EDItor’s nOTE Editor An identity issue Ally Foster Associate Editors Rachel Aiello here has been a great deal of change in the learned, Alberta has a plan to get back in the Christina Leadlay Tpast year. And, with times of transformation game, and hopefully break the boom and bust Contributors comes the need for readjustment; it’s something cycle that has plagued it for decades (page 32). Anthony Jenkins we’ve done as a country for almost 150 years Meanwhile, Ontario’s economy is the topic Jake Wright Shruti Shekar now—many would say successfully. that premier-hopeful Patrick Brown is focusing Asha Hingorani As the final touches are put on Canada’s up- on, promising to turnaround a province that Chelsea Nash Laura Ryckewaert coming sesquicentennial celebrations, it’s a good he says is struggling. The leader of the Ontario Chris Guly time to take stock of new identities formed, on- Conservatives discusses his reputation, which Carl Meyer Martha Ilboudo going demands for reformation, recent attempts ranges from Conservative party savior, to enig- Charelle Evelyn to rebrand, and pleas to learn from the past. ma, to robot; as well as his political platform, Dali Carmichael Jean-Marc Carisse One of the most blatant changes in the past personal life, and his often-questioned personal- Guest columnists year has stemmed from the change in govern- ity—or, as some assert, a lack thereof (page 38). Patrick Leblond ment, as Justin Trudeau’s majority Liberals took As we talk about the forming of new identi- Dan Ciuriak Tim Powers the helm in Ottawa after almost a decade under ties, it’s important to recognize that often, this is Susan Smith the very different Harper leadership style. required during the closing of a chapter—also a Michael R. J. Bonner Cameron Groome Since October 19, 2015, Trudeau has lead recurring theme in this edition of P&I. We catch a parliamentary rebrand, ditching old school up with high-profile former MPs who lost their Photographers Jake Wright politics in favour of a Parliament of the people seat in the fall 2015 federal election to find out Sam Garcia (page 28), and recent signs suggest it’s working. what kind of post-politico identity they’ve been Vice President, A mid-September Angus Reid public opinion working on in Where are they now? (page 45), Marketing and Multi-Media Sales Steve Macdonald poll indicated that 65 per cent of those surveyed as well as sitting down with prison watchdog 613-688-8841 | [email protected] approve of his leadership. Howard Sapers, who, unless he receives yet Directors of Business Development Trudeau continues to form a collaborative another extension, will see his 12-year-run Craig Caldbick (perhaps, too collaborative? Page 20) diverse as ombudsman come to an end in about six 613-688-8827 | [email protected] Martin Reaume government, most recently evidenced by the ap- months (page 24). 613-688-8836 | [email protected] pointment of Bardish Chagger, the first woman So, as we cap off a year of big transforma- Samim Massoom and visible minority to be made Government tions and prepare for more adjustments ahead, 613-688-8840 | [email protected] House Leader. As P&I discovered, her personali- I hope this issue provides a snapshot of how the Advertising and Sponsorship Executive ty and commitment to the job qualifies her, even people, places, and ideas that drive our country’s Ulle Baum 613-240-4622 | [email protected] if her past experience—at first glance—may look change are responding, and what kind of identi- Production Manager wanting (page 58). ties we can expect to see formed and reformed in Benoit Deneault Trudeau is also crafting his own personal the process. Happy reading! Senior Graphic and Online Designer character as a prime minister. After a year in Joey Sabourin power, observers are still comparing and con- Tamer of Woodland Creatures trasting him to his father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Melanie Brown and while they’ve noticed some striking similar- Web Developers ities, a number of differences have also become Kobra Amirsardari Jean-Francoise Lavoie obvious to pundits. P&I chronicles the two General Manager, CFO Trudeaus in a photo essay with pictures from Andrew Morrow the archives of Pierre Trudeau’s photographer, Director of Advertising & Marketing Jean-Marc Carisse (page 48). Chris Peixoto And, as usual after the freshman year in pow- Director of Reader Sales Ryan O’Neill er, there are a large number of major issues that Trudeau will have to now make tough decisions Reader Sales and Marketing Manager Christopher Rivoire on, causing some to wonder if his seemingly Reader Development Account Executive impenetrable popularity will finally start to Sean Hansel show signs of wear-and-tear. On the horizon: Publishers major tasks like electoral reform and marijuana Anne Marie Creskey Jim Creskey legalization (in our zero-to-expert feature, find Ross Dickson out everything you need to know about how Published by Hill Times Publishing Canada will ‘go green’: page 76). 2016 Hill Times Publishing The economic news in Canada has been All Rights Reserved. Power & Influence is published four times a year. bleak, also requiring aggressive action from 69 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON K1P 5A5 Team Trudeau. There have been steep monthly 613-232-5952 hilltimes.com declines in GDP, partly due to ongoing troubles in Alberta, which includes low oil prices and the tragic Fort McMurray wildfire. But, as P&I Power & Influence Fall 2016 . 1 CONTRIBUTORS RACHEL AIELLO SHRUTI SHEKAR MARTHA ILBOUDO Reporter for The Hill Times Editor of The Lobby Monitor Martha is a freelance journalist in Ottawa. Associate editor, P&I magazine Shruti received her Originally from Ghana, she Rachel predominately MA in journalism from was five years old when covers legislation and Western University. She her family moved to Canada the latest in House and was born in India, grew and settled in Montreal, Que. When Senate committees by up mostly in Singapore, she’s not chasing her next big story day, and the Hill social and currently resides in Canada. she doesn’t mind getting lost in a good circuit at night as a Party Central When she isn’t writing about the book or two. columnist. Rachel also loves getting lobbying industry, she creates to work on a good glossy feature lifestyle-related videos and has her and snappy sidebar. One of her own mini talk show series on her CHARELLE EVELYN favourite times of the week is the YouTube channel. Reporter at The Wire Report Thursday Question in the House, Forged from a single block and thinks a well- organized Excel ASHA HINGORANI spreadsheet is a thing of beauty. of sarcasm, Charelle has Outside of work she’s the Canadian Asha, a certified been making a go of this Association of Journalist’s National sommelier, is the journalism game since Capital Region representative and former editor of wrangling a Bachelor of community manager. Also, she has Parliament Now and Journalism degree from Carleton a cat named Basil. wine writer for then- University in 2008. Always up for an Embassy News. Asha teaches adventure, Charelle has done a range regulatory communications at of unusual things for stories, including CHRISTOPHER GULY Algonquin College and is the jumping into a frozen lake, auditioning Contributing writer for P&I magazine Human Resources Manager and for Canadian Idol, going speed-dating Staff Ombudsperson at Hill Times at an amusement park, and travelling Chris is a contributing Publishing. Asha can sometimes be to Disney World and back in one day. writer to The Hill found hosting wine events in the Times and has been Byward Market and never turns a member of the DALI CARMICHAEL down a glass of good vino! Canadian Parliamentary Dali Carmichael is a Press Gallery since 1993. journalist living in northern CHELSEA NASH Alberta, just south of the ANTHONY MARS JENKINS Reporter for The Hill Times oil sands of Fort McMurray. She first found her footing Illustrator Chelsea is a recent as a reporter in the Northwest graduate from Carleton Anthony was born in Territories, and it was there she fell in University’s journalism Toronto where he love with the bush. She regularly covers program, where she delivered The Globe and Alberta politics, and natural resources, specialized in international Mail in his youth, then indigenous, and environmental issues. affairs. She now covers foreign affairs worked at the newspaper and diplomacy. She is an enthusiastic as a cartoonist for nearly 40 years. follower of the political process both JEAN-MARC CARISSE, BA He now lives in bucolic Mono, Ont. at home and abroad, and caught the www.jenkinsdraws.com. Photographer and author travel bug at a young age. Jean-Marc was hired as JAKE WRIGHT official photographer CARL MEYER by PM Pierre Trudeau’s The Hill Times Photographer Contributing Writer for National Liberal Caucus in Jake joined The Hill P&I magazine the mid 1970s, and went Times in 2002 and has on to serve John Turner’s and Carl Meyer is a freelance covered five federal Jean Chrétien’s PMO. He continues journalist based in elections, and most, if to work as a freelance and portrait Ottawa, and the former not all, of Ottawa’s political photographer from his café and studio. managing editor of elite through his lens. In 2010, he His website is www.carissephoto.com spent three months in Afghanistan what was The Hill Times’ embedded with the U.S. military. sister publication, Embassy newspaper. 2 . Power & Influence Fall 2016 2016_ITS_TIME_Ad_Layout 1 6/17/2016 4:15 PM Page 1 To recognize that there is more to Canada’s auto sector than making and selling vehicles.