EXCLUSIVE POLITICAL COVERAGE: NEWS, FEATURES, AND ANALYSIS INSIDE WEED & WOMEN FISHERIES SIX WAYS TO ABORIGINAL TIPPED LAST ACT NEEDS IMPLEMENT A OPPORTUNITIES PP. 19-27 ELECTION P. 10 OVERHAUL P. 13 CARBON TAX P. 13 TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR, NO. 1349 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 $5.00 NEWS LIBERAL CAUCUS NEWS DOMINIC LEBLANC NEWS LGBTQ RIGHTS ‘People are asking LeBlanc consulting ethics In wake of what we’re doing Orlando gay different from commissioner on how Irving nightclub attack, the previous family connection aff ects openly gay Grit government,’ his new Fisheries, Canadian MP says there’s Liberal MPs still prejudice in set up regional Coast Guard portfolio Liberal caucus caucuses on immigration, BY RACHEL AIELLO Openly gay Liberal MP Rob Oliphant says, despite having many allies in his cau- ‘No. 1’ riding issue cus, there are still people there with a “love the sinner but hate the sin” attitude when it BY ABBAS RANA comes to LGBTQ rights. In an interview with The Hill Times, the PARLIAMENT HILL—Government back- MP for Don Valley West, Ont., said that bench MPs say they have set up regional although he feels “tremendous support,” he caucuses to deal with immigration, the “No. 1” issue in major urban centres across Continued on page 32 Canada, because constituents are asking them what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has done in the last eight months to fi x the system and are com- LOBBYING MILITARY municating any problems to Immigration Minister John McCallum. ‘Everyone wants to Continued on page 6 Busy guy: Government House Leader Dominic LeBlanc is also now the minister of Fisheries, know what’s going Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright NEWS SUPREME COURT on,’ stakeholders BY DEREK ABMA to deal with addiction issues. Mr. LeBlanc had already disclosed with the Ethics Com- struggling to Opposition parties Government House Leader Dominic LeB- missioner’s Offi ce that James D. Irving is a lanc was still working out details last week “friend” and he has agreed to not be involved with the Offi ce of the Confl ict of Interest and in matters related to him or his company, J.D. get through to blast Liberals for Ethics Commissioner on how to go about his Irving Inc., with some exceptions. new job as minister of fi sheries, oceans and It remains to be seen how Mr. LeBlanc, government on lack of consultation the Canadian Coast Guard without running who is also the government House leader, into a confl ict of interest because of his con- can steer around this issue given that his new multi-billion on Supreme Court nections to the powerful Irving family. portfolio puts him in charge of, among other Mr. LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) took on things, getting new ships for the coast guard, dollar fi ghter-jet appointments this new role late last month after Hunter a business that J.D. Irving is involved in. Tootoo (Nunavut) abruptly resigned from the replacement despite election position and his spot in the Liberal caucus Continued on page 35 promise BY DEREK ABMA NEWS LEGISLATION Lobbyists in Ottawa say they’re hop- BY ABBAS RANA ing to get more feedback from the federal government on replacing Canada’s fl eet of The Liberals promised a “transpar- Parliament passes Bill C-14, House fi ghter jets, but so far it’s been relatively ent, inclusive, and accountable” process quiet on the multi-billion-dollar and politi- for Supreme Court appointments in last rises early, leaving remaining cally sensitive acquisition. year’s election platform, but with Parliament While the Liberal government has adjourning last week until mid-September, legislative agenda to Senate earned a reputation for being more forth- opposition parties say the government coming with lobbyists than its Conserva- still has not shared what judicial selection tive predecessors, they appear to be a little process they will use to fi nd a successor BY RACHEL AIELLO controversial physician-assisted dying bill, shy on consulting on replacing Canada’s for retiring Supreme Court Justice Thomas Bill C-14, leaving the Senate to pass the fl eet of fi ghter jets which has attracted Cromwell, who is stepping down on Sept. 1. Despite all the hype over a busy legisla- remaining bills, while holding up a number much media attention lately, say lobbyists. tive agenda, the House adjourned on Friday Continued on page 34 after the Senate passed the government’s Continued on page 4 Continued on page 17 2 THE HILL TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 FEATURE BUZZ my chances of recovery are excellent, but I After six years in Ottawa, Mr. Madan didn’t want to take any risks.” will be moving to CTV’s Washington, D.C., ON Sen. Dawson added that the decision bureau next month, just in time to cover THE of Justin Trudeau, Liberal leader and now what’s shaping up to be a surreal U.S. HEARD HILL prime minister, two years ago to expel Lib- presidential campaign. eral Senators from caucus was “one of the Don Martin, host of CTV’s Power Play, BY DEREK ABMA saddest days of my political career.” wrote in a message to Hill reporters: “The Yet, he said he’s come around to appreciate man of the hour has requested karaoke that the decision as the right one because Sen- and his intrepid friends are in the process ators’ newfound independence and the recent of securing such a device. Those of us with- appointment of seven “high-calibre Senators” out singing talents or voices can always has helped restore the Senate’s “legitimacy.” cower on the patio, weather permitting.” ‘It’s pretty hard when Sen. Dawson said the Senate is fulfi lling He noted how Mr. Madan will “cover its duties “with moderation, competence, presumptive future president Donald and sensitivity” with the many amend- Trump on the wall-building, immigration- you’re working on ments it has proposed for Bill C-14. blocking and daily-bizarre-comment beat.” Environics Communications’ Greg He added that besides the June 30 outing MacEachern, former Senate information being a chance to say goodbye to Mr. Madan, Macdonald to not become chief Francine Pressault, and The Toronto it will also be an opportunity “to celebrate the Star’s Susan Delacourt were among those summer holiday season kickoff,” noting that expressing their support for Sen. Dawson it happens one day after the North Ameri- on Twitter last week. can leaders summit involving Prime Min- extremely impressed with ister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Mexican President Enrique Berthiaume leaving Peña Nieto, and the scheduled address to Laurier,’ former Harper Citizen to join CP Canadian Parliament by Mr. Obama. speechwriter preparing Lee Three more senior public Berthiaume is leaving the servants on the move Ottawa Citizen book on Laurier speeches this month to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last join CP. The Hill week announced three more individuals Times photograph are changing roles at the senior levels of Arthur Milnes, by Jake Wright the public service. former speechwriter Leslie MacLean, associate deputy for Stephen Harper, minister of Fisheries and Oceans, will has edited a book become senior associate deputy minister about the defi ning of Employment and Social Development speeches of Wilfrid Lee Berthiaume said via Twitter last and chief operating offi cer of Service Laurier. He said he week that he’s leaving the Ottawa Citi- Canada, starting July 4. Kevin Stringer, considers Laurier zen’s parliamentary bureau to become a currently senior assistant deputy minister and John A. Mac- defence reporter for The Canadian Press at of ecosystems and fi sheries management donald, who he’s end of this month. in Fisheries and Oceans, will take over Ms. also put together Mr. Berthiaume has been writing copy MacLean’s former job on that date. a book on, the two that is used across the Postmedia chain Meanwhile, Philip Jennings, assistant best Canadian prime in newspapers such as the National Post, deputy minister of the industry sector for ministers of all time. Montreal Gazette, and Calgary Herald, Innovation, Science and Economic Develop- Images courtesy of and more recently papers in the Sun ment Canada, will become associate deputy Arthur Milnes tabloid chain and other former Quebecor minister of Natural Resources on July 11. publications. He’s been at the same offi ce for fi ve years. In 2014, the branding of copy rthur Milnes, a speechwriter for former people such as former British prime minister produced by that bureau changed to the De Adder cartoons make Aprime minister Stephen Harper from Tony Blair, Globe and Mail writers Jane Taber Ottawa Citizen from Postmedia News. De- 2012 to 2014 and a political history expert, and Lawrence Martin, former Ottawa Citizen fence and international affairs were among splash in U.S. has been putting together a book that in- publisher Russell Mills, former Ontario pre- the main topics he’s covered there. cludes some of the most important speeches mier Dalton McGuinty, current premiers Ra- He was also managing editor of Hill Times of former prime minster Wilfrid Laurier and chel Notley from Alberta and Christy Clark Publishing’s Embassy from 2006 to 2011. essays from several prominent Canadians from British Columbia, former Harper chief Mr. Berthiaume received much congratula- that put Laurier’s stature in perspective. of staff Nigel Wright, former interim Liberal tions from fellow journalists and politicos via The book is called Canada Always: The leader Bob Rae, and many others. social media last week for his new job, includ- Defi ning Speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.