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Economy P.11 EXCLUSIVEEXCLUSUSIVI E POLITICALPOPOLILITIT CAL COCCOVERAGE:OVEVERRAAGGEE: NNENEWS,WSS, FEATURES,FFEEATATURRES, ANDAANND ANALYSIS INSIDE SYRIA NEEDS BEEF, DIGITAL BEER, VOICE IN PEACE STATE DINNER P. 25 WHISKY P. 2 PROCESS P. 17 ECONOMY P.11 TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1325 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSWEEKLY MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016 $5.00 NEWS NDP LEADERSHIP Bélanger, who’s battling ALS, Mulcair faces ‘fi ght of his life’ brings MPs to tears as he leads at convention, says Capstick BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT da following a disappointing elec- Speaker’s Parade, just for one day tion result last fall, at least one NDP More than 1,200 people are ex- supporter says Leader Tom Mulcair pected at the NDP’s convention in faces the “fi ght of his life.” Edmonton next month and with a leadership review vote on the agen- Continued on page 18 NEWS PCO & INNOVATION Public servants fl ock to PCO’s fi rst-ever ‘behavioural economics’ conference BY DEREK ABMA last week in Ottawa to learn how to better infl uence public behav- Hundreds of public servants iour. It was the fi rst conference of took in the Privy Council Of- its kind in Canada. fi ce’s conference on behavioural economics for the public sector Continued on page 5 NEWS SENATE & AG Senate to release Binnie’s fi nal Senators’ expense arbitration report on March 21 BY ABBAS RANA 21 on the 14 Senators who chal- lenged Auditor General Michael The Senate’s powerful Internal Ferguson’s 2015 audit fi ndings Economy, Budgets, and Admin- over $1-million in inappropriate istration Committee will publicly Senate spending. release Senate arbitrator Ian Bin- nie’s long-awaited report March Continued on page 7 Emotional walk: Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger, who was recently diagnosed with ALS, was honorary House Speaker last NEWS HOUSE COMMITTEES Wednesday. His walk into the House was emotional. See more on page 2. The Hill Times photographsw by Jake Wright FEATURE SYRIAN REFUGEES & PARLIAMENT HILL Some House committees in Liberal MP Tan challenges MPs to mentor ‘chaos,’ says NDP MP Julian BY RACHEL AIELLO Prime Minister Justin Trudeau so Syrian refugees to help them fi nd work far, says New Democrat House The Liberals promised to Leader Peter Julian. BY ABBAS RANA them fi nd jobs, and MPs of all “[MPs] are the leaders in their strengthen Commons commit- Mr. Julian (New Westminster- parties can do that by mentoring communities. They’re the lead- tees, but some have gone “from Burnaby, B.C.) said that under Now that the government has and letting them work in their censorship,” under prime minister the Conservatives in the previous brought 25,000 Syrian refugees to constituency offi ces, says a rookie Stephen Harper’s time in power, Continued on page 6 Continued on page 22 Canada, the next step is to help Toronto Liberal MP. “to a chaotic structure” under 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ Beer, beef, and whisky attract a crowd ON Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s Dave Solverson helped host a big HEARD THE HILL shindig on March 9 at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. Beer, BY DEREK ABMA beef, and whisky were on the menu. Ailing Liberal MP Bélanger gets turn Whisky. in House Speaker’s The Hill Times’ Abbas Rana. chair, MPs cry Beer. The chefs and the beef on buns. Cattlemen’s Dan Darling and N.B. Cattlemen’s T.J. Harvey Dave Solverson. and Cedrick MacLeod. Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s Dave Solverson. The crowd. Longtime Liberal MP Mauril Bélanger, who suffers from ALS, makes his way to the House of Com- mons on Wednesday to be acting Speaker, as colleagues cheer him on. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright The beef. iberal MP Mauril Bélanger got the Clement posts provocative Lchance last week to temporarily do the job he wanted before dropping out of the Instagram pic Photographs by running last year after learning he had Beer Canada’s Brittany Agriculture Minister amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also Moorcroft and Ed Gregory. Lawrence MacAulay. Jake Wright known as Lou Gehrigh’s disease. Tony Clement’s His House colleagues gave him the chance social network to be acting Speaker for about 30 minutes on picture of Wednesday afternoon. He led the daily parade himself without through Centre Block to the legislature before a shirt in the the session as a crowd, including Prime Min- snow has ister Justin Trudeau, looked on and cheered. people talking. He wore the traditional Speaker’s clothing of Photograph a black robe and tricorne hat. He required a courtesy of Instagram walker to make the trek. Cattlemen’s Rick Toney, Mr. Bélanger’s condition has progressed Liberal MP Will Amos, Veterans Affairs Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, Reg to the point that he has lost the ability to People are trying to fi gure out what to Minister Ken Hehr, and Dan Runak. Schellenberg, and Ryan Beierback. speak. He now uses an iPad with text-to- make of a recent Instagram picture posted voice software to interact. by Conservative MP Tony Clement that During the House session, Mr. Bélanger shows him with no shirt from the shoulders was saluted by all three main party lead- up, with a pile of snow in the background. ers, as Mr. Justin Trudeau and interim It’s unclear what he is, or is not, wear- Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose both ing below his shoulders, or if there is some recalled participating in the “ice bucket source of heat, such as a hot tub, that’s keep- challenge” of 2014, when scores of people ing him from freezing off his man parts. were videotaped having ice-cold water Mr. Clement posted no comment on the Cattlemen’s Brent Griffi n dumped on their heads in an effort to raise picture, dated March 3, beyond calling it money for research and awareness of ALS. Ontario Cattle Feeders Doug and NDP MP Ruth Ellen Beer Canada’s Brittany “Snow pile selfi e.” Kaufman, Jim Clark, and John Baker. Brosseau. Moorcroft. In response to questioning from NDP The posting had received more than 260 Leader Tom Mulcair, Mr. Trudeau promised likes as of last week, and several comments to continue to support Mr. Bélanger’s past ranging from “Naked?” to “This picture won’t work to protect the rights of anglophone and come back to haunt you. Ha” to ‘wtf….. .” francophone minority communities across In response to a query about the pic- the country. Some MPs cried as it unfolded. ture, Mr. Clement said in emailed state- As the end of his session Wednesday, ment: “I was preparing for the Trudeau Mr. Bélanger thanked his colleagues for government’s fi rst budget. The defi cit and “the great privilege you have bestowed taxes are gonna be so high, I was prepping upon me to serve as honorary Speaker of for when I couldn’t afford to keep a shirt the House of Commons today.” on my back.” Who is he, Kim Kardashian? Conservative MP Ed Fast, second Mr. Bélanger has been the MP for left, and Veterans Affairs Minister Grit staffers Kyle Harrietha, Jane Ottawa-Vanier, Ont., since 1995. Continued on page 26 Kent Hehr, right. McDonald, and Jamie MacDonald. THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2016 3 OPINION CANADA-U.S. RELATIONS Justin Trudeau may have altered expect all this to translate into Canadian businesses lost many this picture a bit, at least temporar- prompt action on the host of bilat- potentially lucrative contracts in ily. It’s been a long time since a Ca- eral issues that make a difference the U.S. because of the Buy Amer- Don’t expect nadian prime minister caused such to their economy and their lives. ican protectionist rules contained a fl urry on the celebrity-hungry When he came to Ottawa in in the administration’s stimulus U.S. cable networks or arrived in 2009 on his foreign trip as presi- spending packages. Washington to such fanfare. dent, Obama spoke of the U.S.’s And, in the talks leading up to miracles from And that’s not to mention relationship with Canada in glow- tentative approval of the 12-nation the boost afforded Cape Breton ing terms and Canadians were Trans-Pacifi c Partnership trade tourism from the tongue-in-cheek enthusiastic and hopeful about the deal—negotiations vital to Can- business about all the Americans new presence in the White House. ada’s economic future—the U.S. who will be heading for Canada if The reality in the years since, worked out a separate side deal Trudeau’s visit Donald Trump wins power. however, has fallen far short of with Japan without any input from But despite Trudeau’s so-called expectations. Ottawa. The measure on foreign special relationship with Obama, One of the most intractable content in vehicle production could it would be a mistake for Cana- problems since 9/11 has been the hurt Canadian manufacturers. dians to think this heralds a new diffi culties caused for travellers Then there’s the long-delayed to Washington day in bilateral relations in which and exporters at the Canada-U.S. Windsor-Detroit bridge. Canada Canada’s concerns and interests border as a result of tightened wound up paying the entire $4 bil- are suddenly a priority in the American security. lion cost of the project, including for Despite Justin ack in the Brian Mulroney era White House. This is not just a nuisance. It a new U.S. Customs plaza in Michi- Bwhen major newspapers had There will be some of this, of undermines Canada’s most cru- gan because Obama could not come Trudeau’s so-called an outsize infl uence among policy- course, in the short term.
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