word. … It’s being able to make sure that you’re getting according to Université de Moncton to empathize with the people who neutral or positive coverage from professor Donald Savoie’s book are making the decision in terms of the people that are infl uencing the Power: Where Is It? the pressures that are on them, and most because remember the media Since coming to power in 2006, keep in mind, this isn’t about being doesn’t tell you what to think, but Mr. Harper has exerted his power in right or wrong. We’re talking about they tell you what to think about.” several ways, to which senior staffers, nuancing various degrees of action.” After consulting with political bureaucrats, and his Conservative Privy Council Offi ce Clerk Wayne insiders and well-informed outsiders caucus have obeyed: tightly control- Wouters can be seen as both power- over two-and-a-half months, The Hill ling and vetting communications both ful and infl uential. As the top public Times has compiled its Fifth Annual in the public service and with national servant in the country, Mr. Wouters List of the Top 100 Most Infl uential media, fi ring public servants who “has power because he has direct People in Government and Politics don’t agree with him, shutting down impact on the work lives of pub- in 2012. As the list will show, some Parliament by prorogation when fac- lic servants. He also has infl uence people are there simply because of ing a confi dence vote, and, now that because he knows so many people who they are in relation to the power he has a majority government, plow- and can get things done without hav- centre. Others are there because ing through legislation in the House of ing to use power to force the issue. of the positions they hold and how Commons with very little debate. He is also the only person who can important they are to achieving or There are very few people in authorize end-runs around the PM’s infl uencing the government’s priori- Ottawa these days with that kind of senior advisory staff if the public ties and the public agenda. All are power, or, that kind of loyalty. service wants to get an issue on the leaders, however, and the decision- Conservative Party director of PM’s nightly reading agenda without makers are following them. They’re political operations Jenni Byrne is previous input from political staff.” the ones to watch in 2012.

January 2012, Power & Influence—5 THE TOP 20 HARPER’S HIS OWN PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER 1 MACKENZIE KING AND C.D. HOWE By MARK BOURRIE Stephen Harper is a lifelong political opera- tive who seized the opportunity to rebuild a brokerage national Conservative Party from the wreckage of the Progressive Conserva- tive and the Reform parties. He’s a tenacious campaigner who endured one defeat and two minority governments before realizing his goal of defying pundits who had written off con- servatism as a lasting force, and sent Jeffrey Simpson’s The Friendly Dictatorship to the remainder bin. Mr. Harper is his own Mack- enzie King and C.D. Howe—fi ercely partisan, somewhat insecure, and in charge of most major policy fi elds. He’s now about to show whether they were right to deny him a majority in 2006 and 2008. Mr. Harper is probably the most power- ful Prime Minister in Canadian history, with real infl uence on international affairs through the G8 and because his Chicago school economic views are in synch with those who see European and American debt as a threat to world economic security. His new mandate and his youth make it clear that he will be Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Laureen leader of his party and Prime Minister for at Harper, pictured on Sept. 10, 2011, in least the next decade if he can keep voter sup- City to meet Canadians who lost family members port. This gives him time to remake most of the in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists attacks. country’s major public institutions. Photograph courtesy of Jason Ransom, PMO 20 LAUREEN HARPER WIFE OF THE PRIME MINISTER She keeps PM Harper real, he seeks her advice By MARK BOURRIE and smoothing some of his rough edges. Confi dante, co-strategist, co-host, com- She’s socially skilled and personable and panion, cat person and avid motor-cross relaxed around cameras and reporters. She biker, Laureen Harper is also mother to two co-hosts the annual media garden party bright, well-adjusted kids, which is no small at 24 Sussex, a party that’s geared to kids achievement when living in a fi shbowl. A and no longer resembles the cold, stiff af- trained photographer, Ms. Harper visited fairs of the Chrétien and Martin years. Ms. 13 countries in Africa after she fi nished her Harper works the crowd while the Prime college photography program, and she’s Minister stands stiffl y having his picture still interested in African issues. Ms. Harper taken with guests. That, apparently, is joined the Reform Party late in the 1980s, fairly typical of Harper social events. She became an organizer and met her husband accompanies her husband on foreign trips at a party function in Saskatoon in 1990. and the campaign trail. Anyone with that She travels with the Prime Minister on most much face time with the Prime Minister is major trips, including campaigns. at the top of the infl uence scale. She keeps Ms. Harper is credited by long-time a low political profi le, but is the family’s friends for mellowing Stephen Harper face in the community.

6—January 2012, Power & Influence THE TOP 20 FINANCE MINISTER JIM FLAHERTY 2 By MARK BOURRIE Educated by Jesuits at Loyola College and later a partner in a fi rm of tort law- yers, Jim Flaherty was Ontario provincial fi nance minister in the dying days of the - “Common Sense Revolution.” Mr. Flaherty was a strong contender for the Ontario leadership in 2002, coming second in a tough, nasty campaign. He ran again for the Ontario Progres- sive Conservative leadership, but lost to . Mr. Flaherty narrowly won the federal seat of Whitby- in the 2006 election and became Stephen Harper’s Finance minister. Mr. Flaherty became one of the strongest campaigners in the 2008 elec- tion, steadfastly denying Can- ada was following the U.S. and most other Western countries into a recession. He also sur- vived the government’s deci- sion to end the tax advantages of income trusts. Finance has been a career-killer for many ambitious politicians, but Mr. Flaherty has tenaciously hung on, projecting the appearance of a minister dedicated to bal- ancing the books with the least possible pain to taxpayers. Finance has been Mr. Flaherty’s obviously got the Finance job while Mr. Harper is Prime Minister. As the country teeters on reces- a career-killer for sion, his views on economic stimulus and tax policies will lead the . He has strong infl uence over the future of the many ambitious bureaucracy and the role of government. Although he’s 10 years older than Prime Minister Harper, he stands a fair chance politicians, but of succeeding the Prime Minis- ter should Mr. Harper decide in the next fi ve years that he’s had Times Hill The not for Flaherty enough of politics. Photograph by Jake Wright, Wright, Jake by Photograph

January 2012, Power & Influence—7 THE TOP 20 Q&A: JOHN BAIRD Baird says he’d likely be 3 working on a kibbutz in if he wasn’t in politics How do you feel about Who’s the most being one of the top 100 infl uential person in most infl uential people, your life, or who’s fi ve years in a row? infl uenced your life the “Well, it’s obviously most? Why, or how, did an honour to be rec- they infl uence you? ognized, however, my “There would be a GOVERNMENT’S ATTACK measure of success is long list.” what I can accomplish for my constituents and What book are you read- the Canadian people.” ing right now, or what’s DOG AND CANADA’S your favourite public You’ve had many Cabinet policy book and why? portfolios. Which one is “Right now I am your favourite and why? reading Richard Gwyn’s FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER “They have all been Nation Maker: Sir John Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, pretty different, and A. Macdonald: His Life, JOHN BAIRD every one has been a Our Times. I would have challenge. However, to say my favourite FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER in my provincial days public policy book is I enjoyed supporting The Politics of Public By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH those with develop- Spending in Canada by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, who will lead Can- mental disabilities.” Donald Savoie.” ada’s foreign policy with a harder edge over the next four years, fi rst came to the Hill as a staffer to , who What’s the most If you weren’t in was then minister of communications and secretary of state important thing you’ve politics, what would for External Affairs from 1991 to 1993 in and done in your political you want to be doing? governments. career and how did “Likely working on Mr. Baird, 42, is an extremely savvy politician. He can it impact/infl uence a kibbutz in Israel.” public policy or your effectively defend his government and attack the opposition What is a typical day parties any day of the week in Question Period. He’s been constituents? “Supporting those like for you? appointed to key ministries with high-profi le portfolios that “The beauty of this job are at the top of the Conservative government’s agenda. with developmental disabilities has been is that there is no such He’s an infl uential player in all key decisions the govern- thing as a typical day. It ment makes because of his seat at the Cabinet table—he rewarding during my time in politics. I’ve also changes day-by-day, and sits on the Cabinet Committee on Priorities and Planning, usually hour-by-hour.” which insiders consider the ‘real Cabinet,’ and the Cabinet been very proud to be Committee on National Security. He is close to the Prime a part of a government There’s always talk Minister and because of his loyalty, is one of a few trusted that has delivered the about the relevance ministers in Stephen Harper’s inner circle. infrastructure dollars of Parliament, and the He was an MPP for the riding of Nepean from 1995-2005 that Ottawa has long de- decline of MPs’ roles in and served as a Cabinet minister under Mike Harris’s Ontario served. Finally, I would Canadian democratic so- government, including minister of community and social say the elimination of ciety. Do you agree with services, minister responsible for children, minister of energy, big-money from politics this sentiment? What chief government whip and government House leader. In 2006, was an important step inspires you to continue Mr. Baird was elected to the House for the riding of Ottawa- that we took early on in doing what you’re doing? West Nepean, Ont., and was responsible for pushing through our mandate.” “I have a huge respect the government’s Federal Accountability Act as Treasury How do you feel about for Parliament and enjoy Board president. Since then, he’s held ministerial positions in being the go-to person the cut and thrust of the Environment, Transport and Infrastructure, and govern- for everything that goes debate.” ment House leader portfolios. He became Canada’s Foreign wrong with the govern- If you could describe Affairs Minister on May 18, 2011. While he’s been Foreign ment? Do you enjoy yourself in a quote, Affairs minister, the feds have blocked a G8 leaders’ statement putting out fi res? what would it be? urging peace talks on Israel and opposed Palestine’s bid for “I certainly welcome “‘It Can Be Done.’” statehood. He’s also leading the government’s efforts to estab- spirited debate in the [U.S. President Ronald lish the controversial Offi ce of Religious Freedoms. House.” Reagan.] 8—January 2012, Power & Influence THE TOP 20 THE PLAYER: JASON KENNEY

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH at the end of 2011 that niqabs Affairs Minister John] Baird Jason Kenney is credited with the and burkas will no longer be as infl uential because of his Conservatives’ 166-seat majority win allowed at citizenship swear- work with visible minority in the May 2 election because of his ing-in ceremonies. communities.” Mr. Kenney, 43, inroads into multicultural commu- Mr. Kenney’s efforts to sits on the powerful Cabi- nities across Canada. But he didn’t make inroads with cultural net Committee on Priorities just start when the writ dropped. For communities has paid off. and Planning, which most years, he’s been slugging away at He’s a trusted member of political observers say is the identifying supporters, and working Prime Minister Stephen ‘real Cabinet.’ In addition, to gain new ones by attending almost Harper’s inner circle, and as he chairs the second most every event from every ethnic group one political insider noted, powerful Cabinet Committee: possible—so much so that he was pre- “he’s supplanted [Foreign Operations. viously nicknamed “Minister for Cur- ry in a Hurry.” First elected in 1997 as a Reform Party MP, the Calgary Southeast, Alta., MP has also been CATALYSTPAPER.COM at the centre of changes to Canada’s immigration rules, a new immigration handbook, and a recent controversy

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4 The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, January 2012, Power & Influence—9 THE TOP 20 Eye on interest rates, economy

By CHRIS PLECASH Canada’s decision to keep the A former back-up goalie for key interest rate at one per cent Harvard’s varsity hockey team, continue to make headlines, and Mark Carney, 46, spent 13 years his recent appointment to chair of working for Goldman-Sachs in the international Financial Stabil- the world’s leading fi nancial hubs ity Board comes with signifi cant before joining the Bank of Can- global clout as governments try ada as deputy governor in 2003. to reign in freewheeling fi nancial Appointed Gov- institutions with the Basel III re- ernor in 2008, Mr. Carney is cred- forms. His recent appointment to 5 ited with anticipating the collapse the FSB led Maclean’s magazine of the U.S. housing market and to hail him as “the Canadian hired taking early steps to keep capital to save the world,” and his name fl owing in Canada. His behind- has been fl oated as a contender closed-doors sparring with JP for Canada’s next Prime Minister. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon at last If he ever did run, it’s not clear fall’s Financial Stability Forum in which party it would be for, but Washington, D.C., solidifi ed his Globe and Mail columnist Law- reputation as a reformer with the rence Martin recently suggested grit to restore some sanity to the he’d make a great Liberal leader. global fi nancial system. His favourable statements on the MARK CARNEY Canada’s economic perfor- Occupy Wall Street movement GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF mance during the global reces- and a potential Greek referen- sion has bolstered Mr. Carney’s dum on the country’s austerity CANADA, CHAIRMAN OF THE infl uence in Ottawa and in- package were in sharp contrast FINANCIAL STABILITY BOARD ternationally. His now routine with the views of Finance Minis- announcements of the Bank of ter Jim Flaherty. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

NIGEL WRIGHT By MARK BOURRIE CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE PRIME MINISTER Former right-hand man to Onex president Gerry Schwartz, Nigel Wright comes to Ottawa after a brief but very successful career on Bay Street. This move probably cut his yearly income by more than $2-million. At Onex, Mr. Wright was one of the company’s most important dealmakers and ran Onex’s aerospace, defence, energy, and trans- 6 portation groups. This is his second stint in Ottawa. He was briefl y a member of Brian Mulroney’s PMO staff. The likeable young man fi lled the shoes of Conserva- tive workhouse and former PM chief of staff . Chiefs of staff, going back to the days when the job was created by William Lyon Mackenzie King, are always the Prime Minister’s chief counsellor. Mr. Wright is respected both for his politi- Wright an important asset cal skills and his grasp of the economy. Those political skills helped win Stephen Harper his last election. If Mr. Wright to PM Harper as world really is as smart about the economy as his friends say, he’ll be a very important asset to Prime Minister economy continues its Harper as the world economy continues its convulsions. Time will tell whether he convulsions will stick to his original plan to return to

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, Onex in the fall of 2012. 10 —January 2012, Power & Influence THE TOP 20

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH The past year, has been dogged with the Clement G8 spending controversy to which he seems to be besting. No matter what the opposition throws his way—including a scathing auditor general’s report that the government misled Parliament to obtain the money to spend $50-mil- heads Cabinet lion in his Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont., riding for the G8 Summit in 2010—he’s managed to not have it stick, and he’s managed to stay in Cabinet. Mr. Clement has shown loyalty toward Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and he’s committee been rewarded with increasingly hot fi les. He remains a member of the inner circle and is one of a handful of Cabinet ministers on a long leash from the PMO. As the Treasury Board President, Mr. Clement is lead- to cut feds’ ing the government’s strategic and operating review to identify $4-billion worth of savings and will be infl uential in deciding what goes on the chopping block—he also chairs the Cabinet sub-committee responsible for making operating the fi nal decisions. Mr. Clement also chairs the Treasury Board Cabinet Committee and sits on the powerful Priori- ties and Planning Cabinet Committee. Before being elected to the House of Commons in budgets 2006, Mr. Clement, 50, was a senior minister in the On- tario provincial Cabinet of Mike Harris. He’s a former federal Conservative Party leadership candidate who went head to head with Mr. Harper in 2004 for the top job, but came in third place after . In federal politics, he’s previously served as Canada’s Health and Industry minister, and is well known for embracing social media. His thoughts can often be read on as he engages his followers in conversation.

7 TREASURY BOARD PRESIDENT TONY CLEMENT Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright,

Mr. Wouters was Secretary to the WAYNE WOUTERS Treasury Board, and in 1994 he was Top bureaucrat also the Privy Council assistant sec- CLERK OF THE PRIVY retary in charge of program review. COUNCIL AND SECRETARY Mr. Wouters has been described as a pragmatist, and as he has explained, TO THE CABINET in the country “Once I’ve made a decision, I go with it and I don’t dwell on it.” By JESSICA BRUNO As the man at the top of the In his lifetime, Wayne Wouters, public service, Mr. Wouters holds 60, has gone from the town of Edam, sway over the day-to-day work and Sask., population 400, to running long-term career arcs of hundreds the public service, a nation-wide of thousands of people. He’s pro- workforce of nearly 300,000—more moted some of those individuals he than 700 times the size of his birth- most trusts, including some from place. Mr. Wouters fi rst joined the his time at Treasury Board Secre- Saskatchewan public service after a tariat, to a number of important 8 The Hill Times Photograph by Cynthia Münster, brief career as a university lecturer. In jobs, including the current Secre- 1982, he moved to Ottawa to begin his tary of the Treasury Board, Michelle Another source said that Mr. Wout- federal public service career. Over the d’Auray. Daniel Jean, who is cur- ers’ professional connections allow him last three decades, he’s worked in sev- rently deputy minister at Canadian to get things done without having to eral departments in increasingly se- Heritage, worked with Mr. Wouters force an issue. The source also noted nior roles including Finance, Labour, at TBS, and a source said that he is that Mr. Wouters is the only person Human Resources and Skills Develop- one of the people Mr. Wouters has who can go around PMO senior staff to ment and Fisheries and Oceans. Prior quietly been placing in key posi- put documents on the Prime Minister’s to being promoted to clerk in 2009, tions around the public service. nightly reading list without vetting.

January 2012, Power & Influence—11 THE TOP 20 Horgan: in the right place at the right time 9 By JESSICA BRUNO Michael Horgan has been in key policy jobs at vital times for the past 33 years, since he joined the Finance department as an energy analyst in the late 1970s. At Finance he’s worked on the National Energy Program, helped to implement the GST and been the G7/G20 Finance deputy for Canada. He’s also worked in the Privy Council Offi ce, where in 1996 he prepared policy responses for post-referendum . As the deputy min- Photograph courtesy of The Department Finance ister of Indian Affairs he worked on the Kelowna Accord and was the chief MICHAEL HORGAN federal negotiator for the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline. DEPUTY MINISTER As the economy and austerity continues to dominate the government and public agenda, Mr. Horgan is the man behind the scenes organizing OF FINANCE Canada’s fi scal policy and responses to the twists in the winding crisis. Mr. Horgan travels across the country to liaise with politicos and Bay Street executives and engage in the meet- ings and pre-budget consultations that ultimately shape Ottawa’s policy decisions. As the International Monetary Fund’s executive director for the Canadian, Irish, and Caribbean constituency his infl uence, and through him Canada’s, reaches into the international sphere.

Overseeing public purse, people management offi ce

MICHELLE D’AURAY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY BOARD

By JESSICA BRUNO Michelle d’Auray started her career in govern- ment in 1979. In that time, she has worked on the administration side of the National Film Board and Canadian Heritage. She’s also been deputy min- ister at Fisheries and Oceans, headed up Industry Canada’s communications division and been the 10 government’s chief information offi cer. As the bureaucracy moves from one spending review to another, Ms. d’Auray is running what she has called “the government’s management board, the budget offi ce, and the people management offi ce.” It’s an important role as the government looks for billions in savings and will be trimming programs and staff as a result in the strategic operating review. The government is looking to fi nd savings of $11-billion in departments’ operating budgets by 2015-2016. All the while, the secretariat is streamlining the way government works, switch- ing to all-electronic reports, and de-centralizing the rules governing the public service, giving depart- ments more discretion. Ms. d’Auray has strong ties to Privy Council Clerk Wayne Wouters, who promoted her into his old job in 2009, when he moved into the PCO, and in the deputy minister community. Ms. d’Auray sits on the PCO’s coordi- nating committee of deputy ministers, where senior bureaucrats discuss policy and government priori- ties and coordinate the DM community’s meetings. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, 12—January 2012, Power & Influence >/,54,4),9:90:,05;/,/6<:, ;/,09>69+:9,(*/4033065/64,:

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By MARK BOURRIE to live with trouble caused by his star who is now in charge of mili- General head of Canada’s mili- predecessor, Gen. Rick Hillier, who tary procurement. On the plus side, tary since 2008, Walt Natynczyk was still has a strong fan base among Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a a tank unit commander and later Army offi cers. Gen. Natynczyk’s de- strong supporter of the military and head of Canadian operations in the partment faces big cuts to headquar- its role in NATO. Gen. Natynczyk’s Balkans in the 1990s. Chief of De- ters. At the same time, he now has job has been a tough one to hold on fence Staff Natynczyk was in charge to deal with two ministers: Defence to for the long term. It will take all of the military response to the 1998 Minister Peter MacKay, who has his of Gen. Natynczyk’s people skills to ice storm in eastern Ontario. own political problems, and Associ- keep tap-dancing through this mine- CDS Natynczyk is a talented ate Minister of National Defence fi eld. Fortunately, he still has a direct organizer and commander. He’s had , a rising Conservative line to the Prime Minister.

JOHN MANLEY PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN COUNCIL 12 OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES Ottawa’s voice of Canada’s industrial and fi nancial CEOs By MARK BOURRIE Canadian Council of Chief Execu- Once one of the most powerful tives. He also serves on the boards and capable of Liberal prime min- of several large corporations and is ister Jean Chrétien’s Cabinet, John a generous donor of his time to the Manley held several important port- non-profi t sector. folios, including Finance and Depu- Well-connected with both the ty Prime Minister. After the attacks Liberal and , and on the of Sept. 11, 2001, Mr. Manley was in speed-dial of Hill reporters, Mr. charge of coordinating the country’s Manley has access to all of Ottawa’s anti-terrorism policy. After a stint at power centres. While Perrin Beatty McCarthy Tétrault LLP and consult- at the Canadian Chamber of Com- ing work for governments and think merce lobbies for the interests of tanks, appointed Mr. Manley Prime small and medium-sized businesses, Minister Stephen Harper to study Mr. Manley is the Ottawa voice of Canada’s role in along most of the country’s industrial and with Derek Burney and Pamela fi nancial CEOs—heads of 150 of Wallin. At the beginning of 2010, Canada’s biggest fi rms, controlling Mr. Manley became president of the half of the country’s GDP.

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times 14 —January 2012, Power & Influence THE TOP 20 HARD-HITTING CONSERVATIVE 13 JENNI BYRNE DIRECTOR OF POLITICAL OPERATIONS, CONSERVATIVE PARTY

POLITICAL OPERATOR Photograph by Jason Ransom, PMO

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT Harper’s PMO. Following Mr. Finley’s Byrne, a formidable force in her own An Ontario native, Jenni Byrne, departure from the Conservative right, is now responsible for making 35, is one of Prime Minister Stephen Party’s helm due to cancer, Ms. Byrne sure the party’s cogs are running, Harper’s most loyal supporters. In became only the second woman to and well-oiled with cash. Described the Conservatives’ successful 2006 head a national campaign in Canada. as a female Dimitri Soudas, Ms. and 2008 federal election campaigns, Ms. Byrne used to date Conservative Byrne has a reputation of being Ms. Byrne served as national cam- MP . hyper-political and hard-assed with paign deputy to campaign chief Doug Mr. Harper might be running the a no-nonsense approach. Ms. Byrne Finley. Climbing up the Conserva- country, but Ms. Byrne is running his didn’t just shatter the glass ceiling, tive hierarchy, Ms. Byrne worked for party. After leading the Conserva- she whipped it into submission. After a time putting out political fi res as tives into a majority with 166 seats as all, you don’t get into the PM’s inner director of issues management in Mr. a key architect of their campaign, Ms. circle by being soft on anything.

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in that year’s election. In 2009, Mr. Bachand began serving as Bachand will Canada’s UNESCO ambassador in France. Last summer he was called back from France to serve be knee deep as the PM’s senior adviser. Though the Conservatives won 166 seats in the last election, they 14 did it without Quebec, where they in all Quebec won only fi ve seats, despite their efforts to win over the province. Mr. Bachand, who was born and fi les in 2012 raised in Quebec and was the may- or of Asbestos, Que., from 1986 to By LAURA RYCKEWAERT 1997, will undoubtedly play a key André Bachand, 50, has had a rocky role in the Conservatives’ inevita- history with Prime Minister Stephen ble bid to woo the province’s seats Harper’s Conservatives. A former back from the NDP who won 59 of Quebec Progressive Conservative MP Quebec’s 75 seats. As the only se- from 1997 to 2004, he chose to sit as an nior adviser currently in the PMO, The Hill Times Photograph by Kate Malloy, Independent from 2004 to 2008 and did Mr. Bachand enjoys unique access ANDRÉ BACHAND not join the merged - to the PM’s ear. As one insider put SENIOR ADVISER TO THE Conservative Party. In 2008, he joined it, “He is the only mature Quebecer the new Conservatives, but was defeated close to the PM these days.” PRIME MINISTER FOR QUEBEC

RAY NOVAK PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO THE PRIME MINISTER 15

NOVAK HAS MORE INFLUENCE THAN MOST CABINET MINISTERS AND PMO STAFFERS Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, Walk this way, boys: Ray Novak, centre, pictured last summer in Ottawa with Manny Montenegrino and then PMO staffer Dimitri Soudas.

By MARK BOURRIE A powerful workhorse, Ray Novak is offi cially the second-most important person in the PMO. A committed monarchist, he’s the guy to blame for putting the “Royal” back into the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Prime Minister Stephen Harper met Mr. Novak when the young Conservative was hired to do research for the National Citizens Coalition. He had cut his teeth as a researcher with the Fraser Institute. Mr. Novak has survived in a revolving-door PMO and has the Prime Minister’s ear. In fact, Novak has more infl uence than most Cabinet ministers and PMO staffers. Traditionally, principal secretaries have been the Prime Minister’s political assistant. Mr. Novak has handled some of the PMO’s trickier political fi les, including the allegations against former Tory Cabinet minister . After last fall’s honeymoon period and the upcoming fi ghts over federal cuts, expect a tightening of the team in the Langevin Block as top staffers put in late nights.

16 —January 2012, Power & Politics THE TOP 20 DOER DEALS WITH THE 16 WASHINGTON, D.C., SNAKE-PIT EVERY DAY By MARK BOURRIE rimeter negotiations and the fall-out Former NDP premier of over the protectionist “Buy American” Gary Doer had a great run as one of policies of the states and the U.S. the country’s most popular premiers. federal government. His big agenda He answered the Prime Minister’s call item, until the election gets into full and has been Canada’s ambassador to gear, is the manoeuverings for the Washington, D.C., since October, 2009. Keystone XL pipeline and defend- Barack Obama appointed a corpo- ing Canada’s oil sands crude from rate lawyer with 30 years of advocat- the environmental lobby. Mr. Doer’s ing for large corporations to be the personality should help him keep the U.S. ambassador to Canada. Stephen confi dence of the Langevin Block and Harper sent a popular former pre- help him deal with the Washington, GARY DOER mier whose political views seem to fi t D.C., snake-pit. In this election year, CANADA’S AMBASSADOR with the president’s. Mr. Doer is one he may not be able to do much except

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, of the go-betweens on the security pe- wait to see what happens. TO U.S.

SHAWN A-IN-CHUT ATLEO NATIONAL CHIEF OF THE ASSEMBLY OF TRYING TO TURN THINGS AROUND FOR CANADA’S FIRST NATIONS IN 2012

By CHRIS PLECASH successive govern- Elected to succeed ments continue to be former AFN national shamed by the living chief Phil Fontaine conditions on First Na- in 2009, Shawn Atleo tions reserves. Nation- advocates for the ally and internation- treaty rights of more ally, people are talking than 630 First Nations about the poverty of communities repre- Canada’s First Na- senting more than tions, and if the feds 700,000 people—one want to show that they of the fastest-growing are effective on the segments of the fi le they will need to Canadian population. work with Chief Atleo Mainstream media to develop solutions. are increasingly turn- Whether he is able ing to Chief Atleo to to broker more than articulate the chal- another meeting at lenges that Canada’s January’s Crown-First First Nations peoples Nations Gathering will face. He also serves as be an early test of his chancellor of Vancou- infl uence in 2012, and ver Island University. may determine his fu- Chief Atleo’s ture as national chief infl uence over federal if he runs for a second policy is growing as term later in the year. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, 17 January 2012, Power & Politics—17 THE TOP 20

DAVID JACOBSON IN THIS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CANADA ELECTION YEAR, 18 JACOBSON’S FORTUNES CLOSELY By MARK BOURRIE David Jacobson is a downtown Chicago lawyer, a major fundraiser for TIED TO U.S. U.S. President Barack Obama, the ambassador to Canada since the fall of 2009, and the host of the best July 4 barbecue in town. A member of U.S. President Obama’s inner circle, Mr. Jacobson worked in the White House during the Bush-Obama transition and had a role in the hiring of PRESIDENT many White House staffers. His infl uence bridges the border, which pleases the Canadian government. Ottawa political and bureaucratic leaders want a U.S. en- voy who has real clout in Ottawa, even if it means accepting an ambassador ap- pointed for his connections, rather than his credentials as a career diplomat. The OBAMA’S U.S. ambassador to Canada always has infl uence, and Mr. Jacobson has worked hard with Canadian offi cials on the continental perimeter security plan. He may be in for tougher sledding in 2012 as the U.S. federal and state “Buy American” programs begin to bite. And, in this election year, his fortunes are closely tied to President Obama’s. He could be a lame duck by the end of the year. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, Expect McLachlin’s Supreme Court to hear challenges to Harper government’s more controversial legislation this year

By MARK BOURRIE Politicians and interest groups Chief Justice Beverley love her and the court when their McLachlin is a solid legal side wins and slam them when mind who has been able to they lose. Ms. McLachlin, like the tread a middle road since her previous chief justice, Antonio appointment by Jean Chrétien Lamer, take periodic swipes at in 2000. The court swings right the court’s critics in the name on serious crime and cases of judicial independence. While involving corporations, left on chief justices don’t need to have rights of minority groups and infl uence, the nature of the job troubled people such as drug now requires some PR work. addicts who use ’s Expect challenges to the Harper Insite safe injection site. Still, government’s more controversial Chief Justice McLachlin and legislation this year and through the court have been able to the rest of the majority mandate. 19 The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, defuse some of the Reform The McLachlin court has shown Party-era rhetoric on activ- itself to be willing to hear cases BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN ist judges and built up some that more timid courts might CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME capital even with Tories. have sloughed off. COURT OF CANADA

18 —January 2012, Power & Politics Photo courtesy: Tourism Saskatoon, f:11 Photography and The Marketing Den Photo courtesy: City of Kingston, Wayne Hiebert We’re tothe allconnected Find outmore at and stimulates even andservices, products more economic growth. neededfor growth.jobs andservices Which increases demandfor mean cleaner, more productive citieswhere peoplecanaccess the revitalize localeconomies from coast to coast. Better transitsystems future ofpublictransit www.cutaactu.ca create thousandsofnewjobs, and public transit infrastructure would investments in smart Maintaining thatbenefitseveryone. action Transit fundingiseconomic THE TOP 20 13. General Walter Natynczyk, 1. Stephen Harper The Hill Times’ chief of defence staff 2. Jim Flaherty 14. , Parliamentary 3. John Baird budget offi cer 4. Jason Kenney 15. Bob Paulson, RCMP commissioner 5. Mark Carney Top 100 most 16. Stephen Rigby, national security 6. Nigel Wright adviser 7. Tony Clement 17. Morris Rosenberg, Foreign 8. Wayne Wouters Infl uential Affairs deputy minister 9. Michael Horgan 18. Yvan Roy, PCO deputy secretary 10. Michelle d’Auray to Cabinet, legislation, House 11. Walter Natynczyk People in planning and machinery of 12. John Manley government 13. Jenni Byrne 19. Wayne Wouters, PCO clerk 14. André Bachand Government 15. Ray Novak MEDIA 16. Gary Doer 1. CBC’s The National’s At Issue 17. Shawn Atleo & Politics Panel, hosted by 18. David Jacobson 2. Joël Denis Bellavance, La Presse 19. Beverley McLachlin bureau chief 20. Laureen Harper for 2012 3. Tom Clark, The West Block host 4. Susan Delacourt, THE TOP 100, POLITICAL STAFFERS 3. Michael Coates, Hill and senior writer BY CATEGORY 1. André Bachand, senior adviser Knowlton president and CEO 5. Bob Fife, CTV Ottawa bureau chief POLITICIANS to PM for Quebec 4. Patrick Daniel, Enbridge 6. Raymond Filion, TVA reporter 1. Foreign Affairs Minister 2. Karl Bélanger, NDP press secretary president and CEO 7. Tim Harper, Toronto Star columnist John Baird 3. Jenni Byrne, Conservative Party 5. Kevin Lynch, vice-chair, BMO 8. Chantal Hébert, Toronto Star, Le 2. Quebec Premier director of political operations Financial Group Devoir, The Hill Times columnist 3. Treasury Board President 4. Rachel Curran, PMO director of policy 6. John Manley, Canadian Council 9. John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail Tony Clement & head of stakeholder relations of Chief Executives president Ottawa bureau chief 4. International Trade Minister 5. Jeremy Hunt, executive assistant and CEO 10. John Ivison, 5. Conservative Senator to the PM 7. Frank McKenna, deputy chair columnist Doug Finley 6. Brad Lavigne, principal of TD Bank Financial Group 11. Mark Kennedy, Postmedia chief 6. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty secretary to NDP leader 8. Jayson Myers, Canadian Manu- 12. Will LeRoy, National Newswatch 7. Liberal Deputy Leader Ralph 7. Andrew MacDougall, PMO facturers and Exporters president founder Goodale associate director of commu- 9. Geoff Norquay, Earnscliffe 13. Stephen Maher, Postmedia 8. Prime Minister Stephen Harper nications and spokesperson Strategy Group principal News national columnist 9. Citizenship and Immigration 8. Kevin McCarthy, chief of staff to 10. Tim Powers, Summa Strategies VP 14. Don Martin, CTV Power Play host Minister Jason Kenney Finance Minister Jim Flaherty 11. Gerry Schwartz, Onex 15. Lawrence Martin, Globe and 10. Transport Minister Denis Lebel 9. Anne McGrath, NDP Leader’s Corporation chair and CEO Mail columnist 11. Government Senate Leader chief of staff 16. , political satirist Marjory LeBreton 10. Andrea McGuigan, PMO PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS 17. Craig Oliver and Kevin Newman, 12. Defence Minister Peter MacKay foreign affairs, environment and 1. Mark Carney, Bank of Canada CTV Question Period co-hosts 13. Ontario Premier Dalton energy security policy adviser Governor 18. Kady O’Malley, CBC blogger McGuinty 11. Ray Novak, principal secretary 2. Michelle d’Auray, secretary to 19. Pierre Karl Péladeau, 14. Minister of State for Finance to the PM the Treasury Board Quebecor president and CEO 12. Angelo Persichilli, PMO 3. Richard Dicerni, Industry 20. Rob Russo, Canadian Press 15. Canadian Heritage Minister communications director Canada deputy minister Ottawa bureau chief James Moore 13. Chisholm Pothier, director of 4. Julie Dickson, superintendent 21. Evan Solomon, CBC Power and 16. Justice Minister communications to Finance of Financial Institutions Politics and The House host 17. Natural Resources Minister Minister Jim Flaherty 5. Gary Doer, Canadian 22. Greg Weston, CBC reporter 14. , PMO senior ambassador to the U.S. 18. Industry Minister Christian economic policy adviser 6. Michael Ferguson, Auditor OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES Paradis 15. Derek Vanstone, PMO deputy General 1. Brian Lee Crowley, Macdonald- 19. Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae chief of staff 7. Robert Fonberg, National Laurier Institute managing director 20. Labour Minister Lisa Raitt 16. Alykhan Velshi, PMO director Defence Deputy Minister 2. Graham Fox, Institute for Research 21. Premier Alison Redford of planning 8. Michael Horgan, Finance deputy on Public Policy president and CEO 22. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews 17. Nigel Wright, PM’s chief of staff minister 3. Laureen Harper, Prime 23. NDP leadership candidates 18. Chris Woodcock, PMO director 9. Daniel Jean, Canadian Heritage Minister’s wife Paul Dewar, Thomas Mulcair, of issues management deputy minister 4. David Jacobson, U.S. Peggy Nash and Brian Topp 10. Michael Martin, PCO deputy sec- ambassador to Canada 24. NDP All Stars: Charlie Angus, LOBBYISTS & CONSULTANTS retary to the Cabinet, Operations 6. Kathleen Monk, Broadbent Niki Ashton, Alexandre 1. Shawn Atleo, Assembly of First 11. Beverley McLachlin, Supreme Institute executive director Boulerice, David Christopher- Nations national chief Court chief justice 5. Nik Nanos, Nanos Research son, Jack Harris, , 2. Perrin Beatty, Canadian Chamber 12. David Mulroney, Canadian president and Peter Stoffer of Commerce president and CEO ambassador to China —Compiled by Bea Vongdouangchanh 20—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICIANS

By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Ed Fast was appointed to his current role after he was re-elected for the third time on May 2, just in time to stickhandle the government’s international trade pri- orities. The government currently has free trade agree- ments with Panama and Jordan on the table, which still need to be ratifi ed in the House. The Canada-European Union talks are also heating up. In the meantime, Mr. Fast has travelled to various places across the globe to promote Canada’s trade interests, including joining the Trans-Pacifi c Partnership, Brazil, China, India, Japan, and Indonesia. At the end of 2011, he was in Germany and France before attending the World Trade Organiza- tion conference in Geneva. With the economy and trade Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, at the top of the government’s agenda, Mr. Fast will be a ED FAST central fi gure in all of it. By all accounts, so far so good for someone who previously had little interest in the fi le INTERNATIONAL TRADE MINISTER who’s also come to be a trusted minister. The 56-year-old International Trade minister was fi rst elected as a Conservative MP in 2006. A lawyer by trade, Mr. Fast represents the riding of Abbotsford, B.C., and FAST EDDIE A CENTRAL previously served as its deputy mayor while a member of city council for nine years. While in the House of Commons, Mr. Fast was successful at moving a private GOVERNMENT FIGURE member’s bill through the legislative process and becom- ing law. The bill, C-277, increases the maximum sentence for luring children over the internet for sexual purposes AND A KEY PLAYER from fi ve to 10 years. DAILY WEEKLY NOW Subscribe today www.parliamentnow.ca

January 2012, Power & Influence—21 THE POLITICIANS NO ONE IN OTTAWA WANTS TO CROSS SENATOR FINLEY By MARK BOURRIE Doug Finley is a former Rolls Royce executive and fl ower salesman who ran Stephen Harper’s campaign for leader of the new Conservative Party. A powerful party operative and successful fundraiser, Sen. Finley ran the 2006 and 2008 Conservative campaigns. In The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, 2009, he was appointed to the Senate. Recently, he’s been fi ghting colon cancer. CONSERVATIVE SEN. DOUG FINLEY The 2011 majority election win is a mixed blessing to ONTARIO SENATOR, EMINENCE GRISE Sen. Finley. Prime Minister Harper’s no longer on thin political ice, but he can’t ignore Sen. Finley’s advice. Sen. Finley is probably clear of the fallout from the 2006 “in and cal operator who will take on anyone who shows signs of out” fi nancing scandal. His relationship with Mr. Harper challenging Mr. Harper’s centralized control systems. He resembles Guy Charbonneau’s backroom work for Brian also takes on journalists, including former CBC reporter Mulroney, but with far fewer scandals. Sen. Finley’s politi- and now host Krista Erickson, who cal instincts are relied upon by Prime Minister Harper. was taken off the beat when Sen. Finley, Sen. Finley has the ability to clip the wings of Cabinet min- among others, complained that she fed questions to an op- isters and end Tory political careers. He is a tough politi- position MP. No one in Ottawa wants to cross this man.

ALISON REDFORD PREMIER OF ALBERTA Alberta premier one to watch in 2012

THE HILL TIMES Toronto Star national columnist Chantal Hébert recently wrote that the “early political sounds of 2012 are those of tectonic plates shifting in Quebec and Alberta. office Photograph courtesy of Alison Redford’s That does not necessarily bode well for Ontario’s domi- Ms. Hébert wrote that over the last 10 years, Ontario’s nant role in the affairs of the federation.” Well, come on infl uence on national affairs has declined and the power down, Alberta Premier Alison Redford. The fi rst-ever Al- and clout are shifting from Central Canada to the West, berta premier who can speak French to Quebecers, Ms. “A Redford election victory later this year could also sig- Redford was elected leader of the Progressive Conserva- nal that Alberta’s appetite for Harper’s brand of conser- tives last October and is the de facto premier. She rep- vatism is not limitless. The premier is ideologically closer resents a generational change in the province and could to her progressive Quebec and Ontario counterparts than be the fi rst female Alberta premier elected later this year to the Prime Minister whose power base she shares. But some time between March 1 and May 31. She has clout for now, at least, Harper’s virtual monopoly on the most on the national stage, will be a key player in the pipeline economically vibrant sections of Western Canada is to- and oilsands issues, has been talking about a “Canadian day’s Conservatives what Quebec long was to the Liber- Energy Strategy,” and represents the province which is als: an impressive bulwark between the ruling party and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s power base. its challengers.” Ms. Redford is one to watch.

22—January 2012, Power & Politics PROUD SUPPORTERS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY & CANADIAN COAST GUARD

www.seaspan.com THE POLITICIANS Quiet, effective minister who ‘enjoys low-key infl uence’ Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, MARJORY LEBRETON GOVERNMENT SENATE LEADER Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, DENIS LEBEL Plays key role MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES AND MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF in machinery CANADA FOR THE REGIONS OF QUEBEC BY CHRIS PLECASH of government Being elected as a Conservative in Quebec can make you a Cabinet minister by default, but Conser- vative MP Denis Lebel, who was fi rst elected to the operations House of Commons in a 2007 byelection in Roberval- Lac Saint Jean, Que., has shown that he knows his fi le and is so far well-deserving of his promotion. By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH A former party member of the Bloc Québécois, Mr. Marjory LeBreton is a long-time Conservative who’s Lebel, 57, has stayed clear of the media glare for having worked with every Progressive Conservative leader as important a fi le as Transportation. He’s also minis- since . A committed Conservative, ter of Infrastructure and Communities. Prime Minister she’s advised and worked for Robert Stanfi eld, Joe Stephen Harper appointed him as the minister of state Clark, and Brian Mulroney, where she served as deputy (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the chief of staff and appointments director. Mr. Mulroney Regions of Quebec) in 2008 before giving him a full appointed her to the Senate in 1993. In the Upper Cham- Cabinet position after the May 2, 2011 election. ber, Sen. LeBreton has served as the opposition whip, as Mr. Lebel’s understanding of the nuanced Quebec the deputy chair of the Social Affairs, Science and Tech- construction industry will help the federal government nology Committee, and under Prime Minister Stephen get value for money as it invests billions into replacing Harper previously as Minister of State for Seniors. the Champlain Bridge in the coming years. The trans- Although Sen. LeBreton, 71, is considered a “Red portation fi le is becoming even more important in light Tory,” she has come into Mr. Harper’s inner circle and is of the recently announced Border Action Plan that will a trusted adviser. Sen. LeBreton is the vice-chair of the streamline trade fl ow across the Canada-U.S. border. Cabinet Committee on Priorities and Planning (chaired Mr. Lebel’s membership on the Operations and Priori- by Mr. Harper), which is considered the most important ties and Planning Cabinet committees shows that he’s Cabinet committee because it’s the “real Cabinet.” She got the Prime Minister’s confi dence. He also serves on also sits on the second most powerful Cabinet com- the National Security and Economic Prosperity and mittee, Operations, which “provides day-to-day coor- Sustainable Growth Cabinet committees. dination of the government’s agenda, including issues Maclean’s magazine recently described him as a management, legislation and House planning and com- minister who “enjoys more low-key infl uence than more munications.” Sen. LeBreton also has the task of sitting well-known Quebecers,” even more so than Quebec lieu- on the Treasury Board sub-Committee on the Strategic tenant and Industry Minister . Political and Operative Review which is currently looking for insiders say he’s quiet but effective. With his experience, $4-billion worth of cuts to the public service. In these he can get things done, say insiders, who also note that positions, she plays a key infl uential role in the opera- he’s quickly gaining credibility with Mr. Harper. tions of the machinery of government.

24—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICIANS

PETER MACKAY DEFENCE MINISTER MacKay a top minister in Harper’s Cabinet Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, By BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Mr. MacKay is also in charge of both the renewal Although Defence Minister Peter MacKay ran into and cuts to the Department of National Defence and some trouble at the end of last year over his personal use Canada’s Forces and will play an integral and infl uen- of a government helicopter, he remains a top minister tial role in how Canada’s military will emerge in the in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Cabinet. Until he next decade. Mr. MacKay’s infl uence also comes from decides to retire from politics or leave on his own accord, sitting on the most powerful Cabinet committee, Priori- no matter what scandals he ends up in, it’s unlikely he’ll ties and Planning, which “provides strategic direction be booted from the Cabinet table thanks to his role in on government priorities and expenditure management, brokering the Canadian Alliance and PC party merger. ratifi es committee recommendations and approves Formerly romantically linked to smart, beautiful, and appointments.” Mr. MacKay also sits on the powerful powerful women, Mr. MacKay, 46, last month fi nally tied Treasury Board Sub-Committee on the Strategic and the knot and married Nazanin Afshin-Jam, co-founder Operating Review, tasked with fi nding $4-billion of sav- and president of Stop Child Executions and a former Miss ings in the government. World Canada. Mr. MacKay has a long political history. A lawyer by trade, Mr. MacKay represents Central One of the biggest ‘claims to fame’ was his reneging on a Nova, N.S., where his family is a very infl uential factor promise to fellow Progressive Conservative - in the community. He was fi rst elected to the House in ship candidate David Orchard not to enter into negotia- 1997, and re-elected fi ve times. He previously served tions with the Canadian Alliance Party to merge the two as the Foreign Affairs Minister before he took over his parties. This inevitably led to Mr. Harper’s ascent to power. current role in 2007. CANADA’S POLICY DRIVEN STUDENT VOICE

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January 2012, Power & Influence—25 THE POLITICIANS Menzies may emerge as next Don Mazankowsi BY MARK BOURRIE Ted Menzies is a successful farmer and well-versed in the political battles over wheat marketing in the West. He seconded the motion to bring in the bill that gutted the . Elected in 2004, Mr. Menzies held a couple of high-profi le opposi- tion critic positions. He was appointed Parlia- mentary secretary to the minister of Finance in 2007 and was sworn in as minister of state (Finance) in January 2011. Ministers of state have traditionally been training grounds that didn’t come with many staffers. These junior ministers tended to do public relations for the busier, and much more important, senior ministers. In the Harper government, a spot in Cabinet has been no guarantee of real infl uence and power, but Mr. Menzies works closely with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, who has the Prime Minister’s ear. Mr. Menzies has made few gaffes and has a reputation as a hard worker, which likely TED MENZIES The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, also endears him with the PMO. He may MINISTER OF STATE Ted Menzies, right, pictured with Tory MP emerge as the next Don Mazankowsi. Mike Wallace and a staffer on the Hill. (FINANCE)

PM JAMES MOORE CANADIAN HERITAGE Harper MINISTER looks to Moore for input Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, from B.C. James Moore, second left, pictured with singer Jim Cuddy, Heidi Bonnell, Rick Mercer, and Ron Sexsmith.

BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH some of his own caucus colleagues president and former James Moore is trying to prove continue to slam the CBC and say government House leader , critics wrong by showing that his it should disappear altogether. there was a hole in government cares about arts and Since becoming Canadian Heritage leadership federally. Mr. Moore culture in Canada. He’s organized Minister in 2008, Mr. Moore’s profi le has stepped in to become the lead seven highly-publicized ‘movie nights’ has shot up as the face of a young minister. “Despite his youth, the Prime for Parliamentarians, staffers, and Conservative government that Minister looks to him for input from media in Ottawa, to highlight and actually cares about arts and culture. British Columbia,” said one insider. feature Canadian fi lms, alternating Mr. Moore, 35, was fi rst elected in Political insiders say he’s done a good between English and French movies. 2000 as a Canadian Alliance MP job so far and has the Prime Minister’s He recently added music nights to and re-elected in every subsequent confi dence. He has a “hot fi le” in terms the entertainment lineup too. But election. With the departure of senior of his Cabinet post. He’s responsible he is in a tough place this year as British Columbian Conservatives for stickhandling the government’s the government moves to cut back such as former Transport minister copyright bill, C-11, with Industry on CBC’s annual budget and while , former Treasury Board Minister Christian Paradis.

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ROB NICHOLSON VIC TOEWS JUSTICE MINISTER & ATTORNEY PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER GENERAL OF CANADA Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Quiet, loyal, leads Abrasive, Toews a key minister in moving tough-on-crime law-and-order agenda federally government agenda Political insiders say although Vic Toews is quiet and appears Rob Nicholson is quiet and loyal and has a to always be following the party line, he’s a key minister in mov- huge responsibility to move the government’s ing the government’s agenda forward. He can be abrasive, but crime and justice/law and order agenda through is not afraid to get push-back for his opinions and his actions, Parliament. The government’s emphasis on a say insiders. He’s recently had to stickhandle the government’s variety of law and order reforms has catapulted move to dismantle the long-gun registry (despite signifi cant Mr. Nicholson into the limelight. Insiders say backlash from women’s and victim groups across Canada), and he’s doing an effective job in staying on message he’s had to defend the Conservatives’ crime and justice omnibus and communicating the government’s priorities, bill, C-10, the so-called Safe Streets and Communities Act. Mr. despite backlash from victims’ groups, provinces Toews’ infl uence comes from being a loyal minister who Prime and a daily barrage of opposition questions Minister Stephen Harper trusts. He sits on the Priorities and during Question Period. Mr. Nicholson is the Planning Cabinet Committee, the most powerful committee, and vice-chair of the second most infl uential Cabinet also is the vice-chair of the Cabinet Committee on National Se- committee, Operations, which is responsible curity. They’re the only two Cabinet committees that Mr. Harper for providing “day-to-day coordination of chairs himself. As the Public Safety Minister, Mr. Toews will also the government’s agenda, including issues be a key fi gure in negotiating the Canada-U.S. perimeter secu- management, legislation and House planning, rity deal. As Toronto Star columnist Tim Harper writes, “At some and communications.” point the Harper government is going to have to come out of Mr. Nicholson, 59, represents Niagara Falls, the bunker and level with the Canadian electorate on the messy Ont., and has served as Justice minister since parts of such huge negotiations. When it does, it will be clear the 2007. A lawyer by trade, he was fi rst elected to toughest piece of this puzzle rests with Vic Toews.” the House of Commons in 1984, and served as A lawyer by trade, Mr. Toews had a career as a public minister for science and small businesses under servant with Manitoba’s Department of Justice for almost the Brian Mulroney government. He was defeat- two decades before being elected as an MLA in his province ed in the 1993 Progressive Conservative demise, in 1995. He served as Manitoba’s attorney general and jus- which left the party with two seats after two ma- tice minister for four years before taking a stab at federal jority governments, but was re-elected in 2004. politics. He was fi rst elected to the House of Commons in He previously served as the chief opposition 2000, and reelected four times. When the Conservatives won whip, and when the Conservatives won power in government in 2006, he became the federal Justice minister. 2006, he became the government House leader He later served as Treasury Board president and in 2010 and minister for Democratic Reform. was appointed Public Safety minister. 28—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICIANS PITCHING CANADA’S OIL AND GAS SECTORS TO CHINESE, AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS IN 2012

BY CHRIS PLECASH With Canada’s natural resources accounting for nearly 12 per cent of GDP and Canada’s main trading partner strapped for cash, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is tasked with fi nding new markets for Canadian energy and forestry. His appointment to Cabinet was seen as a reward to voters for giving the Conservatives a break- through in Toronto, but Mr. Oliver’s made his mark on the fi le early by fi nalizing the sale of AECL to SNC-Lavalin last June and pitching Canada’s oil and gas sector to the Chinese and American governments. While the U.S. State Department’s delay of the Keystone XL pipeline was out of his control, whether Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipe- line gets the go-ahead will test how infl uential he really is. Mr. Oliver’s past life in the private sector included stints as an investment banker with Merrill Lynch and as executive director of the Ontario Securities Commis- sion. He unsuccessfully ran against Liberal stalwart in the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence in 2008. The second time was the charm in 2011, when Mr. Oliver joined Parliament after beating Mr.Volpe in the riding he’d held since 1988; a riding that had gone Liberal since it was created in 1976. Mr. Oliver’s marketplace expertise and his role in establishing a Conservative base in Toronto earned him the Natural Resources fi le when he was sworn into Cabinet on May 18, 2011. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, JOE OLIVER NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER

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BY MARK BOURRIE bec’s power and unique place in the Canadian federa- A 37-year-old lawyer from the southeastern Quebec tion. Plus where there’s light, there’s hope. Mr. Paradis’ riding of Mégantic-L’Érable, Christian Paradis was one place in the political fi rmament is underscored by the of the Quebec Tories who made a beachhead in 2006 and fact that he sits next to Mr. Harper in the House of survived the winnowing away of what had seemed to be Commons. It doesn’t hurt Mr. Paradis that he survived a promising Tory caucus from the Distinct Society. Public allegations of political interference in access to informa- Works minister from 2008 to 2010, minister of Natural tion requests at Public Works. He’s also come under fi re Resources from January, 2010 until May, 2011, and Indus- for chatting about government contracts at a fundraiser try minister since that time, he has been Prime Minister he held while minister of Public Works. Mr. Paradis has Stephen Harper’s since Lawrence been given some tough assignments, including modern- Cannon’s defeat in Pontiac, Que., last year. izing Canada’s copyright laws, the auction of wireless As senior Quebec minister and Quebec lieutenant, spectrum and the rejuvenation of Canada’s high-tech Mr. Paradis has considerable clout. Even in a govern- sector. He’s also carried the ball in Quebec on unpopular ment that won a majority without a substantial number legislation such as the repeal of the long-gun registry of Quebec seats, there’s still a need to recognize Que- and the “tough on crime” legislation passed last fall.

Star Cabinet minister entrusted with labour relations while feds plan to reduce civil service BY CHRIS PLECASH A graduate of the prestigious and former CEO of the Toronto Port Authority, Lisa Raitt was fi rst elected to the House of Commons in 2008 in Halton, Ont., and was appointed Minister of Natural Resources soon after. She survived political scandal in 2009 after a record- ing surfaced of Ms. Raitt calling the medical isotope shortage “sexy” and questioning a fellow minister’s competence to a staffer. Re-elected last May, Ms. Raitt, 43, solidifi ed her status as a star Cabinet minister in 2011, by putting public sector unions on notice and ending the postal service lockout with back-to-work legislation and threatening to do the same for fl ight attendants. Prime Minister Stephen Harper clearly trusts Ms. Raitt as a member of his Cabinet. She offered to resign as Minister of Natural Resources over her comments on the Chalk River nuclear reactor shutdown in 2009, but the Prime Minister rejected her offer and instead shuffl ed her to another impor- tant post six months later. She’s been entrusted with labour relations at a time when the government plans to drastically reduce the size of the civil service. Her infl uence also stems for her position on a key Cabinet committee—she vice-chairs the Cabinet Committee for Economic Prosperity and Sustain-

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, able Growth and has a hand in the looming federal budget cuts as a member of the Treasury Board Subcommittee on the LISA RAITT MINISTER OF LABOUR Strategic and Operating Review. 30—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICIANS

BY MARK BOURRIE Expect some McGuinty push-back The 56-year-old was born into politics. Dalton Mc- Guinty Sr., a former University of Ottawa professor, raised a brood of children who have made their marks on federal initiatives in 2012 at all three levels of government. Mr. McGuinty won the Ontario Liberal leadership when few commenta- tors believed it was worth very much, but he was able to lead his party to power by trouncing Ernie Eves and snuffi ng the last embers of Mike Harris’ Common Sense Revolution. Mr. McGuinty governs like members of the old Ontario Big Blue Machine. Even former Tory premier leader is a fan of Mr. McGuinty’s cautious, technocratic approach to governing. However, the province’s burgeoning debt, the rising cost of elec- tricity, and the disconnect between The Liberals’ urban caucus and the Tory and NDP hinterland threatens Mr. McGuinty’s hold. Mr. McGuinty’s wings were clipped in the fall of 2011 when his government was re-elected with a close minor- ity. Mr. McGuinty is lucky that won enough seats to hold his grip on the Ontario Tories, and that Ste- phen Harper and Toronto mayor Rob Ford were given strong mandates in their recent elections. Mr. McGuinty and Mr. Harper aren’t on the same political wavelength, but any has the Prime Minister’s private phone number. Expect some provincial push- back on federal initiatives, like the omnibus crime bill, Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, that costs them money. Renegotiating Canada’s Health DALTON MCGUINTY Accord will also heat up in 2012. Mr. McGuinty also has infl uence in the federal Liberal caucus, although his PREMIER OF ONTARIO brother David is unlikely to run for the leadership. Every Quebec premier has considerable sway in Ottawa BY MARK BOURRIE Jean Charest is a former Mulroney-era whiz kid, skilled survi- vor, former Progressive Conservative Party leader and now . The 53-year-old Quebec Liberal leader has won three provincial elections and is heading into the fourth year of his man- date facing a challenge on the right from former Parti Québécois Cabinet minister François Legault and his new Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ). He may also face a rejuvenated Parti Québécois. Mr. Charest’s been written off so many times—when he was just one of two Tory survivors, when his party sank in the polls in its fi rst term and came back with a minority in 2007, and in the fall of 2011—but he always seems to survive. Every premier of Quebec has considerable sway in Ottawa. Mr. Charest may fi nd himself on the wane in Ottawa as he heads towards an election low in the polls, but almost all of offi cial Ot- tawa would be happy if he makes a comeback. A separatist in the premier’s offi ce would kick-start the national unity debate at a time when most Canadians are utterly fed up with it. Mr. Legault and his party may be more in tune with Stephen Harper’s government but he’s an unknown quantity and is likely to become an Ottawa-bash- er anytime it suits him. Mr. Charest is also a wildcard contender for JEAN CHAREST Mr. Harper’s job, though neither Mr. Charest nor Mr. Harper show any interest in going anywhere. PREMIER OF QUEBEC Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, January 2012, Power & Influence—31 THE POLITICIANS NDP leadership frontrunners showcase experience, vision

BRIAN TOPP PAUL DEWAR THOMAS MULCAIR PEGGY NASH

Deputy NDP leader, and former House leader, and former NDP fi nance Longtime NDP critic, as well as former strategist and former Quebec minister of party president, , executive director of environment and parks Former NDP national ACTRA Toronto, Globe Former NDP foreign in Quebec Premier Jean president, former and Mail columnist. affairs critic. Charest’s government. fi nance critic.

Photographs by Jake Wright, The Hill Times

By CHRIS PLECASH contenders with the most support who There are eight contenders to suc- have the greatest infl uence on the party’s ceed the late as leader of future policy direction. All four candidates the New Democrats, but a candidate have proposed bold policies as part of outside of Brian Topp, Paul Dewar, their leadership platforms, and it will be Thomas Mulclair and Peggy Nash—the up to the next leader to give Canadians four frontrunners—taking the helm is a clear alternative to the current gov- probably less likely than the Orange ernment and also stave off any Liberal Crush that catapulted the NDP into revival. Time will tell whether Canada’s offi cial opposition for the fi rst time in risk-averse electorate is ready for cap-and- the party’s 50-year history. These are trade or a rebalancing of income tax rates. the candidates who have the right mix Whoever wins will be infl uential in shap- of political experience, endorsements, ing public policy and debate as the leader of bilingualism, and vision. the offi cial opposition, but political insiders Once the NDP’s say the other three will remain on the front gets underway on March 23, it will be the bench and infl uential within the party.

32—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICIANS

The NDP All Stars, just don’t call them the Rat Pack: The offi cial opposition’s front bench, NDP MPs Charlie Angus, Megan Leslie, Pat Martin, Niki Ashton, , Peter Stoffer and Jack Harris. NDP MP is also part of the group but didn’t show up for the photo shoot.

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times When it comes to grabbing headlines, these Dippers know how it’s done

By CHRIS PLECASH exandre Boulerice, David Christopherson, Jack The NDP surge in the fi nal weeks of the Harris, Megan Leslie, Pat Martin and Peter 2011 campaign brought excitement to a Stoffer. Insiders say they are the ones to watch so-called “pointless election” and an end to when it comes to NDP caucus strength, during Canada’s 144-year old Liberal-Conservative Question Period and in committees. political dialectic. It didn’t take long for When it comes to grabbing headlines, national media to turn on the new offi cial it’s clear that these MPs don’t need a copy of opposition, though. Many questioned how the Sound Bites for Dummies. Whether the topic perennial third-party could go from 37 to 103 du jour is the “Maverick Minister of Muskoka’s” seats and have the experience to be consid- mismanagement of the G8 legacy fund, envi- ered “the government in waiting.” This group ronment and energy policies by “grumpy old has proved the nay-sayers wrong by taking men,” or the similarities between dismantling the government to task on a daily basis. Their the Canadian Wheat Board and legendary work has paid off. Despite losing NDP leader testicle-eating beaver self-defence tactics, these Jack Layton on Aug. 22, 2011 and spending MPs are giving voters a clear alternative for the fi rst full session in the midst of a leader- the next federal election. They don’t like to be ship race, the Dippers have held steady in called The Rat Pack, but they set the example the polls. Although, a mid-December poll had for the young NDP caucus, and interim-leader them in freefall in Quebec, where they made owes her party’s continued their most gains in the May 2 election. popularity to this group—Ms. Ashton, aside— The stars that have risen to perform like for staying out of the NDP leadership race and veterans are: Charlie Angus, Niki Ashton, Al- in the Offi cial Opposition’s front benches.

January 2012, Power & Influence—33 THE POLITICIANS

BY MARK BOURRIE Born into the Ottawa policy elite (his father was respected diplomat Saul Rae), Bob Rae is a Rhodes Scholar, federal NDP Rae tough, experienced wunderkind during the fabled days of (Mr. Rae moved the non-confi dence motion that brought down ’s government in 1979), NDP premier of Ontario from 1990 until 1995, then in 2006 federal Liberal Party contender and candidate for the leadership against Stéphane Dion and Michael and a media darling Ignatieff. He returned to the House of Commons in 2008 after winning a byelection. Named Parliamentarian of the Year by Maclean’s magazine in 2011, he has been one of the stars of the opposition benches, especially as interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel fl ounders in the House of Commons and her frontbench stars work the campaign trail. Mr. Rae is one of the few MPs across the aisle who the Tories truly fear. He’s a tough, experienced debater in both offi cial languages. The only dirt the Tories have on Mr. Rae comes from Mr. Rae’s tenure as premier, when he led Ontario through one of the worst recessions in the post-war period, raising taxes and reducing job losses in the Ontario bureaucracy by instituting “Rae Days,” unpaid time off as a way of public service job-shar- ing. Those shots get weaker as time goes by, a new recession starts to bite, and “Rae Days” start looking humane compared to throwing federal public servants out of their jobs. Mr. Rae Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, has not ruled out running for leadership when the Liberals pick BOB RAE their new chief, but with the dearth of good candidates and Mr. INTERIM LIBERAL LEADER Rae’s formidable skills, he and his party may choose to ignore his earlier pledge not to run.

RALPH GOODALE LIBERAL MP AND DEPUTY LEADER OF LIBERAL PARTY Goodale to play important role in rebuilding Liberal Party Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright,

BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH When the Liberals dropped from 77 to 34 seats in the last election, jaws dropped across the country. Reduced to third-party status in the House of Commons, the party is now in the middle of rebuilding its political fortunes, literal- ly and fi guratively. First elected as a Liberal MP in 1974 in Assiniboia, Sask., Ralph Goodale has served in the House of Commons for more than two decades. After being defeated in the 1979 election, Mr. Goodale, 62, was re-elected in Regina-Wascana, Sask., in 1993. He’s currently the only Liberal to represent a Saskatchewan riding in a province with 13 Conservatives. Political insiders say although Mr. Goodale’s profi le has dropped slightly, he remains the Lib- eral Party’s statesman and will play an important and infl uential role in the party’s rebuilding efforts which could impact the political environment in 2012. He’s also responsible for the caucus’s tactics and strategy meetings.

34—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICAL STAFFERS

crafting of such policies all the more important. As director of policy, Ms. Curran’s eyes are the last to see the LAST PIT STOP PM’s briefi ng book—a compilation of current issues and proposed stanc- es—each night before it’s handed FOR PMO POLICY off to Mr. Harper, meaning the fi nal two cents of the day come from Ms. RACHEL CURRAN Curran. Described as a bright, hard- working, and meticulous individual, PMO DIRECTOR OF POLICY Ms. Curran weighs in on the political & HEAD OF STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS side of things, and is key to shedding a partisan light on the issues of the BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT fi rst director of personnel and admin- day. In the tug-of-war battle between This British Columbia native has istration, and then director of policy, the PMO and the PCO on all matters climbed through the ranks over the as of last fall. Now with the policy and policy, Ms. Curran has the right steel years. Formerly director of Parliamen- stakeholder relations branches of the to be heard. And as head of stake- tary affairs to then-Treasury Board PMO merged, Ms. Curran has even holder relations, she’ll play a key role president Vic Toews, Ms. Curran fi rst more power under her belt. in making sure third parties know landed in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce After two minority governments, of and support government policy in 2009 as a policy adviser for social the governing Conservatives are shift- and initiatives going forward. A daily affairs. Defying the PMO’s ingrained ing into majority gear. The govern- correspondent and adviser to the PM, “old boys’ club,” Ms. Curran fought her ment will be looking for longer-term Ms. Curran plays an important and way up the offi ce hierarchy, becoming planning in their policies, making the powerful role in the PMO.

JEREMY HUNT EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRIME MINISTER

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT A native Albertan, Jeremy Hunt, 27, studied political science at Carleton University in Ottawa. After the 2006 election, Mr. Hunt started working in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new PMO as a special assistant to then PM chief of staff . In 2008, he traded up, and has been serving as the PM’s executive assistant ever since. As the Prime Minister’s shadow, Mr. Hunt is easily mistaken for a member of the PM’s RCMP security detail. He is the PM’s veritable fl y on the wall and knows where the prover- bial bodies are buried. As the saying goes, it’s all about location, location, location, and Mr. Hunt has become infl uential by proximity. He’s with the PM nearly 24/7, knows who the PM’s talking to, has the opportunity to weigh in and is privy to meetings that THE PM’S most of Mr. Harper’s caucus can only dream of. If the movie The Devil Wears Prada taught us anything, it’s that be- FLY ON ing the assistant to a leading power- house means long hours, hard work, and little credit, but doing the job successfully opens a lot of doors. Mr. THE WALL Hunt knows the Prime Minister well enough that if he gets yelled at, he can push back but he also can’t change the PM’s mind. He has proven he knows Jeremy Hunt pictured in June 2010 on the when to keep his mouth shut and has Hill for Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit. become a trusted confi dant of the PM. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, January 2012, Power & Influence—35 THE POLITICAL STAFFERS He’s a smooth operator with national media BY MARK BOURRIE Andrew MacDougall is offi cially the No. 2 man in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s PMO communications shop, but the No. 1 man when it comes to dealing with the Parliament Hill media. He has a steadily-rising career as a trusted communications pro in a PMO that has seen a lot of changes to the media relations team. Mr. MacDougall, unlike his boss, Angelo Persichilli, speaks French, which makes him the point man for francophone media. As the main spokesper- The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, son for the Prime Minister, Mr. MacDougall will ANDREW MACDOUGALL help set the tone of media relations during this ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF term. So far, the relationship’s been pretty good. COMMUNICATIONS AND SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRIME MINISTER

KEVIN MCCARTHY CHIEF OF STAFF TO FINANCE MINISTER JIM FLAHERTY McCarthy Kevin McCarthy, left, pictured with Jim Flaherty. infl uential in Flaherty’s offi ce

BY MARK BOURRIE From the Central Ontario city of , Kevin McCarthy was Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s chief policy adviser before he was appointed chief of staff. Mr. McCar- thy handles much of the political side of the budget-making process. Now that Mr. Flaherty has made it clear that he’s not taking another run at the Ontario Tory leadership, Mr. Mc- Carthy appears to be in for the long haul. Mr. McCarthy keeps a very low profi le, but has tremendous infl uence as a key adviser on the government’s fi nancial priorities and on its fi nancial messaging. Never easy work on a good day, Mr. McCarthy and his staff may have their hands full as the Euro-

Photograph by courtesy of Kevin McCarthy zone fi nancial crisis unfolds. 36—January 2012, Power & Influence he CFPC’s Patient’s Medical Home is a vision for frontline, patient-centred care that meets the health Tcare needs of all Canadians. Patients want timely access to coordinated, continuing care provided by their personal family physician and health care team. We look forward to working together with governments, our health care colleagues, and the people of Canada to make this vision a reality. e Centre de médecine de famille du CMFC est une vision des soins de première ligne centrés sur le patient, qui Lrépond aux besoins de tous les Canadiens et Canadiennes en matière de santé. Les patients veulent un accès à des soins coordonnés et continus, dispensés par leur propre médecin de famille et par une équipe de soins de santé et ce, en temps opportun. Nous travaillerons avec les gouvernements, nos collègues du secteur des soins de santé et la population canadienne pour faire de cette vision une réalité. Sandy Buchman, MD, CCFP, FCFP/ MD, CCMF, FCMF President/ Président The College of Family Physicians of Canada Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada The Patient’s Medical Home Le Centre de médecine de famille

Download the full paper and summary document at / Télécharger le document intégral ou sommaire www.cfpc.ca THE COLLEGE OF LE COLLÈGE DES FAMILY PHYSICIANS MÉDECINS DE FAMILLE OF CANADA DU CANADA THE POLITICAL STAFFERS ANGELO PERSICHILLI PMO DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Persichilli is PMO’s eminence grise of ethnic media

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT almost all francophone journalists, and is trying Since immigrating from Italy to Canada in to smooth PMO-media relations. 1975 to follow the Canadian woman he fell in In recent years, the Conservatives have love with and who he would later marry, Angelo turned their sights on courting Canada’s Persichilli, 63, has worked for a number of multi- so-called ethnic voters and Mr. Persichilli’s cultural news outlets. He worked as political appointment has been described as an editor for the Italian-language daily newspaper, institutionalization of those efforts. As Corriere Canadese, and he spent years coordi- director of communications, Mr. Persichilli is nating ethnic language news programming for keeping a lower profi le than his predecessor, Omni News. He was also a columnist for the but will help Mr. Harper plan, tailor, and . He has been described as the ‘emi- disseminate his party’s message to Canada’s nence grise’ of Canada’s ethnic media. Before mosaic of demographics. Support from these becoming Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new communities had a signifi cant hand to play in communications top-dog at the beginning of last the Conservative majority win last May, and September which caught many by surprise, Mr. the party is looking for further gains leading Persichilli wrote columns for The Hill Times and up to the next election. Mr. Persichilli has an The Toronto Star. As the Prime Minister’s direc- important role to play in helping the PM to hold, tor of communications, he’s been put through strengthen, and grow upon support gained in the wringer for not speaking French, but has ethnic, urban areas of Canada; places such as said he will try to learn it. He’s made efforts to Vancouver, Toronto, and the Greater Toronto meet most journalists on the Hill, including all or Area, Mr. Persichilli’s stomping grounds. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, 38—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICAL STAFFERS THE PARTISAN VOICE OF THE FINANCE MINISTER

BY MARK BOURRIE Chisholm Pothier is the partisan point-person for the government’s second most-important Cabinet minister, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. He’s been bird-dogging Parliamentary Budget Offi cer Kevin Page and scored a good hit in October, 2011, when he was quoted in a Globe and Mail story about Mr. Page being invited to an event sponsored by a Young Liberals group in British Columbia. Mr. Page cancelled this engagement after fi nding out it was a partisan event through . The Liberals later apologized for not telling Mr. Page it was a partisan event, but the damage was done. Now that Mr. Flaherty has ruled out a run at the Ontario Conservative leadership, Mr. Pothier can be expected to be around for a few more budgets and fi nancial crises. As the partisan voice of the fi nance minister, Mr. Pothier has had a fairly easy ride for the past few years. While the Tories could blame the Liberals and foreign markets for the 2008 recession, the

Conservatives have been in power long enough that they own the The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, economic issues that arise. And with recessions biting in the Euro- zone and the U.S., and deep cuts coming in the 2012 federal budget, CHISHOLM POTHIER things could get tough for Mr. Flaherty. If so, he’ll be much more reliant on his policy and communications staff. COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR FINANCE MINISTER JIM FLAHERTY PMO policy adviser McGuigan covers not one, but three high-priority fi les ANDREA MCGUIGAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY SECURITY POLICY ADVISER, PMO

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT McGuigan: she’s married to Dustin among the brightest policy minds Briefl y the director of govern- Van Vught, chief of staff for minister in government. Though the PMO’s ment relations for Telus Corp., An- of State for Sport . policy unit now has a female drea McGuigan joined the PMO in How much clout a policy adviser director in Rachel Curran, its old the spring of 2009 as a policy advis- carries is a direct product of his boys’ club status remains relatively er for economic affairs, environment or her fi les; as policy adviser for intact, and it speaks to Ms. Mc- and energy security. In the fall of foreign affairs, environment and Guigan’s ability that she was put in 2010, Ms. McGuigan switched from energy security policy, Ms. Mc- charge of such signifi cant fi les. Ms. economic affairs to foreign affairs, Guigan is responsible for three of McGuigan has proven she’s sharp, continuing to cover three policy fi les the PMO’s most important. A Blue responsive and dedicated to the for the PMO. A fun fact about Ms. Tory to the core, Ms. McGuigan is Conservative cause.

January 2012, Power & Influence—39 THE POLITICAL STAFFERS Vanstone at centre of drive to remake senior tiers of public service, diplomatic corps, tribunals, regulatory agencies BY MARK BOURRIE A graduate of Mike Harris’ Queen’s Park school of politics, Derek Vanstone came to Ottawa as chief of staff to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. He’s been PMO deputy chief of staff since 2010. Mr. Van- stone was believed to be in contention for the top job in the PMO when Guy Giorno decided to leave, but the job went to Nigel Wright. Mr. Vanstone has the crucial job of handling political appointments to government jobs. Now that the Tories have their majority, Mr. Vanstone will be in the centre of the drive to remake the senior tiers of the public service, the diplomatic corps, tribunals, regulatory agencies and, to some extent, the judiciary to refl ect the ideology and priorities of the Harper

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, government. To handle this job, a person must have the complete faith of DEREK VANSTONE the Prime Minister. Previous occupants of this offi ce have gone on to the Senate (Leader of the Government in the Senate Marjory LeBreton) and DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF lucrative academic and lobbying work (Penny Collenette). TO PRIME MINISTER PMO’s senior economic Woodcock in the policy adviser, Speer pressure cooker in PMO SEAN SPEER CHRIS WOODCOCK PMO’S SENIOR ECONOMIC POLICY ADVISER PMO DIRECTOR OF ISSUES MANAGEMENT

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT After working as a policy adviser in then Trea- Chris Woodcock’s rise on the Hill kicked off in 2008 sury Board president Vic Toews’ offi ce, by the end when he was hired as director of Parliamentary affairs of 2009, Sean Speer, who is originally from Thun- for then International Trade minister Stockwell Day. Just der Bay, Ont., was recruited to fi ll the same role before the end of 2010, Mr. Woodcock joined the PMO as in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s PMO. In 2010, an issues management adviser. By spring and come the Mr. Speer branched out to work in the PMO stake- 2011 election campaign, a number of PMO staffers took holder relations unit as a manager. This past fall, leave to work in the Conservative war room, and Mr. Mr. Speer was promoted to director of stakeholder Woodcock helped pick up the slack by acting as director relations, but following the winter break, Mr. Speer of issues management. Last September, Mr. Woodcock returned to the PMO as senior economic policy was promoted to offi cially serve in the role. adviser. No new director of stakeholder relations The job of director of issues management is a hectic has been named, but Julie Gaudreau has been pro- one. Responsible for putting out political fi res and moted to senior adviser for the PMO unit. Question Period preparation, Mr. Woodcock needs to A widely-regarded bright mind, Mr. Speer was know everything going wrong for the government, he convinced to delay his business-related PhD stud- needs to know the background of every issue and he ies in order to work for Minister Toews. Years later, needs to have the party-line response—he also needs Mr. Speer is still on the Hill and his talents are to be able to withstand a good deal of displaced anger. just as coveted. With the economy a top issue, Mr. The job requires long hours and comfortable shoes, Speer has an important role to play in ensuring but Mr. Woodcock has built a reputation for handling the PM and his governing party can keep Canada it with a laid-back air. In fact, Mr. Woodcock seems to out of the global recession’s deep end. Mr. Speer’s be the ice to his predecessor Jenni Byrne’s fi re, and his surname seems a fi tting homophone: with a sharp ability to deal with Mr. Harper and remain easy-going mind and a solid reputation, he’s sure to be a key amid political chaos has earned him respect. Working spearhead in deciding the way forward for Cana- for a Prime Minister who is notorious for his extensive da’s economic policy. QP preparation and issue control, Mr. Woodcock is in constant contact with Mr. Harper and is privy to many upper-level meetings.

40—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICAL STAFFERS Where there’s Velshi, there’s PMO infl uence Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, ALYKHAN VELSHI PMO DIRECTOR OF PLANNING

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT quickly gained legs and garnered international me- After dabbling in freelance writing and law, dia attention. But now Mr. Velshi is back, this time Alykhan Velshi’s rise on the Hill kicked off in early to fi ll the vacant role as PMO director of planning. 2007, when he began working for then secretary of Having already debated against American activ- state for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity ist and actress Daryl Hannah, of Kill Bill fame, on Jason Kenney. Aside from a brief stint in the offi ce live TV, Mr. Velshi is likely well-prepared for the of John Baird, Mr. Velshi worked closely with Mr. potentially high-profi le role of director of planning. Kenney for years, forming a strong personal and After spending years under Mr. Kenney’s wing—a working relationship with one of the PM’s most minister who’s been lauded for his own ability to infl uential Cabinet ministers. Said to be a bet- think strategically—Mr. Velshi has a well-honed ter French cook than any Ottawa restaurant, who ability to determine what’s important, and how to wouldn’t want to be friends with the charismatic achieve it. With a new majority government, the Mr. Velshi? Following last May’s election victory, Conservatives have some thinking to do in planning Mr. Velshi, 27, departed the Hill to run ; their road ahead; and Mr. Velshi is in a prime seat to under his initiative the new not-for-profi t group help craft that path.

January 2012, Power & Influence—41 THE POLITICAL STAFFERS

Q&A: BRAD LAVIGNE KEY WAR ROOM PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO NDP LEADER BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT Most jobs have unforeseen In 2003, Jack Layton was pitfalls, what’s the hardest part OPERATIVE IN elected leader of the federal about your job that you didn’t NDP. Successive federal elec- expect going in? tions brought a steady increase “Managing two offi ces—we of House seats, until May 2011, have an offi ce on the Hill and an LAST ELECTION, when the party surged to offi cial offi ce [at 131 Queen St.]—is in- opposition jumping from 37 to credibly diffi cult.…I’m constantly a stunning 103 seats. The NDP running back and forth.…When recently lost one seat when MP we were smaller most of the team AN NDP PLAYER Lise St-Denis defected to the that I worked with on the Hill Liberals. Mr. Layton’s name, were all concentrated in one area, meanwhile, will forever be tied now we’re in multiple buildings to the NDP’s unprecedented, and we’re on multiple fl oors be- historic win, however, his right- cause we’re so big…we don’t get a hand man deserves behind-the- chance to see each other enough scenes credit, and he was there all through the day, and that is every step of the way. actually notably diffi cult.” Brad Lavigne, now principal secretary to the NDP leader, With this majority government, was director of communications in real terms, how much infl u- to Mr. Layton when he became ence does the NDP have in Par- leader in 2003, and was by his liament on the legislation that’s side in the 2006 and 2008 elec- going through the House? tions. The two worked closely “Effective oppositions can have together and collaborated often infl uence over the tone, as well as on everything. the content, of a federal govern- In May 2009, Mr. Lavigne was ment. When you take a look at all named national director of the that orange that’s on the electoral NDP and has since been credited

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, map of Canada, I think the Con- for having modernized the par- servative see that map and rec- BY MARK BOURRIE ty’s campaign. The 2011 election ognize that there’s a realignment A key war room operative in the last was the fi rst under the direction that’s going on in the country, and election, Brad Lavigne was part of Jack of Mr. Lavigne. But it will be the that with their 39 per cent of the Layton’s successful campaign brain 2015 federal election that will vote, that 61 per cent of the people trust. Mr. Lavigne cut his teeth in student test the NDP’s popularity.Will it voted for something else. I think politics at Ryerson University in Toronto strengthen its base or not? what they want to do in the fi rst before spending three years sharpening A British Columbia native, Mr. few months is get through some his skills with British Columbia’s NDP Lavigne is tough, affable, and a of the outstanding legislation that government. He’s also been a regular self-professed “private” person, they’ve had stemming from their panelist on several news network shows which no doubts confl icts with minorities. But when they get and is well-liked by the Hill media. his very public occupation. down to their new legislation that The NDP is in a state of fl ux and its This Q&A has been edited for we’ll probably start seeing in the polling numbers are dropping in Quebec. style and length. spring of 2012, I think the outcome Until it picks a leader in March, long- of the May 2 election will have an termers like Mr. Lavigne will be anchors What was your infl uence in the outcome as to the lens through for the party and mentors to the new, May 2 election? which they’re seeing things, and I young MPs elected last May. Mr. Lavigne “The goal was to build the think that we’ve done a very good was trusted to handle most of the com- party to be a national alternative, job in the opening months of pre- munication after Mr. Layton’s death. Mr. right across the country, with senting a new face of Parliament Lavigne can sometimes be a tough opera- strategic investments in key areas to the country. tor. He’s one of the NDP strategists who of the country, most notably, Que- “We have people from all wants the party to embrace a sort of “New bec…. As the national director of walks of life. We’ve elected more Labour” middle ground, going so far as to the party, and the campaign direc- than 40 per cent women. We have bar a delegate from the 2009 election to tor, I was in charge of bringing young people and we have people prevent the introduction of a resolution the team together, working very from diverse backgrounds. For supporting the legalization of marijuana. closely with the leader and the the fi rst time in a long time, if Mr. Lavigne’s future after March is uncer- senior team to bring about that ever, New Democrats are the face tain. Many new leaders have done clean message, and to bring about the and the voice of what Canada sweeps of party strategists to reward organizational capacity to deliver really is. And I think that that’s their own operatives—and, quite often, that message. So it was quite an going to have a huge infl uence on lived to regret that. honour to serve in that capacity.” the government in years to come.” 42—January 2012, Power & Influence THE POLITICAL STAFFERS New leader would be unwise to cut McGrath loose BY MARK BOURRIE A respected political operative, with almost 30 years in the trenches, fi rst as a Communist candidate in Alberta in the 1984 federal election, then in the NDP, Anne McGrath helped propel the NDP into offi cial opposition status in the last federal election and is part of the Layton-era group that includes Brian Topp who want to steer the party towards a Canadian version of ’s “New Labour.” Ms. McGrath is extremely well-connected with NDP core constituencies such as unions, students, and wom- en’s groups. Everyone connected with last May’s federal election campaign will always have a special place in the NDP fi rmament. Her proximity to Mr. Layton makes her an important strategist in the party. Ms. McGrath, a former chief of staff to Mr. Layton and former president of the NDP from 2006 to 2009, says she will be staying on until March. Her infl uence and role after the NDP leadership convention will be determined by who wins The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, the crown, but even if an outsider takes it, the new leader ANNE MCGRATH would be unwise to cut Ms. McGrath loose. CHIEF OF STAFF TO NDP INTERIM LEADER NYCOLE TURMEL

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT After twice running unsuccessfully as a federal NDP candidate in Quebec, fi rst in Jonquière in BÉLANGER’S 1993, and next in Lac Saint-Jean in a 1996 byelec- tion, Karl Bélanger, 36, started working for the NDP doing junior-level communications work in 1997. At the time, he was one of only two francophones on IMPORTANT staff. Mr. Bélanger went on to serve as press secre- tary to then NDP federal leader Alexa McDonough, and stayed on when Jack Layton won the leader- ship in 2003. Mr. Bélanger prepared and coached QUEBEC Mr. Layton on his French-language statements, and earned his seniority stripes helping guide the leader through media scrums and the daily Question Pe- riod. When Mr. Layton died on Aug. 22, 2011, after STRATEGIST working together for almost a decade, Mr. Bélanger spoke movingly at Mr. Layton’s funeral. As a long-time bastion of knowledge for the NDP in the province of Quebec and French-language, Mr. Bélanger is more than just a typical press secretary. To be sure, the Quebec native has a large hand in approving potential QP lines, and stickhandles the party’s daily QP performance. But on a daily basis, Mr. Bélanger provides the NDP with a Quebec lens through which to view its policy, offering up strate- gic advice with regard to the province. The party’s new offi cial opposition status is the result of the ‘Orange Crush’ that swept Quebec, and Mr. Bélanger has an important role to play in keeping and build- ing on the NDP’s success in French Canada. But Karl Bélanger, left, there are storm clouds ahead as NDP polling num- pictured with NDP press bers drop in Quebec and one newly-elected Quebec secretary Jesse Brady NDP MP recently defected to Bob Rae’s Liberals. and former NDP leader Alexa McDonough at Jack KARL BÉLANGER Layton’s state funeral last summer in Toronto. SENIOR PRESS SECRETARY, NDP Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, January 2012, Power & Influence—43 THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS QUIETLY REFORMING CANADA’S BANKING SYSTEM BY JESSICA BRUNO and to help institutions adjust to new Named the “most powerful woman regulations. If one of the more than in Canadian banking” by The Globe 400 banks and 1,300 pension plans and Mail in 2009, Julie Dickson has she regulates starts to falter, Ms. Dick- been in the fi nancial industry for son can impose a range of sanctions, almost 30 years, pre-dating the offi ce force it to change its business plan or she now runs. She started her time take control of its assets. at OFSI in 1999 as assistant superin- Internationally, Ms. Dickson tendent, and was named head of the is on the G7’s Financial Stability agency in 2007. Former superinten- Board steering committee, and dent Brian Palmer has said Ms. Dick- chairs the group’s supervisory in- son “has got a very strong backbone.” tensity and effectiveness group. The Photograph courtesy of Julie Dickson’s office Photograph courtesy of Julie Dickson’s She has a reputation for being FSB makes recommendations on quiet and private, but as The Globe how the market and fi nancial insti- put it, “in a resolutely low-key way, tutions can be made more resilient, JULIE DICKSON Dickson is putting her stamp on many of which have already been Canada’s fi nancial system.” Ms. Dick- adopted or are being considered. SUPERINTENDENT OF son has offi ces in Ottawa and Toronto, Ms. Dickson also works with FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS and excellent connections in both the Bank of Canada Governor Mark government and fi nancial worlds. She Carney (who chairs the FSB) and ing global fi nancial crisis, she will uses them to make sure the country’s the Finance Department to shape continue to be a key member of the banks are living up to Canadians’ ex- banking regulations and policy. team trying to keep the economy on pectations of a strong fi nancial sector, As Canada deals with the ongo- an even keel.

BY MARK BOURRIE for new RICHARD DICERNI HELPED Richard Dicerni has bounced in naval INDUSTRY CANADA and out of the public and private sec- vessels, a DEPUTY MINISTER tors in his 38-year career. He spent procure- DEVELOP the fi rst four years of his working ment life as executive assistant to Liberal system Cabinet minister Rob Andras. He’s that drew NEW been a deputy minister in the Ontario praise government, president of the Cana- even from TENDERING dian Newspaper Association, and a opposi- senior executive at Ontario Power tion MPs Generation. He has been deputy min- and the PROCESS ister at Industry Canada since 2006. media. Mr. He serves as a director of Atomic Dicerni’s

FOR NEW Energy of Canada and is on several infl uence Photograph courtesy of Industry Canada federal boards dealing with technol- comes ogy innovation. from the advice he gives the govern- NAVAL Very much a behind-the-scenes ment, plus from his wide network of executive, Mr. Dicerni was one of the friends and contacts made through small group of senior bureaucrats his long career in the bureaucracy VESSELS who developed the tendering process and his busy committee life.

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44—January 2012, Power & Influence THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS AG HAS STRENGTH OF OFFICE BEHIND HIM, REPORTS CAN BE POLITICALLY EXPLOSIVE

MICHAEL FERGUSON AUDITOR GENERAL OF CANADA Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright,

BY JESSICA BRUNO time, poses some challenges for Mr. Ferguson. He Michael Ferguson rose to prominence in 2005 as an got off on the wrong foot with the opposition parties auditor general in who was unafraid to who felt that they weren’t properly consulted about criticize the government. When his appointment ended his appointment and his French qualifi cations aren’t in 2010, he became the province’s deputy minister of up to snuff. An entire committee of the House is fi nance. He worked his way up the New Brunswick gov- mandated to give him their ear, though Mr. Fergu- ernment’s ranks starting in 1985 in the New Brunswick son’s troubled hiring may put him at a disadvantage Comptroller General’s Offi ce. He made the jump to fed- because it’s chaired by the NDP, and the majority eral government when a headhunting fi rm approached Tories don’t seem too interested in hearing from him to put his name forward for the job of auditor his offi ce on reports so far. But Mr. Ferguson has general. Mr. Ferguson is a chartered accountant, has the accumulated strength of his offi ce behind him, done audit work in developing countries and is active in and some of the audits he will release in coming various professional organizations in the fi eld. months—including looks into Parliament’s books Replacing Sheila Fraser, one of the most high- and replacing Canada’s fi ghter jets—could be politi- profi le and well-respected auditors general of all cally explosive.

ROBERT FONBERG DEPUTY MINISTER OF Fonberg helping to reshape Canada’s NATIONAL DEFENCE military over the long-haul

BY JESSICA BRUNO responsible for the department’s Robert Fonberg, 56, has occupied civilian operations. He oversees the a number of senior positions in the budget of the biggest department in government, including deputy min- the federal government and, accord- ister of International Trade, senior ing to sources, he does it in a very associate secretary to the Treasury hands-on and in-your-face way. He’s Board, and deputy secretary to in charge of some long-term projects Cabinet in the Privy Council Offi ce. at DND, including consolidating the He’s also one-half of a deputy min- department’s scattershot Ottawa lo- ister power couple. His wife, Yaprak cations and the more than $820-mil- according to one source. He’s also Baltacioglu, is deputy minister at lion purchase and renovation of a potentially heading up a review of Transport Canada. new campus for the department. He the Canada First Defence Strategy, Mr. Fonberg works in tandem stopped Lt-Gen. Andrew Leslie from and he was one of the decision- with Chief of the Defence Staff recommending deeper cuts to civil- makers in last fall’s $35-billion in General Walt Natynczyk and is ians at headquarters in his report, contracts for military shipbuilding. January 2012, Power & Influence—45 THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS DM Jean helps stickhandle big cuts in 2012 By MARK BOURRIE Daniel Jean has the knack of fi nding himself in tough places in bad times. He was consul and immigration program manager in Port-aux Prince, Haiti, when president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in a coup. He rose quickly through the Immigration Department. After a stint in Washing- ton, D.C., he was promoted to senior management. In August 2008, he was appointed deputy secretary to Cabinet (Operations) of the Privy Council Offi ce before becoming deputy minister of the Administra- tive Services Review on April 6, 2010. On Sept. 24, 2010, the Prime Minister appointed Mr. Jean to the Photograph Courtesy of Daniel Jean position of deputy minister of Canadian Heritage. In the Privy Council Offi ce, Mr. Jean earned a DANIEL JEAN reputation as a cutter. In that job, he reported to a CANADIAN HERITAGE DEPUTY MINISTER team of senior ministers, including Finance Min- ister Jim Flaherty. Now he’s teamed with Tory star including the themes for the 2011 Canada Day James Moore in a department the Conservatives celebrations. He’s now stick-handling the controver- may have targeted for big cuts. Heritage includes sial copyright law review, and he’ll have to help Mr. the CBC, which has been under attack by Conser- Moore fi eld the backlash that will come when Ca- vatives and Quebecor for years. Mr. Jean has given nadian Heritage goes under the knife in the govern- the Tories advice on government image-building, ment’s strategic operating review. Michael Martin: literally setting the Cabinet agenda

By JESSICA BRUNO MICHAEL MARTIN Michael Martin has represented DEPUTY SECRETARY TO Canada in Hong Kong, Islamabad, Beijing, and Tokyo. He’s also been CABINET (OPERATIONS), to Copenhagen as Canada’s chief PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE negotiator in climate change talks, a job he held for two years. At the time, a number of observers called Cabinet on the issues management, Mr. Martin “unfl appable” and pro- legislation, and House planning fessional in the face of having to and policy communications. He defend the government’s unpopu- office Photograph Courtesy of Michael Martin’s and his team also stay connected lar position on climate change. In profi le has gone down, but his new with government departments and that post, he left the impression position affords him much day-to- agencies, schedule Cabinet meet- that he was a capable person on a day infl uence. ings, and review departmental short PMO leash. Since becoming Mr. Martin’s position puts in policy proposals before they go to deputy secretary in 2010, his public him charge of delivering advice to the ministers.

46—January 2012, Power & Influence THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS Parliament’s spending watchdog, media star, and pain in feds’ neck

KEVIN PAGE PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICER

Photograph by Cynthia Münster, The Hill Times

BY JESSICA BRUNO (Parkdale-High Park, Ont.) introduced a bill to give Kevin Page started his job as Canada’s fi rst budget the offi ce independence last fall. It follows legislative offi cer in 2008, and since his very fi rst report on the attempts from NDP MP and leadership candidate Paul cost of Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, which was Dewar (Ottawa Centre, Ont.). released during the election, he’s built a reputation Mr. Page has been in the public service for more for dissecting hot-button public policy issues for their than 25 years. Before the budget offi ce, he worked in fi nancial impact on the government. He’s also attracted the Finance Department, the Treasury Board Secre- plenty of media attention in the process. Much to the tariat, the Privy Council Offi ce and a number of other chagrin of the governing party which created the PBO departments. and specifi cally named him to the job, Mr. Page has Mr. Page, who coaches a local children’s baseball released reports that consistently challenge the govern- team in his spare time, rides his bike to and from Ot- ment, including fi gures on the costs of the F-35 fi ghter tawa’s south-west neighbourhood of Barrhaven to work jets, the omnibus crime legislation, and the defi cit, to downtown each day. Mr. Page and his wife had three name just a few. children but one son, Tyler, was killed in 2007 at the age He told The Hill Times that he’s proud that his offi ce of 20 after being struck by a train while walking home. hasn’t “shied away” from tackling the big questions. When Mr. Page’s offi ce releases a report, politi- Today, the government just says “he’s wrong.” cal Ottawa takes note. Last December when the PBO Unassuming, substantive, and a media darling, Mr. released a report on the nature of Canada’s defi cit, Page has been a constant champion for greater account- interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel (Hull-Aylmer, Que.) ability and transparency in government, regularly asking asked the fi rst question in Question Period about his the government to be more forthcoming about the way it fi ndings. arrives at its cost estimates and economic projections. The “That’s like a home run. Those are our principal cli- government disagrees with his offi cial forecasts. ents, and they’re using that information. When we see He’s also been asking for greater independence for that, it’s an immediate performance indicator for us,” his own offi ce, so that Canadians and Parliamentar- said Mr. Page, adding that he hopes his offi ce’s reports ians can be assured the PBO crunches the numbers in add to the quality of debate surrounding policy issues. a non-partisan way. Mr. Page said he hopes the next In 2012 the PBO will come out with some signifi - budget offi cer is nominated by Parliament and that the cant reports, including further cost estimates for the PBO receives the administrative resources it needs to omnibus crime bill, the next installment of their fi scal meet its mandate. It now runs on a $2.8-million annual sustainability analysis and a framework for how the budget. NDP MP and leadership candidate Peggy Nash government reports on the cuts to the public service.

January 2012, Power & Influence—47 THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS Canada’s man in China

DAVID MULRONEY

CANADIAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA PMO Photo by Jason Ransom

BY JESSICA BRUNO Service in 1981, with postings in in Afghanistan) he was promoted to Described as one of the most Taipei, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai ambassador to China in 2009. complex diplomatic environments and Seoul. Born in Halifax, N.S. he graduated in the world, David Mulroney, 57, But the Mandarin-speaker’s from the in 1978 is in China at a time when Canada name fi rst came to pass through and is married with three children. has been reviving its diplomatic many politicians’ lips in 2009 when Mr. Mulroney oversees a net- ties to the country. Foreign Affairs diplomat Richard Colvin accused work of Canadian offi ces, including Minister John Baird chose the him of ignoring allegations of the the embassy in Beijing, and consul- country for his fi rst offi cial trip as of Afghans in Canadian ates in Shanghai and Hong Kong Foreign Affairs minister last sum- custody. Mr. Mulroney has denied and six trade offi ces. mer, and called it an “ally”—strong the accusation. The Conservative government is words considering just fi ve years Mr. Mulroney visited Afghanistan focused on widening the avenues for ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper 11 times between 2007 and 2009. Canada’s goods and services around froze China out over its human For his work on the Afghanistan the world. As the U.S. economy con- rights record. fi le (he previously served as the tinues to falter and China’s outpaces Mr. Mulroney has worked behind PM’s foreign policy adviser, and the much of the world, the government the scenes of Canada’s diplomatic executive secretary to the Indepen- has said China will be a key channel affairs since he joined the Foreign dent Panel on Canada’s Future Role for trade and investment.

BOB PAULSON COMMISSIONER OF THE RCMP ‘Cop’s cop’ Paulson attempts to clean up Mounties’ image in 2012 for scandals including in-custody Mr. Paulson’s infl uence will be deaths, mismanaged investigations, measured by his ability to repair the and recent allegations by female Mounties’ public image while main- Mounties of rampant sexual harass- taining the loyalty of his subordinates. Photograph by Gilles Laframboise, RCMP Archives ment within the force. Mr. Paulson Following his swearing-in, both Public BY CHRIS PLECASH recently told The Globe and Mail Safety Minister Vic Toews and Com- After 18 years of service with that the RCMP is “one or two more missioner Paulson said that tackling the RCMP in British Columbia, earth-shattering heartbreaks” away the issue of sexual harassment within Bob Paulson arrived in Ottawa in from losing all credibility. Branded the RCMP would be the top priority 2005 where he worked on national a “cop’s cop” when he was appoint- in 2012. The RCMP is at a crossroads security and organized crime fi les ed to the role last November, Mr. and is expected to be a different insti- before being appointed deputy com- Paulson is said to have stayed out tution by the time Mr. Paulson ends missioner, federal policing in 2010. of the 2010 mutiny against prede- his tenure. Mr. Paulson will also be He inherits responsibility for an cessor William Elliott, who was the expected to make do with less in the iconic Canadian institution that has RCMP’s fi rst civilian commissioner. coming years as the government calls become infamous in recent years Mr. Elliott is now with INTERPOL. on all departments to cut costs. 48—January 2012, Power & Influence THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS RIGBY BRIEFS PM ON SECRET SECURITY, INTELLIGENCE

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January 2012, Power & Influence—49 THE PUBLIC SERVANTS & OFFICIALS Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, YVAN ROY DEPUTY SECRETARY TO THE CABINET, PCO (LEGISLATION AND HOUSE PLANNING/ MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT) AND COUNSEL TO THE CLERK

BY JESSICA BRUNO Yvan Roy, 57, has been deputy secretary since 2006, which is a long time considering the churn in the pub- lic service means senior bureaucrats are usually in a post for half that. In PCO, Mr. Roy has also worked as acting national security adviser to the Prime Minister and assistant secretary to Cabinet, security and intel- ligence. He started his career in the public service in 1982, when he became a litigator in Justice Canada’s offi ce. He worked his way up the ladder, eventually becoming the department’s assistant deputy minister and counsel to the Department of Finance. Mr. Roy currently has three important roles to fi ll at PCO, and all of them involve giving advice to the man at Canada’s helm, Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Cal- gary Southwest, Alta.) and those closest to him. Photograph by Sam Garcia, Embassy As counsel to the clerk, Mr. Roy and his team advise the Prime Minister, the Privy Council and fi ve Cabinet MORRIS ROSENBERG ministers, including Government Senate Leader Marjory FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY MINISTER LeBreton (Ontario), Government House Leader (York-Simcoe, Ont.), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (Labrador, Nfl d.), Government Whip Gordon O’Connor (Carleton-Mississippi Mills, Ont.) and BY MARK BOURRIE Minister of State for Democratic Reform (Ed- Morris Rosenberg, a lawyer, came to his job in monton-Sherwood Park, Alta.) on a range of topics. Issues 2010 after six-and-a-half years as deputy minister discussed can include security and intelligence, preparation of Health. Mr. Rosenberg began his career in the of draft legislation, commissions of inquiry and any case go- federal government when he joined the Department ing through the courts that involves the Privy Council or has of Justice in 1979. He’s held deputy minister status implications for the entire government. since 1996. Mr. Rosenberg handled international As deputy secretary for legislation and House planning, negotiations on the NATO intervention in Libya last Mr. Roy works with the PM, Sen. LeBreton, Mr. Van Loan spring during the federal election campaign. and Mr. Uppal to prepare and manage legislation as it Mr. Rosenberg is piloting a major review of Cana- passes through Parliament. He gives advice on how Parlia- da’s foreign policy in the wake of the war in Afghani- ment works and he and his team prepare responses to any stan. Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants Canada questions, motions and petitions that are tabled in Parlia- to become an energy superpower, but that means no ment. Part of the job includes giving advice on electoral more Keystone XL pipeline fi ascos. Canada is work- legislation, which likely came into play as the government ing on free trade agreements with the European prepared its bill to re-organize Canada’s electoral districts Union and India, along with several smaller countries. and add 30 seats to the House of Commons. Foreign Affairs is also involved in creating policies, In his third role, as deputy secretary in charge of machin- including sanctions, against countries such as North ery of government, Mr. Roy advises the PM on the traditions Korea, Syria and Iran. As well, Mr. Rosenberg and his and constitutional precedents that impact his administra- minister, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, are stick- tive responsibilities, whether it’s the makeup of ministerial handling Canada’s evolving relationship with China. mandates, or how Cabinet and its committees work.

50—January 2012, Power & Influence OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES THE FACE OF THE MACDONALD-LAURIER INSTITUTE, WELL-LIKED BY FLAHERTY

Photograph by Cynthia Münster, The Hill Times

BRIAN LEE CROWLEY MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE MACDONALD-LAURIER INSTITUTE

BY MARK BOURRIE Fellow at the Heritage Foundation in The Macdonald-Laurier Institute Brian Lee Crowley is managing Washington, D.C. From 2006 to 2008, is poised to take on the role that director of the Macdonald-Laurier he was the visiting Clark Clifford major think-tanks in Washington Institute, a conservative think-tank economist with Canada’s federal De- have already carved out in the U.S. that opened its doors in Ottawa in partment of Finance. He’s a former Because it has an oversight board of 2010. He came to the position after member of The Globe and Mail’s outside scholars to advise on ways of a successful run as head of the editorial board and has also written maintaining its non-partisan status Atlantic Institute for Market Stud- four non-fi ction books on Canadian and its research is peer-reviewed, the ies (AIMS) in Halifax. During his issues. The Macdonald-Laurier In- MLI has quickly gained traction as tenure, AIMS was one of the world’s stitute is the fi rst Ottawa think-tank one of the more authoritative think- most honoured think-tanks. It is a dealing with a full range of federal tanks in the country. Mr. Crowley, four-time winner of the prestigious issues and has started making its as the face of the organization, is Sir Antony Fisher Award, which rec- mark as an adviser to the govern- regularly called upon by the media ognizes excellence in public policy ment and as a stable of researchers to speak to issues raised by the MLI’s think-tank publications and projects. who are called upon by the media to research. As the MLI gains more fans Mr. Crowley is a former Salvatori give commentary on national issues. in Ottawa, so should Mr. Crowley. GRAHAM FOX Fox understands power and infl uence like PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE FOR others understand hockey or baseball RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICY BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Aside from being a former Conservative Hill staffer including two years as the chief of staff to former Progressive Conservative party leader Joe Clark, Mr. Fox replaced former Privy Council Clerk at the Institute for Research on Public Policy, which, according to political insiders “makes him a rock star among policy wonks.” He’s also the son of another former Conservative backroomer, Bill Fox, a former communications director to former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Prior to joining the IRPP in April 2011, Mr. Fox was a lobbyist with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP and a former vice-president of the . Insiders say Mr. Fox, 37, is well-respected and infl uential not only with the current government, but also with all parties because of his experience politically and bureau- cratically. He’s smart and “has good Conservative credibility to back him up,” say politi- cal observers. He previously ran unsuccessfully provincially in Ottawa-Orleans for the Progressive Conservative Party. He’s also considered to be among the top two or three “Red Tories” in Ottawa and once someone from that camp is leading the party, he’ll be in the vicinity, potentially even taking a stab at the leadership himself. “People of the Photograph courtesy of the IRPP persuasion gravitate to him,” one political observer said. “He may look like Harry Potter or Doogie Howser, but he is quite Machiavellian and understands power and infl uence like others understand hockey or baseball.”

January 2012, Power & Influence—51 OTHER PUBLIC FIGURES Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, KATHLEEN MONK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NIK NANOS BROADBENT INSTITUTE NANOS RESEARCH PRESIDENT Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, NEW VOICE NANOS ONE OF OF CANADA’S BEST-KNOWN POLITICAL LEFT

BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT Born in Montreal, Que., but raised in Ajax, Ont., POLLSTERS IN Kathleen Monk, 37, spent almost six years working for CTV, during which time she served as a producer in their Parliamentary, and later Washington, D.C., bureaus. In 2006, the NDP hired her to serve as deputy THE COUNTRY director of caucus research and communications. With her experience in journalism a valuable asset, BY MARK BOURRIE Ms. Monk later served as deputy director of com- Nik Nanos founded SES Research (now Nanos Re- munications, and, subsequently, director of strategic search) in 1987. He has corporate, political and media communications for the late and former NDP leader clients throughout North America and, since 2008, Jack Layton. Ms. Monk was a key member of the NDP has been an associate professor of Canadian stud- campaign war room leading up to both the 2008 and ies at State University of New York at Buffalo. Until 2011 elections. At the end of last summer, she an- recently, he was pollster for CPAC and the Osprey nounced she was leaving the Hill to serve as executive chain of small-city newspapers, which are now owned director of the newly-constituted Broadbent Institute by Quebecor. As offi cial pollster for The Globe and based in Ottawa, a think tank launched by former NDP Mail in the last federal election, Mr. Nanos received a leader Ed Broadbent. Ms. Monk is a regular participant vast amount of ink and air time, appearing regularly on a number of political panels, namely CBCNN’s The in CTV coverage and on radio stations such as CFRA, National’s The Insiders and Power and Politics. owned by CTV’s parent company, . Mr. Na- During her years heading the NDP leader’s com- nos was accurate in last spring’s federal election, and munications, Ms. Monk gained the confi dence of her he continues to poll on political issues and party stand- party peers and became a go-to spokesperson, devel- ings for some of the country’s most important media. oping a deft tongue for political punditry. Ms. Monk Mr. Nanos has become one of the best-known poll- has built a good reputation for herself on the Hill and sters in the country and his connection to The Globe is held in high regard by both journalists and politi- and Mail and the Bell Media stable of broadcast cal staffers from all sides of Parliament. Described as media gives him an important platform. Mr. Nanos a fi recracker who isn’t afraid to speak her mind, the has expanded his polling to examine public attitudes articulate Ms. Monk has developed into a leading and toward trends and issues, such as last fall’s “Occupy” respected national voice for the NDP and Canada’s protests in cities across the country. Mr. Nanos works political left at large. Fun fact: Ms. Monk is married hard to keep his profi le high. He blogs his results, is to CBC Hill reporter James Fitz-Morris and they have on the lecture circuit, and on TV news shows. two children together.

52—January 2012, Power & Influence THE LOBBYISTS & CONSULTANTS Mulroney-era Cabinet minister who marries political experience with country-wide business connections BY MARK BOURRIE A scion of the wealthiest family in Fergus, Ont., Perrin Beatty won a seat in the House of Commons in 1972, when he was 22 years old. He was the youngest person ever sworn into Cabinet, when Joe Clark named him junior minister with responsibil- ity for the Treasury Board. In the Mulroney gov- ernment, he held a series of senior portfolios. Mr. Beatty was a Red-enough Tory that Jean Chrétien appointed him president of the CBC in 1995. Since he left the CBC in 1999, Mr. Beatty’s had a stint as CEO of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. In August 2007, Mr. Beatty left the CME to become president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, which speaks for 300 chambers of com- merce and 175,000 businesses across the country. Mr. Beatty is one of the few Mulroney-era min- isters that is still able to marry political experience with country-wide business connections. For a gov- ernment whose fi nance minister was an accident litigation lawyer and which, for Tories, is remark- PERRIN BEATTY ably bereft of top-tier Bay Street connections in its PRESIDENT CANADIAN CHAMBER caucus and party organization, any big business support is crucial. The opinions of well-connected OF COMMERCE

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Head of country’s largest manufacturing group, eyes on international trade deals JAYSON MYERS PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN Photograph courtesy of Jayson Myers MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS

BY MARK BOURRIE Canadian Border Services Agency. He is co-chair of the Head of the country’s largest manufacturing group, Jay- Work & Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian son Myers is also the chair of the Canadian Manufacturing Council on Learning. This year should see the comple- Coalition, a coalition of more than 48 industry associations tion of negotiations for a free trade agreement with the lobbying on behalf of Canada’s manufacturing sector. European Union and continuation of negotiations with Very well-connected in government and media, Mr. India. Canadian manufacturers and exporters will have Myers sits on special advisory councils to the minister a keen interest in the details of whatever agreements for International Trade, the minister of Industry, and the are made with these two huge economies. PIPELINES AND OIL KEY ISSUES IN 2012

BY CHRIS PLECASH PATRICK D. DANIEL Caldwell Partners’ 2011 Outstanding CEO of the Year, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ENBRIDGE INC. Patrick D. Daniel has been with the Canadian energy giant since 1994, and has served as president and CEO since 2001. The future growth of Alberta’s oil sands de- pends on companies such as Enbridge and rival Trans- Resources Minister Joe Oliver recently told The Hill Times Canada for getting Canadian oil to market. that new pipelines were the “key issue” for his department Alberta owes its political clout to the oil sands, and in 2012. Under Mr. Daniel’s leadership, Enbridge recently Enbridge has been a major player in growing the indus- teamed with Enterprise Oil to reverse the Seaway pipeline try over the last 60 years. The approval of the Northern from Cushing, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas—a quick fi x Gateway pipeline will be a true test of Mr. Daniel’s infl u- to the Obama Administration’s delay of TransCanada’s ence, but he’s clearly got the feds on his side. Natural Keystone XL mega-project.

54—January 2012, Power & Influence THE LOBBYISTS & CONSULTANTS Head of Canadian branch of one of world’s leading strategic communications fi rms

BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH of interest, he remains connected As Hill and Knowlton Canada’s to the Conservative Party and has chief, Michael Coates is at the helm the government’s ear. He previously of one of the world’s leading strategic helped Prime Minister Stephen communications and government Harper with election debate prep in relations fi rms. He cut his teeth in 2004, 2006, and 2008, which success- politics for two years as an execu- fully turned around the Conserva- tive assistant to former Progressive tives’ campaign with increasingly Conservative minister Perrin Beatty larger support each year. before joining the consulting industry Over the years, Mr. Coates has in 1983 at Public Affairs International. handled high-profi le clients such as He later became the vice-president of Merck Frosst Canada Ltd., Rio Tinto marketing before Hill and Knowlton PLC, Maple Leaf Foods, the Bank of took over PAI in 1989. He managed , and BHP Billiton. Mr. H&K’s Ottawa offi ce before being Coates is currently registered for promoted to his current role as presi- heavy-hitting clients SNC-Lavalin dent and chief executive offi cer for Inc., which recently bought the the fi rm’s Canadian operations. government’s AECL nuclear plant;

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January 2012, Power & Influence—55 THE LOBBYISTS & CONSULTANTS

KEVIN LYNCH Kevin Lynch, second left, pictured in BANK OF MONTREAL 2009 at a tribute in his honour with PCO Clerk Wayne Wouters, Jean VICE-CHAIR Chrétien, and Mark Carney. Former PCO clerk influencing Canada on innovation Photograph by Cynthia Münster, The Hill Times Photograph by Cynthia Münster,

BY CHRIS PLECASH At a time when making sense of the economy has never been more important, Kevin Lynch’s insights on bol- stering Canada’s global competitiveness are considered sage wisdom. An economist by training, Mr. Lynch was a close adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper during his tenure as clerk of the Privy Council and the top bureaucrat in the country. Prior to joining BMO Financial in 2010, Mr. Lynch enjoyed a 33-year career in the public sector, including fi ve- year stints as deputy minister of Industry and Finance during the Jean Chrétien era. Upon Mr. Lynch’s retirement from the Privy Council Offi ce in 2009, Prime Minister Harper praised their working relationship as “a productive collaboration across a wide spectrum of public policy issues.” Although he now puts his management expertise to work as a member of BMO’s executive team, he contin- ues to have an infl uential voice in Ottawa. His frequent contributions to Policy Options are widely read by policy wonks, and his lengthy career as a senior civil servant produced more than a few protégés in the upper echelons of the Ottawa bureaucracy.

FRANK MCKENNA DEPUTY CHAIR, TD BANK Senior statesman, restrained partisanship FINANCIAL GROUP means doors open in Ottawa

BY CHRIS PLECASH his work since leaving public offi ce Frank McKenna counts 10 years as has more than compensated for the premier of New Brunswick and a stint waning infl uence of his party of as Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. choice. He’s been with TD as deputy during the government chair since 2006, and has served in among his accomplishments as a public executive capacities with a slew of servant. Known for his straight talk companies with global reach, includ- and hard-nosed charisma, his party ing GM, UPS, and the Carlyle Group. won every seat in the New Brunswick In addition to being credited with legislature in 1987, and he is routinely expanding TD’s presence in the U.S., called upon by the Liberal establish- Mr. McKenna currently serves on the ment whenever a new leader is needed. board of directors for Canadian Nat- Mr. McKenna’s stayed out of politics ural Resources Ltd. and Brookfi eld based on principle, retiring 10 years to Asset Management. Mr. McKenna is the day after he was elected Premier of considered a senior statesman and New Brunswick. He said that a Liberal his restrained partisanship means rebuild would require a greater com- doors are always open in Ottawa. “If mitment than he’s willing to give. But you know the Prime Minister, or the will he run for leadership in 2013? right Cabinet minister, that’s all you His Liberal comrades are becom- need to know. Things get done,” he ing increasingly rare in Ottawa, but told The Globe and Mail in 2010. Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, 56—January 2012, Power & Influence THE LOBBYISTS & CONSULTANTS POWERS ‘LIGHTING IT UP’ AT SUMMA

TIM POWERS VICE-PRESIDENT, Tim Powers, centre, pictured in Ottawa with Conservative MP Lee Richardson and CTV’s Don Martin. SUMMA STRATEGIES The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright,

BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Tim Powers, 43, has been named one of The Hill Times’ top 100 most infl uential people in politics and government for fi ve years straight. As the vice-president of Summa Strategies, he leads a successful team of government relations consultants. If one takes a look back at some of the major lobbying issues recently, Summa Strategies has been behind three: the $8-billion Seaspan contract announced for the Victoria, B.C., shipyard, the $6.2-billion loan guarantee for the Lower Churchill hydroelectricity project, and the volunteer fi refi ghters tax credit announced in the 2011 budget. “Summa is lighting it up,” said one political insider. “All of the above come about because of hard work, strategic think- ing, public relations, advocacy etc., in an environment where the government is supposedly adverse to consultant lob- byists.” Mr. Powers is a high-profi le former Conservative staffer to former federal Fisheries minister and to former Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark. He can be seen in various media outlets, including CBC’s Power and Politics and The Hill Times speaking about the day’s top political issues. A proud Newfoundlander and a good corporate citizen, he’s also a fi xture at Hill and charity events, oftentimes because he’s the one who’s organized them.

GEOFF NORQUAY Experienced lobbyist, a heavy-hitter PRINCIPAL AT EARNSCLIFFE STRATEGY GROUP BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Party from 1981 to 1984 and later as Geoff Norquay once told The senior policy adviser in Brian Mul- Hill Times that “Lobbying is not roney’s PMO from 1984 to 1988. He just about speaking with political left the Hill to work in the private sec- people. There is an awful lot of lob- tor when he joined British Petroleum bying that depends on contacts with as its VP of government relations. He public servants and the knowledge has experience in communications that one gains from that.” It’s why consulting and speech writing and he’s done extremely well for him- returned to the Hill in 2004 when he self in the GR world. became Stephen Harper’s commu- The 65-year-old Mr. Norquay has nications director when he was the more than four decades of experi- leader of the opposition and a newly- The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, ence both in the private and public formed Conservative Party. He’s been insider. His profi le has risen over the sectors, and has been inside various with Earnscliffe since 2005. last few years as he can be seen in corridors of power. Mr. Norquay is a He knows a thing or two not only various media as a pundit shaping well-known Conservative who got his about how governments run but also the day’s political discourse. He’s start in social policy with the govern- how to infl uence decision making. It also registered to lobby the govern- ments of Ontario and Alberta from doesn’t hurt that he’s a well-respect- ment on behalf of several industry 1969 to 1981. He came to the Hill to ed government relations expert on heavy-hitters that are continually work as the director of research for all sides of the political spectrum in shaping the public policy agenda the federal Progressive Conservative addition to being a trusted political from energy to telecom. January 2012, Power & Influence—57 THE LOBBYISTS & CONSULTANTS Influential entrepreneur has pipeline into PMO and the Jewish vote BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Gerry Schwartz, 70, co-founded Canwest with Izzy Asper in 1977 and when he left in 1983, he founded Onex Corporation, which currently has annual revenues of $26-billion and more than 220,000 employees worldwide. He’s married to Heather Re- isman, chief executive offi cer of Indigo Books and Music. Prime Minister Stephen Harper poached Mr. Schwartz’s right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to be his chief of staff last year, and the two remain close. By proximity, Mr. Schwartz is an infl uential player as he has a direct pipeline into the PMO. But that’s not all. He’s a major advocate for Israel and the Jewish community and as political science assistant professor Mark Crawford wrote in The office Photograph courtesy of Gerry Schwartz’s Mark News last year, when political parties are courting the Jew- GERRY SCHWARTZ ish vote, “they will all have to beat a path to Gerry and Heather’s door.” It worked for the Conservatives in the last election cam- CHAIR OF THE BOARD, PRESIDENT paign, which gave them a majority government. Although he was AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER a major Liberal Party fundraiser in the past, he counts Conserva- OF ONEX CORPORATION tives Brian Mulroney and Michael Wilson as personal friends. THE MEDIA The National’s At Issue panel a must-watch in federal politics

BY MARK BOURRIE In Stephen Harper’s Ottawa, few people will admit to caring about what the CBC and its friends think. But of all the politi- cal panels on Canadian news television, CBC The National’s At Issue panel, led by The National’s Peter Mansbridge, is taken seriously by some of the most infl uential people in the country. There’s some actual thought and expertise among this must-watch Thursday night panel on CBC’s The National, which consists of Postmedia News national columnist Andrew PETER MANSBRIDGE Coyne, lobbyist Bruce Anderson, Toronto Star national affairs columnist Chantal Hébert, and some pitch-hitting by other Hill CBC NATIONAL’S AT ISSUE PANEL journalists, including Canadian Press Hill reporter Jennifer CHANTAL BRUCE ANDREW Ditchburn and Huffi ngton Post Canada’s Althia Raj. Even though these types of panels show up everywhere, HÉBERT ANDERSON COYNE from CFRA radio, to CTV, to the Sun News Network, offi cial Ottawa still pays careful attention to Mr. Mansbridge’s discus- sion with Hill heavies and carefully parses every word of Ms. Hébert’s scoldings. It’s too bad Allan Gregg left the panel. The Hill Times and courtesy of CBC The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright,

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Joël-Denis Bellavance and Tim Harper pictured last summer at former PMO staffer Dimitri Soudas’ going-away party at Sir John A’s Pub in Ottawa. Investigative reporter, Star columnist Harper has well-connected to PMO soul and hard-hitting style BY MARK BOURRIE BY JESSICA BRUNO Joël-Denis Bellavance is the Hill bureau Tim Harper has worked for The Toronto Star for 29 years, by chief of French Canada’s largest-circula- his count. He’s reported on the Mulroney and Chrétien govern- tion newspaper. A New Brunswick native, ments in Ottawa, has been the paper’s correspondent in Vancouver, Mr. Bellavance has been on Parliament B.C., and Washington, D.C., and he spent a year reporting on base- Hill since 1994 and has been La Presse’s ball. Before becoming the national affairs columnist, Mr. Harper bureau chief since 2003. The bilingual jour- was the paper’s national editor for more than two years. He’s been nalist is a frequent pundit on CBCNN and back covering fedral politics in Ottawa since April, when he spent TVOntario. He’s also a formidable goalie the election following the Conservative campaign. Mr. Harper in Parliament Hill pick-up games. continues to split his time between Toronto and Ottawa, writing La Presse has a strong readership at least three columns a week from both locations, a move he told through Quebec. Although it does not The Hill Times helps him keep perspective. have the political cachet of , Mr. Harper’s fi rst full-time reporting job after graduating from it has considerable infl uence among journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto was with Thunder middle-class francophones. It’s owned by Bay’s Chronicle Journal. the well-connected and deep-pocketed With the weight of Canada’s biggest newspaper behind him, Mr. Desmarais family. With his punditry in Harper’s columns have soul and style. He said his infl uence stems both French and English, Mr. Bellavance as much from his readership as it does from the connections he gets his opinions across to a wide swath has on Parliament Hill. of Canadians. He is also a formidable in- “There’s a lot of good collective wisdom here on the Hill that you vestigative reporter with the tenacity and can tap into as a columnist if you know some of the players,” he said. fi nancial backing from his paper to break Mr. Harper said he tries to give Canadians a different point of stories and to go to court to get informa- view on the news of the day from the rest of the reporting coming tion. That tenacity won him a World Press off of the Hill. Freedom Award in 2008. He’s also well- In 2012, Mr. Harper said he thinks aboriginal issues will be top connected in the PMO. issues in Parliament, and it’s a story he intends to follow. 60—January 2012, Power & Influence THE MEDIA

SUSAN DELACOURT The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, TOM CLARK TORONTO STAR PARLIAMENTARY HOST OF GLOBAL TV’S THE WEST BLOCK BUREAU JOURNALIST CLARK KEEPS THINGS REAL WITH Well-connected, visible, GLOBAL TV’S THE WEST BLOCK a lot of clout with BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT His great-grandfather, grandfather, father and Liberal-leftie network great-uncle were all journalists before him, and Mr. BY MARK BOURRIE Clark has lived up to the family legacy. During his al- Susan Delacourt has been a fi xture on Parliament most 40 years in journalism, Mr. Clark has reported in Hill, fi rst as a Globe and Mail reporter and bureau fi ve war zones, and was the only Canadian reporter in chief, now as a pillar of The Toronto Star’s bureau. Belgrade, Serbia during the Yugoslav war. Among his Ms. Delacourt is author of three books on Canadian accomplishments, Mr. Clark was the fi rst to cover the politics, including best-selling biographies of former ’84 Ethiopian famine and he was the fi rst Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and former Liberal MP journalist to score a one-on-one with then U.S. presi- Shaughnessy Cohen. She is now working on a fourth dent George W. Bush. Mr. Clark, a CTV White House book. In 2011, she was honoured by her peers with correspondent for four years, returned to Canada in the Charles Lynch Award for lifetime achievement in early 2009 to launch his new show, CTV’s Power Play. political reporting. But in September 2010, after Lisa LaFlamme was Ms. Delacourt’s Star articles and blog posts are made the new host of CTV National News, Mr. Clark often critical of the Harper government. She’s wired quit, leaving CTV and journalism, until, one year later, into the country’s Liberal elite and has gained some he joined Global TV to host The West Block. friends among Tories who are worried about the Being pitted against former colleagues Kevin New- level of control of the Prime Minister’s Offi ce. She’s man and Craig Oliver, co-hosts of CTV’s Question a frequent guest on political punditry shows, and her Period, every Sunday hasn’t brought out the competi- outspoken personality has earned her a small army of tive claws in Mr. Clark—perhaps it was his year spent right-wing internet troll stalkers. Well-connected, vis- off the grid fl ying a fl oatplane. Now host of an in-depth ible, she has a lot of clout with the ‘old girls’ network and widely-viewed political show, Mr. Clark has earned and will be infl uential in reporting on the Liberal- a great deal of respect for how he handled his network leftie revival. She is ably defended, however, by two transition. Instead of pitching a Bill O’Reilly- tough Dachshunds. worthy fi t, Mr. Clark further cemented himself as a serious, hard-hitting, witty, and insightful reporter.

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January 2012, Power & Influence—61 THE MEDIA Keeper of keys to CTV’s federal political coverage BY MARK BOURRIE CTV Ottawa bureau chief and executive producer of Power Play with Don Martin and the weekend staple Question Period, co-hosted by Craig Oliver and Kevin Newman, Bob Fife is the keeper of the keys of the political coverage of Canada’s largest private TV network. once joked about Mr. Fife going through her garbage while she lived at 24 Sus- sex—at least most people thought she was joking. He’s well-connected on Parliament Hill and since 1978, Mr. Fife has been the scourge of incumbent govern- ments, Liberal and Tory. He decides who gets covered and who doesn’t on the Hill, breaks stories, and helps set the Hill agenda. With the severing of the corporate con- nection between CTV and The Globe and Mail, Mr. Fife’s infl uence on The Globe’s political coverage has waned, but he’s still got strong links to The Globe’s newsrooms through his personal connections with The Globe bu- reau. Mr. Fife continues to break stories and to earn the ire of the rabble.ca crowd, who call him a Tory hack, and The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, the smalldeadanimals.com crowd, who say he’s a Liberal BOB FIFE lickspittle. He must still be doing something right. CTV OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF Good access, large Quebec audience BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH Parliament Hill. One of his biggest Raymond Filion fi rst came to scoops over the years was a sit- Parliament Hill in 2006 after two- down interview with Julie Couil- and-a-half years in Quebec radio lard, the (in)famous ex-girlfriend and six years as an anchor with of then-Foreign Affairs minister Global TV in Montreal. As a long- . He resigned time anchor, he told The Hill Times from Cabinet when she revealed that he was never a reporter until during that interview that he left he joined TVA’s Parliamentary top secret documents at her house. bureau, but he wanted a new chal- Political insiders say he has good Photograph courtesy of Raymond Fillion lenge. Covering the Hill is that new access to a variety of ministers RAYMOND FILION challenge. Mr. Filion, 40, a fl uently and his infl uence comes from his TVA REPORTER bilingual native, says fair, straight up reporting to TVA’s he loves “every minute” of covering expansive Quebec audiences.

62—January 2012, Power & Influence THE MEDIA Tories may not always like what she says, but Hébert’s on mark and balanced BY MARK BOURRIE The Toronto Star’s window on Quebec, Le Devoir’s window on Ottawa, the CBC At Issue panel’s scold, Chantal Hébert started covering Ottawa during the Mulroney regime, after a stint at Queen’s Park. She is one of the country’s more articulate advocates of soft-left, soft Quebec nationalist points of view. Ms. Hébert’s well-connected and has three high-profi le plat- forms for her opinions, as well as a syndicated column that runs in The Hill Times and other newspapers. Her infl uence does ebb and fl ow with the importance of Quebec issues. During Cana- da’s “Whither Quebec” experiences from Meech Lake onwards, Ms. Hébert has been there with her interpretations of Quebec’s point of view. Ms. Hébert will continue to be a voice for urbane CHANTAL HÉBERT and urbane francophones and francophiles. Her profi le should stay high as Quebec heads into a provincial election and the TORONTO STAR new, young, nationalist MPs in the Quebec NDP caucus fi nd NATIONAL AFFAIRS their feet and begin putting Quebec issues back on the national COLUMNIST agenda. Conservatives may not always like what she has to say, Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, but she’s always on the mark and she’s balanced. Sound Visionary Wetlands science support for all Canadians

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January 2012, Power & Influence—63 THE MEDIA Ibbitson holds most prestigious print journalism Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, JOHN IBBITSON THE GLOBE AND MAIL OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF job on the Hill

BY MARK BOURRIE Barack Obama and Canada has has an important say in deciding John Ibbitson came to Ottawa Stephen Harper. He returned to Ot- which stories The Globe will cover after successful stints at Queen’s tawa as Globe bureau chief in 2009. and how much space the stories will Park, where he found time to write Mr. Ibbitson is also a successful get in Canada’s pre-eminent national three books, including Loyal No author of fi ction for young people, newspaper. Along with this pivotal More, which analysed Ontario’s winning the 2008 Governor Gener- role in news, Mr. Ibbitson also writes evolving role in Confederation, al’s Award for children’s literature. a political column for the paper. He is and in Washington, where he wrote He holds the most prestigious also fairly busy on the speakers’ cir- Open and Shut: Why America has print journalism job on the Hill. He cuit and on television political panels.

High soapbox, visible, Ivison can be unpredictable

BY MARK BOURRIE John Ivison, who was born in Robbie Burns’ home town of Dumfries, , came to Canada in 1996 after reporting for The Scots- man newspaper in Edinburgh. He started as a journalist at The Financial Post, where he spent fi ve years and held the position of deputy editor. After covering Queen’s Park, Mr. Ivison was dispatched to Ottawa. As columnist for one of Canada’s national newspapers, Mr. Ivison has a high soapbox. He’s also one of the herd of journalists who frequently pops up on TV news network politi- cal panels, such as Evan Solomon’s Power and Politics. Mr. Ivison puts a lot of effort into cover- Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, ing foreign policy issues. His columns are well- JOHN IVISON written, eclectic, and unpredictable. He delves NATIONAL POST COLUMNIST into serious policy issues at the national level but sometimes takes a tough look at provincial issues, such as the way Ontario runs its lottery and gambling operations. Mr. Ivison has a strong presence on Twitter and blogs on the National Post’s Full Comment web page.

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BY JESSICA BRUNO Mark Kennedy, 51, has a reputation for being a non-partisan, straight-shooting reporter. He told The Hill Times he takes great pride in that description. A native Ottawan, Mr. Kennedy graduated from Carleton University’s journalism program in 1983 and went to work at The Ottawa Citizen. He has covered seven general elections and has been on and off the Hill for the past 23 years. He said reporting has changed dramatically over his career, and he’s written up a sign that hangs over his desk as a reminder of journalism’s new normal. It reads: “The deadline is now.” His stories are picked up online and by 10 major daily newspapers across Canada. “If there’s any kind of infl uence it’s through the fact that when I write…I’m not writing for a small audience,” Mr. Kennedy said. It’s not just about who is reading his stories, it’s who he’s writing about. Mr. Kennedy has interviewed four of the fi ve prime ministers who have held power since he started on the Hill (he’s missing Kim Campbell). In 2011 alone he Postmedia News’ had three interviews with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and has better access to the PM than most reporters these days. Kennedy a straight- Mr. Kennedy said while he attributes his ability to get high-level interviews in part to Postmedia News’ profi le, his per- sonal credibility plays a part. shooting reporter “I also do think that I’ve developed a reputation around here, in this town

Photograph by Jessica Bruno, The Hill Times and among politicians that … they’re MARK KENNEDY going to get fair questions from me and they’re going to get a fair story out of it, DEPUTY EDITOR AND PARLIAMENTARY and I think that helps,” he said. BUREAU CHIEF OF POSTMEDIA NEWS Hot ticket: operates most popular news aggregating site in country

BY MARK BOURRIE Operating anonymously at fi rst when it started in 2006, Halifax- based former editorial cartoon- ist Will LeRoy, 48, built the most popular news aggregating site in the country. For a guy who’s never been to Ottawa and isn’t a jour- nalist, he’s sure holding political Ottawa and a lot of media by the short and curlies. National Newswatch is a col- lection of links to the top stories of WILL LEROY the day in Canada and around the NATIONAL NEWSWATCH world that Mr. LeRoy chooses as the most interesting. The page fol- FOUNDER

lows a formula, with links to news LeRoy Photograph courtesy of Will stories, opinion pieces and a hand- has broken a few stories of his own, tracted by keeping abreast of the ful of cheesecake stories, usually but the page’s success comes from news has drawn some major paying from British newspapers. He spends the amount of work that he puts advertisers. With low overhead and all of his waking hours trolling the into updating the pages with, most long hours, Mr. LeRoy has devel- internet for news. He also promotes times, unique and exclusive stories. oped a web journalism strategy that scoops through Twitter. Mr. LeRoy The traffi c that Mr. LeRoy has at- seems to pay off.

January 2012, Power & Influence—65 THE MEDIA STATURE RISING IN OTTAWA WITH NEW POSTMEDIA

STEPHEN MAHER POSTMEDIA NATIONAL NEWS GIG: SWEET AFFAIRS COLUMNIST Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times BY MARK BOURRIE Stephen Maher arrived on the Hill seven years ago as the Ottawa reporter for The Halifax Chronicle-Herald. Mr. Maher did a yeoman’s job covering Atlantic region issues, and he broke several major national stories. In collabora- tion with The Ottawa Citizen’s Glen McGregor, Mr. Maher broke stories about Conservative ridings receiving more than their fair share of infrastructure funding. He also broke a story about a Tory staffer losing a digital recorder that contained unfl attering chatter by her boss, then-National Resources minister Lisa Raitt. Last summer, Mr. Maher was recruited by Postmedia News to be one of two national affairs columnists. Mr. Maher is just getting his feet down, but the personable journalist already has a huge network of friends off and on the Hill. His new job gives him readers in 11 of the country’s largest papers, including The Ottawa Citi- zen, The and The Calgary Herald. Mr. Maher still fi nds time to write investigative pieces and features. One feature written last fall dealt with the way Muskoka politicians had closed ranks around Treasury Board President Tony Clement, who shovelled $50-million into his own riding for the G8 Summit in 2010. Mr. Ma- her travelled to Huntsville and got doors slammed in his face. As he develops a following among Postmedia News readers, his stature in Ottawa should continue to rise.

BY MARK BOURRIE In 2010, Don Martin gave up Politicians, pundits fl ock to his Postmedia News column, which appeared in The National Martin’s Power Play show Post, The Ottawa Citizen and The Calgary Herald to jump to television as host of the infl uential CTV Power Play political pun- ditry show, replacing Tom Clark. For years, Mr. Martin had been a regular on TV and radio political panels and obviously took a shine to electronic media after 32 years in the newspaper business. Mr. Martin has a thick Rolo- dex of political and journalistic contacts and friends on the Hill. Despite Canadian cable news networks’ low viewership, poli- ticians and pundits want to be DON MARTIN on his show. Mr. Martin cut his reportorial teeth in Alberta and CTV POWER has known, for good or ill, most PLAY HOST You’re funny: Don Martin, left, pictured on Power of the original Reformers and Play’s set with Tory MP , Grit their handlers. He’s close to Jim MP , and NDP MP Megan Leslie. Prentice, who may end up as

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, the next Conservative leader. 66—January 2012, Power & Influence THE MEDIA

BY MARK BOURRIE Lawrence Martin is one of the columnists the Tories love to hate. He’s become a leading fi gure of opposition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government. Mr. Martin’s runaway best-selling book, Harperland: The Politics of Control, was a devastating critique of PM Harper and his style of govern- ment. Mr. Martin had already made his name with his two- volume biography of Jean Chrétien, a biography of , a tome on Canadian-U.S. relations, and six other books. A veteran Globe survivor, Mr. Martin opened the pa- per’s bureau in Moscow just before the Gorbachev revolution and was the paper’s Washington, D.C., correspondent. The columnist Mr. Martin’s columns are siren calls to Canadian liberals, and Harperland became scripture to people who believe PM Harper undermines democratic institutions and the Tories is remaking Canada into a neo-conservative clone of the Reagan-era United States. The book received good reviews from most critics and was chosen last year as one of the love to hate most important political books of the past 25 years. He’s obviously developed a thick skin to handle the vitriol that’s LAWRENCE MARTIN The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, been written about him on the internet, mostly by anony- mous people. Mr. Martin also writes columns for La Presse GLOBE AND MAIL COLUMNIST and iPolitics and is a frequent political commentator.

RICK MERCER POLITICAL SATIRIST, HOST OF RICK MERCER THE RICK MERCER REPORT REPORT SOMETIMES DRAWS MORE THAN A MILLION

Rick Mercer pictured with his good friend, VIEWERS Heidi Bonnell, at Hope Live 2011 in Ottawa Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, BY MARK BOURRIE generous with his time, volunteering to entertain Cana- How many countries have political satirists on dian troops in Afghanistan, raising awareness for the the public payroll? Not many, but Canada does. Rick Spread the Net campaign to fi ght malaria, and speaking Mercer’s been mocking and tweaking politicians for out against the bullying of gay high school students. 20 years, beginning in 1991 when his one-man satire Mr. Mercer and his former co-workers at This Hour of Meech Lake-era politics opened at the Ottawa Little Has 22 Minutes take some heat from Conservatives Theatre. A Day One member of the cast of This Hour who claim they’re soft on the Liberals and tough on To- Has 22 Minutes, Mr. Mercer launched a devastating peti- ries. Still, politicians of all parties are more than happy tion campaign to try to force Stockwell Day to change to be on Mr. Mercer’s show. Mr. Mercer has given many his fi rst name to Doris. He spun off his political mockery of them the opportunity to show that they are, in fact, into a half-hour show, The Rick Mercer Report, which real human beings who have a sense of humour. The pokes fun at federal politicians. He’s earned a couple show sometimes draws more than a million viewers. of shelves of Gemini Awards, some honorary doctor- That’s far more than all of the news networks com- ates, and was made honorary colonel of 423 Helicopter bined and makes Mr. Mercer a bigger draw than any Squadron, based in Nova Scotia. Mr. Mercer has been national nightly newscast. January 2012, Power & Politics—67 THE MEDIA Québécor’s Péladeau unleashes media to aid conservative cause in Canada

BY MARK BOURRIE Two-fi sted owner of Quebec’s largest private media com- pany eagerly takes on unions, the CBC-Radio Canada, lefties, and anyone else who gets in his way. Mr. Péladaeu controls several important Quebec newspapers, the TVA television network, Videotron cable TV, the Sun chain of English dailies and weekly newspapers, QMI news service and the Sun News Network. In comments to a Parliamentary commit- tee last fall on the Hill, Mr. Péladeau said he’s unleashed his media to aid the conservative cause in Canada. This year will show whether Sun News Network is viable. We’ll see if he’s been able to undermine CBC, and if his com- pany’s blizzard of access to information requests will force the CBC to divulge embarrassing information such as The National’s anchor Peter Mansbridge’s salary. While Sun News Network and Quebecor’s newspapers are enthusiastic cheer- leaders for the Tories, there’s a suspicious lack of Conservative ministers appearing on its shows, and very few scoops from government insiders. The year 2012 will show whether Mr. Péladeau is a serious player whose media outlets have serious The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, clout, or is simply treated like a pet scorpion. PIERRE KARL PÉLADEAU QUEBECOR PRESIDENT Oliver, Newman host venerable Sunday show, land some of country’s hottest political guests BY MARK BOURRIE Craig Oliver, with nearly 55 years of journalism experience, and Kevin Newman, a rising star at CTV, host a venerable Sunday interview show that lands some of the hot- test political guests in the country. They’re fending off a challenge from Global TV’s The West Block with Tom Clark. The 44-year-old show is a Canadian institution. It attracts the country’s political and media elite as guests, panelists, and viewers. CRAIG OLIVER AND KEVIN NEWMAN Mr. Newman, who just jumped to CTV from Global and was named CTV QUESTION PERIOD HOSTS Question Period co-host last July, is The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright, earning his political stripes by inter- guage TV networks before taking a goes back to the Trudeau years. viewing top members of all political news anchor job in New York with His memoirs, Oliver’s Twist re- parties. As well, he holds the rather ABC News. In 2001, Mr. Newman leased last fall, quickly became a bizarre title of digital news evan- returned to Global Television. best-seller. Ironically, Mr. Oliver gelist. Mr. Newman worked on the Mr. Oliver is a fi xture on Parlia- gave Newman his fi rst job in the Hill for all three major English-lan- ment Hill, where his experience 1980s.

68—January 2012, Power & Influence Embassies wishing to participate are invited to contact the Festival’s Artistic Director for more information on the Festival and our selection criteria: [email protected] Special thanks to John W. MacDonald and Jowan Gauthier for use of their photographs THE MEDIA O’Malley pioneered live blogging from House committees BY MARK BOURRIE now CBC’s blogger and go-to per- Kady O’Malley was raised on son on arcane Parliamentary rules. Parliament Hill, where her father, Ms. O’Malley has developed Peter O’Malley, was a respected a huge following in new media. NDP political staffer. She started in However, it is her skills as an ex- print journalism as a writer for ARC pert on the Parliamentary system publications and The Hill Times. that may take her even farther. Ms. O’Malley ran her own business, Very few young people have im- Parliamentary Fax, while building mersed themselves in the rules a reputation in new media. She was and practices of Parliament as hired as a blogger for Maclean’s thoroughly as Ms. O’Malley, which magazine, where, it is said, a team has made her a valuable asset to of scientists from the University of CBC Radio’s The House and other Waterloo grafted a BlackBerry onto programs that seriously address her hands. Ms. O’Malley pioneered the governance of the country. KADY O’MALLEY live blogging from Parliamentary The CBC hopes to draw a younger committee meetings and other audience with Ms. O’Malley’s mas- CBC BLOGGER AND important events on the Hill. She is tery of Twitter and blogging. MISTRESS OF ARCANE

Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, HOUSE RULES Russo is Ottawa face of CP, helps

set Hill agenda The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright, ROB RUSSO CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA BUREAU CHIEF Rob Russo, left, pictured at a Hill ‘mugging.’

BY MARK BOURRIE CP staffers Jennifer Ditchburn and most important newspapers in the Rob Russo is the Ottawa bureau Heather Scoffi eld were honoured with country, The Toronto Star and The chief of Canada’s oldest wire service. a National Newspaper Award for their Globe and Mail. CP is also a mainstay He’s a respected journalist who was investigative reporting. In 2008, CP of news used by Yahoo News, iPolitics, honoured by his peers in 2010 with staffers won the prestigious Michener and a number of other news blogs. the Charles Lynch Award for lifetime Award. In his tribute to Mr. Russo in CP has also transitioned to multi- achievement as a Parliamentary jour- 2010, Don Newman, head of the com- media reporting, with its reporters nalist. While CP has faced cutbacks mittee that chooses the Charles Lynch fi ling webcast clips that appear on over the years because Quebecor and Award winner, noted CP helps set the CP’s web page and are picked up by Postmedia News have left the news agenda on Parliament Hill. subscribers. Mr. Russo is the Ottawa cooperative, Mr. Russo has built a core While many small dailies have face of CP. A personable journalist, group of experienced, talented, award- dropped CP due to fi nancial decisions he’s a busy member of the tribe of Hill winning journalists who also regularly made by their parent companies, the pundits who are busy on the news break investigative stories. Last spring, wire service is still used by the two network politics shows.

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THE MEDIA

BY MARK BOURRIE Evan Solomon came to the CBC after editing the now-defunct but über-hip Shift magazine, which cleaned up at the National Magazine Awards in the late 1990s and ear- ly 2000s and was seen then as the publisher of analysis on cutting-edge cultural trends and new media. When he jumped from magazines to TV, Mr. Solomon became host of CBC’s Hot Type, a show that refl ected the cultural and social reporting of Solomon’s Shift magazine. Afterwards, Mr. Solomon NO ONE HAS HELD was host of CBC’s weekend newscasts and did fi eld journalism that took him all over the world. He has written a successful novel and edited two collections of essays TOP CBC RADIO AND on current political and economic issues. Last year, he took over Power and Politics from Don Newman, who retired, and CBC Radio’s The House from Kathleen Petty. TV POLITICAL SHOWS Power and Politics draws guests from the political and media elite. Mr. Solomon is connected to most media heavy-hitters on the Hill, and is on a fi rst-name basis with AT ONCE BEFORE Cabinet ministers and opposition leaders. Anchoring The House, which has a huge Saturday morning audience, gives him one of the oldest and most infl uential media soapboxes in the country. No one has held the top CBC radio and TV political shows EVAN SOLOMON before, proof that Mr. Solomon is a rising star in the CBC. HOST OF CBC POWER & POLITICS AND THE HOUSE Photograph by Jake Wright, The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright,

GREG WESTON CBC PUNDIT AND CBC.CA COLUMNIST Getting canned by a blessing for CBC’s Weston

BY MARK BOURRIE Greg Weston has been breaking Hill stories for nearly 40 years, fi rst for the Ottawa Citizen, then for the Sun chain of newspapers. He is the author of Reign of Error, a defi nitive study of the rise and rapid fall of former Liberal prime minister . A multiple award-winning journalist, Mr. Weston had just broken the $2-billion cost of the 2010 G8/G20 Summit when he was cut loose by Sun Media, which was loading up its bureau with right-wing talking heads in preparation for the launch of the Sun News Network. Like the rest of the journalists dropped by the Sun, Mr. Weston found the fi ring to be a blessing, and he’s ended up with a CBC job that gives him a good platform for his opinion writing and investigative reporting on one of the country’s best- read websites. He also has the platform of the CBC’s news shows, giving him a national reach. Mr. Weston is well-connected in Ottawa. After de- cades on the Hill, he knows several generations of the country’s top politicians, strategists, public servants, and journalists. Boom. Photograph Courtesy of CBC 72—January 2012, Power & Influence The

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