Cause to celebrate, but can’t let our guard down p. 12 HOH p.2 Trudeau should hold a Bianca fed-prov conference p. 11 Mugyenyi Michael p.8 Harris p.4 Jim Creskey p.15 THIRTY-SECOND YEAR, NO. 1782 CANADA’S POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 $5.00 News News News Trump’s failure to Feds’ concede to have PMO’s Canada-U.S. climate bill ‘very little’ impact a ‘significant on Canada-U.S. relations team gearing relations, says achievement’— Bruce Heyman up for transition to and it’s full of BY ABBAS RANA holes: experts ncertainty about the trans- BY PETER MAZEREEUW Ufer of power between U.S. presidents will have “very little” Biden administration he federal government’s new impact on America’s reputation Temissions target legislation or its relationship with Canada Brian Clow, the PMO’s director of issues management, parliamentary affairs delivers on the Liberal party’s or other countries, says a former promise to confront climate U.S. ambassador to Canada. and Canada-U.S. relations, remains at the helm, and works closely with change, but leaves plenty of Elise Wagner, adviser on Canada-U.S. relations. It’s about to get interesting. wiggle room for future govern- Continued on page 21 ments to shrug off the goal of a net-zero emissions economy by Inside the 2050, say two experts in environ- PMO: The mental policy who have followed News PMO’s the issue closely. Canada-U.S. Relations Continued on page 18 When it comes and Issues Management to dissenting team are keeping News female MPs and busy these days. The white male MPs, Hill Times ‘Always a rolling photographs Trudeau’s got a by Andrew target to bring Brian Clow Meade and about big change’: double standard, courtesy of says former LinkedIn Fergus says he’s Grit MP Caesar- optimistic in feds’ anti-racism strategy Chavannes, progress, ‘but we’re who’s promoting not there yet’ Publications Mail Agreement #40068926 upcoming book BY MIKE LAPOINTE BY ABBAS RANA early 18 months following the Nintroduction of the federal gov- rime Minister Justin Trudeau ernment’s anti-racism strategy and Phas one set of rules for dis- Elise Wagner nine months into the COVID-19 senting female MPs who suffer pandemic, Minister of Diversity, the consequences if they take BY MIKE LAPOINTE nearly four years ago following tration on the response to the Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chag- a stand on their principles, and the election of President Donald COVID-19 pandemic, trade issues, ger says although the government another for white male MPs who slimmed-down Canada-U.S. Trump remains in place heading climate and energy, as well as a is making progress, “there’s a lot of A relations unit first established into president-elect Joe Biden’s Continued on page 17 within the Prime Minister’s Office administration, with a concen- Continued on page 20 Continued on page 16 2 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 | THE HILL TIMES rime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has P5.3 million followers on Twitter, threw his support behind a popular new COVID ad from Germany last week, encouraging people to stay home and hailing couch potatoes as heroes. Heard on the Hill The one minute and 37-second ad, which went viral on Twitter, features an older gentleman in the future recalling his by Palak Mangat “service” and school days during the winter of 2020, as much of the world plunged into the second wave of COVID-19. A 22-year- old at the time, he reflected that “at this ‘Our couch was our front age, you want to celebrate, study, get to know someone, or go for a drink with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s partner, Sophie friends. But fate had other plans for us.” Grégoire Trudeau, shared this image to her Instagram Calling the pandemic an “invisible dan- line, our patience was our social media account last week. Photograph courtesy ger” that plunged the fate of the world into of Sophie Grégoire Trudeau’s Instagram his hands, the video strikes an inspirational tone before switching to a record scratch. weapon’: German COVID “Do you actually love the way you look? “We did nothing! Were lazy like raccoons,” Be honest. It’s easy to judge ourselves these he said. “Our couch was our front line and days. We are constantly bombarded with false our patience was our weapon … that’s how images of perfection that reinforce unattainable ad hailing couch potatoes as we became heroes.” standards. It feels like it never stops … but you Mr. Trudeau, who has been urging Ca- know what? It needs to stop. The #AsSheIs cam- nadians to stay home to combat the spread paign promotes real, raw and authentic. And heroes earns Trudeau’s nod of cases, shared the video in an effort to we need more of this. Let’s celebrate everyone’s urge people to follow suit. uniqueness—’flaws’—and all. And let’s embrace “It doesn’t matter what language you who we are. This is who I am,” Ms. Grégoire speak, the message is clear. You can be the posted on Instagram along with the same mes- hero in the fight against this virus – and you sage in French and a photo of herself. don’t even have to do that much,” he said. The challenge encourages women to His tweet, which was retweeted 19,700 share unfiltered and unedited photos of times, came a week after Canada’s chief Pub- themselves, which can take the form of lic Health Officer Theresa Tam warned that minimal or no makeup. there could be more than 10,000 new daily Ms. Grégoire Trudeau, a former enter- reported cases by early December if Canadi- tainment and culture reporter, is a vocal ans do not change course. As of Nov. 19, that advocate for women’s empowerment, and figure was 4,788 new cases for the last week. has in the past taken part in campaigns that encourage women and girls to explore Sophie Grégoire Trudeau takes opportunities in education, human rights, part in ‘authentic’ online trend and climate change. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Mr. Trudeau’s spouse, took part in a social media chal- National Post columnist Ivison lenge last week. pushes new book on Robbie Burns A one minute and 37-second German video featuring an older gentleman recalling his youth and Dubbed the #AsSheIs campaign, the National Post national affairs colum- 'service' to his country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, much of which included staying at home initiative “promotes real, raw, and authen- nist John Ivison has another book coming and being a couch potato hero, got passing marks from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this month. tic,” wrote Ms. Grégoire Trudeau on her Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter Instagram account. 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Trump has two pictured Those court failures have Nov. 13, finally gotten the real Donald months to lash out 2020, Trump to stand up, in all his will go to dictatorial, narcissistic and before Joe Biden takes hold onto psychopathic glory.