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NEWS Q&A NEWS PUBLIC SERVICE Bilingualism ‘critical’ for HR department still suspending policy requiring leadership candidates, Supreme long-term contract workers Court judges: Languages czar to become permanent BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI A spokesperson for Em- ployment and Social Develop- At least one government de- ment Canada confi rmed that partment is continuing to opt out the department doesn’t “auto- of a federal policy requiring con- matically make term employees tract (or term) workers to become permanent,” hinting at a desire permanent employees after three for greater freedom in assessing consecutive years of work, de- long-term plans. spite the apparent end of Harper- era cost-cutting initiatives. Continued on page 7

NEWS PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS Feds consulting on two-tiered immigration processing BY PETER MAZEREEUW

The federal government is seeking public feedback on let- ting some immigration applicants pay more for faster processing. That idea is one of many put forward in an online consultation document the government is asking members of the public to fi ll out as it gears up for an overhaul of the immigration processing system. Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser sits in his offi ce in front of framed political cartoons, mostly of him. He keeps them The NDP’s immigration critic there as a reminder that ‘this was an issue that Canadians could laugh about.’ The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash and a pair of Liberal and NDP MPs say bringing in a two-tiered Canadian immigration system is BY CHELSEA NASH The Hill Times sat down with some politically charged issues out of the question. Graham Fraser before he wraps crossing his desk, including ques- “I wouldn’t support it,” said It’s crucial for both judges on the up his decade in the job at the tions over whether or not the next NDP immigration critic Jenny Supreme Court and political party end of his current term on Oct. 16. appointed Supreme Court judge Kwan (Vancouver East, B.C.). “By Immigration Minister John McCal- leaders in Canada to know both Though language tensions have needs to be bilingual or not. doing that, effectively you’re say- lum is consulting the public as his French and English, says Canada’s died down in Canada over the past ing you can buy your way into the department prepares to make major offi cial languages commissioner. decade, Mr. Fraser says there’s still Continued on page 6 system and bypass everybody.” changes to Canada’s immigration system. The Hill Times photograph by Continued on page 3 Jake Wright NEWS RIDING SERVICES

diffi culties with employment NEWS FOREIGN AFFAIRS Grit MP’s constituency offi ce insurance (EI), old-age security (OAS), or the guaranteed income supplement (GIS), among other Tamil group applauds Liberals’ a ‘de facto’ passport offi ce things. They deal with inquiries into ongoing immigration warming up to Sri Lanka BY CHELSEA NASH Mr. Casey’s (Charlottetown, cases, providing updates to P.E.I.) frustration is one example constituents who are kept in the BY PETER MAZEREEUW “We believe it is a welcome Liberal MP Sean Casey says of the challenges MPs face while dark about the status of their opportunity,” said David Poopala- he is frustrated that there is connecting their constituents application, which can sometimes The Liberal government’s pillai, the spokesperson for the no passport offi ce in his rid- to federal services, one of their take years, due to an ongoing move to boost ties with Sri Lanka Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC). ing—much less his province. His primary roles. backlog in the department. will be welcomed by most in Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion constituency offi ce has become a They accept and send away Canada’s large Tamil community, (Saint-Laurent, Que.) undertook an “de facto passport offi ce,” he told passport applications, look into says a spokesperson for a na- The Hill Times. case fi les for constituents having Continued on page 5 tional Tamil advocacy group. Continued on page 4 2 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ

Former Hill journalist Jane Taber is leaving her position with the Globe ON to join National Public EARD THE ILL Relations. Hill Times fi le H H photo BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI Prime minister takes in Vancouver Pride after

“All the best wishes to [Jane Taber] Minister Duncan said that she has Kelowna vacation, as she starts a new adventure,” Toronto tasked Mr. Stewart with leading the Star columnist Susan Delacourt wrote on organization in an assessment of how it Twitter. can “continue to support science excel- Jane Taber leaves the Adrian Morrow, who works alongside lence, business innovation and key technol- Ms. Taber in the Queen’s Park bureau of ogy clusters as part of the Government of the Globe, tweeted that her departure is a Canada’s innovation agenda.” “huge loss” for the newspaper and Cana- The new NRC president also served in Globe for PR dian political journalism. a number of leadership positions in the Former federal political reporter Innovation, Science and Economic De- Rosemary Thompson, who now serves as velopment portfolio, and was previously the director of communications for the Na- the assistant vice-president of research at tional Arts Centre, thanked her on Twitter Dalhousie University in Halifax. for “doing so much” for women working in He will replace John McDougall, who journalism and politics. was appointed by former prime minister “I will miss your #cdnpoli profi les! Good Stephen Harper (Calgary Heritage, Alta.). luck! #BrightSide,” she wrote on the micro- He has decided to retire from the public blogging site to Ms. Taber. service, according to the statement. Jennifer Ditchburn, a former Cana- Mr. McDougall has been on personal dian Press reporter who now serves as leave since the end of March. the editor-in-chief of Policy Options, of- Maria Aubrey will continue as acting fered congratulations on the new job and president of the NRC until Mr. Stewart be- said Canadian political journalism would gins in late August. She will then return to be “poorer” without Ms. Taber’s writing. her position as vice-president of business and professional services with the research Inuvik man greets body. Liberal Minister who New way to choose delivered him Supreme Court justices

During a recent trip to the North, Liber- Prime Minister Trudeau an- al frontbencher Carolyn Bennett (Toronto- nounced Tuesday a new way to select who Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushes a stroller containing his son Hadrien, who appears deep in St. Paul’s, Ont.) was reunited with a man will serve on the country’s highest court. sleep, as he walks in the Vancouver Pride Parade on Sunday. Photo courtesy of the Twitter account of she delivered 26 years earlier. An independent and non-partisan advi- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau The indigenous and Northern affairs sory board has been tasked with identify- minister was in Inuvik, N.W.T. last week ing “suitable candidates” for the Supreme when she met Paul Gould, a sign painter Court. That includes jurists of the “highest rime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Mr. Trudeau was joined by several Vancou- and muralist, CBC News reported. caliber, functionally bilingual, and rep- family walked in the Vancouver Pride ver-area Liberal MPs and local politicians, P According to the CBC, Mr. Gould said resentative of the diversity of our great Parade on Sunday but only after enjoy- including Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Ray- he was told by his mother that he was de- country,” Mr. Trudeau said in a statement, ing a vacation in the province’s Okanagan bould (Vancouver Granville, B.C.), Defence livered by Ms. Bennett while she was work- announcing the new appointment process. region. Minister Harjit Sajjan (Vancouver South, ing as a family physician at the Women’s Any qualifi ed Canadian lawyer or judge Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and his B.C.), Joyce Murray (Vancouver Quadra, College Hospital in Toronto. may apply for appointment to the Supreme family arrived in Kelowna on Thursday and B.C.), Pam Goldsmith-Jones (West Vancouver- He was taking part in a caribou hair Court of Canada through the Offi ce of the soaked up the sun in the popular tourist Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, B.C), and tufting workshop last week when he met Commissioner for Federal Judicial Af- spot until leaving for Vancouver on Sunday, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. reported Kelowna Now. Ms. Bennett again, managing to also snag a fairs, in a fi rst for the country. Applications Local Liberal MP Stephen Fuhr (Kelow- photo with her. are currently being accepted for the seat na-Lake Country, B.C.) told the outlet Taber decamps from He said Ms. Bennett told him she “thor- vacated by Justice Thomas Cromwell. They that he met Mr. Trudeau and his family at oughly enjoyed working” at the Toronto will be accepted until Aug. 24. the city’s airport when they arrived at noon Globe to join public hospital he was delivered at and that it Qualifi ed applicants must complete and on Thursday. He said they weren’t accom- “was really nice to see the babies that she submit an application package. panied by many people on the trip. relations fi rm delivered become humans.” The advisory board will review candi- “I was very happy that he chose to “Every time I see her doing something,” dates who apply and then submit a short- spend his personal time with his family in Veteran scribe Jane Taber is bidding Mr. Gould said of the minister, “I’m like, list of three to fi ve individuals for consider- the Okanagan. That’s great for us,” he said farewell to journalism to pursue a new that’s the woman that delivered me.” ation by the prime minister. of the country’s First Family. “[Mr. Trudeau] career in public relations. Ms. Bennett has represented her central The seven-member board will be can spend his time really anywhere he Ms. Taber is leaving her position Toronto riding since 1997. chaired by former Progressive Conser- wants so for him to spend it here, I think is with the Queen Park’s bureau of The vative prime minister Kim Campbell. really good for our community.” Globe and Mail to join National Public The board also includes four members Mr. Fuhr said Mr. Trudeau and his fam- Relations, Globe journalist James Brad- Long-serving bureaucrat nominated by independent professional ily spent some time out on Okanagan Lake, shaw wrote on Twitter. organizations. while photos surfaced on Facebook of them Rick Murray, National’s managing part- tapped to lead NRC Mr. Trudeau pledged that the assess- visiting the Mission Hill Estate Winery on ner and chief digital strategist, confi rmed ment criteria guiding the advisory board, Friday, according to Kelowna Now. the news by writing on Twitter that the The Liberals have appointed a new a questionnaire that all applicants must Mr. Fuhr later met up with the prime public affairs agency is “thrilled to wel- president of the National Research Coun- answer, and certain answers provided on minister at the Vancouver Pride celebrations, come her to the team.” cil, the federal government’s primary re- the questionnaire by the prime minister’s where he sang the praises of the region. A well-known presence on the Hill, Ms. search and technology organization. eventual nominee will all be made public. “When I ran into him at Pride down in Taber worked as a parliamentary reporter Science Minister Kirsty Duncan (Etobi- Justice Minister Wilson-Raybould and Vancouver, the fi rst thing he said to me— for over 20 years before leaving to become coke North, Ont.) announced in a state- Ms. Campbell will appear at an unspeci- and so did [his wife] Sophie—was they just the Globe’s Atlantic bureau chief in 2012, ment released Thursday that ex-Treasury fi ed date before Parliament to discuss thought this place was awesome,” he said, according to her LinkedIn work history. Board Secretariat associate secretary Iain the selection process, while a number of according to Kelowna Now. She joined the Globe in 2002 after stints Stewart will assume the post. MPs and Senators from all parties with While Mr. Trudeau made another splash covering Parliament for the Ottawa Citi- “Mr. Stewart brings substantial man- representation will be afforded the op- participating in the Pride Parade, social zen and National Post. agement experience and knowledge re- portunity to take part in a question and media was abuzz about the groggy-eyed Ms. Taber left the Atlantic bureau to lated to science, innovation and econom- answer session with the eventual nomi- exploits of his son Hadrien. move to Toronto to cover Ontario politics. ic-development policies and programs, nee before they are appointed, according Tucked away in a stroller being pushed Her colleagues in the media took to as well as a keen interest in supporting to the statement. by the prime minister, Hadrien appeared in social media to wish Ms. Taber well in her science-based research,” Ms. Duncan said [email protected] deep sleep during the colourful festivities. new position. in a statement. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 3 NEWS PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS Feds consulting on two-tiered immigration processing

dited process?” is one of 15 ques- going to need more offi cers,” he plications—such a system could from Canadians to help guide Big changes are tions posed on the consultation said. be applied to. decisions on how many people we planned for the fall, document, which can be accessed Allowing some immigration will welcome in the coming years through the Immigration, Refu- applicants to pay more to have Keep ‘merit-based’ system: and the future of immigration in but the government gees, and Citizenship Canada their documents processed quick- Dhaliwal Canada. This is a consultation and is staying tight- website. er could be one way to speed up Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal no outcome should be implied or The questionnaire covers a the application process, said Mr. (Surrey-Newton, B.C.) said that assumed,” wrote Ms. Caron in an lipped on the details. range of subjects, including how Bellissimo. while “asking a question is not emailed statement. best to welcome newcomers, how For example, IRCC could use an issue,” Canada should have a Ms. Kwan is circulating her Continued from page 1 many should be admitted into the extra cash to pay a second “merit-based” immigration system. own letter to interested con- the country, and whether there worker to process the more rou- “Money should not fast-track stituents and community groups “They’re absolutely creating a should be more programs for em- tine portions of an application— immigration to Canada. That’s to gather feedback on possible two-tiered system if that were to ployees to hire permanent foreign criminal and medical background what I believe in,” said Mr. Dhali- changes to Canada’s immigration proceed,” she said. workers when Canadians can’t be checks, for example—while an- wal, who immigrated to Canada system, which she said she will However, Liberal MP Peter found for the job. other immigration offi cial works from India in 1984. eventually send to Mr. McCallum. Fonseca (Mississauga East- The government is accepting on the rest, reducing the amount Kennedy Stewart, the NDP MP The offi ce of Conservative im- Cooksville, Ont.) and a Toronto online submissions until Aug. 5. of time spent on the applications for B.C.’s diverse Burnaby South migration critic Michelle Rempel immigration lawyer say such a Immigration Minister John for which higher fees have been riding, also said any consultation (Calgary Nose Hill, Alta.) did not system could help to improve im- McCallum (Markham-Thornhill, paid, he said. process should involve asking respond to interview requests. migration processing. Ont.) has promised to speed up “I think it’s a great idea,” said “tough questions” like whether to The issue is one close to MPs’ the processing of immigration Mr. Fonseca. create a two-tiered system. Changes expected in fall hearts as much of their constitu- applications, particularly those Canadians can already opt However, the government Mr. McCallum has promised to ency work is tied up in helping in the family sponsorship class, to pay extra to have passport shouldn’t use the questionnaire make big changes to the way the constituents with immigration by “streamlining” the applica- renewals processed quicker, and as cover to bring in such a system government handles several types questions, including application tion process this fall. He has also a similar option could be helpful just because it wants to, he said. of immigration applications. processing. promised to make it easier for for people who need last-minute The government should be The Liberals campaigned on Many MPs have two staffers international students to become visas for funerals or weddings, providing reports on the results promises to double the number of in their riding offi ces and at least permanent residents; for refu- he said, adding that MPs are of its consultations to the public, applications allowed for parents one attends to constituents’ immi- gees, economic immigrants, and often approached by constituents he said. and grandparents to 10,000 per gration needs. The most common people seeking visitor visas to desperate for help getting those IRCC had received 3,500 year, to double the budget for complaints of constituents about come to Canada; and to eliminate last-minute documents. submissions to the online con- processing family-class applica- immigration issues are related the requirement that new spouses Mr. Fonseca said IRCC told sultation by July 28, according tions, to reduce processing times, to long delays in the processing wait two years in Canada before him that, were such a system to spokesperson Nancy Caron. to give more points under the Ex- times of applications for family being granted permanent resi- implemented, the extra cash could Mr. McCallum declined to be in- press Entry program for siblings, reunifi cation, refugees, spousal dency status. indeed be used to pay for more terviewed through a spokesperson, and to eliminate the two-year sponsorship, temporary foreign Some of those changes could processing offi cers, and thereby re- and IRCC offi cials did not directly waiting period for permanent workers, visitor visas, and Cana- be made by simply altering the duce wait times for both those who answer questions about how seri- residency for new spouses. dian citizenship applications. points system used by immigra- pay and those who do not pay. ously the government is consider- Mr. McCallum promised tion offi cials, said Mario Bellis- The government questionnaire ing that or other subjects raised in during a public appearance last Submission deadline approaching simo, an immigration lawyer in does not provide any further de- the consultation document. month to “have a much quicker “Is there any rationale for Toronto at Bellissimo Law Group. tail about what sort of immigra- “Immigration, Refugees, entry process” for people seeking providing options to those willing Ultimately though, “they’re go- tion applications—for examples, and Citizenship Canada will be to pay higher fees for an expe- ing to need more money, they’re visas or permanent residency ap- reviewing the feedback gathered Continued on page 4 Auction
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Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion speaks Tamil group applauds to reporters while visiting Sri Lanka last week. Photo courtesy of Sri Liberals’ warming up Lanka’s Foreign to Sri Lanka Ministry Conservative critic Former prime minister Ste- ‘Much more remains to be phen Harper (Calgary Heritage, accomplished’ says Dion must talk Alta.) boycotted a Common- In a speech during his visit tougher to the South wealth summit in Sri Lanka in to Sri Lanka, Mr. Dion mixed 2013, stating at the time that “it is diplomatic warmth with calls for Asian government. clear that the Sri Lankan govern- reconciliation. He said Canada ment has failed to uphold the was “ready to support” Sri Lanka Commonwealth’s core values.” Continued from page 1 in its efforts towards post-war Despite the strong Conserva- reconciliation. tive stance against the persecu- Mr. Dion also said Canada offi cial visit to Sri Lanka last week, tion of Tamil Sri Lankans, many wanted to help Sri Lanka to the fi rst by a Canadian foreign of the thousands of Tamil Cana- strengthen its democracy, and minister since 2003. He exchanged dians concentrated in the GTA work towards goals laid out in an remarks with his Sri Lankan coun- voted Liberal in the last election, October 2015 UN Human Rights has been “far too vague” about the of Tamil Eelam, and that group re- terpart, Mangala Samaraweera, and says Mr. Poopalapillai, thanks in Commission resolution that remaining human rights concerns mains listed as a terrorist organi- met with the country’s president part to the ambassadorial role of encouraged Sri Lanka to follow a in Sri Lanka, including the con- zation by Canada’s government. and prime minister. former CTC legal counsel-turned road map towards justice, recon- tinued detention of many Tamils Because of those attacks, Canada’s re-engagement with Liberal candidate and now MP, ciliation, and better human rights under the country’s Prevention and reports in years past that Sri Lanka opens a window for Gary Anandasangaree (Scarbor- protection. of Terrorism Act. The Sri Lankan the LTTE was receiving money Canada to take a leading role in ough-Rouge Park, Ont.). “However, much more remains government has begun to release raised in Canada—in some cases getting the country’s Tamil commu- Mr. Anandasangaree declined to be accomplished,” he said, not- some of those detainees, and to through the extortion of Tamil nity back on its feet after decades to be interviewed. ing needed reforms on “good gov- try others in court. Canadians—some members of war, said Mr. Poopalapillai. The Liberal Party campaigned ernance” and “economic stability.” Sri Lanka, like Canada, is of the smaller Sinhalese Sri However, Conservative foreign on promises to use diplomatic Mr. Dion announced $20 mil- under relatively new leadership, Lankan community in Canada affairs critic Peter Kent (Thorn- channels to urge reconciliation in lion over fi ve years to fund a pair after President Maithripala Siris- believe the government has no hill, Ont.) said Mr. Dion has been Sri Lanka and justice for human of development projects in Sri ena displaced former president right to criticize its Sri Lankan too “timid” in calling for stronger rights abuses that took place during Lanka. Mahinda Rajapaksa following a counterpart. human rights protection in a the civil war, and to implement a Canada’s government cur- decade of rule in elections last Ira de Silva, who served as country that, while under a new ban on travel to Canada by some rently has three other develop- year. Mr. Sirisena has been seen president of the Toronto-based Sri government of its own, still has of those in the highest levels of the ment projects underway in Sri as being more friendly towards Lanka United National Associa- an imperfect human rights record. Sri Lankan military. Those promises Lanka; one helps to support Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority than tion of Canada until 2001, accused An advocate for Canada’s were laid out in an Oct. 3 town hall vocational training and indus- his predecessor, securing the the Trudeau government in a smaller, non-Tamil Sri Lankan meeting by several Liberal candi- trial development, the other two backing of the Tamil National Al- widely spread op-ed of “hypocrisy” community also criticized the dates in Ajax, Ont., according to Mr. support agricultural development liance, a coalition of elected Tamil for “harassing” Sri Lanka over hu- Liberals for lecturing Sri Lanka’s Poopalapillai, some of whom now and training. Those three projects offi cials, and urging reconcilia- man rights concerns while donor government over human rights represent ridings with large Tamil are slated to provide a total of up tion between Sri Lanka’s Tamil dollars from Canada helped to and domestic policy. populations, including Mr. Anan- to nearly $18 million in funding and majority Sinhalese popula- fund the LTTE in the past. Canada has one of the largest dasangaree, Immigration Minister between 2015 and 2019. tion. Concerns remain among The Liberal approach has been Tamil communities in the world John McCallum (Markham-Thorn- Mr. Poopalapillai said Canada Tamil Sri Lankans however, about no different from that of the Con- outside of India and Sri Lanka, hill, Ont.), Innovation Minister could take a leading role in the how quickly Mr. Sirisena is acting servatives, Ms. de Silva said in an with many Tamils living in im- Navdeep Bains (Mississauga- world by putting even more on promises to the Tamil com- interview. Canada should not be portant ridings that are tradition- Malton, Ont.), Jennifer O’Connell money towards helping Tamil Sri munity, for example to return lecturing a sovereign government ally electoral battlegrounds for (Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont.), and Lankans learn the skills that will Tamil land in northern Sri Lanka about how it should govern, she Conservatives and Liberals in Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.). bring them out of poverty. confi scated by security forces. said. the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). A Sept. 17 press release by While Sri Lanka’s new govern- Ms. de Silva said that the Sin- then-Liberal candidate, now- No travel ban in place ment had said “a lot of the right halese, Muslim, and other non- From boycott to diplomacy Transport Minister Marc Garneau Despite the Liberals’ cam- things” about providing rights and Tamil Sri Lankan community in Mr. Dion’s visit offi cially put (Notre Dame de Grâce-West- paign promise, the government representation to the Tamil minority, Canada is widely dispersed and an end to Canada’s ostracization mount, Que.) made some of the could not confi rm that any travel Mr. Dion should be taking a more not nearly as numerous as that of Sri Lanka over the documented same promises on behalf of the ban against Sri Lankan military “aggressive approach” to demand- of the Tamil community. She said abuse of the human rights of Liberal Party. offi cials had been enacted. Im- ing accountability for war crimes politicians in all Canadian parties minority Tamil Sri Lankans dur- The CTC and Sri Lankan High migration, Refugees, and Citizen- during the civil war, said Mr. Kent, had shaped their foreign policy ing and after the civil war in that Commission put the number of ship Canada spokesperson said who also attends some Tamil com- for Sri Lanka in such a way as to country, particularly by the Sri people of Tamil origin in Canada visa applications by Sri Lankans munity functions in Ontario. win votes from Tamil Canadians. Lankan military and police. The around 350,000, while Statistics would be treated the same as Mr. Dion discussed account- During Mr. Dion’s visit, Sri war raged for more than 20 years, Canada census fi gures, which those from anyone around the ability, the involvement of women Lanka’s foreign minister said that ending in 2009. In the fi nal months rely on self-reporting, are much world. There do not appear to be in politics, and “regional issues” he was “keen to engage with the when the confl ict intensifi ed, as lower. any special sanctions against Sri with Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sri Lankan community in Canada many as 30,000 Tamils gathered on While the Liberal govern- Lankan offi cials published by Ranil Wickremesinghe during and invite them to visit the coun- Parliament Hill to urge the Cana- ment has called on Sri Lanka to Global Affairs Canada. GAC did his visit, spokesperson Chantal try they left, or was compelled to dian government to act on behalf continue moving towards recon- not respond by press time when Gagnon wrote in an email. leave, long ago,” Sri Lanka’s The of Tamils in Sri Lanka, the RCMP ciliation, it appears that no travel asked whether any sanctions Attacks on civilians were also Daily News reported. estimated at the time. Demonstra- ban has been put in place on Sri were in place or forthcoming. perpetrated during the civil war by [email protected] tions lasted for weeks. Lankan military offi cials. Mr. Kent also said Mr. Dion members of the Liberation Tigers @PJMazereeuw

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the Liberal caucus to speed up Alaina Lockhart (Fundy Royal, permanent residence status the government should address Continued from page 3 processing times, The Hill Times N.B.), and the Quebec caucus is may only require a “quick fix” problems in the immigration sys- reported in June, with back- chaired by Steven MacKinnon by Mr. McCallum, who could tem in a “cohesive and compre- visas for weddings or funerals, benchers forming regional cau- (Gatineau, Que.). order that more points be given hensive way”, said Ms. Kwan. to reduce times for family class cuses to discuss the issue. The “People who put me in here, they to those applicants through the It’s also important that changes applications, to “streamline” the Ontario caucus is co-chaired come to my offi ce and they’re bang- Express Entry program, said are communicated to potential ap- admissions process, and to make by Julie Dzerowicz (Daven- ing on my doors [asking], ‘What are Mr. Bellissimo. plicants as plainly as possible, said it easier for international students port, Ont.) and Mr. Fonseca, the you doing different from the previ- Similarly, removing the two- Mr. Bellissimo, so that people have to become permanent residents, Western and Northern caucus is ous government?’” Mr. Sidhu told year waiting time for new spouses realistic expectations about how the Mississauga News reported. chaired by Jati Sidhu (Mission- The Hill Times in June. could be done quickly by the their applications will be processed. Mr. McCallum has also been Matsqui-Fraser-Canyon, B.C.), Making it easier for in- minister, he said. [email protected] under pressure from members of the Atlantic caucus is chaired by ternational students to gain Whatever changes are made, @PJMazereeuw THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 5 NEWS TRADE

been given for any further nego- tiations, no agreement on terms, Trudeau failing to gain traction and, discouragingly, some sources are saying a deal looks unlikely,” she said. Ms. Malcolmson blamed the on softwood lumber pact, say former Conservative government for failing to make negotiating a new deal a priority during its fi nal years in power, and the Lib- opposition MPs for logging districts erals for not addressing the issue earlier in their mandate. She also questioned whether Americans that would alleviate the Trudeau government was Critics are signifi cant anxiety in the forestry devoting enough political will to questioning the industry about potential tariffs or the fi le. export caps on Canadian soft- “The promise of...action and importance of the wood exports, despite a high-pro- meaningful progress doesn’t look high-profi le Obama- fi le Canadian state dinner at the so far like it’s been delivered,” she White House earlier this year and said, adding that lumber compa- Trudeau ‘bromance’ last month’s gathering of North nies in her riding want an agree- in the absence of American leaders in Ottawa. ment that will alleviate anxiety “For a government that cam- about exporting to the United progress on the fi le. paigned on telling people they States. were ready and that they had a Liberal MP Don Rusnak plan...[it] has dithered away 10 (Thunder Bay-Rainy River, BY MARCO V IGLIOTTI months,” he said of the Liberals, Ont.), whose riding is home to who offi cially assumed power last many forestry industry workers, The Liberal government is November. dismissed claims the government being accused of squandering an “All the niceties, and the fl ow- hasn’t done enough to secure a historic opportunity to leverage ers, and the photo-ops, where new agreement, saying federal of- the close relationship between has that gotten us? What have fi cials are diligently working with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau they signed?” Mr. Doherty asked, their peers south of the border and U.S. President Barack adding that the persisting silence to end the stalemate. Trade of Canadian softwood lumber has remerged as a political hot potato Obama to secure a new agree- is worrying to the thousands of He also argued that Mr. after a 2006 pact reached with the United States expired last fall. (Pictured) ment on softwood lumber with people in his sprawling northern Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) has Then-International Trade Minister David Emerson and U.S. Trade Represen- the United States by opposition B.C. riding reliant on the sector. been able to leverage his strong tative Susan Schwab sign the since-expired softwood lumber deal in Sept. MPs who represent ridings with a He called on the government personal relationship with Mr. 2006. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright strong forestry sector. to adopt a tough bargaining Obama to ensure that these dif- Conservative MP Todd stance to ensure it could reach fi cult, politically fraught negotia- Doherty (Cariboo-Prince George, the best possible agreement represents a Vancouver Island has been discouraging, she said. tions are continuing to take place, B.C.) said the Liberals have failed for Canada. riding also heavily invested in the “It’s been really quiet.” while crediting lingering delays to make any progress towards NDP MP Sheila Malcolm- forestry industry. The absence of “What we’re hearing more reaching a new deal with the son (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) progress on reaching a new deal than anything is no dates have Continued on page 19

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Now that the Liberals are in that 99 per cent of the passport “I suppose [Service Canada] government, Mr. Casey is hoping applications his offi ce sees are could set up a troubleshooting desk Grit MP’s to get a “more receptive ear.” He fi lled out incorrectly, and must be to help people to do that, but they said it is something he has raised fi xed by staff. don’t. And even explain to people with his colleagues in govern- “If they’re not fi lled out where to get the forms, even some- ment, and will continue to do so, correctly, and they’re just sent thing as basic as that.” constituency and described the current expla- through the mail, then it delays Ms. Sgro said she doesn’t think nation for a lack of a passport the process of a passport even a gap in services is the issue, but offi ce in P.E.I. as an “excuse.” more for them,” he said. “It’s that rather a lack of general literacy Nancy Caron, a spokesperson value-added service that we do, in Canada. “Not everybody has offi ce a ‘de facto’ for Immigration, Refugees, and and in the case of central Ontario, computers either,” she said. While the Citizenship Canada, wrote in an it saves people from having to passport applications are submitted emailed response that “passport de- drive down to full service pass- in hard copy, sometimes even just mand cannot sustain a full passport port offi ces like they have in fi guring out where they are accepted passport offi ce offi ce” in P.E.I. She went on to list Brampton and in Toronto.” can only be found online. She also a number of “receiving agents” on Mr. Casey said his constituen- said she has a very multicultural the island, which are venues where cy offi ce sees anywhere from 10 community in her riding, and lan- passport applications can be ac- to 40 passport applications come guage barriers are another contribu- cepted and sent in by mail, but can- through in a week, depending on tor to her constituents seeking help of those calls are “panic-stricken” not be completed in a hurry as they the time of year. An experienced for things like passport applications P.E.I. MP Sean Casey people who are leaving the country can at a Passport Canada offi ce. member of his staff, who he said through her offi ce. says his constituency in weeks, days, or even hours, and According to Ms. Caron, “be- has worked in the constituency Ms. Caron said constituency of- have just realized their passport is tween April 2015 and March 2016, offi ce longer than he has, helps to fi ces are there to help constituents offi ce receives out of date. When this happens, he approximately 1.32 per cent of pass- make sure they aren’t sent back with “anything that is the business between 10 and 40 said he has to direct people to take port applications were submitted via over errors or missing documents. of the federal government.” a day off work so they can drive to a Member of Parliament’s offi ce.” Navigating government ser- However, the MP might experi- passport applications Fredericton or Halifax, where there While Mr. Casey said he hasn’t vices, whether it be fi guring out ence some helpful benefi ts of offer- per week. are passport offi ces. heard the same complaint directly the relevant department or fi lling ing this service as well. When asked A 2007 letter to the editor pub- from other MPs, “I do know there out something like a passport ap- if he thought accepting and review- lished in The Guardian implored are other areas of the country plication, seems to be a common ing passport applications helped Continued from page 1 the federal government to open a that would very much like to have source of confusion and frustra- with name recognition when it came passport offi ce in the province of a passport offi ce. It’s a pretty tion for these MPs’ constituents. time for the next election, Mr. Casey In this series, The Hill Times P.E.I., describing the lack of one in common ask among regions that When asked if MPs’ offi ces said “absolutely.” takes a deeper look at how Members an entire province as “deplorable.” don’t have one.” were fi lling in a gap of acces- “The last campaign was 78 of Parliament benefi t from offering “To resident Islanders, the cost The riding of Liberal MP Judy sibility for government depart- days long. I was probably knock- these services, as well as the prob- of getting a passport is higher Sgro (Humber River-Black Creek, ments like Passport Canada, the ing on doors about 100 days. lems with the services themselves. than to other Canadians, because Ont.), who is also a former immigra- answers were mixed. Every single one of those 100 This week, passports are on the it involves us Islanders travel- tion minister for her party, is close “Sometimes it can be confus- days, I knocked on a door where docket. The number of passport ling to the mainland (and paying to a passport offi ce, but there is not ing,” Mr. Brassard said. “Sometimes someone said to me, ‘I was in to applications MPs take into their through their nose to leave our one directly in the riding. She said dealing with government and in your constituency offi ce and I was offi ces varies across the country, own province),” the author, God- she still receives a few passport ap- specifi c, if you’re dealing with mul- very well looked after,’” he said. though all of the MPs The Hill frey Baldacchino, wrote. plications a week in her offi ce. “You tiple agencies, it’s often frustrat- “There’s absolutely no ques- Times spoke to accept passport Mr. Casey said it is his under- look at some of these forms to fi ll ing, it’s often time consuming, and tion that that’s an advantage over applications on a regular basis on standing that “there isn’t suffi cient out, and you’re Canadian-born and a sometimes, they just need a little someone who is coming at it new. behalf of their constituents—even volume to justify one. Having said full master of the English language, point in the right direction.” If your constituency offi ce is work- those with Passport Canada offi ces that, Charlottetown has been on some of these forms are confusing, NDP MP Jenny Kwan (Van- ing well and meeting the needs of in close proximity to their riding. the wrong side of government dur- people don’t clearly understand couver East, B.C.), who is also the the people who come through the Mr. Casey, who accepts con- ing the Stephen Harper years, and sometimes.” immigration critic for her party, door, people remember that.” stituent phone calls to his home so any approaches for a passport Conservative MP John Bras- said Service Canada could offer [email protected] on weekends, said about a quarter offi ce fell on deaf ears.” sard (Barrie-Innisfi l, Ont.) said more information to the public. @chels_nash 6 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 NEWS Q&A Bilingualism ‘critical’ for leadership candidates, Supreme Court judges: Languages czar

Some people say it’s not en- ‘If any candidate tirely fair to exclude judges from requires Newfoundland and Labrador from Supreme Court nominations interpretation, because they don’t speak French. Offi cial Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser, pictured in 2009 with a few cartoons of himself, is set to fi nish his What’s more important: repre- it is almost an term in October. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster senting all of Canada, or bilin- insurmountable gualism? handicap.’ “Here I think comes the ques- districts to be able to fi nance. So What about leaders of political ful house surrounded by beauti- tion of what are the professional I think it’s entirely appropriate parties? There’ve been a few ful grounds. One of the things skills required to do the job? One- for the federal government to be unilingual candidates announce that’s been amusing is that I was third of the references that come looking at ways in which they can their intention to run for the lead- at The Toronto Star at the time Continued from page 1 from provinces to the Supreme create more opportunity. ership of their party. What do you [working as a journalist], and a Court come from Quebec. They’ve “And it also makes fi nancial think of that? couple of times, we had sort of They should be, he said, going been argued in French, all of the sense. The federal government, “I think that what we now have offi ce receptions before the press on to explain how bilingualism is documentation is in French. So since the [Offi cial Languages] Act is an unwritten rule that it is an es- gallery dinner. So people would the only area where, in the public when a case from Quebec comes was introduced in 1969, has been sential qualifi cation. It’s an essen- come with their guests to our service at least, you can get hired before the Supreme Court, there’s spending millions of dollars on tial leadership competency, to be place before going down to the and then be offered training to a huge pile of the previous deci- language training for public ser- able to understand Canadians, and Hill. So since the prime minister acquire what he calls a “critical sions, of the factums, of the argu- vants. The reason that it continues be able to communicate to Canadi- moved in, I’ve had a number of skill.” ments that have been presented to have to spend millions of dol- ans in both offi cial languages. former colleagues saying, ‘thanks The prime minister announced by the lawyers on both sides. All lars on language training is there “Think about it. I can’t think of to you, I’ve been in the prime a new process for appointing Su- of it in French. is not an equitable regional ac- another major, developed democ- minister’s house!’” preme Court judges Tuesday. An “So a unilingual English- cess to language training. And so racy where a political leader in an independent panel is set to give speaking judge is at a serious to come back to your point about election campaign has to do a two- Can you take the temperature of the PM a short list of candidates, disadvantage, and those lawyers Newfoundland, people who go hour debate in English, followed the Quebec separatist movement who are required to be functional- are at a serious disadvantage, if to school in Newfoundland don’t by a two-hour debate in French, on for me? ly bilingual, among other criteria. there’s even one judge who has have the same kind of access.” television. And, in fact, in the last “We’ve done a poll, which we An opening in the court tradition- not been able to understand the election there were fi ve debates: will be publishing in September. ally saved for an appointee from material that is presented before What do you think of the levels two in English, two in French, and And while I won’t go into any the Atlantic provinces is coming the court. It’s one of the critical of bilingualism in the House of one in both languages. It is one of details on it, I can tell you that due in September. requirements to do the job. All Commons? those, if any candidate requires what we’ve found is very strong, Knowledge of both English the arguments against the idea “I take quite a different view of interpretation, it is almost an positive support for offi cial lan- and French is also critical if you of requiring bilingualism from bilingualism in the House. I think insurmountable handicap. That is guages across the country. There want to lead a political party, says Supreme Court judges are exactly that it’s the nature of our demo- now the political expectation. The has been a steady progression up Mr. Fraser. With a few unilingual the same arguments that were cratic process that every Canadian writing is on the wall.” since the 1990s, the early 1990s. individuals possibly looking to used against the Offi cial Lan- has the right to vote for whoever “That having been said, lead their party to a win in 2019, guages Act in 1969.” they choose, whatever their lan- Do you think that it’s impossible there is an ongoing anxiety, if they could be missing out on cru- guage skills. I actually think that it for a unilingual politician to be you like, about the future of the cial relationships with unilingual is important for a cabinet minister, successful as leader? French language, in Quebec and Canadians who speak the other What did you think of the recent when they are in the House, if a “I think now there are 78 seats in the rest of Canada. And it language. You can’t expect to Senate Offi cial Languages cabinet member is bilingual, and in Quebec. Any political leader is understandable. And I think communicate with constituents Committee report, which recom- has the ability to answer a ques- who is unable to communicate because English has become, in an essential province through mended more funding for second- tion effectively with the same nu- with voters in those 78 seats to a very signifi cant degree, the translations alone, says Mr. language education? ance in French as in English, well starts off at a very serious dis- international language of tour- Fraser. “We have a situation where that’s terrifi c. It means that Ca- advantage. I’m not just formally ism, of research, of commerce, In a July 27 interview, Mr. in some provinces, like in British nadians, when they follow events non-partisan, I really am non- of business. But that pressure is Fraser talked about everything Columbia, parents still either and watch television, are going to partisan, but I just see this as a universal. It applies just as much from the current state of the Que- line up all night, or when school be able to hear that government critical leadership competency. to French in France or to Italian, bec separatist movement to why boards fi nd that having places al- policy clearly and without benefi t Either in the public service, or in or the Scandinavian languages, or federal government needs to turn lotted like Rolling Stones tickets of interpretation. public life, [it’s critical] to be able to German. That pressure on the its attention to more funding for is a bit too embarrassing for the “But, I think there have been to communicate with all Canadi- French language comes from the immersion programs, his plans school board, they do it by lottery. cases where ministers have made ans in both offi cial languages.” international pressures of global- for the future, and his experience “Well, this is just not an ap- the mistake of using their second ization; it does not come from the living at Rideau Cottage, where propriate way to allocate edu- language and what that often You lived in the Rideau Cottage English minorities in Quebec.” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cational resources. If that was does is put them at a disadvan- with your wife, correct? So you and his family now reside. how we allocated the teaching of tage. They are less articulate in basically shared real estate with What are your plans post-mandate? As he speaks, it’s hard not to algebra, there would be a quite their second language than they our prime minister? “My short-term plan is to take notice on the wall behind him in understandable revolt across the are in their fi rst, and that can “Until the prime minister moved a break, do some travelling, and his crisp, clean offi ce a framed country that this was discrimina- sometimes create an impression in, it’s been the residence of every catch up on some reading. Longer collection of cartoons, mostly of tory, that it was unfair to whole or a reputation that is unfair. I secretary to the governor general term, we’ll see. I have some book him. They’re a nice reminder that districts. can think of a number of cases of since I think 1870. My wife was projects, I’ve had some very infor- language debates, while some- “We’ve had a 50-year history ministers who, despite their good secretary to the governor general mal conversations with universi- times deadly serious, are also at of immersion. It’s proven to be intentions of answering a ques- from 2000 to 2006, so we rented out ties about the possibility of doing times something Canadians can one of the great and successful in- tion in the language it was asked, our house and had to move in. something, but I won’t have those laugh about. novations in Canada. It should not created a quite unfair impression “For her, it was a bit like liv- serious conversations until the The following interview has depend solely on the property-tax of themselves because they sim- ing above the store. For me, it mandate’s over.” been edited for length and clarity. capacity of certain school board ply weren’t as articulate.” was all upside. I lived in a beauti- [email protected] THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 7 NEWS PUBLIC SERVICE

Steve Hindle (right), ment had “overextended” itself on vice-president of what it promised the public ser- the Professional vice and how effi ciently it could Institute of the reach these goals. Public Service of He added that the union hasn’t Canada, is calling on had many discussions with the federal government Liberals since they assumed departments to power in what he attributed to stop opting out of a the hefty slate of issues on the policy requiring the government’s plate. automatic transfer of In the lead-up to the 2015 contract employees election, the Liberals promised if to permanent status elected to rehabilitate the gov- after three years ernment’s relationship with the of uninterrupted public service that they say turned employment. soured under the watch of a Con- MaryAnn Mihychuk servative government that cut (left) is minister jobs, publicly clashed with unions, of employment, and was criticized for muzzling workforce public sector scientists and curtail- development, and ing collective bargaining rights. labour. She is one Once in power, the Liberals set of the ministers upon courting federal bureaucrats. under the umbrella The government vowed to of Employment and dismantle Harper-era legislation Social Development that made it more diffi cult for and Canada, which federal public servants to strike by is continuing to opt expanding the meaning of an essen- out of the policy. tial service in what Treasury Board Photo courtesy of President Scott Brison (Kings- PIPSC and Hill Times Hants, N.S.) hailed as an “important photograph by Jake step in rebuilding the relationship Wright. with Canada’s public service.” In another nod, the Lib- eral government afforded public scientists and diplomats more freedom to discuss their work with the media. The government has sig- nalled that it could grow the public service after years of Conservative cuts, with its initial opt-out clause: Environment Can- government coming in last fall, it budget delivered last spring ada, Public Works and Govern- didn’t make sense that the depart- earmarking billions of dollars HR department still ment Services, and ESDC, then ment was continuing to opt out of for federal infrastructure projects, known as Human Resources and the policy, said Mr. Hindle, who among other initiatives. It also Skills Development Canada. argued that it ran counter to the pledged nearly $1 billion extra When asked whether changes concept of a professional public for the Canada Revenue Agency suspending policy were being considered, Mr. Bueck- service. to improve and speed up service, ert said ESDC would “continually “The idea should be to have a bolster collections, and crack assess our policies and programs workforce that is indeterminate down on tax cheats. requiring long-term and adjust as needed,” adding that that can be redeployed to other But cracks are being begin- “staffi ng mechanisms” continue activities, that can work on other ning to surface in the Liberals’ to be available to managers who programs,” he said. relationship with federal workers. wish to hire term employees on an Another pressing consider- Earlier this month, Crown contract workers to indeterminate basis. ation for term employees is what corporation Canada Post threat- He also noted that term em- comes of the time they accrued ened to lock out its employees as ployees are able to apply for all prior to their departments opting negotiations with the Canadian become permanent internal job competitions. out of the policy. Union of Postal Employees on Public Works, now known as Mr. Hindle said he hasn’t been a new contract stalled, only to Public Services and Procurement told if an employee who had been later relent and extend talks for quiring term workers who have Canada, stopped calculating days working in a contract position another 30 days. Union decries been in the same department for for term employees on July 7, before their department opted out Then there’s the debacle with decision, questions three years without a break of 60 2011, though it resumed count- would be able to carry that over the Phoenix pay system. Some days or more to be made per- ing as of April 4, 2016 after lifting and apply that time to the three- 80,000 public servants are experi- government’s manent employees, according to the suspension of the policy that year window. encing pay issues because of the information provided by PIPSC. month, department spokesper- He expressed concern that new system. ‘bullshit’ rationale. A Canadian Human Rights son Pierre-Alain Bujold said in an the decision shows the govern- [email protected] Tribunal ruling in 2008 mandated emailed statement. Continued from page 1 changes to the policy to refl ect “Employees who meet the that maternity and parental leave requirements of the Term Employ- THE WEEK AHEAD IN PARLIAMENT “ESDC is committed to main- does not constitute a break in the ment Policy...can begin accumu- taining fairness to its indetermi- three-year window. lating time towards indeterminate nate workforce while maintaining Some departments, however, appointment again,” he said. fl exibility in planning for future chose to opt out of the policy after Environment Canada did needs,” Josh Bueckert said in an the then-Conservative govern- not respond to questions about emailed statement, using another ment of Stephen Harper insti- whether it is continuing to opt out term for permanent employees. tuted a scheme in 2012, known as of the term employment policy The union representing public the Defi cit Reduction Action Plan, before press time. sector scientists and other profes- to trim the federal defi cit after The Treasury Board Secretar- sionals expressed outrage at the stimulus spending during the iat, which functions as the man- continuing suspension of the late-2000s recession pushed the ager and employer of the public policy and the reasoning offered government into the red, accord- service, also failed to respond by the department. ing to Mr. Hindle. prior to deadline. “That’s bullshit,” said Steve According to PIPSC, depart- Mr. Hindle said the union Hindle, vice-president of the Pro- ments can opt out of the term em- agreed with the decision to fessional Institute of the Public ployment policy if they can prove suspend the policy while the Con- Service of Canada, in a phone that “implementing the policy will servatives pursued cost-cutting interview. result in workforce adjustments measures that eliminated perma- “They need fl exibility? They’re in their department,” such as pro- nent positions. Instead of bring- are going to hire a term [employ- ducing excess workers. By opting ing aboard term workers on a full- The House Trade Committee, pictured in April, is set to meet Wednesday. The Hill Times ee] for three years, continuous, out, the departments are serving time basis, departments should photograph by Sam Garcia and say that doesn’t indicate that notice that they will stop count- re-staff indeterminate employees they have an ongoing need for that ing days towards the three-year who’ve had their positions slashed position? Are they not capable of window. to take advantage of their experi- WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 managing their operation?” The union said that at the ence and expertise, he said. • The House International Trade Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 7-52, 131 Queen St. for In 2002, the federal govern- time three departments served But with the public service a meeting requested by four members of the committee to discuss Canada Border Services Agency’s duties deferral ment introduced a policy re- notice they were exercising the cuts tapering off and the Liberal program as well as other issues such as diafi ltered milk and spent fowl. 8 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016

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EDITORIAL OFFICIAL LANGUAGES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Supreme Court debate Powers wrong on Supreme underscores importance of Court bilingualism e: “Supreme Court, like Parliament, can of understanding the cultural subtleties of Raccommodate unilingual members” (The Saguenay, incapable of questioning the law- second-language education Hill Times, July 27, page 10). Tim Powers yers throughout the process, and incapable is a conservative lobbyist. Last week, he of participating in debates. published an article in which he maintains What’s more, the judge would not know he furor over the Liberal record numbers. that knowledge of the two offi cial languages the main arguments relative to secularity be- government’s decision to change Ottawa’s English school board has wouldn’t be necessary to become a judge at cause most of the convincing publications on how Supreme Court justices are struggled to keep up with the demand, or the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Pow- the topic are in French. Justice would not be Tappointed has raised questions at least to pay for it. Elsewhere in English ers, are you proposing to name judges who well served by a unilingual English judge. about the importance of bilingualism at Canada, demand is lower, fully qualifi ed don’t speak English? For a francophone Canadian like me, the highest levels of the judiciary, and French teachers are harder to fi nd, and Mr. Powers’ position is indefensible, not unilingual English Ottawa—advocated by how it should be weighed against the fewer men and women are entering to mention insulting, to francophone Cana- Mr. Powers, and largely borne out in real- importance of regional representation on their professional life with a working dians. In Canada, he argues, one can very ity—is really unpleasant. the country’s top bench. knowledge of French. well hold one of the most prestigious posts I’ll give an example: recently I con- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Striving for a bilingual Canada is a at the heart of federal institutions without tacted the offi ce of Infrastructure Minister signalled his priorities, assigning the worthy goal: lofty notions of inclusiveness knowing French. Amarjeet Sohi. They didn’t have anyone to new advisory panel for Supreme Court aside, fl uency in a second language Regarding the Supreme Court, the respond to me in French. They promised appointments to fi nd “functionally” couldn’t hurt anyone. But if we are going functional bilingualism of Supreme Court me—in English!—that someone would call bilingual candidates but making no to rope off the most sought-after jobs in judges is as fundamental as the knowledge me back. To date, no one has. This type of in- mention of the tradition of Supreme the public sphere for bilingual candidates, of law or honesty. cident happens again and again. The offi cial Court representation for each of Canada’s we need a more serious discussion over With all due respect to Mr. Powers, this languages commissioner can attest to this. regions. how to fund a proper education in French requirement based on the Constitution and Often, the citizen who wants to communi- The prime minister announced a new for children across the country. the historical reality of Canada is non- cate in French with the federal government process for appointing Supreme Court As outgoing Offi cial Languages negotiable. A candidate who isn’t bilingual is unceremoniously rejected. “Sorry, we judges Tuesday. The panel is set to give the Commissioner Graham Fraser said is simply not qualifi ed for the job. Just as a don’t speak French!” PM a short list of candidates. An opening elsewhere in this week’s issue, the non-lawyer candidate would be unqualifi ed. Of course, a person whispers it with their for a judge at the court traditionally immersion language program has “proven It’s also a question of fairness. Indeed, hand on their heart—but the service isn’t saved for an appointee from the Atlantic to be one of the great and successful how can a judge make a decision in good given and the frustration remains. provinces is coming due in September. innovations in Canada.” sense if he doesn’t understand a person’s Another example: how many federal Mr. Trudeau’s choice only reaffi rms the He suggests “It should not depend plea? ministers are incapable of explaining their importance placed in Canada on at least solely on the property-tax capacity of Here’s an example. I belong to the Mou- policies in French? token bilingualism among many, if not certain school board districts to be able vement laïque québécois (Quebec Secular What I mean by these examples is this: most of the country’s most powerful public to fi nance.” He adds: “I think it’s entirely Movement). Recently, I was at the Supreme you see in Ottawa a discrimination that’s offi cials, including politicians, military appropriate for the federal government Court with my colleagues for a case relating permanent, concealed, and insidious toward leaders, public servants, and more. to be looking at ways in which they can to prayer at Saguenay city council (Mouve- francophones. Maybe it’s ignorance. It’s In Ottawa, perhaps the epicentre create more opportunity.” ment laïque québécois and Alain Simoneau certainly insensitivity. But it’s also a kind of the bilingualism movement—where He’s right. It’s worth studying how to v. City of Saguenay and Jean Tremblay). All of honeyed, hypocritical Quebec bashing. even candidates for a summer “beach improve second-language instruction. the proceedings were handled in French. Mr. Powers wants to inscribe this turpitude volleyball support” worker for the city Given this government’s so far decent What would have happened with a unilin- in the functioning of the Supreme Court. may need to be bilingual—that has relationship with the provinces, which are gual English judge? The judge would have Unacceptable. parents scrambling to enrol their children generally responsible for eduction in this been incapable of reading the briefs, inca- Michel Lincourt in the French immersion program in country, it seems a good time to start. pable of grasping the arguments, incapable Montreal, Que.

Engler writes distorted narrative about Jewish National Fund, group’s CEO says

e: “Greens should vote to revoke Jewish communities and preserving the environ- RNational Fund charitable status,” (The ment for all, JNF’s entire approach is a Hill Times, July 27, page 10). I was surprised model for peaceful coexistence. to read Yves Engler’s piece in The Hill Times, Engler’s warped attack on JNF is ironic which peddled a malicious, distorted narra- given that he supports a full-scale boycott tive about the Jewish National Fund (JNF). of Israel, a practice as discriminatory as it In Israel, land is managed by the Israel is counter-productive to peace. Even more Lands Authority, not JNF. In fact, JNF is not disturbing was Engler’s attack on TSN in responsible for leasing or selling the land it May, when he accused the network of pro- owns, and is not a party to any land dispute. moting the “Holocaust Industry,” a term used Not only has JNF never deprived a person to claim Jews are exploiting the memory of of their property, many of our projects are the Nazi genocide. His reason? TSN aired specifi cally designed to benefi t Arab com- an interview with a Holocaust survivor who munities. JNF employs hundreds of people shared how his love for hockey became key from economically challenged areas, includ- to his identity after immigrating to Canada. ing many Arabs and Bedouins. Engler’s shameful views are unfi t for a We were green long before the envi- worthy publication like The Hill Times. ronmental movement, and our projects are Josh Cooper open to all regardless of ethnic or religious CEO, Jewish National Fund Canada background. In many ways, by transcending Toronto, Ont.

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By not joining the horrifi c ethnic cleansing and genocide alle- gations emerging from that bloody confl ict. Iraq war, Canadians Milosevic was dubbed the “Butcher of the Balkans” by the British press, and the Serbs can rightfully absolve were vilifi ed as the sole culprits in a multi- themselves of the factional civil war. Thousands of Canadian soldiers were deployed as peacekeepers to resulting deaths, but they the former Yugoslavia, and their eyewitness should feel a lot less smug accounts painted a far more complex equa- tion than the media’s simplistic equation about what went down in of: Serb=bad, non-Serb=good. As Canada’s the former Yugoslavia. most famous peacekeeper, retired major-gen- eral Lewis MacKenzie, stated while posted in war-ravaged Sarajevo: “All factions here have blood on their hands.” Truth often matters little when shaping propaganda, and it was far easier to project all of the evil onto the Serbs, and specifi - cally Slobodan Milosevic. SCOTT TAYLOR This came in particularly handy in early 1999 when NATO was looking to prove its continued validity as a military alliance in TTAWA—First it was the release last a post-Soviet era. Omonth of Britain’s Chilcot Inquiry With Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and fi ndings, which concluded that the United Macedonia all having successfully seceded States-led 2003 invasion of Iraq was an un- from the Yugoslav Federation, the Albanian necessary mistake. While Sir John Chilcot ethnic majority in the Serbian autonomous cited former British prime minister Tony region of Kosovo was in the midst of an Blair and former U.S. president George armed insurrection in pursuit of their own W. Bush for falsely claiming that Iraq independence. This was a low-level insur- possessed weapons of mass destruction gency and the original perpetrators, known (WMD), Canadians could smugly adopt as the Kosovo Liberation Army, included an ‘I told you so’ attitude, as our Liberal criminals and terrorists. Former U.S. president George W. Bush and ex-British prime minister Tony Blair (left) are accused government of the day never bought into The Yugoslav authorities were using in a new report of falsely claiming that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction in the run-up the WMD claims. security forces to quell the armed insurrec- to the invasion of the Middle Eastern country in 2003. While Canada abstained from participating By not joining in Bush and Blair’s bogus tion much the same as Turkey was deploy- in that confl ict, the country did participate in a NATO-led campaign against then-Yugoslav self-defence invasion of Iraq, Canadians ing troops to suppress armed Kurdish sepa- president Slobodan Milosevic (right). A new ruling by an international criminal tribunal largely can rightfully absolve themselves of the ratists in eastern Anatolia. The casualty exonerated him of allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes during that confl ict, horrifi c death toll that has resulted in the count in Turkey was high, but NATO was writes Scott Taylor. Photos courtesy of UNICTY and Hill Times’ fi le photo violent aftermath of Saddam Hussein’s not about to bomb its own member. ouster and subsequent execution. Instead, Canada took a lead role in the Canadians should feel a lot less smug NATO bombing campaign to assist the elections. The subsequent pro-West Serbian Milosevic died on March 11, 2006, be- about a ruling that came down this past Kosovar Albanian rebels. Milosevic, as the government arrested and handed over fore I testifi ed, and before the ICTY could March from the International Criminal Yugoslav president, was painted as a geno- Milosevic to stand trial for war crimes and conclude that he was not in fact respon- Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) cidal maniac, and likened to a modern-day genocide at the ICTY in The Hague on June sible for those horrifi c crimes of which he in The Hague. Buried in a 2,590-page ruling Hitler. 28, 2001. had been accused. on former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan This was something Canadians could In the interest of full disclosure, I met The Butcher wasn’t a Butcher after all, Karadzic, convicting him of war crimes justify having our combat pilots wage war with Milosevic in his prison cell at The and Bush and Blair have yet to face any and sentencing him to 40 years in prison, against, even if targets engaged by NATO Hague in August 2004, and after a six-hour consequence for their invasion of Iraq in was an astonishing exoneration of former included civilian utilities and infrastruc- interview I agreed to testify in his defence. 2003 that has cost, to date, far more inno- Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. ture in Serbia itself—in other words, not in Having covered extensively the wars in cent lives than all of the Balkan wars. For those old enough to remember the disputed Kosovo. Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo, Milosevic felt Scott Taylor is editor and publisher of violent civil wars that tore apart Yugoslavia Milosevic’s presidency survived the 78- I could add an eyewitness perspective to Esprit de Corps magazine. between 1991 and 1995, the name Milos- day NATO campaign in 1999, but he was the fact that all factions had been guilty of [email protected] evic was linked in the Western media to ousted following the fall 2000 presidential wanton bloodshed—not just the Serbs. The Hill Times

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Two un-Green resolutions should Housing should not be a casino

be rejected: former candidate e: “NDP slams Liberals for stalling on One way of discouraging this would be Rmeasures to tame hot housing markets,” to heavily tax the gains and have higher he Green Party of Canada has been Support for a two-state solution in the (The Hill Times, July 20, online). Canada, property taxes on vacant properties and Tgetting more publicity than usual for its Middle East is prominent in Vision Green, unlike many other countries, does not have those that aren’t principal residences. upcoming convention, Aug. 5-7 in Ottawa. our main party policy document, also on restrictions on foreign buyers of residential This might send a message to others with In my view, two current resolutions propose our website. Vision Green’s foreign policy properties. One of the reasons to invest, from the same ideas. Housing should not be a poor policy. These, the only resolutions on section includes strong disapproval of their perspective, is to profi t from capital casino. foreign affairs, both relate to Israel. One sup- efforts aimed at only one side in Middle gains that are realized when the market Richard Briscoe ports the boycott, divestment, and sanctions East confl icts. Research on the effects of jumps. Oshawa, Ont. (BDS) movement. The other recommends the BDS movement has indicated how it is revoking the charitable status of the Jewish counterproductive to peace. And regarding National Fund (JNF) Canada, which supports the JNF resolution, it is ironic indeed for environmental projects in Israel. some Greens to seek to harm a charity that In an impressive example of Green party aids environmental initiatives. openness, results of party members’ pre- It behooves all party members to ensure Article misrepresents Turkey crisis convention balloting on all resolutions are policies they support are not based on du- available on our website. Neither the BDS bious reasoning. The GPC’s openness and nor the JNF resolution received a majority of grassroots democratic process are laud- e: “MPs of all stripes decry Turkish gov- suspended and dismissed civil servants, the 1,912 ballots cast on each. Both received able. We need to ensure implementation is Rernment’s reaction to failed coup,” (The educators, judges, journalists, and others enough support to bring them to the conven- congruent with intent. Hill Times, July 27, page 1). The article fails are not questioned in Turkey. There is an tion fl oor only because more than 20 per Ellen Michelson to present the situation in Turkey correctly. all-party consensus in the fi ght against cent of those who voted abstained on each. Toronto, Ont. The scope of the coup attempt and testimo- terrorism. The reply given by the people Basing policy on these results would thus be (The writer was the Green Party of Canada nies of those involved in the coup leave no of Turkey, from all walks of life, was an extremely divisive within the party. candidate for Toronto Centre in the 2008 and reason to doubt the measures taken follow- example of democracy. I hope both are rejected, due to the reso- 2011 elections and is a former Green shadow ing the coup attempt in Turkey. Yilmaz Kilicaslan lutions’ content and to the voting process. cabinet peace and security advocate.) The measures taken against over 50,000 Ottawa, Ont. 10 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 NEED TO KNOW RIO OLYMPICS

Brazil’s suspended president, Treading water in a land of Dilma Rousseff, pictured in 2015, is facing impeachment contradictions: Olympics shortly after the Olympics end. Jonas Pereira photograph courtesy descend on Brazil of Agência Senado

Rio will from a made seven years ago on the ident, Michel Temer. Now interim try of about 200 million. Long economy, which contracted by 3.8 way to Brazil’s successful bid to president, Temer will preside over plagued by a non-inclusive soci- per cent last year. distance no doubt host the 2016 Olympics—proved the Olympic opening, though he ety, dictatorships, and a poison- Travelling in Brazil some years impossible to meet. has admitted he expects to be ous history of slavery, Brazil has ago, one got an overwhelming sense look as beautiful But that’s only one glaring booed during the ceremony. been characterized by deeply em- of vast potential (the Amazon River as ever. But the shortcoming as Brazil readies for Rousseff, who was handpicked bedded inequality that sees vast basin alone takes up half as much the international spotlight over to succeed former president and wealth held by a small segment of space as the entire United States) and political and the next few weeks. South American leftist icon Luiz an otherwise struggling populace. immense lost opportunity, a situa- economic backdrop Forget about the athletes’ Inacio Lula da Silva, is being Almost half of the country’s vast tion infl uenced by an almost feudal dormitories that were experi- blamed for leading Brazil into the landmass, for instance, is owned socio-economic situation, deep racial for these games encing plumbing and electrical worst recession in a century. She by one per cent of its citizens, and problems, lack of a sustainable middle could not be more failures until the last minute. Or is also caught up in the fallout about one quarter of the popula- class, and habitual lawlessness. the new elevated bicycle path that from a multi-billion-dollar cor- tion lives below the poverty line. Still, in the next two weeks the devastating. collapsed, killing two people, in ruption mess at state-owned oil In Rio, more than 1.5 million show in Rio will go on. Cariocas, as April. Or the fact that it was touch company Petrobras, though she people eke out a primitive ex- the city’s inhabitants are called, are and go whether the $3-billion, herself has not been accused of istence in the favelas, or shan- known around the world for the 10-mile (16-kilometre) rail line any crime. The kickback scheme, tytowns, fearing violence from samba, Carnival, and their exuber- to connect the tourist hotspots of which in comparison makes Ot- criminal gangs and overzealous ant spirit. And the attraction of the Ipanema and Copacabana to the tawa’s sponsorship scandal seem police while often lacking the ba- world’s best athletes will enthral Olympic sports park would be like someone took a few extra sics of health care and sanitation. audiences everywhere. completed on time. napkins from a public dispenser, Fed by drug traffi cking, crime But it will not be the coming- LES WHITTINGTON And then there’s the Zika virus. appears to have involved most of remains a serious problem in Brazil, out party for Brazil envisioned Barring a terrorist incident, the entire political class in Brazil. which by one estimate has 21 of the by Lula in 2009, what with the the Olympics will no doubt go on Lula himself may face legal 50 most violent cities in the world. country now consumed by politi- TTAWA—It’s a good thing the and Rio will from a distance look charges over the Petrobras graft Some 85,000 police and military cal turmoil and economic hard Oauthorities in Rio de Janeiro as beautiful and majestic as ever. dealings, which originated during personnel are being mobilized to times. Out of money, the head of have been using trash-collecting But the political and economic his 2003-2011 presidency. He has provide security for the Olympics. Rio state recently invoked a “pub- boats to fi sh out the dead bodies, backdrop for these games, the denied any wrongdoing. In the early years of this lic calamity” to get $900 million sofas, and other fl otsam from the fi rst ever in South America, could Oddly, though, Rousseff may be century, its economy bolstered in emergency cash from Brazil’s waters where Olympic sailors, not be more devastating. impeached not for Petrobras-relat- by high global commodity prices, government—money needed to windsurfers, and marathon swim- Little noticed as usual in the ed corruption but for contravening Brazil was one of the developing fi nish building the Olympics’ mers will be competing start- northern half of the continent, budgetary laws when she used world’s great success stories. Un- facilities and cover the salaries of ing Friday. Brazil is in the midst of a chaotic funds from state banks to cover der Lula’s presidency, the country police, fi refi ghters, and other pub- But while the more revolting political bloodbath of historic budget shortfalls without notifying took signifi cant steps to address lic servants. And the bribery scan- bits of waterborne junk are being proportions even by the outland- Congress. She says she is the vic- social-justice issues, including dal rocking the country shows intercepted, the athletes from ish standards of the region. tim of a coup and, in some circles, a direct subsidy program that signs of expanding to ensnare around the world will still be Dilma Rousseff, the country’s the whole impeachment affair is brought millions out of poverty. companies that profi ted from the contending with heavy pollution fi rst female president, is facing seen as little more than an attempt But that progress is in jeopar- Olympic construction boom. as they go through their paces in impeachment shortly after the by the country’s right wing to dy as the world economic slump Les Whittington is an Ottawa Rio’s Guanabara Bay. Olympics end and will not attend reclaim power. She denies involve- and the uncertain investment journalist and a regular contribu- Promises to cut down on raw the opening ceremonies because ment in the corruption scandal. climate arising from government tor to The Hill Times. sewage fl owing into the waters she does not want to play a subor- The Olympics arrive in a mo- mismanagement and political [email protected] and clean up the bay—promises dinate role to her former vice-pres- ment of lost promise for the coun- turmoil have battered Brazil’s The Hill Times

OPINION INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

right...to honour the spirits and inquiry, there must be suffi cient intergenerational impacts of forced memories of those we have lost, assurance that Inuit women, fami- relocations of our people and and to protect future generations.” lies, communities, and represen- traditional communities, as well as Inuk woman As Inuit women, we looked for- tative organizations would have mass outbreaks of communicable ward to and expected to be full and the necessary support for full diseases that removed many of us equal participants in a renewed and meaningful participation in from our homes and families for relationship of reconciliation with such a process. It was always our treatment in alien, southern medi- should be among the federal government that would expectation that should a national cal facilities, and in many cases for be based on recognition of rights, inquiry be held we would be years. We are survivors and former respect, co-operation, and partner- directly included in our own right students of residential schools. ship. We expected this renewed at the level of commissioner. Too many of us have not survived commissioners relationship to be based on our We will all hear from the to see this day. Every day we live constitutional rights as Inuit, and federal government on this “soon.” the spirit and meaning of Inuit our equality rights as Inuit women Just over a week ago the Pauk- Qaujimajatuqangit, our traditional as guaranteed by the Canadian tuutit Board and I felt we had knowledge, wisdom, and ways to MMIW inquiry Charter of Rights and Freedoms. no choice but to issue a public of living and being as one in our A full nine months after we statement about the forthcoming world as Inuit. were made these promises, we national inquiry on missing and Pauktuutit has been working prime minister told us that “we don’t see those words or commit- murdered indigenous women. on this issue for more than three ‘Because it’s 2015’ defeated the idea that Canadians ments being kept to us as Inuit We spoke out because it is decades. We will learn from the now sounds empty. should be satisfi ed with less, that women and as citizens of Canada. not acceptable for Canada to go outcomes of the national inquiry, good enough is good enough and In early 2014, as the national to New York and commit to fully but that will be years from now that better just isn’t possible... representative organization implementing the United Nations and none of the recommendations in Canada better is always pos- of all Inuit women in Canada, Declaration on the Rights of Indig- to come will be legally binding on sible.” We were promised gender Pauktuutit said publicly that we enous Peoples, but not consult with any party to implement. equality for all women in Canada required more information about us when it comes to naming com- The federal government had, “because it’s 2015.” the mandate, scope, and timeline missioners to this national inquiry. and still has the opportunity to We were also told that this of any potential national inquiry We spoke out because being get this right. We need to get it REBECCA KUDLOO government would keep its com- into the issue of missing and set aside on this issue is just re- right, for us as well, so that it does mitment to holding a national murdered indigenous women. At peating past wrongs. “Because it’s not fall apart like the fi rst year inquiry on the issue of missing that time, we continued to call for 2015” now sounds empty. of the Truth and Reconciliation ast October, this country and murdered indigenous women, the immediate development of a Only we as Inuit women know Commission. This time around we Lelected a new government, which has been a national trag- national action plan to address the impacts of the wrongs com- must be full participants. a government that promised a edy and international shame for Inuit-specifi c priorities. mitted by past governments and Rebecca Kudloo is president of future of hope, optimism, and decades. We were promised that We also said that in order for other institutions. Only we know in Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. equality for all Canadians. Our they were “determined to do this us to support a call for a national our souls the lived experience and The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 11 PLAIN SPEAK PARTY POLICY

She has fostered these shifts crackpots. They make important the right way. She has done them policy contributions on many Ambrose is modernizing without tons of fanfare and fl are. fronts. But they, like any other spe- She used the latitude she has had cifi c cohort of voters, should not just to do things that many view restrict a party’s ability evolve. as the common-sense contempori- Ambrose’s actions send a the Conservative party, zation of Conservatives. MPs and signal that Conservatives won’t activists have not left the party. be duty-bound to any one group. Rather, Ambrose has repeatedly That is also brave and daring be- had to rebuff calls for her to stay cause in times of defeat it is often without much fuss or muss on as permanent leader. easier to step back and entrench While the critics will sneer than plow forward. Just look at that the Conservatives should the mess that is the American it was long overdue. Yes, Prime standard Justin Trudeau is now have been part of Pride all along Republican party if you want to From waving Minister Justin Trudeau marched setting for future PMs, Rona Am- and they are just getting with the see what going in reverse looks the pride fl ag to in two Pride parades, in Vancou- brose is doing the same for the times now on same-sex marriage, like. It is ugly, frightening, and ver and Toronto; that was historic. top brass of the Tories. And thank the fact that a Conservative party corrosive. agreeing to the It sets a precedent for prime God she is because it is both the leader has embraced both so soon The Conservatives should not inquiry into abuse of ministers to follow from this day right thing to do and politically after Stephen Harper’s departure look to become the identical twin forward. smart, despite the agitation it may shows a fearlessness they will of the Liberals. They won’t return indigenous women, Trudeau was no stranger to bring to some social conserva- need to rebuild. By taking on to power any time soon if they do. she’s prompting a Pride parades, though, having tives. some of the stickier social-policy Ambrose’s actions aren’t about participated in them before he Ambrose has been clever in issues that challenged the Con- birthing a clone. They are a dem- shift. became prime minister. That is using her position as interim servatives’ connections with some onstration to Tories that change is not to take away from the sig- leader to modernize parts of the voters, Ambrose is potentially a must. nifi cance and symbolic impor- Conservative party without a lot making it easier to avoid land- When historians look back at tance of his actions. But prior to of fuss or muss. From agreeing mines for her colleagues hoping the post-Harper era it seems to this summer it would have been to the need for an inquiry into to be permanent leader. me Ambrose’s impact will signify harder to fi nd Conservative MPs murdered and missing indig- You’ve probably guessed I am a central moment. A page has participating in these events. In enous women, to stepping away not a social conservative. Much been turned. 2016 that is no longer the case. from calling for the criminaliza- is often made about the infl uence Tim Powers is vice-chairman TIM POWERS Rona Ambrose, the interim tion of marijuana, to moving the they have on the federal party. of Summa Strategies and manag- Conservative leader, and many Conservative party policy off its There is no doubt in certain rid- ing director of Abacus Data. He is Conservative leadership candi- opposition to same-sex mar- ings and with certain MPs they a former adviser to Conservative TTAWA—Something really dates were also pounding the riage, to waving the Pride fl ag do hold sway. Their voices should political leaders. Ounique has happened this pavement and showing their in Toronto, she has changed the be heard. They should not be [email protected] summer in Canadian politics and pride in Toronto. Not unlike the Conservatives. dismissed as outdated thinkers or The Hill Times

OPINION TRADE The challenge: globalization that works for all

that impose rules and standards tries is circumscribed,” Summers Hillary Clinton, on every country’s policies. wrote recently. “International pictured Trump poses by far the biggest agreements would be judged not in 2014, U.S. threat, risking destructive by how much is harmonized or sounds like a trade wars and a breakdown by how many barriers to global protectionist on trade, even DAVID CRANE of international efforts to solve commerce are torn down but climate change and other global by whether people as work- though she is challenges. But Clinton also ers, consumers, and voters are a far safer bet dark cloud is threatening the sounds like a protectionist on empowered.” But how would what than Donald Aworld’s economy. This is the trade, even though she is a far Summers called “responsible Trump, writes backlash to globalization, and safer bet than Trump. nationalism” actually work? David Crane. the great dangers a retreat from “Americanism, not globalism, The Hill Times globalization would pose for an will be our credo,” Trump prom- NAFTA’s unfulfi lled promise photograph by increasingly crowded planet and ised in his convention acceptance The real issue, though, is not Jake Wright its ability to cope with increas- speech, arguing that his country globalization. It is how countries ingly complex problems, such as must be led by leaders who “put deal with globalization. There global growth and employment, America fi rst.” have been serious job losses for climate change, global fi nancial Clinton, in her convention ac- too many workers, in Canada, the stability, migration, and terrorism. ceptance speech told Americans, U.S., and Europe, and too little These problems cannot be “if you believe we should say effort to address the pain and private sectors to look after their to pull out” because “the World addressed by individual countries ‘no’ to unfair trade deals, that we diffi culties for those who have interests or needs. Trade Organization is a disaster.” acting alone. They are global should stand up to China, that lost out. Trump, in his acceptance But America cannot bully its way challenges and require global we should support our steel- Countries, and this includes speech at the Republican Nation- to prosperity. solutions. As Christine Lagarde, workers and autoworkers and Canada, have not focused on al Convention made trade protec- For her part, Clinton says managing director of the Inter- home-grown manufacturers, how to make globalization work tionism a key theme for a Trump she would focus on job creation national Monetary Fund warned then join us.” She earlier told The for all. Instead, business leaders, presidency. Lashing out was his through innovation policies, in- recently, “the greatest challenge Washington Post the TPP agree- economists, and politicians have policy. He pledged to renegotiate frastructure, immigration reform, we face today is the risk of the ment did not meet her standards. hyped up the benefi ts and down- NAFTA “to get a much better deal training, and higher education. world turning its back on global “My standards are for more new, played the costs. for America; and we’ll walk away Trade policy would be on the co-operation—the co-operation good jobs for Americans, for rais- NAFTA, they told us, was if we don’t get the deal we want.” back burner. But Clinton at least which has served us all so well.” ing wages for Americans. And I win-win. It hasn’t been. While it Mexico was not the only understands, from experience, that But the challenge is to create a want to make sure that I can look opened opportunities for some Trump target. China was high functioning global governance and better globalization, a globalization into the eyes of any middle-class and gave investors more options, on his list, along with Japan and co-operation is just as essential for that works for everyone—a glo- American and say, ‘this will help it failed to deliver the promised Korea. “Our horrible trade agree- the U.S. as it is for any other coun- balization that brings prosperity, raise your wages.’ And I conclud- gains in living standards from ments with China and many oth- try. Trump doesn’t seem to care. equity, sustainability, and peace. ed I could not.” higher productivity. It led busi- ers will be totally renegotiated.” Rather than turning our backs It’s not just Brexit that Even Democrat big thinkers nesses to move to Mexico if work- But unilateralism won’t work on globalization, former British revealed anger over globaliza- and long-time champions of glo- ers did not make concessions, and because others will retaliate, un- prime minister Gordon Brown tion in its present unfair form. balization, like former treasury it contributed to the closing of leashing a trade war and plung- wrote recently, “it is time for gov- The United States presidential secretary Larry Summers, are thousands of factories in Canada ing the world into depression. ernments everywhere to give glo- election campaign promises to now less certain. because there was less need for Trump, on Meet the Press, balization the leadership it lacks— be a battle over the future of “What is needed is a respon- companies to produce here to sell also promised an import tax on and the human face it needs.” But globalization, with both Donald sible nationalism—an approach here. Little was done to improve products shipped by U.S. com- that leadership is not there today, Trump and Hillary Clinton blam- where it is understood that opportunities for unskilled and panies that transfer production and that is the real problem. ing many of America’s troubles, countries are expected to pur- poorly educated workers. and jobs to Mexico or elsewhere. David Crane is a Toronto-based including job losses and low sue their own citizens’ economic Ultimately, it is about trust. Reminded this could be contrary writer on economic, political, and wages, on what they depict as welfare as a primary objective but And many working people to WTO rules, Trump said, “it environment issues. He can be unfair trade agreements and where their ability to damage the have had no reason to trust the doesn’t matter,” adding “we’re go- reached at [email protected]. other international agreements interests of citizens in other coun- decision-makers in the public and ing to renegotiate or we’re going The Hill Times 12 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 FEATURE TERRIFIC 25 STAFFER LIST

THE HILL TIMES’ TERRIFIC 25 STAFFER SURVEY PMO principal RESULTS OF THE HILL TIMES’ secretary Butts TERRIFIC 25 STAFFERS SURVEY: 2016

The Top 25 List offi ce of the Prime Minister tops The Hill Times’ 2. Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Prime Minister 1. Gerald Butts, principal secretary, Prime Minister’s Offi ce Justin Trudeau 2. Greg McClinchey, member’s assistant, Liberal MP Judy Sgro 3. Mike Storeshaw, director of media relations to 3. Sean Murphy, manager of parliamentary affairs, interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose 15th Annual Terrifi c Conservative Whip Gordon Brown 4. Katie Telford, chief of staff, Prime Minister’s Offi ce Best Access to PMO: 1. Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Prime Minister 5. Vince MacNeil, chief of staff, Government House Leader Justin Trudeau 25 Staffers list Dominic LeBlanc 2. Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister 6. Colleen Knight, parliamentary assistant, Liberal MP T.J. Harvey Justin Trudeau 7. Garry Keller, chief of staff, Conservative interim Leader 3. Tommy Desfossés, exécutive assistant to Prime Rona Ambrose Minister Justin Trudeau 8. Kevin Bosch, senior adviser for research, Liberal Research Bureau Most Discreet: 1. Kevin Bosch, senior adviser for research in the 9. Tommy Desfossés, executive assistant to the PM, Liberal research bureau Prime Minister’s Offi ce 2. Vince MacNeil, chief of staff to Government House 10. Sean Schnell, constituency assistant, Conservative MP Leader Dominic LeBlanc Michelle Rempel 3. Greg McClinchey, member’s assistant to Liberal MP 11. Zita Astravas, director of issues management, Judy Sgro Prime Minister’s Offi ce Best PMO Staffer: 12. Cyrus Reporter, senior adviser to the PM, Prime Minister’s Offi ce 1. Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 13. Ben Martin, member’s assistant, Conservative MP 2. Jamie Kippen, Ontario regional desk adviser in the Marilyn Gladu offi ce of the Prime Minister 14. Jamie Kippen, Ontario regional desk, 3. Cyndi Jenkins, Atlantic regional desk adviser in the Prime Minister’s Offi ce offi ce of the Prime Minister 15. David Prest, parliamentary affairs adviser, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer Best Cabinet Staffer: 1. Allie Chalke, special assistant for the Atlantic region 16. Rob Sutherland, chief of staff, NDP Whip Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet to Finance Minister Bill Morneau 2. Josh Bragg, special assistant for regional economic 17. Cyndi Jenkins, Atlantic regional desk, development to Innovation, Science and Economic Tommy Desfossés, second from left, PM Justin Trudeau’s EA. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Prime Minister’s Offi ce Development Minister Navdeep Bains 18. Anthony Salloum, lobby offi cer, NDP Whip 3. Vince MacNeil, chief of staff to Government House Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet Leader Dominic LeBlanc fi ed respondent who voted for Mr. Butts It’s Gerald Butts’ debut for Most Infl uence said it was, “Because 19. Roberta Webster, member’s assistant, on the list, and it’s also he helped shape the party platform and NDP MP Fin Donnelly Best Conservative Hill Staffer: 1. Sean Murphy, manager of parliamentary affairs to because of his proximity to the PM.” 20. Cory Hann, director of communications, Conservative Conservative whip staffer Conservative whip staffer Sean Murphy, Party of Canada Conservative Whip Gordon Brown meanwhile, has claimed the top spot in the 2. Ben Martin, member’s assistant to Conservative MP Sean Murphy’s fi rst year 21. Mélanie Lauzon, committee coordinator, Liberal Whip Best All-Round Terrifi c Staffer category, Marilyn Gladu Andrew Leslie ranking. Mr. Murphy claims making his debut in The Hill Times’ 15 th Ter- 3. Garry Keller, chief of staff to interim Conservative the title of Best All-Round rifi c 25 Staffers Survey. 22. Kate Purchase, director of communications, Leader Rona Ambrose “You roll with the punches,” said Mr. Prime Minister’s Offi ce Terrifi c Staffer this year. Murphy of life as a Hill staffer. As a senior 23. Mike Storeshaw, director of media relations, Best Conservative Constituency Staffer: lobby coordinator and manager of par- Conservative interim Leader Rona Ambrose 1. Sean Schnell, constituency assistant to Conservative liamentary affairs to Conservative Whip MP Michelle Rempel BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT Gordon Brown (Leeds-Grenville-Thousand 24. Jake Enwright, senior communications offi cer, Conservative Research Bureau 2. Kaylie Kuipers, constituency assistant to Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ont.), it’s Mr. Conservative MP Karen Vecchio ARLIAMENT HILL—When it comes to Murphy’s job to work with staffers in other 25. Anne Marie Keeley, chief of staff, Conservative Whip PHill staffers, PMO principal secretary party whips’ offi ces and to keep Conserva- Gordon Brown Gerald Butts is the tops. Best NDP Hill Staffer: tive MPs up to speed on when to be in the 1. Karl Bélanger, principal secretary to NDP Leader Mr. Butts, who is one of the two House for votes and debates. Mr. Murphy Category Results most powerful political staffers in the Thomas Mulcair works closely with Conservative MPs’ Best All-Round Terrifi c Staffer: 2. Anthony Salloum, lobby offi cer to NDP Whip Marjolaine PMO along with chief of staff Katie Tel- offi ces and with the Conservative House 1. Sean Murphy, manager of parliamentary affairs to Boutin-Sweet; Audrey Moey, special assistant to NDP MP ford, led this year’s annual Terrifi c 25 Staff- Leader’s Offi ce. ers list. As well as topping the Terrifi c 25 Along with topping the Best All-Round Conservative Whip Gordon Brown Sheri Benson; and Nasha Brownridge, member’s assistant Staff list overall, Mr. Butts came fi rst in the Terrifi c Staffer category this year, Mr. Mur- 2. Greg McClinchey, member’s assistant to Liberal MP to NDP MP Linda Duncan Best Access to PMO category, fi rst for Most phy, who’s been working on the Hill since Judy Sgro 3. Roberta Webster, member’s assistant to NDP MP Infl uence, and ranked second for Best at 2011, came third overall on the Terrifi c 25 3. Colleen Knight, parliamentary assistant to Liberal Fin Donnelly Spin Control. Staff list. He also claimed the title of Best MP T.J. Harvey A former principal secretary to then On- Conservative Hill Staffer, and came third in Best NDP Constituency Staffer: tario premier Dalton McGuinty and former the Most Knowledgeable category. Most Knowledgeable: 1. Eric Demers, constituency assistant to NDP MP president and CEO of WWF-Canada, Mr. An Ottawa native, Mr. Murphy started 1. Greg McClinchey, member’s assistant to Liberal MP Alexandre Boulerice Butts has been friends with Prime Minister off working in 2011 for then parliamentary Judy Sgro Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) since both secretary Robert Goguen who represented 2. Rob Sutherland, chief of staff to NDP Whip Best Liberal Hill Staffer: were students at McGill University in Mon- Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B., before Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet 1. Greg McClinchey, member’s assistant to Liberal MP treal, Que. He’s Mr. Trudeau’s closest adviser, joining the Conservative whip’s offi ce 3. Sean Murphy, manager of parliamentary affairs to Judy Sgro the architect of Mr. Trudeau’s leadership win about a year later in 2012. He’s been there Conservative Whip Gordon Brown 2. Colleen Knight, parliamentary assistant to Liberal and one of the people behind the party’s ever since. MP T.J. Harvey majority win in the last election. Sometimes Mr. Murphy said when he fi rst came to called PMB, or Prime Minister Butts, the Most Infl uence: 3. Shane Mackenzie, member’s assistant to Liberal MP the Hill it was “unknown territory” for him, 1. Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Sonia Sidhu Cape Breton native wields a lot of power but that he adapted and moved forward. He and infl uence in the government. He’s also Justin Trudeau joked that the results “must be rigged,” but 2. Garry Keller, chief of staff to interim Conservative Best Liberal Constituency Staffer: considered the “policy ninja” of the party. that it’s “nice of people to say nice things.” Leader Rona Ambrose 1. Courtenay Brennan, constituency assistant to Many respondents cited Mr. Butts’ rela- Said one Conservative respondent of Mr. tionship with Mr. Trudeau, one calling him Murphy: “He is dedicated, friendly, well-or- 3. Colleen Knight, parliamentary assistant to Liberal Liberal MP T.J. Harvey; Frederick Larouche, the “de facto PM.” A number of respondents ganized, discreet, and highly competent. He MP T.J. Harvey, and Tommy Desfossés, executive constituency assistant to Liberal MP Steven who voted for Mr. Butts in the Best at Spin strikes the right balance between discipline assistant to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau MacKinnon; and Jamie Zuffa-Kniert, constituency Control category pointed to his Twitter and reasonableness.” assistant to Liberal MP Kent Hehr account. He has 30,000 followers and has Best at Spin Control: 2. Phil Parsons, constituency assistant to Liberal MP about 41,000 tweets. Another unidenti- Continued on page 13 1. Zita Astravas, director of issues management in the Judy Sgro THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 13 FEATURE TERRIFIC 25 STAFFER LIST

Continued from page 12 is a former senior consultant with Strategy Corp. She’s also a former Queen’s Park staffer, having worked with Mr. Butts while at the This year’s Terrifi c 25 Staffer Survey provincial legislature. was once again conducted online in part- Vince MacNeil, chief of staff to Gov- nership with Forum Research between May ernment House Leader Dominic LeBlanc 25 and July 4. A total of 170 politicos re- (Beauséjour, Que.), rose to fi fth place on sponded to the Terrifi c 25 survey this year. the staff list this year, his highest result Of those who identifi ed by party: 75 were yet after making his debut on the Terrifi c Liberals, 64 were Conservatives, 16 were 25 list in 2011 at sixth place. Mr. MacNeil from the NDP, two identifi ed as Greens, came in second place in the Most Discreet and one independent. The Hill Times’ Ter- category this year, and in third for Best rifi c 25 Staff list is compiled by tallying up Cabinet Staffer. the total number of votes each staffer got He started out on the Hill as a Senate in each category of the survey. page in 1990 and later worked for various Liberal Senate leaders both in opposition PMO senior adviser Cyrus Reporter. PMO’s Kate Purchase. The Hill Times photograph by and government over the years, before Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn Jake Wright moving over the House side of things to work for then Liberal whip Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton-Canso, N.S.). Respondents who voted for Mr. MacNeil cited his proce- dural knowledge and work history on the Hill, namely, the fact his current and past roles have made him a key hand over the caucus’ agenda. “As a senior staffer who was formally the CoS [Chief of Staff] to the Liberal whip, everyone goes to Vince if they need some- Sean Murphy, staffer in Conservative Whip Gord thing done,” said one Liberal respondent Said another Liberal respondent of Mr. Brown’s offi ce. Photograph courtesy of Facebook MacNeil: “Does not gossip, yet knows all the details of the BOIE [Board of Internal Lorne Bozinoff, president and CEO Economy], etc.” Conservative Cory Hann. Photograph courtesy of Conservative staffer Garry Keller. The Hill Times of Forum Research, said the change in Longtime Hill staffer Colleen Knight, Twitter photograph by Jake Wright federal government has led to a number of meanwhile, is sixth on The Hill Times’ Ter- new names in the Terrifi c 25 Staff Survey rifi c 25 Staff list this year, and also came results this year. second in the Best Liberal Hill Staffer. She “It’s hard to tell from the outside with- placed third for Best All-Round Terrifi c out looking at a survey result like this who Staffer and tied for third in the Most Infl u- is really the best and who has the most in- ence category. fl uence and all that, so it is kind of a peek Ms. Knight started out on the Hill as an behind the curtains in terms of what goes aide to then Liberal leader John Turner in on,” said Mr. Bozinoff. the early 1980s, but is perhaps best known Meanwhile, veteran Liberal Hill staffer from her time working for now former NDP Greg McClinchey, who is currently the MP Peter Stoffer. She was his sole assistant member’s assistant to Liberal MP Judy on the Hill, during which time she helped Sgro (Humber River-Black Creek, Ont.), spearhead and organize her boss’ annual ranked second on this year’s list over- All-Party Party for all Hill employees and all—his best result yet after more than two staffers. A mentor to junior staff, Ms. Knight decades working on Parliament Hill. He was scooped up by Liberal MP T.J. Harvey was also voted the Best Liberal Hill Staffer, NDP staffer Rob Sutherland. Photograph courtesy NDP staffer Anthony Salloum. Photograph courtesy (Tobique-Mactaquac, N.B.) after Mr. Stoffer claimed the title of Most Knowledgeable, of LinkedIn of Twitter was defeated in the last election. came second in the Best All-Round Terrifi c Her colleague, Courtney Brennan, who is th Staffer category, and placed third for Most lows me to really focus on my job,” he said. ton, Ont.), ranked 13 on the overall staff an aide in Mr. Harvey’s New Brunswick con- Discreet. Veteran Conservative staffer Garry list, and came second for Best Conservative stituency offi ce, came in fi rst for Best Liberal Mr. McClinchey started out as a staffer Keller, chief of staff to interim Conserva- Hill Staffer. Mr. Martin’s been working on Constituency Staffer in a three-way tie. in 1993, as a 16-year-old high school co-op tive Leader Rona Ambrose (Sturgeon the Hill since 2007, and was previously an “[The results] back up what I’ve always student working for his hometown MP, River-Parkland, Alta.), ranked seventh assistant to former Conservative MP Pat believed, which is that they’re both really good then Liberal Paul Steckle, who represented on the list, and also came second in the Davidson. He made his debut on the list in Huron-Bruce, Ont. choices,” Mr. Harvey told The Hill Times. Most Infl uence category and third for Best 2013, ranking fi fth overall. Asked about his secret to success, Mr. After getting elected last fall, he said Conservative Hill Staffer. Starting out as Jamie Kippen, a former director of opera- McClinchey said he, along with the rest of he was “looking for somebody with some a Reform Party staffer in the late ‘90s, Mr. tions for the Ontario Liberal Party and now Ms. Sgro’s offi ce, has an open-door policy to experience” and former MP, and mutual Keller was previously chief of staff to for- the Ontario regional desk adviser in the colleagues on the Hill, noting this last federal friend, Joe Jordan recommended he try to mer Conservative minister John Baird. PMO, ranked 14th, and came in second place election saw “a really big switchover in staff,” “He’s brilliant, experienced, and in the Best PMO Staffer category. Respon- on the Hill with many needing to get “ac- dreamy,” said one Conservative respondent dents who voted for Mr. Kippen said he was climatized to their new responsibilities and of Mr. Keller. hard-working, helpful, and dependable. their role within the offi ces.” Meanwhile, veteran Liberal staffer Longtime Conservative staffer and “We try and be helpful if people have Kevin Bosch, a senior adviser for research Terrifi c 25 survey fi xture David Prest, questions, I suppose if there’s a secret in the Liberal research bureau, sits at No. currently senior parliamentary affairs that’s it: be ready to be helpful, work hard, 8 this year, along with claiming the title of adviser to Conservative House Leader An- and see what you can do to work as a Most Discreet staffer. team,” said Mr. McClinchey. In ninth place on the Terrifi c 25 list is Continued on page 17 “It can be a very frustrating environ- Tommy Desfossés, executive assistant to ment, so one has to maintain your posi- the prime minister, marking his debut on tive attitude I suppose and be prepared to The Hill Times’ survey. He also came third WESTMOUNT ask questions and admit when you don’t in the Best Access to PMO category and MOVING have the answer,” he said adding there’s “a tied for third in for Most Infl uence with Ms. tremendous level of resources in your col- Knight. leagues,” including those across party lines, “Not just because of his current role at and it’s a good idea to reach out and not the PM’s side, but because he’s a smart guy Westmount Moving “get hung up on party labels.” who knows how to get things done,” said International has been Mr. McClinchey’s colleague, Phil Par- one Liberal respondent. sons, constituency assistant to Ms. Sgro, Sean Schnell, constituency assistant to providing fi rst class relocation came second in the Best Liberal Constitu- Conservative MP Michelle Rempel (Cal- ency Staffer category this year. gary Nose Hill, Alta.), placed tenth overall services to Diplomats Katie Telford, chief of staff to the PM, and also claimed the title of Best Conserva- reached the No. 4 spot on this year’s Terrifi c tive Constituency Staffer this year. for the past 40 years. 25 Staff list. She’s also claimed the title of PMO director of issues management We offer specialized packing, shipping, customs Best PMO Staffer and came second for Best Kevin Bosch, who works in the Liberal and former Queen’s Park Liberal staffer Access to PMO. A number of respondents Research Bureau, pictured with Prime Minister Zita Astravas claimed the title of Best at clearance and delivery of personal effects and who voted for Ms. Telford said she was well Justin Trudeau. Photograph courtesy of Twitter Spin Control this year along with ranking vehicles to over 150 worldwide locations. respected on the Hill and discreet, and some the No. 11 spot on the top 25 list. cited her proximity to the PM. hire Ms. Knight. Cyrus Reporter, a former chief of staff to Please contact Westmount “She’s on top of everything,” said one “It’s made a world of difference in terms Mr. Trudeau as third party leader and now Moving by telephone at Liberal respondent. of just getting off the ground and trying to the PM’s senior adviser, is ranked No. 12. (613) 612-6475 for an estimate wrap your head around a lot of the intrica- Ben Martin Ms. Telford was a national campaign , member’s assistant to Con- on your upcoming move. co-chair for the federal Liberals in 2015 and cies of getting things done on the Hill. It al- servative MP Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia-Lamb- 14 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 OPINION FOREIGN AFFAIRS

These initiatives are welcome clear that delays in the implemen- and much needed. However, the tation of these critical reforms are Dion’s Sri Lanka visit: most vulnerable segments of the not in the public interest.” population affected by the war While Sri Lanka has commit- are not fully addressed by these ted to establishing an Offi ce of initiatives. Much more needs to Missing Persons, independent Step in right direction, be done to support them through human rights groups like Human trauma counselling and grants to Rights Watch note that this initia- support livelihoods in the agricul- tive requires meaningful con- tural, crafts, and light industrial sultations with affected families but more must be done fi elds. The trauma counselling is and non-government representa- particularly critical in enabling tives. For permanent peace to be war victims to cope and process achieved, it is vital that concrete their experiences to ensure that action is taken so justice can be Making a substantial oreign Affairs Minister Sté- human rights situation, promote the trauma is not passed on to the achieved for the victims of the Fphane Dion’s visit to Sri Lanka political accountability, and make next generation. war and those responsible are contribution to post- last week was a welcome sym- a lasting contribution to peace What will be paramount to held accountable. confl ict reconciliation bol of the important steps that and development in the island achieving peace and reconcilia- The Trudeau government has Canada is taking to help support nation. tion is ensuring those who sur- promised Canadians a foreign in Sri Lanka would reconciliation efforts in the island During Dion’s visit, Canada vived the war, particularly women policy of responsible engagement. nation. Although Sri Lanka’s dev- took important strides in this and children, can return to some Making a substantial and sustained go a long way to astating civil war ended in 2009, direction, including announcing normalcy. This would enable them contribution to post-confl ict recon- show Canada’s post-confl ict rebuilding efforts $11.2 million in funding over fi ve to become participants in the ciliation in Sri Lanka by engaging remain unfi nished and a lasting years for the National Languages peace-building process. with the island to attain a lasting engaged approach to and permanent peace has yet to Equality Advancement Project Critically, Canada is also engag- peace would go a long way to once global affairs. be achieved. ensuring the equal delivery of Sri ing with Sri Lanka at the UN Hu- again demonstrating Canada’s It is therefore vital that Lankan government services in man Rights Council, where the two compassionate and engaged ap- Canada remains focused on Sri the country’s two offi cial lan- countries co-sponsored a resolu- proach to global affairs. Lanka in the months and years guages: Sinhalese and Tamil. tion on reconciliation addressing David Poopalapillai is the ahead. As the home of one of the Dion also announced $8.8 mil- Sri Lanka. The full implementation director of public relations and largest Tamil diasporas outside of lion in funding over four years for of this resolution is crucial to help- the national spokesperson with South Asia, Canada is in a unique an entrepreneur fi nancial centre, ing achieve a permanent peace. Canadian Tamil Congress. position to help advocate for which is aimed at improving live- DAVID POOPALAPILLAI Canada rightly noted that more [email protected] the improvement of Sri Lanka’s lihoods for entrepreneurs. needs to be done and that, “It is The Hill Times

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lateral institutions to the Suez crisis, North-South relations, the Can the Trudeau government restore Rio Earth Summit, and the land- mine ban, Canadian diplomatic activism was palpable. That all changed, however, Canadian diplomatic leadership? under the Harper Conservatives. During that period the revolving- door foreign ministry endured seven mainly indifferent, and Sketching Canada’s worlds, each with their respective sometimes antagonistic, minis- client states and spheres of infl u- ters. Over the course of a decade changing place in ence (in the Third World). of retrogression and retreat, Can- Competing blocs were led by ada the boy scout morphed into the world, from a metropolitan centre, the United a warrior-nation wannabe, and helpful fi xer to States or Soviet Union, and the Canada’s once widely respected world atlas of the day was dominat- brand was spoiled. warrior-nation ed by large swathes of red and blue. And now? At Davos, the wannabe. With its purges, parades, and UN, and elsewhere, Prime Min- powerful, iconic imagery, the ister Justin Trudeau placed the Cold War occupied vast tracts of international community on notice the collective imagination. There that “Canada is back.” Delivering were air-raid sirens, basement substantially on that pledge will and backyard bomb shelters, not be easy. While there have been “duck and cover” exercises in changes in tone (the UN), approach public schools and regular head- (listening and lingering rather than DARYL COPELAND lines warning us of the ubiquitous lecturing and leaving) and direc- communist threat. Rabid fi nger- tion (climate change), we have not pointing reached a peak during yet seen much heavy lifting. he Liberal government headed the McCarthy hearings, and fear- If this country is to resume the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak by PM Justin Trudeau has mongering reached levels not to kind of diplomatic initiative for T to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons during Mr. Ban’s visit to launched defence and development be seen again until after 9/11. which it was once well known for, Ottawa on Feb 11, 2016. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright reviews, but little is known of its Beneath the gleaming surface and succeed in its bid for a seat on intentions regarding diplomacy, of missiles, warheads, and inter- the UN Security Council in 2021, international policy, or grand continental bombers on 24-hour lishments thrived, demonstrating Subtle, it was not. Yet the bipo- full account will have to be taken of strategy. This is the fi rst of a series standby, deterrence, containment convincingly that they work best lar world-order model set out the three fundamental features of the meant to fi ll in some of those gaps, and mutually assured destruc- when not used. agreed strategic geography and transformed operating environment. and to offer thoughts on Canada’s tion ensured that the “red menace” Still, a hoard of treasure was rules came to be easily enough These attributes will condition, if not role in a changing world. and the “capitalist imperialists” squandered and plenty of blood understood. As the Cold War determine, the success or failure of remained at bay, albeit with dag- was drawn. Death squads and ebbed and fl owed, with periods future Canadian forays. gers drawn. Power was measured rebel groups were armed and of détente interspersed with mo- Those challenges, which Cold War comfort: the way in the kilotons of warheads and trained. Nasty regimes were ments of intense drama, there include intensifi ed globalization, we were infl uence calibrated in numbers propped up, elected ones sub- developed a certain degree of shifting power, and the emer- In the wake of a series of dis- of hardened silos and submarine- verted, and whole generations de- familiarity and continuity. gence of a heteropolar model of turbing events that have left many launched ballistic missiles. prived of their most basic rights. world order, will be examined in fearing a generalized descent into Ironically, that heavily armed But many events seemed part Canada’s role, then and now the next instalment. chaos, it all seems so long ago peace provided the basis for of a script. Checkpoint Charlie, the That was the way we were. At Former diplomat Daryl Cope- and far away. almost a half century of Cold crossing point between East and minimum, the long superpower land is an educator, analyst, and Yet surviving baby boomers War comfort. The apocalypse was West Berlin, was made famous in standoff did offer some scope for consultant; the author of Guer- and most Gen Xers will remem- averted. International relations, if popular spy novels and fi lms. From diplomacy. Canada rarely failed rilla Diplomacy; a research fellow ber the elegant simplicity and ter- dumbed down and punctuated by time to time, sparks fl ew around the to step up to the plate. at the Canadian Global Affairs rifying symmetry of the Cold War proxy wars and occasional near perimeter and confl icts—in Korea, As a helpful fi xer, honest bro- Institute and a policy fellow at years, 1947-91. Best understood catastrophes such as the Berlin Cuba, or Vietnam—threatened to ker, and pioneering peacekeeper, the University of Montreal’s as a binary construction, the Cold Blockade or Cuban Missile Crisis, escalate into something larger and Canada played an oversized Centre for International Studies War featured a planet divided were for the most part stable and more dangerous. In the end, how- international role in the second (CERIUM). Follow him on Twit- neatly between the free (First) orderly, patterned and predict- ever, most of the confrontations less- half of the 20th century. From the ter @GuerrillaDiplo. and the communist (Second) able. Then, as now, military estab- ened and lids were screwed back on. fashioning of post-war multi- The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 15 OPINION SECURITY ENVOYS Should the media DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES publish photos of BY CHELSEA NASH terrorists? Well known Korean

You could argue it defence attaché leaves glorifi es violence. But doesn’t the public have a Ottawa this month right to know? ou might know them from one of the Y“countless” receptions, dinners, or confer- ences they have attended during his three- year posting in Canada. Now, Korean defence attaché Colonel Jang Min Choi and his spouse, Angela Son, are leaving on Aug. 12. PHIL GURSKI Col. Choi and Ms. Son certainly made an impression upon the diplomatic com- munity while posted in Ottawa. The couple edia have one important job to do: were regulars at as many diplomatic recep- Mreport the news. Sometimes they also tions and parties as possible, and it’s clear, bring in people to help us understand the upon speaking to Col. Choi that the many news and speculate on what it means. At connections and friends he made here in times, outside experts contribute much- Canada are sincerely appreciated. needed analysis and insight, and at others “In three years, I made more friends than Outgoing Korean Defence Attaché Jang Min they provide little of value to the issue at [in the] last 30 years in [my] military career,” Choi started off his remarks at his going away hand. Col. Choi told The Hill Times during an inter- party with a kiss for his wife, Angela Son. The In reporting the news there is a mea- view last week at the Korean Embassy. Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia sure of objectivity. True, media outlets have Candles sit outside the gates of the French Em- In the military, Col. Choi was a “war plan- to choose what to distribute; and as there bassy in Ottawa as EU and French fl ags fl y at ner.” He planned how to destroy the enemy in In Canada’s diplomatic community, is far too much happening in the world half-mast after the Paris attacks in November the most effi cient way, he explained. But this several envoys are leaving, if they have not posting in Canada, his fi rst and last diplo- already left. Not all of them have replace- at any given point to cover it all, much is 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia left unsaid. But when they present break- matic mission, was entirely the opposite: ments coming in until later in the year, ing news they usually stick to facts and building friendship. “My role is dramatically however chargé d’affaires have been ap- describe as accurately as possible what is changing,” he said, describing building rela- pointed in their absence. happening. Editorializing is for another level in society—but we seem to be in a tionships with Canadians and other diplo- Polish Ambassador Marcin Bosacki left place and time. feverish chase to discover these claims as mats as “much easier, and much more fun.” just this past weekend, on July 31. Marlena In light of the scourge of terrorism, soon as possible. Is this really news any- His other priorities while here included Wielkoszewska, secretary at the Polish media agencies have no shortage of stories more? IS and others will continue to make honouring Korean War veterans in Canada, embassy, said she doesn’t know when they to report (we wish it were not so). Some of these boasts irrespective of Western media for which he said his efforts were recog- will be receiving a new ambassador, but that those stories will be accompanied by audio reaction, but if we choose to ignore them nized when he became an honorary presi- in the meantime, fi rst counsellor Lukasz and video feeds and many of those will be they will be relegated to lesser-known dent of the Korea War Veterans Association Weremiuk will serve as chargé d’affaires. disturbing to viewers and listeners (hence and less important media outlets that only in Ottawa. His proudest accomplishment, Lithuania’s mission is seeing some the advance warning to consumers before other terrorists read (of course in the era of however, was the organization of the Imjin changes as well. The current chargé broadcast). Images will often consist of still the world wide web anything is available Hockey Classic in 2015, which was a re-en- d’affaires, Jonas Skardinskas, who only just photos of terrorists or actual footage of vi- to those who are persistent enough). The actment of a historic hockey game between recently took over for the previous ambas- olent extremists carrying out their heinous lower the coverage, the lower the impact. two Canadian regiments during the Korean sador Vytautas Žalys, is departing Ottawa acts (beheadings are a good example). Don’t worry: our intelligence and law War on the frozen Imjin River. on Aug. 7. He will be replaced by Julijus The question that has often been raised, enforcement agencies who need to know Here, the friends he made in Ottawa Rakitsis as chargé d’affaires until a new am- however, is whether the media should these details are without doubt all over came through for him. One friend con- bassador arrives, which could take until next run these images. Are news providers not these sites and they will do what is neces- nected him with someone at the Canadian January, according to the embassy. merely glorifying terrorist violence? Are sary to respond. Tire Centre, where the game was hosted. Sami Haddad, chargé d’affaires at the they not giving terrorist organizations the And yet developing a policy of refusal Conservative Senator Yonah Martin, who embassy of Lebanon, is on a month-long oxygen they crave? Is it not possible that to publish photos does seem a little like the is of Korean heritage, is a close friend and vacation in Lebanon. In the meantime, An- these images will inspire others to emulate suppression of press freedom. Terrorism ally of Col. Choi, he said, and was a sup- toine Eid is chargé d’affaires in their offi ce. the acts portrayed? All very good ques- is news and it is of interest to the public. porter of the event as well. Myanmar’s former ambassador Hau tions. Shouldn’t the public’s right to know trump “She has her own plan, and so we com- Do Suan has left as well, and Soe Myint, This issue came to the fore last week the desire to defl ate the egos of the ter- bined her efforts and our efforts, so this the counsellor there, is taking his place as when the French paper Le Monde an- rorists? It is a good question, and I do not had [a] big synergy effect,” Col. Choi said chargé d’affaires. nounced that it would henceforth not pub- have an answer to it. I would suspect that of his relationship with the Senator. In Canada’s foreign service, change is lish the photographs of terrorist suspects. news organizations would fi ght the imposi- His advice for his successor, Colonel Chang rampant as well, particularly in the wake In an op-ed piece entitled “Resisting the tion of such controls (they of course could Bae Yoon, (who arrived in Ottawa last month), of the slew of new ambassadorial appoint- strategy of hatred”, editor-in-chief Jérôme decide to act unilaterally). is to get out to as many receptions as possible, ments made by Foreign Affairs Minister Fenoglio stated that his paper would “pub- Another aspect of this issue is the and to have a warm heart while doing so. Oh, Stéphane Dion last month. lish no more photographs of the authors hypothesis that terrorist images inspire and to play hockey with the Ottawa Service One of the changes Diplomatic Circles has of these killings, to avoid the effects of others to act. That is certainly possible but Attaché Association’s hockey team. learned of includes Nadia Scipio del Campo re- posthumous glorifi cation.” He also noted I am not sure there is a linear relationship Col. Choi had never played hockey before turning to Ottawa from her posting as consul in that Islamic State’s strategy is to foster between image and action. In my experi- coming to Canada, but now, he leaves as “the Los Angeles. According to Twitter, a going- civil war in France and that he would not ence, the process through which someone best hockey player in Korean military,” he away party was hosted for her on July 25. be party to that goal. becomes a terrorist is not reducible to says, laughing. The team consists entirely of And Canadian diplomats in Hanoi gave a Strong words indeed and an admirable exposure to a series of photos; it is much defence attachés, and they call themselves the gift in the form of song to their host country position, of that there is no doubt. The more complicated than that. I see photos “Lame Ducks.” They regularly hold charity before their departure. Outgoing diplomats, question is still out there, nevertheless. and videos as one piece of the radicaliza- games against the General Offi cers and Flag including Ambassador David Devine, released There are certainly arguments for and tion pie, not its entirety. Offi cers of the Canadian forces, and the game a spiffy video on YouTube singing a traditional against posting photos of terrorists. In the end, I trust that responsible has been refereed by Governor General David Vietnamese folk song in front of a temple in On the plus side, we really must stop media make responsible decisions (some Johnston. Keep your eyes out for Col. Yoon, Hanoi, drinking tea and waving fans embla- giving terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, media clearly do not, but those are not however, who as a former speed skater, may zoned with the Canadian goverment logo. Islamic State (also known as ISIS, ISIL, serious media). We should probably leave bring new talent to the team as he takes over Marie-Josée Rhéaume was wished fare- and Daesh), and others the attention they the decision on what to include and what for Col. Choi. well and good luck by Canada’s Ambassador desire. We are giving them free advertising. to exclude to them and not subject them to to Norway Artur Wilczynski on Twitter, as Our refusal to play their game must also outside interference. A low-down on changes seen so far she leaves her position as head of the politi- extend to publishing so-called claims of Phil Gurski is president/CEO of Borealis this summer cal section at Canada’s embassy in Oslo. responsibility. Not only is it diffi cult to de- Threat and Risk Consulting. He worked for Summer is a busy time in the diplomatic If you know of any changes to Ottawa’s termine whether a claim is real—we know over 30 years as an intelligence analyst in community. Postings end, new ones begin, diplomatic community, or to Canada’s that it is clearly in the terrorists’ interests Canada, including 15 at CSIS. and diplomats and ambassadors settle in to foreign service, please let us know! to be seen as being behind as many attacks [email protected] their new homes with the entirety of their [email protected] as possible, since it raises the overall fear The Hill Times missions ahead of them. @chels_nash 16 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 HILL TIMES CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PLACEMENT: TEL. 613-232-5952, FAX 613-232-9055

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n our Energy Policy Briefi ng, The Hill Times examines the latest on the proposed Pacifi c North IWest LNG pipeline in British Columbia and uncovers the behind-the-scenes politics. We explore how David Prest, a top staffer in the Canada can transition its entire energy infrastructure Gerald Butts, principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Conservative House Leader’s Offi ce. The to renewables by 2050 if it starts now. We take a Trudeau, hard at it. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster good look at the International Renewable Energy Continued from page 13 fi cer to the NDP whip’s offi ce, has claimed Agency’s recent report on the renewable energy 18th place this year and came second for sector worldwide and what it means for Canada, and Best NDP Hill staffer. drew Scheer (Regina-Qu’Appelle, Sask.), Roberta Webster, the member’s as- we offer up the latest on the Policy Horizons Canada ranked 15th on the list this year. Mr. Prest, sistant to NDP MP Fin Donnelly (Port report on Canada’s status as an “energy superpower.” an expert on parliamentary procedure and Moody-Coquitlam, B.C.), ranked the No. We also review FedNor’s recent investment of tactics, has frequently been voted one of 19 spot. Ms. Webster has been working for the best staffers on the Hill since the Ter- NDP MPs on the Hill since 2000, including $2.7-million to create a renewable-energy micro-grid rifi c 25 Staffers Survey started. for former MPs Jean Crowder and Chris development company aimed at providing energy Mr. Prest fi rst started on the Hill more Charlton, and respondents cited her hard- than 40 years ago when he worked as a working and “no-nonsense” approach. solutions in remote First Nations communities. janitor while he was a student. He offi cially Cory Hann, director of communications began work as a political staffer in 1982 for the Conservative Party of Canada, is when he joined the Progressive Conserva- 20th on the Terrifi c 25 Staffer list. tive whip’s offi ce. He’s been working for Veteran Liberal Whip staffer Mélanie conservative House offi cers on the Hill ever Lauzon, a committee coordinator in the BE A PART OF THIS since. Government Whip’s Offi ce and a staffer on Rob Sutherland, chief of staff to NDP Whip the Hill for more than two decades, ranked IMPORTANT POLICY BRIEFING. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga, Que.), No. 21 this year. ranked No. 16 this year and won second place PMO director of communications Kate in the Most Knowledgeable category. Purchase reached 22nd on the Terrifi c 25 list, Aside from a fi ve-year break in the while Mike Storeshaw, director of media 1990s, Mr. Sutherland has been working relations to Ms. Ambrose as interim Con- on the Hill since 1981, working for various servative leader, earned the 23rd spot. Communicate with those most responsible NDP MPs before joining the NDP House “Always on the ball and spins faster leader’s offi ce in 2003. He’s been a senior than a top,” said one Ontario Conservative for Canada’s public policy decisions. staffer in the NDP whip’s offi ce since 2012. respondent of Mr. Storeshaw. “[He is] So adept at parliamentary proce- Meanwhile, his colleague Jake En- dure he should be added to next edition of wright, senior communications offi cer for For more information or to reserve your government relations O’Brien and Bosc,” said one respondent, re- the Conservative caucus, ranked 24th on the and public affairs advertising space, contact The Hill Times ferring to the parliamentary procedure book list this year. display advertising department at 613-688-8825. named after former House clerk Audrey Finally, Anne Marie Keeley, chief of O’Brien and acting House clerk Marc Bosc. staff to Conservative Whip Gord Brown, Cyndi Jenkins, PMO Atlantic regional rounded out the list in 25th place. desk adviser, placed 17th on the Terrifi c 25 Also of note: Allie Chalke, special assis- list and came third for Best PMO Staffer tant for the Atlantic region to Finance Min- behind her colleague Mr. Kippen. Ms. ister Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), Jenkins has been on the Hill since January, claimed the title of Best Cabinet Staffer in and before that was an aide in Liberal New this year’s Terrifi c 25 Staffer Survey, but Brunswick premier Brian Gallant’s offi ce. just missed out on a spot on the top 25 list. Former NDP union president and long [email protected] time staffer Anthony Salloum, a lobby of- The Hill Times 18 THE HILL TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016 POLITICAL STAFFERS

tion of the government-allocated communications at Samford Uni- the previous Conservative whip. opposition days. versity in Alabama, as indicated Mr. O’Connor was Conservative HILL CLIMBERS “But both areas [are] really, by his LinkedIn profi le. whip from 2008 to 2013. really neat,” she said, adding, “I As well, staffer Jayden As whip, Mr. Brown gets an BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT feel excited to have been able to Robertson also works for Mr. annual budget of $590,406 for experience both.” Scheer in his House leader role, 2016-17. In this role, he and his As Conservative House leader, but he splits his time between staff are responsible for coordi- Mr. Scheer has been allocated that offi ce and the offi ce of Con- nating with the House leader’s a budget of $508,924 for 2016- servative Whip Gordon Brown offi ce to ensure seats are fi lled 17 by Parliament, as laid out in serving as an administrative as- and caucus members show up the members’ allowances and sistant. The offi ces of the various as needed for votes and House Potter, Prest, services manual. In this role, Mr. caucus House leaders and whips debates. Mr. Brown has been Scheer oversees the Conservative for each party on the Hill work the Conservative MP for Leeds- caucus’ legislative agenda and ap- in close coordination to respec- Grenville-Thousand Islands and Keeley help lead proach in the House of Commons tively set the caucus’ agenda in Rideau Lakes, Ont. since 2004 Chamber, including negotiating the House of Commons Cham- and became whip post-election with other House leaders to settle ber and to ensure that agenda last fall. the House schedule. is realized, by making sure MPs Along with Mr. Robertson, the Conservative House Veteran Hill staffer David turn up as needed for votes and Conservative whip’s offi ce also Prest, who was recently voted to debates. includes Sean Murphy, manager of the No. 15 spot on The Hill Times’ Mr. Robertson was a page parliamentary affairs and a senior leader, whip offi ces 15th Terrifi c 25 Staffer list, is a se- in the House of Commons from lobby coordinator for the offi ce. nior parliamentary affairs adviser August 2012 to August 2013 Mr. Murphy, who’s been a to Mr. Scheer as House leader. during his fi rst year studying staffer on the Hill since 2011, Mr. Prest has been working on international relations and affairs was voted the Best All-Round After Scheer’s offi ce as director of parliamen- the Hill for almost four decades, and public administration at the Terrifi c Staffer in The Hill Times’ tary affairs and director of issues starting off as a janitor on the Hill University of Ottawa. Following Terrifi c 25 Staff Survey this eight years of non- management. She worked there while a student before landing a this, in the fall of 2013 while still a year, along with ranking third until jumping over to Mr. Scheer’s gig in the Progressive Conserva- student, he was hired as a special overall on the top 25 staff list. partisanship, ‘you let team in 2011. tive whip’s offi ce in 1982. He’s assistant for parliamentary af- Mr. Murphy also claimed the Mr. Scheer has been the been working for conservative fairs to Mr. Van Loan as govern- title of Best Conservative Hill him loose and now Conservative MP for Regina- House offi cers ever since, at ment House leader, continuing his Staffer and came third for Most Qu’Appelle, Sask. since 2004, and some point before the early 2000s studies part time. Knowledgeable for his grasp he’s just loving it,’ served as Speaker of the House switching over from the whip’s While less common, it’s not of parliamentary procedure. says his chief of staff of Commons from 2011 up until offi ce to the offi ce of the Conser- unheard of for people to be hired He started off on the Hill as an the start of the new Parliament vative House leader. to work on the Hill while still in aide to former Conservative MP Kenzie Potter. last fall. He succeeded Liberal Philippe (“Phil”) Bolduc over- school (though typically with Robert Goguen, and fi rst joined Speaker Peter Milliken and was sees private members’ business reduced course schedules), and the whip’s team in 2012. followed by current Speaker and for the offi ce, keeping tabs on both the University of Ottawa and Kelly Williams is senior com- aving stepped out of his neu- Liberal MP Geoff Regan (Halifax what bills caucus MPs are look- Carleton University in Ottawa are mittee coordinator in the offi ce, Htral role in the last Parliament West, N.S.). Before that, he was ing to introduce in the House of well-beaten paths to the Hill. working closely with commit- as House of Commons Speaker deputy speaker from 2008 to 2011. Commons, and in what order. Mr. Robertson has been split- tee coordinators Stav Nitka and and back into a partisan seat as Mr. Scheer is now on the front Last Parliament, Mr. Bolduc ting his time between the Conser- Luwam Ghebre. offi cial opposition House leader, bench of the offi cial opposition, was director of parliamentary vative whip and House leader of- Ms. Williams has been a staffer Andrew Scheer has kept at least often seen rising in the House dur- affairs and issues management to fi ces since late last year, following on the Hill for a number of years, one thing consistent: Kenzie Pot- ing question period to question and then-Conservative trade minister the 2015 election. previously as a special assistant ter as his chief of staff. lob partisan barbs at the Liberal Ed Fast, having started out in the “Our team is amazing. David to then-justice minister Rob Ms. Potter has been working government’s front bench. minister’s offi ce in 2012. He fi rst Prest is a genius, we’re lucky to have Nicholson and as an aide to then- for Mr. Scheer since 2011, when “I think from eight years of non- began working on the Hill in 2009 him and everyone else just seems to Conservative MP Greg Rickford. she was hired to serve as his chief partisanship and then it’s like, you as an aide to then-Conservative know their fi les really well. I never She fi rst joined the Conservative of staff while he worked as House let him loose and now he’s just lov- whip Gordon O’Connor. have to worry about what’s happen- whip’s offi ce in 2010. Speaker shortly after that year’s ing it. You see him in his questions And in some belated staffi ng ing with private members’ bills, I Mr. Nitka is a former Conserva- May federal election. in question period, and he’s just news, Colin Thackeray returned know Phil’s got a good handle on it. tive Party intern and was originally She fi rst began working on happy to be there,” said Ms. Potter to the Conservative House lead- Jayden is beyond organized, he an- hired to work in the Conservative the Hill more than a decade ago, of her boss, adding “it’s fun to be er’s offi ce back in June. Under ticipates everyone’s needs,” said Ms. whip’s offi ce in 2013 as a junior starting off in the Conservative around” that energy. the Conservative government, Mr. Potter, adding, “it’s amazing working lobby coordinator. At the time, government whip’s offi ce as a “He knows procedure so well Thackeray was a senior special for Andrew.” former B.C. Conservative MP committee and communications having been Speaker and deputy assistant to Conservative MP Tom and minister John Duncan was coordinator. At the time, former Speaker for eight years, he knows Lukiwski as the parliamentary government whip. A former fellow Conservative MP Jay Hill was how the game’s played, how it secretary to then-government The whip’s team with the Canadian-Jewish Political government whip. works,” she said. House leader Peter Van Loan, Action Committee (CJPAC), he’s When Mr. Hill was made Ms. Potter said it’s her fi rst working out of Mr. Van Loan’s Over in Mr. Brown’s Conserva- also previously been involved government House leader in 2008, time working in opposition, and Centre Block offi ce. tive whip offi ce, Ann Marie Keeley with the Quebec Liberal Party. The Ms. Potter followed, taking on she’s found her job “remarkably Mr. Thackeray has been is serving as chief of staff. Ms. province’s Liberal party is seen the role of director of parliamen- different” from her time working working on the Hill for various Keeley has been a staffer in the as more right leaning and there is tary affairs in the offi ce, which for Mr. Hill as government House Conservative House leaders since Conservative whip’s offi ce for a no ‘Conservative’ or ‘Progressive is located just off of the House of leader. While in government, the 2004. He previously worked in number of years and came in at No. Conservative’ party there. Commons foyer in Centre Block. House leader sets the legislative media, including for a time as 25 on this year’s Terrifi c 25 Staff list. Ms. Ghebre has been working After Mr. Hill was shuffl ed out agenda for the Chamber and weekend director for Global TV Ms. Keeley’s LinkedIn profi le on the Hill for a few years, and of the Conservative cabinet, Ms. determines what will be debated in Regina, Sask. and as a show indicates she’s been a staffer was also a committee coordinator Potter was quickly snapped up when. In opposition, the leader producer for Rawlco Radio in the since 1995, and held the title of under Mr. Duncan as whip. by then-transport minister Chuck works in response to the govern- city before that. Mr. Thackeray senior adviser during her time [email protected] Strahl to work in his ministerial ment’s agenda, with the excep- studied journalism and mass working under Mr. O’Connor as The Hill Times The Low Tide Cocktail Hour

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Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 2431 Queensborough Rd., Parliamentary Queensborough, Ont. Hastings-Lennox and Addington, Ont. October deadline Calendar THURSDAY, AUG. 25 Liberal Caucus Retreat—The Liberals will hold a two-day caucus retreat Aug. 25-26 in Saguenay, Que. For more information, please call Liberal Party media looms to reach new relations at [email protected] or 613-627-2384. SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 G20 Leaders’ Summit—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to attend. Hangzhou, China. Sept. softwood lumber pact 4-5. For more information, call the PMO Press Offi ce at 613-957-5555. TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 Continued from page 5 caps in what they attribute to largely pri- vate ownership of forest land in the region. Conservative Caucus Retreat—The Conservatives will Despite these divisions, Mr. Rusnak hold a two-day summer caucus retreat Sept. 13-14 reaching a new pact to the complexity of Sport in Halifax. For more information, contact Cory Hann, the issue. expressed optimism about the prospect of a new deal being reached that would be director of communications, Conservative Party of “I think they do have an amazing Canada at [email protected] relationship and it’s evident that negotia- benefi cial for all producers. minister NDP Caucus Retreat—The NDP are gathering Sept. tions are still ongoing even though they are “I’m hopeful we’ll come to something 13-15 in Montreal. Please call the NDP Media Centre extremely diffi cult,” Mr. Rusnak said of the before the October deadline and hopefully at 613-222-2351 or [email protected] prime minister and president. it’s good for all producers across Canada,” and GG FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 he said. The long-simmering dispute over Cana- Leap to Where? Elements of a Canadian Climate Policy dian softwood lumber remerged into the Mr. Rusnak said he believed some- thing similar to the recently elapsed That Could Be Both Feasible and Enough: Thomas Homer- national discussion last October following to attend Dixon—Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, 7 p.m. (doors open at the expiration of a 2006 agreement reached agreement would be welcomed by the 6:30 p.m.), Carleton University, River Building Theatre by the former Conservative government. lumber industry in his northwestern (RB2200), 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa. Registra- That deal, which ended years of trade Ontario riding, which lost a number of Olympics tion: carleton.ca/fpa. For more information, call Cassie litigation, instituted export charges on sawmills in recent years. Hodgins, Carleton University, 613-520-2600 x 2995. Canadian lumber entering the United The 2006 pact, he said, provided room SATURDAY, SEPT. 17 States whenever prices fell below a certain for “growing capacity” in the region. While acknowledging that free trade WEDNESDAY, AUG. 3 Canadian Press/CBC Parliament Hill Open—Mont Cas- fl oor. cades Golf Club, Cantley, Que., (30 minutes from Ot- It also prevents the U.S. from launching remains the ultimate goal, Mr. Rusnak said Sport Minister in Rio—Minister of Sport Carla tawa). Tee times start at 11 a.m.; best-ball format, with another trade case for at least a year after it’s “always better” to have an agreement Qualtrough is set to attend the 2016 Olympic Games prizes for fi rst place, second place and “most honest” than to launch into a “trade war with the from Aug 2-9 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio 2016 scores, plus closest-to-the-pin and long drive prizes for its expiration, meaning the cross-border Olympic Games will take place from Aug. 5-21 and will trade of lumber is currently free, though United States.” both men and women. Sign up as a complete foursome include 10,500 athletes from 205 countries. Media or as a single or pair. Cost: $95, includes green fee, that will likely stop if a new agreement Mr. Doherty, however, said the govern- ment’s failure to sketch out a national con- contact in Rio (media only): Anna Gravelle, manager, power cart, and steak dinner. Email CP Ottawa’s James isn’t reached before October 12. communications (PCH Western Region), 604-313- sensus on the focus of initial discussions McCarten ([email protected]) or The impending conclusion of this so- 9287. the CBC’s Paul MacInnis ([email protected]) for called cooling period comes as the U.S. has made negotiating excessively diffi cult. World Press Photo 16—Some of the best photojour- more information or to hold your space, or reach James enters the final months of an intermi- Hinting at the need for fl exibility, he nalism in the world is on display at the The World Press at 613-231-8602 or 613-794-0848 and Paul at 613- nable election campaign period that has is calling for a “fair and balanced” agree- Photo 16 exhibition at the Barney Danson Theatre at 288-6611 or 613-293-3494. ment that is representative of the domestic the Canadian War Museum, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa until seen Republican presidential nominee Aug. 17. Featuring 155 large-format photographs that MONDAY, SEPT. 19 Donald Trump and his Democratic rival industry’s diffuse interests. The Global Affairs Department, which depict everyday life and headline news from 2015. House Resumes Sitting—The House resumes sitting Hillary Clinton espouse tough stands on warmuseum.ca on Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. after a 13-week break. The trade. deals with international trade, strongly disputes accusations that the government FRIDAY, AUG. 5 House adjourned June 17. Specifi cally, Mr. Trump has promised to TUESDAY, SEPT. 20 crack down hard on China and other coun- is failing to work with stakeholders to craft Green Party of Canada Convention—The Green Party tries that undermine domestic industries. a Canadian response to the impasse and meets for its convention Aug. 5-7. Delta City Centre Cabinet Meeting—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is that it has not produced a guiding frame- Hotel, 101 Lyon St., Ottawa. This year’s keynote expected to hold a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Sept. President Obama, who is strongly pro- speaker, James Shaw, co-leader of the Green Party of free trade, leaves offi ce in January, though work for discussions. 20 on the Hill. For more information, call the PMO During the North American Leaders New Zealand and Member of Parliament, will discuss Press Offi ce at 613-957-5555. the opening to reach a new deal before his New Zealand’s shift away from the fi rst-past-the-post Summit last month in Ottawa, Prime 2016 Canadian Inland Ports Conference—On Sept. departure is actually far narrower than electoral system to a system of proportional representa- 20-21, 2016, the Van Horne Institute will be hosting it would appear, as any pact on softwood Minister Trudeau and President tion. Other speakers include: Frank Graves, founder Obama committed in a joint statement the 2016 Canadian Inland Ports Conference in Win- requires approval from Congress, Mr. and president of EKOS Research Associates Inc.; nipeg, Manitoba. This conference will bring together Doherty said. to continuing negotiations to “achieve a David Coon, Green Party of New Brunswick MLA; Peter leading experts from around the world to discuss inland durable solution on softwood lumber,” Bevan-Baker, Green Party of Prince Edward Island ports and their importance to their local, provincial, Federal politicians typically refrain MLA; Green Party Leader Elizabeth May; Évelyne said Diana Khaddaj, a department and national economies. It will showcase fi ve of Cana- from making potentially contentious Huytebroeck, member of the Global Greens European spokesperson, via email. da’s Inland Ports located across Manitoba, Saskatche- decisions in the fi nal months before the Green Party Committee; Sonia Theroux, campaign man- wan, Alberta, and BC; as well as major Canadian ports, The statement from the two leaders ager for Campaign to Elect Jo-Ann Roberts, and former November elections. Plus, the House and airports, and stakeholders. Early bird registration before called for any agreement to feature an “ap- campaign manager for Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps. For Senate are controlled by the Republicans, Aug. 22: $495. Registration after Aug. 22 $600. propriate structure” maintaining Canadian additional information, please contact press secretary who have largely blocked Mr. Obama’s Please contact Bryndis Whitson at bwhitson@ucalgary. Dan Palmer, 613-614-4916. legislative priorities. exports at or below an agreed U.S. market ca or 403-220-2114 for more information. http://www. GG Heads to Rio—Gov. Gen. David Johnston, share to be negotiated, while providing the vanhorneinstitute.com/event/2016-canadian-inland- Politics aside, Mr. Doherty said the the patron of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian government could have at least “stability, consistency and fl exibility neces- ports-conference/ sary to achieve the confi dence of both will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from Aug. 3-8 reached a consensus within the geographi- as Canada’s offi cial representative at the Rio 2016 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21 cally fractured national lumber industry industries.” Olympic Games, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an- It also called for fl exibility to ex- nounced last week. It will be the fi rst Olympic Games Liberal Caucus Meeting—The Liberals will meet in about what the “starting point” would look Room 237-C Centre Block on Parliament Hill. For more like for a new agreement and allow for clude certain regions or companies, in- to be held in South America. More than 315 athletes stitutional arrangements to administer have qualifi ed and Canada has qualifi ed in fi ve team information, please call Liberal Party media relations at the development of a framework to guide [email protected] or 613-627-2384. the agreement, enforcement tools, com- sports. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games will take place negotiations. from Aug. 5-21 and will include 10,500 athletes Conservative Caucus Meeting—The Conservatives For the most part, central Canadian pro- mitments to the use of trade remedies, will meet for their national caucus meeting. For more and provisions that would allow regional from 205 countries. For more information, call the ducers are arguing that changes in the past PMO Press Offi ce at 613-957-5555. information, contact Cory Hann, director of commu- decade to the way rates are calculated to policies that eliminate the “underly- Ship for World Youth Leaders Recruitment—This nications, Conservative Party of Canada at coryhann@ ing causes of trade frictions,” and that program will take 242 youth leaders from around conservative.ca harvest trees in Ontario and Quebec better NDP Caucus Meeting—The NDP caucus will meet refl ect market prices and should lead to the would ensure information collection and the world on a three-month journey across the sea, including 11 Canadian youth between the ages of from 9:15 a.m.-11 a.m. in Room 112-N Centre Block, scrapping of duties or export caps. exchange, amongst other features. International Trade Minister Chrystia 18 and 30 and one national leader between the on Wednesday. Please call the NDP Media Centre at American lumber companies have long ages of 30 and 39. The voyage will depart in Janu- 613-222-2351 or [email protected] accused the Canadian industry of being Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.), her American counterpart, U.S. Trade Rep- ary 2017 aboard the Nippon Maru Japanese cruise THURSDAY, SEPT. 22 unfairly subsidized because of the wide- ship and will include stops in Japan, Fiji, and New spread practice of purchasing timber rights resentative Michael Froman, and their Zealand. The Canadian Ship for World Youth Alumni TD Presents The Walrus Talks Arctic—The Walrus from provincial governments, which they teams have been meeting “diligently” to Association is organizing recruitment for Canadian Talks returns to the Canadian Museum of Nature (240 McLeod St., Ottawa) on Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. TD Presents argue is cheaper than buying from private discuss the issue and will “continue to do delegates. The deadline for general participants is so,” Ms. Khaddaj said. Sept. 1, and the deadline for the national leader is The Walrus Talks Arctic features leading Canadians owners. Aug. 15. The Embassy of Japan will be hosting an giving short, focused Walrus Talks exploring the issues Central Canadian producers would not “We are also meeting intensively on softwood lumber with our provincial gov- information session on Aug. 5, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 255 and opportunities that make the North unique. Featuring be comfortable with any agreement that Sussex Dr., Ottawa. Reservation is required: https:// ITK president Natan Obed, research scientist Jeffery M. restricted softwood exports into the United ernments, stakeholders, and producers,” shipforworldyouthinfo.eventbrite.ca. More informa- Saarela, aboriginal languages and culture advocate Fibbie States, according to the head of the coun- she said, calling softwood lumber trade a tion about the program: http://swycanada.org/ Tatti, and more. $12-$20. Full event details and tickets “complex issue, with diverse interests at try’s largest forest product company. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 available online at thewalrus.ca/events “Softwood lumber producers in On- stake both in Canada and the U.S.” The Parliamentary Calendar is a free listing. Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or governmental tario and Quebec need and deserve free As for concerns about forging a deal World Social Forum 2016—Downtown Montreal plays host to this gathering, which bills itself as the event in a paragraph with all the relevant details under trade,” Richard Garneau, president and before Mr. Obama’s term elapses, Ms. Khaddaj said the government is look- largest gathering of civil society in the world. More than the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to news@ CEO of Resolute Forest Products Inc., said hilltimes.com by Wednesday at noon before the Monday ing “forward to continuing a productive 50,000 people will be present and 1,500 activites during a meeting of the House Committee offered, according to organizers (both online and in paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday paper. on International Trade in April. relationship with whomever the American person). $40. Until Aug. 14. https://fsm2016.org/en/ We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but we will people decide to elect in November.” Atlantic producers have been histori- WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24 defi nitely do our best. cally exempted from any tariffs and export [email protected] [email protected] The Hill Times Hastings Plowing Match and Farm Show—Wednesday, The Hill Times insider’s guide to the fall session of the 42nd parliament

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