50 years after his death, what would MLK think of today’s politics? p. 10 Les Whittington p. 9 In this federal Remembering offi ce, staff MPs, staff need to better Vimy, 101 write on the understand lobbying rules, years later walls and play board games say ex-MPs, observers p. 3 at work p. 5 TWENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 1520 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 $5.00 News NDP caucus News Liberals Put out to NDP discord shows lack of focus, pasture or not proactive? poor caucus management from Some longtime Liberals are leader Singh, say insiders feeling left out While MPs present Veteran Liberals are a united front, party pushing back on sources say Jagmeet the idea that older Singh’s punishment members are being of veteran MP David overlooked, disputing Christopherson reveals the accusation ageism poor communication is behind some recent and weak relationships Trudeau gaffes. with some in caucus. Backing off was the BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN right fi rst step to ustin Trudeau’s Liberals are Jlagging in the polls thanks rebuilding trust. in part to what insiders see as self-infl icted wounds brought on BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN by an inexperienced team and an unwillingness to lean on veteran DP leader Jagmeet Singh’s NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, seen entering a caucus retreat in January in Ottawa with press secretary James Smith, faced party members—grumblings that clash with caucus last week N public backlash from his caucus after he stripped veteran MP David Christopherson of his committee vice-chair post for have some slinging accusations of reveals his team has neglected not voting in line with the party, but the group is now presenting a united front. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade ageism. caucus management and good But the claim that age might lines of communication that party be a factor in the roles handed sources say may have a lasting Mr. Singh and NDP MPs are Singh removed the Hamilton Cen- age the move as harsh and an out by the Trudeau government impact with an anxious caucus presenting a united front now tre, Ont., MP from his role as vice- overreaction. Mr. Singh ultimately doesn’t sit well with some party still getting to know their leader, after he reversed punishment of chair of the Procedure and House reinstated Mr. Christopherson to faithful who dismiss the com- who only recently made the jump veteran MP David Christopherson Affairs Committee, prompting Continued on page 6 plaints as the kind of sour grapes from provincial to federal politics. for voting against the party. Mr. some members to openly dispar- Continued on page 7 News #MeT00 & politics The culture on the Parliament Hill “is very archaic,” Sen. Hartling It will take more than a law to change ‘archaic’ Hill told The Hill Times in an interview Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 last month, adding that a large part of getting away from that will come culture, says Senate sponsor of anti-harassment bill from education about and aware- ness of the issues of harassment, as Senators are split BY CHARELLE EVELYN says the bill’s Senate sponsor, Brunswick), “and it certainly well as workplace bullying. but it’s a step in the right direc- won’t fi x people in the rest of “Because any bill, whether it on whether the Red overnment legislation aimed tion towards a much-needed society, maybe working in retail be anti-smoking, anti-this, anti- Chamber should follow Gat handling and preventing change to the Hill’s “very archaic” or food services. This is going to that, it doesn’t just happen by a sexual harassment in federally culture. be step by step, piece by piece, bill,” she said. “It has to happen in the House’s footsteps regulated workplaces and Parlia- Bill C-65 is “not going to fi x but I think Canada is ready for through cultural change and ment Hill won’t be enough to everything,” said Independent cultural change. We have to catch with mandatory training. stop the longstanding problem, Senator Nancy Hartling (New up with it.” Continued on page 4 2 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018 | THE HILL TIMES Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper said he was saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Munk, who over Heard on the Hill the years donated nearly $300-million to causes and institutions. “Peter personifi ed the realization of the by Samantha Wright Allen, Charelle Evelyn, & Shruti Shekar Canadian dream: arrived in Canada as a refugee and built an impressive business and incredible philanthropic legacy. His life serves as an inspiration for us all,” Mr. Harper tweeted March 28 in reference to Mr. Munk’s journey fl eeing Hungary with his Jewish family when the Nazis invaded Catherine Tait named and later ending up in Toronto in 1948. From left, Senator Lillian Dyck, Indigenous Former Ontario NDP premier and later rights advocates Pamela Palmater and Sharon interim Federal Liberal Party leader Bob McIvor, and Senator Sandra Lovelace Nicholas. Rae called Mr. Munk “a truly remarkable man” with whom he had many “vigorous to ‘dream job’ as next Photograph courtesy of Senator Lillian Dyck discussions.” Ms. Corbiere-Lavell, Ms. Bédard, and Ms. McIvor have all been behind landmark CBC president court cases challenging the provisions in the Indian Act that strip women and their descendants of their Indian status if they Catherine Gerald Butts scores a spot marry non-Indigenous men. Tait was Sen. Lovelace Nicholas brought interna- announced to watch season premiere tional attention to the issue when she took as the new her petition over the Indian Act’s discrimi- president of Th e Americans nation to the United Nations, eventually and CEO leading to a change in law in 1985 that of the CBC Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s princi- reinstated status to the fi rst generation of Peter Munk, centre right, died March 28. He on Tuesday, pal secretary managed to fi t in a little fan people who were deemed ineligible. Ms. is pictured with Business Council of Canada taking over fun during a recent trip down south. Gehl also waged a decades-long fi ght in CEO John Manley, left, former Conservative as leader of Gerald Butts scored a spot at the season the Ontario courts to register as a status In- prime minister Brian Mulroney, and former the national premiere of TV show The Americans, post- dian following the 1985 change after being Conservative foreign affairs minister John broadcaster ing proof of the two tickets for the March deemed ineligible because of a perceived Baird, right. The Hill Times fi le photograph from Hubert 16 event at the Lincoln Center for himself gap in her paternal lineage. She was fi nally “His generosity, imagination, and spark Lacroix in and wife Jodi Butts. In its sixth and fi nal granted status last year. were extraordinary qualities,” he tweet- July. The season, the TV drama set during the Cold Sen. Dyck is currently the chair of the ed March 28. Hill Times War tells the story of a married couple pos- Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee, The University of Toronto was a regular photograph by ing as an average American family but are and with Sen. Lovelace Nicholas led the recipient, including the $35-million in 2010 Andrew Meade actually Soviet KGB offi cers. charge against the government to further On March 17, Mr. Butts had some even amend the Indian Act with Bill S-3 to re- to create his namesake Munk School of better brag-worthy content: backstage access. move all sex-based discrimination from the Global Affairs—the largest single gift for the institution at the time. He also donated eritage Minister Mélanie Joly unveiled “So this happened, comrades,” he posted Indian Act. more than $175-million to the Toronto the public broadcaster’s newest leader on Facebook, with a photo showing the H General Hospital, which created the Peter Tuesday morning, announcing producer Butts couple beaming while fl anked by cast John Ivison and his wife Munk Cardiac Centre in 1997. Catherine Tait as the incoming president leads Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys. Treasury Board President Scott Bri- and CEO of CBC. Mr. Butts frequently posts about his love were stranded in Morocco son tweeted he was an “exceptional entre- Ms. Tait, 60, has a career spanning more for the show, declaring it better than Mad preneur whose life embodied the Canadian than 25 years in the Canadian and U.S. fi lm Men and “the best thing on television” over What was supposed to be a trip to dream.” and TV business. She joins the CBC fresh the last two years on Twitter. Scotland for a friend’s wedding turned The recognition for the billionaire phi- off of her role as president of Duopoly, the into an extended Moroccan getaway for lanthropist wasn’t all glowing, with many independent fi lm, television, and digital the National Post’s John Ivison and his calling attention to the global mining com- content company she co-founded in 2002 in wife diplomat Dana Cryderman after their pany’s dubious record in some countries, Brooklyn, N.Y. passports were stolen. including accusations of abuse in Papua According to her Duopoly bio, Ms. Tait On March 26 Mr. Ivison posted on Face- New Guinea and Tanzania. began her cultural policy career at Telefi lm book a photo of the couple standing on Several Canadian politicians have popu- Canada and as Canada’s cultural attaché the beach—what they thought at the time lated Barrick’s advisory board, including to France.