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Senate to ditch Phoenix in January p. 5 The Kenney campaign con and the new meaning of narrative: PCO clerk Budget puts off transition: what pharmacare reform, but Lisa Van Dusen feds say it takes the fi rst p. 9 to expect p. 6 ‘concrete steps’ p. 7

News Politics News Parliamentary travel Tories block some House Outspoken Liberal MP committee travel, want to stay in Ottawa as election looms

Wayne Long could face Half of all committee trips BY NEIL MOSS that have had their travel he Conservatives are blocking budgets approved by THouse committee travel, say contested nomination some Liberal committee chairs, the Liaison Committee’s but Tory whip Mark Strahl sug- gested it’s only some trips. Budgets Subcommittee A number of committees have Liberal MP had travel budgets approved by Wayne Long since November have the Liaison Committee’s Subcom- has earned a not been granted travel mittee on Committee Budgets, reputation as an but have not made it to the next outspoken MP, authority by the House of step to get travel authority from something two New Brunswick Commons. Continued on page 4 political scientists say should help News him on the Politics campaign trail in a traditionally Conservative Ethics Committee defeats riding. The Hill Times photograph by opposition parties’ motion to Andrew Meade probe SNC-Lavalin aff air Liberal MP Nathaniel BY ABBAS RANA Erskine-Smith described week after the House Justice the opposition parties’ ACommittee shut down its He missed a BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN The MP for Saint John- probe of the SNC-Lavalin affair, Rothesay, N.B., is one of about 20 motion as ‘premature,’ the House Ethics Committee also deadline to meet utspoken Liberal MP Wayne Liberal MPs who have yet to be as the Justice Committee defeated an opposition motion Long could face a fi ght for nominated. calling for it to examine the scan- party goals that O The Hill Times his seat from within his party, Speaking to on is still awaiting a written dal that’s been hounding the gov- would guarantee after he didn’t meet an October March 14, the fi rst-time MP said submission and documents ernment for nearly two months, deadline to complete party goals his independent streak comes and to invite former justice minis- his candidacy, and needed to protect incumbents naturally, but a couple local from ex-minister Jody ter Jody Wilson-Raybould to share hasn’t heard back from contested nominations, political scientists say it may also Wilson-Raybould on more of her side of the story. and hasn’t heard back about an about an extension. extension. Continued on page 14 the same topic. Continued on page 13

News Legislation Senators crack down on ‘culture of delay’ in access-to-information regime

Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 Changes the Senate Legal BY CHARELLE EVELYN The amendments approved by mem- rently allows information holders to delay bers of the Senate Legal and Constitu- responding to a request for a “reasonable Aff airs Committee is enators say they are trying to tackle tional Affairs Committee during a pair period of time” if there are so many docu- proposing to Bill C-58 Sthe “endemic” culture of delay in the of meetings March 20 and 21 include the ments to sort through that responding to federal access-to-information regime as establishment of a 30-day limit to exten- the request within 30 days would “unrea- include a 30-day limit to they propose changes to a bill meant to sions beyond the initial 30-day window sonably interfere with the operations of overhaul the system, C-58. But the Upper government departments and agencies the government institution,” or if consulta- extensions beyond the initial Chamber’s sponsor of the government have to respond to access-to-information tions are necessary with other organiza- 30-day window government legislation says “delay tactics” are at play requests. Anything beyond those 30 days tions. as the committee studying the bill gears would require prior authorization from Conservative Senator Claude Cari- departments have to up for its third week of line-by-line delib- the information commissioner. respond to requests. eration. The Access to Information Act cur- Continued on page 12 2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES

launch their new book, The Art of Diplo- The event, hosted by Independent macy: Strengthening the Canada-U.S. Senator Ratna Omidvar and the Centre for Relationship, on April 30 at the National International Governance Innovation, will Gallery of Canada. look at the council’s report, A Call to Ac- Mr. Heyman was former U.S. president tion: Transforming the Global Refugee Sys- Heard on the Hill Barack Obama’s second and fi nal envoy to tem. The report has 55 recommendations to Canada, serving in the post from 2014 to attract political support in enhancing the 2017. world’s refugee and internally displaced by Neil Moss The Heymans’ book looks into the im- persons systems. portance of diplomacy and spotlights the Mr. Axworthy was a Liberal MP from importance of the Canadian-U.S. relation- 1978 to 2000, and served as minister of ship. transport, employment and immigration, ‘Snitch’ Scott Reid mocked Former prime minister Jean Chrétien labour, and foreign affairs in the govern- called the book “very original.” ments of Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chré- “The Heymans model what it means tien. He has appeared before the House to be progressive in politics,” Mr. Chrétien Foreign Affairs, and Immigration and on U.S. late-night talk show said. Citizenship Committees. The book was also positively reviewed The free event will take place at the Late-night host by former Obama senior adviser David Wellington Building in room 325 from 5:30 Jimmy Kimmel, Axelrod. to 7:30 p.m. Light snacks and beverages right, cracked “Bruce and Vicki Heyman give us a will be offered. jokes at the behind-the-scenes look at what diplomacy expense of Scott is really about: relationships,” he said. Reid, left, after Tickets to the event are being sold for Philippe Hallée named the Tory MP $20 or, for $30, tickets come with a signed wrongly accused copy of the book. new Senate law clerk and Justin Trudeau of eating a bagel parliamentary counsel in the House Andrew Leslie out of of Commons Philippe last week. The action, recovering from Hallée has Hill Times fi le worked as photograph shoulder surgery the director and photograph of legal courtesy of Liberal MP Andrew Leslie has been operations Wikimedia absent from the House this month as he at the Privy Commons recuperates from shoulder replacement Council surgery. Offi ce since Mr. Leslie announced the surgery on 2016. Facebook, saying that he will return to clip of Conservative MP Scott Reid ac- Equal Voice, Famous 5 Ottawa, Women in Photograph work in April. cusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Communications and Technology, and the courtesy of A LinkedIn of eating a bagel during last week’s mara- Canadian Women’s Foundation. Andrew thon voting session was put in the spotlight It will be hosted at the Sir John A. Mac- Leslie will by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel who donald Building on April 8 from 5 to 7 p.m. return poked fun at the Tory MP. RSVP is required, and space is limited. to work Philippe Hallée is set to become the “You’re not getting a bite now, you Government photo identifi cation is needed in April Senate’s newest law clerk and parliamen- bitchy little snitch,” Mr. Kimmel quipped. to enter. following tary counsel on April 22, the Senate Com- “What a tattletale.” surgery. mittee on Internal Economy, Budgets, and Mr. Trudeau admitted to eating a choco- The Hill Administration announced on March 25. late bar, but not a bagel. APTN broadcasts ‘fi rst’ Times The law clerk and parliamentary coun- “How do you confuse a chocolate bar photograph sel is the main legal adviser to the Senate. with a bagel?” Mr. Kimmel asked. “Bacon is NHL game in Cree, Romeo by Andrew Mr. Hallée will work with Senate Speaker round in Canada, are their chocolate bars Saganash says he has Meade George Furey, Senators, and Senate com- round there, too?” mittees in assisting their parliamentary Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who Mr. them beat functions. Reid also accused of eating in the House, “Mr. Hallée’s extensive knowledge and tweeted that the Conservatives were “get- Romeo experience have earned him high respect ting owned on prime time.” Mr. Reid also Saganash in the legal fi eld and I am confi dent that called out Canadian Heritage and Multi- says he Before his election in 2015, Mr. Leslie he will serve the Senate with the utmost culturalism Minister Pablo Rodriguez for was part was a lieutenant-general in the Canadian professionalism, integrity, and dedication,” breaking House rules. of the fi rst Forces, serving for nearly 35 years from Mr. Furey said in a statement.

broadcast 1977 to 2011. Mr. Hallée was previously the director team that Second annual Women on called an He took his seat in the House of Com- of legal operations at the Privy Council NHL game mons, after defeating three-term Conser- Offi ce, where he has worked since 2016. the Hill shindig on April 8 in Cree in vative Orléans, Ont., incumbent Royal Prior, he worked for the Department of 1988. The Galipeau with 59.7 per cent of the vote. Justice, including as the chief legisla- Hill Times Mr. Leslie is the parliamentary secre- tive counsel from 2012 to 2016, where he photograph tary to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia worked with the Senate, House of Com- by Andrew Freeland, with a special responsibility for mons, and Canada Gazette to enable data Meade Canada-U.S. relations. to be passed between the institutions for more effi cient drafting and publication of government bills. Sen. Ratna Omidvar Mr. Hallée is the Senate’s 10th law clerk As APTN billed its broadcast of a Mon- and parliamentary counsel. He replaces treal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes and CIGI to host global former law clerk Jacqueline Kuehl, who game on March 25, as the fi rst ever in Cree, refugee event featuring left the Senate for the Justice Department NDP MP Romeo Saganash said he fi rst did in July. it in the 1980s. “The fi rst ever was in ‘88 when Sid Ot- Lloyd Axworthy tereyes, Ernest Webb and I live broadcasted Lloyd Separated at birth, eh? Elizabeth May speaking at the inaugural a [Montreal Canadiens-Quebec Nordiques] Axworthy Women on the Hill party in April 2018. The Hill game,” Mr. Saganash tweeted. will speak Times photograph by Andrew Meade Doing play-by-play on March 25 was about ways Clarence Iron, and former NHLer John Last year, 500 guests came out to the to fi x the Chabot was the analyst. inaugural Women on the Hill event, and the global The Hurricanes defeated the Canadiens party’s second instalment will celebrate a refugee 2-1 in overtime. diverse, working environment with politi- system at The game was broadcast on Rogers cians, bureaucrats, diplomats, journalists, an April 10 Hometown Hockey, when the touring show and others next month. event. The stopped by Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. Attendees at last year’s event included Hill Times

International Development and Women photograph and Gender Equality Minister Maryam The Heymans to launch by Sam Monsef, all-party women’s caucus chair Garica CBC’s polling analyst Éric Grenier, left, Anita Vandenbeld, Environment Minister new memoir on April 30 and actor/director Orson Welles, right. Catherine McKenna, Green Party Leader Photographs courtesy of Twitter and Elizabeth May, and Conservative MP in Ottawa World Refugee Council chair Lloyd Ax- Wikimedia commons Stephanie Kusie. worthy will be speaking at an April 10 event The party is being hosted by the All- Former U.S. ambassador to Canada on the ways the global refugee system can [email protected] Party Parliamentary Women’s Caucus, Bruce Heyman and his wife Vicki will be transformed for the better. The Hill Times BUDGET 2019 RECOMMITS GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVED FOOD LABELLING, RESTRICTING FOOD MARKETING TO CHILDREN

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to Members and to those who are House to add 22 new HR jobs, as MPs helping to manage their offi ces is also done…from an employment law perspective,” Ms. Daigle said. House of Commons staff had deal with new workplace standards previously recommended to the board an increase to the HR department, specifi cally a team to The Board of Internal Members of the Board of the Canada Labour Code to add nearly $18.1-million. help MPs manage their duties as Internal Economy—a powerful sexual harassment to the section Ms. Bradley said these new employers. But that was kiboshed Economy approved group of MPs who decide legal, that deals with other harassment 22 positions would also include as Conservative members of the fi nancial, and administrative mat- and workplace violence, and assistance in employee orienta- group said it would be seen as an $2.49-million in new ters for the House of Commons— extends the same protections tion, performance management, imposition and a loss of autono- approved funding for 22 new HR already allowed to employees in workplace accommodation, con- my for MPs. human resources positions at their Feb. 28 meeting. federally regulated workplaces to fl ict resolution, and harassment Under the approved proposal, “The introduction in 2015 of the House of Commons and the prevention. human resources help will be funding to help MPs the House of Commons policy on Senate for the fi rst time. Robyn Daigle, the director of centralized and offer dedicated better respond to preventing and addressing ha- The approved $2.49-million Members’ HR services, told MPs assistance to MPs, but they would rassment and the recent adoption “will stabilize the services cur- that the “stabilization” of services “be able to access these services what HR chief Pierre of Bill C-65 will place even great- rently provided on an ad hoc will provide more consistently based on their requirements and er demands on Members’ offi ces basis related to training, occupa- things that were being done on as they deem necessary,” Ms. Parent calls ‘evolving to meet the new requirements tional health and safety, and the an as-needed basis, such as hav- Daigle said. with respect to health and safety Respectful Workplace Program. ing access to a nurse counsellor The #MeToo movement grew social expectations.’ and harassment prevention in It will also establish a team of through the harassment preven- around the globe in the fall and the workplace,” Pierre Parent, the senior human resources advisers tion program. The new employ- winter of 2018, with people speak- BY CHARELLE EVELYN House’s chief human resources for Members,” Heather Bradley, ees will also ease the burden on ing up in a number of fi elds, from offi cer, told MPs during the board director of communications for people in some other positions acting to tech, saying they’d been embers of Parliament will be meeting. “As with all employers, House Speaker and BOIE chair who are handling things outside sexually harassed. Parliament Mgetting more support as they Members are under increasing Geoff Regan (Halifax West, N.S.), their purview, like pay advisers Hill saw several Parliamentarians learn to navigate being employers pressure to create a positive work told The Hill Times in an email. who deal with matters they nor- past and present accused of ha- in a post-#MeToo world, with the environment that responds to In the 2017-18 fi scal year, there mally wouldn’t. rassment and sexual misconduct House of Commons administra- evolving social expectations.” were 134 full-time jobs associated The House will also bring in and investigations started. tion getting a boost to its human Bill C-65, which received with human resources for the a legal adviser “to ensure that all [email protected] resources department. royal assent in October, changes House of Commons, at a cost of the HR advice we are providing The Hill Times

there these days than the USMCA and our relationship with the Tories block some House committee travel, United States, in terms of trying to have the U.S. Congress try to understand why we see [issue like] the USMCA, and steel and want to stay in Ottawa as election looms aluminum tariffs as so impor- tant?” Mr. Easter said. The Conservative travel reluc- Continued from page 1 Liberal committee tance also appears to be affect- the House of Commons as a chairs Judy Sgro, ing parliamentary associations whole. For a committee to travel, second from left, to some extent, groups of MPs there needs to unanimous consent Mark Eyking, second and Senators that have a special in the House. from right, and Wayne interest in a specifi c country or “We are not blocking all travel, Easter, far right, say multilateral group and often meet however the offi cial opposition that the Conservative with their parliamentary coun- is focused on ensuring that MPs leadership is blocking terparts from other countries are in Ottawa when the House is committee travel, which abroad. sitting in order to fi ght Liberal complicates the work Mr. Easter, co-chair of the corruption and cover-ups,” Mr. of the committees. Canada-U.S. Interparliamen- Strahl (Chilliwack-Hope, B.C.) Conservative whip Mark tary Group, said the Conserva- said in an email. Strahl, far left, says not tives didn’t travel on a major Since November, the Subcom- all committee travel has congressional trip the group mittee on Committee Budgets has been blocked. The Hill planned recently so only he and approved 12 requests for com- Times photograph by an Independent Senator Robert mittee travel, but only half of the Andrew Meade and fi le Black (Ontario) were able to go those received authority to travel photographs to Washington. Liberal MPs in in the House. interparliamentary groups have “[The Conservatives are] just Mr. Easter said having the actually do that travel, you come Means, which is responsible for to be paired with opposition MPs playing political games,” said travel blocked makes it diffi cult back so much more aware and taxation and tariffs. Liberal MP on international trips so there Wayne Easter (Malpeque, P.E.I.), for Parliamentarians to do their informed of the various issues.” Mark Eyking (Sydney-Victoria, will be balance in the House. chair of the House Finance Com- job, adding it’s impossible to have The House International Trade N.S.), chair of the House Interna- The Liberals and Conserva- mittee. “[Conservative Leader An- good reports if a committee only Committee had separate travel tional Trade Committee, said he tives had previously been in a drew] Scheer’s silly games make performs its studies in Ottawa. budgets approved for travel to had to give the Liaison Commit- spat over parliamentary asso- it very diffi cult for Parliamentar- “It makes it diffi cult when the Mexico, Peru, and Chile on Nov. tee a signal that the Washington ciations after Liberal MPs voted ians to do their job to the benefi t committees are doing serious 27, to Mexico on Feb. 28, and trip should be prioritized. to remove fl oor-crosser Leona to the United Mr. Eyking said it was of great Alleslev (Aurora-Oak Ridges- of Canadians.” A trip to Washington States also on importance to meet committee- Richmond Hill, Ont.) as chair of “He’s more interested in play- for the House ing games and blocking travel Feb. 28. Only to-committee with the new U.S. the Canadian NATO Parliamen- International the trip to the members of Congress, especially then getting something done,” Mr. Trade Committee tary Association. U.S. was granted with the large number of new Easter said. is one of six trips “I always see it as a bit of a Three Liberal committee since November travel authority Democratic Party members shot or advantage play against chairs told The Hill Times that approved by the by the House of following the Blue Wave of the the party in power,” Mr. Eyking parliamentary travel is being House. Six others Commons. midterm elections and the United said of the blocking of committee blocked by the Conservative have been blocked, Conserva- States-Mexico-Canada Agree- travel. He added that it doesn’t leadership. including two other tive members of ment (USMCA) headed towards a look good on Canada because “It is up to the government to International Trade the committee congressional vote. foreign countries don’t look at it determine whether they wish to Committee visits. The consented to all Among the new Democratic as cancelling Liberal travel, but have their members take trips Hill Times photograph three trips, as all members, some have expressed a as Canada cancelling its trip. while the House is sitting,” Mr. by Andrew Meade travel requests desire to head back to the nego- During the previous govern- Strahl said. “We as the offi cial that are brought tiation table to amend the signed ment of Stephen Harper, the opposition need to maximize our work, and some of their travel is to the Subcommittee on Com- but not yet ratifi ed trade pact. Mr. NDP blocked committee travel in time in Ottawa, as it is our job to critical to them being able to get mittee Budgets need to have the Eyking said it looks like the trip protest over the Conservatives’ hold this Liberal government to a report in,” said Liberal MP Judy approval of all members. to Washington will go forward, refusal to hold cross-country account on behalf of Canadians.” Sgro (Humber River-Black Creek, The committee plans to travel as he said there seems to be an hearings on the government’s He did not respond to why some Ont.), chair of the House Trans- to Washington, D.C., to meet in agreement between all three election reform act. committees were given authority to port, Infrastructure, and Commu- early May with the powerful U.S. whips that the trip is important. [email protected] travel and others were not. nities Committee. “Every time you House Committee on Ways and “What more important issue is The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 5 Human resources News Feds’ housing pitch beckons Senate set to millennials, sets stage for opposition ditch Phoenix to off er alternatives, say strategists in January While all parties have Finance Minister Bill Morneau speaks at The Upper Chamber will switch benefi ted from the an Economic Club of drop in Liberal support Canada event at the over to a new payroll system Château Laurier in provided by ADP Canada in the among millennials, the Ottawa on March 20, a day after the budget new year, after months of testing. Green Party has a ‘real was released. The Liberals' pre-election shot at cracking’ that budget included BY CHARELLE EVELYN measures designed demographic’s vote, says to help fi rst-time hile the federal government is pumping an- Abacus Data’s David homeowners. The Hill Wother half-billion dollars into trying to right the Times photograph by Phoenix payroll-system ship, the Senate will be in its Coletto. Andrew Meade own life raft by next year. On March 21, the Senate’s Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee, which BY BEATRICE PAEZ handles legal and fi nancial affairs for the Upper Chamber, approved a Jan. 1, 2020, launch date for its he Trudeau government’s transpar- new payroll system, provided by ADP Canada. Tent pitch at drawing millennials parties will want to address that issue among millennials has slipped signifi - The Toronto-based company was selected last to the ballot box with its incentive in their platforms. “I don’t necessarily cantly, dropping by 10 points, according spring to provide the Senate’s new pay system, win- for fi rst-time homeowners may help think what the Liberal budget offers is to a CBC report. But the Liberals still ning a fi ve-year $902,250 contract. animate this fi ckle demographic amid enough or going to satisfy demand for lead in support within the demographic. The Liberal government’s 2019 budget unveiled an erosion of enthusiasm for the party, action. …It’s an opportunity for Conser- “All the parties have benefi ted. The on March 19 included more than $523-million to im- say some political strategists, while also vatives to offer conservative-oriented New Democrats should have been in prove Phoenix and reduce its errors. The pay system setting the stage for other parties to of- policies. They don’t need to win over a better place to [capture support], was supposed to save $70-million annually, but so far fer competing visions. all millennials; they just need to get but because of some of the challenges has cost the government more than $1.2-billion to fi x. Largely billed as a salve for the a larger share. Housing could be the Jagmeet Singh has had, they haven’t Work to switch over the Senate from the problem- anxieties of the middle class, the Liber- policy to do that.” been able to capitalize on younger vot- plagued Phoenix system—which has left many public als’ pre-election budget proposed the Shane Mackenzie, a consultant at ers,” said Mr. Coletto. “The Greens have servants and some Senate and House staffers un- creation of a program, the First-Time Ensight Canada and former Liberal Hill seen their support rise. If [millennials] derpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all since its launch Home Buyer Incentive, to help subsi- staffer, questioned how the Conserva- are looking for a different approach to three years ago—has been ongoing since June, said dize the cost of purchasing a home— tives would fi nance such a program, politics, they have a real shot at crack- Monique Daigle, the employee experience lead in the the centrepiece of their package of when they’ve long been in favour of ing the millennial vote if they can offer Senate’s human resources directorate. measures aimed at younger voters—to slashing the defi cit and balancing the a compelling story. It’s up for grabs.” The Senate began investigating a switch from address housing affordability. Other books. “It’s [the incentive] their way of It’s unclear to what extent the drop the Phoenix system, which handles pay for staff but spending measures aimed at mobilizing saying, ‘We haven’t forgotten about in Liberal support among millennials not Senators, in June 2017. Since its launch in 2016, the youth vote include lower interest you.’ ” Mr. Mackenzie, a millennial can be attributed to the SNC-Lavalin about 200 of the 700 Senate employees were affected rates on student loans and no interest himself, said. “A lot of us aren’t looking saga, which has threatened to undercut by over- and under-payments, Liberal Senator Jim accumulation during a six-month grace anywhere close to buying a house. This the government’s pledge to do politics Munson (Ottawa-Rideau Canal, Ont.) told The Hill period after the borrower leaves school; is addressing an underlying anxiety.” differently, and whether such trends Times last year. He’s a deputy chair of the Internal the Canada Training Benefi t to help With the incentive, Ottawa pledges will hold until the October election. Economy Committee. workers adapt to the changing labour to defray the cost of purchasing a home “I don’t know if millennials are par- Ms. Daigle laid out a series of options for Sena- market; and $147.9-million earmarked through what’s called a shared-equity ticularly attuned to this SNC-Lavalin tors at the March 21 meeting, highlighting the vari- in part to help Canadians pursue educa- mortgage. If it’s a new home, those affair, but what they are, as an electoral ous issues with launching the new system in June or tion opportunities abroad. who qualify will receive 10 per cent in group, is completely disloyal,” Mr. Bé- in the fall. The Liberals also used the pre- funding; it’s fi ve per cent for an existing langer said. “They have no patience for “When we’re dealing with this particular issue, on election budget to introduce spending home. The measure would see home- a lack of results.” Mr. Bélanger pointed the issue of replacing [the] Phoenix payroll system measures targeted toward other groups owners’ borrowing costs lowered as the to the purchase of the $4.5-billion for the whole Senate, I think that risk at any level is key to a win at the ballot box, including Canada Mortgage and Housing Corpo- Trans Mountain pipeline as an area of not what we want at all,” said Conservative Senator seniors and skilled workers. ration would provide some of the home vulnerability—which the NDP is ready Denise Batters (Saskatchewan), the committee’s other In 2015, millennials were crucial purchase price, to be repaid at re-sale. to exploit—for a party that had styled deputy chair. “We want to be as prudent as possible.” to the Trudeau government’s path to Households with an income of at least itself as a climate leader. Among the problems with fl ipping the “on” switch majority government. Turnout surged $50,000 a year, but less than $120,000 “It’s hard to identify one single mo- earlier than the proposed January 2020 date is that from 49 per cent in 2011 to 65 per cent will be eligible. Because the government ment,” Mr. Coletto said, noting the drop there wouldn’t be enough time to get a complementary in 2015. They are poised to be the larg- sets the ceiling for participants’ insured in support could be attributed to disap- new system up and running properly that takes human est bloc of eligible voters in the October mortgage at four times their annual pointment over the high expectations resources data and automatically feeds it into the payroll election, accounting for 37 per cent. income, homes would have to fall within set by the Liberals and their handling system, meaning it would have to be done manually. “Clearly, it’s an attempt to re- the price range of $200,000 to $480,000. of certain fi les. “Perception and expecta- “A mid-year go-live would require the project motivate those voters to come back The program’s price tag is estimated at tions are powerful forces. The things the team to convert additional year-to-date data from out and vote Liberal again,” said Garry $1.25-billion over three years. government has done have caused some Phoenix,” Ms. Daigle said. “This additional data con- Keller, vice-president at StrategyCorp Karl Bélanger, ex-national director young Canadians to wonder why they version increases the project risk signifi cantly due to and ex-chief of staff to former interim for the NDP, said he is skeptical that the did—not following through on electoral the known data accuracy issues within Phoenix.” Conservative leader Rona Ambrose. program will make a huge difference reform, buying a pipeline,” he said. This also puts a strain on compensation staff, who “[Older millennials] are probably in the in tackling affordability, particularly Another concern for the Liberals, would have to both train on the new ADP payroll re- headspace of wanting to buy a condo or for those in cities where the housing Mr. Keller said, is a depressed turnout placement and get the resource management system fi rst home.” market has been running hot. “When if voters are disillusioned with the state set up at the same time. Expect Conservatives to offer an you look at the parameters set out, of politics under Prime Minister Justin Launching the system in the fall could run into alternative pitch for making home- it wouldn’t respond to the problems Trudeau’s (Papineau, Que.) leadership. issues with communication about the new regime, ownership more accessible to younger they’re facing,” Mr. Bélanger said. “If In the face of dispiriting partisan with the Senate not sitting over the summer and an voters, a demographic that the party you look at the upper limit for this attacks from opposition parties and election scheduled for the fall, staff told Senators. can no longer neglect, Mr. Keller said. program, it’s $480,000. That’s a far cry pundits in Ottawa that contribute to Testing has already begun on the new payroll “If they can come up with a compet- from key markets in Vancouver, Toronto, voter cynicism, Mr. Mackenzie said, Mr. system, and it’s going well, said Natalie Strittmatter, ing vision, some of those voters will even Montreal. It’s designed for mil- Trudeau will have to use his town-hall a transformation executive in the Senate’s human be in play. [Housing affordability] is lennials who already have more means tours to counter those messages. The resources directorate. an overwhelming complaint among and have more resources and are living partisan attacks are trying to “sour “We’ve already done three parallel tests of the millennials [who say] they just can’t get in regions where the housing market [is Canadians who got inspired. Their ap- confi guration, and it passed with 98 per cent. The few ahead because they can’t afford to buy affordable].” proach is to disenfranchise people,” he errors involved training and a couple of confi gura- a house,” he said. Whether enthusiasm this campaign said. “When he did his summer town- tion improvements that had to be made,” she said, Housing is the No. 1 issue for Ca- season will be as high for the Liberals hall tour, he was able to cut out all the adding that more testing will be done between the nadians between the ages of 18 to 38, as it was in 2015 is an open question, fi lters.” end of August and November. according to the research of David Co- but recent polls prior to the budget’s [email protected] [email protected] letto, CEO of Abacus Data. He expects release suggested the party’s support The Hill Times The Hill Times 6 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News Public service

Wernick’s successor in a March 18 statement, saying he would Shugart will take over “in the coming weeks.” Some insiders have suggested the transition is expected to happen around Easter, though the govern- ment could not confi rm this. be tested in While the transition between clerks is normally smooth, pub- lic service observers say that Mr. Shugart’s extensive tenure in the clerk’s role ‘very deputy minister community and experience heading two large de- partments means he’ll have a good handle on many of the key issues. It quickly’ in light also shouldn’t disrupt the bureau- cracy’s election transition process. Mr. Shugart fi rst became a public service executive in 2006 as the associate deputy minister Foreign Affairs deputy minister Ian Shugart, right, was announced as PCO of SNC-Lavalin of Environment Canada. He then clerk Michael Wernick’s successor on March 18, and some insiders have moved up to head the depart- suggested the transition is expected to happen around Easter. The Hill Times ment in 2008, and jumped to lead photograph by Andrew Meade Employment and Social Develop- controversy, says ment Canada from 2010 to 2016. calls, and meetings to educate Mr. There are four phases to the Although he’s been a bureaucrat Shugart will happen gradually transition process, said Prof. Zuss- since the 1990s, Mr. Shugart got from now until the time he takes man. It’s currently in its fi rst phase, his start in Ottawa as a Progressive the reins, said Prof. Savoie. which involves the public service Conservative staffer. He worked “The outgoing clerk will want organizing itself to either welcome ex-PBO Page as a policy adviser in opposition to help the incoming clerk,” he back a re-elected government or leader Joe Clark’s offi ce starting in said, adding Mr. Wernick will be welcome its new political masters. 1980, eventually working as a policy one of his briefers. “You don’t turn Departments will educate the Incoming PCO clerk University of Ottawa’s Institute director to Mr. Clark’s successor, on a light switch here; it’s a fairly new government on what it does, of Fiscal Studies and Democracy Brian Mulroney. He then served as ongoing, seamless process.” how it works, and what the out- Ian Shugart’s resume think tank. “People will be compar- a senior policy adviser and chief of Meanwhile, Mr. Page said an- standing issues are to deal with, ing him immediately to Michael staff to Progressive Conservative other focus is tying up loose ends in said Mr. Zussman. means he will have and people will be wondering ‘is minister Jake Epp. He moved to the both offi ces. The clerk normally has “All of this requires, typically, he going to be a different clerk?’” public service in 1991. the performance management pro- a fair amount of paper in terms of an easy transition, In a March 18 letter to Prime The SNC-Lavalin story gram evaluations for deputy min- getting documentation together,” Minister Justin Trudeau (Pap- centres around the allegation isters on his desk this time of year, said Prof. Zussman. say public service ineau, Que.), Mr. Wernick said that then-attorney general Jody as it’s his job to write them, and he The second stage takes place observers, with he was retiring as there is “no Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver must deliver a report to the prime during the election campaign, path” for him to have a relation- Granville, B.C.) was inappropri- minister on the state of the public he said. Departments monitor no impact on the ship of trust and respect with ately pressured by PMO offi cials service annually by March 31. party promises, then fi gure out an the opposition party leaders. The as well as Mr. Wernick to give The Hill Times bureaucracy’s election clerk’s department is responsible SNC-Lavalin a deferred prosecu- asked the PCO if Mr. for assisting whichever party tion agreement. Wernick would be transition work. forms government after an elec- Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Wernick fi nishing up these tion in the transition period. It’s have maintained that there was no fi les before he leaves, important that the clerk is seen inappropriate pressure. So far, the but it didn’t say. It BY EMILY HAWS as impartial by all parties in case controversy has led Ms. Wilson- also didn’t respond of foreign election interference, Raybould and then-Treasury to a question about if ncoming Privy Council clerk he added. In January, the govern- Board president Jane Philpott it would be Mr. Wer- IIan Shugart will be tested “very ment announced the creation of a (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) to re- nick or Mr. Shugart quickly” on how to walk the line panel of fi ve bureaucrats, includ- sign from cabinet, but they remain who will create the between serving political masters ing the PCO clerk, who will be on in the Liberal caucus. short list of candi- and staying professionally non- alert during the campaign period Mr. Trudeau’s principal secre- dates to be deputy partisan, but he’ll rise to the chal- and sound the alarm in case of tary Gerald Butts also resigned minister of foreign lenge, said former parliamentary threats to the election. Feb. 18 amid the affair, though affairs, which is the budget offi cer Kevin Page. While the clerk often has a denied any wrongdoing. clerk’s responsibility, PCO clerk Michael Wernick is close relationship with the prime or when this could one of the key actors in the SNC- minister—they have a daily brief- happen. Outgoing PCO clerk Michael Wernick announced his Lavalin affair, and was accused by ing together, for instance—as Clerk transition not a retirement from the public service on March 18. The opposition parties of being parti- well as political staff, they are light switch, says Savoie Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade san over the course of two House not friends, said Mr. Page. Along The clerk transition is done A ‘fair amount with being deputy minister to the Justice Committee meetings, while quietly and smoothly, said public of lead-up time’ left for implementation plan. the committee was studying the prime minister, the clerk serves as service observers, with University The third begins when the secretary to the cab- Former of Victoria professor David Zuss- bureaucracy’s election government is sworn in. One of inet and heads the parliamentary man saying it won’t affect the the key components of this stage public service. There transition process: Prof. budget overall fl ow of the offi ce. is the presentation of the brief- has been some offi cer Kevin It’s in everyone’s best interest Zussman ing books. discussion about Page said to ensure the transition goes well, While not the ideal scenario, Global Affairs, for instance, whether the clerk’s Ian Shugart said Université de Moncton profes- there’s still a “fair amount of prepares books for the new multiple roles need will be sor Donald Savoie, who holds the lead-up time” before the election minister of foreign affairs as to be separated. questioned Canada Research Chair in Public for the bureaucracy’s transition, well as the prime minister and Given that Mr. on how he Administration and Governance. said Prof. Zussman, a government the cabinet more generally, said Wernick basically plans to The daily briefi ngs with the machinery expert who wrote the Prof. Savoie. Departments will had to resign due Off and Running: The walk the prime minister will continue, Prof. 2013 book, have a comprehensive briefi ng to not having the Prospects and Pitfalls of Govern- line between Zussman said, as will the Wednes- with their minister, he added, confi dence of the ment Transitions in Canada. serving the day morning deputy minister and the department will pass opposition parties, government breakfasts. Each clerk has their “The transition work has already any major long-term governing Mr. Shugart should and being own style, he said, which will be- started, many departments are giv- issues to the PCO. expect his own non-partisan. come apparent in the weeks after ing some thoughts on how they’re “And then they’re off and run- approach to be scru- The Hill Mr. Shugart settles in. going to organize themselves ning,” said Prof. Zussman, allud- tinized. Times fi le The biggest thing, perhaps, is that around their pre-election work,” he ing to the title of his 2013 book. “[Mr. Shugart] photograph PCO staff will have to learn how Mr. said, adding the new clerk won’t The consolidation phase, will need to fi gure Shugart likes to get briefed, while he cause any real disruption other than which is essentially a review, takes issue. His testimony made some, out how he’s going will have to, in turn, have to fi gure having a new person to oversee it. place about 100 days into the new such as NDP MP Charlie Angus to project that image, both the out Mr. Trudeau’s preferred style. The bureaucracy’s transition government, Prof. Zussman said. (Timmins-James Bay, Ont.), call perception of that image and the The current focus is bringing happens faithfully every election Then, the bureaucracy takes stock for his resignation. Mr. Wernick content of that image, and he’ll Mr. Shugart up to speed on all key cycle regardless of if the party of its work, including questioning denied he was being partisan. be tested very quickly,” said Mr. fi les, said observers. There likely in power is expected to change. if the minister is properly prepared “All this stuff that’s played out, Page. won’t be too many surprises given Philip Jennings, the PCO’s deputy for meetings, for instance, or if the he will have to have a response for Mr. Trudeau announced Mr. his extensive experience, but he secretary for plans and consulta- right people are in the right place. it,” said Mr. Page, a former career Shugart, who is currently deputy will gain a depth of knowledge. tions, more directly oversees the [email protected] bureaucrat who now heads the minister of foreign affairs, as Mr. The series of memos, phone transition. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 7 Pharmacare News

Colleen Flood, professor of health The 2019 policy and law at the University budget’s Pharmacare of Ottawa, and could be “poten- funding to build tially worse by undermining the a new Canadian ability of the provinces or even Drug Agency some central agency to negotiate.” represents steps in budget The budget’s plan is unclear ‘concrete and “seems like another very cau- steps towards tious, incremental, small thing to national propose,” said Prof. Flood. “What pharmacare,’ are we transitioning to? It seems according to the ‘waste of money,’ to me we have to have a plan for offi ce of Health universal pharmacare.” Minister Ginette The budget offered an “im- Petitpas Taylor. portant fi rst step, said Melanie The Hill Times ‘meaningless’ if Benard, a national director at photograph by Canadian Health Coalition, Andrew Meade though she’d like the Liberals to go further. they don’t cover She said the agency offers a “good foundation” if the govern- ment implements a public single- payer model. look at pharmacare implementa- participants on the merits of the The $35-million in funding tion released its interim report. It underlying policy.” all Canadians: for the transition offi ce should was silent on the council’s third Ms. Benard said the Canadian be suffi cient, she said, because recommendation—investing in Health Coalition is disappointed it combines “the roles of regulat- drug data and information tech- about delays in that process, but are ing maximum allowable prices, nology systems. “still hopeful” that the creation of academics making recommendations on a The budget reiterated the the national drug agency could also national formulary, and negotiat- council’s fi ndings, that Canadi- involve integrating those changes. Observers are divided Mr. Davies (Vancouver ing prices. Since those entities ans are spending skyrocketing Some industry and patient Kingsway, B.C.) said the budget already exist, we weren’t that sur- amounts on prescription drugs. groups, like Innovative Medicines on the creation amounts to “a delay” and shows prised that there isn’t that much It’s risen “dramatically” over the Canada and CORD, are on a the Liberals aren’t serious about additional funding required.” past three decades, from $2.6-bil- steering committee to help with of a national drug pharmacare reform. It’s likely the government is lion in 1985 to $33.7-billion in implementation, and are opposed “All they really did is just “wrestling” with whether there’s 2018, according to the budget, to many of the measures. agency, with some reshuffl e and reorganize exist- some way of keeping private which said the “patchwork” Ms. Wong-Rieger said it’s her saying it’s a good ing bodies, so they really haven’t insurers in the plan, said Prof. system of more than 100 public impression the government is still made any progress,” he said, of Flood, adding she’s worried the programs and 100,000 private “hell bent to leather on publish- fi rst step, while the the agency which wraps in the government is looking for a insurance plans “is not well ing something.” There’s one more work of the Canadian Agency for “weasel way to deliver” on the equipped to handle the increas- meeting of the steering committee NDP critic says it’s Drugs and Technologies in Health universal promise by saying ev- ingly expensive drugs now com- in April, and so an announcement as well as the pan-Canadian eryone’s covered by the basket of ing to market.” could come after that. ‘reorganization, not Pharmaceutical Alliance, which medications listed in a formulary, According to Pamela Fralick, Ms. Fralick said “it’s never been negotiates prices for prescription with none of the benefi ts from a president of Innovative Medicines our intent to delay the discussion progress.’ drugs in public plans. single-payer system to negotiate Canada, which represents brand- on the changes,” and their “goal “Why does it take four years good prices. name pharmaceutical companies, has been to get it right, not fast.” BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN to develop a vision and mandate A “worrisome possibility” is the budget has “some alignment She pushed back on the sug- if there already is a vision, which the government deciding to cover with our positioning on how Ca- gestion by critics like Mr. Davies he Liberal plan outlined in is to implement pharmacare?” he high cost drugs. That would keep nadians could best be served, but that “big pharma” has infl uence Tthis year’s budget to launch said. “It’s incongruous.” private insurers happy as the the devil’s always in the details,” over this government, noting “it’s a new drug agency amounts to Rather than a small step, the government picks up the tab, she she said, agreeing there should be been very diffi cult” for the orga- another delay on pharmacare, 2019 budget represents “con- said, as well as drug companies a planning phase. nization to get a meeting with the according to NDP health critic crete steps towards national that can keep charging top dollar, Canada has a very complex health minister. Don Davies, while others say pharmacare,”countered Thierry but “the rest of us will still have system compared to many coun- The regulations were stalled it represents a small fi rst step Bélair, press secretary to Health to live with the ineffi cient plan tries, said Ms. Fralick, and a safe due to “signifi cant concerns,” said forward. Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor which doesn’t give people access process is necessary, but “it also Ms. Gladu, that the proposed The budget set aside $35-mil- (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, to some of the basic drugs they delays access, so if this kind of changes would have “incredibly lion over four years, starting in N.B.). need.” agency can improve access… I negative consequences” on access 2019–20, to establish a “transition NDP health think we’ll have moved a huge to new medicines, a point aca- offi ce” to create the Canadian critic Don step forward.” demics have pushed back on. Drug Agency, which the govern- Davies says Mr. Bélair said the govern- ment said would help lower sky- a Canadian Critics question delays ment is “committed to making rocketing prices and buy drugs at Drug Agency is the changes that will help reduce a cheaper rate in bulk. on patent review board ‘regorganization, drug prices.” Marc-André Gagnon, a health not progress’ regulations Modernization of the regula- policy professor at Carleton Uni- Though they’re on opposite and a delay on tions is long overdue, but it’s versity, said he’s pleased to see sides of the issue, both Mr. Davies pharmacare. a different conversation from the creation of a national agency and Conservative health critic The Hill Times pharmacare, said University of and the possibility of a national Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia-Lambton, photograph by British Columbia professor Steve formulary—or a list of federally Ont.) criticized the council’s Andrew Meade Morgan, who’s not convinced it approved and costed drugs—as interim report for lacking detail would lead in the long run to “ma- “two fi rst steps that need to be and any update on proposed jor savings” and are more impor- done,” but only if it leads to a regulations to lower patented tant to protect against “worst-case single-payer public model that ap- drug prices. scenarios.” plies to the whole population. In the fall, the CBC reported Many high-performing coun- If that doesn’t happen, then The new Canadian Drug Starting in 2022, the govern- that Health Canada quietly de- tries don’t have strict statutory “we’re putting in place institu- Agency “lays the foundation” and ment is also promising to spend layed the January 2019 implemen- regulations, but rather rely on tional capacities that will be just “will build on existing successes $500-million per year to help pay tation date for draft regulations their capacity to negotiate and a waste of money because it’s not at reducing prices through bulk for drugs that treat rare diseases. meant to address Canada’s costs, the purchasing power that comes being used effi ciently,” he said. buying of medications, which will Durhane Wong-Rieger, presi- which are some of the highest in with the whole country. Most One agency doing the assess- benefi t all Canadians,” said Mr. dent of the Canadian Organiza- the world. importantly, dealing with patent ment and negotiating the price Bélair by email. tion for Rare Disorders (CORD), Mr. Davies said it was “telling” prices doesn’t “ensure equity of would “reduce a lot of headaches,” The agency will also be called it “tremendous” news, rep- to have no update on years-long access,” which he should be the even for drug companies protec- expected to develop a national resenting the fi rst indication from work to reduce high patented key focus. tive of profi ts, said Prof. Gagnon, formulary, what the govern- government that rare diseases drug prices the government That sentiment was echoed but the big question remains ment called “a comprehensive, should be treated separately. With “could do right now that they by Prof. Flood, who said the draft unanswered—how to pay for it. evidence-based list of prescribed a roll-out slated well after the just haven’t done.” In an October regulations are good, but would “Do we cover everybody?” he drugs” that would stop the next government comes in power, newsletter, the Patented Medicine only help in the system that we said, or proceed with a “fi ll-the- duplication that happens at the CORD is pushing to have some Prices Review Board addressed currently have. gap approach” for uninsured provincial level. of the funding available sooner in the delay, saying “progress on the “It’s better than nothing but Canadians. Canada is the only “The formulary by itself is, in pilot programs. issues under discussion has been it’s not universal pharmacare,” country with a universal medicare my view, quite meaningless un- The budget announcements slower than anticipated, owing she said. plan that doesn’t include drugs in less it’s inside the umbrella with a come two weeks after the govern- to the complexity of the subject [email protected] the plan, he noted. universal pharmacare plan,” said ment advisory council tasked to matter and confl icting views of The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Jesus, take the wheel, because Don’t approach immigration policy the Liberals don’t have it through a prism of nostalgia e: “Irish refugees overcame intoler- migration do for us previously?” It should f the Liberal Party is trying to turn the appointment(s) could compromise the Rance in Canada,” (The Hill Times, be, “How’s it doing for us now?” We certain- Itide on this whole SNC-Lavalin thing, it’s integrity of the appointments process and March 18, p. 8). While Joseph Donnelly’s ly wouldn’t want to approach, for instance, not exactly rowing in the right direction. potentially sitting Justices,” she said in a dispiriting chronicle of his mid-19th- energy policy and fossil-fuel use through a Yes, that’s a mixed metaphor, and it’s statement to both CTV and CP. century Irish migrant ancestors was prism of nostalgia. just as dizzy at the strategy of the Prime Mr. Joyal’s side of the story wasn’t in most certainly a worthy read when it When Friedrich Engels wrote in Minister’s Offi ce. either outlet’s original version of the story, comes to understanding the history of the 1800s about mass Irish migration On March 25, a pair of outlets nearly but when it came later, he said he hadn’t creedal and racial animus in this country, into the then-factory town of Manches- simultaneously published separate reports been given ample time to respond, and that whether it helps illuminate the immigra- ter, England, he observed that it was based on anonymous sourcing that ten- he actually had withdrawn his name from tion discussion, which it intends to do, is high enough to act as “reserve at com- sions began between Prime Minister Justin consideration in the face of his wife being debatable. mand” for English capital-owners and Trudeau and his former attorney general diagnosed with cancer. Too often today, the topic of immigra- worked to “force down the rate of wages Jody Wilson-Raybould back in 2017 over “I fear that someone is using my previ- tion is discussed in moralizing, sentimental [of the English]…to the Irishman’s level” the issue of picking a new Supreme Court ous candidacy to the Supreme Court of terms, bereft of the detailed cost-benefi t and “forc[ed] the whole class downward.” of Canada justice. Canada to further an agenda unrelated to calculations and cold, hard empirical Is this happening to Canadian workers As the stories go, Manitoba Court of the appointment process. This is wrong.” analysis that informs other areas of policy, now? That is the question that should be Queen’s Bench chief justice Glenn Joyal Asked about the story on Tuesday, the such as transportation, public services, or guiding us. was Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s pick, which prime minister wouldn’t answer questions international trade. The question shouldn’t George Rojas was then kiboshed by the prime minister, from reporters in Winnipeg about where be, “How did this policy of open-doors im- Toronto, Ont. for reasons such as an apparent misalign- the information came from or even if it ment on views over the Charter of Rights was true, saying only that “Canadians have and Freedoms. confi dence in the strength of our judiciary Not knowing who CTV and the Cana- in this country.” dian Press’ sources were, it’s open season Penny Collenette, who served as Jean for speculation on who pointed them in Chrétien’s director of appointments, called Report on Indo-Pacifi c event missed this direction. But the prevailing opinion the situation “shockingly bad form” on (rightly or wrongly) seems to be that it was Twitter, as it involved “extremely confi den- mentioning interesting speakers a PMO-led hit job on Ms. Wilson-Raybould, tial information about applicants to the with some of the internet commentariat Supreme Court.” e: “Tensions with China highlight need Society Policy Institute offi cial Lindsey decrying it as a smear campaign to paint Unless this story somehow came from Rto work with Indo-Pacifi c states with Ford’s criticism of a Chinese boycott of her as a secret Tory. the opposition in a bid to make the Liberals shared values: analyst,” (The Hill Times, Mac cosmetics products after the company For her part, the former justice minister, look bad, this is just another example of the March 13, p. 18). Thank you for publishing used a map of China without Taiwan in an when reached for comment, didn’t seem all government’s propensity to shoot itself in Samantha Wright Allen’s report about the ad; Brookings India fellow Dhruva Jais- that impressed, highlighting that the selec- the foot at every possible opportunity. Indo-Pacifi c: Regional Approaches and hankar’s expressed doubts about China’s tion process for a Supreme Court judge Add to that the March 26 decision by Canada’s Role conference at Carleton Uni- One Belt, One Road project going through includes “confi dential” conversations with the Liberal members of the Ethics Commit- versity on March 11. Kashmir, land whose ownership India the prime minister. tee to close another door on this airing of Missing from the Diplomatic Circles re- and Pakistan dispute; and Global Affairs “I do however fi nd it extremely wor- grievances that will only seem to be done in port is mention of: the welcoming words by Canada assistant deputy minister for inter- risome why you are even asking such a piecemeal fashion through news stories, Jeffrey Rice, director of Carleton’s Centre national security and political affairs Mark questions and where you received any and you have to wonder if there’s anybody for Security, Intelligence, and Defence Gwozdecky’s summing up and responses to such information. Commentary/report- who can be trusted to steer the ship. Studies; the panel introduction by modera- questions. ing in this regard with respect to a SCC The Hill Times tor Teddy Samy; panellist Tsutomu Kiku- Andrew Romain chi’s minatory remarks about China; Asia Gatineau, Que.

Turkey needs no help from Canada, Greece to reopen seminary e: “Turkey and Greece are capable of holding equality before law and respecting Rsolving their own issues,” (The Hill fundamental rights and freedoms.” Times, March 20, p. 8). Turkish authorities For this reason, Turkey, as a sovereign closed the Halki seminary in 1971. Since state, has the authority to reopen Halki. Tur- then, respected international organiza- key needs no help from Canada or Greece. tions, countless nations, and heads of state Trying to connect this issue to affairs in and government have asked Turkey to another sovereign state, while related, is reopen it. irrelevant and a delay tactic. In former United States president Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is Barack Obama’s historic address to the a Turkish citizen. He served in the Turk- Turkish Parliament in April 2009, 10 full ish military. He should not be treated as a years ago, he specifi cally cited the need to second-class citizen. As a country “respect- reopen Halki. This, Obama said, “will send ing fundamental rights and freedoms,” such an important signal inside Turkey Turkey should do the right thing on its own and beyond.” and reopen the Halki seminary. In her letter, Kevser Taymaz writes that Evan Sotiropoulos “Turkey is a constitutional democracy, up- Toronto, Ont.

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of war: weaponized narratives, planned a fake leadership bid. The Kenney campaign con and taking control of the narrative, Mr. Kenney has said communica- owning the narrative, hijacking tion between campaigns, which the narrative, “Who’s winning the he acknowledges occurred, is not narrative?” unusual. the new meaning of narrative Narratives are now fought If this sort of narrative over in hourly increments, with wankery were the sole domain winners and losers measured by of Kenney, contained to Alberta the notoriously misrepresenta- or limited to one party, it might Political actors tional gains and losses of manipu- be funny, in a political Darwin lated social media bandwagons Awards sort of way. But it belongs are now being and backlashes as well as the in- to an arsenal of tactics being used cast, scripted, and creasingly dubious barometer of in democracies worldwide that poll numbers. includes a range of other relent- rewarded to perform Winning the narrative at any less reality hacks, from Donald cost has now become such a Trump’s daily cavalcade of lies, in engineered ridiculously distorted driver that to the Russian spy shenanigans political actors are being cast, superimposed over the 2016 U.S. narratives as a means scripted, and paid to actually presidential campaign, to the lies to an end. Really. perform as actors in engineered that sold the massive lemon of stories to enable and rational- Brexit to the British people. At ize otherwise unachievable or some point along the way, the ob- implausible results. session with narrative coloniza- United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney, pictured speaking to reporters In Alberta, aides to United tion, engineering, and domination in Ottawa on May 7, 2018, has been accused of recruiting former Wildrose Conservative Party Leader Jason jumped the shark and—to mix TV Party president Jeff Callaway to do his dirty work against rival Brian Jean Kenney have been busted for re- metaphors—we’re now in Twilight in the 2017 UCP leadership contest as a ‘kamikaze candidate.’ Both Mr. cruiting former Wildrose Party Zone territory. Callaway and Mr. Kenney, though, deny they planned a fake leadership bid. president Jeff Callaway to do his When politicians start faking The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade dirty work against rival Brian their motives and allegiances and Jean in the 2017 UCP leadership every headline is just a means to mill town, to the impact of Bill pect in February 2008, “If Obama contest, acting as an avatar for an end on the way to a predeter- Clinton’s Man from Hope video at does win, it will be because Kenney, complete with speeches, mined result, it corrupts history Lisa Van Dusen the 1992 Democratic Convention, Democratic voters, and then the strategy, and talking points pro- and it corrupts the reporting What Fresh Hell politicians have used storytelling wider electorate, found them- vided by Kenney advisers. (This meant to inform the public about to connect to the public. selves transported by his story.” reverse-Cyrano operation carries the fi rst draft of that history. Covering the 2008 United Like so many things political, the added frisson that while Cal- And at a time when all politics is he word “narrative” as a politi- States presidential campaign, I the word “narrative” isn’t what it laway doesn’t look exactly like global, Alberta’s narrative fraud Tcal term of art is by no means know that I uttered the phrase used to be. As a political term, it Kenney, he looks enough like him is neither the beginning nor the new. The concept has been around “He’s got a great narrative” on has evolved from referring to a to live with Kenney’s mother.) end of the story. since long before the days when more than one occasion referring fi xed set of chronological facts That Callaway entered the race Lisa Van Dusen is associate Hollywood production values to Barack Obama’s background and the biographical colour or knowing exactly what his charac- editor of Policy Magazine and migrated to the White House as the Harvard-trained son of a other content connecting them to ter motivation was and that it had was a Washington and New with Ronald Reagan. From “the Kenyan father and mother from something far less empirical. nothing to do with winning has York-based editor at UPI, AP, and boy from Baie-Comeau” defi n- Kansas. As Paul Waldman wrote Today, when we hear the word caused him to be called the “ka- ABC. She writes a weekly column ing Brian Mulroney’s rise from in a piece titled The Triumph of “narrative” in a political context mikaze candidate.” Both Callaway for The Hill Times. son of an electrician in a Quebec Narrative in The American Pros- it’s usually deployed as a term and Kenney, though, deny they The Hill Times

By the time SS leader Heinrich offered up by those Latvians who Himmler formed the SS Latvian have so actively sought to re- Christchurch shooting response a Legion in 1943, Latvia had been write history. proclaimed Judenfrei (free of Last July 4, B’nai Brith Jews) by Hitler’s Third Reich. Canada, a Jewish human rights The central core of the new SS group, wrote an open letter to stark contrast to Latvian parade Latvian Legion was none other Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on than the killers of the Arajs Kom- the eve of his visit to Latvia, urg- mando. That Kommando included ing him to condemn these annual With Canada The extremist responsible for this independence from the Soviet a bloodthirsty anti-Semitic offi cer parades. massacre—and like New Zealand Union. In 1998, this event was named Herberts Cukurs, who This sentiment was repeated by condemning the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, I declared the offi cial remembrance Holocaust survivors directly link a Toronto Sun newspaper edito- refuse to grant him the notoriety he day by the Latvian government. to the murder of Jews. rial penned by B’nai Brith Canada annual parade, craves by naming him here—pub- Not surprisingly, such a blatant Latvian supporters of the SS CEO Michael Mostyn on March 15, hopefully it will lished a 74-page manifesto outlining glorifi cation of Nazis drew a stern Legion make the point that many just ahead of this year’s parade. his right-wing racist views. rebuke from the European Union, members of these two combat Well, lo and behold, Global follow through on The international commu- and in 2000, the SS Latvian divisions—120,000 personnel in Affairs Canada has now issued a nity was quick to condemn this Legion parades were once again total—were forcibly conscripted formal condemnation to Latvia. its commitment to slaughter of innocents as an act of made “unoffi cial.” Nevertheless by the Germans. That is a histori- “Canada is strongly opposed terrorism. This monstrous act also they are allowed to continue. cal fact that is not in dispute. to the glorifi cation of Nazism, and see a more ‘inclusive served to highlight the growing Photographs and videos from this However, I argue that if you all forms of racism, racial dis- threat stemming from the rise in year’s parade—one of the biggest were forced to wear an SS uni- crimination, xenophobia, intoler- Latvia.’ alt-right, neo-Nazi, and anti-Se- in recent history—show several form against your will during the ance, and extremism”, stated Amy mitic groups around the world. marchers sporting swastikas on Second World War, it is unlikely Mills, spokesperson for Global The Christchurch terrorist their arms. that you would dig it out of your Affairs Canada. “This is why we himself made a direct link to Latvian diehard nationalists clothes closet to proudly wear it condemn the parade to com- Canada by lionizing the Quebec who defend these parades claim down the streets of Riga 45 years memorate the Latvian SS Brigade City mosque murder rampage that these swastikas are in fact later. held in Latvia on March 16.” conducted by 28-year-old Alexan- the Cross of Thunder, an ancient No, those SS Latvian Legion Canada currently has 540 dre Bissonnette on Jan. 29, 2017. Central Asian symbol. veterans who participate in troops stationed in Latvia with It was indeed a sobering re- Nice try. Since the Second the parades in ever-dwindling the stated mission to protect our minder that terrorists come in all World War and the adoption of the numbers were the hardcore SS NATO partner from Russian Scott Taylor colours and from all walks of life. swastika by Hitler’s Nazis, we all volunteers. aggression and to protect our In stark contrast to this grim know what this symbol has come One argument offered by Lat- shared values. Inside Defence reality, mere hours after the to stand for. via’s apologists for their glorifi ca- Turns out we don’t share the Christchurch shootings, more Many of the SS Latvian Legion tion of a Nazi unit is that it is a same viewpoint as Latvia when TTAWA—On March 16, Ca- than a thousand people marched apologists argue that this particu- commemoration of the sacrifi ce it comes to glorifying Hitler’s SS. Onadians were still coming to through the streets of Riga, lar military unit was not directly they made. The problem with that Let’s hope that Canada follows grips with the shocking news of Latvia, to commemorate Adolf involved in Hitler’s Final Solution logic is that Nov. 11 remains the through with the discussions in- a terrorist attack in Christchurch, Hitler’s Second World War SS to exterminate the Jews. offi cial national day of remem- tended to develop what Mills said New Zealand. A white suprema- Latvian Legion. This is a bit of a moot point brance in Latvia, wherein all will be a more “inclusive Latvia.” cist had gunned down 100 Mus- This controversial annual as the 27,000 Jews in Latvia were fallen warriors are grieved. Scott Taylor is the edi- lims—50 killed and 50 wounded— parade to celebrate perpetrators slaughtered in 1941 and 1942 by Needless to say, B’nai Brith tor and publisher of Esprit de at two separate mosques during of the Holocaust has taken place a Latvian militia known as the was never fooled by the obfus- Corps magazine. the Friday prayers. since 1990, when Latvia gained Arajs Kommando. cation and distortion of history The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

Agriculture Let’s ditch the silos: Minister Marie- Claude Bibeau should be part of a whole-of- towards an integrated government approach to grow Canada’s agriculture and agri-food agri-food policy framework sector, says Don Buckingham. The Hill Times come to mind: water management, novation by developing a model of photograph by climate change mitigation, and effi cient and managed water use, Andrew Meade economic growth through trade di- while at the same time protect- versifi cation. The multifacetedness ing our natural resource base. An Finally, economic gains through an integrated agri-food policy. In- of each makes it hard to see how effective policy dialogue needs to trade diversifi cation will require stead of defi ning joint mandates for the required policy initiatives for occur as to how industry and other co-operation across government de- various adjacent ministries alone, the agriculture and agri-food sector competing water users can best partments to get new (and maintain Canada should look to create a could come out of the Agriculture meet their water needs while con- existing) market access for quality trans-disciplinary knowledge net- and Agri-Food Canada shop alone. serving Canada’s water resources Canadian products. New innova- work, including scientists, policy re- Instead, a priority list established that are maintaining water quality tions will allow Canadian products searchers, individual producers, and Don Buckingham by several government departments in our rivers and lakes, particularly to hit the market with better sustain- processors across various regions. Agriculture and stakeholder groups needs to be those near agricultural operations. ability and nutritional attributes to Such a network would work as developed based on “win-win-win” Regarding climate change, the be offered to eager customers, at a hub to bring together the knowl- (economic-environmental-social) world faces the challenge of produc- home and to many countries abroad. edge created by these players and to he Canadian government has best practices and new technolo- ing enough affordable, accessible, The agriculture and agri-food sector establish an integrated policy devel- Tidentifi ed the agriculture and gies that can apply across Canada. and healthy food for a growing pop- needs to be able to brand its prod- opment process. With this renewed agri-food sector as an engine of Many of the best practices in ulation while maintaining profi tabil- ucts with strong, reliable metrics that approach to international markets, growth, with some pretty ambi- agriculture and agri-food, including ity and without destroying Canada’s refl ect the diversity of players along new challenges and opportunities tious targets over the next decade. precision plant nutrient application, and the planet’s natural capital (land, the value chain, while also assuring will emerge requiring transparency The 2017 Barton Report by the improved soil and water manage- water, air, and biodiversity). consumers that the sector is nimble in communicating sustainability government’s Advisory Council on ment schemes, animal genetics, Food production needs to grow enough to respond to their ever- and quality attributes of our prod- Economic Growth proposed that and improved feeding practices, by 70 per cent between now and changing needs. ucts. This will be key for maintain- Canada should boost its agriculture have the potential to signifi cantly 2050 to meet the projected global Government and industry ing public trust and capturing value exports by $11-billion and its agri- advance Canada’s public policy demand, but we must do this while players must work together with in markets home and abroad. food exports by $19-billion by 2027. objectives in all three focus areas. reducing the carbon footprint of the academia, experts, and practitio- By adopting a whole-of-govern- The Agri-Food Economic Strate- Take water management. Cana- agriculture and agri-food sector in ners to share knowledge about ment approach, then developing an gy Table released last fall asserts that da has seven per cent of the world’s Canada and beyond. It is crucial to these changing requirements. Stan- integrated policy framework, and we can do even better, setting targets renewable freshwater supply, but bring together scientifi c research dards must enshrined in regula- fi nally rolling out this strategy for of $85-billion in agriculture and agri- faces pressures from urbanization and innovation; environmental tion, which will signal quality and strong economic and environmen- food exports as well as $140-billion and agriculture. As the world strug- practices; improvements in nutri- authenticity of those standards to tal performance, the tremendous in domestic sales by 2025. gles to produce more food, water tional quality and human health; markets. Stakeholders must come export potential of our agriculture But to make this growth hap- will become an increasingly limit- the integration of microbiome, together to discuss and decide and agri-food sector can be real- pen, specifi c policy areas need to ing factor for many countries. Some plant, animal, and human health upon appropriate industry actions ized. As this government’s four- be strengthened. There is no better of the world’s major exporters are (the One Health concept); and and government policies for brand- year mandate closes and another time than now to demonstrate how at risk of groundwater depletion market and non-market costs and ing Canadian agri-food products. one begins, the timing could not be important a whole-of-government because they produce and export benefi ts with policies and practices All of this policy heavy-lifting can better to put this strategy in place. approach can be in achieving food using irrigated land with water that encourage innovation and no longer be done in isolated gov- Don Buckingham is president these ambitious objectives. from rapidly depleting aquifers. scaling up, to increase production ernment departments or industry- and CEO of the Canadian Agri- Three key focus areas for a Canada can become a world and profi tability while reducing our specifi c silos. We must work together Food Policy Institute. whole-of-government approach leader in water management in- greenhouse gas emissions. for the development and roll-out of The Hill Times Time to implement Canada’s resettlement policies for Central Americans fl eeing violence I witnessed that in Mexico with Ninety-nine per cent of them go All of this runs contrary to inter- • implement Canada’s resettle- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). I uninvestigated and unpunished. national norms and our Canadian ment policy for Northern Central met Gloria. She had been forced to It is hardly surprising that Glo- values. Canada played a lead role American refugees and enforce leave El Salvador. Gangs threatened ria did not feel safe. And she did internationally in the Global Com- gang-related violence as a reason to kill both her son when he refused not believe she would get permis- pact on Refugees but, in the whole for acceptance. to join them and her daughter when sion to remain. In 2015, nine out of 2017, Canada resettled only 28 Canada has helped 51,000 Syr- she refused to be a gang leader’s of 10 Northern Central Americans Central American refugees. ians resettle in the country since girlfriend. Fearing for their lives, detained in Mexico were deported Today, nearly 70 million people on 2015. Canada can also help those Gloria fl ed with her children. back to their home countries. the move worldwide are fl eeing situ- forced to fl ee on our continent. Gloria’s story is all too common. The reality is that Mexico is not ations such as the extreme violence We are all aware that Canada Rachel Kiddell-Monroe Nearly 500,000 Central Americans able or ready to host these people, of war or gangs, structural poverty, is a country built by the courage Immigration fl ee to Mexico every year. Nearly from a legal, human rights, or eco- corruption, and the impact of climate and determination of immigrants. two in fi ve asylum seekers report nomic perspective. Northern Cen- change. Yet, despite international Central Americans who are forced direct attacks or gang-forced tral Americans face equal or even legal norms, many people are re- to fl ee their homes are courageous recently returned from a humani- recruitment as the main reason for greater violence in Mexico, and are jected or blocked from entering host and determined. And in eight years Itarian mission in Venezuela. I wit- fl eeing their country. denied protection and health care. countries or forcibly returned to the or less, statistics show they become nessed an entire people’s survival When she arrived in Mexico, Like many before her, Gloria violence and misery they escaped. net contributors to society. They being instrumentalized for political Gloria expected to fi nd sanctuary. continued her perilous journey to the Europe has its hands full with are actually an investment, not a aims. Food and medicine have be- Mexico has laws to protect refugees. United States. Aside from the dan- people on the move crossing the burden to society. come luxuries and people dream of However, there is a gap between the gers of the journey, at the border she Mediterranean. Canada has an op- But at its base, this is not an eco- safe refuge. One in 10 Venezuelans law and its implementation. would face an increasingly restrictive portunity to do its part by demon- nomics debate. This is a question of has been forced to fl ee since 2015. Instead of being welcomed, U.S. immigration policy. She would strating leadership on this continent humanity. There are now thousands Out of necessity. Not out of choice. Gloria was kidnapped by a gang. face hostility fanned by the growing by helping people in its own back- of women and their children fl eeing The situation in Venezuela is She was raped multiple times. So anti-immigration, securitization, and yard, people like Gloria. Canada can: Central America for their lives. We all too familiar for the people of was her 16-year-old daughter. Her xenophobic populist discourse. • fully recognize the humani- have a responsibility to make sure Honduras, El Salvador, and Guate- son was forced to watch. According In Northern Central America, tarian and international protection they do not suffer Gloria’s fate. mala (Northern Central America). to MSF, close to one in three women the humanitarian crisis is, at its needs of Northern Central Ameri- Rachel Kiddell-Monroe is a The pattern of sexual and physical arriving in Mexico from Northern heart, a crisis of compassion and can refugees and asylum seekers; lawyer and an activist. She is pro- violence, persecution, and forced Central America reported sexual humanity that is causing immense • advocate for safe passage, fessor of practice at McGill Uni- repatriation in Northern Central abuse during their journey. suffering and indignity. Perverse protection, and access to health versity and currently serves on the America is similar to the condi- In Mexico, local authorities of- policies and discourses deny care for Northern Central Ameri- international board of directors of tions found in the world’s deadli- ten turn a blind eye. Violent crimes people access to basic protection cans forced to fl ee, regardless of Médecins Sans Frontières. est armed confl icts. against migrants are rampant. and safety. their legal status; The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 11 Comment

fray and told Maclean’s magazine’s Paul Wells that there was “much more” that needed to be said about Like sands through the hourglass, the the SNC-Lavalin saga. That torpe- doed any of the Trudeau Liberals’ last hopes that they were free and clear of this storm. SNC saga is leaving everyone restless Philpott’s comments also got tensions fl aring among fellow cau- cus members, with some demand- The Conservatives, propelled by ing enough was enough and that Trying to fi gure out the Justice Committee outcome, ex- she and Wilson-Raybould should the next plot twist in ecuted a few parliamentary stunts of just go into the House of Commons their own. They worked to delay the and speak. Parliamentary privilege this ongoing political fi nance minister from introducing overrides all, they argued. All the the budget, tried to drown him out while, the prime minister has some drama would be a while he spoke, and then the next caucus discontent festering. Not day created a 30-hour voting mara- what you want before an election. fool’s errand. thon to make the point that shutting Wilson-Raybould popped up down the committee was wrong. again saying now she was going to While some commentators provide a written report, which will chided the Conservatives for be- apparently be made public, that pro- ing rude in trying to drown out vides more documentary evidence Bill Morneau and being gimmicky and responses to some of the state- for the voting marathon, their ments made by other witnesses at shenanigans meant SNC-Lavalin the Justice Committee. It is hard to stayed in the news. It also meant imagine that this will be a Hallmark no one really knew what the of- card, though on Monday of this fi cial opposition thought of the week the prime minister said he budget measures introduced. Tim Powers recently had a cordial conversation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, may have wanted to shift focus to his Neil Bruce, the CEO of SNC- with former minister. It’s important Plain Speak last budget before the election, but the ongoing strikes from former cabinet Lavalin, did an interview last week to remember that after they chatted ministers Jane Philpott, middle, and Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, keep adding and said he never communicated to a few weeks ago, Wilson-Raybould fuel to the SNC-Lavalin fi re. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade the government that no DPA meant left cabinet and, well, the rest is TTAWA—It really does feel no future for his company, and in history. Contemplating the next plot Olike a soap opera. The “it,” of Last week, also, an election Recapping last week’s high- turn 9,000 jobs lost. This seemed to twist would be a fool’s errand. course, is the ongoing SNC-La- was called in Alberta. It is being lights will require more words than be a central tenet in all the govern- The one thing that may be on valin saga and its numerous plot billed as the most meaningful The Hill Times affords me, but here ment’s messaging. It was cast adrift the government’s side is both the twists. A little more than a week electoral contest in generations. are a few. The Liberal members of by the CEO of the company the public and many commentators’ ago, the Liberals brought down It has national implications, in the Justice Committee used their Liberals were trying to help. This attention span for this story might their last budget prior to the elec- terms of federal policy direc- majority to prevent any more testi- week, after the damage was done, be exhausted. Somewhere, Justin tion. It was meant to be a scene- tions and broader discourse. It mony on the matter from anyone, the company put out a statement to Trudeau is crossing all his fi ngers changer and a launch pad for new was called on the same day of including Jody Wilson-Raybould. clarify that though it never “threat- and toes, hoping that is the case. storytelling. To date, most of the the budget. While it has garnered At other times, a governing party ened” the feds with job losses, it Tim Powers is vice-chairman budget’s program announcements some important national media using its majority to stop some- did indeed tell the government the of Summa Strategies and manag- have either fallen off the news attention, it still isn’t the No. 1 thing politically controversial agreement was the best way to “pro- ing director of Abacus Data. He is agenda or are found way down drama. That title is held, weeks would get a mention and a slap tect and grow” those Canadian jobs. a former adviser to Conservative story boards behind that other and weeks after its initial incar- on the wrist, but the news agenda Jane Philpott, the former su- political leaders. menacing tale. nation, by SNC-Lavalin. would not move on. Not this time. perstar minister, jumped into the The Hill Times

Que., near my home in Kamouraska. All these coincidental news ‘Made in Canada’ items lead me to conclude that we do not appreciate what we have in Canada: a world-leading trans- portation company that produces quality planes and trains, and should be a always has. I remember the day the de Havilland Dash 8 was rolled out of the factory in Toronto by 5,000 source of pride proud employees before dignitaries including Pierre Trudeau. The plane went on to be a world leader for As SNC-Lavalin, in Ottawa and abroad was striking: safety, fuel effi ciency, and capacity while Parliamentarians on Parlia- to land pretty well anywhere. The Boeing, and other ment Hill and Canadians debated Bombardier, which has sold C Series planes to airlines including AirBaltic, has always heir of the little de Havilland Bea- the merits of SNC-Lavalin benefi t- hired and promoted Canadians and produced innovative products, yet its strongest ver bush plane, it was the precur- companies make ing from a deferred prosecution market is outside of Canada, says Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Olivier Cabaret sor of the Bombardier Q400, which agreement, or DPA, a few blocks is hugely popular in Africa, and is negative headlines, away at Ottawa City Hall, a $1.6-bil- and the revelation the new trains With enormous fuel effi ciency the mainstay of Porter Air. lion contract was being speedily ap- may not operate in heavy snow. and advanced computer electronics, I look at these successes, and the let’s remember proved by councillors for the second Alstom made the news in 2014 the CS300 was a leader in its class, constant carping of critics, many Ca- Bombardier’s success. phase of the city’s light rail transit when the United States Depart- despite delays in getting it in the nadian, about Bombardier. And yet, (LRT) system. Especially notable ment of Justice fi ned it about air. As investor enthusiasm cooled this is a company that has a good about the contract was the winning $1-billion for bribing offi cials in and the plane’s production was track record, which has always hired bidder: Canada’s SNC-Lavalin. Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, sold to Airbus, C Series sales were and promoted Canadians, produced Let’s put aside for a moment the Bahamas, and Taiwan after it overtaken by the 737 Max, thanks to innovative products, and is global in the coincidence of SNC-Lavalin pleaded guilty. Boeing’s deep pockets. scope. And yet its strongest market being awarded the contract while The fi ne was paid as part of a de- Bombardier’s rail division has is outside of Canada. doubt has been expressed about its ferred prosecution agreement of the been the subject of criticism for de- At some point, we have to stop capacity to operate in Canada if it kind SNC-Lavalin has been seeking lays in delivery of Toronto streetcars, running down our own, and real- is found guilty of corrupt practices. from the Trudeau government. Note and it took another hit when the new ize that “Made in Canada” on our Last week, the CBC reported that the that the fi ne was administered by REM (Réseau express métropolitain) products is a reason for pride— company hadn’t met the technical an American government led by transit network in Montreal chose not contempt. Andrew Caddell is retired from Andrew Caddell threshold to qualify to do the LRT Democrat Barack Obama. Alstom to build its trains. project, though city offi cials defend- Meanwhile, the tragedies of However, Bombardier has been Global Affairs Canada, where he was With All Due Respect ed how the process played out. crashes of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes building subway cars for New York a senior policy adviser. He previously Another company, France-based in similar circumstances in Indone- City and recently secured a con- worked as an adviser to Liberal gov- Alstom, which provided the trains sia and Ethiopia have a Canadian tract in New Jersey, worth around ernments. He is a fellow with the Ca- hey say timing is everything in the fi rst phase of the light rail connection. The Boeing 737 Max was $900-million. My hope is that more nadian Global Affairs Institute and a Tin politics, and more than system, which is nearing completion, rushed into production to counter contracts will mean the company principal of QIT Canada. He can be likely in journalism as well. has not endeared itself to the people sales of the innovative, but maligned, may be able to hire back laid-off reached at [email protected]. The recent confl uence of events of Ottawa with constant LRT delays Bombardier CS300. workers at its plant in La Pocatière, The Hill Times 12 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News Legislation

Senators on the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Status of including Conservative Claude government bills Carignan, left, and Independents André HOUSE OF COMMONS Pratte, middle, and Second reading: Pierrette Ringuette, • C-5, An Act to Repeal Division 20 of Part 3 of right, have proposed the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 changes to the • C-12, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces government’s Members and Veterans Re-establishment and access-to- Compensation Act information bill, • C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefi ts C-58. The Hill Times Standards Act, 1985 fi le photographs • C-28, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and photograph by (victim surcharge) Andrew Meade • C-32, An Act related to the repeal of Section 159 of the Criminal Code • C-33, An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act • C-34, An Act to amend the Public Service back before the committee at a coming Labour Relations Act meeting. His proposed change to the bill • C-38, An Act to amend an Act to amend the would switch the procedure when the com- Criminal Code (exploitation and traffi cking in Senators crack persons) missioner’s decision is challenged in Fed- eral Court. Instead of the bill’s current path • C-39, An Act to amend the Criminal Code for the hearing to be treated as a brand-new (unconstitutional provisions) proceeding where everything is on the table • C-42, Veterans Well-being Act down on ‘culture of and new information can be considered • C-43, An Act respecting a payment to be (known as a de novo hearing), Sen. Pratte made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund proposed narrowing it so that only the fi nal to support a pan-Canadian artifi cial intelligence decision can be up for debate. strategy Sen. Joyal said it’s not a regular prac- • C-52, Supporting Vested Rights Under Access delay’ in access-to- tice to invite witnesses to return to com- to Information Act mittee during clause-by-clause delibera- • C-56, An Act to amend the Corrections and tion, “but if there is substantial concern, Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of instead of rushing or instead of saying Early Parole Act information regime ‘We’re going to take the risk,’ it’s better • C-87, Poverty Reduction Act to have” an expert who can speak to the • C-88, An Act to amend the Mackenzie Valley practical application of proposed changes Resource Management Act and the Canada Petroleum Resources Act requests, aside from the initial application to legislation that hasn’t been reviewed in Continued from page 1 • C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and fee, which is currently $5 but could go as any major way in 35 years. Métis children, youth, and families gnan (Mille Isles, Que.), who proposed the high as $25, according to the legislation. Independent Senator Pierrette • C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited change on March 20, said he has had a Ringuette (New Brunswick), the sponsor record suspensions for simple possession of request in since June 5, 2018, for informa- of the bill in the Senate, said she has some cannabis tion about the process of appointing a new more amendments to the bill coming from Bill sponsor laments ‘delay • C-94, An Act respecting certain payments to be Senate clerk. He said he last received a the government, some of which are techni- tactics’ as C-58 lingers in made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund response at the end of February that staff cal or fi xing drafting errors, as well as Committee: were still looking for records. committee stemming from further consultation and • S-6, Canada-Madagascar Tax Convention The change would bring the federal Senators began line-by-line delibera- collaboration between the privacy and Implementation Act, 2018 law into alignment with some provincial tion of Bill C-58 on Feb. 28, with that day’s information commissioners. • C-91, Indigenous Languages Act rules, said Sen. Carignan, who initially meeting held prior to a two-week parlia- But she said she’s disappointed at the Report stage: proposed that the extension limit get a mentary break and two more meetings speed at which the bill is moving through • C-82, Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax hard cap of 60 days. held March 20 and 21, during the month’s the committee, after having been in the Conventions Act Independent Senator Elaine McCoy only sitting week. Senate since December 2017. Bill C-58 Third reading: (Alberta), who had a similar amendment to In that time period, members of the was fi rst referred to committee in June • C-84, An Act to amend the Criminal Code put on the table, said that in her research Legal and Constitutional Affairs Commit- and the group had 13 meetings since (bestiality and animal fi ghting) about the access-to-information system, tee have made a series of amendments, October, hearing from more than 30 wit- she was struck by “the culture of delay” that including those fl owing from the govern- nesses before starting its clause-by-clause SENATE pervades it. “So it’s endemic. …And people ment, such as striking a controversial sec- deliberation. Second reading: who are just asking for innocent informa- tion that required requesters to describe “From my perspective, this is an ex- • C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, tion on a regular case-by-case basis for the record’s time period, subject, and tremely slow process,” Sen. Ringuette told the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and other Acts, their clients, they count on getting the type—something a House committee also The Hill Times. “I understand that some and to make consequential amendments to information back between two and three fl agged when it studied the bill. Witnesses people want to have delay tactics, but… another Act years [later] if they are lucky. That’s not had warned that level of detail, particular- I’m here to do a job, and that’s to review • C-77, An Act to amend the National Defence helpful. We need to say that’s not the way ly with First Nations trying to pursue land bills in front of us and give a sober second Act to make related and consequential amend- this system is supposed to work.” claims, would limit disclosure of records opinion.” ments to other Acts Conservative Senator Denise Batters where such detail is not known, and likely Sen. Pratte, who has more amendments • C-78, An Act to amend the Divorce Act, the (Saskatchewan) said on March 20 she was lead to departments denying requests. coming up—including one to have the infor- Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement talking to an “experienced and respected” Former Treasury Board presidents mation commissioner’s new orders certifi ed Assistance Act, and the Garnishment, Attach- Parliament Hill reporter earlier that day Scott Brison and Jane Philpott (Markham- by the Federal Court to give them more ment, and Pension Diversion Act who told her that the system was so bro- Stouffville, Ont.) previously told commit- authority—said the committee is “working • C-83, An Act to amend the Corrections and ken he no longer fi les access-to-informa- tee members that the government was diligently,” but through complex issues. Conditional Release Act and another Act tion requests. “I found that quite shocking,” willing to make a variety of changes to The bill “fails on many counts” and • C-85, An Act to amend the Canada-Israel Free she said. “It’s frankly a very unfortunate the bill, after it received much criticism “doesn’t go far enough” when you com- Trade Agreement Implementation Act and to situation to have in Canada.” upon introduction in 2017 for not going pare the legislation to the Liberal gov- make related amendments to other Acts Putting a stop to delays in the system far enough to improve the system, or even ernment’s 2015 electoral commitments Committee: is a question of political will, Sen. Cari- taking steps backward. towards fi xing the access-to-information • C-48, Oil Tanker Moratorium Act gnan said. He compared it to the federal The committee chair, Liberal Senator system, Sen. Pratte said, which is why • C-55, An Act to amend the Oceans Act and government needing to put resources into Serge Joyal (Kennebec, Que.), told The there are so many amendments. the Canada Petroleum Resources Act the court system to deal with delays after Hill Times he couldn’t predict how much And while he said he thinks the bill is • C-58, An Act to amend the Access to Informa- a 2016 Supreme Court decision that put longer the group, which has gone through “proceeding at a normal pace” through tion Act and the Privacy Act and to make a limit of 18 months in provincial court about half of the bill, will pore over the the Senate, he said “we have to be aware consequential amendments to other Acts of 30 months in superior court between legislation. He said he doesn’t know how that there are other government bills that • C-59, An Act respecting national security mat- charges being laid and the end of a trial— many more amendments will be proposed will arrive in front of this committee that ters known as the Jordan decision. beyond the more than a dozen that have are also in some cases complex bills. And • C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act The access-to-information regime now already come to the fl oor. Sen. Joyal said ideally we’d like to proceed with the study • C-69, An Act to amend the Impact Assessment allows any Canadian or permanent resi- the group may need two or three more of these bills as rapidly as possible. But Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to dent to fi ll out a form to request specifi c meetings to fi nish clause-by-clause delib- I think up to this point we can’t really go amend the Navigation Protection Act government documents for a $5 fee. eration. faster without doing the proper work.” • C-71, An Act to amend certain Acts and Regu- The committee also approved another Sen. Pratte put forward an amendment The Senate is set to resume sitting on lations in relation to fi rearms change from Independent Senator André on March 21 that prompted the committee April 2. • C-81, Accessible Canada Act Pratte (De Salaberry, Que.) to get rid of all to invite information commissioner Caro- [email protected] fees associated with access-to-information line Maynard, or someone from her offi ce, The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 13 Opinion A call for coherence on offi cial languages ing of language rights. ada’s attorney general is defend- the implementation of its poli- Is there nothing that can be done? While the federal On the one hand, it is reso- ing a decision that will wreak cies and, in so doing, is held to The federal government would government has lutely moving towards a full havoc on minority language com- such a low standard in terms be well advised to look to a deci- modernization of the Offi cial munities. Last May, the Federal of oversight and impact assess- sion it made early in its mandate. pledged to review and Languages Act. This law, which Court released its judgment in ment that quasi-constitutional Readers will be surprised to learn is meant to serve not just as a Fédération des francophones language protections are mean- that, instead of mechanically modernize the Offi cial lifeline for offi cial language com- de la Colombie-Britannique vs. ingless. The duty to take “positive defending an outdated regulation munities but as a driver of their Canada. The backdrop to this measures,” meant to give teeth to made under the Offi cial Languag- Languages Act, it’s vitality, is failing. It guarantees case is a 2008 federal-provincial the legislation, is merely smoke es Act, which determines where been defending a that these communities can ac- agreement, through which Can- and mirrors. To be sure, this was federal services must be offered cess federal services, work in the ada entrusted British Columbia never Parliament’s intention, in both languages, the former at- decision in court that public service, and be heard by with implementing its policies on and politicians of all stripes have torney general stayed the case (a federal courts in their language, employment assistance services. expressed their disbelief. challenge brought by the Société will wreak havoc on among other things. The result? A dramatic decrease The Fédération des franco- franco-manitobaine, scheduled to In order to give it teeth, a in the participation of French- phones de la Colombie-Britan- be heard by the Federal Court). minority language specifi c provision requires fed- speaking communities in the nique and the offi cial languages Scott Brison, then-president of eral institutions take “positive provision of such services and commissioner have appealed the Treasury Board, and Joly communities. measures” to support community their availability in French. the decision, and the matter is proudly announced that the regu- development. Yet, this fundamen- In court, French speakers now before the Federal Court of lation would be rewritten and, tal piece of the legislation has claimed that the federal govern- Appeal. There is a widespread in the meantime, that no federal countless shortcomings, not least ment had to take “positive mea- consensus that the judgment service would cease to be offered of which are its inept governance sures” to prevent the agreement cannot stand. Unfortunately, in both languages. This result structure and weak enforcement from harming them. In a dra- absent a change of course, the was a great victory for language mechanisms. matic twist, the court found the attorney general will defend the rights in Canada. The need for structural reform Offi cial Languages Act “devoid previous government’s actions The current justice minister is so great that both the Senate of all specifi city” and shied away and the Federal Court’s narrow and attorney general, David and the House are ambitiously from imposing particular duties. and damaging interpretation of Lametti, can be just as creative. studying the topic, while the It reasoned that: as the govern- the law. This will hurt Quebec’s Padminee Chundunsing is something chairperson of the Fédération Darius Bossé, Jennifer Klinck, prime minister has, more than ment had done —held English speakers and all French- once, publicly stated his govern- certain consultations and includ- speaking Canadians. des francophones de la Colom- Mark Power, Padminee bie-Britannique. Mark Power, Chundunsing & Perri Ravon ment’s commitment to modern- ed a weak language provision in The greatest irony is that the izing the law. Offi cial Languages the agreement—it was shielded prime minister publicly promised Perri Ravon, Darius Bossé, and Justice Minister Mélanie Joly launched from scrutiny. to rewrite the Offi cial Languages Jennifer Klinck are lawyers at this review earlier this month. The response? National Act merely two weeks after the Power Law representing the federation in its appeal. he Federal government is at Meanwhile, in court, a very consternation. The federal Federal Court’s judgment, largely The Hill Times Ta crossroads in its champion- different story is unfolding. Can- government can contract out in response to that very judgment.

Politics News Ethics Committee defeats opposition parties’ motion to probe SNC-Lavalin aff air

The House one to put all the relevant facts Continued from page 1 Ethics and evidence out. Other Liberal At a special meeting on March Committee, MPs, though, have said that Ms. 26 during a constituency week, chaired by Wilson-Raybould does not need members of the 10-member Ac- Conservative the new waiver because if she has cess to Information, Privacy, and MP Bob more information to add to what Ethics Committee voted 6-3 not to Zimmer, she has already shared with the proceed with their own probe. The left, Justice Committee, she could do Liberals have six members on defeated an that in the House where she has the committee, the Conservatives opposition parliamentary privilege. three, and the NDP one. The com- motion to Mr. Trudeau, his former prin- mittee is chaired by Conservative study the cipal secretary Gerald Butts, and MP Bob Zimmer (Prince George- SNC-Lavalin outgoing Privy Council clerk Mi- Peace River-Northern Rockies, affair on chael Wernick—all of whom inter- B.C.), who would have voted only March acted with Ms. Wilson-Raybould in case of a tie. 26. The on the SNC-Lavalin case—have The House Justice Commit- Hill Times categorically denied Ms. Wilson- tee shut down its own study of photograph Raybould was ever subjected to the scandal on March 19. But by Andrew any inappropriate pressure. Still, Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Vancou- Meade the controversy has led to the ver Granville, B.C.) has since resignation of several senior Lib- informed the committee that she erals, including Mr. Butts, and Ms. plans to provide more documen- Wilson-Raybould and Treasury tary evidence such as text mes- “To me, it makes far more Ms. Wilson-Raybould spoke portfolio. This waiver did not cover Board president Jane Philpott sages and emails in her posses- sense to see what is said in that before the Justice Committee late the time after she was shuffl ed to (Markham-Stouffville, Ont.) from sion that are relevant to the study. statement, to see how Justice last month, alleging that 11 senior the new portfolio on Jan. 14. Ms. cabinet. Mr. Wernick announced She also plans to submit a written reacts to that, and whether they Liberals and government offi cials Wilson-Raybould quit cabinet over he would retire from his position statement. think any of that new information inappropriately pressured her to the controversy on Feb. 12. before the October election. During the March 26 meeting, is something worth reconsidering intervene to stop the prosecution Ms. Wilson-Raybould has said On March 21, Ms. Philpott Maclean’s Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine- their previous decision to close of the Montreal-based engineer- publicly that she wants to share gave an interview to Smith (Beaches-East York, Ont.), off their study,” said Mr. Erskine- ing and construction giant that’s the rest of the story but would re- magazine in which she said vice-chair of the committee, Smith. facing charges of fraud and cor- quire a waiver from Mr. Trudeau there’s “much more to the story was the only Liberal to speak to The Ethics Committee met ruption. At the time, Mr. Trudeau to cover the time after the cabinet that needs to be told” and that the explain why party members were Tuesday afternoon to consider had waived the solicitor-client shuffl e. As of deadline yesterday, prime minister should waive the opposing the motion. He said the requests from Conservative and privilege and cabinet confi dence the prime minister had not grant- cabinet confi dentiality for her Justice Committee is still await- NDP MPs to probe the SNC-La- restrictions on the former justice ed that and it appeared unlikely and Ms. Wilson-Raybould. She ac- ing more information from the valin scandal that has overshad- minister so she could offer her he would. Mr. Erskine-Smith, cused Mr. Trudeau and his senior former justice minister, and the owed the government’s agenda testimony related to her time as however, said after the commit- advisers of trying to “shut down” Ethics Committee should let that and has dogged Prime Minister attorney general until the Janu- tee meeting that he would be in the story. [email protected] process conclude before launch- Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) ary cabinet shuffl e when she was favour of extending the waiver The Hill Times ing a new inquiry. since Feb. 7. moved to the Veterans Affairs if Ms. Wilson-Raybould needs 14 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News Politics Outspoken Liberal MP Wayne Long could face contested nomination First-time tion calling for a public inquiry line all the time,” and any Liberal politician Wayne into the SNC-Lavalin controversy candidate would have to “play Long, pictured in that has rocked the party for that card.” 2015 soon after more than a month, leading to A well-known local business- his election, said four high-profi le resignations. man and former president of the when coming The Liberals are still weather- local hockey team, the Saint John into government ing the fallout from a Globe and Sea Dogs, Mr. Long said his ap- he wasn’t aware Mail story later supported by proach comes natural as someone of the pressure committee testimony from former who is comfortable in his own to adhere to justice minister Jody Wilson- skin, and it’s what his constitu- whipped votes Raybould (Vancouver Granville, ents want. and didn’t B.C.) that she had been pressured “Saint Johners tend to identify expect to earn a to allow Quebec engineering with the individual at times more reputation as one fi rm SNC-Lavalin avoid criminal than the party. I recognize I walk of the few Liberal prosecution through a deferred a bit of a balance between that,” MPs critical of prosecution agreement. and he said, pointing to former their own party. “I want the cloud of skepticism mayor and Progressive Conser- The Hill Times and doubt among some Canadi- vative MP Elsie Wayne as an photograph by ans to disappear,” said Mr. Long. example of a local politician who Andrew Meade In 2017, he was kicked off of successfully straddled that line. two committees for about four “I’m very connected to my con- Mr. Long said he didn’t meet again. And in New Brunswick months when he voted against stituents, I’m very active on social Continued from page 1 the targets by Oct. 1 for voter ID Southwest, Karen Ludwig is set to the party line on proposed small- media, and I’m trying to present work as a strategy to keep the data collection and fundraising again compete with John William- business tax changes. While Mr. a new style of politician and a New Brunswick riding he wrested because he was focused on help- son. She won the last election by Long didn’t agree with the pun- new kind of politics to the riding,” from the Conservatives last ing his provincial counterparts in 5.36 per cent over him. ishment, he said he “absolutely” said Mr. Long, who considers election that observers say has a the tightly fought September elec- To date, while more than 150 respects the party’s right to make himself a “blue Liberal,” balanc- strong conservative undercurrent. tion that led to the eventual loss Grit MPs have secured their that decision. ing a fi scally responsible, pro- If Liberals MPs wanted to of a Liberal minority government nominations to run for the party Caucus discussions are “open, business outlook while also being secure an uncontested nomina- and the resignation of the party’s in the fall, 22 are still not offi - frank, robust,” and can be dif- “extremely proud” of progressive tion in 2019, the party said they leader, Brian Gallant. cially nominated, with a hand- fi cult, he said. In the wake of the policies the Liberals bring in. had to meet “community en- He said he’s not worried and ful of Atlantic MPs on that list, SNC-Lavalin affair and com- “I feel I’ve got nothing to prove gagement goals” by Oct. 1, 2018, if he has to face a contest to be including Scott Simms (Coast of plaints the leader isn’t communi- to anybody. I’m a politician for include meeting fundraising, a candidate, he’s ready, and has Bays-Central-Notre Dame, N.L.), cating well with backbenchers, the right reasons and I just feel door-knocking, and phone contact plenty of support in the riding. who declined to comment to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that I’m confi dent I’m doing the targets. Several now-nominated A sweep of the Atlantic likely The Hill Times but told the CBC (Papineau, Que.) recently set up right thing.” MPs missed the October deadline, won’t happen again as it did in earlier this month he doesn’t have a caucus relations offi ce, staffed That has led to some tough but would have had to have been 2015, winning the Liberals all 32 the required $50,000 be in the by two people from the Prime conversations, but he said ulti- granted extensions by the party seats, said Mario Levesque, a pro- riding’s bank account. Like Mr. Minister’s Offi ce. mately the party respects that in order to qualify as uncontested fessor at Mount Allison Universi- Long, Mr. Simms has sometimes In other systems, like the he’s someone who opposes it at The Hill Times candidates. When ty, who predicted the party could gone against his party publicly. United Kingdom, it’s common for times. asked for nomination updates last lose between fi ve and eight seats. He lost his chairmanship of the members to openly disagree with “Isn’t that what elected of- fall and earlier this year, some Five regional incumbents have House Fisheries Committee last their leader, and Mr. Long said fi cials are supposed to do?” Liberal MPs said those extensions signalled they won’t run again, year after he voted with the Con- he hopes his approach can move [email protected] had been approved. including New Brunswick MP servatives on a motion about a the needle in that direction. It’s The Hill Times contentious attestation clause for healthy for Parliament, he said, groups seeking Canada Summer when members aren’t always pre- Liberal Jobs funding. senting a party-fi rst mentality. Liberal MPs not MP Alaina Rodger Cuzner’s Cape Breton- “Sometimes when you see Lockhart will Canso, N.S., seat could also be such unanimous support, that’s on the offi cial face a former contested since he didn’t meet the what makes Canadians skeptical Tory MP in October deadline. about our system.” list of nominees October to Liberal spokesperson Braeden He won his riding in 2015 with keep her New Caley didn’t respond to ques- a healthy lead of 18 percentage *Indicates MPs who said they Brunswick tions about individual MPs, and points over the Conservative in- riding. The on nominations noted by email cumbent, but Prof. Lewis, an asso- have met the party’s goals, have Hill Times some incumbents “are holding off ciate professor at the University upcoming nomination meet- photograph on announcing their nomination of New Brunswick Saint John, ings, or indicated they expect to by Andrew until they can do so at an event noted some of that margin can be be named the Liberal candidate Meade with their local campaign team, attributed to the “Trudeau wave” and a small number of others are that swept the Atlantic. • Andy Fillmore* in the fi nal stages of the nomina- “It does appear that Trudeau’s • Angelo Iacono tion process.” brand is really taking a hit” in the • Anju Dhillon wake of the SNC-Lavalin scandal, • David McGuinty Though he asked for one and T.J. Harvey (Tobique-Mactaquac), Parliament stronger so it might be good as a candidate • Eva Nassif* still intends to meet all goals by and four in Nova Scotia: Scott when MPs ‘speak our to not be tied too tightly to that • John McKay March 31, Mr. Long said he hasn’t Brison in Kings-Hants, Bill Casey brand, said Prof. Lewis. • Kyle Peterson* “really heard offi cially” whether in Cumberland-Colchester, Mark “On the campaign trail [Mr. minds’: Long • Marco Mendicino it will be granted, but he contin- Eyking in Sydney-Victoria, and Coming into government as a Long] will be able to defend him- ues to work with the party and Colin Fraser in West Nova. fi rst-time politician, Mr. Long said self” and say he spoke out, said • Marwan Tabbara* has “very positive conversations” People in the region feel “sig- he didn’t expect he’d earn a repu- Prof. Lewis. • Ralph Goodale about the election. nifi cantly alienated,” added Prof. tation as a rebel backbencher. Both Prof. Lewis and Prof. • Rémi Massé* “I feel I have a great relation- Levesque, who said the Liberals “I wasn’t aware of whipped Levesque said Mr. Long’s outspo- • René Arseneault* ship with the party. They want to face “troubled times ahead.” votes and the pressure to adhere ken nature is a smart strategy as • Richard Hébert work with me. It’s in everybody’s Liberal MPs in ridings neigh- to whip votes,” said Mr. Long, who Liberal support trends downwards. • Robert Nault interest to have me as the Liberal “I know he comes across like bouring Mr. Long will “have a real insists he hasn’t been “negative” • Rodger Cuzner [candidate],” in Saint John-Rothe- hard time” in what Prof. Lewis to his party, only challenged a thorn in the side of the federal say where he said he’s “certainly considers to have been “staunch some decisions. “I believe we’re Liberals,” said Prof. Levesque. • Scott Simms* not overconfi dent” for 2019, given Tory” territory prior to 2015 and stronger as elected Members of “That’s by design.” • Sean Casey southern New Brunswick is tradi- where they’ll be facing off against Parliament when we can speak The city and region Mr. Long • Sherry Romanado* tionally blue. former Conservative MPs. Alaina our minds.” represents have a “huge conser- • Wayne Easter* “It’ll tighten up for sure,” said Lockhart who took Fundy Royal He’s one of two in his party, vative underbelly” so for him to • Wayne Long political science professor J.P. from Rob Moore in 2015, with a alongside Nathaniel Erskine- be elected in the fi rst place—and • William Amos* Lewis of the riding. “Long will difference of only 3.79 per cent Smith (Beaches-East York, Ont.), re-elected—“he really needs to • Yves Robillard have a fi ght on his hands.” between them, is set to face him who supported an opposition mo- toe close to that conservative THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 15

Civil Circles Diplomatic Circles by Emily Haws by Samantha Wright Allen Modernize government German envoy warns procurement to keep xenophobia, mounting up with IT demands, anxiety threaten world order ultilateralism is under threat in “We are nowhere near ready to face the Mthe face of rising populism and the growing challenges on our own. I think Manning Conference hears absence of U.S. leadership, but countries we all agree that a strong transatlantic are “ill-equipped” to fi ll the gap, says the partnership in [NATO] will remain, and Ontario than $1.5-billion to fi x. German ambassador to Canada. has to remain, our best security guarantee Treasury Overall, the transi- Co-operation with the European Union for the foreseeable future,” she said. Board tion to digital govern- has been essential for Germany’s progress Canada is a “prime partner” in this President ment services seems as a country “traumatized by two cata- alliance, she said, adding Foreign Min- strophic world wars” and its part in it, said ister Chrystia Freeland and her German Peter to be gaining traction, Sabine Sparwasser. Even with the EU’s counterpart “have been known to fi nish Bethlenfalvy with Prime Minister imperfections, the international alliance each other’s sentences” in many meetings speaks at Justin Trudeau ap- is “still the answer to demons that have talking about multilateralism. the Manning pointing then-Treasury haunted us in the past and continue to “Anxiety is mounting and that helps Conference Board president Scott haunt us today: xenophobia, distrust, and the rise of populists who work on hu- on March 23. Brison Canada’s fi rst narrow-minded nationalism.” mankind’s strongest emotion,” she said as The Hill Times minister of digital gov- But the EU’s success is not a foregone they invoke “old and dangerously simple photograph ernment in July, and conclusion, Ms. Sparwasser told a crowd answers” in calling for a return to better by Andrew launching a number gathered at Carleton University March times. Meade of initiatives related to 19 during her speech dubbed the Age of “Except it cannot be done. The clock the subject. Uncertainty. cannot be turned back,” she said. “Times of Most recently, the f the government wants to keep up with the Her remarks closed the season on the great transition are always anxious times.” Liberals released a directive on the respon- Irapid pace of the technology sector, its pro- Norman Paterson School of International The administration in the United States sible use of artifi cial intelligence, which lays curement process is going to have to evolve, Affairs’ ambassador speaker series, bring- has also “put into question” many things out the ground rules on how departments use said panellists discussing the digitization of ing out many former Canadian diplomats, that are “essential pillars” like the United the technology, and gives departments an ap- government services at the annual Manning including: Paul Heinbecker, once ambas- Nations, the World Trade Organization proved list of 73 suppliers. Networking Conference. sador to Germany and the United Nations; and cooperative agreements tackling While the government sometimes thinks Held March 22 to 24 at Ottawa’s Westin Allan Culham, former ambassador to climate change and arms races. it’s a good idea to build systems in-house, Hotel and organized by former Reform party Venezuela; former ambassador to Russia “The age of uncertainty has fully ar- the private sector is really the expert when leader Preston Manning’s eponymous think and Poland Ralph Lysyshyn; and Larry rived and it affects all Europeans.” tank, the conference brings together conser- it comes to the fast-moving technology fi eld, Lederman, a former ambassador to Chile vatives from across the spectrum to debate said Mr. Leduc. who organized the event. There were also political issues and ideas. Along with usual A custom-built system costs more to make several foreign heads of mission in the Merkel’s ‘fi nest hour’ discussions around fi scal health and immigra- and service, said Mr. Leduc, who advocated mix, with Haitian Ambassador Frantz Li- Ms. Merkel’s “fi nest hour” came in De- tion, it featured a panel called Pulling Govern- for a “commercial-fi rst” approach where the autaud, Yemen Ambassador Jamal Abdul- cember 2015 when she decided Germany ments into the Digital Age: Improving Service government goes to the private sector to lah Al-Sallal, and Bulgarian Ambassador wouldn’t close its borders to the refugees and Saving Taxpayers a Bundle. procure technology rather than building it Svetlana Stoycheva-Etropolski. fl eeing the civil war in Syria, said Ms. Right now, the government is still focused in-house. To many Germans, “the world seems Sparwasser. on prescribing how a company gets to a This confl icts slightly with some messag- off-kilter,” said Ms. Sparwasser, and “It was the right thing to do. It was her solution, said the Information Technology As- ing from the Professional Institute of the Pub- though Germans enjoy an unprecedented fi nest hour and it cost her dearly,” she said. sociation of Canada’s Andre Leduc. lic Service (PIPSC), the second-largest federal level of well-being, “the overwhelming It complicated relationships with Euro- This procurement process takes so long public service union that represents computer feeling is it will not last.” pean partners and within the country, and that IT equipment is often out of date, he said. scientists and other designated professionals. Many feel the democratic backdrop “has fi red up nationalism and xenophobia The high cost and long timelines mean that At one point, PIPSC was pushing to have underpinning many neighbours and in Europe and in Germany, as well,” she the government spends about $12.5-billion the Phoenix replacement built in-house, but potential allies, “is unravelling,” said Ms. said, adding German politics have become annually, according to estimates from the the government has committed to thoroughly Sparwasser, a former journalist who has “much more polarized,” with a far-right ITAC, “keeping the lights on” which signifi - consulting with unions and the idea was not worked for 35 years in the foreign service, populist party getting 12.5 per cent of the cantly reduces the amount it can spend on mentioned in the union’s press release mark- taking on the ambassador post to Canada vote in 2017. new technology or training. ing the third anniversary of Phoenix. in 2017. During her speech, she described the “This is why governments are struggling Although some have suggested that in- Several times she referred to the “na- German psyche and reluctance to sup- with modernizing and providing digital ser- creasing digitization of government services ive” belief that authoritarian rule would port much defence spending or military vices to consumers,” he said. “Digital services could result in job losses, the panel indicated only recede in the world, giving way to engagement through a succinct and criti- to consumers is a key concept because we that in reality, it takes away menial tasks so free and open societies following the wars cal summary of German history since her all walk around with our phones, we almost that bureaucrats can work on more important and the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall. birth in 1958. Understanding Germany never go to a bank anymore.” ones. Citing German Chancellor Angela means considering how it went from Instead, the government should focus Automation could also mean higher rates Merkel’s words at the February Munich being one of the most militarized places on detailing the problem and the solution it of data security, said Mr. Kellogg, as many of Security conference, Ms. Sparwasser on earth to one that embraced a pacifi st wants, but not how to get there, he said, as it the breaches seen in recent years have been said they know international structures identity. stifl es innovative ideas. the result of either human error or exploita- that maintain security are coming under That new pacifi sm “goes deep into the Having the proper procurement policies in tion. The panel also noted the importance of incredible pressure, especially as relations DNA of country,” and refl ects the two place is also key, said Amazon Web Services cyber security, with Mr. Kellogg saying that with Russia deteriorate. words, following the Holocaust, on which vice-president Shannon Kellogg, as “even if automation could be a key component gives That world order, which includes the country’s constitution was built: never [governments] want to move fast, they can’t its role in securing data. the North Atlantic Treaty Organization again. She also pointed to the “other pil- always.” Ontario Treasury Board President Peter (NATO), faces “systemic competition,” lar” of its security policy—never alone—to “And sometimes when they do take a big Bethlenfalvy also noted that old technology, with some countries competing with a show that multilateralism is at the core of leap, they get criticized by others” because of such as fax machines, likely isn’t particularly liberal vision of the world, she said, also the country’s success. risk aversion, he said. Failure is a common secure, and yet the health care system relies referencing China as an example of an In uncertain times, people call for clear part of tech solutions, so panellists recom- on it. He noted that particularly in hospitals, economically advancing nation that has answers and quick solutions, she said, but mended failing fast and at a smaller scale in data isn’t easily transferred between depart- not similarly advanced democratically. diplomats, academics, and government order to learn from mistakes and move on. ments, which can lead to higher rates of The European Union needs better can often, at best, offer “partial answers, Outlining the preferred solution, but not errors. crisis management and to work as a group incremental steps.” how to get there, as well as the ability to pivot “At Humber River [Hospital], they au- focused on protection, though she spoke of She ended on a hopeful note, though, easily throughout the process, are two of the tomated, digitized everything in the hospi- the German population’s reluctance to sup- pointing to the partnership between basic principles of the procurement system tal—there is no paper. Their error rates are port military action given its own history. France and Germany that’s at “a new that is currently being used to fi nd the re- virtually zero, administering medicine, and At the Munich conference, the big level.” And, as “one of Europe’s children,” placement for the Phoenix pay system, which it’s full of data,” he said. “Now they’re using question—as the United States withdraws she said she’s learned that while history has left tens of thousands of public servants it for predictive power in ways that we have its international involvement—was how has taught that the unthinkable can hap- with pay issues for three years. 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THURSDAY, APRIL 4 High Commissioner of Cameroon Solomon Azoh- Ottawa Special Documentary Screening: On Her Shoulders— Mbi, with Senegalese Ambassador Viviane Laure One World Arts in partnership with the Nobel Women’s Elisabeth Bampassy, Mr. Azoh-Mbi’s wife Mercy WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 Initiative presents a special screening of the ac- Azoh-Mbi, High Commissioner of Saint Kitts and claimed documentary On Her Shoulders on Thursday, Jose Anselmo López and his wife, Cuban Ambassador Josefi na Vidal, Nevis Sherry Tross, and Ambassador of Madagascar Progress Summit 2019—Just months before the April 4, 7 p.m., at the ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau with Croatian Ambassador Marica Matkovic and Mr. Wheeler. federal election, the Broadbent Institute’s Progress St. The fi lm profi les the global advocacy of Yazidi refu- Constant Horace. Summit will bring together thought leaders, movement gee Nadia Murad, co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace builders, elected offi cials, and frontline activists. Prize, including extensive coverage of her visit to the March 27-29, the Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Dr. Canadian Parliament. Directing award, Alexandria Speakers will include B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan, Bomback, 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Independent Guests get creative at Chinese author Tanya Talaga, and MoveOn.org executive direc- Spirit Award 2019. Benefi t screening for the 30th tor Ilya Sheyman. broadbentinstitute.ca/summit2019. One World Film Festival. Tickets: $12 (regular), $10 (One World Arts members). More information includ- Embassy for Women’s Day SATURDAY, MARCH 30 ing the fi lm trailer at: http://oneworldarts.ca/. Hard Truths and Fake News: A 2019 Election Boot- The Missing Peace: Launch of UN Report on Youth, camp—The Canadian Committee for World Press Free- Peace, and Security—Convened in collaboration with dom and Carleton University’s School of Journalism the UN Secretariat for Progress Study on Youth, and communication are hosting a bootcamp on March Peace, and Security and Oxfam Quebec. Featur- 30 at Carleton’s Richcraft Hall atrium (9376 Univer- ing Graeme Simpson, lead author and director of sity Dr., Ottawa) from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Partici- Interpeace USA; Cecile Mazzacurati, head of the UN pants will hear from pollsters, political observers, and Secretariat for Progress Study on Youth, Peace, and journalists on how to prepare for the 2019 election Security. Thursday, April 4, 2019, 8:30 a.m.-10:30 campaign. $10-$20. Register online via Eventbrite. a.m., IDRC, 150 Kent Street, 8th fl oor, W. David Hopper Room A and B, Ottawa. This event is free but Ms. Chang and Chinese Embassy counsellor Yihong Tao. MONDAY, APRIL 1 seating is limited, so please register. House Sitting—The House is sitting again for two FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Displaying their calligraphy weeks, April 1-12. It will take a two-week break from are the spouses of April 15-26. It will sit again on April 29 and will sit Austrian Prof. Dr. Konrad Bergmeister Speech—Aus- for three consecutive weeks, April 29-May 17. The trian Prof. Dr. Konrad Bergmeister will hold a guest the ambassadors of To celebrate International Women’s Day, the Chinese Embassy Kazakhstan, Myanmar, House will break again, from May 20-24, and is then lecture on the Brenner Base Tunnel, the world’s on March 8 hosted guests to participate in a cultural salon scheduled to sit from May 27-June 21, the fi nal four longest railway tunnel under construction. He will dis- China, and Korea: Olga weeks before the House adjourns and Parliament is cuss the technical aspects of the tunnel construction on Chinese painting and calligraphy. Participants had the Kamaldinova, Khin Myint dissolved for the October 2019 election. and speak about the social, political, and economic opportunity to produce their own art under the instructions of Kyi, Wang Liwen, and implications relating to this transnational project. Yi Chang, right. TUESDAY, APRIL 2 Friday, April 5, noon, University of Ottawa, STEM Dongmin Lee. Launch of Newly Created Library and Archives Building, Room 117, 150 Louis Pasteur Priv. Register Canada Foundation—The board of the newly created via Eventbrite. Library and Archives Canada Foundation will hold an MONDAY, APRIL 8 event, under the patronage of former prime minister Bulgaria marks Liberation Day with Jean Chrétien, on April 2, 2019, 5:30 to 7 p.m. in New Challenges in Broadcast and Telecom—Join the the main building of the Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Club of Ottawa and Pierre-Karl Peladeau as City Hall fl ag-raising 395 Wellington St. The evening will include the fi rst he offers his perspective on the pathways of change presentation of the Library and Archives Canada for these two industries and what the government Scholars Awards to fi ve distinguished Canadians who needs to do to ensure a smooth transition to an un- Participating in a fl ag-raising have contributed signifi cantly to Canadian culture, certain future. April 8 at 11:30 a.m., at the Château ceremony and reception at literature, and historical knowledge: Radio-Canada’s Laurier. 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The care and to raise funds to support its work. The theme of the conference is “Getting Ready for the evening will feature a performance by entertainer Future: Building Resilience in a Changing World”. diplomatic ties and mental health motivational speaker Big Daddy The keynote speakers are Carlos J. Leitão, Member for Tazz and music by The Peter Principle. Buy tickets at Robert-Baldwin of the National Assembly of Quebec, healthcoalition.ca. Contact amelie@healthcoalition. and former Quebec fi nance minister, and Brett House, ca for more information. The direct link to purchase deputy chief economist, Scotiabank. National Arts tickets is https://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEvent Centre, 1 Elgin St. OEA/CABE members: $475 plus Details?ID=1904&EID=26528 HST; non-members: $575 plus HST. Visit cabe.ca for details, membership information, and registration. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 The Fight for Truth: Political Journalism in 2019— Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet The Canadian Journalism Foundation’s J-Talks in West Block on Parliament Hill. For more informa- presents CBC Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos; tion, please contact Liberal Party media relations at The Globe and Mail’s Sarah Kendzior; and CPAC’s [email protected] or 613-627-2384. Alison Smith who discuss this topic. Tuesday, April 9, Front from left, GAC assistant deputy minister for Asia-Pacifi c Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives 6:30 p.m. doors open; discussion begins at 7 p.m., Donald Bobiash, Japanese Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane, will gather for their national caucus meeting in West followed by a reception at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, April The Japanese Embassy in collaboration with Global Affairs and Sport Canada director general Vicki Walker. Back from Block. For more information, contact Cory Hann, di- 9, at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. General rector of communications with the Conservative Party admission is $25 and student ticket (limited quantity Canada hosted a reception March 6 at Lester B. Pearson left, Canadian Olympic Committee CEO David Shoemaker, of Canada, at [email protected]. and ID required) is $15. Building to mark 90 years of Japan-Canada diplomatic ties. Canadian Paralympic Committee president Marc-André NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet The event focused on closeness through sport and included a Fabien, and Al Charron, a retired pro rugby player now with from 9:15-11 a.m. in West Block. For more informa- Continued on page 19 judo demonstration. Rugby Canada. THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 19

special assistant for parliamentary affairs Feature Events and issues management to Innovation, Sci- ence, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains. Other regional advisers in the health hill climbers minister’s offi ce include Jake Beal, who Parliamentary covers the Atlantic; Helen Gao, in charge of Ontario; and Aamar Yaseen, focused on by Laura Ryckewaert Western and Northern Canada. Calendar In news from another ministerial offi ce, Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Minister Pablo Rodriguez said goodbye to senior adviser Audrey Cloutier in January. Defence minister hires A former director of communications to then-Quebec fi nance minister Carlos Leitão, Ms. Cloutier had been working in the minister’s offi ce since November 2018 new press secretary and weighed in on Quebec-related fi les. Continued from page 18 Maxime Dea is chief of staff to Mr. National Rodriguez. Life and Health Insurance Industry Advocacy Day – Defence CEOs representing Canada’s life and health insurance Minister industry will be in Ottawa to discuss the need to pro- Harjit Catching up with ex-staff ers tect and sustain health benefi t plans for Canadians. Sajjan's Dave Sommer, who recently bade The day will feature meetings with Parliamentarians new press farewell to Ottawa and his post as deputy and a breakfast for stakeholder groups to address this secretary, director for digital and creative in Prime important issue. Canadian Life and Health Insurance Todd Lane, is Association (CLHIA) members provide health benefi t Minister Jus- plans for 25 million Canadians. For more information, a former aide Dave tin Trudeau‘s contact Susan Murray, vice-president, government to Kathleen Sommer offi ce, is now relations and policy, CLHIA, at [email protected]. Wynne is now in working for Movie Nights on the Hill—Heritage Minister Pablo when she Washington Instagram Rodriguez will once again host the popular Movie was Ontario working for in Washing- Nights on the Hill at the Canadian Museum of His- premier. The Instagram. ton, D.C., as tory (CMH) showcasing the Ottawa premiere of Edge Hill Times of the Knife, the fi rst full length feature fi lm in the Photograph part of the photograph Haida language (subtitles in English and French). courtesy of social media This powerful fi lm co-directed by Gwaai Endenshaw by Andrew Twitter Meade platform’s and Helen Haig-Brown not only tells a beautiful story policy team, but highlights the importance of promoting Canada’s focused on Indigenous languages. A moderated discussion will from Carleton University and a master’s politics, government, and civic engage- follow the fi lm with the directors, executive producer Plus, ex-staff ers Dave ment, as noted in a tweet on March 20. Zacharias Kunuk, and Diane Brown, Haida elder, fi lm degree in European, Russian, and Eurasian adviser, and actor. CMH Theatre, 7p.m. By Invitation studies from the University of Toronto. “I survived my fi rst day @Instagram’s Only. RSVP@Telefi lm.ca. Sommer and Michael Washington DC offi ce having accidentally For her part, Ms. Furlong joined Mr. Saj- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 Bhardwaj are now working jan’s offi ce as press secretary in November sent only *one* document to a printer in 2017 and before then did the same job for Washington state,” wrote Mr. Sommer in Senate Open Caucus—Vaccine Hesitancy in for Instagram and Canopy Democratic Institutions Minister Karina his tweet, adding he’s “very excited” to Canada, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Gould, having started out in that offi ce have joined Instagram’s team. at 1 Wellington St., Room W110. Panellists: Canada Growth, respectively. Mr. Sommer left the Hill in February, Research Chair’s Timothy Caulfi eld; Dalhousie Uni- under then-minister Maryam Monsef in versity’s Dr. Noni MacDonald; Canada’s chief public March 2016. having been with the PMO since Febru- health offi cer Dr. Theresa Tam; The Globe and Mail‘s ational Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan In ary 2016. He’s also a former director of Sarah André Picard; and the University of Toronto’s Dr. Anna has a new press secretary in his offi ce another creative and content for the federal Liberal Banerji. RSVP to: [email protected]. N Assoum is following the recent exit of Byrne Furlong change to Party, amongst other past roles. the health THURSDAY, APRIL 11 after almost a year and a half in the role. Mr. Saj- Michael Bhardwaj, who previously minister’s Former Queen’s Park Liberal staffer jan’s staff- served as director of communications to Public Policy Forum Canada Growth Summit and new Quebec Testimonial Dinner and Awards 2019—Each year at the Todd Lane has been hired in the job. ing roster, Science and Sport Minister Kirsty Dun- desk offi cer. Public Policy Forum’s Testimonial Dinner in Toronto, “We are very happy to have him on Manjeet can, is now director of communications Photograph more than 1,000 people from all sectors of Canadian board,” Renée Filiatrault, the minister’s Vinning for Canada for the Canopy Growth Corp., courtesy of society gather to pay tribute to distinguished leaders director of communications, told Hill has left a cannabis production company based in who have made outstanding contributions to the qual- LinkedIn Climbers. his post as Smiths Falls, Ont. One of their well-known ity of public policy and good governance. This year, Mr. Lane previously spent a little more director of brands is Tweed. He’s been in the role since CTV National News host Lisa LaFlamme will host the than fi ve years working at the Ontario operations January, according to his LinkedIn profi le. 32nd Annual Testimonial Dinner and Awards on April legislature, ending last June as a senior Mr. Bhardwaj spent a little more than 11. Former Conservative leader Rona Ambrose will be to the among those honoured. 5-9:30 p.m. Metro Toronto adviser for intergovernmental affairs minister. two and a half years working on Par- Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W., Toronto, Ont. focused on strategic planning and tour for As Mr. Sajjan’s 2015 campaign man- liament Hill, starting off as director of Earlier in the day, it will host the Canada Growth Sum- then-premier Kathleen Wynne. The Liberal ager in Vancouver South, B.C., Mr. Vinning communications to Ms. Duncan as sci- mit on how to boost Canada’s prosperity. ppforum.ca. ence minister in February 2016. He left in Todd became a senior special assistant for op- TUESDAY, APRIL 23 October 2018, and has since been replaced Lane has erations to Mr. Sajjan as defence minister by former Ontario Liberal staffer Craig Gala to honour Jean Charest with Lifetime Achieve- joined the soon after the Liberals formed government MacBride. ment Award—The Canadian Association of Former defence in November 2015; he was promoted to Mr. Bhardwaj is not the only former Parliamentarians (CAFP) will present a Lifetime minister’s the director rank in November 2017. Last Achievement Award to the Honourable Jean Charest at federal political staffer working for the team. fall, Mr. Vinning moved over to work from a gala dinner event on Tuesday, April 23 at the Fair- company: Niklaus Schwenker, a former Photograph the ministers’ regional offi ce in Vancouver, mont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel (900 René Lévesque operations adviser to then-Conservative courtesy of B.C., continuing in the same capacity. Blvd. W.) in Montreal. For details on this event and veterans affairs minister Julian Fantino, to purchase tables, please contact the CAFP Offi ce at LinkedIn Before working for Mr. Sajjan, Mr. Vinning was a member of the Canadian is director of communications and strat- (613) 947-1690 or [email protected] . Armed Forces with the 39 Canadian Bri- egy for the company, focused on Latin gade Group. America. (His former boss, Mr. Fantino, is The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. now chair of the board of a medical can- Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- Zita Astravas is the minister’s chief of mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details staff. nabis company, Aleafi a Health.) Stephanie under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to Over in Health Minister Ginette Pe- Tan, a Jean Chrétien-era Liberal staffer, is [email protected] by Wednesday at noon before the Wynne government was defeated by Doug titpas Taylor‘s offi ce, she named a new director of government and stakeholder Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday Ford’s Progressive Conservatives in On- Quebec regional affairs adviser in late relations for Western Canada for Canopy. paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but tario’s June 2018 election. February. Chuck Rifi ci, CEO of Nesta Holding Co. we will defi nitely do our best. Events can be updated Mr. Lane is also a former press secre- Sarah Assoum offi cially stepped into the Ltd., another cannabis company, was a co- daily online too. The Hill Times tary to then-natural resources and forestry role of special assistant for communications founder of Canopy and a former national Byrne and the Quebec desk to the health minister director of the Liberal Party of Canada. Furlong is on Feb. 21. In the regional adviser role, she In other news, Kate Moussouni, a Extra! Extra! no longer replaces Jamee St-Hilaire, who left the Hill former senior policy adviser to the health working for in January and is now director general of minister, has returned to work for the Ca- RReadead the full the defence the Espace Entrepreneuriat Région Thetford nadian Institutes of Health Research. minister. (E2RT) in Thetford Mines, Que. Ms. Moussouni left the Hill in Decem- ParliamentaParliamentaryry Photograph Ms. Assoum is a former marketing ber after a little more than a year in Ms. courtesy of co-ordinator for Montelle Intimates, a Petitpas Taylor’s offi ce starting Novem- CCalendaralendar LinkedIn Montreal-based lingerie company. She’s ber 2017. Previously, she spent two years also a former conversion co-ordinator with working as a project offi cer for CIHR. online Jogogo Media, a digital analytics company Having returned to work at the agency, in the city, and a former communications she’s now senior partnership lead for minister Bill Mauro and was a legislative consultant with Fondation Jean Lapointe, strategic partnerships and international assistant to then-municipal affairs and which is focused on fi ghting drug addic- relations. housing minister Linda Jeffrey. tion, amongst other past experience. 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