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the advance began the 1st Canadian Corps soon found the land was composed of rivers and canals where bridges had been toppled. Heard on the Hill “Early fall rains caused rivers to spill their banks and transformed the country- side into a quagmire,” Mr. Zuehlke writes. by Neil Moss “More than fi ve months of battle followed, with weeks of hard fi ghting required to advance from one river to the next. Each month conditions only worsened, and the CPAC’s Andrew Thomson causality rates rose appallingly. Dreams of victory gone, most soldiers sought merely New Chinese Ambassador to Canada Cong to survive. Even that required every mea- Peiwu with Gov. Gen. Payette on Nov. 1. The sure of stamina, courage, and fi ghting skill Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade is a two-day Jeopardy they possessed.” The River Battles is the 13th instalment of “Western egotism and white supremacy” of Mr. Zuehkle’s Canadian battle series. In for viewing the arrest of Huawei executive champion, will try to 2014, he won the Pierre Berton Award for Meng Wanzhou as justifi ed and China’s his popular history writing. arrests of Michael Korvig and His new 480-page book will be pub- Michael Spavor as unjust. lished on Nov. 9 by Douglas & McIntyre. Mr. Cong arrived in Ottawa on Sept. 22. He continue streak Nov. 18 informally started his post after he presented his Letter of Credence to Canada’s chief of Ben Mulroney evokes protocol Stewart Wheeler on Sept. 23 will be Dec. 20. Reasons? More writing, Also formally starting their posts in Ot- less scripting; More travelling, less com- General Sherman to tawa are Afghan Ambassador Mohammad muting. More Florida, less snow. It’s been a Hassan Soroosh Yousufzai, Jordanian Am- privilege to do this job,” Mr. Martin tweeted decline interest in bassador Majed Thalji Salem Alqatarneh, on Nov. 5. running for Conservative Rwandan High Commissioner Prosper Higi- Mr. Martin has been hosting the show ro, Kuwait Ambassador Mohammad Khaled since 2010, when he took over from Tom Party leadership Zaid Al Khaled, and Venezuelan Ambassador Clark. Prior to his days in the hosting chair, Orlando José Viera Blanco. he was a columnist at The Calgary Herald After a Postmedia columnist hinted Canada also named a couple of new top and for more than 30 years. there was some support inside the Conser- diplomats of its own recently, announcing “Just walked out of Don’s offi ce. Not vative Party for the son of former prime a new ambassador for Ukraine and a new over this. Sad to lose one of my mentors minister to run for the high commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. in this town,” CTV colleague Michel Boyer party’s leadership, Ben Mulroney offered Larisa Galadza was appointed Canada’s tweeted about the news. up the words of Union General William top diplomat in Kyiv and Kumar Gupta Tecumseh Sherman in response. was named to the post in Port of Spain. CPAC's Andrew Thomson, right, is pictured with Since 2016, Ms. Galadza has been the Jeopardy host and fellow Canadian, Alex Trebek. New books on regionalism director general of the Peace and Stabiliza- Photograph courtesy of Andrew Thomson/ tion Operations Program at Global Affairs. in federal elections and She replaces Roman Waschuk who had s many Hill journalists are still recov- the hard-fought end of held the post as Canada’s ambassador to Aering from the gruelling election cam- Ukraine since 2014. paign, CPAC’s Andrew Thomson has been Canada’s Second World Mr. Gupta replaces Hogan Rufelds as showcasing his trivia skills in tinseltown. high commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. “Well that was an interesting two days War Italian campaign He previously served as ambassador to @Jeopardy—despite some occasional brain Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Angola from fails (President Log? Hessian cows?). Next A new books seeks to answer if the 2015 to 2017. attempt will air on Monday, Nov. 18. … federal election is a regional or national Thanks to everyone rooting me on this past contest, and another takes a look at the week!” Mr. Thomson tweeted on Nov. 2. hard-fought campaign of the 1st Canadian Ben Mulroney, right, used the words of William Andrew Balfour has After debuting on Jeopardy on Oct. 31 Corps to push Germany out of Italy. Tecumseh Sherman to silence any murmurs that he crossed the Rubicon and winning $24,001 in his fi rst night, he As the 43rd election has brought in- might be interested in leading the Tories. Photograph won again on night number two, Nov. 1, creased discussion of regionalism and courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Twitter Andrew Balfour has joined Rubicon with $6,799, bringing his two-day total to Western alienation, a number of academics Strategy as its managing partner after $30,800. have come together to assess if elections “If drafted, I will not run; if nominated, more than four years at Navigator Ltd. While the Hill journalist is used to fl ex- should be viewed as national or regional I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve,” “Andrew’s reputation as a public affairs The Ottawa Provincial Battles, National ing his trivia muscles, he told contests in Mr. Mulroney tweeted in response, quoting professional is unparalleled in that this was a little different. Prize?: Elections in a Federal State. the Civil War general. Toronto Sun today,” Rubicon founding partner Kory “It’s a totally different experience with Looking at the 2015 election to analyze In the , Jim Warren wrote Teneycke said in a press release. friends, having a beer and trying to win a trends in , Ontario, and on Nov. 4 that Mr. Mulroney’s name was Mr. Balfour previously was the director $50 gift certifi cate,” he told his former em- Quebec, the fi ve authors—Laura B. Ste- being “fl oated” by some former Conserva- of public affairs for Canada 2020. ployer. “This was a little different situation.” phenson, Andrea Lawlor, William P. Cross, tive MPs and staffers. In the past, Mr. Balfour has been Mr. Thomson has worked at CPAC for André Blais, and Elisabeth Gidengil—look Gen. Sherman is recorded as having included on multiple Hill Times Top 100 more than 10 years. at voter and candidate surveys, media cov- delivered the quote when he declined that Lobbyists lists and in 2018 he was named erage, and political party behaviour to see he would run as a Republican candidate in to Ottawa Business Journal‘s “Forty under how parties change their messaging and the 1884 presidential election, which was 40” list. Don Martin to leave Power decision-making in different regions, and eventually won by Democratic president In 2018, he told The Hill Times that lob- Play how voters respond. Grover Cleveland. bying is more than just “pushing an open after Dec. 20 show Ultimately, the study fi nds that the Mr. Mulroney is the oldest son of Brian door” on an issue that harmonizes with the varying provincial results are due to voter Mulroney, who served as Canada’s prime government position, but instead is about CTV’s Don Martin will be departing preference, as opposed to differences in minister from 1984 to 1993, and is current- Your Morning infl uencing the government’s mindset on a as host of CTV’s fl agship political show party messaging and media coverage. ly a host on CTV’s . diffi cult issue. Power Play next month. “Our results suggest that we should The elder Mulroney has three other give voters more credit,” the authors children, including current Ontario Trans- write. “Their vote decisions are complex portation Minister Caroline Mulroney. Separated at birth, eh? and their preferences are nuanced. Voters Canada has only had one prime minis- in Canada are not so easily swayed by ter—current Liberal PM Justin Trudeau— current events that they abandon long-held who was the child of another prime vote considerations.” minister. The 224-page book was published by McGill-Queen’s University Press and was New Chinese ambassador released in October. Cong Peiwu formally Meanwhile, taking place more than 70 years before the 2015 election, Mark starts post Zuehlke’s newest book looks at the 1st Canadian Corps’ fi nal days in the Italian Six new foreign envoys formally started campaign during the Second World War. recently their posts, including the new Chi- The River Battle: Canada’s Final Cam- nese Ambassador to Canada, Cong Peiwu. Defeated NDP MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault, paign in World War II Italy takes readers The six top diplomats presented their Letters left, and Bloc Québécois MP-elect Alexis CTV’s Don Martin pictured with Finance Minister Bill inside the Corps’ attempt to push Germany of Credence to Governor General Julie Payette Brunelle-Duceppe. Photograph courtesy of Morneau following the 2018 Budget presentation. out of Italy. From September 1944 to Febru- in a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Nov. 1. Twitter and The Hill Times photograph by The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia ary 1945, the Canadian soldiers pushed Mr. Cong succeeds the controversial Lu Andrew Meade across the Emilia-Romagna plain. Origi- Shaye, who gained international attention “Excited to announce that after 9 years, nally thought to be a wide open area where for an op-ed he penned in The Hill Times [email protected] my last show as host of @CTV_PowerPlay Canadians tanks could have free rein, as in January in which he accused Canadians The Hill Times smart limbs

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a formal post-mortem process in Other candidates like Eric-Abel Continued from page 1 place “sooner rather than later.” Baland echoed that assessment. who said he’s “completely con- In a press conference last The party didn’t put enough em- vinced” the party and NDP Leader week, Mr. Singh said the party has phasis on the specifi city of Quebec, (Burnaby South, a “strong foundation” in Quebec he said, and the party’s differences B.C.) understand Quebec’s impor- and knows there is “work to be on the left for the Quebec culture tance “and they want to rebuild.” done,” but Mr. Dubé expressed and the economic program for Outgoing NDP MP Matthew Dubé, who was defeated on Oct. 21, says he has yet Rebuilding is job No. 1 for the some reservations about how the the climate, said Mr. Baland, who to decide whether to run again in the next election, but intends to remain involved former journalist who fortifi ed his party is doing that work. earned eight per cent of the vote with the party as it rebuilds in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade own base in Rosemont-La Petite- “Right now I don’t think … the for the NDP in Mount Royal, where Patrie, Que., coming almost 11,000 leadership team seems quite ready Liberal incumbent Anthony House- votes ahead of his Liberal and Bloc to do that and that would be my father kept his seat. introduce him to voters, like in voters to pause and say: “We just counterparts, whose parties took caution: they need to have that self- The party can keep local sup- the “very well-received” French said we don’t want have religious the rest of the remaining 14 NDP- refl ection and look at what went port if it restores the faith of volun- video ad released just before the people in authority or public ser- held Quebec seats and helped drive wrong,” said Mr. Dubé, adding that teers on the ground by positive and campaign that showed Mr. Singh, vice, so why are you presenting the party’s popular vote down to 11 some in the party aren’t striking constructive visibility in Ottawa who trains in taekwondo, without leader with a turban?” per cent, from the high water mark the right tone, given the results. and the adoption of fl agship mea- his turban and fi ghting in a ring. “We were able to diminish that of 42.9 per cent in 2011. “I think there is a lot of self- sures, he said in French by email. Mr. Singh also faced what Mr. reaction during the campaign Mr. Singh and his chief of congratulations,” he said, and while Unsuccessful Hull-Aylmer, Boulerice described as a natural because the more people were lis- staff, Jennifer Howard, have Mr. there are “bright spots,” and the Que., NDP candidate Nicolas learning curve after fi rst entering the tening to him, the more they like Boulerice’s “complete confi dence,” fact that the party survived may Thibodeau said policy substance House in February 2019 and “was not him but we cannot say it didn’t but he said there will be some in- be enough for those who feared wasn’t the problem, but people election-ready,” despite it being eight hurt us. It did,” Mr. Boulerice said. ternal changes “soonish.” The party party status would be lost—which were surprised by what all the months off from an election. Some of his colleagues were is already talking about preparing happens if a party drops below 12 party covered when he presented more blunt in their assessment of for the next election, and will bring sitting MPs—he’s calling for “sober print-outs at their doors. Secularism debate that context. Fear and racism were in strong organizers like one-time second thought about the chal- “They said how come we the major factors that candidate NDP leadership candidate and lenges that we faced in Quebec, the don’t know about it?” recalled Mr. ‘hurt’ the NDP Joan Gottman—who ran in Sala- former MP Peter Julian, who is fl u- fact that we didn’t make inroads Thibodeau, who said it was tough Those are areas in the party’s berry-Suroît, Que., and ultimately ently bilingual and lived in Quebec expected in Ontario,” and lost seats not to have as much social media control, but many failed candidates placed fourth—identifi ed in the for 10 years, to spend time on the in British Columbia. and print advertising to compete were quick to point to the context of NDP loss, as was strategic voting. ground, Mr. Boulerice said. Steve Moran, a former deputy with the other parties. In July, less the election as key to their defeat. “The biggest thing that Quebec There are mistakes, as well as chief of staff and Quebec represen- than 100 days out from the elec- Mr. Boulerice, who was fi rst wanted to see, is they wanted to bright spots, from the campaign tative on the federal executive, said tion, the NDP temporarily stopped elected in 2011, said two major fac- see our leader without a turban on that serve as necessary lessons, the “writing was on the wall” well his head and that’s what people which he and some of the failed before the campaign started and it NDP Leader outright told you,” she said, call- Quebec NDP candidates say the was clear the party didn’t put in the Jagmeet Singh ing it a lack of education among party should address, quickly. Turf- necessary work between elections, is fl anked by residents who were “duped” by the ing Mr. Singh at the 2020 leader- leaving a “very weak” party struc- some of the 24 provincial government that French ship convention doesn’t appear to ture on the ground in Quebec MPs who were language and culture was under be an option for most supporters, “The party has to take a seri- elected on Oct. threat by the rest of Canada. who point to his solid performance ous look at the way it does things, 21 as he speaks Ms. Gottman said the riding is during the campaign, after starting whether that’s structural, whether with reporters majority white Catholic Quebeck- with dismal poll numbers and a that’s leadership,” said Mr. Moran. in Ottawa on ers, a demographic she said was perceived threatened party status, “Everything has to be on the Oct. 30. The vulnerable to those messages. The as well as the party’s improved table,” he said, though he thinks a Hill Times NDP did a “brilliant job” in Quebec, bargaining position in a minority new leader is not necessary. photograph by and didn’t play on fear, she said. government. In this federal election, the NDP Sam Garcia A few weeks could have made Improving fundraising and won 24 seats and 15.9 per cent of the a difference improving NDP for- having candidates in place popular vote, a drop from the 2015 tunes, said Honoré-Mercier, Que., early are key priorities, said Mr. election, when it won 44 seats and candidate Chu Anh Pham, who Boulerice, adding he’s been call- 19.71 per cent of the vote across the also ultimately placed fourth. In ing and texting those who just ran country. In 2001, the party won 103 the days before the election, she to keep them in the fold. seats and 30.63 per cent nationally. said people were more sympa- Those two markers weren’t well thetic to Mr. Singh, and the party executed this time around. In the Quebec-specifi c policies was gaining ground. She said she third quarter, part of which captures plans to run again and, like other the campaign period, the Green Par- needed running political ads on , a tors fed into the widespread defeat in candidates, feels positive about ty nearly tied the NDP’s $2.64-mil- Both Mr. Dubé and Mr. Moran decision it downplayed at the time. Quebec: strategic voting in key rid- the party’s potential to regain the lion raised after surpassing its total said the party needs to offer sub- “There wasn’t enough money ings for fear a Conservative would ground it lost on Oct. 21. for the fi rst time the quarter before. stantive, Quebec-focused policies to get that message out,” he said, get in that turned potential NDP NDP support in the province And with less than a week before and communicate them so they’re while Mr. Boulerice said the party voters into Bloc or Liberal support- won’t vanish, said Mr. Thibodeau, the election call, the NDP still had well understood—and that didn’t made good decisions and had the ers, which were seen as “safe,” and adding he thinks the loss was due yet to nominate a third of its candi- happen this time. necessary pieces, but did “too little, “the very emotional debate” around mostly to the Bloc’s ability to trig- dates, giving the 100-plus neophytes “It’s two elections in a row that too late.” laïcité, or secularism in Quebec. ger an emotional response. not much runway to work with. we’ve emphasized policies that are Late in the campaign, Mr. Dubé While all parties but the Bloc op- “We had the orange wave, and not issues in Quebec, quite frankly,” said the party pivoted to old Layton posed in principle Bill 21, the Quebec we saw the red wave and now it’s a with childcare spending and and messaging— “Let’s Work Togeth- law forbidding public servants from blue wave,” he said, while Ms. Gott- ‘Everything has to be single-payer pharmacare, where er”—which was starting to resonate, wearing religious garb, each chose man said that’s part of the Quebec on the table’ Mr. Dubé said the province is “but it didn’t translate to votes.” to balance their positions with re- cycle of federal politics, bringing As the party focuses on getting “ahead of the curve.” The envi- That late-to-the-game theme spect for Quebec’s autonomy. in a separatist party before voting ready for a minority Parliament, ronmental policies and pitch for a emerged in Mr. Boulerice’s as- Still, Mr. Boulerice noted the them out again. former NDP MP Matthew Dubé, “social licence” for pipeline projects sessment of the NDP failure. The NDP arrived in the midst of that “It’ll happen again,” said Ms. who lost Beloeil-Chambly to Bloc were good, but didn’t help the NDP NDP waited too long to elect a debate with the fi rst visible mi- Gottman. Leader Yves-François Blanchet, “stand apart from other parties new leader, too long to get him nority leader, “wearing a religions [email protected] said he’d like to see the party put who were saying similar things.” in the House, and too long to sign,” which he said caused some The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 5 Phoenix News

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Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel - Main Ballroom Ms. Korn added: “We express our grati- ‘work- tude to ADP Canada for its assistance and collaboration in working on the project.” The Senate began the process of ditch- Hosted by the Métis Nation, this conference ing Phoenix back in June 2018, when it is- arounds’ sued a request for information from poten- is bringing together minority representative tial service providers before considering a call for proposals. The Senate subsequently organizations and citizens from across Canada According to a Senate posted a request for proposals on the gov- spokesperson, the ernment’s procurement website in October 2018. That process closed on Nov. 30, 2018, for a conversation on minority rights, education, Senate’s in-house and Ontario Liberal Senator Jim Munson (Ottawa-Rideau Canal), deputy chair of and the Canadian economy. compensation team has the powerful Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee, developed ‘effective work- said there were seven interested bidders at This conference will speak to the well-being of the time. arounds and capacity to minorities and how Canadians, especially those from promptly fix any errors’ In-house advisors have helped racialized and marginalized communities, can gain associated with the mitigate Phoenix issues Ms. Korn said it was “important to access to the success they work hard to achieve. problem-plagued Phoenix note that the Senate retained its com- pensation advisors,” who have developed pay system. “effective work-arounds and capacity to promptly fi x any errors,” which has Co-hosted by Andray Domise helped mitigate the Senate’s issues with Continued from page 1 Phoenix. and Kathy Hodgson-Smith “our best option is Phoenix, while continu- Some of the work-arounds developed ally striving for the utmost effi ciency in by the Senate’s compensation team, our operations.” which includes three advisors working on SPEAKERS INCLUDE: “The current Phoenix system includes the Phoenix payroll—“all of whom have Mayor Jim Watson, Clément Chartier - Métis Nation, not only payroll, but also integrates over 10 years’ experience in pay,” accord- benefi ts and pension management within ing to Ms. Korn—included modifying the David Chartrand - Métis Nation, Jean Teillet - Métis the system,” according to Ms. Korn. “As data entry of some transactions and the the payroll services [replacement] project creation of internal pay tools and check- Rights Lawyer, Anthony Morgan - Human Rights moved forward, new risks and complica- lists to minimize the risk of payment tions emerged.” inaccuracies. Lawyer and Community Advocate, Toronto “For example, continuing with the “The Senate has a robust verifi cation project would have resulted in decreased process which includes verifi cation at dif- Shree Paradkar - Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy, automation and a loss of integration with ferent levels and at different intervals dur- pension and benefi ts systems,” wrote Ms. ing the pay cycle,” wrote Ms. Korn. “Special Indigenous and marginalized education, Dr. Jino Distasio - Korn. Given the development of more effi - attention is given to situations with known cient processes to address issues that arise Phoenix issues (for example, retroactive University of Winnipeg, Nuzhat Jafri - Executive by the Senate’s compensation advisor, “the payments).” Senate decided to stay with the Phoenix In-house corrections are made in the Director, Canadian Council for Muslim Women system.” following pay cycle, and a salary advance may be provided to an employee within Lisa Marie-Inman - Government of Canada Anti-Racism Contract with ADP Canada now 48 hours, if required, according to Ms. Korn. 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Prime Minister The current minority, Justin Trudeau’s the fi rst since 2011, government has been is taking place reduced to a against a backdrop of minority. But there’s little extreme partisanship, indication so far that personal animosity, co-operation is likely to and the fuming public be anything resembling anger that feeds off a hallmark social media. of this Parliament, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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TTAWA—There’s been a Olot of talk since the election about how voters sent federal parties a message that they need to be more co-operative and The resulting election in- their de facto leader— work together for the benefi t of creased the NDP’s representation Premier . NDP Leader the country after a year of nasty in the House to 29 MPs, up from Perhaps as a way of distracting Jagmeet Singh, political rancour. 10. And, contrary to Layton’s from his government’s untimely pictured at the That’s as a good a takeaway as hallowed reputation, forcing that austerity crusade in Alberta, Ken- Canadian Museum any from an election that reduced election was probably the single- ney seems intent on stirring up as of History on Oct. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s biggest setback for progressive much trouble as possible on the 10 after French- government to a minority and sig- policies for Canadians in decades. national scene. His failure to help language leaders’ nalled extreme regional divisions. Ironically, Martin and Layton had Scheer win on Oct. 21 only seems debate. The Hill But there’s little indication so far worked together in advance of to have revved up the Alberta pre- Times photograph that co-operation is likely to be the Liberals’ 2005 budget in the mier’s determination to use his by Andrew Meade anything resembling a hallmark productive way that is theoreti- position to spearhead a campaign of this Parliament. cally how minority regimes need pitting Canadians against each NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to operate. The result was what other along regional, Quebec insists his campaign was an in- Layton called “the fi rst NDP versus others and federal versus spiring success, despite his party budget,” including a commitment provincial lines. being reduced from 39 to 24 seats by Martin to spend $4.6-billion on Nationally, Conservatives will in the House of Commons, and is social programs and other NDP have to face the widely agreed already laying out demands, such priorities. conclusion that Scheer’s unrecon- as the extremely costly notion Besides cancelling national structed social conservatism will of universal pharmacare, as the daycare, Harper, once in power, probably bar the party from ever price of NDP support. blocked Martin’s $5-billion expanding its base. It’s unclear whether Singh Kelowna Accord in support of Still, despite criticism of his has much of a practical political Indigenous communities and later performance, that doesn’t mean sense. He brushes aside ques- withdrew from the Kyoto Proto- Scheer’s leadership will be reject- tions about how the fi nancially col. ed. For one thing, doing so would strapped NDP could even contem- This past fall, Singh showed mean passing up the immediate plate another election, and he he clearly liked campaigning chance to join the anti-Trudeau sounds naive about the gruelling, and showering the public with cavalcade being mounted by incremental business of govern- quixotic ideas more than the un- Conservative premiers as a way ment. glamorous grind of an opposition to agitate against climate change For instance, he said during MP. So, it seems defi nitely within measures, and, in effect, keep the campaign that the Liberals the realm of possibility that Singh the election battle going in hopes had always talked about child will wind up giving the Conserva- that the Liberal minority will be care but never delivered. In this, tives a chance to take power the forced to go to the polls again he is either being disingenuous way Layton did 13 years ago. soon. or displaying a lack of knowl- On the right side of the equa- Minority governments can edge. The Liberals under Paul tion, the Conservatives, far from be productive, as among others Martin put in place a $5-billion accepting the election result, the 1960s governments of Lester early-learning and child-care seem enthralled with the idea of B. Pearson showed, bringing in program with the provinces in exploiting the wave of Western medicare, the Canada Pension 2005. But it was quashed by Ste- anger over energy and environ- Plan, the Maple Leaf fl ag, and phen Harper’s Conservative gov- mental issues to galvanize pro- other initiatives. But the current ernment, which came to power vincial objections to Trudeau into minority, the fi rst since 2011, is Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a after the NDP’s —cit- the kind of national movement it taking place against a backdrop meeting in the West Block on May 2, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade ing some vague disagreement failed to build on Oct. 21. In line of extreme partisanship, per- with Martin over private health with what others have noted, it sonal animosity, and the fuming erning. But it will take a lot more to accomplish anything much on care—rolled the dice and joined has to be said in this context that public anger that feeds off social than blithe wishful thinking or behalf of Canadians. with the Conservatives to topple the federal Conservative caucus is media. election-hungry brinkmanship Les Whittington is a regular the Martin Liberal minority gov- not in a position to pass judge- Trudeau, of course, will have on the part of other leaders if this columnist for The Hill Times. ernment. ment one way or the other on to reshape his approach to gov- Parliament is to have a chance The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 7 Comment

A personal word on MacKay. Post-election, Conservatives need He is friend, so before I be charged with closeted bias, let me get that out of the way. Peter is a team player, and one of the founders of to let the truth be spoken, and heard the original Conservative Party. Frankly, I have no idea whether he wants to get back into politics TTAWA—Alot has been made or not. If he does, great. However, The current Oof the fact that former cabinet he is wise enough to know if he minister and Conservative heavy- wants to do that, a frontal assault Conservative weight Peter MacKay has offered on the current leader of his party his opinion publicly on what hap- is not the best path to re-entry. leadership, for pened to the Conservative Party But, as one of the founders of the during the recent election, and on modern Conservative Party, we the good of the the way forward. should welcome his voice, rather organization, needs It is unfairly assumed, and than disparaging it. simple de facto Canadian political Finally, it really is comical to to let truth be spoken. logic, that whatever MacKay says hear so many people suggest that must be judged through the lens of MacKay, and fellow Conserva- This exercise need his supposedly apparent leadership tive stalwarts , ambitions. This, despite MacKay John Baird, Jason Kenney—pick not go on forever, as having repeatedly been emphatic a name—want to come back and in his support of . lead the Conservative Party. As that will over time Every Conservative Party mem- Former Conservative minister Peter MacKay, left, pictured on stage with Conservative if this is all these people think only benefi t their ber, and others who care, should Leader Andrew Scheer and his wife, Jill, at the Conservative Party’s national or dream about. As if, for any, it feel they can offer their two cents convention in August 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen somehow would be a simple path. political opponents, on the election outcome. If that All of the above are doing well in feedback is stifl ed, the Conserva- The current Conservative People want choices other than other pursuits and are acquainted but it must happen. tives won’t be doing themselves leadership, for the good of the the Liberals or the New Democrats, with the thankless task of being any favours. While he may not organization, needs to let truth but any opportunity for the Conser- leader of the opposition. It is like it, Andrew Scheer, to date, has be spoken. The opinions may be vatives to cultivate the interests of amazing how the job is portrayed seemingly sought it out and has not viewed as misguided, uninformed, these people will evaporate if they as glorious when the march is on discouraged it. Good for him. and self-interested, but the future get a sense the party doesn’t want to take down the current leader. When MacKay made a com- health and well-being of the CPC to learn why it didn’t get their vote Each of the above also know set- ment about the election being require it be vigorously be scru- in 2019. When parties get distracted ting up winning conditions isn’t like a “breakaway on an open net” tinized. This exercise need not go by their own internal dynamics, simply about changing the leader. some Members of Parliament and on forever, as that will over time they can be lost at sea for a very It’s about a hell of a lot more than activists took shots at MacKay, only benefi t their political oppo- long time. Prime Minister Justin that. saying he was trying to under- nents, but it must happen. Walling Trudeau knew this about the Lib- Tim Powers is vice-chairman mine Scheer. That was dumb. It up in some bunker, fl ailing at eral Party he took over leadership of Summa Strategies and manag- Tim Powers made them, and the person they those who didn’t view the election in 2013. To his credit, and though it ing director of Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to Conservative Plain Speak were apparently trying to protect, campaign or Scheer’s leadership caused some pain, he tried to break Andrew Scheer, look thin-skinned during the election as a success, up its damaging Chrétien-Martin political leaders. and petty. is an equally faulty formula. tribalism. Conservatives, take heed! The Hill Times

Ancient Mariner), including his momentum-blowing disquisition on minority governments in the The rime of Andrew Scheer fi nal days of the campaign, are irreparable. in the events of Even in But, as veteran Conservative Rime (noun): An 1966-67, as he this age of strategist Yaroslav Baran points was dislodged previously out in the new issue of Policy accumulation of frost from the Tory unthinkable Magazine (shameless plug—I’m leadership, was norm associate editor—but really, read on an exposed object. my earliest im- obliterating, it here: policymagazine.ca), Con- print of political the lack of servatives should heed the 1980 drama. Camp’s restraint and George Perlin book, The Tory tactical invest- respect for Syndrome, named for the party’s ment in replac- protocol in habit of devolving, post-defeat, ing the fl awed, the clamour into a circular pissing match. larger-than-life for Andrew The Conservative caucus leader with the Scheer’s head meeting Nov. 6 is armed, per Mi- more techno- on a pike is chael Chong’s Reform Act, with cratic and, it remarkable, the new nuclear option of an im- transpired, less writes Lisa mediate leadership review if 30 of electable Robert Van Dusen. the 150 caucus members demand Lisa Van Dusen Stanfi eld still The Hill Times it. Otherwise, Scheer will face one What Fresh Hell stands as a les- photograph by in April at the party’s convention. son in the laws Andrew Meade However that plays out, it of both unin- might be more generous, and also learned about the propensity tended conse- more strategic in the long term, Iof Canadian Conservatives quences and karma. Scheer’s worldview—especially be wildly hypocritical, post-defeat for his detractors to default to to devour their leaders the way In later leadership cycles, on reproductive rights and same- statements of loyalty by rivals boilerplate calls for a period of children absorb the alphabet, there were—as there have been in sex marriage—the manner in have been upstaged by graphic soul searching and vigorous con- Grimm’s Fairy Tales , or what all political parties—instances of which he’s being trolled toward and ineluctably viral news noshes sultation, rather than living down snow is—in a way so foundational critical mass mobilization for the the exit seems both heedless of apparently meant to signal his to the clichés and burying Scheer that I cannot recall how old I was deposition of less than “mania”- his humanity and, as a politico political unviability in the most in a way that will defi ne partisan when I knew that Dalton Camp worthy Tory standard bearers. The puzzle, counterintuitive to mini- expeditious, irreversible way pos- regicide for a new generation. was a name not to be mentioned effectiveness of those efforts has mizing the damage of the Conser- sible. A brief postscript: Years later, in the presence of my father, been judged by history based on vative showing on Oct. 21. There are arguments to sup- after Dief’s passing, my father Tom Van Dusen, who had been both subsequent political out- Even in this age of previously port the proposition that—de- and Dalton were able to work to- ’s adviser and comes and public manifestations unthinkable norm obliterating, spite adding 23 MPs to the Tory gether in Brian Mulroney’s PMO. biographer. of disloyalty. Which makes the the lack of restraint and respect caucus and winning the popular But it did take years. Was Dalton Camp a wilder- current feeding frenzy around for protocol in the clamour for vote—Scheer’s negatives (let’s not Lisa Van Dusen is associate ness retreat near Maniwaki? Andrew Scheer’s fate a little puz- Scheer’s head on a pike is re- call them a “stinking albatross” editor of Policy Magazine and An incorporeal goblin? I had no zling. markable. The usual expressions in deference to Coleridge’s true was a Washington and New idea. I just knew, before I learned While one can be of a dif- of gratitude for personal sacrifi ce meaning, funnily enough, that it York-based editor at UPI, AP, left from right, that whatever it ferent partisan persuasion and in representing the party during wasn’t the albatross but rather and ABC. She writes a weekly was, it was verboten. The tale of vehemently disagree (as I do) a gruelling campaign; even the the shooting of it that incited column for The Hill Times. The Rime of the Diefenbaker’s public humiliation with crucial elements of Andrew predictable, widely understood to the curse in The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Some friendly advice for new MPs Our collective future depends on hen the 43rd Parliament begins, 2. Remember why you’re here. bold government action: reader Wsome time after Prime Minister It sounds like a platitude, but it’s a Justin Trudeau names his new cabinet on valuable reminder all the same. e: “Trudeau’s real job now: sparking na- With respect to addressing climate Nov. 20, it will include 98 fi rst-time MPs, Initiation into Hill life also means Rtional action on a post-carbon future,” Les change, however, a majority of Canadians making up almost 29 per cent of the House full indoctrination into the party fold. Whittington (The Hill Times, Oct. 30, p. 11). Mar- are now looking forward. Plus, good ideas of Commons. A lot of fresh faces, though Through party leadership offi ces, in- shall McLuhan famously said, “We look at the abound in terms of transitioning to a car- below 2015’s record of almost 200 rookies, cluding the respective caucus research present through a rear-view mirror. We march bon-free future. We now need this govern- making up 59 per cent of the House. bureaus, MPs will be fed party lines and backwards into the future.” ment and this prime minister to display that Still, it’s no insignifi cant thing that messaging, policy direction, and even That seems truer of some than others. Greta rarest of political traits—courage. Courage more than a quarter of MPs will be navi- template mail-outs for constituents. Thunberg and many others, based on real sci- to inspire, lead, and mobilize Canadians gating, for the fi rst time, the ins and outs Groupthink can easily pervade. ence not wishful denial, are resolutely looking to move collectively towards that future. of parliamentary business, from sitting in But, as is often said, MPs exist to be forward into an increasingly perilous future. Indeed, our collective future depends on it. on committees, to meeting with constitu- constituents’ representatives in Ottawa, What they are seeing and saying dismay the Joe Manion ents, drafting legislation and motions, not the other way around. committed backward marchers. Toronto, Ontario weighing in during caucus meetings, and And in exit interviews with the Sa- running offi ces and staff. mara Centre for Democracy, former MPs This initiation into Hill life can be an have repeatedly fl agged party control intimidating whirlwind. as a top concern, including expressing Canada, particularly Alberta, must diversify So, some friendly advice for newcomers: regret at the extent to which they became submerged in partisanship, and decrying economy towards clean tech, says reader 1. Learn the rules of the game. the impact today’s hyperpartisan environ- e: “Trudeau’s real job now: sparking national “Our analysis leads to a very stark con- This may seem like an obvious one, ment is having on representative democ- Raction on a post-carbon future,” Les Whit- clusion for the oil industry: for the same and MP orientation certainly includes racy and public engagement. tington (The Hill Times, Oct. 30, p. 11). Les capital outlay today, wind and solar energy rundowns with House administration staff Whittington highlights what is rarely broached will already produce much more useful on the rules and procedures of Parlia- 3. Good staff make all the difference. by mainstream Canadian news outlets: “The oil energy for EVs than will oil purchased on ment. But orientation alone does not an Hiring staff is among the fi rst deci- industry faces fundamental, irreversible global the spot market.” expert make, especially when it comes to sions a new MP will make; and for some, challenges that have nothing to do with the occu- Oil proponents may downplay climate the dense, 100-page tomes that govern the the experience marks another fi rst. But pant of 24 Sussex or eastern Canadian attitudes.” change, but the rest of the world is not. Chamber and its committees—the Stand- fi nding the right Jeeves to your Wooster The global decline in the price of renewable Canada, particularly Alberta, must diversify ing Orders, the annotated Standing Orders, can make all the difference when it comes energy and the growing appetite for electric its economy as quickly as possible to meet and the procedure and practice manual, to navigating the political and procedural vehicles (EVs) are alone an existential threat the great clean tech transition now underway Bosc and Gagnon. There’s also the bylaws minefi eld that is Parliament Hill. to Alberta’s relatively expensive oil sands. worldwide. The writing is on the wall. of the Board of Internal Economy and the Experienced staff, too, can make all According to recent research by BNP Cheryl McNamara Members’ Allowances and Services Manual the difference when it comes to setting up Paribas, one of the world’s largest banks, Toronto, Ont. for MPs to contend with. a new MP offi ce. They know how to order As former Liberal MP Derek Lee told supplies, which offi ces to angle for, how The Hill Times in April—amid an ultimately to book travel, how to deal with House IT, dropped effort by the House Clerk to rewrite how to properly manage Members’ Offi ce the Standing Orders to be more user friend- Budgets, and beyond. The importance of ly for MPs—the rulebook is “the ground you stand on” as an MP, and “when push came to 4. Patience and understanding go a shove” during debate in the House or at com- long way. Ukrainian-Canadian relations mittee, “it really helps to know your stuff.” That’s it. itizens of Ukrainian descent traditionally community is. In his foreign policy plan, Mr. Cplay a signifi cant role in Canadian politi- Scheer proposed to reduce considerably eco- cal life. Numbering up to 1.4-million persons, nomic aid to other countries. However, he was it’s one of the country’s largest ethnic com- ready to make an exception for Ukraine and to munities, representing a high percentage of keep fi nancing Canada-Ukraine co-operation the population in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, projects. Mr. Scheer even issued a vivid state- and Ontario. For instance, in Winnipeg North, ment on the Ukrainian Independence Day, Man., Ukrainian Canadians represent almost concluding it by saying in Ukrainian, “Slava 14 per cent of the population; in Elmwood- Ukrayini!” (“Glory to Ukraine!”). Transcona, Alta., more than 20 per cent; and in Ultimately, Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals won the Yorkton-Melville, Sask., close to 30 per cent. 2019 federal election. But for Ukrainian Cana- Their votes may be decisive in certain rid- dians, there had been nothing to worry about. ings because Canada has a fi rst-past-the-post All the main candidates were pro-Ukrainian. electoral system. Political engagement of such a The Liberal government, as before, will major community therefore affects the outcome continue to develop mutually fruitful relations of Canadian elections. During the electoral with the Eastern European country. race, the incumbent Liberal Prime Minister Jus- Enhanced bilateral co-operation can be tin Trudeau and his chief rival, the head of the anticipated also because other former partners Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, did their of the Ukrainian State are currently trying to best to win over Ukrainian voters. whittle away their relations with Kyiv, seek- Mr. Trudeau has always been a sincere ing to distance themselves temporarily from friend and a trusted ally of Ukraine. During Ukraine after the Trump-Zelensky scandal. the meeting with the Ukrainian president Despite this loss of credibility in the Volodymyr Zelensky, he promised to pro- Ukrainian government on the international vide further fi nancial and military aid to stage, Canada will not violate its alliance Ukraine. It should be noted that Ukrainian commitments. Mr. Trudeau is a rather Canadians historically tend to vote Liberal. visionary politician, which is why he will Nevertheless, Mr. Scheer also tried to gain preserve relations with such an important Ukrainian votes. The Scheer family lives in European partner as Ukraine. Saskatchewan and the Tory leader knows well Neil Karpenko how relevant an opinion of the local Ukrainian Toronto, Ont.

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munities, but no politician bats an eye until this “unfairness” is Western alienation is real, but Kenney, trumpeted by white men. In Canada, white men have the fi nal word. On anything. Even if they don’t have any credibility in Moe grievances are about entitlement the area (cue in numerous CTV and CBC news panels talking about race with all-white men). In fact, all over the world, we so cavalier without having their “Where will we fi nd the money But the problem is the left and Two-and-a-half have been inundated by main- loyalty to Canada questioned. for *insert social program*?” their “identity politics,” right? stream media about the care and Given their whiny, toddler-like There are Indigenous communi- Identity politics is politics, but weeks after the 2019 support we must give our fallen behaviour, neither Alberta nor ties in Canada that still do not have nary a Yellow Vester was accused election and we can’t white brothers. Saskatchewan deserves special access to clean drinking water, of promoting identity politics, even Two-and-a-half weeks after the treatment. But we all know that despite all the money given to those though they defi ned themselves stop talking about 2019 election and we can’t stop “merit” is a farce and a way to departments—and not just by the through an identity. But since white talking about these white men, exclude marginalized communi- Liberals. Or maybe talk to someone men make the rules, their identity these white men, the the threat of #Wexit (why one ties, the same communities that who ran the anti-racism strategy is assumed and accepted as na- would choose a hashtag resem- disproportionately suffer from the consultations and ask about their tional culture and everyone else is threat of #Wexit, and bling Daffy Duck’s lisp is beyond economic demise western prov- mental health. Talk to Indigenous judged on how well they refl ect it. equalization. me), and equalization. That’s not inces are facing. women about Canadian media’s White men getting special treat- to say that Western alienation But it’s not their faces in the insulting response to the Missing ment is nothing new, as we saw last isn’t a thing—because as a West- Tea Party—I mean, the Yellow and Murdered Indigenous Women week with the announcement of erner, I can absolutely say it is— Vests’—movement. inquiry’s fi nal report. Talk to racial- the cancellation of a new Star Wars but for as much as the Laurentian However, here we are. All ized communities about police bru- trilogy that was to be led by Game of Elite don’t understand the West, of Ottawa has their panties in tality and mass state surveillance. Thrones showrunners, David Benioff the West doesn’t understand the a bunch because Alberta and But no one does, and as evi- and Dan Weiss. The duo recently Laurentian Elite. Saskatchewan may not get their denced by the way Sidewalk Labs shared their disbelief at being given That fundamental lack of un- “fair share,” whatever that means. has treated Indigenous consulta- the opportunity to lead such a cultur- derstanding aside, the grievances Never mind the fact that women, tions, they were just there to be ally important TV show, despite hav- that Alberta and Saskatchewan Indigenous people, Black people, tokenized and treated like the ing never actually run a show before seem to have are no different from and other communities of colour help. As my community elders and admitting that they had no idea the entitlement of the white men haven’t received their fair share say: “You may think you have a what they were doing. Erica Ifi ll who lead them. They believe that of anything. Ever. seat at the table, only to discover But, merit. Bad+Bitchy they are entitled to special treat- “Oh, but all the money that that you’re on the menu.” Marginalized people should be ment and representation, even goes to Indigenous Services and These white guys are unhappy happy that they even get a seat at though they routinely gave the Crown-Indigenous Relations and that they dare suffer, when suf- the table, or in the case of politics, TTAWA—Never in the annals middle fi nger to the incoming Lib- Northern Affairs every year!” fering is a way of being for many get consulted. Be grateful that Oof history have white men eral government in the federal elec- “Oh, but the Missing and Mur- in this country, who don’t have you were even a passing consid- been so oppressed and subjugat- tion, after having been antagonistic dered Indigenous Women’s report the ear of their provincial lead- eration. ed—or that’s what Jason Kenney to the Liberals in their last term. and the Truth and Reconciliation ers. Governments of all stripes Erica Ifi ll is a co-host of the and Scott Moe would have us Hmmm … if only immigrants Commission!” are complicit in the substandard Bad+Bitchy podcast. believe. and people of colour could be “But the anti-racism strategy!” treatment of marginalized com- The Hill Times

armies of the British Empire who stood here from 1914 to 1918 and to those of their dead who have A Remembrance Day tribute no known grave.” Each night of the year, a lone sentry plays taps to honour the dead of Ypres. I recount this story of my After the armistice was de- An estimated 68,000 great-uncle, Garnet Wolseley clared in November of 1918, the Canadians died LeMesurier, who died at the Sec- British government sent a million ond Battle of Ypres, in 1915. bronze discs and a note from King on the battlefi elds By all accounts, the summer George V to the families of the of 1914 was the warmest in years. dead. The disc had Garnet’s name, of the First World The eleven members of the LeM- rank, and the statement, “He died esurier family joined with their for valour and for honour.” War and are among friends at their summer home in When I found it in a box of fam- Kamouraska, Que.; but while they ily mementos ninety years later, those who will be played, the winds of war swept the envelope it came in was hardly commemorated this across Europe, Great Britain, and touched. His family had taken it into Canada. And the call went out and put it back, never to view it Remembrance Day. out for men across the young again, their grief was so profound. Dominion to enlist. A heartbroken friend successfully At the age of 31, Garnet lobbied to have a street named was older than most of the new in his honour. Asked years later recruits. Over the previous eight why she and two of her sisters had years he had served in the militia. Garnet Wolseley LeMesurier, right, pictured jumping a fence in Kamouraska, never married, my great-aunt Elga Garnet was a bank manager, but Que., with his brother Percy, left, and friend Rex Meredith, centre, before he replied: “All the boys went away to he was much more than that, as shipped off to war in 1914. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Caddell the war and never came back.” his brothers and sisters never tired In 2008, in several cities in of telling me decades later. He was Garnet’s regiment landed in been in the direct line of fi re. He Canada, and in London, Eng- an avid sportsman and hunter England in the late fall of 1914 died on April 24. land, the names of the Canadian who was adored by his friends and and then moved to France in early Between April 21-24, 1,000 dead from the First World War relatives as a man of humour, joy, 1915 and on to Ypres in Belgium Canadians died and 5,000 were were projected onto monuments. Andrew Caddell and initiative. When winter came, as part of the Second Battalion of wounded. Within a week, another It took a week to project each With All Due Respect Garnet and his sister Olla would the Canadian Expeditionary Force. thousand had died of the effects for just one minute. There were go out on the rink by the Château The name Ypres became infa- of gas or their wounds. John 68,000 names. Frontenac and give skating exhibi- mous that April of 1915 as a kill- McRae, a Canadian doctor tend- This was the story of just one, TTAWA—Each November, I tions for the tourists. ing ground, in which the Germans ing to the wounded, was heartbro- who lies somewhere beneath the Ogo back to Québec City, where There is a picture of Garnet, introduced the use of poisonous ken by the loss of a good friend poppies in Flanders Fields. my mother, her mother, and grand- taken just before he shipped chlorine gas. None of the Allied and by the death around him. He Andrew Caddell is retired from mother were raised and are now out to Europe with the Eastern soldiers had gas masks, so were wrote a short poem about what he , where he buried, to read the “Honour Roll” Ontario Regiment. He is smiling, told to put urine-soaked handker- saw, called In Flanders Fields. was a senior policy adviser. He of the dead of the wars at the An- and looks fi t and handsome in his chiefs over their faces. The fi rst Garnet’s body was never previously worked as an adviser glican Cathedral, in Le Vieux Qué- uniform. His parents and eight wave of the yellow gas inca- found. His name was inscribed in to Liberal governments. He is a bec. While the English community siblings, the youngest of whom pacitated many soldiers in the the Menin Gate in Ieper, as Ypres fellow with the Canadian Global in Québec City only numbers was his 20 year old sister Elga, trenches. The Canadians stayed to is also known, along with those Affairs Institute and a principal of 5,000 people, the cathedral is fi lled were encouraged by his reassur- hold the lines, even though they of 54,896 other Commonwealth QIT Canada. He can be reached with worshippers for the Remem- ances “the war would be over by knew they were going to die. As soldiers, including 6,940 Canadi- at [email protected]. brance Day commemoration. Christmas.” a Sergeant, Garnet would have ans. The inscription reads: “To the The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News Public service

PSPC says presence of PSAC still pushing government bats will be ‘signifi cantly reduced’ through exterior rehabilitation project to address ongoing health, safety PSPC said the Terrasses de la Chaudière is prone to oc- casional bat intrusions due to cracks on the exterior surface of concerns in federal buildings the complex and its proximity to the Ottawa River, but that, as the government moves forward with a planned exterior renovation—or Paula Dignan, “envelope replacement”—proj- The Terrasses de left, a Public ect, the presence of bats will be Service signifi cantly reduced. la Chaudière is Alliance of The method of construction Canada union prone to occasional used for the existing brick veneer representative, on the exterior of the complex has speaks with bat intrusions due caused premature cracking of the Scarlett bricks, according to the govern- to cracks on the Mainville ment, and PSPC has consequently during a picket installed overhead protection exterior surface of in front of the systems and closed the courtyard Terrasses de la the complex and to temporarily address the issue. Chaudière on The National Capital Com- Oct. 29, 2019. its proximity to mission approved the concept for The Hill Times the replacement of the complex’s photograph by the Ottawa River, exterior envelope in January 2017. Andrew Meade according to the Architectural and engineering fi rm Provencher Roy-NORR was award- PSPC. ed the design contract following an open, fair and transparent bidding BY MIKE LAPOINTE process, and Liberal MP Steven MacKinnon (Gatineau, Que.), then- ublic service union reps parliamentary secretary to Public Precently assembled for an surances of Voluntary Compliance “To ensure federal buildings when it comes to who is named as Services and Procurement Minister event to “keep the pressure on” order. Since then, contracts have remain a safe work environment the responsible party and then in (Delta, B.C.), an- the federal government as part been awarded for upcoming exte- for employees and occupants, the worst instance, who actually nounced the awarding of the con- of the Public Service Alliance of rior renovations to the Terrasses Public Services and Procurement is willing to take responsibility for struction management contract to Canada’s campaign to push for de la Chaudière, and air quality Canada works closely with its certain things,” said Mr. Shaver. PCL Constructors Eastern in April comprehensive action to ad- tests have been conducted. property managers to address “I would say right now that 2019. Construction was originally dress ongoing health and safety “The sort of jokey moniker any concerns raised by employ- PSPC is mindful that under slated to begin in the fall of 2019, concerns within federal buildings, that Terrasses de la Chaudière ees,” she said. things like health and safety leg- but work has yet to begin. including poor air quality and bat being the Terasses de ‘shoddy air’ islation, in this situation, they’re “This much-needed work will droppings. has been in circulation for a long Unions, stakeholders not the employer, so every one transform and rejuvenate the The Public Service Alliance of time,” said Mr. Shaver. “We’ve of those different departments complex for the 21st-century Canada (PSAC), the government’s heard that going as far back as engaged ‘on several and tribunals and agencies that needs of the public service,” said largest public service union, has 20 years, there have been issues occasions this year,’ says have employees at the Terasses Mr. MacKinnon in the press been campaigning on the issue within the building in term’s de la Chaudière are, under the release. “The updated exterior of since the early summer, and is of people’s sense of health and PSPC spokesperson law, the responsible parties,” he the Les Terrasses de la Chaudière looking for a complex-wide union well-being and health and safety Mr. Shaver said his group was said. complex will provide a safer, and management committee to issues as well.” able to speak with PSPC reps Ms. Hamel said that, with more modern workplace for be struck to address health and The complex was originally in a “relatively informal setting” regard to the complex, unions and federal employees and become a safety issues which have been built in 1978 and serves as the following the Oct. 29 event, and stakeholders were engaged on landmark in the region.” ongoing for years, according to headquarters of reiterated that the department is several occasions this year, and The project will consist of the union. the department that PSPC “has replacing the roofs, the exterior Union representatives gath- of Indigenous Public service and continues to brick wall assembly, and the ered at the Terrasses de la Services, Crown- employee perform follow- windows of the complex, which Chaudière complex, located at the Indigenous Jean-François up investigations will have a predominantly glass corner of Eddy Street and Prom- Relations and Nicole at with experts and aluminum façade with wood enade du Portage in Gatineau, Northern Affairs a Public in response to elements on the inside of the win- Que., for an event on Oct. 29, at Canada, Cana- Service various concerns dows, according to the release. which PSAC released a new video dian Heritage, the Alliance raised by the Mr. Shaver said the project was of a bat fl ying over offi ce cubicles Canadian Trans- of Canada health and safety announced “with some fanfare” in on the fourth fl oor of 15 Eddy St. portation Agency, picket in committees.” the spring, and that he understands Reps also picketed outside the and the Canadian front of “Also, in the government’s vision overall is building. Radio-television Terrasses de collaboration to modernize the complex, but said “As we’re discovering right and Telecommu- la Chaudière with represen- without interior upgrades as well, the now, when we’ve been bringing nications Com- on Oct. 29, tatives of the exterior work alone isn’t suffi cient. this issue forward and giving it mission. 2019. The occupying client “The façade work, when it more profi le, people are coming The buildings Hill Times departments, an happens, will help address some to us saying ‘I’m so glad you’re are located at 1 photograph by interdepartmen- of these issues, but if you’re not doing this, this happened to me Promenade du Andrew Meade tal Occupational addressing some of the other inte- two years ago, three years ago, Portage, 15 and Health and Safe- rior problems that currently exist, [when] I had to leave work be- 25 Eddy St., and ty committee will and you’re focusing resources on cause of sick building syndrome’,” 10 Wellington be established the exterior exclusively, then you said Andrew Shaver, national St. in Gatineau, Que., and house committed to working with the shortly to discuss specifi c issues basically dress it up in a way that executive vice-president of the approximately 6,400 federal public union. affecting the tenants of [the com- makes it appear to be something Union of National Employees, servants. Representing four per “PSPC, in an informal way, plex]. When issues are identifi ed, it very much is not, which is a which is one of 15 components cent of the federal government’s responded very quickly to us PSPC takes immediate action to new, safe, healthy workspace.” within PSAC. offi ce space overall in the National and has initiated that conversa- investigate and address tenants Ms. Hamel wrote that over the The Hill Times fi rst reported Capital Region, the site contrib- tion,” said Mr. Shaver. “We want to concerns,” wrote Ms. Hamel. last several months, PSPC com- on air quality and fi re code utes to the 25 per cent requirement continue that conversation truly PSAC is not trying to position pleted indoor air quality evalua- concerns—and concerns over the of federal presence in Gatineau, in good faith, but our expectation the issue politically, or create an tions which have not revealed any process to deal with them—at the according to Public Services and is there has to be some concrete antagonistic dynamic, according air quality concerns to date and complex back in October 2018, Procurement Canada. steps taken soon, and some clar- to Mr. Shaver. has also provided information after a federal labour investiga- “Public Services and Procure- ity for our members so they know “What we want them to do is sessions to employees. tor ordered the government to fi x ment Canada (PSPC) takes the how they are being specifi cally basically craft a table that makes “That said, PSPC remains fully more than a dozen health code health and safety of its building supported in this.” sense for all of us and start doing committed to employee concerns violations resulting from a visit occupants and visitors as a top “Now the real challenge [is the work in a way that is demon- related to their workplace,” wrote the previous month, including priority,” said PSPC spokesperson that] the public service and the strably more effective than what’s Ms. Hamel. mould, bat droppings, and air Stéfanie Hamel in an emailed public sector has a lot of bureau- happened up until now,” said Mr. [email protected] quality problems through an As- statement to The Hill Times. cracy that has to be navigated Shaver. 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Lindsay Mathyssen, left, with In the family: her mother, former NDP MP , on the two new MPs campaign trail this fall ahead of her victory follow parents’ in London- Fanshawe, Ont., with 40.8 per cent of path to politics the vote. Photograph courtesy of sake, but that term is yours,” she the NDP With Lyndsey said, adding she plans to ground herself in the idea of public ser- Mathyssen’s election vice, like her mother did. “I have to prove myself in that on Oct. 21, she and way, just like everybody else.” Irene Mathyssen have Those takes are what made and 18 years after Marion Dewar most recently for defeated NDP it’s very important for me, and for Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, also 40, served a year in the House, her MP Tracey Ramsey. the longevity of my mandate.” become the fi rst- and son of the former longtime son, the late Paul Dewar, was Seeing fi rst-hand her mom’s Provincial and federal par- Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Du- elected in Ottawa in 2006. work at the constituency level ties have approached him about ever case of mother- ceppe, want to try his own hand and “what that help could provide” running for the last decade or so, at politics. ‘Fierce women’ helped inspired her, she said, and being but the 40-year-old father of three daughter succession “It’s easy to run for offi ce,” “surrounded by such strong fi erce said he wanted to wait until his in House of Commons he said, and perhaps his family forge Mathyssen’s love women” her whole life helped kids (now aged eight to 16) were name would have helped had he encourage her. Ms. Mathyssen is older before he entered politics. for politics among a record 98 women elected Still, Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe, a history. run years earlier, but he didn’t Politics have long been a think it would be good to enter to Parliament this year, 10 more former movie sound technician part of Ms. Mathyssen’s life. Her than in 2015. who’s worked on fi lms in Quebec BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN politics without any life experi- mother ran and won provincially ence, and thinks he’ll be a better “I don’t want to just go [up] 10 and around the world, has also in Ontario when she was 11 years at a time, but we keep working at spent plenty of time working on hen Lindsay Mathyssen MP now for it. old, and even before that she won decisively in London- Political families have been it and we ensure the institution political campaigns, with more W recalls walking in rallies and be- is changed for the better to allow than a decade of such experience Fanshawe, Ont., on Oct. 21, she a common part of Canadian ing surrounded by activism that not only kept the seat in the New parliamentary history, dating to more women,” said Ms. Mathys- under his belt. would shape her politics. sen, including through better Though he waited, federal Democrat fold, but in her fam- the very fi rst Parliament. Eight of In some ways, she said she ily as well for the fi fth-straight Canada’s fi rst-ever batch of MPs childcare, and family support. politics always appealed to him, was more comfortable with he said, recalling walking with his Parliament, making history in the later saw their sons follow them adults than her peers, because process. into the Lower Chamber, accord- dad in the grocery store, where a she was always in their midst Winning on his own woman approached them, almost The longtime parliamentary ing to the Library of Parliament’s and enmeshed in current events, aide said she has “big shoes to records, and 148 years later, merit important to crying, thanking his father and whether at the dinner table, or saying, “You saved my life.” fi ll” following in her mother Irene Justin Trudeau’s fl ight from third- in the streets protesting the GST, former Bloc leader’s son Mathyssen’s footsteps, and was party leader to head of govern- “I saw what kind of differ- or speaking up to homophobic Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., has ence [being an MP] can make in shocked to learn on the hustings ment made him the fi rst offspring classmates when same-sex mar- bounced between parties over the that a win would make them a of a prime minister to also hold people’s lives,” said Mr. Brunelle- riage was debated on the national last few elections, from the Con- Duceppe. historical footnote as the fi rst the job. stage. servatives in 2015 to the Liberals mother-daughter duo to have both In this Parliament, three other Though their styles are differ- The English literature and in a 2017 byelection. ent, he said he’s received plenty served in Parliament. MPs are in the family business: political science grad has worked Because it wasn’t a Bloc “It’s about time,” said Ms. Ma- NDP MP Daniel Blaikie was re- of advice from his dad, who calls as a page in Ontario’s legislature, stronghold, Mr. Brunelle-Du- “about 10 times a day.” thyssen, adding it also means she elected in Elmwood–Transcona, has been steward of the NDP ceppe said it made his victory on has a lot to prove. When people Man., for his second term. His “He told me to work, he told staffers’ union, and last election Oct. 21 sweeter, and is a credit me to stay myself,” and be patient, use the term “dynasty” with her, father, , represented ran unsuccessfully for the NDP to his team’s work to secure an she giggles and thinks of the soap the same riding for three decades, said Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe, who nomination in a neighbouring 18.9 percentage point lead over expects the pressure but said it opera rather than her own reality. from 1979 to 2008. Like his father, riding, London North Centre, Ont. the Liberal incumbent, Richard The 40-year-old is coming into Gaetan-Joseph Serré, Liberal should lessen over time as he Since 2007 she’s worked for four Hébert. builds his own reputation on the politics with a decade of experi- MP Marc Serré also represents MPs, fi rst as a constituency as- “People here are calling me ence working for four MPs, and Nickle Belt, Ont., taking it for the Hill. sistant to former NDP MP Chris Alexis,” he said. “I didn’t win “People will compare us,” he more than 15 years knowing that second time this election with 39 Charlton, then on the Hill as an because I’m the son of Gilles Du- this was where she wanted to end per cent of the vote. Conservative said. “It comes with the name.” aide to former NDP MPs Wayne ceppe, I won because we worked [email protected] up. That’s given her the experi- , the a second-term Marston and Jean Crowder, and hard here as a team and I think The Hill Times ence, more than most, to under- MP for Chilliwack, B.C., which stand an MP’s responsibilities she he won again on Oct. 21 with 49.6 said. per cent support, is the son of “I’m as ready as anyone can be , who represented Children of MPs elected since 1974 for this next adventure,” said Ms. New Westminster, B.C., from 1993 MP Party Family Relations First elected Riding Mathyssen, who won the riding to 2011, starting out as a Reform Mathyssen, Lindsay NDP Mathyssen, Irene (Mother) 2019 London–Fanshawe, Ont. with 40.8 per cent of the vote, or Party MP, then with the Canadian Brunelle-Duceppe, Alexis BQ Duceppe, Gilles (Father) 2019 Lac-Saint-Jean, Que. 7,747 votes ahead of the Liberal Alliance, and fi nally as a Conser- Blaikie, Daniel NDP Blaikie, William Alexander (Bill) (Father) 2015 Elmwood–Transcona, Man. candidate, doubling the vote mar- vative. Serré, Marc G. Liberal Serré, Benoît (Uncle) 2015 Nickel Belt, Ont. gin her mother garnered in 2015. Serré, Gaetan-Joseph (Father) While there have been many Strahl, Mark Conservative Strahl, Charles (Chuck) (Father) 2015 Chilliwack–Hope, B.C. At the doorstep during the father-son successions, the famil- Trudeau, Justin Liberal Sinclair, James (Grandfather) 2008 Papineau, Que. campaign, she was “constantly ial path for women is less trav- Trudeau, Pierre Elliott (Father) humbled” by the outpouring of elled. With only 352 women ever Bernier, Maxime Conservative Bernier, Gilles (Father) 2006 Beauce, Que. support for her mother’s work. having served in Parliament— Dewar, Paul NDP Dewar, Marion (Mother) 2006 Ottawa Centre, Ont. “Please be like your mom,” she compared to 4,169 men—it’s LeBlanc, Dominic Liberal LeBlanc, Roméo (Father) 2004 Beauséjour, N.B. MacKay, Peter Gordon Conservative MacKay, Elmer MacIntosh (Father) 2004 Central Nova, N.S. said they’d tell her, or, “if you’re pulling from a much smaller pool Regan, Geoff Liberal Regan, Gerald Augustine (Father) half the woman your mother is, to begin with. There are only 29 Harrison, John Hornby (Grandfather) 2000 Halifax West, N.S. you’re fi ne,” and even supporters women who have served in Par- Whelan, Susan Liberal Whelan, Eugene (Father) 1997 Essex, Ont. who weren’t New Democrats said liament who have any affi liation Jordan, Joe Louis Liberal Jordan, Jim (Father) 1997 Leeds–Grenville, Ont. they trusted her because of her with another Parliamentarian, Manning, Ernest Preston Reform Manning, Ernest Charles (Father) 1993 Calgary Southwest, Alta. Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe Liberal Martin, Paul Joseph James (Father) 1988 mother’s hard work. more than half through marriage. Rideout, George Saunders Liberal Rideout, Margaret Isabel (Mother) LaSalle–Émard, Que. “I do have a lot to prove. I Irene Mathyssen is also only Rideout, Sherwood Hayes (Father) 1988 Moncton, N.B. think it’s true about every politi- the third female MP to watch Browes, Pauline Progressive Conservative Drope, Robert Earle (Father) 1984 Scarborough Centre, Ont. cian. You might get in on an an their child later walk into the Lachance, Claude-André Liberal Lachance, Georges-C. (Father) 1979 Rosemont, Que. orange wave, or a blue wave, or House: fi rst, Margaret Isabel Nowlan, John Patrick (Pat) Independent Nowlan, George Clyde (Father) 1979 Annapolis Valley–Hants, N.S. a red wave; you might get in by Caouette, Gilles Social Credit Party of Canada Caouette, David Réal (Father) 1977 Témiscamingue, Que. Rideout, whose husband was Abbott, Anthony Chisholm Liberal Abbott, Douglas Charles (Father) 1974 Mississauga, Ont. people voting against or for the also an MP, saw her son, George, ideals of your party, or a name- follow in their footsteps in 1988, Source: Library of Parliament 12 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News

Committee (PROC). Once those negotiations have fi nished and the Whips have appointed ‘We’re very resourceful’: Green MP members to PROC, the government House Leader will put forward a motion in the House to offi cially establish that committee, whose members are in turn charged estab- lishing membership of the other 25 standing Jenica Atwin on how she’ll punch and joint committees. Ms. Atwin’s husband, Chris Atwin, is a band councillor with the Oromocto First Na- tion—which is located within her riding— above her weight this Parliament and her stepfather is, Ron Tremblay, leader of the Wolastoq Grand Council. She said these familial infl uences have been instru- Rookie Green MP Jenica mental in forming her approach to politics. Mr. Tremblay “is an activist and has Atwin, the fi rst Green MP been fi ghting for the environment. One of elected outside Vancouver his responsibilities as a traditional elder is to protect the water. We’ve been on protest Island, spoke to The Hill lines, demonstration lines, and for me, it’s about continuing his work,” Ms. Atwin said. Times on Nov. 5 about “Especially with Indigenous issues, I really want to be a strong voice and an ally. I her plans for navigating a refer to his [her stepfather, Mr. Tremblay’s] knowledge and critical perspective a lot of minority parliament, and the time.” the future of her party. She also said her husband’s experience as a band councillor will help her keep close to the issues in her riding. “Band politics are very, very differ- BY AIDAN CHAMANDY ent. It’s so important to have a ear to the ground, especially if I’m talking about ewly elected Green Party MP Jenica things that are going to impact these com- NAtwin says despite fewer resources, munities,” she said. “Those links are critical she’s confi dent her team’s “passion,” re- for my hopeful success moving forward on sourcefulness, and co-operation will help Indigenous issues in a really positive way.” her, and the rest of the Green caucus, make rd Given their relevance to the Green Party’s a mark on the 43 Parliament. raison d’être, Ms. Atwin said the three Green “I have all the faith in the world in my chief Green Party MP for Fredericton, N.B., Jenica Atwin sat down for an interview with The Hill Times in the Wellington Building in downtown Ottawa on Nov. 05. She says she already has her eyes on several House MPs might split work in keeping track of the of staff and the other staff members who we’ve House Fisheries and Oceans Committee and lined up. We’re very resourceful. We’re New committees, including Veterans Affairs, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, National Defence, Status of Women, Fisheries and Oceans, and Natural Resources. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade the House Natural Resources Committee. Brunswick, we’re Maritimers,” said Ms. Atwin, She said her interest in serving on Na- with the slightest hint of a Martime drawl. tional Defence and Veterans Affairs comes She became the Green Party’s fi rst-ever Parties lacking recognized party status in re-elected with roughly 48.7 per cent of the from growing up in Oromocto, which is MP elected outside British Columbia on Oct. the House of Commons—that is, those with vote on Oct. 21, and Mr. Manly was re-elect- home to CFB Gagetown, the second-largest 21, when she unseated Liberal incumbent and fewer than 12 sitting MPs—don’t get parlia- ed with 34.6 per cent support. military base in the country after CFB Suf- former parliamentary secretary Matthew De- mentary resources to run a research bureau, or Ms. Atwin’s campaign manager-turned- fi eld in Cypress County, Alta. CFB Gag- Courcey to win Fredericton, N.B., with roughly offi ces for its leader, House Leader, and Whip. chief of staff, Shannon Carmont, is an expe- etown is a major part of the local economy. 33.7 per cent of the vote. Mr. DeCourcey ulti- Ms. Atwin said she’ll be leaning on rienced staffer at the provincial level. Also “I have such amazing respect for our mately placed third, behind the Conservative Green Party Leader Elizabeth May’s (Saan- from New Brunswick, Ms. Carmont started servicemen and women. I really want to be candidate, with 27.4 per cent support. ich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) experience, and staff, out as an intern in New Brunswick Green that connection to Ottawa,” she said. “I know “As a Green, it’s about that ground sup- for help in the transition to life as a rookie Party Leader David Coon’s offi ce, later it’s kind of outside what we normally hear port. It’s about community support. We’re MP. She said her, Ms. May, and Paul Manly becoming a legislative assistant, then chief of from the Green Party, but I think part of that going to get this done without the big (Nanaimo-Ladysmith, B.C.) might share leg- staff, and communications director. The New is bringing that East Coast perspective, and budgets of other parties because we’re for islative assistants, but that the caucus hasn’t Brunswick Green’s won three seats in the bringing the voice of someone who is from the people and the passion.” worked out the details just yet. Ms. May was provincial legislature in the 2018 election. a military town.” Chief among her defence and veterans re- Committee work and policy priorities lated concerns are equipment shortages and Another casualty of not having recog- supporting the transition to civilian life. nized party status in the House is not having any allocated committee seats. Ms. Atwin The question of Green leadership said she and her fellow Green’s have been With Ms. May having announced she was invited to observe any committee of their stepping down as leader of the Green Party choice. While an observer, Ms. Atwin could after roughly 13 years on Nov. 4—though she’s be allotted question time, at the discretion set to stay on as parliamentary leader, while of the chair and its members, who typically deputy leader Jo-Ann Roberts takes over as have to consent to share time. acting party leader—Ms. Atwin said she thinks She said Ms. May’s advice to her on it’s important for the next leader of the Green how to make herself relevant in committee Party to be a Parliamentarian, but acknowl- meetings has been very helpful. edged that might be diffi cult in the near term. “Elizabeth has been great on advising She also said diversity would be good NOMINATIONS me: make some friends and make sure that for the party going forward. “I’m hopeful for they know you’re very passionate about someone from the LGBTQ+ community, or these issues, and that you have a lot to of- maybe from a different ethnicity. I think it’s WANTED! fer,” Ms. Atwin said. “It’s really going to be important to broaden who we have repre- about building relationships.” senting us,” she said. “I love the idea of an- In the 42nd Parliament alone, Ms. May other woman because it’s been so inspiring Do you know someone between the made 1,458 interventions in 18 separate com- just for me, and I hope to continue that trend mittees, both special and standing, according for other female politicians coming up to see ages of 6-17 who is making a to the House of Commons. The committees other women leaders.” She has repeatedly where she was most active were the Spe- ruled out running for leadership herself. difference within their community? cial Committee on Electoral Reform (449 As to whether the party should embrace Nominate them for an Ontario Junior interventions), Environment and Sustainable the “eco-socialist” philosophy espoused by Development (273 interventions), and Justice Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Quebec Green Citizen Award today! and Human Rights (152 interventions). Party, Ms. Atwin said: “I’m always hesitant Ms. Atwin said she already has her eyes to put ourselves in a box or to choose la- on several House committees, including Veter- bels. While there are views I agree with on ans Affairs, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, those sides, I just don’t like labels.” DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30, 2019 National Defence, Status of Women, Fisheries “I think it’s about being inclusive and keep- and Oceans, and Natural Resources. ing our values at the core. The Green values If building relationships with committee Nomination forms are available from this COORDINATED BY: are really what should be leading our next chairs is an important part of her strategy for steps forward,” Ms. Atwin said. “They’re about newspaper, and at www.ocna.org/juniorcitizen. making her and her party’s message heard, good governance and ecological wisdom, and Or call 416-923-7724 ext. 4439 Ms. Atwin will have to wait until the various not necessarily about attaching a label to it.” party Whips negotiate the size and compo- [email protected] sition of the Procedure and House Affairs The Hill Times HEALTH

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Changing the conversation around Value-based health care: time to brain health and aging p.18 focus on outcomes, not outputs p.22 Tobacco Cessation as a First-Line Cancer Treatment Good for Patients & the Health System

Dr. Renelle Myers discusses a new Action Framework to get smoking cessation programs in all cancer centres in Canada, and the significant health and economic benefits of this type of patient support

What is the Action Framework? Who is it for? Smoking cessation for a patient can fall by the wayside. What are the next steps with the Action Also, many cancer care providers are simply not aware of the The Pan-Canadian Action Framework for Implementing Framework? impact that quitting smoking can have on treatment outcomes Smoking Cessation in Cancer Care lays out a simple and and view it instead as an optional support. Another reason The Partnership has led the establishment of the Pan- systematic way to implement smoking cessation programs for the absence of these programs in cancer centres is that, Canadian Tobacco Cessation and Cancer Care Network. in cancer centres. The document was created for those who unfortunately, we’re seeing that there is still a stigma around This network is made up of representatives from both oversee cancer centres across Canada including provincial smoking and cancer. Many in the health system think that tobacco control and cancer control in every province and and territorial governments, cancer agencies, healthcare smokers brought the disease upon themselves due to their territory, and it has led implementation of on-site smoking administrators, and healthcare providers. Its purpose is to lifestyle decisions, and this may lessen the cessation support cessation programs in many Canadian cancer centres. make it as easy as possible for these groups to work together they receive when they enter the cancer system. But with This includes the BC Cancer Centre, whose program has seen in creating effective smoking cessation programs that use a growing evidence, we’re seeing that it’s never too late for considerable success in helping patients quit smoking and combination of behavioural counselling, pharmacotherapy someone to quit smoking and doing so can have significant ultimately reducing system resources related to additional and follow-up/relapse support. The goal of the Action benefits to their treatment and the health system more cancer treatments. But more work is needed to reach our Framework is to work towards a future where every person broadly. The Action Framework is looking to change this gap goal of 100 per cent of ambulatory cancer centres offering with cancer across the country receives support to quit in the system by providing step-by-step program-level smoking cessation programs by 2022. These efforts are right smoking for the best treatment and quality of life. guidance for cancer centre administrators to implement a now focused on getting the Action Framework in front of comprehensive, evidence-based smoking cessation program those who set policy and quality care direction at cancer and see that all patients with cancer are supported to quit centres across the country. Why do cancer centres need smoking smoking, right from the moment of diagnosis. cessation programs? The evidence is clear that if you have cancer, quitting smoking What are your personal views on the Action prior to your treatment will improve your outcomes. Smoking cessation supports are already Framework? This applies to all cancer treatments including chemotherapy, I think Canada has made great strides in communicating the radiation therapy and surgery. Being smoke-free also provided in all provinces and territories, harms of smoking and enacting policies that restrict access minimizes side effects and other complications following wouldn’t having them in the cancer centre be and accessibility of smoking. As a result, we’re seeing that the treatment. Because of this, in addition to improved patient redundant? rates of daily smokers continue to decline amongst the general health outcomes, smoking cessation support in cancer centres It’s true that many programs already exist to help Canadians population. But I see that gaps continue to exist in helping also plays a critical role in improving economic outcomes of quit smoking, but these programs can often take months to reduce smoking in the cancer patient population. This needs the cancer system. Recent evidence shows that quitting see results. For someone with cancer who smokes, there is an to change. To support a patient to stop smoking once they are smoking prior to treatment reduces cancer mortality rates by urgency to quitting, as it’s ideal for them to quit at least two in the cancer system would have a profound impact on their up to 30-40 per cent1, and simulations also show that there is weeks prior to receiving treatment for maximum impact. treatment outcomes and can drastically reduce the use of $50-$74 million in cost savings for every five per cent of As such, the smoking cessation support for people with cancer health system resources, if done properly. We need to go back cancer patients that quit smoking.2 These cost savings come should be provided, ideally, at the time of diagnosis. The ideal to the basics where we know if a patient stops smoking at the from healthcare providers being able to: practice more scenario is that in their first visit to their oncologist, patients time of their cancer diagnosis, they will live longer and better, efficient medicine, decrease the time spent re-administering are screened for tobacco use and if they are a smoker, they are with a greater chance of cancer not returning. Apart from the medicines, avoid having to perform additional surgeries, and advised of the benefits of quitting and then referred onto an human impact, if you are a policy maker, smoking cessation the cost of additional drugs such as rounds of chemotherapy. internal tobacco cessation program and counsellor. The most programs can also be an effective medicine for the economic effective approach is creating a seamless process to connect health of the cancer system. In addition to the evidence-based benefits for both patients patients with support to quit smoking as a part of their full and the health system, having these cessation programs in cancer treatment plan. cancer centres will help in the collective push to achieving one of the priorities of the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control Dr. Renelle Myers is a thoracic respirologist at Vancouver Coastal (2019-2029). The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (the Health and an Associate Professor at the University of British Partnership) is the steward of the Strategy and working with Will these new smoking cessation programs Columbia. She led the development of the Pan-Canadian Action provinces and territories to make changes to the cancer system be a financial burden? Framework for Implementing Smoking Cessation in Cancer Care and ensure all people with the disease have access to Creating smoking cessation programs in cancer centres will high-quality, sustainable treatment and care. The Action require investment to get started but their economic benefits Framework will help the Strategy’s specific action to increase down the road will significantly outweigh the costs. efforts to promote tobacco cessation and avoidance among For example, initial colorectal cancer treatment costs the References cancer patients, and working with First Nations, Inuit and 3 health system around $28,000. Smoking reduces the 1. Métis to develop appropriate tobacco cessation approaches. Toll BA, Brandon TH, Gritz ER, et al. Assessing tobacco use by cancer patients and effectiveness of treatment, sometimes resulting in recurrence facilitating cessation: an American Association for Cancer Research policy statement. which requires the patient to go through further treatment. Clin Cancer Res 2013;19:1941-8. 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-0666 The most comprehensive tobacco cessation support plan, 2. Iragorri, N., Essue, B., Timmings, C., Keen, D., Bryant, H., & Warren, G. (2019). The Why was the Action Framework developed? cost of failed first-line cancer treatment due to continued smoking in Canada. In which includes one-on-one counselling, nicotine replacement review. Despite the strong evidence showing the benefits of quitting therapies, pharmacotherapies and follow-up supports would 3. Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Key cost estimates on cancer treatment and 3 smoking, roughly one in five people in Canada continue to cost only $5,300. If the program is successful and a patient smoking cessation in Canada. 2017. Available at: https://www.partnershipagainstcan- smoke after a cancer diagnosis. In addition, many cancer can quit smoking, it can yield big savings in the health system, cer.ca/topics/key-costs-cancer-treatment-smoking-cessation-canada/ centres in Canada are still not providing on-site cessation as additional cancer treatments might not be required. support. There are many reasons for this. First, oncologists Our simulations show us that if you implement smoking and others working in cancer centres tend to focus on the most cessation at the front end of the cancer experience for patients, Production of this advertisement was made possible by a financial contribution from Health Canada through the immediate concern at hand, which is treating the cancer. the cost-savings down the road will be in the millions.2 Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. The views expressed represent those of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 15 Policy Briefi ng Health

Federal Health Minister Ginette Pharmacare Petitpas Taylor and Dr. Eric Hoskins, chair of the Advisory Council on the Implementation should be No. of National Pharmacare, pictured speaking to media on the Hill 1 priority for on June 20, 2018. Mr. Hoskins' report on pharmacare recommended a universal, single- Trudeau this payer system. The NDP have embraced the fi ndings, but the Liberals have Parliament, says been quiet on specifi cs. The Hill Times photograph by former Liberal Andrew Meade Canadians access drugs for rare believe strongly that any reform introducing a private member’s diseases. Each of those three should use government resources bill that would “put forward … a promises were recommended in wisely and build on what works framework to put in place univer- health minister the Hoskins Report. well today.” sal, publicly delivered, single- payer pharmacare for all.” “We know if Mr. Trudeau Navigating a minority ‘[Former Prime “The Liberals were quite Liberals divided on policy wants to put in place anything deliberate in not engaging in the Before pharmacare negotia- Parliament national that is progressive, he is Minister Lester B.] specifi cs. While they offered cost- tions between the federal parties, The 157-seat Liberal minor- going to need our help,” Mr. Singh ing of $6-billion, they were less and the provinces and federal ity government needs an extra said at the press conference. “If he Pearson’s minority clear about which model they pre- government, can take place, Ms. 13 votes to pass legislation in wants universal pharmacare, it is ferred,” Ms. McLean said. “I think McLean said the Liberal Party Parliament, and has multiple New Democrats he will need to is still remembered in part it was a strategic choice. needs to settle on which version avenues available, with both the work with.” for some of the big Engaging in the debate required a of pharmacare it favours. Bloc Québécois and NDP cau- But Mr. Dosanjh said Mr. Singh degree of specifi city they weren’t “It is no secret that there is not cuses holding enough seats to may have overestimated his lever- things Canada did. prepared to offer.” a consensus in the Liberal Party on put the Liberals over the 170-vote age in the pharmacare debate. The Liberal platform made a which model should prevail. Some threshold. The prime minister “doesn’t I think this is the $6-billion pledge for health care, preferring the single-payer, feder- As of fi ling deadline, the Bloc really need the NDP to bring in what the party called a “down ally funded pharmacare program has 32 seats and the NDP has 24, pharmacare. He could hook up next frontier that Mr. payment,” intended to address that the Hoskins Report recom- however, two recently ordered with the Bloc, and Quebec al- everything from family doctor mended, and others feeling the recounts—one in Quebec and ready has pharmacare to a large Trudeau can achieve,’ access, mental health care, home best course of action would be the one in British Columbia—could extent, and whatever additional and palliative care, and to “take fi ll-in-the-gap approach,” she said. change those standings. The money would fl ow back, they’d says . only be too happy to receive,” Mr. Donsanjh said. “I don’t think Mr. BY AIDAN CHAMANDY Singh has any bargaining power at all in this situation.” s the Liberal government “Early observations and as- Acontinues deliberating over sumptions were the Liberals cabinet positions and preparing would work with the NDP and re- for a minority government, the quire NDP support for the Speech NDP has come out with a bold from the Throne, and the NDP proclamation on its plans and would make pharmacare their top goals for the 43rd Parliament, with negotiating bid,” Ms. McLean said. pharmacare taking centre stage. “There’s an equally reasonable Ujjal Dosanjh, a former scenario to assume the Liberals premier of British Columbia may want to work with the Bloc and health minister under Paul on support from Speech from the Martin’s Liberal government, said Finance Minister Bill Morneau pictured during a March Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and former leader Ed Throne. So I don’t think that the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 2019 talk at the Economic Club of Canada on the Broadbent pictured at the Landsdowne farmers’ market in Speech from the Throne necessar- (Papineau, Que.), who was re- 2019 federal budget. In a 2018 speech, Mr. Morneau Broadbent’s old riding of Ottawa-Centre, Ont., on Oct. 6, ily comes down to what the NDP elected in his riding with 51.2 suggested the Liberal Party would favour a fi ll-in-the-gaps 2019, two days after Mr. Singh unveiled his pharmacare and the Liberals can negotiate on per cent of the vote, should try to approach. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade plan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade pharmacare.” make the issue a defi ning policy “The one caveat being that of this Parliament. the critical next steps to imple- In a February 2018 speech NDP are contesting the vote in the Quebec position is likely to “If I were Mr. Trudeau, I would ment national universal pharma- before the Economic Club of Port Moody-Coquitlam, B.C., be that they don’t have the same want to put down a marker for care.” Canada, Finance Minister Bill where NDP candidate Bontia gaps that the rest of Canada does this minority government, how- The platform said it would be Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), Zarillo lost to Conservative Nelly because they have a different ever long it may last,” Mr. Dosnajh “guided” by the Hoskins Report who was re-elected with 57.4 per Shin by 153 votes. The Bloc are insurance system,” Ms. McLean said. “He would be well advised on pharmacare, which called cent of the vote, said: “We need a contesting Quebec, Que., where added. “So any calculation done to make pharmacare a defi ning for a universal, single-payer, strategy to deal with the fact not Liberal cabinet minister Jean- by the Bloc will be carefully element of this government, so public system that would cost everyone has access, and we need Yves Duclos beat Bloc candi- thought out in terms of what it he can go back [to the electorate] $3.5-billion upon launching in to do it in a way that’s respon- date Christiane Gagnon by 325 means for their position and their and say, ‘we’ve already done this, 2022, climbing to approximately sible, that deals with the gaps, but votes. The Quebec recount took role in Ottawa.” vote for me and we’ll do more.’” $15.3-billion per year upon full doesn’t throw out the system that place on Nov. 5, and the Port The Bloc Québécois could not “[Former Prime Minister Les- implementation in 2027. we currently have.” Moody-Coquitlam recount took be reached for comment. ter B.] Pearson’s minority is still The 2019 budget also took Linda Silas, president of the place Nov. 6. The results of these Despite Mr. Donsanjh’s doubts remembered for some of the big some steps toward a national Canadian Federation of Nurses, recounts were not known as of about the NDP’s bargaining things Canada did. I think this is pharmacare program, including said “the Liberals have always fi ling deadline. A third recount strength based on its seat count, he the next frontier that Mr. Trudeau $35-million over four years, with been kind of allergic to the word in Hochelaga, Que., requested by said its image as a truly progres- can achieve,” said Mr. Dosanjh. $5-million promised for the 2019- universal. But the evidence is the Bloc was dropped on Nov. 5, sive party could help its position. During the campaign, the Lib- 20 fi scal year, for the creation of a clear, if it’s not universal, com- confi rming Liberal Soraya Mar- “The NDP being what it is, erals didn’t dive overly deep into Canadian Drug Agency to assess prehensive, and public, it won’t tinez Ferrada’s victory over Bloc they may still carry weight be- the issue of pharmacare, which a drug’s effectiveness, negotiate work.” candidate Simon Marchand. cause they become the national was intentional, said Michelle drug prices, and eventually create In a Nov. 1 email statement to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh voice for Canada on those issues,” McLean, senior vice president a national formulary of accepted The Hill Times, Stephen Frank, (Burnaby South, B.C.) said during he said. —With fi les from Tessie Sanci and national health and wellness drugs. The budget also promised president and CEO of the Cana- an Oct. 30 press conference that [email protected] sector lead at Hill+Knowlton $1-billion over two years, start- dian Life and Health Insurance his party’s fi rst order of business The Hill Times Strategies. ing in fi scal year 2022-23, to help Association, said “we continue to in the 43rd Parliament would be 16 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES Health Policy Briefi ng By the numbers: Pharmaceutical spending in Canada Pharmaceutical spending as % of GDP - OECD countries with GDP in top 25 of world 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.04% 2.01% 1.8 1.79% 1.67% 1.66% 1.64% 1.6 1.58% 1.54% 1.50% 1.47% 1.4 1.35% 1.33% 1.2 1.25% 1.14% 1.07% 1.0 0.8 0.74% 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 United States Japan Canada South Korea Switzerland Spain Germany Italy France Belgium Australia Poland MexicoUnited Kingdom Sweden Netherlands Source: OECD (2019), Pharmaceutical spending (indicator) Note: For the above graph, the most recent available data was used. Certain countries only had data from 2017 available, and those values were used in this graph. The countries that had 2018 data available include: Canada, South Korea, Netherlands, and Italy. Countries with 2017 data include: Belgium, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Great Britain, and the United States. Total percentage of spending on drugs eligible for pharmacare

70 60 55% 52% 53% 55% 50 48% 49% 50% 42% 45% 45% 40 39% 38% 34% 33% 34% 30 29% 32% 31% 24% 26% 26% 27% 20 20% 19% 19% 15% 18% 15% Dollars (millions) 13% 13% 10 0 British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia P.E.I. Newfoundland & Labrador Source: Parliamentary Budget Offi ce, Federal Cost of a National Pharmacare Program, Page 2, Summary Figure 1 Out of pocket Private Public Average annual household spending on pharmaceuticals by province, 2017

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serve as a base for the export of Feds have role to play in modernizing clinical services and licensure itself. Accreditation Canada and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada are ac- Canada’s health-care systems tively expanding internationally. • Virtual care needs national en- dorsement as a covered health- The modernization of clinical care service. National standards, practice has many dimensions: • Indigenous health care involves digital health, national licensure, serving highly dispersed and of- digital modernization, virtual care, and best practice and ten-remote populations. Federal and national licensure quality indicators are among them. leadership in creating a modern Fundamentally, the rise of informa- system for these communities would give us a way tion technology makes it possible should remain a top priority. for clinicians to standardize and • National reporting of quality to improve Canada’s improve their practice and, in some and access indicators needs a instances, has broken the physical renewed commitment. Previous leadership role in global link required to deliver care. Liberal commitments under the health-care and build Because we can now care for Martin and Chrétien govern- patients at a distance, provincial ments have been whittled an improved and more and territorial boundaries become down by federal and provincial less important and it becomes machinery. national health-care sensible to talk about national • The alphabet soup of pan-Cana- economic development, national The modernization of clinical practice has many dimensions: digital health, dian agencies needs rationaliza- system domestically. licences, sharing health human re- national licensure, virtual care, and best practice and quality indicators are tion and reorganization to pro- sources, national quality, and access among them, writes the C.D. Howe’s Will Falk. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash mote best practice, digital health, standards. Previous papers by the and quality/access reporting. C.D. Howe Institute have focused on In 2017, 12 per cent of Cana- edge products and make their • A patient’s right to a usable modernization at the provincial gov- dian post-secondary students were national systems better. Virtual version of their digital health ernment level, but there is a role for international. This understates the care allows clinicians to “care” records should be endorsed as the federal government in setting economic impact, because gener- for patients half a world away. In a national expectation. and achieving national priorities. ally international students pay specialties such as radiology and • Implement the recommenda- Health care is now a global much higher fees than Canadian pathology, virtual care has been tions from the Naylor Report knowledge industry and Canadi- students. Canadian academic hos- evident for a decade. As virtual on health innovation. ans are among the leaders. Our pitals have been quietly doing the care expands, the opportunity • View immigration of health- research hospitals and universi- same thing for resident physicians for Canadian physicians to treat care professionals and inter- Will Falk ties are world-class, and we train for years now. If we exported 10 patients in other countries will national student recruitment Canada’s health-care system a large number of physicians per cent of health-care goods and also expand. These are good, clean as an economic development practicing in the Middle East services, Canada would “export” knowledge economy jobs. We are opportunity. and elsewhere. Our accreditation $25-billion. This compares to cur- proud of our nation’s health-care Local health-care delivery can ealth care is a provincial services, our professional colleges’ rent pharma/medicine and medi- leadership and should seek to remain provincial, but labour, Hresponsibility. A national role services, and our clinical best cal equipment manufacturing, be leaders internationally as the product, and service standards in health care would have been in- practices are exported to other totalling $13-billion in 2018. The industry becomes more global. for export need federal leadership comprehensible to our founders, as countries. Countries looking to opportunity around health-care To export our health-care and support. National standards, health care was delivered locally in build national health-care systems services is signifi cant. system, we need to get our own digital modernization, and nation- 1867 by caregivers who physically look to Canada as an example. The digital revolution in health house in order. The federal gov- al licensure would give us a way to visited their patients. This delivery Ironic, given that we do not actu- care makes possible new ways to ernment can play a role in leading improve Canada’s leadership role method has changed dramatically ally have a national system. access this economic opportunity. this in a number of ways: in global health care and build in recent times, creating a legiti- Canada’s opportunity to export Codifi ed knowledge and best prac- • National licensure, as the Ca- an improved and more national mate national role for the federal clinical practice, education, and stan- tices are embedded in standards, nadian Medical Association has health-care system domestically. government to push forward the dards will continue to expand. One quality indicators, and pathways. advocated. One clinical licens- Will Falk is a senior fellow at modernization of health care in model to look at is what has hap- Our former international students ing regime would improve la- the C.D. Howe Institute. Canada, and globally. pened in universities and colleges. and colleagues take these knowl- bour mobility domestically and The Hill Times

to challenge the belief that demen- tions. Studies suggest that short- realities versus perceptions when tia is inevitable as we age. The truth term visual arts or music training it comes to aging. Changing the is, dementia is not a natural part of can boost the brain health of older Community campaigns such getting older, although age remains adults. Speaking two languages as The Brain Project are making the biggest risk factor. After 65, a can delay the onset of dementia by strides to challenge misconceptions person’s likelihood of developing four years. Finally, consider this: and spark accessible conversa- conversation dementia doubles every fi ve years. being a lifelong musician can delay tions. The vigorous initiative forges A major study published in The some age-related hearing problems a connection between international Journal of the American Medical by 20 years—and hearing loss can artists, celebrities, researchers, Association this summer found lead to social isolation, a risk factor and philanthropists, akin to the around brain that living a healthy lifestyle can for cognitive decline and other age- synaptic connections required for help offset a person’s genetic risk related health issues. everyday brain health. of dementia by 32 per cent. In addition to healthy and There is a movement afoot to The team at Baycrest’s Rot- creative living, there is a huge role “change the tape,” not only in terms health and aging man Research Institute is for the community to play. Making of media discourse and societal intensely focused on brain health space for honest, open conversa- stigma, but also the tape that exists and aging research to uncover tions that demystify, de-stigmatize, in people’s own self-talk patterns. what society can do to delay the and challenge misconceptions From a young age, Canadians onset of Alzheimer’s and related around aging can provide clarity need to get a head start on brain Making space dementias. The research being to people who are unsure if they’re health. Society needs to consider conducted at Baycrest continues experiencing normal age-related human brains in much the same for honest, open to show that the earlier we begin memory changes or early signs of way it considers hearts, kidneys, liv- conversations around to take preventative measures, dementia. ers, lungs, and overall body health. the better the odds for improving Adults may often proclaim, The brain responds positively to all aging can provide outcomes for brain health. Imag- “I’ve lost my keys; it must be healthy inputs, whether lifestyle, ine this: if we can delay the onset Alzheimer’s!” But whether said creative, or community-based. clarity to people who of dementia by fi ve years, we can in jest or in fear, this kind of talk In the face of a growing public reduce its prevalence in the popu- can heighten confusion and anxi- health crisis, we need to chal- are unsure if they’re Susan Vandermorris lation by about one third. ety. By worrying too much about lenge misconceptions now. Let’s Brain health and aging A healthy lifestyle extends memory lapses, we tend to make change our mindsets for the experiencing normal beyond diet and exercise, and more memory mistakes, falling future health of our communities. age-related memory includes activities that spark from victim to a self-fulfi lling prophecy. Dr. Susan Vandermorris, Ph. D, early 600,000 Canadians are the well of creativity and commu- Raising awareness of negative C. Psych., is a clinical neuropsy- changes or early signs Nliving with Alzheimer’s or nity. Art, expression, and music can thinking and talking openly about chologist who leads the Memory other forms of dementia, and this challenge us to learn new things, brain health from a young age and Aging Program at Baycrest. of dementia. number is growing. It’s important fi nd patterns, and make connec- will help us better understand The Hill Times Giving Health a Strong Voice

Along with more than 75,000 physicians and medical learners across the country, the CMA is dedicated to working with you to meet the health needs of Canadians 20 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES Health Policy Briefi ng Canadian health-care Trudeau government gives system needs a ‘most stronger role to federal responsible politician’ intervention in health care The Trudeau government’s system is brilliant. It guarantees that the health- To get our health-care boat care boat will spin in circles, with Ottawa setting actions in health policy have priorities that are out of line with the actual demonstrated a return to a moving forward, only one needs and demands of each province. solution will work: one However, if we want a system that can more interventionist stance change and develop, our setup could not be rower must agree to stop worse. by the federal government, In the 1960s, when our health-care sys- trying to steer the boat. tem was designed, the average Canadian one that involves a more was 27 years old. Now, the average Canadi- deliberate steering of an is in their mid-40s. As people live longer, take more expensive medications, and use provincial health and social more sophisticated outpatient therapies, the “comprehensiveness” of the Canada services delivery. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a Health Act starts to look a little silly. 2019 campaign event. During the campaign, Even though our needs are shifting as a the Liberals promised $6-billion over four years population, our current approach of trans- for pharmacare and to improve public access to fers under the Canada Health Act effective- doctors and mental health services, note Amélie ly rules out innovation by anything other Quesnel-Vallée, Rachel McKay, and Antonia than a one-size-fi ts-all federal solution. Maioni. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Shawn Whatley Since the provinces depend on federal lar- Health-care system gess to run provincial health-care systems, a new Canadian Drug Agency, a pan-Ca- provinces are not free to try anything new nadian formulary, and a national strategy that might compromise federal handouts. for high-cost drugs for rare diseases. The he concept of the “most responsible Stakeholders shout at the feds to row stated goals of these initiatives are to har- Tphysician” (or MRP) is an old one. It harder towards national plans for every- Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Rachel McKay, monize coverage nationally and increase helps establish who is ultimately respon- thing from seniors’ care to pharmacare. & Antonia Maioni cost-effi ciency of coverage through econo- sible for overseeing the care of an admitted Voters shout at the provinces to row harder Health-care System mies of scale and bargaining power. patient, ensuring that no one falls through towards funding for public health, autism, In the 2019 campaign, the Liberals a health service gap due to unclear juris- and hundreds of other important health- anada’s “Fathers of Confederation” were promised $6-billion over four years for dictions. related issues. And so, the little boat of Cmen of their time, which is why, among pharmacare and to improve public access Whether the MRP is a doctor, nurse health-care policy spins and spins. other things, “health” was not seen as a to doctors and mental health services. The practitioner, or anyone else, the key operat- How do we escape this vortex of incom- primary responsibility for governments, support for pharmacare was unequivocal, ing principle is that someone oversees a petent management? and certainly not the Dominion (federal) but unfortunately, not fully costed. Accord- patient’s ultimate health outcomes. When One option is that we could ask the feds government. This is not surprising, given ing to the government’s advisory council, a dozens of people run from all across the to take on a different role. Does it make that at the time, medical care was not fully implemented pharmacare plan would hospital to help a patient who is turning sense for the feds to collect $34.4-billion particularly effective nor sought after, and cost in the range of $3.5-billion annually blue, one person needs to be in charge of in GST and then pay it all back to the health and social matters were of a local over 10 years, and up to $15.3 billion-an- the Code Blue. provinces in the $36-billion Canada Health nature, to be addressed by family, charity, nually by 2027 as the coverage moves from Every major Transfer? Instead, and religious communities. essential medications to a more compre- trauma centre Health Minister the federal govern- How surprised these men would have hensive list of medications. needs a trauma Ginette Petitpas ment could em- been to learn that, a century-and-a-half af- The Liberals acknowledged their team leader. Some- Taylor, pictured in the power the provinc- ter Confederation, health care had become campaign promise of $6-billion constitutes one needs to lead National Press Theatre es to collect their such a powerful political symbol, a salient merely a “down payment,” and that the and take respon- in 2018. When it own revenues and electoral issue, and a lightning rod for government would need to negotiate phar- sibility for team comes to Canadian assume greater di- federal-provincial tensions. macare with the provinces fi rst. One critic decisions. Admit- health-care policy, rect authority over The , which rightly called the Liberal campaign prom- ted patients come there is no clear ‘most health care, bear- has long had a crucial role in the politics ise for pharmacare “disturbingly vague.” to harm if they do responsible politician.’ ing in mind that of health care, indeed made health-related However, considering the support from not have a clear This guarantees that Ottawa will always promises a leitmotif of their 2015 and 2019 infl uential lobby groups and the work ac- and explicit MRP. the health-care boat play an important electoral campaigns. complished to date in laying out the policy The role of the will spin in circles, role in health care. In analyzing those promises, and the options, combined with strong NDP sup- “most responsible with Ottawa setting Under this kind of extent to which it realized promises from port for pharmacare in a minority Liberal physician” is clear priorities that are out structure, prov- 2015, broadly speaking, we fi nd that the government setting, the federal govern- for those in the of line with the actual inces could have Trudeau government’s actions in health ment may be in a good position to fulfi ll health-care fi eld needs and demands of greater fl exibility policy have demonstrated a return to a this campaign promise going forward. and for patients each province, writes to address their more interventionist stance by the federal The Canada Health Act has long embod- who have relied Shawn Whatley. The own needs more government, one that involves a more ied the federal role in health care. In both on the life-saving Hill Times photograph directly while still deliberate steering of provincial health and its promises and its realizations, this Liberal skills of profession- by Andrew Meade working in tandem social services delivery through spending government has fl exed its muscle to expand als. However, when with the federal and performance assessment. the scope of publicly insured services it comes to Canadian health-care policy, government to ensure universal standards This marks a signifi cant shift from across the provinces and has lead the way there is no clear “most responsible politician.” and best practices. previous Conservative governments. In in providing better coverage of some of the Provinces run daily operations, their We could envision any multitude of even starker contrast, the Liberal govern- same services for the populations under its authority stretching back to the British potential solutions, but ultimately, it comes ment’s rhetoric appears to seek to extend responsibility. However, while bolstering the North America Act of 1867. But Ottawa has down to establishing an MRP for Canadian the purview of the Canada Health Act to federal government’s fi nancial commitment “spending power” which, in the words of health-care policy. To get our health-care the new areas of home care, mental health, to medicare is a necessary step forward, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, is the power to make boat moving forward, only one solution and, most notably, pharmacare. it is not likely to be a suffi cient condition payments “for purposes on which [Parlia- will work: one rower must agree to stop The last two budgets of this government to ensure the kind of lasting structural ment] does not necessarily have the power trying to steer the boat. spelled out concrete investments in pharma- impact on Canadian’s access to care that a to legislate.” Responding to change is one of the care, suggesting the Liberal government had more formal expansion of the defi nition of In other words, the federal government biggest challenges for any socialized indus- moved past considerations of desirability and insured services would achieve. uses money to get power. Instead of seek- try. Right now, Canadian health care is feasibility, and is deliberately and purpose- Amélie Quesnel-Vallée is the Canada ing a constitutional amendment, they can spinning. Let’s hope politicians can decide fully progressing towards policy formulation. Research Chair in Policies and Health give grants with strings attached, called who’s in charge, and soon. The 2018 federal budget announced Inequalities and director of the Observatory conditional funding. Shawn Whatley is a physician, past- the creation of an Advisory Council on the on Health and Social Services Reforms at Technically, federal gifts are voluntary. president of the Ontario Medical Asso- Implementation of National Pharmacare. McGill University. Rachel McKay is a post- Anyone can refuse a gift. The provinces ciation, and a Munk Senior Fellow with While the council’s report was only due in doctoral researcher at the McGill Observa- could voluntarily refuse to accept the feds’ the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. He is late spring 2019, an interim report was re- tory on Health and Social Services Reforms. money. It’s called a Hobson’s choice: “You the author of the MLI report, The Most leased within days of the 2019 budget. This Antonia Maioni is a professor of political can eat your carrots or go to bed hungry.” Responsible Politician: Who’s the MRP for interim report provided the foundational science at McGill, with a focus on social and If we want our health-care system to resist Health Care in Canada. principles for the investments announced health policy and comparative politics. change and avoid positive reform, our current The Hill Times on March 19, 2019, namely, the creation of The Hill Times This Session Let’s November is Diabetes End Diabetes Together Awareness Month 11 million Canadians already have diabetes or prediabetes. 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impact on need for medication. Today’s care delivery is fragmented, and payment models often incentivize volume rather than outcomes, resulting in higher costs. We need to reduce fragmentation, reduce Value-based health ineffi ciencies, and address the full trajec- tory of care from prevention and promo- tion of health, to treatment, rehabilitation, and home care. A comprehensive, patient-centred perspective is needed to assess the value care: time to focus on and effectiveness of our health-care system. With a focus on outcomes rather than outputs—i.e. on the unit of improve- ment in patient health outcomes, not on the unit of service or treatment—spending on health care can be linked to outcomes outcomes, not outputs that matter to patients, rather than to the volumes of services, processes, or prod- ucts that may or may not achieve those With a focus on outcomes outcomes. That’s value. rather than outputs, A value-based approach to health care is a transformative business model—one spending on health care that drives value in the health-care system through effi cient provision of optimal can be linked to outcomes care. It offers a patient-centric framework for designing and managing health sys- that matter to patients, tems in a way that delivers substantially improved health outcomes at signifi cantly rather than to the lower cost. volumes of services, The model rests on three foundational principles: improving patient outcomes, processes, or products through systematic measurement of health outcomes that matter to patients and the that may or may not costs required to deliver those outcomes across the full cycle of care; effi cient use achieve those outcomes. of resources, through ongoing tracking of those outcomes and costs for the full trajectory of care for defi ned population segments; and improving access to appro- priate care, through customized health- care service bundles that optimize value Pharmacare is not a stand-alone solution. We need to reduce fragmentation, reduce ineffi ciencies, and for each population segment. address the full trajectory of care from prevention and promotion of health, to treatment, rehabilitation, With this approach, cost savings come and home care, write Monika Slovinec D’Angelo and Cameron MacLaine. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay from improved short- and long-term health outcomes (including quality of life), system effi ciencies, and strategic re-investments Publication date: November 11, 2019 into the system. Monika Slovinec D’angelo & Cameron Maclaine Improved health outcomes are the Advertising deadline: November 6, 2019 Value-based health care product of integrated and co-ordinated care, enabling timely access to the right treatment, for the right patient, at the POLICY BRIEFING niversal pharmacare, or universal right time. System effi ciencies are gained Upublic coverage of medications, was through appropriate use of health human highlighted by some parties during the resources that increase the productivity election as a way to lower costs. Indeed, all of health-care teams. Additionally, value- Canadians should have access to neces- based procurement methods consider how sary medications. Yet the extent to which products or solutions can reduce the total INNOVATION universal public coverage of medicines can cost of care, rather than focusing on the reduce the fi nancial burden is only specu- lowest possible prices. lation at this point. Better patient outcomes mean fewer In terms of cost, the primary benefi t of complications, the return to desired levels a universal public model would be lower of functioning, and reduced burden on the pharmaceutical expenditures for indi- social system. We need a healthy, produc- viduals and insurers. The shift of privately tive workforce to meet and manage the spent dollars to public expenditures must growing patient population that will chal- be considered, including the possible lenge the sustainability of health systems. benefi t reductions for current holders of Value-Based Healthcare (VBHC) Cana- private insurance. The resulting expen- da was launched by The Conference Board ditures in other areas of the health-care of Canada to build on domestic and global system, however, are rarely mentioned: the experiences toward a value-based transfor- tax burden, administrative and transition mation of health care in Canada. costs and complexities, and the potential VBHC Canada is guided by a strategic reduced access to necessary medicines and program to build system-level capacity drug shortages due to reduced R&D invest- through knowledge exchange and lead- How are the various federal innovation funds working? Does the private ment in Canada. It’s also important to ing research. The aim is to establish a maintain that pharmacy is only one service foundation for policy decision-making, to sector have easy access? How complicated is the process? that patients rely on in our overall health- understand existing assets (including data care system. requirements and access to enable system- The 2017 federal budget announced nearly $1-billion for a supercluster The intended and unintended conse- atic measurement of outcomes and costs), initiative. Over two years and one election later, how has the initiative quences of such a policy change must be ineffi ciencies, value of investments, and thoroughly explored; above all, the impact to produce practical Canadian evidence to fared in making Canada an innovation hub? . on patient outcomes Not enough evidence drive value-based changes. The Liberal government has put forward a number of initiatives to increase exists to fully understand how pharmacare It’s time to move past a hypotheti- models can improve access to medicines, cal one-stop solution for all that ails our Canada’s internet connectivity, including High-Speed Access for All: value for money, and patient outcomes. health-care system. Much like an individu- Canada’s Connectivity Strategy. Nearly $6-billion has been committed to Any model must ensure continued patient al patient with multiple needs, health care the project with the goal of getting download speed to 50 mbps and upload access to the same range of innovative is a complex problem that requires a full speed to 10 mbps. Does the plan do enough to get Indigenous people and treatments to remedy illness and maintain picture approach, one that should focus on quality of life. outcomes, not outputs. Canadians living in rural and remote areas adequate internet speed? Are Pharmacare is not a stand-alone solu- Monika Slovinec D’Angelo is director there separate and distinct challenges those two groups face? tion. Other health services, policies, and of the health portfolio at the Conference factors such as social determinants of Board of Canada. Cameron MacLaine is For more information or to reserve your government relations overall health need to be considered. Ad- a research associate for health with the and public affairs advertising space, contact The Hill Times dressing factors like housing, transporta- Conference Board of Canada. display advertising department at 613-688-8841. tion, or food security is bound to have an The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 23 Policy Briefi ng Health Canada’s investments in health, training too valuable to treat like paper clips From an accounting, magine you have to decide Setting an entire tax-funded cational programs that produce ance sheet or be recognized Iwhether it’s worthwhile to fund budget is already freighted with intangible, but real assets for through any formal reporting budgeting, a government program to provide the push and pull of competing government and society. process, even though enhanced early intervention for psychosis priorities, limited resources, and This can cloud the decision- health, better performance, and and reporting The program is expensive. Set- political realities. Finding the making process and distort higher capacity generate lasting ting it up requires establishing treat- best balance is challenging, and values and priorities, potentially benefi ts for Canadian individuals perspective, ment protocols, organizing special it helps to make an accounting leading to ineffi ciencies and and society. And this, of course, is government teams and services, and a myriad of demarcation between capital and missed opportunities. a primary purpose of government. other costs. And the hospital-based operating expenses. It doesn’t have to be this way, Some of this would be easy, such investments in treatment itself is costly. But con- When a government invests and in some places, it is already as changing requirements for key sider the benefi ts: aside from saving in a tangible asset, such as a changing. In New Zealand, for ex- budget documents so they lay out, intangible assets, lives and improving health, effective highway or building, for example, ample, the government already has with supporting evidence, the long- like early treatment early treatment saves on health the funding comes from a capital a “well-being” budget process that term economic and social costs and care, social, community, and crimi- budget and the government is identifi es, prioritizes, and reports on benefi ts of such investments. programs, bear nal justice costs down the road, and permitted to amortize the costs investments in human capital. Even The harder part will be building recipients are able to work more over the life of the asset and rec- the private sector is acting: publicly institutional capacity to gather and little distinction and more productively. ognize the value of the new asset traded companies in the U.K. are present such evidence systemati- from spending on Taking the whole picture into ac- on its balance sheet. now required to report on human cally, so it becomes a permanent count, the early treatment program, By contrast, when a government capital, including investments in and ongoing part of the budgeting, paper clips. And though expensive, may actually be invests in intangible assets, such diversity, human resource develop- decision-making, and reporting a bargain for society. as early psychosis treatment that ment, and social and community processes of government. that’s a problem. Investing in a program like this generates benefi ts to society over issues. In the U.S., the Securities Currently, the most important creates intangible assets for gov- many years, the costs are funded and Exchange Commission is assets created by these invest- ernment and society: the capacity through the operating budget and considering replacing the existing ments—the enhanced human, for government to deliver a valu- the government is not allowed to requirement that publicly traded health, and social capital created able service, and “human capital” recognize the intangible asset cre- companies disclose the number of in Canadians and their communi- for the recipients—better health, ated, or to amortize its costs. From employees with a requirement to ties—are not reported anywhere. improved skills, and enhanced an accounting, budgeting, and disclose a description of the reg- It’s time we got started. social functioning. reporting perspective, such invest- istrant’s human capital resources, Jeremiah Hurley is Dean of The way that current rules ments bear little distinction from including measures or objectives Social Sciences at McMaster account for public spending on spending on paper clips. related to managing the business. University, a professor of econom- such a program makes it diffi cult This different treatment can What can we do in Canada? ics, and a member of the Centre to compare its long-lasting social make investing in tangible assets Here, the value created by for Health Economics and Policy Jeremiah Hurley benefi ts to the benefi ts of spend- seem more attractive than invest- such expenditures would never Analysis at McMaster University. 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@MHCC_ /theMHCC Together, /1MHCC @theMHCC /Mental Health Commission of Canada We accelerate change. 24 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News Global affairs Trudeau’s re-election should bolster his international stature, says former diplomat

Prime Minister ‘This is a moment Justin Trudeau, pictured on where Canada Oct. 23 at could potentially the National Press Theatre get ambitious in its addressing the media for international aff airs,’ the fi rst time following the says Canadian 43rd federal election. The International Hill Times Council president photograph by Sam Garcia Ben Rowswell.

Continued from page 1 federal election that he gained more appreciation from the much younger British prime minister at the time, Tony Blair. Mr. Kinsman said Mr. Blair viewed other world leaders like Mr. Chrétien as “relics,” but after the Canadian prime minister was re-elected with another majority government, Mr. Blair’s attitude towards Mr. Chrétien changed. “By the time [Mr. Chrétien] won another majority [his third], Blair was listening.” While Mr. Trudeau hasn’t won it will depend on how much the act, and yet I think most people in another majority, he still has been realities of governing in a minor- other liberal democracies would re-elected. ity Parliament will constrain … compare it to much bigger “He’s now no longer the … Mr. Trudeau’s travel and foreign scandals that other G7 leaders are handsome new face … on the policy ambitions. [in],” Mr. Rowswell said. block. He’s a guy in their profes- U.S. President Donald Trump sion who has won again. That is in the midst of an impeachment makes a difference,” Mr. Kinsman Added experience could inquiry as the use of the presiden- said, adding foreign leaders don’t help Trudeau avoid cy to enrich his personal fi nancial count seats. international gaff es empire is being questioned. U.K. “He’s been returned as prime Prime Minister Boris Johnson is minister, and that’s what counts,” In the early years of his mired in his country’s looming, he said. government, Mr. Trudeau burst protracted exit from the Euro- Ben Rowswell, president of the on the international scene with pean Union. For over a year, there Canadian International Council, a fl ashy Vogue photoshoot in have been “Yellow Vest” protests said Mr. Trudeau is held up as a 2015, as well as appearances on in France that has undermined 60 Minutes “paragon” of a worldview that CBS’ in 2016, and a President Emmanuel Macron’s Rolling Stone champions pluralism and multi- cover story asking, leadership. culturalism. “Justin Trudeau: why can’t he “When members of other G7 “To the extent that political be our president?” in 2017. At a countries look at Canada, they are opinion in most liberal democ- November 2015 APEC Summit in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Japanese President Shinzō Abe inevitably going to compare some racies is now dividing between Manila, Philippines, the new PM on April 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade of the scandals happening in their the champions of walls and the was dubbed an “APEC hottie,” by own country and fi nding Canada’s champions of bridges, Trudeau international media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. the international scene, For- scandals somewhat mild in com- is one of the most prominent Mr. Trudeau came on the The Macdonald-Laurier eign Minister Chrystia Freeland parison,” Mr. Rowswell said. leaders on the side of those that international scene as being “a Institute fellow said Mr. Trudeau (University-Rosedale, Ont.) is and Foreign citizens, give national favour bridges over walls” said welcome tonic” during a period of has to put the country’s interests brings “substance” to the fi le, Mr. leaders more credit than their Mr. Rowswell, a former high-level a “depressed democratic world,” ahead of his partisan ones. Kinsman said. own citizens, Mr. Rowswell said, Canadian diplomat in Venezuela, Mr. Kinsman said. Mr. Kinsman said, at times, Mr. “She’s truly an expert on glob- noting for example that while Mr. Afghanistan, and Iraq, and a for- “He was the young, dynamic, Trudeau’s advocacy to other G7 lead- al issues because of her previous Macron is a polarizing fi gure in mer adviser in the PCO. good looking, very positive, ers on social issues has run thin. life,” he said. “I think in some France, he is still popular among “This is a moment where hopeful guy on the political scene “It’s not that they object to respects they are a good pair.” Canadians. Canada could potentially get am- [which] was being discoloured it—everybody’s for it—you’re The issues that brought interna- bitious in its international affairs by so many negative and dark pushing against an open door,” he tional adulation for Mr. Trudeau at because in this newly divided forces,” he added. said of Canada’s G7 allies, citing Trudeau’s scandals the beginning of his government, world between populist national- As Mr. Trudeau and his advis- gender inclusivity as an example, overshadowed by those such as his decision to counter the ists and liberal democrats, people ers tried to take advantage of adding the advocacy is especially climate of international opinion [are] looking to Canada more that wave, Mr. Kinsman said the not appreciated if Canada doesn’t of other G7 leaders against refugees by encouraging than they have for many, many Canadian prime minister got deliver on the policies they are During the campaign, Mr. Syrian refugees to come to Canada, years,” Mr. Rowswell said. “I think overexposed. encouraging international allies Trudeau made international head- are still remembered. the big question will be whether While Mr. Trudeau got in hot to undertake. lines for his blackface scandal—for “Some of those memories last Canada is willing to live up to the water for multiple gaffes during “Canada has to be seen to be a example, a Sept. 19 BBC piece longer in international minds expectations that other liberal his state visit to India—including conveyer of more than just virtues titled, “Trudeau forgets how many than they necessarily do in Cana- democracies have now placed at awkward photo ops and protocol and words. We’ve really got to be times he wore blackface”—but dian minds,” he said. “In Canada, our feet, given the impression that blunders—such episodes have seen to be working for something both Mr. Rowswell and Mr. Kins- that sounds like old news, but Prime Minister Trudeau has had reduced as he has gained experi- and we haven’t really delivered man said they don’t expect the to international audiences that on global opinion” ence in the top job. much,” Mr. Kinsman said. scandal will have much of an im- don’t think about Canada quite Having won re-election with a Shuvaloy Majumdar, policy Although Mr. Trudeau is well- pact on Mr. Trudeau’s international as frequently as we do, that’s still platform focused on progressive director to multiple foreign af- liked by his fellow liberal demo- reputation going forward as it is a a pretty fresh memory, because issues such as climate change fairs ministers under the Harper cratic leaders, Mr. Kinsman said, minor scandal compared to those it still runs against the current of and immigration, Mr. Rowswell government, said Mr. Trudeau will he doesn’t come across as some- his G7 peers are experiencing. what most liberal democracies said there is “a mantle” that Mr. have to eat some “humble pie” to one of great policy substance. “Trudeau’s obviously held up are doing these days.” Trudeau could take up in inter- repair some relationships with While Mr. Trudeau may not as a champion of diversity and [email protected] national relations. But, he said foreign leaders, including Indian be viewed as a policy wonk on inclusion and this was a racist The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 25 Comment

U.S President Donald Trump, pictured Oct. 27 during his announcement of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi's death. Photograph courtesy of The White House's Flickr

Despite Trump’s posturing, world is no safer after al-Baghdadi’s death

difference in these two presidents’ used dogs to chase al-Baghdadi The truth is that the demeanour is startling. Obama into a dead end tunnel, following appears solemn, and his direct de- which Trump gleefully reported highly publicized livery of the unembellished news “al-Baghdadi died like a dog.” U.S. assassinations of of bin Laden’s execution at the However, contrary to Trump’s hands of a U.S. Seal team carries attempts to portray Baghdadi’s Osama bin Laden and a sense of gravitas. fi nal moments as the cowardly Trump on the other hand act of “whimpering in the dirt,” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi comes across as a gloating buf- the Daesh leader apparently foon. detonated a suicide vest which have done nothing to Often using the collective killed himself and two of his eliminate the threat “we,” Trump made it sound like children. he was actually involved in the Why Trump felt it was neces- of Islamic Jihadists. raid. In attempting to give praise sary to relay this detail to the to the initiative shown by the U.S. American public only further special forces operatives, Trump serves to illustrate that the U.S. comes across as both comical and president has no understanding childish: “Even not going through of the Islamic Jihadist mindset. the front door,” Trump said in In life, al-Baghdadi encouraged describing the details of the raid, his followers to seek martyrdom in adding, “if you’re a normal per- order to defend his self-proclaimed son, you say: ‘knock, knock may I caliphate. Detonating a suicide come in?’” vest while engaged in a fi refi ght This is not exactly the sort of with U.S. forces will be considered juvenile joke one would expect a death in battle by al-Baghdadi’s from the commander-in-chief followers. He has now become a Scott Taylor of the world’s largest and most martyr in their eyes. He, in the end, Inside Defence sophisticated military force. practiced what he preached. Trump also revealed the fact Although Trump also an- that the U.S. commandos had nounced that the same raid had TTAWA—There is a very fun- killed not only al-Baghdadi but Former U.S. president Barack Obama struck a very different tone when announcing Ony video circulating through- also his second in command, it the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011. The Hill Times fi le photograph out the world on social media, would seem that Daesh did not in which former U.S. president remain leaderless for long. “Osama bin Laden was very big, conventional sense that they actu- Barack Obama’s composure is By Nov. 1, less than six days but Osama bin Laden became big ally commanded their fi ghters on contrasted with President Donald after al-Baghdadi’s death, the with the World Trade Center. This a tactical level. Both men were Trump’s bombast. Daesh spokesperson had already [al-Baghdadi] is a man who built living as hunted fugitives at the The clip originally aired on announced their new leader to a whole, as he would like to call it, time of their executions. the late night show, Jimmy Kim- be a chap named Abu Ibrahim al- ‘a country,’ a caliphate, and he was They had long since lost direct mel Live!, and it is introduced as Hashimi al-Qurashi. trying to do it again.” operational contact with their a mash-up—alternating sound During his 48-minute press Somehow, in Trump’s mind, his followers. They were instead sym- bites of Obama announcing to briefi ng on al-Baghdadi’s death administration’s execution of al- bolic fi gureheads—both of whom the world in 2011 that Osama bin on Oct. 27, Trump repeatedly Baghdadi trumps (pun intended) have now been martyred by the Laden had been killed by U.S. stressed just what a bad guy the the Obama administration’s kill- U.S. military. forces, and Trump making a simi- Daesh leader had been. ing of bin Laden. That does not make the world lar pronouncement regarding the The main theme of Trump’s The truth is that neither of these a safer place—no matter what the death of Daesh (a.k.a. ISIS) leader victory rant was that al-Baghdadi highly publicized U.S. assassina- Donald would have you believe. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. was a bigger terrorist than bin tions have done anything to elimi- Scott Taylor is the edi- While the Kimmel crew edited Laden. To make his point that al- nate the threat of Islamic Jihadists. tor and publisher of Esprit de the mash-up to produce maxi- Baghdadi was “the worst ever” evil- Neither bin Laden nor al- Corps magazine. mum hilarity, the fact is that the doer on the planet, Trump stated, Baghdadi were leaders in the The Hill Times 26 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES Opinion

imperative and sustainable versus economic development. These are What’s the future for Canadian two sides of the same coins To be sure, diffi cult choices will continue to be made in inter- national development assistance international development policy? policy and funding. The grow- ing urgency and complexity of climate change and biodiversity International development is cut in current foreign aid spend- economic effi ciency argument for loss, together with increasing The new minority clearly linked to how we see our ing, with monies to be allocated development aid.” geopolitical uncertainties, only role in uplifting and supporting for bilateral assistance focussed make such decisions more com- government has less developed nations and those on countries with a UN human plex. So diffi cult choices will need emerging from war and confl ict. development index (HDI) score of Good news, bad news to be made, but that is the case in Experience shows that pro- an exceptional While a dollar amount and over- less than 0.6. The party’s platform all policy domains. moting stability and democratic all percentage of GDP spent on fi gures are generally consistent The new government should opportunity to institutions of good governance offi cial development assistance with past Conservative govern- look to both current and incom- with strong adherence to the rule (ODA) is a good barometer of ments’ targeted approach to ing development professionals get international of law ensures that criminality commitment and usually grabs international assistance. for advice and delivery. Canadian and terrorism are dealt with lo- development policy the headlines, it does not tell the The NDP platform envisioned development professionals enjoy cally, not exported abroad. whole story. Canada raising its aid expen- a well-earned reputation globally. The good news is that most, right. It should look ditures from 0.28 per cent to Similarly, the country’s universi- if not all, parties agree that these 0.7 per cent of GDP in order to ties house world-class interna- to both current values are worth promoting What the parties honour its UN Commitments. tional development institutes, abroad. The bad news is that for The NDP believes that in order attracting tens of thousands of and incoming proposed during the as long as we fall less than 0.5 per to deliver on our development students heeding the call to sup- cent of the expected development federal election programmes, grassroots aid and port others. development assistance goal of 0.7 per cent of The Liberal Party platform women’s organizations need As members of one such insti- GDP, we are diminished in the professionals for built its international develop- to be included in all phases of tution, we have had the privilege eyes of the world. We diminish ment policy on Canadian values policy development. of working with the next genera- ourselves. We not only fail others, advice and delivery. of “defending democracy, human The Green Party would resur- tion of international development we fail ourselves. rights, and the rule of law”—in rect CIDA (Canadian Interna- leaders and practitioners. From But there is further good news, which its Feminist International tional Development Agency) them, we have understood that as dedicated civil servants will Assistance Policy (FIAP) is fi rmly and de-link aid tied to Canadian the future of this country and the continue to tirelessly work in entrenched. FIAP entails invest- business interests overseas. Like world depends on such dedicated support of Canadians and others ment in “girls’ education and the NDP, the Greens would in- and caring youth. The best news in need. The bad news is that we women’s empowerment,” includ- crease our full package of aid to of all is that these are not eas- have under-utilized expert human ing access to safe reproductive 0.7 per cent of GDP, and increase ily dismissed, naïve do-gooders, resources at hand in both the aca- health services. Canada’s commitments to the but rather a generation of people demic and private sectors. Last year, Ottawa’s internation- Green Climate Fund and Global who “get” that we are at a historic al development package granted Environment Facility to $4-billion global cross-roads. So make way. almost $6.1-billion, of which by 2030. The future is now Timothy Hodges is professor Timothy Hodges & Mark Berlin $3.4-billion was direct bilateral The People’s Party of Canada The new minority government of practice at the Institute for the International development aid, $993.8-million was earmarked platform indicated that its Cana- has an exceptional opportunity Study of International Develop- for multilateral international dian foreign policy would focus to get international development ment at McGill University and a assistance, and $858.4-million on the security and prosperity policy right, by balancing inter- former career diplomat. Mark Berlin hile not a headline grabber was allocated for international of Canadians, with the party ests and drawing on strengths of is professor of practice at the Insti- Wduring this election cam- assistance from federal depart- decrying the rise of a “corrosive each of the major parties’ respec- tute for the Study of International paign, current Canadian interna- ments. Canada’s total aid package globalization vision,” championed tive approaches to development. Development at McGill University tional development policy and its represents 0.28 per cent of GDP. by international bodies such as First and foremost, it should steer and a former senior legal advisor at future direction are critically to the The Conservative Party’s the UN. The PPC fl atly stated that clear of the false dichotomies of the Department of Justice. future well-being of this country. platform called for a 25 per cent “there is no persuasive moral or national interest versus moral The Hill Times

and principled position on human rights. It needs to strike a balance between the two. Ottawa needs to look at other Ottawa needs to tap into other options in the GCC that achieve its objectives, without giving up on its core values. Business potentials in Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar need to trade options in the Middle East be explored. Qatar—faced with a blockade by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Canada needs to ith the federal elections be- Faced with contradictory push The GCC’s Sovereign Wealth Bahrain, and Egypt, and looking to Whind us, it’s time to reexam- and pulls, and suffering from an Funds are also a major vehicle of diversify its trade links away from diversify its trade ine how the Liberal government unpredictable Liberal foreign pol- global investments. its boycotting neighbours—has pro- has handled Canada’s business icy in the Middle East, Canada’s Saudi Arabia, the dominant vided signifi cant opportunities for links, much farther and trade relations with the oil- trade relations with the oil-rich market in the region, has been foreign investors. This could be an rich, Gulf Arab states. Gulf Arab states are now in fl ux. a key partner for Canada in the ideal alternative to expand Canada’s than the NAFTA, When Foreign Affairs Min- As someone involved in pro- Middle East. Trade between the business footprint in the region. and cannot ignore ister Chrystia Freeland publicly moting trade ties between Canada two countries was worth more Canada needs to diversify its denounced Saudi crackdowns on and the Gulf Co-operation Coun- than $4-billion in 2017. Saudi trade links, much farther than the the opportunities its civil right activists last year, cil (GCC) states, endeavouring to Arabia then had almost $1.3-bil- NAFTA. Going forward, Canada’s Riyadh reacted furiously. It sus- protect the interests of Canadian lion worth of direct investment in minister of foreign affairs needs to available in the Gulf pended diplomatic ties, stopped businesses in the region, I remain Canada. The United Arab Emir- focus on creating opportunities and future trade and investment deals, a witness to the changing political ates, a major trading hub within trade agreements with partners who Co-operation Council and cancelled grain imports. Visas dynamics of the Gulf Arab states the GCC, has been Canada’s value human rights, but also offer to Canadian businessmen going and their fall out on our business largest market in the Middle East greater predictability, stability, and states. to Saudi Arabia became an issue. relations. and North Africa, with a record protection for Canadian investors. Riyadh also announced pulling Canada cannot ignore the $1.6-billion exports in 2017. Yasser M. Dhouib is a political out all its investments in Canada. opportunities available in the However, the relationship and human rights activist. He ad- More recently, images of GCC. Oil-rich Gulf Arab states between these two countries and vocates on issues of civil liberties Canadian-made light armoured represent an interesting market. Canada have faced turbulence, in Canada to international human vehicles captured and destroyed While they sell oil and gas—and particularly as it relates to human rights, and professionally consults by Yemen’s Houthi movement in in abundance—manufacturers rights violations, including the ar- in Canadian foreign trade in the the Saudi-led invasion of Yemen, eye them as a burgeoning market bitrary detention of human rights Gulf region and facilities opportu- which has killed more than 5,000 for a large number of products, activists and Canadian nationals. nities for Canadian businesses in civilians and displaced more ranging from hundreds of billion As a human rights activist, progressive and growing econo- than three million, has triggered dollars of arms and armament, to I believe it’s critical for Ottawa mies. He serves as a volunteer fresh calls for Ottawa to cancel its machinery and equipment, food- to develop our nation’s foreign VP of the CQFA-AACQ Canadian Yasser M. Dhouib $15-billion arms deal with Saudi stuffs, chemicals, motor vehicles, policy and international trade, Qatari Friendship Association. Middle East Arabia. global luxury brands, and textiles. but not at the expense of its core The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 27 Opinion

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Ottawa last May. The Liberal government needs to abandon its recent support for a digital services tax (DST), which would violate the provisions of the USMCA by selectively targeting large U.S. internet companies, writes Joe Kennedy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Now that the election is over, stop the digital services tax

work with other parties in order to companies, digital or otherwise, French DST by launching a trade of $30,000 refl ected a desire to If Canada hopes to get the votes needed for any new exploiting tax havens through investigation and threatening balance tax revenues with the costs initiatives to pass. its Base Erosion and Profi t Shift- tariffs on French wine. The Cana- of collection, rather than to single be part of a robust One of the priorities of the ing (BEPS) program. However, dian proposal would likely elicit a out the largest companies. More new government will presumably many countries remain fear- similar response. Even more seri- importantly, although it targeted North American be securing U.S. ratifi cation of ful that continued tax competition ous, it would probably jeopardize only non-resident companies, its trade framework and the United States-Mexico-Canada could erode their tax base. ratifi cation of the USMCA. Given main effect was to equalize their Agreement (USMCA), which Rather than concentrate on that the tax is estimated to collect treatment with domestic providers, agreement, it should restores the momentum for free creating an attractive environ- just $730-million in its fourth year who were already subject to an trade within North America, ment for investment and cor- and $1.2-billion in its ninth, the tax internal sales tax. The law requires drop this unwise something even more important porate activity, some of these revenues seem too small to justify non-resident companies to register, in the face of a rising mercantil- countries have begun enacting a major trade rift just as Canada collect, and remit the Québec sales proposal to introduce ist Chinese economy. In order to DSTs. These taxes typically im- is seeking U.S. ratifi cation of the tax that already applies to domestic a digital services tax. achieve this result, the new gov- pose a new levy on the revenues new USMCA treaty. companies. It is therefore consis- ernment needs to abandon its re- of large internet companies. Because they tax revenues tent with guidance from the OECD cent support for a digital services Usually the tax only applies to rather than corporate profi ts, and non-discriminatory. tax (DST), which would violate companies that earn signifi cant DSTs may avoid violating the It is one thing to apply normal the provisions of the USMCA by revenues, both worldwide and in letter of bilateral tax treaties. sales or value-added taxes to selectively targeting large U.S. the country implementing the tax. But they do violate most in- imports, putting them on the internet companies. As a result, domestic providers ternational trade agreements, same basis as domestic suppliers. The increased delivery of are largely spared while most of including the USMCA. DSTs also It is wholly different, and vio- services over the internet is creat- the burden falls on some of the impose an artifi cial distinction be- lates trade agreements, to enact ing strains in the international largest, most innovative—and tween digital companies and the a signifi cant revenue tax that is consensus behind international often American—companies. rest of the economy, something narrowly targeted to fall solely on corporate tax law. Although much The 2019 platform of the that the OECD has explicitly foreign companies in a few highly of the attention has been on the Liberal Party supports implemen- warned against. digital industries. If Canada Joe Kennedy largest internet companies, the tation of a DST similar to the one The DST should not be con- hopes to be part of a robust North Digital sales tax general trend toward digitaliza- recently enacted in France. The fused with the digital sales tax in- American trade framework and tion is much broader. Traditional proposal would impose a three troduced by the province of Québec agreement, it should drop this manufacturing companies are per cent tax on all revenues from at the beginning of this year. That unwise proposal. anadians have returned Justin increasing the per cent of rev- targeted advertising and digital in- tax had two important differences. Joe Kennedy is a senior fellow CTrudeau and his Liberal Party to enues they derive from online termediation services of any com- First, although it was aimed exclu- at the Information Technology government, albeit without either a services. The Organization for pany with worldwide revenues of sively at non-resident providers and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), majority of the House of Commons Economic Cooperation and De- over $1-billion and Canadian rev- of digital services, it was broadly the world’s leading think tank for or a plurality of the popular vote. velopment (OECD) has addressed enues over $40-million. The Trump applied and did not single out the science and technology policy. Mr. Trudeau will therefore have to the most serious concerns about administration responded to the largest companies. The threshold The Hill Times 28 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES CLASSIFIEDS

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It now rests Adel Saadeldein Elsherif, wife of the Egyptian ambassador, Canadian federation in the on a Constitution that has created friction in right, is pictured with Ihssane Torjemane, centre, wife of Quebec since 1982, but that sets basic rules the Tunisian ambassador, and Abeer Al Jassim, wife of the Ms. Elsherif greets Anna Ustuba, wife of the European current political context. with respect to areas of competence of gov- ambassador for the United Arab Emirates. Union’s ambassador, and her son, Markuss. ernments for legislation and taxation. Canada relies on robust federal-pro- vincial relations mechanisms, institutions that separate the executive, legislative, and judiciary branches, as well as distinct but complementary political and administra- tive roles between elected offi cials and public servants. Furthermore, Canadian citizens elect their respective governments at the provincial, territorial, and federal levels, depending on where they live. On the European side, the Council of Pascal Desbiens Europe, created in 1949, was a fi rst attempt Brexit after the Second World War to promote po- litical integration based on shared values of human rights and democracy. Eco- ith an election in the U.K. scheduled nomic and trade issues were intended to Adriana Anon Fernandez, wife of the for Dec. 12, the fate of Brexit is back be subsidiary and to be addressed through W ambassador for Uruguay, and María José to the U.K. people. If 650 Members of the voluntary co-operation between sovereign U.K. Parliament did not agree on the way governments working together without a Jaramillo Alzate, wife of the Colombian forward with Brexit after three years, how supranational authority. Evidently, Euro- ambassador. Attendees gathered for speeches at the annual welcome reception. could more than 30-million voters clarify pean integration has evolved in a broader this thorny issue in about six weeks? direction since Winston Churchill’s historic The U.K. is indeed a showcase of speech in Switzerland in 1946. democracy in action, and lessons about With a combined population of almost Japanese embassy marks the Brexit experience might be useful to 514-million in the European Union and al- managing the Canadian federation in the most 38-million in Canada, the challenges current political context. of economic and political governance are very different from each other. Manga exhibit opening The challenges of economic and However, integration movements argu- ably face the same structural challenges, political integration regardless of their size. The delegation of The integration of nations is a complex power and responsibilities between levels process. After countries begin to inte- of government, the need for co-ordination grate—with the creation of a free trade and interface between them, and the need area and a customs union to reap the bene- for credible arbitration systems are some fi ts of international trade—they sometimes of the key challenges. Also, a direct demo- carry on with a common market to take cratic involvement of the people in the advantage of business competition, free appointment of elected representatives to movement of people and capital, reorgani- make the system work for the population zation of supply chains, and specialization. concerned is a critical condition of success. Some countries take a step forward Arguably, whether this condition is met in with an economic and monetary union that the European context is controversial. requires further harmonization of eco- The technical aspects of the future nomic and social policies, which may affect relationship between the United Kingdom labour relations, social protection, taxa- and the European Union are unlikely to be tion, budgetary management, and public settled by Dec. 12. Whether the European procurement, to name but a few. integration model envisioned in its infancy Eventually, an agreed-upon process for and gradually transformed since the late Japanese Ambassador Kimihiro Ishikane and his wife, Kaoru Ishikane, check out manga at a reception to mark the opening establishing and interpreting the group- 1950’s is still appropriate in 2020 will likely of the Manga Hokusai Manga exhibition, running from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3, hosted by the Japanese embassy on Oct. 24. ing rules, as well as the distribution of the remain an open question. costs and benefi ts of integration, become Meanwhile, the debates of the political critical as a more comprehensive integra- campaign will undoubtedly send signals tion is considered. Arguably, this phase to the candidates on the way forward for requires a political convergence between Brexit. Elected offi cials will have to inter- member states and the assent of the pret these signals in implementing their peoples of the nations concerned, which is new mandate, hopefully without fuelling the starting point of a decisive and hardly an already polarized situation with exces- reversible endeavour. sive partisanship and personal bias. Integration is neither necessarily a lin- Perhaps the recent national election in ear, nor a bottom-up process. International Canada and the upcoming one in the United trade derived from technological progress, Kingdom are timely reminders of what sound digital transformation, and the globaliza- democratic governance means and implies. tion of knowledge is disrupting classical Pascal Desbiens is a former counsellor integration models. at the permanent mission of Canada to the Public policy issues following decades UN, foreign and defence policy adviser in the of slow and gradual integration may resur- Privy Council Offi ce, and policy and program face, such as the role of national govern- planner and manager at the former Cana- ments, the interface between the public dian International Development Agency. Mr. Ishikane and Masahiro Saito, director and private sectors, the basic rules of social The Hill Times Mr. Ishikane delivers a speech at the reception. of The Japan Foundation, Toronto. 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THURSDAY, NOV. 14 Enbridge Famous 5 Speaker Series—Celebrate the Parliamentary Six new ambassadors presented 90th anniversary of the Persons Case with a Pink Tea. Featuring Jacqueline O’Neill, Canada’s ambassador for women, peace and security; Sibongiseni Dlamini-Mnt- Calendar their credentials Nov. 1 ambo, South African high commissioner to Canada; Ala Beleavschi, ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia Canada; Janice Miller, Jamaican high commissioner to Canada, and moderated by Senator Kim Pate, Governor General’s Persons Case Award recipient. Thursday, Nov. 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Sheraton Hotel Ballroom, 150 Albert St., Ottawa. Tickets are $50 and are on sale now through Eventbrite.ca. Barack Obama Speaks in Montreal—The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal hosts a conversa- tion with former U.S. president Barack Obama. This WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6 event will take place at the Bell Centre, 1909 ave. des Canadiens-de-Montréal, on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 4 House Not Sitting—The House adjourned on June to 6:30 p.m. Tickets available through Evenko. 20 and Parliament, which was dissolved once the writ was dropped, is not expected to return until after the SUNDAY, NOV. 17 new cabinet is sworn in on Nov. 20. Frenergy Tour—The National Youth Orchestra of Senate Not Sitting—The Senate adjourned on June Canada (NYO Canada) and the European Union Youth 21 and is not expected to return until after the new Orchestra (EUYO) are joining forces for The Frenergy cabinet is sworn in on Nov. 20. Tour, a landmark collaboration and celebration of U.S. Chairman Richard Neal in Ottawa—Foreign music and friendship, featuring a combined total of Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to meet with 76 outstanding young musicians. The tour will make U.S. House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal in three stops in Toronto (Nov. 12), Kingston (Nov. 13), Ottawa to discuss the ratifi cation processes in Canada and Montreal (Nov. 14), before wrapping up in Ottawa and the U.S. for the new NAFTA agreement. Mr. Neil on Sunday, Nov. 17. The Ottawa performance is at 3 will also meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. p.m. at the National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street. Tickets CJPME Hosts Renowned Foreign Correspondent Robert $15/$25 through the NAC. Fisk—Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East is hosting a 10-city Canadian lecture tour with MONDAY, NOV. 18 veteran foreign correspondent and author Robert Fisk. Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships 27th The tour will star in Montreal on Nov. 6 and will end Annual Conference—The annual conference is taking in Vancouver on Nov. 16. Mr. Fisk’s lectures, entitled New ambassadors for China, Venezuela, Kuwait, Jordan, Rwanda, and Afghanistan were at Rideau Hall on Nov. 1 to present place Nov. 18-19 at the Sheraton Centre Toronto “Tweets and ‘Deals of the Century’: How to join the their letters of credence to Governor General Julie Payette. They include new Afghani Ambassador Majet Thalji Salem Hotel on 123 Queen St. West in Toronto. Agenda to be Arab world’s sectarian war under the guise of peace,” Alqatarneh, Rwandan Ambassador Prosper Higiro, and Venezuelan Ambassador Orlando José Viera Blanco. released soon. Sneak peek at P3 2019: strengthening will focus on the chaos resulting from U.S. President the P3 market; climate resilient infrastructure, a new Donald Trump’s indecipherable Mideast foreign policy. reality; P3 projects, shifting the spotlight from con- Mr. Fisk will be in Montreal on Nov. 6; Ottawa on Nov. struction to facility maintenance; shifting risk, address- 7; Toronto on Nov. 8; Hamilton on Nov. 9; Winnipeg on ing public-private concerns; Indigenous infrastructure, Nov. 11; Edmonton on Nov. 12; Calgary on Nov. 13; next steps; tackling the shortage in skilled trades; U.S. Kelowna on Nov. 14; Victoria on Nov. 15; and Vancou- P3s, the next wave; implementing Ontario’s transit ver on Nov. 16. For more information, please contact: portfolio; phase 2, navigating the risk of future transit Miranda Gallo, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the expansions. www.p3-2019.ca Middle East, 438-380-5410, or email Miranda.Gallo@ CJPME.org. TUESDAY, NOV. 19 National Forum on Agri-Food—Canada 2020 hosts Concordia University Presents The Walrus Talks Living the National Forum on Agri-Food: Competing in a Better—Are you interested in hearing about what living New World Order, part of Canada 2020’s Food Brand better really means, and who dictates that? For you, we Project, studying a global agri-food system at a have prepared seven enlightening seven-minute talks. crossroads. Speakers include Senator Diane Griffi n, This will be a memorable evening of ideas followed by chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and a catered reception to continue the conversation. Séan Forestry; Alison Redford, former premier of Alberta; McCann, singer-songwriter, mental health and recovery Claire Citeau, executive director, Canadian Agri-Food advocate; Donald Schmitt, architect; Navneet Alang, Trade Alliance; and Jean-Paul Gladu, president and technology and culture writer; Christa Couture, writer, CEO of Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. musician, cyborg; Joel Bothello, assistant professor in This event will take place at the Château Laurier management at Concordia University’s John Molson Hotel, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa, all day on Nov. 6 and School of Business; Annahid Dashtgard, co-founder of Nov. 7. Registration is available at Canada2020.ca/ Anima Leadership and author; Krista Byers-Heinlein, CanadaFoodBrand. associate professor and Concordia University Research THURSDAY, NOV. 7 Chair in Bilingualism, Psychology. Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, 7 p.m., National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Senate Internal Economy Committee—The Senate’s Dr., Ottawa. Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Com- mittee is meeting at 10 a.m. in Room C128 in the Sen- The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. ate of Canada Building. Kuwait Ambassador, Reem Mohammad Khaled Zaid Al Khaled. New Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu. Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- Honouring the Men and Women Who Serve to Protect mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details Democracy—The Canadian Club of Ottawa hosts an under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to event honouring the men and women who serve to [email protected] by Wednesday at noon before the protect democracy, moderated by veteran CBC foreign Parliament, with sessions with the Clerk, Members MONDAY, NOV. 11 Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday correspondent David Halton. Veterans of WWII, the of Parliament, the mayor of Ottawa, journalists, and paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but Korean War, and Canada’s Armed Forces will be special representatives from the Ottawa Diplomatic Associa- Remembrance Day Ceremony—A moving ceremony of we will defi nitely do our best. Events can be updated guests at our tables and interviewed by Mr. Halton. This tion, Parliamentary Centre, and Offi ce of Protocol. remembrance for the men and women who have served daily online, too. event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Adam Registration is required. Visit Carleton.ca/parldiplo for in Canada’s military, organized by the Royal Canadian The Hill Times Room, Château Laurier, 1 Rideau St., Ottawa, from more information. Legion, will happen on Monday, Nov. 11, at the National 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tickets available through the Climate Rally on Parliament Hill—A citizen-led move- War Memorial in Ottawa. Canadian Club of Ottawa’s website. ment organized by young Canadians from Montreal and TUESDAY, NOV. 12 Former Irish PM talks Brexit—The Ottawa Economics Ottawa will be rallying for decisive climate action from Extra! Extra! Association and the Canadian Association for Business newly elected Parliamentarians on Parliament Hill on Mayor’s Breakfast—Former governor general David John- Economics host a discussion with former Irish prime Nov. 8 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ston will be the special guest at the Mayor’s Breakfast. This RReadead the full minister John Bruton on Brexit and the implications Vimy Gala—The Vimy Gala is a black-tie cocktail event will take place at on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Ottawa City for Ireland, Europe, and the world. This event will take and dinner held annually since 1991 in Ottawa to Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. W., from 7 to 9 a.m. Visit the Ottawa ParliamentaParliamentaryry place on Thursday, Nov. 7 at the Rideau Club, 99 Bank honour Canada’s fallen heroes in the context of the Re- Board of Trade online for information and registration. St., Ottawa, from 11:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Registration is membrance Day activities held across the country. This WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13 CCalendaralendar available online at cabe.ca. year’s Vimy Laureate is Richard B. Fadden, former na- tional security advisor to the prime minister and CSIS Canadian Science Policy Conference 2019—This online FRIDAY, NOV. 8 director. This event will take place at the Canadian annual conference is coming back to Ottawa on Nov. Orientation for Newly Arrived Diplomats—The War Museum on Nov. 8, with a reception beginning at 13-15, 2019, at the Westin Hotel. The conference will Carleton Initiative for Parliamentary and Diplomatic 5:30 p.m. For tickets, visit the CDA Institute online, or bring together scientists, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, Engagement will be holding its ninth annual Orienta- call 613-236-9903. politicians, journalists, students, and many others from tion for Newly Arrived Diplomats on Friday, Nov. 8 Statistics Canada—The agency will be releasing across the country to discuss, exchange ideas, and from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Carleton University’s October job numbers, via the labour force survey, as mobilize knowledge regarding the present and future of Richcraft Hall. This orientation will focus on the new well as monthly data on building permits. Canadian science, technology, and innovation policy.