South Korean Memorial should have envoy has a better home Scott Taylor p. 6 front-row seat to digital Arezoo Najibzadeh p. 5 diplomacy Diplomatic Les Hooray for Harris, but what Whittington about Canadian trailblazers? Circles p. 13 p.7 Tim Powers p.10 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 1755 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 $5.00 News News News Bills On heels of Morneau’s ‘I refused to targeting exit, Trudeau prorogues be silenced’: Indigenous Women women’s Parliament until September in politicians rights the bid to ‘force confidence vote’ say gender ‘culmination’ makes them of career for retiring a target Senator Dyck BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN hen Wanda Thomas Bernard BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN Wwas appointed to the Senate in 2016, she spent thousands of enator Lillian Dyck says that dollars upgrading security at her Swhen she retires from the Sen- Nova Scotia home. ate later this month, she’s ready No stranger to racist and after having achieved more than sexist attacks, she said she knew she could have dreamed at the being a Parliamentarian, publicly beginning of her surprise ap- visible, and vocal on the issues pointment 15 years before. she cares about, would make her The neuroscientist and Sas- a target. katchewan Senator has a number “It makes me more determined of historic moments tied to her to present information that all name. Appointed in 2005, she be- Canadians have the right to know. came the first First Nations woman Newly installed Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc flank Prime It makes me more committed to appointed to Canada’s Senate, and Minister Justin Trudeau as he addresses reporters in West Block on Aug. 18, where the prime minister announced he had the fight for social justice,” said the first Canadian-born Chinese asked the Governor General to prorogue Parliament until Sept. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade the Progressive Senator, and it’s person in the Chamber. She said part of the reason that, since 2002, she’s proudest of a recent piece of BY BEATRICE PAEZ the heat off the government, and the way for the appointment of she’s been documenting those legislation that bookends her expe- & PALAK MANGAT an attempt at a fresh slate, amid an the prime minister’s second-in- comments and paying attention rience in the Red Chamber, Bill S-3, ethics controversy that cost its long- command, Chrystia Freeland to the intersection of gender and her advocacy to redress the rime Minister Justin Trudeau serving finance minister his job. (University-Rosedale, Ont.), to and race in the attacks. That remnants of discriminatory laws Phas prorogued Parliament until The departure of Bill Morneau serve as the successor. Her latest year, she was named a principal late September, a push that some as finance minister and MP for Continued on page 12 experts say is a bid to take some of Toronto Centre, Ont., has paved Continued on page 4 Continued on page 3 Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 News Don’t expect aluminum tariffs to be removed before U.S. election, say analysts BY NEIL MOSS Canadian aluminum will continue The American reimposition has vowed to have a “dollar-for- extensive retaliatory tariffs due at least until after the U.S. elec- of 10 per cent national security dollar” response of $3.6-billion on to a joint statement it released ithout the ability to impose tion, as the Canadian economy is tariffs on some Canadian alumi- “aluminum-containing products” with the U.S. in May 2019 when Wbroad-based, politically being pulled into the American num exports officially started on on Sept. 16. the initial steel and aluminum focused retaliatory tariffs on U.S. election cycle, according to stake- Aug. 16, just weeks after the new The government is limited in exports, it is likely that tariffs on holders and experts. NAFTA came into force. Canada its ability to counter the U.S. with Continued on page 11 2 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES Heard on the Hill by Neil Moss Legendary Hill scribe Richard Gwyn dies at 86 New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, left, is pictured meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the PM’s West Block office on Dec. 16, 2019. Mr. Higgs has been premier since 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Richard Gwyn Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Mor- Diplomatic Corps Services director and a wrote a national neau, and PMO chief of staff Katie Telford deputy chief of protocol. affairs column did not resign. So far, only Mr. Morneau “An important day in a diplo- for The Toronto has stepped aside. matic career. Grateful and honoured,” Star from 1973 Elections Canada has created a work- Ms.Chastenay tweeted. to 1985. The ing group to plan how it will be possible In her posting, she will be charged with Hill Times file for Canadians to go to the polls during a leading the co-ordination of Canada’s photograph pandemic. The organization is working response to the explosion, according to a to be fully prepared for a federal elec- press release, which involves $30-million of tion by April 2021, but if one is called assistance. before then, Elections Canada would put in place measures it has developed up to that point. There is also the option for the Irish, Norwegian ambassadors chief electoral officer to attest that it is “impracticable” for the organization to hold bid adieu an election, according to Elections Canada, After four years in Canada’s national but that has not been done in the 100-year capital, the ambassadors of Ireland and history of the agency. Norway are leaving their missions. Saskatchewan is set to go to the polls in October for a fixed-term provincial elec- tion. Chantal Chastenay named Canada’s point person in Beirut As Lebanon seeks to rebuild from a tragic or years, Richard Gwyn was regarded Current Hill reporters also added their explosion in its capital that killed more than Fas one of the best political journalists in praise for Mr. Gwyn’s work. 200 and caused the displacement of over Canada. He died last week from Alzheim- “Richard Gwyn did some of the best and 300,000, Canada has named Chantal Chas- er’s disease at the age of 86. most important writing over the last half Mr. Gwyn made a name for himself as century on Canadian politics. The North- a national affairs columnist at The Toronto ern Magus, in particular, is a classic—a Star, where he covered the governments work that the rest of us can aspire to,” CBC of Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, John Turner, writer Aaron Wherry tweeted, who wrote and Brian Mulroney. Before working in Promise and Peril on Prime Minister Justin The Star parliamentary bureau, he had a Trudeau’s first four years in power. stint as a ministerial staffer and in the bu- Norwegian envoy Anne Kari H. Ovind and her reaucracy after being a Hill reporter for a husband Tom Oscar Ovind are pictured with collection of news organizations, including New Brunswick election set Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at a Norwegian United Press International and Time. Constitution Day celebration on May 17, 2019. “He was one of Canada’s great journal- for September in first test of The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia ists,” tweeted Natural Resources Minister Canadian pandemic voting Seamus O’Regan, “a sincere and funny Canadian politicos will be looking to Ireland’s Jim Kelly and Norway’s Anne man who was generous of his time for New Brunswick as it goes to the polls next Kari H. Ovind announced this week that those willing to learn, and a boundless month for the first election since the CO- they were departing their posts. promoter of Newfoundland and Labrador VID-19 pandemic hit Canada. Both diplomats were hosted by Global Af- art and culture.” The election will take place on Sept. 14, fairs for separate farewell tea celebrations. Mr. Gywn was voted the leading jour- as Premier Blaine Higgs tries to hold on “You’ve not only greatly increased the nalist in the Parliamentary Press Gallery, to power. He is campaigning against N.B. political & economic ties between [Canada] as detailed in Robert Lewis‘ Power, Prime Liberal Leader (and former House of Com- and [Ireland], you’ve strengthened our Ministers and the Press. Tory strategist and mons Sergeant-at-Arms) Kevin Vickers friendship. Slán leat!” Infrastructure Minis- writer Dalton Camp said of Mr. Gwyn that and Green Party Leader and MLA David ter Catherine McKenna tweeted about Mr. he was “perhaps our best political journal- Coon. Chantal Chastenay was previously the deputy Kelly. ist.” “It will be fast and furious. I wish for head of mission at Canada’s embassy in Mexico. Ms. McKenna and Liberal MP James Alberta Premier Jason Kenney tweeted all N.B, to stay safe and stay positive. To Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Chantal Chastenay Maloney, chair of the Canada-Ireland In- that with his death, “Canada has lost one of all candidates take care of yourselves and terparliamentary Group, joined Mr. Kelly’s its greatest journalists and biographers.” get creative in getting out there during virtual farewell celebration. Mr. Gywn authored The Northern Ma- COVID-19,” tweeted Green Party MP Jenica tenay as its newest ambassador in Beirut. The Ottawa Centre MP also thanked gus: Pierre Trudeau and Canadians in the Atwin, who represents Fredericton, N.B. Ms. Chastenay replaces Emmanuelle Ms. Ovind for the work they did together 1980s about Mr.