EXCLUSIVEEXEXCLCLUSIVVE POLITICALPOLITICAAL COCCOVERAGE:VEERAR NEWS, FEATURES, AND ANALYSIS INSIDE NEW ERA FOR PMO HIRES POLITICS & PEN PP.26-27 WOMEN P. 17 STAFFERS P.25 BEWARE OF IMAGE OVERDOSE P.10 TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1333 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSWEEKLY MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 $5.00 NEWS BUDGET NEWS DUFFY TRIAL FEATURE JUSTICE Liberals’ fi scal House Justice direction Duff y cleared on 31 criminal Committee ‘sustainable,’ charges, reinstated as chair vows debt could be not to ‘impose’ gone, in 50 Senator, not guilty verdict personal views years: PBO on assisted- reverberates on Parliament dying law BY DEREK ABMA BY RACHEL AIELLO The Parliamentary Budget Offi ce has judged the Liberal Hill, Senate administration The chair of the House com- government’s fi scal direction as mittee tasked with studying and being sustainable with the predic- possibly amending the government’s tion that it’s on track to wipe out controversial assisted dying legisla- the federal debt, within 50 years. tion says it’s not something he would The PBO issued a new eco- ever seek or help someone do. nomic and fi scal outlook last “If you asked me person- week. It included the projection ally if I would ever want to have that the fi scal structure set up in physician-assisted suicide or want Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s to help or assist one of my fam- (Papineau, Que.) fi rst budget, ily members do that, the answer released March 22, puts the gov- would be no,” Liberal MP Anthony ernment on track to completely Housefather (Mount Royal, Que.) wipe out the federal debt by the told The Hill Times during an 2064-65 fi scal year. It said this interview in his main fl oor Justice Building offi ce last week. Continued on page 6 Continued on page 22 NEWS LOBBYING Energy, NEWS TRANSPARENCY tech sectors Feds still haven’t moved dominate on opening list lobbying up secretive PM Trudeau Commons BY DEREK ABMA Board of Organizations from the energy Internal and technology sectors account for more than one-third of the Economy lobbyists that have made contact Senator Mike Duffy, pictured April 21 on his way into court in Ottawa, was cleared by Ontario Justice Charles Vaillan- with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau court on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT since he took power, according to the federal lobbyists registry. The Liberal government com- Communications reports mitted to opening up meetings on the registry, as of last week, BY ABBAS RANA the Senate’s vague administrative istration Committee should get of the powerful and secretive showed Mr. Trudeau (Papineau, rules that are subject to multiple in- these rules clarifi ed as soon House of Commons Board of Que.) has had contact with 28 The two-year legal ordeal for terpretations, says New Brunswick as possible because the stage Internal Economy during the 2015 different lobbying organizations Sen. Mike Duffy, which ended in Independent Sen. John Wallace. remains set for Senators to make campaign, but six months into its his exoneration on all 31 criminal He said the Senate’s Internal Continued on page 20 charges last week, is a symptom of Economy, Budgets and Admin- Continued on page 7 Continued on page 18 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ Justin Trudeau is ON featured prominently HEARD THE HILL in the latest editions BY DEREK ABMA of GQ, left, and Washington Life magazine. Photographs courtesy of GQ Hill skin cancer and by Gina Cosentino clinic saved Grit The legislation was tabled April 14. munications strategist who, in his past life However, a Globe and Mail article written by as a Conservative staffer, helped start this Laura Stone, published online on April 12, tournament with Shiv Raj, a former PMO revealed certain aspects of the bill, such as staffer from the Harper days. MP Casey’s life, it that it would not allow for advanced consent to medically assisted dying for those suffer- ing from psychological conditions such as Nice weather comes, dementia or those people younger than 18. time to run on Hill might save others The House verbally consented to a mo- tion from Conservative MP Andrew Scheer that the matter be referred to the House Efforts are underway to recruit partici- Affairs Committee. pants in the Running on the Hill program, Cindy which is slated to run every Monday between Lamoureux, “Whoever is responsible for this must understand that we are a parliamentary de- May 2 and June 20 during the noon hour. the daughter The program will continue to be man- of Kevin mocracy and that political decisions made by staff to try to frame the debate in the media aged by Theresa Kavanagh, a staffer in the Lamoureaux, offi ce of NDP Whip Marjolaine Boutin- was elected as a are not acceptable when that infringes upon our rights and dignities,” Mr. Scheer said. Sweet, as it has for the last eight years. Liberal Manitoba MPs and House staffers of various intensity MLA last week. levels are sought. Ms. Kavanagh—a regular Photograph courtesy Trudeau: A face made participant in marathons and other competi- Liberal MP Bill Casey, left, said the death of Cindy Lamoureux tions—will lead the runners during these ses- Chuck Cadman, a former Conservative-turned campaign for magazines sions. Renée Taylor, from the offi ce of NDP MP Independent MP, inspired him to get tested for Sheila Malcolmson, will lead the walkers. skin cancer years ago, and it saved his life. The Ms. Lamoureux is just 24 years old. Her Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contin- Those that participate are asked to make Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright past working experience includes jobs in the ues to be an international media darling, $30 donations to the Workplace Charitable Senate, the Long Term & Continuing Care As- with his mug being featured prominently Campaign by April 29, the proceeds for which ext week, Liberal MP Bill Casey is sociation of Manitoba, and Blockbuster Video. in the latest issues of GQ and Washington go toward keeping children active. Those who Nhosting the kind of skin cancer clinic She was one of only three Liberals Life magazines. want to join are asked to email Ms. Kava- that saved his life a decade ago. elected in what ended up being a land- Mr. Trudeau has an electronic “lost” cover nagh at [email protected], and be He recalled how in 2006 he attended a slide victory for the Conservatives led by for the May issue of GQ, for which the main prepared to meet up for the fi rst session next skin cancer clinic organized on the Hill by Brian Pallister, which won 40 of 57 seats. theme is “The Most Stylish Men Alive 2016.” Monday at 12:10 p.m. at the Centennial Flame. Dona Cadman, a Conservative MP between The NDP, which had been in power for the The magazine explained that Mr. 2008 and 2011 and wife of the late Indepen- last 17 years, won 14 seats. Premier Greg Trudeau isn’t included in a physical cover dent MP Chuck Cadman who died of skin Selinger announced his resignation as of the magazine, as fellow Canadians Ryan Ontario Tory leader runs cancer in 2005. NDP leader on election night last Tuesday. Reynolds and Drake are also featured in “I just happened to go to it, almost by Kevin Lamoureux has been an MP for the this issue and have their own real covers. Boston Marathon accident,” Mr. Casey said. “A committee riding of Winnipeg North since 2010. He won It said “having a third Canuck cover would a byelection that year, which was called after have ma-a-a-aybe been overkill.” Patrick Brown, leader of the Ontario Pro- ended early, the only time it ever ended gressive Conservative Party, was among those early in 17 years. So, I had chance to go to the seat was vacated by former NDP MP Judy GQ states that Mr. Trudeau “has come Wasylycia-Leis. He has been re-elected in each a long way from being just a snowboard- who ran in the Boston Marathon last week. it, so I went to it.” The opposition leader for Ontario ran Mr. Casey said the physician manning of the two general elections since then. He’s ing John Mayer doppelgänger,” and that he currently the parliamentary secretary for Gov- “dresses better than any other world leader.” the marathon in four hours, 16 minutes, the clinic did a basic check of his head, and three seconds, placing him 19,869th out hands, face, and neck. Just as Mr. Casey ernment House Leader Dominic LeBlanc. Meanwhile, Mr. Trudeau along with wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, U.S. President of the 27,491 participants. was about the leave, the doctor, who wasn’t Mr. Brown, who has participated in more busy, offered to do a more thorough check. Barack Obama, and fi rst lady Michelle House Affairs Obama appear on the cover of the April than a dozen marathons, told Orillia Today that Sure enough, malignant melanoma was he was not in optimal shape for the Boston found in the middle of Mr. Casey’s back. edition of Washington Life, which uses a Committee to look into picture from the state dinner held in Wash- run, having entered at the last minute in re- He later had two operations that took care sponse to a request to participate in support of of it. Testing during that process also found ington, D.C., last month, with a headline the C-14 leaks reads, “the 2016 A-List.” The theme is about the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.