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The People’s Party leader was also not Ms. McLachlin’s soon-to-be-released invited to a potential foreign policy debate Truth Be Told is a memoir of her 17 years put on by the Munk Debates. as chief justice and 28 years on Canada’s The Munk Debates invited the leaders top court. Heard on the Hill of the Liberals, Conservatives, NPD, and Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mr. Greens to participate in a debate. So far, the Dryden has penned Scotty, a book on his Conservatives have accepted the invitation. former coach Scotty Bowman. Together Mr. by Neil Moss The debate will take place at Toronto’s Dryden and Mr. Bowman won fi ve Stanley Roy Thompson Hall on Oct. 1., and be mod- Cups for the bleu, blanc et rouge. erated by Rudyard Griffi ths. Ms. Klein’s The Burning Case for a Green New Deal will be released on Sept. 17 and Ms. Doolittle’s Had It Coming: No national leaders at Former NDP leader What’s Fair in the Age of #MeToo, will be released on Sept. 24. Thomas Mulcair to write for Capital Pride Parade, but Postmedia Sun newspapers CBC to launch new Outspoken former NDP leader Thomas election pod with 10 Liberal MPs will attend Mulcair will take his quill to Postmedia and write for its Sun newspapers for the Rosemary Barton and looming election campaign. Prime Minister “We’re pleased to announce that Elamin Abdelmahmoud Justin Trudeau, @ThomasMulcair is joining the Sun papers pictured on as a weekly columnist, with a focus on In time for the looming federal election, Aug. 27, 2017 the election. First piece coming later this CBC The National’s host Rosemary Barton marching in week,” Toronto Sun columnist Anthony and Buzzfeed News’ Elamin Abdelmah- that year's Furey tweeted on Aug. 12. moud will host a podcast preparing Cana- Capital Pride dians for their vote. Thomas Parade, won't be “She’s got the view from the Hill. He’s Mulcair participating in got the view from the ground,” reads the has been this year's parade, show’s description. a political but 10 local Ms. Barton, a veteran Hill reporter, is commentator Liberal MPs will teaming up with Mr. Abdelmahmoud, edi- on CJAD 800 be. The Hill Times tor of news curation at Buzzfeed, to host since his Party Lines. photograph by retirement Andrew Meade from federal Party Lines, politics. The here won’t be any federal party leaders would not be participating. The parade falls hosted by Hill Times fi le Rosemary Tat the Capital Pride Parade on Aug. on the same day as the offi cial launch of photograph 25, but local Liberal MPs and other party his campaign in Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, Que. Barton and candidates will be there. Elamin Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won’t be at Abdelmahmoud, the parade, a spokesperson for Mr. Trudeau People’s Party ruled will premier told The Hill Times. Mr. Trudeau will be out of debates by in September. travelling on the day of the parade, Elea- Mr. Mulcair oversaw the halving of the Photograph nore Catenaro said in an email. In 2017, Mr. commission, for now NDP’s seats in the House of Commons when courtesy of Trudeau became the fi rst sitting prime minis- it went from a 95-seat offi cial opposition to a Twitter ter to march in the Capital Pride Parade. The Leaders’ Debates Commission ruled 44-seat third party after the 2015 election. In his place will be a contingent of 10 that the Liberal Party, Conservative Party, Following his departure from the House in The podcast will premiere in Septem- Ottawa-area Liberal MPs including En- NDP, Bloc Québécois, and Green Party August 2018, he became a law professor at the ber. More details will be released later, Mr. vironment Minister Catherine McKenna, have met the requirements to receive de- Université de Montréal. Mr. Mulcair is also a Abdelmahmoud wrote on Twitter. MPs Chandra Arya, Francis Drouin, Greg bate invites, but the People’s Party has not. political analyst on Montreal’s CJAD 800. “This will also be a pod of me trying to Fergus, Mona Fortier, Andrew Leslie, Steve Former governor general David John- He has been critical of NDP Leader be as cool as [Elamin Abdelmahmoud],” MacKinnon, Karen McCrimmon, David ston, the debates commissioner, has not Jagmeet Singh for the delay in him earn- Ms. Barton wrote on Twitter on Aug. 8, who McGuinty, and Anita Vandenbeld. made his decision if Maxime Bernier’s ing a seat in the House of Commons and tweeted earlier last week that she hosted Mr. Trudeau participated in the Van- People’s Party will be able to participate in suggested on CTV’s Power Play that if The National in shorts. couver Pride Parade on Aug. 4, alongside the Oct. 7 and Oct. 10 English- and French- Mr. Singh lost his byelection it would be

Vancouver-area cabinet ministers and MPs, language debates, according to a press “extremely diffi cult” for him to remain as as well as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and release. leader of the party. Public Safety director Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. A party meets Mr. Singh will not participate in the the requirements general John Davies to Ottawa parade, nor will Ms. May. Their for a debate if David Adams Richards, spokespeople told The Hill Times that they it meets two of Beverley McLachlin, Ken become executive director were both unable to attend. three criteria: the Mr. Singh’s spokesperson noted that he party has an MP Dryden penned non-fi ction of upstart spy watchdog had participated in the parade in Vancou- who was elected ver, as well as in Burnaby, B.C., Toronto, as a member of books to watch for this fall John Davies was appointed by Prime and Montreal. that party; the Minister Justin Trudeau as the executive The Green Party will be represented by party plans to A current Senator, a former Supreme director of the secretariat of Canada’s party president and Ottawa-area candidate run candidates Court chief justice, and a past cabinet min- National Security and Intelligence Review Jean-Luc Cooke, and candidates from all in 90 per cent ister are only three authors of 40 who have Agency (NSIRA) on Aug. 12. ridings in the region, Green Party spokes- of all electoral penned non-fi ction books to keep your eye The new agency, which was created person John Chenery said. The Greens districts; the on, according to CBC Books. following the passage of Bill C-59 in June, will have a booth on hand and an electric People’s Party Leader party received The list includes non-affi liated Senator replaces the Offi ce of the Communications vehicle in the parade. Maxime Bernier cited the rise at least four per David Adams Richards, former Liberal MP and Security Establishment Commissioner and When asked if Conservative Leader An- of populism around the globe cent of electorate Paul Martin-era social development cabinet the Security Intelligence Review Committee. drew Scheer will take part in the Capital Pride as the political context for support in the minister Ken Dryden, historian Charlotte Gray, Outgoing NDP MP Murray Rankin was Parade, Daniel Schow, Mr. Scheer’s press sec- his inclusion in the federal last election or The Globe and Mail’s Robyn Doolittle, 17th Su- named chair of the NSIRA last month. Uni- retary, did not directly respond to the question. debates. The Hill Times it is polling well preme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin, versity of Ottawa law professor Craig Forcese “Canada’s Conservatives have a proud photograph by Andrew Meade enough and the and environmental activist Naomi Klein. will also be a part of the the six-member history of fi ghting for the rights and pro- political context Sen. Richards’ Murder is a series of revamped intelligence review agency. tection of all Canadians, including those indicates party candidates have a “legitimate” essays that looks at the act of homicide, As executive director, Mr. Davies will in the LGBTQ community, at home and chance of winning in the general election. among other topics. assist the NSIRA in fulfi lling its mandate. abroad. There are many ways to support In a letter sent to Mr. Bernier, Mr. He will serve a term of up to fi ve years. these communities, and it is vital that the Johnston explained that Mr. Bernier didn’t Mr. Davies is currently the director gen- rights all Canadians are protected regard- win his House seat in 2015 as a member eral of the national security policy director- less of race, gender or sexual preference. of the yet to be created People’s Party, nor ate at Public Safety Canada. Mr. Scheer will continue to stand up does the party have a “legitimate chance” of [email protected] against hatred and discrimination in all its electing more than one MP. The Hill Times forms,” he said in an email. Mr. Bernier took issue to Mr. Johnston’s Since Mr. Scheer won his party’s leader- conclusion citing the success of populist ship in 2017, he has not participated in a parties around the world in a letter to the CORRECTION: The Hill Times, Aug. 12 issue pride parade. commissioner. The offi ce of the lone non-Liberal “We posit that Canada is not immune Re: “A ‘Royle Wedding’: Melissa Royle Ottawa-area MP, Conservative Pierre to what is happening in the United States, David Adams Richards’ Murder, Beverley gets Critch’d to CBC funnyman Mark Poilievre, did not respond to say if he will Europe, and Australia, and we believe that McLachlin’s Truth Be Told, and Ken Dryden’s Critch” (The Hill Times, Aug. 12, p. 2). This be attending. the forces of populism will be a signifi cant Scotty will be released in the fall. The Hill Times story misstated Stephen Maher’s home People’s Party spokesperson Martin presence in the forthcoming federal elec- photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph province. He is a Nova Scotia native. Masse confi rmed that Maxime Bernier tion,” Mr. Bernier wrote in the letter. courtesy of the Senate

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compensation is fair and merited, so we’re pleased that they agreed to put that in.” The Professional Associa- Civil Circles tion of Foreign Service Offi cers (PAFSO), representing just fewer than 1,800 members according by Mike Lapointe to organization president Pa- mela Isfeld, also offi cially signed a new collective agreement with the Treasury Board secretariat Fed’s chief information on Aug. 1. Similarly to the ACFO, the gov- ernment has 180 days to complete implementation of the new agree- offi cer steps down, says ments, which is set to remain in effect until June 30, 2022. Steve MacKinnon, parliamentary secretary to the minister Ms. Isfeld also told Civil of Public Services and Procurement, left, and Treasury Circles that PAFSO did not have new CIO should aim for Board President Joyce Murray, right, speak at a Next a health and safety clause in Generation pay system press conference on June 12, their prior agreement, and that 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade the inclusion of a clause this ‘quick, small’ wins in time around gives her organiza- determine which is best placed to work tion a mechanism for consulta- on the fi rst pilot,” wrote Mr. Nathoo. “The tions and to fi le grievances that wasn’t NextGen team will continue its work with previously available. government reform the same approach and effort that has At least 14 Canadian diplomats posted brought them successfully to this stage.” to Cuba were struck by the so-called “Ha- According to Pierre-Alain Bujold, vana syndrome,” an ailment that included spokesperson for the Privy Council Offi ce, symptoms such as headaches, dizziness Alex Benay, Mr. Benay, fi rst named “an announcement on the appointment and problems with their eyesight, hear- Canada's Canada’s CIO in March of the next chief information offi cer of ing, sleep and concentration. In Febru- departing chief 2017, also listed providing a Canada will be made in due course.” ary, Radio-Canada reported 14 people, information clear path for moving off of including fi ve Canadian diplomats and offi cer pictured Phoenix as one of “but a few ACFO, PAFSO ink collective their families, are suing the government on Feb. 14, of the achievements of my for $28-million in damages, accusing the 2019, says the dedicated colleagues” in the agreements with government government of delaying both evacuation idea of 'relentless public service in his Aug. 7 The Association of Canadian Financial and treatment. incrementalism' statement. Offi cers (ACFO) signed a new collec- “The issue with the Havana syndrome is a perspective Originally meant to tive agreement with the Treasury Board cases and all of the problems surrounding that's really streamline pay for federal Secretariat on Aug. 1, with a 99 per cent in that really highlighted to us that the fact important for public servants, the Phoenix favour ratifi cation vote. that we didn’t have a health and safety whoever comes in pay system has dogged the The government has a longer-than-nor- clause in our collective agreement meant to the role next. government since it was mal 180 days from the date of signing to that we were missing this important tool The Hill Times launched in 2016, and has implement the new or amended provisions, for being able to hold the employer to ac- photograph by left thousands of public ser- including a wage increase of eight per cent count,” said Ms. Isfeld. “It doesn’t actually Andrew Meade vants underpaid, overpaid, change huge things because all of the or not paid at all. Joe Boughner, normal labour relations laws, the Canada In June, SAP, Ceridian, director of Labour Act, still apply to foreign service Alex Benay says digital has and Workday were all identifi ed as poten- communications offi cers and government employees.” tial providers of new human resources and and public However, “that very basic clause just changed everything and is pay systems to be the eventual replace- affairs with the says that the employer will take reasonable ment of Phoenix, a process which Mr. ACFO, says measures to ensure our health and safety, going to continue changing Benay oversaw and said “wasn’t done with his group is which is something they shouldn’t have a everything—’so why an army of outside help.” ‘pleased’ the problem committing to,” said Ms. Isfeld. “The balance of power has sort of shift- government In a press release, Ms. Murray called wouldn’t it change the civil ed over the course of the digital age,” he recognized the signed agreements with the ACFO and said. “The fact is, there’s so many technical additional PAFSO—the fi rst collective agreements to service role as well?’ details to know that it makes it impossible, compensation for be inked following recent negotiations—“a when you get into a senior management ‘extreme cases’ very important milestone” in this bargain- anada’s former chief information of- role, to know it all.” within Phoenix ing round. Cfi cer Alex Benay, who was tasked with Mr. Benay said the key is to identify the is merited. To date, 34 tentative agreements have heading the government’s transition to people and the teams that do, remove road- Photograph been reached with bargaining agents, ac- digital service delivery as well as lead the blocks out of their way, and make sure that courtesy of Twitter cording to the government. Of those agree- way off of the problem-plagued Phoenix they’re successful “as opposed to coming ments, 17 cover groups of employees in the pay system, says his successor should cel- up with the bright idea.” over four years, improvements to maternity core public administration for which the ebrate the small steps. “It’s probably not the way of the world allowance, parental leave and parental Treasury Board is the employer. “Relentless incrementalism is a per- anymore—the bright ideas tend to come allowance, as well as a memorandum of spective that we joked around a lot about from, in my world anyway, programmers understanding that would see payments Changes in senior public at fi rst, but it’s actually really important for and other people, not necessarily deputy provided to each member should timelines whoever comes in next,” said Mr. Benay in ministers—and I mean that with all the not be met. service ranks an interview with Civil Circles. respect in the world,” said Mr. Benay. “Every collective agreement has an Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Pap- “If it’s someone from the outside of gov- “In the previous budget, we were given implementation timeline and it’s something ineau, Que.) announced Catrina Tapley will ernment, they will have never dealt with two years for options [to replace Phoenix] that’s negotiated along with negotiation of assume the role of deputy minister at the scale of this size. And it’s not an excuse—it analysis. The team of public servants there the agreement,” said Joe Boughner, director Department of Immigration, Refugees and is the largest operation in the country,” he did it within one,” said Mr. Benay. “They did of communications and public affairs with Citizenship, effective Aug. 19. The move said. “And that means that you have to fi nd make it very public, we did engage every the union. “This time, the employer asked follows a number of years in the Privy a way to get quick wins, small wins, talk single end user we could, we did make for a little longer, so we went to 180 days.” Council Offi ce, fi rst in an operations role about them, and then actually sort of grow them part of the process.” Some previous agreements had imple- as deputy secretary to the cabinet since them.” Treasury Board President Joyce Mur- mentation timelines of 120 days, according March 2017, as well as a stint as assistant Mr. Benay announced on Aug. 7 he was ray (Vancouver Quadra, B.C.) “thanks to Mr. Boughner, so every member received secretary to the cabinet in economic and leaving the public sector to join Ottawa- Mr. Benay for his service at the Treasury a $400 lump sum payment up front to regional development policy. Ms. Tapley based MindBridge AI as their chief client Board Secretariat, where he worked with refl ect the lost earning potential of not hav- fi lls the role left vacant by Marta Morgan’s offi cer, and will be responsible for the com- dedication to place digital at the heart ing the agreement processed faster. May move to serve as deputy minister of pany’s global growth agenda, according to of our efforts to better serve Canadians,” For the fi rst time as well, the govern- Foreign Affairs. his departing statement posted to Twitter. wrote Farees Nathoo, spokesperson for Ms. ment also agreed to provide additional Thao Pham, who’s currently the associ- Previously hailed as the public service’s Murray, in an emailed statement to Civil $50 payments to members every 90 days ate deputy minister at Transport Canada, “disruptor-in-chief,” Mr. Benay, whose posi- Circles. “The minister is confi dent that past the implementation deadline, up to a will move into Ms. Tapley’s old operations tion was raised to a deputy minister level the team taking on big digital government maximum of $450. role in the Privy Council Offi ce, also effec- in July 2018, said the defi nition of a civil challenges at Treasury Board Secretariat “That’s the employer recognizing that tive Aug. 19. Prior to her time at Transport, servant has been fairly stable for hundreds and across government will continue this the payroll system has been problematic Ms. Pham served as senior vice-president, of years, but that the digital evolution has important work.” processing some extreme cases,” said Mr. operations, at Parks Canada, as well as changed everything and will continue Mr. Nathoo also wrote that work on Boughner. “The majority of our members assistant deputy minister with Infrastruc- changing everything, “so why wouldn’t it the next generation HR and pay system, will have their cases adjusted well within ture Canada where she was responsible for change the civil service role as well?” or NextGen for short, is well underway timeline, but it’s people where there’s a lot the procurement and overall management In addition to the introduction of public and will not be impacted by Mr. Benay’s of manual calculations required that can of the New Champlain Bridge over the St. cloud adoption across government and departure. sometimes gum up the works a little bit.” Lawrence River. delivering “the world’s fi rst ethical [artifi - “The team continues to evaluate the “It’s the employer recognizing that for [email protected] cial intelligence] management framework,” three fi nal vendors announced in June to extreme cases within Phoenix, additional The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 5 Comment The new Rasputins

Cummings is a copious blogger (please As we gear up for elections put on your 3D glasses now) whose adamantly pro-Brexit views coexist—eye- on both sides of the rollingly for those of us who’ve argued that Beijing will be Brexit’s greatest geopolitical border, the new must-have and economic benefi ciary—with admiration campaign accessory is your for China’s superior system of governance, notably its “use of proven systems manage- very own ‘crap Rasputin.’ ment techniques for integrating principles of effective action to predict and manage complex systems at large scale.” He has reportedly installed a countdown-to-Brexit clock at 10 Downing St. He has written of the U.K. taking on “a The rogues gallery of ‘crap Rasputins’ include U.S. cartoonish villains like former Trump chief strategist central role in … shaping the new institu- Steve Bannon, senior adviser Stephen Miller, and U.K. adviser Dominic Cummings. Their radical tions, displacing the EU and UN, that will worldviews serve to rationalize previously unthinkable abrogations of democratic norms by politicians, emerge as the world makes painful transi- writes Lisa Van Dusen. Flickr photographs by Michael Vadon and Gage Skidmore, and YouTube screenshot tions in coming decades.” In other words, like other crap Raspu- pre-existing reputations for being capable Lisa Van Dusen is associate editor of Poli- tins whose radical worldviews serve to of anything, not a fan of the rules-based cy Magazine and was a Washington and New Lisa Van Dusen rationalize previously unthinkable ab- international order. York-based editor at UPI, AP, and ABC. She rogations of democratic norms by politi- It’s almost enough to make you nostal- writes a weekly column for The Hill Times. What Fresh Hell cians cast as disruptors based on their gic for Willie Horton. The Hill Times

ith a Canadian election looming in WOctober and the U.S. 2020 presiden- tial cycle now offi cially underway with the unveiling of the 2019 Iowa State Fair butter cow, it’s a good time to consider one crucial way in which Donald J. Trump has Building a better Canada altered the political culture. The latest campaign accessory isn’t a Construction is the backbone of the Canadian economy. It employs 1.4 million people baseball cap baring a shamelessly mis- representational, Orwellian slogan or an and accounts for 7 per cent of Canada’s GDP. audience-mocking rally anthem. It’s your very own secular Rasputin. The construction industry welcomes an inclusive workforce with career opportunities In Trump’s case, the cartoonish villains for youth, Indigenous peoples, women, new Canadians and others. cast in the dystopian cannonball narrative of his presidency are New World Order mascot Steve Bannon and White House se- The Canadian Construction Association and nior adviser Stephen Miller, the alleged its 20,000 member companies are actively mastermind behind some of the most sulfurous content drops of the past two- seeking and inspiring a diverse and tech-savvyvy and-a-half years, from Trump’s “American carnage” inaugural address to his Muslim workforce to build our sustainable communitiesties travel ban to the sadistic treatment of mi- of the future. grant children at the southern border. As someone old enough to remember Naomi Wolf’s pummelling over her advice to Al Gore in 2000 that he wear cow- boy boots and excavate his inner alpha male, and legendary Republican operative Lee Atwater’s deathbed mea culpa for a record of dirty tricks that seemed truly dastardly at the time, the evolution in the job description of eminence gris(e) has been fl abbergasting. Nothing ever drunkenly spitballed in a back room at 3 a.m. before democracy got hijacked by power-addled nutjobs could possibly compete with the operational lunacy that today is peddled as ideology and proudly paraded to degrade democ- racy. Political wars once waged based on the murky, means-to-an-end calculations demanded of winning a riding or a primary are now presented in the graphic-novel hyperbole of actual world domination. The newest addition to this rogues gallery of what Guardian columnist Marina Hyde re- fers to as—in the strictly British context but in a way impossible to improve upon for both accuracy and consonance—“crap Ras- putins” is Boris Johnson’s doomsday sherpa, Dominic Cummings. A man once referred to by former prime minister David Cameron as “a career psychopath” (why does that word keep surfacing in New World Order Tinder profi les?), Cummings was the guy whose headshot was on the top of the pile when Johnson called the KAOS casting depart- ment and said, “Get me a Stephen Miller!” (In a stroke of perfect timing, the BAFTAs announced last week that they’re adding a long-overdue award for best #Construction4CDNs casting. If we could just convince them to introduce a sub-category for Best Casting construction4cdns.ca in a Political Reality Show, the betting on dinner theatre Dr. Evils would crash the Ladbrokes site). 6 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES Comment

Long-time Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai never appeared to have the capacity to slow down, writes Tim Powers. The Conservative Party ought to always remember his approach and his call for a more open party. The Hill Times fi le photograph

Late MP Obhrai demonstrated the good that can still be found in federal politics

build camaraderie and unity of purpose Deepak Obhrai got into when the Conservatives got their act together in 2004. Never underestimate the politics for the right importance of being the glue guy. Obhrai’s former colleague and the reasons, wasn’t misdirected current Premier of Alberta, Jason Kenney, by ambition, spoke truths spoke well last week of what he viewed Obhrai’s achievements to be. According to to power when needed, and Kenney, “Deepak had a passion for politics which led him to become a trail blazer as departed with a well-earned the fi rst Hindu Canadian to be elected to the House Commons in 1997.” Premier Kenney reputation of decency. noted that in Obhrai’s role as parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs he excelled. Kenney credited him for speak- ing forcefully on Canada’s behalf to leaders like Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez. Finally, Kenney added, “Deepak’s biggest legacy was the key role that he played in the huge upgrading of Canada-India relations” during the Harper era. Obhrai never appeared to have the capacity to slow down. It just seemed he enjoyed his work so much and was entirely Tim Powers content doing it. It was hardly surprising, Plain Speak then, that he entered the 2017 leadership race to replace Stephen Harper. He had been around long enough to know his TTAWA—One of Canada’s most chances of winning were that of a snow- Ogenuine and likeable political fi gures, ball’s in hell. But that neither bothered Deepak Obhrai, died Aug. 2 of an aggres- him, nor his purpose. sive form of liver cancer. He was only 69 Like Michael Chong in that contest, Then-prime minister Stephen Harper and Deepak Obhrai, who served for years as parliamentary and still had so much to offer to his con- Obhrai played a key role in pushing secretary to the foreign affairs minister. The Hill Times fi le photograph stituents and country. Conservatives and Canadians to look at Like many others, I was an unabashed issues from more than one perspective. fan of Obhrai. He was a legitimately warm Chong focused on climate change, Obhrai part of the conscience of the party until Maybe, though, in some way, Obhrai and welcoming fellow. Always bringing hu- on inclusion and diversity. Sensing the his death. The Conservative Party ought was at the core of the good that can still mour and laughter to every occasion. That real tensions of the time and the long- to always remember his campaign mantra be found in federal politics. Someone was not, and is not, an easy thing to do as a term, toxic dimensions of anti-immigrant and his approach. Work to bring people in, who got into it for the right reasons, politician after 22 years in Ottawa. wedge politics, Obhrai called for a more don’t constantly play off fear and anxiety. wasn’t misdirected by ambition, spoke Obhrai, who started as a Reform Mem- open Conservative Party. His rallying cry It is a good credo for all political parties. truths to power when needed, and de- ber of Parliament, then became a Canadian was, “We are a party that is for all Canadi- Obhrai’s friends used to affectionately parted with a well-earned reputation of Alliance MP and then ultimately part of the ans—no matter where they come from or call him six-pack. It had nothing to do with decency. Rest well, Deepak. You won’t be Conservative team, maintained an upbeat, whether they are disabled, visible minori- a sculptured abdomen or a love of beer that forgotten. positive attitude during all of the right’s ties, or young women. They should have an was never apparent. Frankly, I don’t know Tim Powers is vice-chairman of Summa family feuds in the pre-Stephen Harper equal voice in this party.” where the name came from, but true to his Strategies and managing director of era. When others were bitter and obstruc- Obhrai, of course, was one of the fi rst sense of humor, he got a kick out of the Abacus Data. He is a former adviser to tionist, he was even-handed and fair. His people to fall out of that race, which was nickname. That spoke to the good sport that Conservative political leaders. open-minded, one-team approach helped won by Andrew Scheer, but he remained he was; he could always poke fun at himself. The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 7 Election 2019 & childcare News

The Liberal recoup most of this money over child care, scrapped the next year government of the longer term—it is a question by the Conservatives when the Prime Minister about the politics behind it and Liberals lost the election. Justin Trudeau, whether governments want to Asked if it’s possible to ad- pictured on the put resources here knowing that dress two expensive overhauls— campaign trail the real gains are not going to be pharmacare and child care—and in Fredericton, seen for fi ve years.” Mr. Long said he can’t speak for N.B., in October Often, he added, it’s the prov- the party’s plans, but he would 2015, has made inces that are “ponying up,” while advocate for the next step to be a the fi rst attempt the benefi ts fl ow to the federal universal child care program, say- at federal government when the increased ing his party is a better bet than involvement workforce translates to more the NDP to make it happen. in child care income tax collected for federal NDP MP Niki Ashton in more than coffers. (Churchill-Keewatinook Aski, a decade, but “You’ve got a disconnect be- Man.) said the situation is “going economists tween who spends the money and from bad to worse,” especially say it’s not who reaps the benefi t,” he said. among young Canadians who nearly enough are thinking twice about having to address the Daycare a ‘serious issue’ children as costs pile up with problem. The Hill fewer stable work options. She Times photograph in Canada: Grit MP Long criticized the Liberal “rhetoric” by Andrew Meade The Statistics Canada survey on gender equality that hasn’t shows there’s “a serious issue delivered. right across the country” with “It’s awful and it requires fed- families fi nding affordable child eral leadership,” said Ms. Ashton, care, said Liberal MP Wayne who understands from fi rst-hand Long (Saint John-Rothesay, experience the diffi culties. Her N.B.)—a snapshot that several twins, not yet two years old, are suggested might even paint too still on a waiting list for child care rosy a picture of how bad the in Ottawa. problem is. “It doesn’t have to be that way,” “I would argue it’s a crisis situ- said Ms. Ashton, whose northern Canada’s child care ‘crisis’ ation in many, many jurisdictions riding has been classifi ed as a and provinces,” said Mr. Long, child care desert according to Mr. whose province has some of the MacDonald’s work looking at re- highest rates of child poverty in gions facing the biggest shortages should be ballot box issue, the country, according to 2018 in daycare options. report by the Saint John Human That description “rang true” Development Council. for Ms. Ashton based on what He said he’d like to see Canada she’s heard from so many parents say advocates, economists move towards a universal pro- in her region, and is “especially gram “without question,” but “obvi- brutal” in First Nations, which she The portrait of provinces able child care will be addressed ously right now our sight and said is “grossly underfunded by ‘It’s a crisis situation and territories, released July 30, in the party’s election platform, focus is on pharmacare,” he said. the federal government.” shows 60 per cent of Canadian and details will be released in That focus is a sign a universal The Liberals’ Multilateral in many, many children are in some form of day- September. The Conservative child care promise is a less likely Early Learning and Child Care care. Finding care in communities Party didn’t respond, but in an to be a Liberal platform offer, not- Framework—which commits to jurisdictions and was the top problem experienced interview, families, children, and ed Rebekah Young, Scotiabank’s $7.5-billion over 11 years for provinces,’ says by more than half of the parents social development critic Karen director of fi scal and provincial child care across Canada—hasn’t who expressed problems, fol- Vecchio (Elgin–Middlesex–Lon- economics. made an impact according to Ms. Liberal MP Wayne lowed by cost considerations don, Ont.) spoke in favour of tax “How many big-ticket items Ashton, while other observers (48 per cent), scheduling confl icts credits offered by past Conser- can they afford in their platform?” saw it as a step forward. Long. (38 per cent), and quality of care vative governments. While she she asked, noting child care can It represents the fi rst attempt (37 per cent). couldn’t say whether child care be a challenging policy issue to at federal involvement in child BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN “I’m a little bit gobsmacked would be part of her party’s win votes, and the Liberals have care since Mr. Martin in 2005, by how large the numbers are,” platform, she said the focus is already invested a lot through noted Mr. MacDonald. It’s a aycare in Canada has said Prof. Cleveland, calling it a affordability and fl exibility for parental leave expansions and the “positive shift” in federal policy, Dreached a crisis point, say “huge problem” to see more than parents. Canada Child Benefi t program, though it leaves much up to the some MPs, child care advocates one-third of families in a market provinces. and economists, who urge a con- reporting barriers to access. A Conservative approach versation on a federally funded “I don’t think you can solve takes into account the “huge and developed system to address these kind of problems that come regional differences,” in daycare affordability and availability, and up in the survey without serious needs, said Ms. Vecchio, noting ultimately boost the economy federal participation as a part- that densely populated communi- through increased participation ner in funding … and develop- ties will have very different chal- by women in the workforce. ing child care,” he said, echoing lenges from rural regions. Part of the problem preventing what Canadian Centre for Policy The party’s focus is “fl exibility political movement on a policy Alternatives economist David and letting parents decide what solution is the fraction of the pop- MacDonald called a clear case of works for their families,” she said, ulation that have young children “market failure.” pointing to the Universal Child and are affected by the issue, In a platform released in June, Care Benefi t (UCCB) that the suggested some advocates of a NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh former Conservative government national framework. The upfront (Burnaby South, B.C.) said his brought in. costs are considerable, but would government would in 2020 put There are provincial programs pay off in the long term—notably $1-billion into a national plan that that federal government can after a typical government’s four- mirrored Oxfam Canada’s pitch support, but, she said, “it’s really, year mandate, several people told to parties in the spring. really hard at the national level to The Hill Times. The women’s-rights focused say ‘this is a program that would “A lot of people talk about charity met with all parties before work for all Canadians,’ because [child care], but is it the vote mov- the summer, and its policy man- there is not a one-size-fi ts-all” er that other issues are?” asked ager Diana Sarosi said she thinks solution. Gordon Cleveland, associate some of the reluctance that has Economists, like Prof. Cleve- professor emeritus of economics prevented child care from being land, say that approach fails to at the University of Toronto, who a key policy plank is that “parties NDP MP Niki Ashton, pictured with son Stephanos at a Women on the Hill address the problems around sits on the federal government’s feel it’s a hard sell” among voters event in April 2019, says child care ‘requires federal leadership.’ The Hill available spaces or the quality recently formed Expert Panel on who don’t have kids in that age Times photograph by Andrew Meade of care, and ultimately doesn’t Early Learning and Child Care. group. improve the system. “It’s a slow-burning crisis, as op- Liberal Party spokesperson Anyone with children under which may have checked off the “I don’t think that’s the main posed to an acute crisis.” Parker Lund said the platform fi ve can see the “clear need” for a necessary boxes to gain support problem,” said Ms. Vecchio of that The affected demographic is still is still in development, but the solution, said Mr. MacDonald. from parents. critique, saying the main question a sizeable number, with 500,000 team “understands that every “The question is: does the rest And, she noted the Liberals should be “where does the cycle parents reporting problems fi nding child deserves access to quality of the electorate agree with them? may be a bit shy on that front af- start? And lot of the time, it starts care for their kids, according to a early learning and child care.” This is not a question about eco- ter former Liberal prime minister [with] affordability.” Statistics Canada survey from mid- Green Party spokesperson John nomics, it’s not a question about Paul Martin’s push in 2005, prom- [email protected] January to mid-February 2019. Chenery said access to afford- cost in the end—because you’d ising $5-billion toward subsidized The Hill Times 8 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES

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Editorial Letters to the Editor Federal Court made the right call on West Last-minute Liberals look Bank wines, decision should not be appealed e: “Feds ‘carefully reviewing’ court deci- Israel’s illegal settlements, all Canadians should like laggards with ‘electoral Rsion to order removal of ‘product of Israel’ have access to information they require in order labels on West Bank wines,” (The Hill Times, to make purchasing decisions in accordance Aug. 6, online). Predictably, the pro-Israel with their conscience. Consider, for example, urgency’ loophole lobby’s criticisms of the Federal Court’s consumers who do not wish to purchase animal settlement wine-labelling decision ignore the products from producers who treat their live- wo-and-a-half months away from the Nomination-seeking Liberals told most salient facts and legal principles. stock inhumanely. These and other consumers Tfederal election, the Liberal Party is The Hill Times the party had four years First, the West Bank is not part of Israel. should have recourse to Canada’s consumer still scrambling to get candidates in place, to complete the nomination process, and This has been the offi cial position of Canada’s protection laws when they are deceived as to and has triggered a clause in its constitu- questioned why it did not hold nomination government and the international community matters affecting their conscience. tion that lets other rules around nominat- meetings further ahead of time, instead of for decades. Even under Israel’s own domestic Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs CEO ing candidates fall by the wayside. waiting and resorting to the electoral ur- law, the West Bank is not part of Israel. Shimon Fogel warns ominously that the As The Hill Times’ Abbas Rana report- gency clause. They noted that recent polling Second, Israel’s West Bank settlements Trudeau government’s refusal to appeal the ed on Aug. 12, the party has a well-used numbers put the Conservatives and the Lib- violate the Fourth Geneva Convention. This, decision will damage Canada’s relations “administrative provision” to allow it to erals neck and neck, and their riding should too, has been the offi cial position of the with Israel, but Mr. Fogel fails to explain why wrap up the nomination process as soon have had a nominated candidate by this time Canadian government and the international Canadians should be troubled by that. Trade as possible—a necessity, with nearly 100 to allow plenty of time for campaigning. community for decades. Despite internation- between Canada and Israel constitutes an in- ridings still unclaimed. This move, which was used ahead of al condemnation of the settlements, they are signifi cant fraction of Canada’s overall trade. The Liberal Party constitution allows the 2015 contest as well, could be part of now so extensive that they have rendered Moreover, given Israel’s decades-long record the national campaign chair to declare the reason that Samara found in a study the two-state solution practically impossible. of severe human rights abuses, Canadians electoral urgency, nationally or in one or released in July that candidate selection is Third, the Canada-Israel Free Trade would be right to ask whether Canada should more electoral districts. During that pe- “highly uncompetitive, opaque, unpredict- Agreement (CIFTA) has nothing to do with have any trade deal with Israel whatsoever. riod, the chair gets the “unfettered discre- able, and centrally controlled” by parties. product labelling. Rather, CIFTA concerns The Trudeau government is fond of say- tion” to change the timelines and proce- The Samara Centre for Democracy trade barriers. A requirement that all food ing that it is committed to a “rules-based in- dures in the candidate nomination process. analyzed 6,600 candidates who ran for products (whether domestic or foreign) ternational order.” If it is serious about that As Mr. Rana reported, the party the Conservatives, NDP, Liberals, Green bear accurate country-of-origin labels sim- commitment, it will not appeal the Federal constitution spells out specifi c timelines Party, and the Bloc Québécois between ply does not constitute a barrier to trade. Court’s decision. and processes to elect candidates through 2004 and 2015, and found that only 17 per Whether or not one agrees with the notion Dimitri Lascaris nomination meetings under normal cir- cent were found to have been nominated that Canadians should boycott products from Lawyer for David Kattenburg cumstances. For example, to call a nomi- through competitive races. nation meeting, the constitution requires Changing the rules at the last minute the national chair give a notice of 14 to 28 isn’t going to help those statistics im- The defi nition of populism should be more days. Similarly, members eligible to vote prove, nor make the optics any better. in a nomination meeting are required to Fixed election dates have been enshrined be members between two and seven days in Canadian law since 2007. That doesn’t closely aligned with fascism, not democracy before the nomination date is announced. mean that we always know exactly when the e: “Putting populism in perspective,” (The political establishment, and so on. But, with the declaration of electoral election is going to be called, but the majority RHill Times, Aug. 5, p. 9). Gerry Nicholls’ col- Social democratic parties arguably champi- urgency, the chair could call the meeting governing party, out of everyone, should have umn reminds me of a comment U.S. president on the working class, and yet they are typically any time, and could choose to ignore any the best handle on when people might be Barack Obama made during a press confer- not populist at all. It is more useful to reserve rule. going to the polls and when candidates might ence in Canada in 2016. He said: “I am the real the term for politicians who use demagoguery And this has some prospective candi- be required. It’s hard to lay a claim to being populist, not Trump,” as if populism meant to undermine political institutions, due process, dates understandably nervous about how a grassroots organization when the heavy siding with the have-nots, who feel “the system and reasonable deliberations (which includes those rules could be ignored to benefi t a hand of the party’s highest ranks can’t keep is ignoring their concerns,” as Mr. Nicholls free media) for their own personal benefi t. party-preferred nominee. its fi ngers out of the riding pie. puts it. Of course, there are many defi nitions They propose to replace a “rigged” system with of populism, but one can legitimately ask: is emotional loyalty to the leader. In its maximum it useful to defi ne populism that way? I would expression, what “goes together hand in hand” say no. Pretty much all politicians would be with populism is fascism, not democracy. populists then, for they tend to campaign for Yvon Grenier the little guy, against special interests, the Antigonish, N.S. Hold political parties to the same privacy standards as corporations e need to rethink the way we look at to refl ect this. There needs to be transparent Wpersonal data, and the associated ac- communication around the actions that will countability that should come with it. I expect be taken to protect and proactively ensure our my government to protect me from its own data data is not used in ways we do not authorize. protection failures by being proactive and real- With Canada’s election just around the cor- istic. There have been countless data breaches ner, I’m concerned that our political parties are across the U.S., with companies including not protecting the personal information they Facebook, and many others. The breach from gather from us. I believe that they should be Equifax, the FTC’s abysmal handling of the made subject to federal privacy laws. Political class action lawsuit fi ling, along with the larger parties should follow the same rules compa- impact of third-party use of data does little to nies have to—it’s only fair. Privacy matters, inspire confi dence that Canada isn’t next. regardless of who we vote for. In this election, Just because we are nice doesn’t mean we I believe all the parties should commit to pro- are entitled to an obtuse perspective on the real tecting our privacy and I’ll be looking to see if dangers of not holding government bodies as they do when I make my voting decision. accountable, if not more than corporations. We Jason St. James deserve more, and our voting decisions need Ottawa, Ont.

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Former NDP he was seen as Trudeau, he eked out the win. The 46-year- ‘For quite a while I have MP Jack Harris, a stalwart of the old Whalen has been a backbencher for the middle, pictured NDP Atlantic cau- past four years and has gained a reputation been receiving a lot of with former cus; all lost their as a decent constituency MP, so it is bound Conservative MP seats. He had won to be a tight contest. encouragement from Laurie Hawn, the two previous Harris is optimistic about the election, people. The decision to left, and son John elections with 75 despite the current profi le of NDP Leader Harris, right, in and 71 per cent of Jagmeet Singh. “I am running with the run is the right one; I have 2014, is running the vote, respec- leader and the party, and Jagmeet is a again for a seat tively, in 2008 and charismatic and intelligent guy. But what something to off er and I in the House of 2011. But he be- is the ballot question in this riding? If it is, Commons in St. gan hearing some ‘Who will represent the riding best?’ I have want to continue to serve,’ John’s East, N.L. portents on the a good shot.” As for Singh, he has a con- says the former NDP MP. The Hill Times doorsteps. “People nection to Newfoundland and Labrador, photograph by told me they were having lived in St. John’s and Grand Falls- Cynthia Münster sorry, but they Windsor as a child, when his father was a really wanted to resident in local hospitals. get rid of (former The dynamic in 2019 is different, he prime minister insists. “Obviously, the bloom is off the Newfoundland and Labrador, pharmacare, Stephen) Harper.” Trudeau rose, with the failure to change affordable housing, and telecom services, As it was, he lost by less than 700 votes. the electoral system, and his other mis- then quotes late NDP leader Tommy Doug- After his defeat, he acquired a certifi - steps.” He mentions a recent visit by the las: “Courage, my friends; ’tis not too late to cate in mediation, which he then put to prime minister to St. John’s for the annual build a better world.” good use in his law practice in St. John’s. regatta, in which he did not take questions He talks at length of meetings with One of the interesting facts about Harris from reporters or meet with federal public community groups and knocking on doors. is that at one time he was partner in a St. servants, and just posed for pictures. “It Andrew Caddell Of course, this is familiar territory for Har- John’s law practice with former Progres- smacks of the kind of thing Harper did in With All Due Respect ris, as he was the MP for St. John’s East sive Conservative premier Danny Williams, the last election.” from 1987 to 1988 and from 2008 to 2015, while also leader of the provincial NDP Meanwhile, word of his campaign has when he and every other opposition MP in when Williams was in offi ce. fi ltered back to Ottawa; he recounts hav- T. JOHN’S, N.L.—Jack Harris is sitting Atlantic Canada succumbed to the wave of The riding is primarily urban, but ing bumped into a member of the Senate Sin a stylish new brewpub off Duck- Trudeaumania 2.0. He was also provincial includes a number of far-fl ung villages recently, who told him, “We are looking worth Street in St. John’s, discussing his leader of the NDP and sat in the House of on Conception Bay, as well as rural Bell forward to having you back here.” Clearly, latest foray into federal politics. He looks Assembly from 1990 to 2006. Island. Many of the towns have become Harris wants to get back to the Hill as well. a lot younger than his 70 years, dressed in I ask if he is a “political warhorse.” He bedroom communities, so there is a more This riding will be one to watch in October. cotton pants and a checked blue shirt, open shrugs off the description and says, “For urban feel to the riding than in the past. Andrew Caddell is retired from Global at the collar. It is a young crowd, and many quite a while I have been receiving a lot of The sitting Liberal MP, Nick Whalen, Affairs Canada, where he was a senior poli- drop by our table. encouragement from people. The decision is a friend of the Harris family and lives cy adviser. He previously worked as an ad- “I wasn’t ready to retire,” he says of his to run is the right one; I have something to on the same street. In 2015, few people viser to Liberal governments. He is a fellow decision to seek, and win, the federal NDP offer and I want to continue to serve.” thought Whalen, a political neophyte from with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute nomination in the riding of St. John’s East. The defeat in 2015 took him and many a pedigreed Liberal St. John’s family, and a principal of QIT Canada. He can be “There is still lots to be done in this riding.” observers by surprise. Along with Peter would have a chance against the veteran reached at [email protected]. He names better search and rescue for Stoffer and Megan Leslie in Nova Scotia, MP. But, thanks to the coattails of Justin The Hill Times

Canada to remain until at least October, when the Romanians will be in place, the Liberal lip service to peacekeeping Canadian government has steadfastly refused to offi cially extend our solitary peacekeeping effort. This is in stark contrast to the rapidity with which Canada has been extending didn’t live up to election pledge all of our current non-UN foreign mili- tary deployments. We presently have two separate missions in Iraq totalling up to selves in harm’s way to protect human tary personnel assigned to UN missions 850 personnel and at least four Griffon he- After a four-year term, rights, lay the foundations for peace, and that were we not the host nation, we would licopters. The Special Forces’ train, advise, help rebuild societies after war. Today, we not have been allowed to participate in the and assist role, and the NATO training Canada under the Liberals honour them for their tireless work.” conference. mission have recently been extended to This sentiment certainly echoes the Trudeau announced at that meeting 2021 and 2020, respectively. The com- will be back to contributing Liberal Party’s 2015 election campaign that Canada was prepared to commit 200 mitment of 200 trainers to Ukraine was zilch to the UN, while promise to make Canada a great peace- ground troops, transport and armed heli- recently extended to 2023, and the provi- keeper again. copters, cargo planes, and military trainers sion of a battle group 500 strong to Latvia we continue to deploy That pledge to get Canadian soldiers for future UN peacekeeping operations. is open ended. wearing the UN blue berets again, rather This pronouncement led to a round of No matter when exactly our last considerable forces on than sending our military to participate in mild applause, but keen-eyed pundits were chopper departs the Mali mission, it will U.S.-initiated global confl icts, seemed to quick to ask what happened to the original certainly be prior to the federal election on U.S.- or NATO-led military resonate with the electorate, and Trudeau 2016 pledge of a 600-strong force in Africa? Oct. 21. So, after a four-year term, Canada adventures. swept into power with a majority govern- General Vance was quick to reaffi rm under the Liberals will be back to contrib- ment. “we will be deploying up to 600,” but that uting zilch to the UN, while we continue In the summer of 2016, less than one this fi gure would include soldiers not actu- to deploy considerable forces on U.S.- or year into their mandate, the Liberals an- ally deployed to the foreign peacekeeping NATO-led military adventures. nounced that Canada would be committing operations. Will this impact the election results? I a force of 600 military and 150 police for a In the end, Canada settled on provid- doubt it. 12-month deployment, at a budgeted cost ing the medical airlift capacity for the UN Unlike the mission to Afghanistan, of $450-million, to an unnamed UN mis- mission in Mali. This effort included the our soldiers are thankfully not returning sion in Africa. That was fi rst announced by deployment of three CH-147F Chinook to Canada in coffi ns on a regular basis. Chief of Defence Staff General Jonathan helicopters, one of which is confi gured as Canadians did not relate to the mission in Vance, and subsequently confi rmed by a mobile air ambulance complete with a Mali, they did not debate it, and according Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. surgical suite, fi ve armed CH-146 Griffon to recent polls, the majority of our popula- Then, nothing happened. Despite the utility helicopters, and approximately 250 tion do not even know what purpose our Scott Taylor fact that the UN had several missions military personnel. Canadian Armed Forces serve in that Inside Defence involving ongoing peacekeeping efforts in The mission was to be 12 months in du- theatre. Africa, it seemed that the Canadian gov- ration, and as such it was to have conclud- At least Trudeau thought enough to ernment could not decide where to commit ed on July 31 of this year. Unoffi cially, this thank the peacekeepers for their tireless TTAWA—Aug. 9 was National Peace- their promised resources. termination date has been extended until work. Happy National Peacekeepers’ Day, Okeepers’ Day, and in honour of this Fast-forward to November 2017, and at least the end of August. The Romanian indeed. momentous occasion Prime Minister Justin Canada played host to a UN defence Air Force, which is to replace our contin- Scott Taylor is the editor and publisher Trudeau tweeted out the following mes- minister’s conference in Vancouver. At that gent, is not yet ready to deploy. Despite of Esprit de Corps magazine. sage: “Canadian Peacekeepers put them- juncture, Canada had so few actual mili- repeated pleas from UN authorities for The Hill Times 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES News David MacNaughton’s resignation

and that U.S. tariffs on steel and ‘In-depth’ understanding of Congress, aluminum were “kind of insult- ing”—called Mr. Trudeau “meek and mild” and “very dishonest and weak.” Trump’s economic adviser, Capitol Hill outreach to be part of Larry Kudlow, said Mr. Trudeau “betrayed” Mr. Trump and “should have known better,” and his trade adviser Peter Navarro took to MacNaughton’s D.C. legacy, say experts U.S. cable news to say there was a “special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad-faith diplomacy with Donald David MacNaughton J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out of ‘made it a priority’ to the door.” Along with USMCA negotiator understand who the Steve Verheul, Mr. MacNaughton is credited with being the most key U.S. infl uencers important fi gure in the successful renegotiation of NAFTA, accord- were and which ing to another government of- Canadian would be fi cial, operating behind the scenes instead of in public for all to see, best to deliver the and helping reduce heightened emotions. message, says former In short order, he was able to understand the dynamic of PMO Canada-U.S. the Trump White House and war room staff er who held infl uence, the offi cial remarked. Diamond Isinger. MacNaughton and

Continued from page 1 Craft had ‘very As Canada renegotiated positive’ relationship NAFTA and implored the U.S. Mr. Miller called the relation- to remove tariffs on steel and ship between Mr. MacNaughton aluminum, cabinet ministers, like and now-former U.S. ambassa- Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate played a key role in advocating that Donald Trump abandon dor to Canada Kelly Craft “very Freeland (University-Rosedale, steel and aluminum tariffs he had placed on Canada. The Hill Times fi le photograph positive,” which is “absolutely Ont.), met with infl uential essential” to have between the two American lawmakers includ- thinks it will continue after Mr. going to see [Congressional] staff, a “whole of government approach” countries’ ambassadors. ing Republican Senator Chuck MacNaughton leaves. you had MacNaughton building that stretched from the PMO to The way in which Ms. Craft’s Grassley, chair of the Senate Diamond Isinger, a former really close relationships with Global Affairs to the embassy, connections were leveraged will Finance Committee and the staffer in the PMO’s Canada-U.S. U.S. lawmakers and leadership which had “new signifi cance” be the legacy of the MacNaugh- Senate’s second highest-ranking war room, said Mr. MacNaughton in both Houses,” Mr. Miller said, after the creation of the PMO’s ton-Craft partnership, said Sarah offi cial as president pro tempore, made it a priority to understand who also sits on the international Canada-U.S. war room in early Goldfeder in an email, a principal and Democratic Representative the Americans. trade deputy minister’s advisory 2017. The offi cial said Global Af- at Earnscliffe Strategy Group and Earl Blumenauer, chair of the “Ambassador MacNaughton council. fairs played a leading role in it “to a former special assistant to two House Ways and Means Trade really made it a priority to under- Along with Mr. MacNaughton, some extent.” U.S. ambassador to Canada. Subcommittee. stand U.S. infl uencers, to try to the embassy still has a group of But Mr. Miller said he thinks In a statement Aug. 9, Ms. When Mr. Trudeau was in identify who the best interlocutors staffers working on Congres- Congressional outreach is a part Craft said Mr. McNaughton is “an Washington in June meeting with or relationship holders in Canada sional outreach. As of early this of Mr. MacNaughton’s legacy in admirable counterpart, a fi erce U.S. President Donald Trump on would be for those individuals and year, The Hill Times understands D.C., though he said more impact- negotiator, and above all, a cher- the progress towards implement- make sure they were hearing Ca- that there were nine staffers in ful than that was the role Mr. ished friend.” ing the United States–Mexico– nadian messages,” she said, adding that group, which has grown MacNaughton played maintain- Ms. Craft has been confi rmed Canada Agreement (USMCA), he he had an “in-depth” understand- over time as the government has ing Canada’s relationship with its by the Senate to become the new also met with Democratic House ing of Congress and the U.S. gov- recognized the importance of southern neighbour at a time of U.S. ambassador to the United Speaker Nancy Pelosi and was ernment, as well as the Canadian Congress. They track Congres- “incredible uncertainty.” Nations. scheduled to meet with Republi- government, Mr. Miller suggested that can Senate Majority Leader Mitch helping him relationship was most important McConnell, but the meeting was to sync U.S. David MacNaughton when dealing with Mr. McConnell, cancelled after Mr. McConnell and Canadian formed a ‘very positive’ as Ms. Craft’s husband, coal baron was called to the White House priorities. relationship with his Joe Craft, is a top donor to the to be briefed on rising tensions “MacNaugh- American counterpart, Senator. Both Ms. Craft and Mr. with Iran. He later talked to the ton spent a lot Kelly Craft, who had McConnell are Kentucky natives. Kentucky Senator on the phone. of time with a connections to key U.S. “[Ms. Craft] no doubt reas- During the NAFTA renegotiations lot of members lawmakers. Photograph sured [Mr. McConnell] that Mac- in 2017, Mr. Trudeau met with Mr. of Congress, courtesy of Twitter Naughton was a straight shooter McConnell and then-Republican with a lot of and some one you could work House Speaker Paul Ryan. Senators,” Ms. with,” Mr. Miller said, “who fought Following the removal of tar- Isinger said. for the interests of his country, iffs, Ms. Freeland took to Twitter He would meet but ultimately was pragmatic and to note Mr. Grassley’s contribu- personally with could make a deal.” tion in advocating for the removal members of Mr. Robertson said he couldn’t of tariffs. In April, Mr. Grassley Congress, as think of another recent U.S. am- wrote an op-ed arguing that Mr. well as set up bassador with such connections Trump had to end the tariffs or meetings with in both the administration and else the USMCA could not pass between them Congress. through Congress, which has and cabinet “[Craft] played in a different the authority over implementing ministers. league,” he said, taking issue with trade deals. Eric those who criticized her atten- Mr. Robertson said a “signal Miller, cur- dance record in Ottawa. change” was made by Mr. Mac- rent president “What you want in an Ameri- Naughton with increased Con- of the Rideau can ambassador is somebody to gressional outreach, where prior Potomac Strategy Group and a sional priorities and understand During the renegotiations, pick up the call and get through the majority of meetings Cana- former senior policy adviser at the dynamics of the current U.S. talks had broken down and per- to the White House,” Mr. Robert- dian cabinet members took in the Canadian Embassy in Wash- political climate. They also give sonal attacks were lobbed by the son said. “Given the relationship Washington would be with their ington, D.C., said before Mr. strategic advice on how Canada White House at Mr. Trudeau. we are in, it’s much more impor- administration counterparts. MacNaughton assumed his post, can best deliver its message to Following a testy G7 summit tant that we have a [U.S.] ambas- “That is how the game is Congressional outreach would members of Congress. in Charlevoix, Que., in 2018, Mr. sador [in Ottawa] that can get played in the United States and be performed by embassy staff Within government, credit for Trump, angered by statements Mr. through to the key players and that gives us an advantage be- and not the ambassador. the outreach strategy is up for de- Trudeau made at his concluding have their confi dence.” cause we understand the system “It wasn’t just the guy respon- bate. One government offi cial told press conference—saying Cana- [email protected] now,” he said, adding that he sible for Congressional relations The Hill Times in April that it was dians will not be “pushed around” The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 11 Election 2019 call News

Prime Minister Mr. Delacourt agreed the new Timing matters for campaigns, Justin pre-election period is a disincen- said Mr. Hughes, and the ability Trudeau, tive for the government to make to dictate timing means being pictured July an early election call. But he said better able to plan the fl ow of the 31 during Conservatives will “call upon campaign and consider the “tone the Liberal other advantages” during the and tenor you want to set.” Party’s two- campaign, referring to support A week’s difference in the day candidate from various premiers, including length can have a big impact— training Alberta’s Jason Kenney, who has from being able to visit a few event in vowed to campaign against the more key ridings, to more oppor- Ottawa. Many federal Liberals. tunities for bozo eruptions. observers “That, to a certain extent I “The longer the writ is, the expect the think, plays into the thinking for more risks, for any party,” said Liberals sure, too,” he said. Mr. DeLorey. “It’s also stress on will opt for To call a federal election, the volunteers … there are risks to a shorter prime minister recommends the wearing your volunteers out [in a campaign this dissolution of Parliament to the longer campaign].” fall, closer to Governor General, who then is- Mr. Hughes said while on the 36-day sues a proclamation dissolving one hand, Prime Minister Justin minimum. the old Parliament and orders the Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) being The Hill Times chief electoral offi ce to issue writs arguably the most seasoned cam- photograph by for all 338 federal ridings. paigner of the federal leaders— Andrew Meade Mr. Delacourt said he expects the others, save for Green Party the Liberal campaign team “would Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich- certainly be consulted” in decid- Gulf Islands, B.C.), being new to ing election-call timing, but he their posts—could make a longer doesn’t think having an inside campaign more benefi cial for track on when the campaign will him, but opposition party leaders offi cially begin is a “noticeable struggling with name recognition benefi t.” would also benefi t from a longer Shorter fall campaign “No one actually expects that campaign. … somehow your ability to con- “That said, what we’ve seen trol the start and end date of the over the last few months of campaign is in any way a mea- [NDP leader] Mr. Singh’s leader- anticipated by many sure of your ability to control the ship, one may wonder whether narrative,” he said. the glare of the spotlight would be helpful or hurtful,” said Mr. Hughes. Andrew Balfour, an associ- political watchers ate principal at Navigator, said his bet currently is on a Sept. 8 election call. While it’s “cer- tainly advantageous” for the fi xed date of the election—that actual election begins, third par- governing Liberals “to be fl ying The government has means the election must be called ties expenses will be capped at people around the country” on between Sept. 1 and Sept. 15. $511,700 for 2019. the government’s dime during the an advantage during “It will probably be right up Also thanks to Bill C-76, pre-writ period, ministers have to to that date of the 15th or it’ll the campaign expense limit be careful to not be seen as being the pre-election possibly be the week before. I’ve for federal parties no longer partisan, “whereas the second it’s period, and with a heard both options with equal changes based on the length of campaign time, the gloves are off,” frequency,” said Mr. Delacourt. He the campaign. Instead, parties are he said. volatile electorate, the said he’s “heard a few” cases of set to be capped at $28.1-million Mr. Balfour also said back-to- Liberal staff lined up to join local nationally, while local candidate school timing could also factor longer the campaign, campaigns on or around Sept. 15. campaign expense limits across in, particularly in Ontario, where the country add up to another school is set to begin on Sept. 3, the more potential for $37.5-million overall. and where Premier Doug Ford’s unpredictable ‘hinge Fred DeLorey, managing part- Fred DeLorey says given its pre- Progressive Conservative govern- ner at DesLauriers Public Affairs election period advantage, he doesn’t ment has slashed education fund- moments,’ says John who was the Conservative Party’s expect the government will call the ing and is headed for collision political operations director in the election sooner than it has to. The Hill with teachers’ unions. Delacourt. lead-up to the 2015 election, which Times fi le photograph “If Ontario ends up having the he ran in as a candidate, said teachers strike … then, like, get given the “huge advantage” Liber- into a campaign,” he said. Continued from page 1 Longer election als have created for the incumbent Shane Mackenzie, a former moments that no one necessarily government through Bill C-76, he period risks wearing Liberal staffer and now a consul- predicts,” he said, pointing to the doesn’t see why it would call an out volunteers, says tant at Ensight Canada, said he’s “Alan Kurdi moment” in 2015, election earlier than required. hearing a “lot of interest” around as an example. In September “By putting these new rules Fred DeLorey timing for the coming fall election 2015, the image of Alan Kurdi, and capping what the other politi- Mr. DeLorey said he’s confi - and his personal prediction is that a three-year-old Syrian refugee cal parties can spend right now dent the Conservative Party would the Liberals will opt for a longer washed ashore, dead, on a Turkish in this pre-writ time, and at the already have “contingency plans” campaign and call the election beach, shifted focus in that year’s same time they get to go out and mapped out for various possible closer to the Sept. 1 mark to make campaign, putting a spotlight on be the government, criss-crossing campaigns lengths, from 36 days the cash-rich Conservatives and party immigration policies and the country spending taxpayer up: “When the writ drops, you right-leaning third parties subject ultimately helping buoy Liberal money, they’ve given themselves break the glass the emergency to the new, fi xed offi cial cam- support. a huge advantage,” he said. “Once plan is in and you pull it out and paign spending limits sooner and “The longer you are in a cam- John Delacourt says he’s anticipating the writ’s called, everyone’s on an you go. That’s what a good, solid “force everyone to spend within paign the greater the likelihood of a shorter campaign this fall. The Hill even playing fi eld. The govern- political party would do,” he said. the full 50 days.” those. … You control the variable Times photograph by Andrew Meade ment can no longer do govern- Elliot Hughes, a former policy The Liberal Party, meanwhile, to a greater extent with shorter ment announcements and no director to Defence Minister is working to kick candidate nom- time frames,” said Mr. Delacourt. The Liberals’ Elections Mod- longer does any travelling on the Harjit Sajjan (Vancouver South, inations into high gear through “There is a strong argument to ernization Act also created an government dime, and all the gov- B.C.) and now senior adviser use of a “national electoral urgen- be made that if the Conservatives offi cial pre-election period, which ernment ads and stuff are pulled.” at Summa Strategies, similarly cy” clause in the party’s constitu- actually ran a shorter campaign began on June 30 and ends the “I think they’re going to take said he thinks the Liberals won’t tion, through which nomination in 2015, they wouldn’t have been day before the offi cial election advantage of these ridiculous rules be looking to have a longer processes can be bypassed in faced with some of the challenges period begins. During this period, they put in,” said Mr. DeLorey. campaign than is necessary. He favour of appointing a candidate they were faced with.” political parties and registered Since the House rose in June, expects the party to take a “seri- directly, as reported by The Hill The Canada Elections Act third parties are subject to new Liberal MPs and ministers have ous,” business-like approach to Times. By this week, the party is dictates that federal election cam- reporting requirements and taken part in hundreds of events, an- the campaign. expected to have 247 out of 338 paigns must be a minimum of 36 spending limits—a $1.02-million nouncing and re-announcing billions “Liberals are going to want to candidates nominated. As of last days long, and thanks to reforms expense limit for third parties of dollars in federal spending and come across as saying … ‘a lot ac- week, the Conservatives had 327 passed by the Trudeau govern- for election-related activities this other initiatives. In a press release complished, a lot more to do, we candidates in place, while the ment through Bill C-76, there’s year, and a cap on advertising Aug. 12, the Conservative Party said don’t need to make this more of a NDP had 133. now also a 50-day maximum. for political parties, set at nearly Liberals had announced $19.8-bil- distraction for Canadians than is [email protected] Counting back from Oct. 21—the $2.05-million for 2019. Once the lion in spending since July 1. needed,’” he said. The Hill Times 12 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 | THE HILL TIMES CLASSIFIEDS

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Continued from page 1 that the next Parliament needs to address. It’s up to Senators in the next Parliament to decide whether to adopt the recommended changes. Journalist and former diplomat Bhupinder Liddar is pictured with Conservative Sen. “As an appointed body, I think Raynell Andreychuk in Ottawa in an undated photo. The Hill Times fi le photograph our ethical standards are the best test of our behaviour, and Senate. It took a few years after “should support the integrity of the rules by which we govern she “planted the seed” of the idea the courts,” she said. [ourselves] need to be transpar- to form a Senate Human Rights The bill languished in the ent, and we need to live up to Committee, and served as the Senate for two years, as private them,” said Sen. Andreychuk in new body’s chair from its creation member’s bills often do, but in an interview with The Hill Times in 2001 until 2009. the fi nal months of the last sit- in her Ottawa offi ce on Aug. 12, Her Ukrainian heritage is also ting appeared to have support as two days before her mandatory a common thread for the Sena- Senators made amendments that retirement. tor, who held leadership posts addressed concerns with the bill. The review’s most common for the Ukraine-NATO Inter- Ultimately, it died on the order Parliamentary Council and the paper because Conservative theme surrounded delays in in- Ukrainian president Victor Yushchenko presents Conservative Sen. Raynell Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Senators blocked her bill, ac- vestigations, stressing at the out- Andreychuk the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, recognizing distinguished Friendship Group. cording to Ms. Ambrose. But Sen. set the “need for prompt comple- services to Ukraine, in Ottawa in 2008. The Hill Times fi le photograph tion” by the Senate Ethics Offi cer One “signifi cant” moment she Andreychuk said she doesn’t (SEO) of any preliminary review said she’ll remember was see- believe her colleagues were to or inquiry under the code and it’s likely to be completed, but rently include expulsion or fi nes, ing a private member’s bill she blame. that the committee considered the revamp recommends that if additions the committee said are sponsored to create a Holodomor “I think it’s Senate proce- “multiple measures” to address there are “reasonable grounds” for the Senate to decide. memorial day and to recognize dures,” she said, and as a policy- the problem. to believe a Senator is impeding Since the code was created in the Ukrainian famine in 1932 to driven person she’s not been one “There is no question that an investigation, the SEO could 2005, it has been amended four 1933 as genocide pass in 2008. to get involved in the leaders’ delays must be reduced; however, inform the committee. times and Sen. Andreychuk said Her work sponsoring the Mag- negotiations on Chamber busi- the question of how best to re- The proposed changes bring she hopes the next committee nitsky Law, which came into effect ness. It would have been “coun- duce delays has no single answer,” in measures making it easier to takes the “ready-made document” in 2017, was another highlight that terproductive” to push it forward said the report, which recom- publish changes to a Senator’s and adopts or adds to it. If the she said “closes a gap” in Canada, without agreement, she said. mended cutting the timeline for confi dential disclosures when Senate then adopts the report, the so it can sanction foreigners who “To push a bill would be to get Senators to response in half, to 60 they happen, rather than once a committee recommended that the violate human rights, but still a defeat of a bill,” said Sen. An- days, and adding language to en- year as under the current frame- new rules come into effect after gives discretion to governments. dreychuk, who takes a pragmatic, sure Senators respond even when work. And, if a Senator is found 30 days. “Our country, if we care about long-view on policy change, they aren’t sitting. to have acted to further their pri- Though the Senate Ethics human rights, should not be understanding that it may take Senators’ failure to respond vate interests, their intent would Committee hoped to fi nish the enablers.” years before an idea is adopted. was among the reasons Sen- no longer be a requirement to fi ve-year review before Parlia- Her advocacy in this area In this case, she said it’s “already ate ethics offi cer Pierre Legault determine whether they breached ment rose, she said there was made her one of 13 Canadians had an impact,” prompting discus- said his recent investigation into the code. The action, not the in- too much on its plate in the fi nal banned from travelling to Russia, sions among the judiciary and the conduct of former senator tent, would be the key factor. days of the Liberal mandate. an edict she said remains in place. provinces. Don Meredith was delayed. Sen. The SEO should also have the The fi ve-member committee’s “I’m not proud of being First coming into Senate 26 Andreychuk said she didn’t think ability to make public the reasons deputy chair, Liberal Serge Joyal banned. I’m proud that I took a years ago, she said she went into it took too long for this particular for not proceeding with a review, (Kennebec, Que.), is also set for stand,” she said. “high gear,” with so many oppor- investigation, which was also put the committee said, as it may be in mandatory retirement after the tunities, especially for one with a on hold due to a new SEO being the public interest to address if the next election, when he turns 75 in Unfi nished business keen international interest. appointed and police investiga- matter hasn’t remained confi dential. February 2020. Asked if she feels she’s left In the years before her tions, but that the code is “a living But, it suggests putting a gag on The Saskatoon, Sask.-born any unfi nished business, and Sen. 1993 appointment to the Up- document” that the committee all Senators during a preliminary former lawyer and judge said she Andreychuk immediately brings per Chamber (which made her should constantly be evaluating review or inquiry, forbidding them believes strongly in the impor- up the private member’s bill on the fi rst female Saskatchewan as expectations change. from commenting before the SEO tance of rules, and her “value sex assault training for judges Senator, and fi fth-longest serv- The review, which was open to has presented a report. added” contribution over the from former Conservative MP ing woman), she was ambas- all Senators for feedback, consid- There were also a number of years has been creating templates and interim leader Rona Am- sador or high commissioner ered 65 potential amendments in “substantive” issues highlighted that future committees can use in brose, which she sponsored in the to several countries, including its quest to ensure the code keeps on which there wasn’t yet con- writing judgements or reviews on Senate. A former provincial judge, Kenya, Somalia, the Comoros, “pace with the needs and realities sensus and which the committee behalf of the committee. she said she’s troubled by some and Portugal, and spent time as of the institution.” said warrants further discussion, of the language used in high- Canada’s representative to the The committee said the code including composition of the eth- Signifi cant moments in profi le judgements and statistics United Nation. should create “obligations” for ics committee, sponsored travel, that suggest some sexual assault It’s been a roller coaster and Senators to respond promptly to Senator participation in chari- human rights victims have “no confi dence in the she said she’s not yet ready to the SEO, noting “delay on either table causes, and non-compliance Human rights and internation- court” and don’t proceed for fear step off and is already thinking side of a matter is unacceptable.” with the code, which it said may al affairs have been a common of being re-traumatized or facing about what’s next: “Retirement In the current code, the SEO warrant a “penalty scheme.” theme throughout Sen. Andrey- unfair treatment. isn’t a word I know.” can’t provide information about Though the committee can sanc- chuk’s career, including the Something should be done [email protected] his investigation beyond when tion members, that doesn’t cur- quarter century she spent in the about that, and Parliament The Hill Times THE HILL TIMES | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2019 15

As eco-facism takes hold, hill climbers Canada’s leaders have yet to by Laura Ryckewaert prove they’re up to the fi ght Health Minister’s director that protects the most vulnerable commu- Continued silence on nities, not only the environment and physi- environmental justice cal nature itself. Environmental justice of communications exits recognizes that the climate change crisis (including exposure to toxins, clean drink- will leave space for eco- ing water, etc.) disproportionately affects facist views to take hold, Indigenous, racialized, and low-income for private sector communities. The language of environmen- virtually erasing any eff orts tal justice allows us to address economic ealth Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor team in the top offi ce in July 2018. Before anxiety of low-income and working class Hbade farewell to her director of com- then, he was a special assistant for opera- made on reconciliation folks, while addressing climate change, munications of the last year and a half, tions to Innovation, Science, and Economic and supporting climate crisis migrants. Mathieu Filion, last week. Development Minister Navdeep Bains. and equity to date. Historically, mainstream environmental Now headed for the private sector, Mr. He joined Mr. Bains’ offi ce in October organizations and movements in Canada have Filion moved from Montreal to Ottawa in 2016 after almost a year and a half tackling been largely led by white people and focused early 2016 to work for the then-newly elected operations co-ordination at Liberal Party on natural conservation. In fact, environmental Liberal government, starting out as director headquarters, including during the 2015 justice was not mainstream until the recently of communications to Families, Children, federal election. Mr. Calderaro was also proposed Green New Deal, an economic stim- and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves previously a special assistant for communi- ulus package put forward by some Democrats Duclos in February 2016. He already had cations in the Liberal leader’s offi ce during in the United States, which aims to address experience on the Hill under his belt: having the 41st Parliament, when the party was climate change and economic inequality. tackled strategic communications for then- in opposition, starting under then-interim Canada’s major political parties are still Liberal opposition leader Michael Ignatieff, leader Bob Rae in 2012. largely behind on adopting environmental and having served as a special assistant Along with Mr. Calderaro, issues man- justice policies. to then-federal transport minister Jean agement adviser Samantha Khalil has also Amy Kishek The Green Party, which bills itself as the Lapierre. Mr. Filion switched over to serve left the PMO. Bad+Bitchy only party capable of moving to a fossil-fuel as communications director to Ms. Petitpas A former federal party staffer, tackling free economy, has nary a word to say about Taylor at the end of April in 2018. fi rst operations and then campaign mobi- race, inequality, nor Indigenous environ- Before coming to the capital, Mr. Filion lization strategy, she was hired on in the TTAWA—Many have been ringing the mentalism, specifi cally, in its climate-change was a spokesperson and senior adviser PMO quickly after the 2015 federal election Oalarm about the terrifying connections platform, called Mission: Possible—though it for media relations for the University of as executive assistant to chief of staff Katie between climate change, economic anxiety, does reference needing equity for Indigenous Montreal. He’s also a former director of Telford and then-principal secretary Ger- and white nationalism movements and ide- peoples to achieve climate security. These is- business communications for Montreal- ald Butts. Ms. Khalil fi rst joined the PMO’s ology. Eco-facism, as it is otherwise known, sues are mostly divorced from climate matters, based public relations fi rm CASACOM and issues management team—currently is no longer a theory that resides in the and are siloed off in their positions on univer- a former vice-president for public affairs overseen by director of issues management depths of seedy internet forums. It is a fatal sal basic income and other social programs, with GGA Communications, amongst other Leslie O’Leary—as a co-ordinator in April threat that must be challenged in the open. which make no mention of climate change. past roles. 2017. The El Paso shooter’s manifesto is one The New Democratic Party has taken Mr. Filion marked his Brook Simpson has joined example of this that should not be buried and up the cause, in part, by proposing their last day working on the Hill the PMO as an issues adviser ignored—to do so would mean we are burying own plan, called New Deal for Climate Ac- on Aug. 6. He’s now headed in her stead. A former press our collective heads in the sand after a deadly tion and Good Jobs. A plank of the climate back to Montreal to become secretary to Ottawa mayor and hateful mass shooting that killed 22 people change platform is “supporting Indigenous a vice-president at Mercure Jim Watson, Mr. Simpson and injured two dozen others, on Aug. 3. leadership in climate action” and notes that Conseil (or, Mercury Con- started working for the Liberal The manifesto, titled The Inconvenient “Indigenous communities are on the front sulting), which tackles public government in February 2016 Truth, was posted shortly before the at- lines, dealing with the impacts of climate affairs and corporate com- as press secretary to then-in- tack on the online forum, 8chan: “… the change every day, and are best placed to munications. frastructure minister Amarjeet American lifestyle affords our citizens an protect cultural and biological diversity With his exit, the minis- Sohi. He added on the title of incredible quality of life [yet this] lifestyle through control over their territory.” The rest ter’s press secretary, Thierry issues adviser to the minister in is destroying the environment of our coun- of the platform is silent on issues of race and Bélair, is stepping in as act- the spring of 2017, and a year try.” Therefore, he argues, “the next logical inequality where they intersect with environ- ing director of communica- later became director of par- step is to decrease the number of people in mental action. tions, and issues adviser Mathieu Filion’s last day on liamentary affairs and issues America using resources” so that if “we can The Conservative Party of Canada and special assistant for the Hill was Aug. 6. Photograph management to the infrastruc- get rid of enough people, then our way of has put out what they call A Real Plan to communications Alexander courtesy of Facebook ture minister, now François- life can become more sustainable.” Protect Our Environment, which, to my Cohen becomes acting press Philippe Champagne. These environmental and economic surprise, acknowledges the importance of secretary. There are also a couple of political staff takes are directly tied to the shooter’s working with Indigenous people to address Monique Lugli is chief of staff to Ms. departures to note over in Canadian Heri- concerns over the so-called “Great Replace- climate change, and states that “a changing Petitpas Taylor. tage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s offi ce. ment,” the white nationalist notion that climate disproportionately impacts Cana- Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Marine Detraz, a policy and Quebec re- white European populations are being da’s Indigenous peoples—especially those Bibeau is also down one aide, with the gional affairs adviser to the minister since replaced by non-white people through living in remote and Northern communities departure of special assistant for commu- January, marked her last day on the Hill on mass migration, demographic growth, and and working in industries such as mining nications Françoise Verschaeve. July 26 and is now working for the Quebec declining white birth rates. and forestry.” Yet makes no other commit- Ms. Verschaeve fi rst began working Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Eco-facism is a growing movement that ments to inequality and climate crisis. for Ms. Bibeau in January, back when the A former leader’s tour advance in is insidious and far more dangerous than The Liberal Party, which has yet to minister was in charge of the international Quebec for the Liberals in the 2015 fed- even climate change denial. We have seen release its 2019 platform, ran in 2015 on development portfolio, and was quick to eral election, before joining the heritage this new far right-wing ideology taken up a climate change policy centred almost follow Ms. Bibeau to her new, current of- minister’s offi ce Ms. Detraz spent roughly in France by the National Rally party, and exclusively on carbon pricing. The Greener fi ce after the March 1 cabinet shuffl e. two years working in the Liberal Research by far-right movements across Europe. Communities 2015 platform similarly failed A former internal affairs commis- Bureau on the Hill, starting as a French Earlier this year, an Ipsos Public Affairs to mention issues of inequality. Their more sioner for the University of Ottawa, Ms. communications assistant and ending as a poll found that 37 per cent of Canadians recent efforts to declare that Canada is in a Verschaeve left the Hill around mid-July regional adviser for Quebec. say immigration is a “threat” to white Ca- national climate emergency is completely and has since started work as a communi- Along with Ms. Detraz, Yann Le Borgne nadians.These views now appear to have a bereft of any analysis as to who is affected cations and marketing manager for RDÉE has bid farewell to the Hill. Originally from political voice in Maxime Bernier and his by the climate crisis. Meanwhile, the Liberal Canada, a non-profi t economic develop- France, Mr. Le Borgne joined the offi ce People’s Party of Canada. Environment Minister, Catherine McKenna, ment and employability network. in July 2018 as a legislative assistant and The sad reality is that the climate crisis bragged on Twitter about the quality of Ot- Alison Porter is chief of staff to Ms. assistant to the minister’s parliamentary is the cause of signifi cant numbers of forced tawa’s drinking water while First Nations Bibeau. secretary. He had previously worked as a global migration, with millions already communities face decades-long water crises. press and public affairs offi cer for the Con- migrating due to environmental and climate Continued silence on environmental Two out, one in for the sulate General of France in Toronto, and forces. Despite this, political parties, politi- justice will leave space for eco-facist views as a senior public affairs consultant with cians, and even some social movements in to take hold, virtually erasing any efforts Prime Minister’s Offi ce Euralia in Belgium, among other past roles. Canada have treated issues of immigration, made on reconciliation and equity to date. Two staffers have made their exit from Mr. Le Borgne is now a government racism, economics, and climate change in Canadians and politicians alike have a Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s offi ce in relations adviser with Export Development isolation. And they do so at the peril of mar- duty, especially in the face of growing recent weeks, including special assistant Canada in Ottawa. ginalized communities. white nationalism and violence, to promote for policy Mark Calderaro, who left around Maxime Dea is chief of staff to Mr. The answer to eco-facism is environ- and fi ght for environmental justice. mid-July. Rodriguez. mental justice. Environmental justice asks Amy Kishek co-hosts the Bad+Bitchy Mr. Calderaro spent a year in all work- [email protected] us to approach issues of environment from podcast. ing in the PMO, having joined the policy The Hill Times the perspective of equity, and in a manner The Hill Times Parliamentary Calendar

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Parliament is not expected to return until after the SUNDAY, AUG. 18 federal election is held on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Ottawa Capital Pride Festival—The 2019 Ottawa Senate Not Sitting—The Senate adjourned on June Capital Pride festival, which includes more than 50 21 and is not expected to return until after the federal community events, takes place Aug. 18-25, 2019, election is held on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. across the city. Performances, a community fair, a beer Defending Liberal Democracy in the 21st Century— garden, and the annual pride parade. For more informa- German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Foreign tion, call 613-680-3033 or email to info@ottawacapi- Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland will deliver remarks talpride.ca. and participate in an armchair discussion, respectively, on Defending Liberal Democracy in the 21st Century at WEDNESDAY, AUG. 21 a breakfast event hosted by the Toronto Board of Trade. Swiss Ambassador Salome Meyer greets Philippines Nostalgia Music Festival—The four-day Nostalgia Music This event will take place at Arcadian Court, eighth Festival happens Aug. 21-24, 2019, at LeBreton Flats in Ot- fl oor, 401 Bay St. For information, email events@bot. Ambassador Petronila Garcia at her offi cial residence for a German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser, former CBC tawa. Wednesday, Aug. 21, the event will pay tribute to Jour- com or call 416-862-4500. reception celebrating the country’s national day on Aug. 1. broadcaster Don Newman, and Shannon Day-Newman. ney and Foreigner; Thursday night’s lineup features southern Changing of the Guard—The Offi ce of the Secretary rock music and a tribute to CCR; Friday night’s lineup offers to the Governor General is pleased to invite visitors to a tribute to ABBA, Rod Stewart, and David Bowie’s greatest the Changing of Guard ceremony daily until Aug. 24, at dance hits; Saturday night’s lineup pays tribute to Paul 10 a.m., the ceremony will return to the lawns of Par- McCartney and the Wings, Supertramp, Bruce Springsteen, liament Hill for the duration of the 2019 season. Relief and AC/DC. The event is licensed to serve beer, wine, and of Sentries will happen daily, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the alcoholic beverages. There will also be food trucks. hour until Aug. 24, 2019. The sentries will continue to be posted at Rideau Hall throughout the public duties FRIDAY, AUG. 23 season. Led by a piper, they will march to their posts House of PainT Festival of Urban Arts and Cul- at Sussex Gate and in front of the residence during this ture—House of PainT urban arts and culture festival much-loved ceremony. celebrates Canada’s hip hop community through slam Gaugin Portraits—The world’s fi rst-ever exhibition poetry competitions, youth performances, hip hop per- devoted to Paul Gaugin’s portraiture is on at the National formances, after parties. Aug. 23-25, 2019, at Brewer Gallery of Canada, the sole North American venue, until Park, 100 Brewer Way, Ottawa. For more information, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019. National Gallery of Canada, Taylan Ozgur Aydin, counsellor at the Turkish Embassy, his check out houseofpaint.ca Special Exhibitions Galleries, 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. wife Sarah, and Patrick Deboeck, deputy head of mission Open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays 10 a.m. to for the embassy of Belgium. Ms. Meyer and Serbian Ambassador Mihailo Papazoglu. SATURDAY, AUG. 24 8 p.m. Tickets: adults, $24; seniors, $22; 24 and under/ Lumière Festival—Organized by the New Edinburgh students, $16; family, two adults and three youths age Community and Arts Centre, the annual Lumière 17 and under, $48; and children, free. Festival is a night of live performances by musicians, Portraits of Courage: President George W. Bush’s acrobats, dance troupes, and more. It starts at 5 p.m. Tribute to America’s Veterans—Canadian War Museum, Watch the throne: Morocco and the paper lanterns are lit at dusk. It happens on Display Corridor, until Sept. 3, 2019. The exhibit offers Aug. 24, 2019, at Stanley Park, 193 Stanley Ave., Ot- an exclusive look at the unique perspective of former tawa. For more information, call 613-745-2742. U.S. president George W. Bush’s use of art to recognize the service and sacrifi ce some of the approximately fi ve throws party at the Westin THURSDAY, AUG. 29 million American veterans of the war on terror who were Broadway for Bruyère: Come From Away—The Broadway under his command while he was in offi ce. for Bruyère Come From Away Gala, the Bruyère Foundation’s Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath— signature event, happens on Thursday, Aug. 29. VIP tickets Runs Thursday to Monday, until Sept. 2, 2019. Considered include the best available seats in the house, a pre-show one of the fi nest street photographers of his generation, kitchen party, valet parking, shuttle service to the National Dave Heath (1931-2016) refl ected the universal experi- Arts Centre, access to post-show Celtic Ceilidh in the Peter ence of isolation set against moments of social integration, A. Hernndorf place at the NAC with high energy live music, according to the National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Pho- dancing, and a chance to mix it up with the Come From tography Institute Series, 380 Sussex Dr., Ottawa. Open Away cast. For more information, call 613-562-6319. daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Northern Lights on Parliament Hill—Happening until SATURDAY, SEPT. 7 Sept. 8, 2019, this sound and light show is a thematic Abdollah Lkahya, minister-counsellor and deputy head of mission for Vanier BIA East Feast—East Feast is an annual com- journey through Canada’s history. This free event munity street fair on Beechwood Avenue in Ottawa from happens every night in August at 9:30 p.m., and in the embassy of Morocco, and Moroccan Ambassador Souriya Otmani Chérif Mohamed Kanouté, chargé d’affairs for St. Charles to Marier Streets, featuring food, dance, art, September the show times are at 9 p.m. The Northern are congratulated by Jonathan Fried, Global Affairs co-ordinator for Mali, Tanya Sefolo, deputy head of mission for and community. It’s an opportunity to meet neighbours Lights may be cancelled if the weather is poor. Keep an international economic relations and G20 Sherpa, at Morocco’s Fête the High Commission of South Africa, and Gabon and to dance in the streets. For more information, call eye on Twitter for any cancellations @capital_exp. du Trône national celebration at the Westin Hotel on July 30. Ambassador Sosthene Ngokila. 613-413-2062. Torchlight Shakespeare in the Park: Romeo and Juliet—Happening now until Aug. 17, in parks in and THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 around Ottawa. Show time is at 7 p.m., organized by A Ontario Festival of Small Halls—The Festival of Small Company of Fools and Torchlight Shakespeare: Aug. 14 Halls: Big Music in a Little Place, Sept. 12-29, 2019, (Nault Park, Vanier); Aug. 15 (Raven Park, Carlington); celebrates music in small town communities all across Aug. 16 (Lynwood Park, Bells Corners); and Aug. 17 Eastern Ontario throughout the month of September. (Windsor Park, matinée at 2 p.m. and evening show at Harry Manx, The East Pointers, Leahy, Gordie MacK- 7 p.m.). Visit fools.ca for information. eeman & His Rhythm Boys, The Weather Station, LeE Artists’ Magazines: Beyond Gallery Walls—This exhibit HARVeY OsMOND, Justin Rutledge, Union Duke, Jeremy will be on until Sept. 4, 2019, at the Library and Archives Fisher, Madison Violet, Devin Cuddy Band, Harrow Fair, of The National Gallery of Canada. Artists’ magazines Catherine MacLellan, Sultans of String, Cassie & Maggie, played an important role in conceptual art of the 1960s Matthew Byrne, Craig Cardiff, The Redhill Valleys, Tomato and 1970s. See how these publications expanded sites of Tomato, Mairi Rankin & Eric Wright, Slocan Ramblers, artistic practice beyond traditional gallery walls. Ryan McNally & the MessaRrounders, Valley Sounds with Matriarchs: Art Exhibition Opening—Matriarchs, cu- Turmel-Leahy-Schryer, Vaneglory Farm, Peter Dawson, rated by Christopher Wong, and featuring artists Natasha Portuguese Ambassador João do Carmo Kenyan High Commissioner John Lepi Carol Kennedy, Ralph Verch, Terri-Lynn Smith, and other Keating + Asinnajaq, to be held at the Enriched Bread Ataíde da Camara, French Ambassador Lanyasunya, Senegal Ambassador Viviane Korean Ambassador Maengho surprise guests. For more information, call 613-402- Artists, 951 Gladstone Ave., from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Kareen Rispal, and Chilean Ambassador Laure Bampassy, and Zambian High Shin and Japanese Ambassador 1425, or go the website www.ontariosmallhalls.com Aug. 16; Saturday, Aug. 17; and Sunday, Aug. 18. Alejandro Marisio Cugat. Commissioner Felix Mfula. Kimihiro Ishikane. The Parliamentary Calendar is a free events listing. THURSDAY, AUG. 15 Send in your political, cultural, diplomatic, or govern- Ottawa Greek Festival—The Ottawa Greek Festival, mental event in a paragraph with all the relevant details under the subject line ‘Parliamentary Calendar’ to a celebration of Greek music, food, and culture, will Rideau Carleton Entertainment Centre. Food vendors, SATURDAY, AUG. 17 [email protected] by Wednesday at noon before the happen Aug. 15-25, 2019, 1315 Prince of Wales Dr., free shows, and displays. Gate admission is $5. Monday paper or by Friday at noon for the Wednesday Ottawa. FUSE Street Festival—The FUSE Street Festival hap- Camp Parliament for Girls—Camp Parliament for Girls Ot- paper. We can’t guarantee inclusion of every event, but pens Aug. 17-18 in Westboro Village, with a block party tawa 2019 is a political leadership program that introduces FRIDAY, AUG. 16 we will defi nitely do our best. Events can be updated on Richmond Road between Roosevelt and McRae. girls, ages eight to 17, to the parliamentary system of govern- daily online, too. The Capital Fair—The 10-day Capital Fair features This is a free event with live music and entertainment ment. The one-day camp on Saturday, Aug. 17, includes The Hill Times Eastern Ontario’s largest midway, Aug. 16-25, 2019, all day and night. lessons on the history of the Canadian Parliament, and the More at hilltimes.com/calendar