Benefit of Canada’s public doubt rarely safety, national given to security must prioritize and Indigenous Gwynne confront violent peoples Dyer white supremacy By Rose LeMay p. 5 p.12 By Huda Mukbil p. 4 Michael Harris p.14 THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 1772 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 $5.00 News News News ‘Six systemic crises’ MPs, Taiwanese confronting Canada Canada needs a envoy highlight right now, and opportunities politicians, policy- to strengthen makers, health- new ‘fiscal anchor,’ care professionals relations need ‘systems between thinking’ to tackle Freeland needs to Taiwan, Canada them, says public amid COVID-19 policy expert share financial plans, fallout, China BY MIKE LAPOINTE tensions oliticians, policy-makers, and BY MIKE LAPOINTE Phealth-care professionals says PBO Yves Giroux have been too busy focusing on t a time of escalating tensions beating back the pandemic and between Canada and China trying to ensure Canadians are A in the midst of an ongoing U.S.- Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says he’s found it ‘much China trade war, a number of MPs Continued on page 20 more difficult to get information out of the minister’s office’ since Parliament and Taipei’s economic and cultural office representative in Canada say returned with Chrystia Freeland in charge of the nation’s finances. this is a “massive opportunity” for moves toward closer cooperation between this country and Tai- News Deputy Prime Minister wan—particularly in light of what’s and Finance required to rebuild our country’s Minister Chrystia battered economy in the months Senators zip lips Freeland, and years to come. pictured Sept. “Our mindset is very similar on Meredith deal 25, 2020, on the to yours,” said Winston Wen-yi Hill. The federal Chen, representative of the Taipei that includes gag government Economic and Cultural Office in should make Canada, in an interview with The order for harassed more details Hill Times. “With Canada and Tai- about its wan, because our structures are former staffers pandemic pretty complimentary, it makes it spending easy for us to work together and BY PETER MAZEREEUW plan public, to show the strengths to the out- says Canada’s side world in a challenging time.” enators who steer the powerful Parliamentary “You have such a huge abun- Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 SInternal Economy Committee Budget Officer dance of innovation, ideas, and fi- declined to comment last week on Yves Giroux. nancial resources, and in Taiwan, a financial settlement with former The Hill Times we can transform that knowledge staffers of disgraced ex-senator photograph by into manufacturing real things,” Don Meredith that included a gag Andrew Meade said Mr. Chen. order for the victims. As parts of Canada head into The Senate’s Internal Econ- the ‘second wave’ of the pandemic, omy Committee issued a state- BY PETER MAZERREUW demic spending plan public, in- Liberals will use as a new fiscal once again slowing sectors of the ment Oct. 14 that said the Senate cluding information about money “anchor” now that a declining economy already hard hit by the would pay nine of Mr. Meredith’s he federal government should set aside for yet-to-be announced debt-to-GDP ratio is unreachable, first, Mr. Chen emphasized the Tmake more details about its measures, the expected debt and Continued on page 19 historic, multi-billion-dollar pan- deficit by year’s end, and what the Continued on page 21 Continued on page 6 2 MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES dividual party loyalties to contribute to an Ms. Paul is seeking to win former important collective mission,” wrote con- finance minister Bill Morneau’s federal tributors Greg Sorbara, Zanana Akande, seat. Mr. Morneau resigned amid the gov- and Hugh Segal. Mr. Sorbara is a former ernment’s WE Charity controversy this Heard on the Hill Ontario Liberal finance minister and summer. president of the Ontario Liberal Party; Ms. Her bid to do so made headlines this Akande is a former NDP Ontario cabinet month when her predecessor, longtime by Palak Mangat minister who was the first Black woman to Green MP, former party leader and current serve in Ontario’s legislature and then in Green Party parliamentary leader Eliza- cabinet (under Bob Rae); and Mr. Segal is beth May, called on the NDP to stand a former Senator who once served as chief down in running a candidate in the riding, of staff to Progressive Conservative prime much as the Greens did when Jagmeet minister Brian Mulroney. Singh ran in a 2019 Burnaby South, B.C. ‘Good for their riding Noting they do not necessarily advocate byelection. The call went unheeded, with for the Green Party’s policies, the three the NDP saying its candidate, Brian Chang, said that “independent of our respective was chosen democratically. party platforms, the national dialogue Meanwhile, Ms. Paul has been renew- and good for political will only improve by adding the voice of a ing her calls to suspend the Oct. 26 vote to new national leader to the debates in our respect the advice of health experts amid the national legislature.” pandemic, a call that has also gone unheed- ed, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned discourse in Canada’: that conditions could worsen in the months to come. This month, the Ottawa, Peel, and Toronto regions were pulled back into a modified stage of reopening by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, after a sharp uptick in Sorbara, Akande, COVID-19 cases. Donner 2020 puts out call for Segal urge voters to submissions, announces new jurors The Donner Canadian Foundation’s Gregory Belton officially put out the call help Green Leader last week for submissions for the 2020 Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian. Those interested have until Nov. 30, 2020, to send in submissions Paul secure House of for the prestigious $50,000 book award for books published between Jan. 1 and Dec. Former Ontario cabinet minister Zanana Akande, 31, 2020. who served in office from 1990-1994, was among Commons seat the politicos who wrote new Green Leader Annamie Paul deserves a seat in the House. Photograph courtesy of Ontario Parliament Education’s Twitter A successful byelection bid of Green Party They noted Ms. Paul’s credentials in- Leader Annamie clude time at Princeton University and the Paul, pictured University of Ottawa, “notable internation- on Oct. 6, to al experience as a human rights lawyer,” enter the House and that she is the first Black woman to could improve the lead a national party. Ms. Paul speaks four ‘national dialogue languages—English, French, Spanish, and by adding the Catalan—and her parents are Caribbean voice of a new immigrants. She is also the Jewish mother national leader of two sons, aged 20 and 16, they added. to the debates “Our hope is that Liberals, Conserva- in our national tives, and NDP voters consider joining legislature,' wrote in with unaffiliated voters in Toronto a group of former Centre to elect Paul on Oct. 26. It would Former deputy health minister Glenda Yeates is politicians from be a notable moment in our political life, one of the two new jurors for the 2020 Donner different political an opportunity to go beyond what comes Prize. Photograph courtesy of Alberta Health Services parties this ‘natural.’ And with no disrespect or disloy- month. The Hill alty to each of our own parties, we hope “In these chaotic times, it’s even more Times photograph that Toronto Centre voters seriously con- critical to encourage a deep look at the by Andrew Meade sider Annamie Paul as both good for their significant issues facing Canadians and riding and good for political discourse in Canadian policy-makers. It is our hope that Canada.” authors have their ‘eye on the Prize’ as they hree politicos of different political 26 byelection in Toronto Centre presents a According to TVO’s Steve Paikin, who stripes threw their support behind “rare” opportunity. explore these issues in their books,” Mr. T spoke to Ms. Paul shortly after the piece Belton said in a press release. getting new Green Party Leader Annamie “There are rare occasions that should ran, the new leader said: “I love the spirit Paul a seat in the House last week, writing supersede partisanship, where it’s appro- of it … the goal of reminding people of a in The Toronto Star that the upcoming Oct. priate to step out of the armour of our in- better, less hyper-partisan time.” Continued on page 22 Designed for working professionals who must Asynchronous 4 courses + integrate climate risk management into their course content 16 months professional practice. 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