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NORTHERNLABRADOR
Twofacesofthesamecrisis:
tuberculosis,housing ACHINA
ActivistwhocalledXiouton
coronavirusisdetained AA former top policy adviser to On-
tario Premier Doug Ford has reg-
istered as a lobbyist for a pharma-
ceutical company that is trying to
persuade the provincial govern-
ment to keep funding the coun-
try’s most lucrative drug.
Greg Harrington, who played a
senior role ongovernment health
files, registered as a lobbyist for
Janssen Inc. on Jan. 31. During his
time in the Premier’s Office, Mr.
Harrington said he met with Jans-
sen officials once or twice over
concerns the province would
force patients ongovernment-
sponsored drug insurance to
switch from the company’s drug
Remicade – an intravenous treat-
ment for rheumatoid arthritis,
Crohn’s disease and ulcerative
colitis – to cheaper alternatives
called biosimilars.
Mr. Harrington is the latest in a
group of lobbyists with close ties
to Mr. Ford and his Progressive
Conservative Party that Janssen
has enlisted to help dissuade the
Ontariogovernment from follow-
ing British Columbia and Alber-
ta’s lead and covering only the
biosimilars of Remicade.
LOBBYIST,ARemicade
makerrecruits
formerDoug
Fordadviser
aslobbyist
JILLMAHONEY
KELLYGRANTTORONTOAs Bombardier Inc. burned
through cash from a struggling
rail business and saw signs of a
weakening private jet market, its
board of directors came to a reluc-
tant conclusion late last summer:
The company was going to hit a
wall if it didn’t take drastic action.
Alain Bellemare was trying to
turn the company around. But
nearly five years after he was
named CEO, Bombardier re-
mained heavily indebted despite
selling a myriad of assets. It was
still not making enough money
from daily operations to cover ex-
penses. If a major downturn
came, its financial cushion could
vanish. As bond repayments
loomed, big customers continued
to ask questions about the compa-
ny’s viability. Directors did not see
a path forward for the Canadian
multinational short of a major as-
set sale, according to information
obtained by The Globe and Mail.
The firm’s fundamental prob-
lem was an excessively weak bal-
ance sheet trying to support two
capital-intensive businesses, said
one person close to the situation.
BOMBARDIER,AInside
Bombardier’s
decision
tosellits
railbusiness
NICOLASVANPRAET
ERICREGULYThe Liberalgovernment relies on a large
network of party officials and supporters
to decide which lawyers receive sought-af-
ter judicial appointments, e-mails ob-
tained by The Globe and Mail show.
Liberal MPs, ministerial staff members
and even party volunteers have been in-
volved in candidate vetting since the feder-
al government revamped the process in
2016, after having accused the previous
Conservativegovernment of politicizing
appointments.
The dozens of e-mails between ministe-
rial staffers from 2017 and 2018 detail wide-
spread partisan involvement in the selec-
tion of new judges, offering unpreceden-
ted insight into the inner workings
of the current judicial appointment proc-
ess.
The e-mails also show clear tensions
during that time frame between the minis-
ter of justice’s office, which handles the ap-
pointment process, and the Prime Minis-ter’s Office, which collaborates on those
decisions.
The PMO ensures Liberal MPs are con-
sulted on all nominations in their ridings,
the e-mails show, using the judicial candi-
dates’ postal codes to determine where
they live. In 2018, a member of the PMO’s
appointment branch asked then-justice
minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s office for
the results of MP consultations for more
than a dozen candidates, despite the con-
cerns of her judicial affairs adviser, Fran-
çois Giroux.
JUDGES,AE-mailsrevealnetworkofLiberals
involvedinjudicialappointments
MPs,staffmembers,partyvoluntee rs,judgesconsultedin candidatevettingprocess
DANIELLEBLANC
PARLIAMENTARYAFFAIRSREPORTER
OTTAWA
The blockade of a critical rail link between
Montreal and Toronto has caused the large-
st disruption in Canadian National Railway
Co.’s modern history, the company warned
Monday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
emerged from an emergency cabinet meet-
ing and disclosed no plan to solve the crisis.
The federalgovernment has committed
to dialogue with First Nations to end a se-
ries of anti-pipeline protests that have
sprung up on railways, bridges and high-
ways across Canada. However, business
leaders are increasing pressure on the gov-
ernment for a quick resolution and warn of
mounting economic damage as the coun-
try’s rail network has come to a standstill
across Eastern Canada.
Mr. Trudeau said on Monday morning
that he’s spoken with Indigenous leaders
and provincial premiersas hisgovernment
works on a plan to respond to the protests.
“I understand how worrisome this is for
so many Canadians and difficult for many
people and families across the country. We
are going to continue to focus on resolving
this situation quickly and peacefully,” he
told reporters.
The protests began nearly two weeks ago
after the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwe-t’en Nation intensified their opposition to
the construction of a $6.6-billion natural
gas pipeline across British Columbia. Lo-
cals blocking the pipeline’s construction
and ignoring a court order were ejected by
an RCMP raid.
After the police intervention, protests
sprung up across Canada. The main clash is
in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in Onta-
rio where protesters have blocked CN’s
main line.
The Ontario Provincial Police so far
haven’t enforced a court injunction to clear
the tracks and federal ministers have shied
away from a police response that they’ve
warned could inflame the situation.
BLOCKADE,ATrudeau tight-lippedonplantoend
railblockades‘quicklyandpeacefully’
ProtestersgatheratQueen’sParkinTorontoonMondaytosupportWet’suwet’enhereditarychiefs.TIJANAMARTIN/THECANADIANPRESS
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