EXCLUSIVE POLITICAL COVERAGE: NEWS, FEATURES,S, AND AANANALYSISNAALYSIS INSIDEI SAY ‘NO’ TO A BANK OF - ENERGY REFERENDUM CANADA’S ANTI POLICY ON ELECTORAL NARRATIVE TERROR BRIEFING REFORM P. 11 MISPLACED P. 13 TOOLS P. 10 PP. 17-28 TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1362 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2016 $5.00 NEWS SUPREME COURT NEWS PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS NEWS CONSERVATIVES Atlantic Liberal Trudeau to become Bernier, Clement MP says next lead declared Supreme Court second prime Conservative judge should be candidates in minister to have survey, but more from region would prefer BY RACHEL AIELLO offi ce in West Block someone else Rookie Nova Scotia Liberal MP Colin Fraser says he’s concerned about Atlantic BY DEREK ABMA Canada no longer being guaranteed a seat on the Supreme Court of Canada under his To date, only Canada’s second prime minister, and first Liberal Conservative MP Maxime Bernier has government’s new appointment process one, Sir Alexander Mackenzie has had an office in West Block. a narrow edge over Conservative MP Tony and wants “strengthened confi rmation” that Clement among declared candidates in the the next candidate will be from the region. Conservative leadership race, according to “My constituents have expressed their a new survey, though the same poll indi- concern that apparently we may not neces- cates a greater number of Canadians are sarily have a guaranteed seat as is the cus- undecided or waiting for another candidate tom. So I have no problem expressing that to come forward. point of view—and I agree with it—to the A phone survey of 1,345 Canadians minister and to the government,” the MP by Forum Research, conducted on Aug. 6, from West Nova, N.S., said in an interview. found 11 per cent support for Mr. Bernier On Aug. 2, the government announced (Beauce, Que.) and 10 per cent for Mr. the new appointment process for Supreme Clement (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.), a Court justices. An advisory board, chaired difference that was well within the mar- by former prime minister Kim Camp- gin of error of three percentage points, 19 times out of 20. Continued on page 7 Continued on page 3 NEWS MPS’ STAFFERS NEWS NDP LEADERSHIP MPs’ staffers ‘Charlie would overworked, make an incredible hardly leader,’ Angus visible, poorly touted as potential understood NDP leadership Heave, ho: Workers inside the West Block. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be moving into candidate, Chow BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT the old offi ce of Canada’s fi rst-ever Liberal prime minister in 2018. The government has spent $863-million on renovating the West Block which will also house the temporary Commons tops poll of NDP Current and former staffers of MPs Chamber when Centre Block is renovated in 2018. Photograph courtesy of the House of Commons say there’s a lack of public understanding about what they do and many are eager to supporters see that change. BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT was added to the building, along with the rest “It’s obviously a very high-profi le offi ce of its western wing, and completed in 1878, BY DEREK ABMA to work in, but at the same time, there When Centre Block is emptied in the under then prime minister and public works is that sort of degree of mystery,” Daniel summer of 2018 for renovations and oc- minister Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Canada’s In an NDP leadership race that doesn’t Dickin, a policy and communications cupants move into the West Block, Prime second prime minister and fi rst Liberal one. have any candidates yet, veteran NDP MP aide to Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre Minister Justin Trudeau will get some offi ce Despite the heart of government, including Charlie Angus is attracting a fair amount (Carleton, Ont.), told The Hill Times last space in the building’s Mackenzie Tower, the cabinet meeting room, then being based in of support on social media and among week. “There’s not really an understanding marking only the second time in history the East Block building across the lawn, Mr. party insiders, while former MP Olivia yet of what staffers are or how they kind of a prime minister has had an offi ce in that Mackenzie opted to instead use offi ce space Chow has emerged as the favourite in a fi t into the system.” building, The Hill Times has learned. in the newly built Mackenzie Tower. recent poll by Ekos Research. The West Block’s Mackenzie Tower, which Continued on page 6 at 87 metres is the building’s tallest tower, Continued on page 5 Continued on page 4 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ We’ve heard the unpleasant anecdotes from many mothers, but we wonder if any Former Dipper MPs ON business operators out there would have have child THE the gall to tell the prime minster’s wife that HEARD HILL her breastfeeding in their establishment was not welcome. BY DEREK ABMA Nonetheless moms, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s got your back. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted out on Aug. 6 the image of a poster for World Breastfeed- ing Week that features Ms. Grégoire Trudeau feeding the couple’s youngest Feds want your child, Hadrian, who’s now two years old. The prime minister included the message: “This World Breastfeeding Week, let’s support mothers to breastfeed anytime, anywhere.” input on old U.S. World Breastfeeding Week was Aug. 1 to 7. PSAC warns NAC Embassy building, users of possible work disruption Former NDP MPs Dan Harris and Alexandrine 18 years later The Public Service Alliance of Canada Latendresse have a new daughter, Ivy. Photograph (PSAC) was warning patrons of the Nation- courtesy of Dan Harris al Arts Centre of the possibility of a sudden work stoppage that would affect services Former NDP MPs Dan Harris and Alexan- The federal such as security, parking, and maintenance drine Latendresse had a daughter last week. government at the facility. Mr. Harris tweeted on Aug. 8 that Ivy is about The union has been circulating a fl yer Émilianna Latendresse Harris was born at to launch that says, in the event of a work disrup- 4:37 that morning after his partner endured a public tion of NAC staff, those attending the NAC 24 hours of labour, for which he was “SO consultation should allow for extra time if planning proud” of her. on what to to attend an NAC performance or use its And there’s no reason not to use the do with the parking facility. occasion to make a political plug. One of former U.S. It noted that PSAC workers at the NAC the fi rst pictures of young Ivy to go out on Embassy have been working on expired contracts social media featured the newborn laying at 100 since December 2014. on a T-shirt that reads, “I am the Layton Wellington St. PSAC spokesman Alroy Fonseca said legacy,” in reference to the late NDP leader The Hill Times this pertains to 73 NAC workers in the Jack Layton. The fi fth anniversary of Mr. photograph by areas of parking, security, janitorial ser- Layton’s death is coming up Aug. 22. Mr. Sam Garcia vices, and maintenance. PSAC have other Harris told The Hill Times that, if not for members who are ushers at the NAC, but Mr. Layton and his “Orange Wave” that both they are part of a different unit. he and Ms. Latendresse rode to electoral Mr. Fonseca said last week that the work success in the 2011 election, they probably stoppage could happen as early as last Aug. would not have met. 13, which was after this paper’s deadline, if Mr. Harris was elected in 2011 but un- etter late than never, they say. After sit- that many have affectionately referred to management locked workers out. successful in his bid to get re-elected in his Bting vacant since 1998, the new federal over the years as the Death Star. “The strike vote on the union side will Scarborough Southwest, Ont., riding last Liberal government is getting around to The government will be seeking feedback only be held some time in early September, year. He also ran in this riding in the 2000, fi nding a use for the old U.S. Embassy from the public on how it can create “a key as PSAC would rather continue to negoti- 2004, and 2006 but did not win. at 100 Wellington St. in Ottawa, directly Canadian institution out” out of the old em- ate than walk out,” he said in an email. Ms. Latendresse won the seat for Louis- across the street from the Parliament bassy. A media tour of the facility was held Saint-Laurent, Que., in 2011, but did not Buildings. The Beaux-Arts building, built last week, and a public consultation offi cially run in the 2015 election. She was defeated in 1932, is a three-storey Indiana limestone gets underway on Aug. 18, at which time an CBC reporter Harris in the 2008 election. with hardwood fl oors and panelled walls online survey will be open until Sept. 9. inside and is considered a gem. But it “We want to hear the views of Canadi- engaged to government needs to be updated and renovated. At one ans from coast to coast to coast on how to BuzzFeed’s Loop time, there was talk to transform it into a transform this important heritage building adviser national portrait gallery. into a Canadian institution for all to enjoy,” heading to D.C. It was almost two decades ago that the Public Services Minister Judy Foote said in It looks like U.S.