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Prosecutors get new orders How clashes

with PM, PMO
on illegal drug charges led to Morneau’s
resignation
Federal service directive moves Canada toward effectively decriminalizing possession
BILL CURRY OTTAWA

SEAN FINE TORONTO independent Public Prosecution Ser- The directive comes as deaths from
IAN BAILEY VANCOUVER vice of Canada (PPSC) does not involve opioid overdoses are soaring, with 728 Bill Morneau walked into Justin Trudeau’s
new legislation approved by Parlia- alone in British Columbia in the first home Monday to resign as finance minis-
ment, unlike the Trudeau govern- six months of the year, compared with ter, after a recent direct appeal to the Prime
Canada has taken a step toward effec- ment’s legalization of cannabis use in 198 from COVID-19. Minister to stop leaks about him failed to
tively decriminalizing the possession 2018. The prosecutors are being told sub- end the stream of negative stories he be-
of illegal drugs, with the federal prose- Instead, it comes in the form of stance use is at least in part a health lieved were orchestrated by top officials in
cution service issuing a new directive fresh instructions in the PPSC Desk- issue, and that alternatives to prose- the Prime Minister’s Office.
permitting prosecution only in the book, which sets out the principles cution, such as treatment or restora- According to this account by a senior
most serious cases – those that put that prosecutors must follow. tive justice programs, should be used government official who is close to Mr.
public safety, and especially children, The prosecution service has some for offenders with substance-use dis- Morneau, Mr. Trudeau did not ask his fi-
at risk. discretion in the way it implements orders. nance minister to stay in the job during the
The directive this week from the crime legislation. DRUGS, A7 Monday meeting and Mr. Morneau ulti-
mately submitted his resignation. The brief
meeting took place at the Prime Minister’s
temporary residence in Ottawa near Ri-
[ MALI ] deau Hall.
The Globe and Mail is not identifying the
official so that they could speak freely
about private discussions.
Although both men spoke only positive-
ly of each other in public this week, it is
clear the high-profile political breakup in
the middle of a pandemic exposed a sim-
mering tension at the centre of the Liberal
government.
The differences between Mr. Trudeau
and the only finance minister he has had
were slow-burning at first. There were re-
peated disagreements between the PMO
and the minister’s office throughout the
pandemic over the size of emergency mea-
sures and their policy rationale.
The government official pointed to the
May announcement of $2.5-billion for se-
niors as one of several points of contention.
The official claimed PMO staff were more
focused on announcing policies based on
political motivations rather than genuine
policy need. In the case of seniors, for in-
stance, most are on fixed incomes that
would not be affected by the pandemic.
The PMO and Mr. Morneau’s team also
disagreed over the size of Canada Emergen-
cy Response Benefit payments, with the
PMO’s push for larger payments winning
out over Mr. Morneau’s concern that higher
amounts could create disincentives for
people to return to work, the official said.
Mr. Morneau’s standing with the PMO
People celebrate as soldiers drive through the streets of Bamako on Wednesday after a coup was not helped by his surprise announce-
that forced Mali's president from power. ASSOCIATED PRESS ment last month, at a parliamentary hear-
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donors are being urged to reconsider their supporters, providing a total of about
massive financial and security support for $1.6-billion in development aid over the
Mali’s dysfunctional government. past 20 years, along with hundreds of mil-
Soldiers seized power in the West Afri- itary peacekeepers and police trainers. SEC U R ITY
can country on Tuesday for the second Other countries, including France, have
time since 2012, capitalizing on mass pro- sent thousands of soldiers and military Police investigates data leak
tests and rising discontent with a govern- vehicles to fight Islamist radicals. The aid, at Royal Military College A4
ment that has failed to end years of vio- however, has failed to end the violent
lent insurgencies and corruption. The conflict that has devastated the country.
mutinying soldiers were greeted with ju- MALI, A4

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AUG. 20, 1920

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SALZBURG MUSIC
FESTIVAL BEGINS
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ne hundred years ago today, theatre direc-
tor Max Reinhardt and poet and librettist
Hugo von Hofmannsthal, who were both
Austrian Jews, helped found a festival in
Mozart’s birthplace seeking to restore pride in the
music and art of their homeland after the humili-
ation of the First World War. From the very begin-
ning, the festival was a success. However, by 1938,
Austria had enthusiastically embraced Nazi Ger-
many and Jews were no longer welcome at Salzburg,
although Hitler preferred the Wagner festival at
Bayreuth. After the war, under the baton of Herbert
von Karajan – the less said about his ties to the
Nazis, the better – Salzburg became the world’s
leading festival of classical concerts and opera.
Theatre is now prominent as well. Even coronavirus
can’t keep the festival down: a shortened season
with mandatory masks, half-full theatres and no in-
termissions is under way for those who can afford a
ticket. (Tickets are $695 for a top-price seat at the
Aug. 18 performance of Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte,
according to the festival’s website.) Travel restric-
tions mean there will be no visitors from the United
States this year. JOHN IBBITSON

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‘This can’t be real’: Cape Breton man
wins lottery for second time in seven years
KEITH DOUCETTE HALIFAX

Raymond Lillington stared at his

lottery ticket in disbelief after last
Saturday’s Lotto 649 draw, think-
ing he couldn’t have won a jack-
pot worth several million dollars
– again.
“I thought, ‘oh my God this
can’t be real,’ ” the Cape Breton
man told reporters Wednesday af-
ter collecting his $17.4-million
prize with his wife, Gaye, in Hali-
fax.
“So I turned around to Gaye
and said ‘it’s us again!’ and she
said, ‘what?’ I said, ‘it’s us again!’ ”
Mr. Lillington’s recent win was the
second-largest lottery prize ever
awarded in Nova Scotia and it fol-
lowed his $3.2-million win in 2013.
The 70-year-old retired Parks
Canada worker from Dingwall,
N.S., said it’s hard to believe his
good fortune given the odds of
winning once – let alone twice.
“Six out of six numbers with
the odds that they are – and to do
it twice, I was just overwhelmed,”
Bulthaup Toronto Inc. Mr. Lillington said. “I thought … I
280 King Street East must check it again and after
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phone +1 416 361 9005 well I thought, I’ve got to be right.”
toronto.bulthaup.com He said he continued to buy
lottery tickets after his first win
and joked that he would win
again, although he didn’t really
believe that.
Ms. Lillington said she also
didn’t believe it when her hus-
band gave her the news.
“I thought he was kidding me,
but when I saw the look on his
face, it was, ‘oh no, here we go
again.’ It’s real,” she chuckled.
Mr. Lillington said his first lot-
tery win set the couple up for re-
tirement and allowed them to
travel and purchase things such
as a new home and vehicles.
Raymond Lillington and his wife, Gaye, hold their cheque for
$17.4-million during a presentation ceremony in Halifax on
Wednesday. KEITH DOUCETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS
The new windfall will mostly
go toward helping out their five
Six out of six children and six grandchildren,
he said, adding he also intends to
numbers with the support some local organiza-
odds that they are tions.
– and to do it twice, “We’re from a small area in
Cape Breton and we have our own
I was just
small hospitals and stores, and
overwhelmed. they all need help,” he said.
“They’re there for us and we’d like
RAYMOND LILLINGTON
LOTTO 649 WINNER to be there for them too if we can.”
Mr. Lillington said he was also
happy for the owners of the local
store where he bought the ticket –
the Cabot Trail Food Market in
Cape North. The store will get
about 1 per cent of the winnings –
or about $174,000.
When asked if there are any les-
sons to be learned from his luck at
playing the lottery, Mr. Lillington
was ready with an answer. “If you
want a chance, you have to buy a
ticket.”
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TH U RS DAY , AUGUST 20, 2020
Lukashenko orders police to stop protests
EU rejects results of
Aug. 9 election that
saw Belarus’s current
President claim victory,
announces sanctions
against officials
ANDREI MAKHOVSKY MINSK
GABRIELA BACZYNSKA BRUSSELS
Hundreds of Belarussian protes-
ters gathered in Minsk on
Wednesday evening, defying a
new order from President Alexan-
der Lukashenko to his police to
clear the streets of the capital after
a week and a half of rallies against
his rule.
Holding an emergency summit
on the crisis, the European Union
rejected Mr. Lukashenko’s re-
election in a disputed vote on
Aug. 9 and announced financial
sanctions against officials the
bloc blames for election fraud and
the abuse of protesters.
“This is about the Belarussian
people and their legitimate right
to determine the future path of
their country,” said the head of
the EU’s executive commission,
Ursula von der Leyen.
Her comment was echoed by
Democrat presidential candidate
Joe Biden.
“The brave citizens of Belarus
are showing their voices will not
be silenced by terror or torture,”
he tweeted, adding that Russia,
Belarus’s giant neighbour, should
not interfere.
“This is not about geopolitics
but the right to choose one’s lead-
ers.”
Mr. Lukashenko, a gruff former
collective farm boss facing the
biggest crisis of his 26-year rule,
has blamed foreign countries for
UN crisis looms as U.S. readies demand to reimpose Iran sanctions
EDITH M. LEDERER
MATTHEW LEE TANZANIA
After a resounding defeat in the
UN Security Council, the United
States is poised to call for the
United Nations to reimpose sanc-
tions on Iran under a rarely used
diplomatic manoeuvre – a move
that is likely to further isolate the
Trump administration and may
set off a credibility crisis for the
United Nations.
The sanctions had been eased
under the 2015 nuclear deal that
U.S. President Donald Trump
withdrew from two years ago. But
last week the U.S. lost its long-
shot bid to indefinitely extend an
international arms embargo on
Iran and has now moved to a new
diplomatic line of attack.
Secretary of State Mike Pom-
peo said Wednesday the move
would come “soon,” but he would
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Belarussian opposition supporters shine phone lights and wave old Belarussian national flags during a protest
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stirring unrest and funding pro-
testers. At least two protesters
have died and thousands have
been jailed, many emerging to
complain of beatings and abuse.
“There should no longer be any
disorder in Minsk of any kind,” Mr.
Lukashenko said in remarks re-
ported by state news agency Belta,
announcing the new police crack-
down in the capital. “People are
tired. People demand peace and
quiet.”
By early Wednesday evening,
there was no sign of a major new
operation to clear demonstrators
from the streets. Hundreds of pro-
testers assembled in front of the
Interior Ministry, which runs the
police. A large number of officers
were stationed there with vans,
not discuss timing. He was ex-
pected to travel to New York on
Thursday to notify the Security
Council president that the U.S.
was invoking the “snapback”
mechanism in the council’s reso-
lution that endorsed the nuclear
deal.
Mr. Pompeo will also meet
with UN Secretary-General Anto-
nio Guterres at his residence, UN
spokesman Stéphane Dujarric
said Wednesday.
“I don’t have any announce-
ments on timing about what
we’re going to do, but the Presi-
dent’s made clear we’re going to
do it soon and we will,” Mr. Pom-
peo told reporters, brushing aside
concerns that other countries
may not recognize the American
move.
“This will be a fully valid en-
forceable Security Council resolu-
tion and we have every expecta-
tion that it will be enforced just
but they took no action.
People chanted “Resign!” and
“Let them out!” while passing cars
honked their horns in the rain.
“Of course, as a girl I am afraid,”
a protester who gave her name as
Yulia, 28, said of demonstrating in
front of the police. “I am afraid
every time. But I am even more
afraid that nothing will change. So
we are afraid, but we come out.”
Mikhail, 38, said the demon-
strators had picked the spot be-
cause the Interior Ministry “took
part in terrible crimes. We won’t
stop because it is impossible to
live like this any more.”
Earlier, police dispersed a dem-
onstration and detained two peo-
ple at the Minsk Tractor Works
(MTZ) plant. Police also took con-
like every other Security Council
resolution that is in place,” he
said. “We will be in full compli-
ance with that and we have every
expectation that every country in
the world will live up to its obliga-
tions.”
Snapback allows participants
to demand the restoration of all
UN sanctions in a complicated
procedure that cannot be blocked
by a veto.
Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Trump
have made no secret of their in-
tention to invoke snapback, espe-
cially since their attempt to ex-
tend the arms embargo suffered
an embarrassing defeat last Fri-
day. The U.S. won just one other
“yes” vote, with China and Russia
opposed and the 11 other mem-
bers abstaining.
“Iran’s support for its proxies
in Syria only helps to bolster the
Assad regime and undermine the
UN process,” said U.S. Ambassa-
trol of the main state drama theat-
re in Minsk, a flashpoint for pro-
tests since its director was fired for
speaking out against the mistreat-
ment of demonstrators.
Mr. Lukashenko ordered bor-
der controls tightened to prevent
an influx of “fighters and arms,”
and intelligence agencies to
search for organizers of demon-
strations.
The EU wants to avoid a repeat
of violence in neighbouring Uk-
raine, where a pro-Moscow leader
was ousted in a popular uprising
six years ago, triggering a Russian
military intervention and Eu-
rope’s deadliest continuing con-
flict.
“Belarus must find its own
path, that must happen via dia-
dor Kelly Craft in remarks at
Wednesday’s council meeting on
Syria. “How will giving Iran access
to more weapons serve the inter-
ests of international peace and
security?”
Just like the arms embargo ex-
tension, the administration’s
snapback plan is bitterly opposed
by China and Russia as well as the
other Security Council members,
including U.S. allies Britain and
France, and could set the stage for
a battle over the legitimacy of the
UN’s most powerful body.
Alone among the council’s 15
members, the U.S. argues that as
an original participant in the nu-
clear deal it retains the right to de-
mand restoration of sanctions.
The others, which still support
the deal, maintain the U.S. lost
that standing when Mr. Trump
pulled out of the accord in 2018,
but it isn’t clear if they can stop
the invocation of snapback
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logue in the country and there
must be no intervention from
outside,” German Chancellor
Angela Merkel said.
Ruling out any role for herself
as a mediator in the crisis, Ms.
Merkel said she had tried to
phone Mr. Lukashenko, but “he
refused to talk to me, which I re-
gret.”
Russia has consistently warned
the West against meddling in Be-
larus, which has the closest eco-
nomic, cultural and political ties
to Moscow of all the former Soviet
republics and is central to Russia’s
European defence strategy.
On Wednesday, Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov ac-
cused unidentified foreign pow-
ers of interfering, which he called
unacceptable.
EU officials say the situation
differs from Ukraine in 2014, not
least because the Belarus opposi-
tion does not seek to loosen ties
with Russia, only to get rid of Mr.
Lukashenko.
“Belarus is not Europe,” EU In-
dustry Commissioner Thierry
Breton said, comparing it to pro-
Western Ukraine and Georgia,
both targets of Russian military
operations. “Belarus is really
strongly connected with Russia
and the majority of the popula-
tion is favourable to close links
with Russia.”
But some European officials,
especially in countries close to Be-
larus, have called for a firmer line
to back the opposition and push
back if Moscow supports any
move to crush it.
The Kremlin faces the choice of
sticking with Mr. Lukashenko to
see whether he can cling on, or
trying to manage a transition to a
new leader who would keep
Minsk in Moscow’s orbit.
REUTERS
through technical procedural
means.
The U.S. argument is highly
controversial. It has been ridi-
culed by the Chinese, Russians
and Europeans, and not even the
biggest Iran hawks in the U.S. all
agree with it.
Former Trump national securi-
ty adviser John Bolton, no slouch
when it comes to anti-Iran posi-
tions, has long said that the U.S.
lost its snapback standing when it
withdrew from the deal and that
moving ahead is not worth the
damage it could do to U.S. veto
power in the council.
In a stunningly rare moment of
agreement, Iran’s Foreign Minis-
ter Mohammad Javad Zarif
praised Mr. Bolton this week. “At
least he is consistent – a trait no-
tably absent in this U.S. adminis-
tration,” Mr. Zarif tweeted.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Soldiers’ data leaked after cyberattack at RMC

RCMP and intelligence
agencies helping DND
investigate ransomware
group now publishing
documents on dark web
COLIN FREEZE
Federal authorities, including the
RCMP, are investigating a data
breach at the Royal Military Col-
lege after hackers posted docu-
ments that reveal soldiers’ per-
sonal information online.
Experts say the leak is a glaring
example of the growing threat
that “ransomware” poses to orga-
nizations.
In a statement released
Wednesday, the Department of
National Defence said it is work-
ing with several federal agencies
to probe the breach affecting RMC
in Kingston and three affiliated
military schools that use a shared
computer network.
In addition to RCMP detectives,
intelligence agency experts are al-
so involved. “We continue to work
with RCMP National Cyber Crime
and [Ontario] Division who are
actively investigating,” DND said
in an e-mail to The Globe and
Mail, adding that intelligence
analysts at the Canadian Centre
for Cyber Security are also work-
ing “to minimize any potential
impact to our people and oper-
ations.”
The Globe first reported the
ransomware attack in early July.
At that time, the school’s dean of
engineering said in a blog post
that fixing problems would most-
ly be a matter of restoring data
that had been scrambled from
afar by a hacking group.
But it is now clear that the
hackers did not merely encrypt
RMC’s data – they also took, or
“exfiltrated,” corporate records,
including ones detailing stu-
dents’ lives and academic ambi-
tions.
Such double-barrelled attacks
are an example of the evolving
way in which ransomware hack-
ers shake down the organizations
they infiltrate for money, experts
say.
“Up until the end of last year,
ransomware groups simply en-
crypted their victims’ data. Start-
ing in November they began steal-
ing it, too, to use the stolen data as
additional leverage to extort pay-
ments,” said Brett Callow, a threat
analyst at Emsisoft.
The New Zealand-based com-
pany is among several cyberse-
curity firms monitoring fallout
from the data breach at RMC.
“Even if an organization has
backups that weren’t encrypted
[by the hackers], they have still
got the problem of what to do
about the stolen data,” Mr. Callow
said. “If the ransom is paid, the or-
ganization will receive a decryp-
tion key to unlock its own data.
And the criminals will make a
pinky promise that the stolen da-
ta will be destroyed.”
RMC teaches Canadian Forces
soldiers about modern warcraft
and offers several cybersecurity
courses.
Over the past week, some sto-
len RMC documents started turn-
ing up on the dark web, or rela-
tively obscure internet sites that
involve untraceable data ex-
changes among anonymized us-
ers. Several cybersecurity firms
are now posting samples of the
stolen RMC material onto public
social-media sites as a way of
sounding a broader alarm.
Such firms have scrubbed the
leaked RMC materials of informa-
tion that would identity soldiers.
One leaked document involves
a list of more than 3,300 comput-
ers and devices on the college’s
internal network.
The more specific kinds of doc-
uments stolen from RMC that
have leaked include a graduate
student’s acceptance letter bear-
ing a name, address and e-mail
address. There is also a progress
report signed by an instructor say-
ing a PhD student is “intelligent,
hardworking, and organized.”
There is also a “donation approv-
al form” outlining a $54,500 unso-
licited donation of seven paint-
ings to the college’s museum.
In general, the leaking of stolen
documents by hackers is intend-
ed to ratchet up the pressure on
organizations to pay ransoms,
Emsisoft’s Mr. Callow says.
“Should the victim still not pay,”
he said, “the remaining data is re-
leased usually in a series of in-
stallments.”
Officials and instructors with
the military college did not re-
spond to interview requests. The
college’s main website remains
offline and it is unclear when
computer systems will be fully re-
stored.
News about the leaks of per-
sonal data is surfacing even as
Canadian Forces students are on
the cusp of starting a new aca-
demic year at the college, where
the students’ ability to congregate
in classrooms is being curbed by
the precautions around the glob-
al COVID-19 pandemic.
“The cadets are back already –
they are already locked down on
the peninsula,” said David
Skillicorn, a computer science
professor at neighbouring
Queen’s University, referring to
RMC’s Point Frederick location.
He said an online course deliv-
ery system is up and running but
many administrative systems re-
main offline. “The problem is that
if you get attacked like this you
can’t be sure they haven’t left
malware inside one of the print-
ers or something like that,” Dr.
Skillicorn said. “So it’s a huge job
to try and go through and really
clean things out.”

Laurentian University suspends

admission to 17 programs
as it faces financial shortfall
JOE FRIESEN
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
REPORTER
Laurentian University is sus-
pending admissions to 17 pro-
grams as it grapples with a def-
icit and the implications of the
COVID-19 pandemic for postsec-
ondary institutions.
The programs no longer ac-
cepting students include anthro-
pology, archeology, geography
and a host of others from busi-
ness to music, languages and
mathematics. Many are in
French, which may limit the op-
tions of the roughly 20 per cent
of the university’s 6,000 students
who are francophone.
The suspension means new
students will not be admitted to
those programs, but the univer-
sity said returning students will
be able to complete their cours-
es. The 17 programs have had
low enrolment in recent years,
according to Laurentian presi-
dent Robert Haché. He said only
49 students are currently en-
rolled across all 17.
Laurentian, located in Sudbu-
ry, was among the first Canadian
universities to warn that the
pandemic and the risk of an en-
rolment drop posed a threat to
institutional viability. It’s in a re-
gion with a smaller university-
aged population and is among
the schools most threatened fi-
nancially by the pandemic.
But Mr. Haché said the deci-
sion to suspend these programs
was not primarily driven by CO-
VID-19.
“There’s a natural cycle of aca-
demic renewal that happens at
universities over time. These
programs have been low-enrol-
ment programs for a number of
years,” Mr. Haché said.
“We’re trying to have pro-
grams that are attractive to our
students and have market de-
mand. If they have chronically
low enrolment then that’s not
the case.”
Mr. Haché said the students
already accepted into those pro-
grams for the coming year will
now be offered alternatives. In
some cases, courses in certain
disciplines will still be available,
but the degree specialization will
not. Students may still take a de-
gree that would require a smaller
number of credits in that disci-
pline.
Laurentian’s faculty associ-
ation is fighting the move and is
seeking a judicial review. It says
only the university senate, not
the administration, can make
ROLEX•PATEK•CARTIER
such decisions.
“We want the court to order
the university to rescind the de-
cision and consult with the uni-
versity senate,” said Jean-Charles
Cachon, a professor of marketing
and management and secretary-
treasurer of the faculty associ-
ation. In the long term, he add-
ed, the university needs to ad-
dress its financial situation. Al-
ready there have been layoffs, a
reduction in contract staff and a
hiring freeze.
The university said it expected
a shortfall of $15-million in 2020-
21, which it called an “urgent fi-
nancial crisis” made worse by
the pandemic. The university,
like many institutions, has been
anticipating a potential loss of
tuition revenue, particularly
from international students,
who contribute more than half
of all tuition revenue at Cana-
dian universities.
Mr. Haché said so far enrol-
ment has been better than ex-
pected, with a 2-per-cent in-
crease in confirmations among
domestic students. But confir-
mations from international stu-
dents, beset by travel restric-
tions, are down nearly 10 per
cent, and many who have con-
firmed have deferred their arriv-
al until next year.
The suspension of programs
will not save much in the short
term, Mr. Haché said. But it
makes room for new programs
and plays an important role in
deciding which faculties will hire
full-time staff.
Stephen Meyer, a geographer
and director of the school of
northern and community stud-
ies, said some disciplines may at-
tract few students as majors, but
they produce useful and popular
electives.
“As soon as you’re on this list
it’s dead department walking.
You have a heck of a time
recruiting students,” Prof. Meyer
said. “If all that matters is the
number of people taking a major
I think that’s a really narrow
view and other disciplines will
suffer for it.”
Eric Chappell, president of the
Laurentian students’ association,
said the changes were handed
down suddenly and caught
many at the university off guard.
The university’s budget prob-
lems are well known, but Mr.
Chappell said he doesn’t want to
see the students’ educational op-
tions suffer.
“As much as this is undesir-
able, there’s going to a lot of
tough decisions with COVID,”
Mr. Chappell said.
U.S. HALTS AGREEMENTS
WITH HONG KONG
Colonel-Major Ismael Wague, centre, spokesman for the soldiers identifying themselves as the
National Committee for the Salvation of the People, speaks during a news conference at Camp
Soundiata in Kati, Mali, on Wednesday. AROUNA SISSOKO/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mali: Aid from Canada criticized
as excessively focused on military security
FROM A1 not simply be doing a quick one-off because
you are running for a seat on the United Na-
A report this month by United Nations’ experts tions Security Council,” Prof. Hampson told
found that senior army and intelligence offi- The Globe.
cials in Mali are deliberately obstructing a 2015 “It does require perhaps a more serious in-
peace agreement, allowing the violence to con- ternational effort and not just by the French
tinue. who have been doing a lot of the heavy lifting.”
Over the past year alone, Canada provided He said there is a tendency to see Mali “as a
about $140-million in development aid to Mali, bit of a sinkhole” because of the billions al-
deployed troops and police officers to the ready spent by Western countries. “It’s a long-
country, spent millions of dollars on peace and term problem and you’re going to have lots of
stabilization programs and wrapped up a 12- failure but at the end of the day you have to ask
month peacekeeping mission in northern Mali the question: ‘What is the alternative?’ ” he
that included helicopters and hundreds of mil- said.
itary personnel. Canadian mining companies “The alternative – to pull back and walk
have also invested hundreds of millions of dol- away – would not just mean destabilization in
lars in Mali. Mali and continuation of problems in the
About 10 Canadian military officers are cur- north, where you have both separatist ele-
rently stationed at the headquarters of the UN ments and Islamic jihadists. It’s the contagion
peacekeeping mission in Bama- that is already spreading to other
ko, and there are no plans to parts of West Africa.”
evacuate them, according to Cap- Chris Roberts, a political scien-
tain Gregory Cutten, a public-af- The alternative – to tist at the University of Calgary
fairs officer for the Canadian who specializes in Africa and
Armed Forces. pull back and walk peacekeeping issues, said the
The international aid has been away – would not heavy flow of foreign aid has al-
criticized as excessively focused just mean lowed Mali’s government to stall
on military security, neglecting destabilization in the political reforms and ac-
the crucial issues of governance countability measures that it
that determine whether Mali’s Mali and badly needs.
political leaders can maintain continuation of “As most Malians on the street
public support. problems in the know, the international commu-
“If you can’t get the govern- north, where you nity is part of Mali’s fundamental
ance right, you are really fritter- political crisis: It seems to sup-
ing away the money you are have both separatist port an entrenched political
sending there,” said Fen Hamp- elements and Islamic class,” Mr. Roberts told The
son, professor of international af- jihadists. It’s the Globe.
fairs at Carleton University in Ot- contagion that is In the years before the 2012
tawa. coup, and again in the years be-
Inside the Canadian govern- already spreading to fore the latest coup, Canada sig-
ment, there are signs that Ottawa other parts of West nificantly expanded its aid for
agrees with the criticism. A Cana- Africa. Mali, he said.
dian official said the internation- “Canada ramped up its bilater-
al community – including Cana- FEN HAMPSON al aid to Mali as political malaise,
da – needs to spend more on gov- PROFESSOR OF corruption and security dynam-
ernance in Mali rather than just INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT
CARLETON UNIVERSITY ics got worse,” he said.
counterinsurgency. The Globe “We ignored the direct and in-
and Mail is not identifying the official because direct effects of development and security as-
they were not authorized to speak publicly on sistance. Mali’s political elites face no incen-

DIAMONDS WASHINGTON The Trump admin-

istration on Wednesday suspend-
ed or terminated three bilateral
We buy agreements with Hong Kong.
The State Department an-
GOLD nounced it had taken the steps as
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part of the administration’s
SILVER response to China’s imposition
VAN RIJK of strict national security laws.
The three agreements cover
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416-440-0123 90 Eglinton Ave. E ping. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mali. tives to change, to improve institutions, elec-
The official agreed that the massive aid has tions and accountability, when they know the
helped Mali’s government to avoid demands international community will keep the finan-
for reform. The UN mission in Mali must do a cial flows coming. Until we try harder to under-
better job of helping the government address stand how high levels of aid foster an unac-
popular grievances on issues such as policing, countable political system, we are part of the
electricity, water and schools, the official said. problem.”
Prof. Hampson said the immediate chal- Judd Devermont, director of the Africa pro-
lenge for countries such as Canada will be to gram at the Center for Strategic and Interna-
hold the coup leaders to their pledge to pro- tional Studies in Washington, said the interna-
vide free and fair elections. But in the longer tional community has been ignoring the politi-
term, he said, countries including Canada cal realities in Mali.
should be prepared to spend more on boosting The country’s elite have reverted to patron-
Mali’s capacity to govern and meet the needs age politics, neglecting the peace process and
of its citizens. losing the trust of the public, he said in a com-
“If you’re going to be engaged, you better be mentary on Wednesday. “They have chosen to
prepared to stay there for the long haul and simply go through the motions,” he said.
TH U RS DAY , AUGUST 20, 2020 | T HE GLOB E AN D MAI L O
Boundary breakers take virtual stage at DNC
In convention’s third
night, Democrats bring
out Clinton, Obama
and Harris in bid to
stress significance
of this year’s election
STEVE PEOPLES
MICHELLE L. PRICE
ALEXANDRA JAFFE
WILMINGTON, DEL.
The Democrats’ historic bounda-
ry breakers joined forces Wednes-
day night at the party’s national
convention, pleading urgently for
Joe Biden’s diverse coalition to
make whatever effort it takes to
vote this fall rather than just com-
plain about U.S. President Donald
Trump.
Their overriding message:
Your lives and democracy itself
may be at stake.
Hillary Clinton, the first wom-
an nominated for president by a
major party, spoke ahead of Ba-
rack Obama, the country’s first
Black president, and Kamala Har-
ris, Mr. Biden’s running mate and
the first woman of colour on a
major party ticket.
“For four years, people have
said to me, ‘I didn’t realize how
dangerous he was.’ ‘I wish I could
go back and do it over.’ Or worst, ‘I
should have voted,’ ” Ms. Clinton
said. “Well, this can’t be another
woulda coulda shoulda election.”
She added: “Vote like our lives
and livelihoods are on the line,
because they are.”
Ms. Harris, a 55-year-old Cali-
fornia senator, made a surprise
appearance early in the pro-
gram’s opening moments. She
called on Mr. Biden’s supporters
to have a specific “voting plan” to
overcome the obstacles to voting
raised by the coronavirus pan-
demic and postal slowdowns.
“When we vote, things change;
U.S. House unveils legislation to boost Postal Service, safeguard mail-in ballots
DAVID SHEPARDSON
DAVID MORGAN
WASHINGTON
U.S. House of Representatives
Democrats on Wednesday un-
veiled legislation that would re-
quire same-day processing for
mail-in ballots and give the cash-
strapped Postal Service a US$25-
billion infusion while erasing
changes pursued by the agency’s
new leader, an ally of Republican
President Donald Trump.
The Democrat-led House is
scheduled to vote on the legisla-
tion on Saturday, though there is
little chance for passage in the
Republican-led Senate. The bill
would prevent the Postal Service
from implementing policies to
alter service levels that were in
Closer
than
ever
Kamala Harris addresses the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. Ms. Harris called on supporters
to create a 'voting plan' to overcome the obstacles caused by the pandemic and postal slowdowns. NYT
when we vote, things get better;
when we vote, we address the
need for all people to be treated
with dignity and respect,” Ms.
Harris said. “So each of us needs a
plan, a voting plan.”
Ms. Harris was to deliver her
full remarks later in the night fol-
lowing Mr. Obama in a political
hand-off that could help shape
the next generation of Democrat-
ic politics.
American democracy might
not survive another four years of
Mr. Trump, Mr. Obama warned in
excerpts released in advance. He
urges voters to “embrace your
own responsibility as citizens – to
make sure that the basic tenets of
our democracy endure. Because
that’s what is at stake right now.
Our democracy.”
In remarks remarkable for
their dismissiveness of a U.S.
president by his predecessor, Mr.
effect at the beginning of this
year.
Democrats and Republicans
engaged in a war of words over
the legislation and the manage-
ment of the Postal Service.
Democrats and other critics
have accused Mr. Trump of try-
ing to impair the Postal Service
to suppress mail-in voting as he
trails Democratic challenger Joe
Biden in opinion polls ahead of
the Nov. 3 election.
Ninety House Democrats
urged the removal of Postmas-
ter-General Louis DeJoy, saying
in a letter to the U.S. Postal Ser-
vice Board of Governors that he
had used his stewardship to
“sabotage” the agency.
“DeJoy has implemented pol-
icies that have slowed delivery
times to unacceptable levels and
Obama declares, “Donald Trump
hasn’t grown into the job because
he can’t.”
Wednesday’s convention of-
fered more focus on Mr. Biden’s
policy prescriptions than past
nights, starting with gun violence
and climate change, two issues
that particularly resonate with
younger voters.
Mr. Biden wants to repeal a law
shielding gun manufacturers
from liability lawsuits, impose
universal background checks for
firearm purchases and ban the
manufacture and sale of assault
weapons and high-capacity mag-
azines.
Former Arizona Representa-
tive Gabby Giffords reflected on
her own journey of pain and re-
covery from a severe brain injury
nearly a decade after being shot
in the head while meeting with
constituents. She urged America
resulted in undelivered mail,”
the Democrats wrote.
Meanwhile, House Republican
leaders urged their rank and file
to vote against a bill they have
dubbed the “USPS Conspiracy
Theory Act.”
Republican Representative
James Comer said Mr. DeJoy was
“taking prudent steps to improve
an unsustainable [USPS] busi-
ness model.”
White House Press Secretary
Kayleigh McEnany said the Post-
al Service has enough cash on
hand, including a US$10-billion
line of credit approved by Con-
gress earlier this year. Ms.
McEnany also said the White
House is open to supporting
US$25-billion in funding for the
U.S. Postal Service, but wants aid
for Americans unemployed be-
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to support Mr. Biden.
“I struggle to speak, but I have
not lost my voice,” Ms. Giffords
said. “Vote, vote, vote.”
The convention featured sev-
eral young climate activists, who
praised Mr. Biden’s US$2-trillion
plan to invest in clean energy and
to end carbon emissions from
U.S. power plants by 2035, even
though his proposals don’t go as
far as their preferred “Green New
Deal.”
Musician Billie Eilish, a self-de-
scribed environmental activist,
performed the song, My future, af-
ter warning viewers that, “Donald
Trump is destroying our country
and everything we care about.”
Ms. Harris, in her prepared re-
marks, said the nation is at a crit-
ical point, struggling under Mr.
Trump’s “chaos,” “incompeten-
ce”and “callousness.”
“We can do better and deserve
cause of the coronavirus pan-
demic included.
Congressional Democrats, Re-
publican lawmakers and the
White House have been at an im-
passe in talks over the latest pan-
demic relief legislation.
Under intense criticism, Mr.
DeJoy announced Tuesday that
he would put on hold until after
the election cost-cutting moves
at the Postal Service that Demo-
cratic lawmakers and state attor-
neys-general argued could im-
peril mail-in voting.
Mr. DeJoy said he suspended
all “operational initiatives”
through election day to “avoid
even the appearance of any im-
pact on election mail.”
Mr. DeJoy, who has been a ma-
jor political donor to Mr. Trump,
assumed the job in June.
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so much more,” Ms. Harris says.
“We must elect a president who
will bring something different,
something better, and do the im-
portant work. A president who
will bring all of us together –
Black, White, Latino, Asian, Indig-
enous – to achieve the future we
collectively want.”
Ms. Clinton, four years after her
own nominating convention,
looked back at her 2016 loss to Mr.
Trump and said that by now it
must be clear that American lives
and livelihoods are at risk.
Mr. Obama, who remains per-
haps the biggest star in the Demo-
cratic Party, was delivering a live
address ahead of Ms. Harris, from
the Museum of the American
Revolution in Philadelphia.
Obama confidants say that the
former president’s support for
Mr. Biden is unequivocal, but he
does worry about enthusiasm
among younger voters, particu-
larly younger voters of colour.
Democrats concede that one of
the reasons Mr. Trump won the
presidency in 2016 was because
those voters didn’t show up in the
same large numbers as when Mr.
Obama was on the ballot.
In excerpts of his remarks, Mr.
Obama calls Mr. Biden his “broth-
er.”
He also savages the Trump
presidency in a rare public rebuke
from one president to his succes-
sor.
“I have sat in the Oval Office
with both of the men who are
running for president,” Mr. Oba-
ma says. “I never expected that
my successor would embrace my
vision or continue my policies. I
did hope, for the sake of our
country, that Donald Trump
might show some interest in tak-
ing the job seriously; that he
might come to feel the weight of
the office and discover some rev-
erence for the democracy that
had been placed in his care.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
said in a statement released after
she spoke with Mr. DeJoy that
the suspension “is wholly insuffi-
cient and does not reverse dam-
age already wreaked.”
Ms. Pelosi said Mr. DeJoy “ad-
mitted that he had no intention
of replacing the sorting ma-
chines, blue mailboxes and other
key mail infrastructure that have
been removed and that plans for
adequate overtime, which is crit-
ical for the timely delivery of
mail, are not in the works.”
The Postal Service long has
faced financial woes with the rise
of e-mail and social media, los-
ing US$80-billion since 2007, in-
cluding US$2.2-billion in the
three months ending June 30.
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Toronto trustees revise back-to-school plan

Board members
hope to divert reserve
funds to hire teachers
in areas hardest hit
by virus after Ontario
rejected initial proposal
MUGOLI SAMBA
The Toronto District School Board
will finalize its plans this week to
have elementary students return
to classrooms in the fall. Up for
consideration is directing money
into high-risk areas to hire more
teachers and shrink class sizes.
The province had rejected the
board’s initial proposal because it
didn’t give students enough in-
class instruction time.
Board members now hope
they can divert available funds to
schools located in neighbour-
hoods that have been hardest hit
by COVID-19. Trustees are expect-
ed to pick one of three models
outlining the use of reserve funds
on Thursday, which will deter-
mine how many teachers will be
available to help shrink those
classes.
However, the new plan also
means schools in other parts of
the city might not see their classes
downsized to allow for more
physical distancing in schools.
Four-day timetable where schedule repeats on the fifth day tre space for classrooms. Toronto dictate [our] mobility, policy for
Mayor John Tory said it is imper- entrance or exit. We have no infor-
Cohort A Cohort B ative for the province, the school mation.”
boards, public health and the city Thorncliffe Park, located in To-
IL MersoL ILdeMeLdeLt Live virtual learLiLg to work together to make sure ronto’s East York area, is connect-
at school learLiLg at hoKe parents have the clarity they need ed to the Fraser Mustard Early
on what back-to-school will look Learning Academy. Mr. Darawal
TIME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 like. said about 2,300 students and
“You know, forgetting about 1,000 parents arrived to the
the needs of the parents and all of schools’ site every morning, prior
that, the kids need to be in school to the pandemic.
8:45 a.m. to
Course 1 Course 1 Course 2 Course 2 for mental health, for socializa- “So 3,300 to 3,500 adults and
12:30 p.m.
tion and for educational reasons,” children will congregate in one
Mr. Tory said. “And I think our ob- space for exit and entry,” Mr. Dara-
jective all together collectively is wal added. “I don’t know any pub-
to make sure they can get there lic setting, any hospital, any res-
12:30 p.m. to
StudeLt disKissal (returL hoKe / luLch) safely.” taurant, any patio space that
1:10 p.m.
Teachers at the board are still makes it acceptable.”
waiting to find out what their days Laura McCoy, a teacher at Wi-
ProfessioLally KaLaged activities; alterLative and class sizes will look like in the nona Drive Senior Public School
1:10 p.m. to MrofessioLal assigLKeLts; work with other school fall. They are also awaiting details in Toronto, also said she does not
2:00 p.m. MersoLLel to Mrovide coLsisteLt suMMort for studeLts; about their first day of teaching, as know what teaching in the fall will
Mrovide extra helM to studeLts; coLtact MareLts the TDSB is now considering a look like. But she knows that
staggered start of its first weeks of Grade 7 and 8 classes have no cap
school. Many are concerned sizes, which means her students
2:00 p.m. to
Course 2 Course 1 about physical distancing in class- might not be able to physically
3:15 p.m.
es that sometimes contain more distance from one another.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SOURCE: TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD than 30 children and in large “The reality is that most regular
schools where thousands of stu- classes have 30 to 32 students,”
The plan could still need to be ap- ernment’s move to allow school dents enter their doors each day. she said, “and that is what I’m fac-
proved by the Ministry of Educa- boards to use their reserve funds “We’re less than two weeks ing going back in the fall, because
tion. to hire more teachers was enough. away and we have no direction the government hasn’t provided
At a news conference on At Tuesday’s board meeting, one way or another,” said Ajmer any funding for smaller classes.”
Wednesday, Ontario Premier TDSB trustees also voted to make Darawal, a Grade 2 teacher at “What kind of a society are we
Doug Ford defended his back-to- masks or face coverings mandato- Thorncliffe Park Public School in that we can’t be spending the
school plans. When asked why his ry for all students, including those Toronto. “We don’t know about money in a global pandemic to
government wasn’t committing between kindergarten and Grade class sizes, when we can go in and look after our children?” Ms.
extra funding to ensure class sizes 3. set up our classrooms, what’s Sep- McCoy asked. “That’s incredibly
could be widely reduced in Toron- Meanwhile, the City of Toronto tember going to look like, rules sad, and I’m incredibly frustrat-
to and elsewhere, he said the gov- has offered extra community cen- and regulations that are going to ed.”

[ BRITISH COLUMBIA ]

Wildfire rages
near Penticton
The 1,400-hectare Christie Mountain
wildfire encroaches on the
neighbourhood of Heritage Hills,
between Penticton and Okanagan
Falls, above Skaha Lake as
helicopters douse the flames with
lake water Wednesday morning

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CHIEF DEMANDS ANSWERS

Surveillance of former Alberta cabinet minister AFTER ELDER REPORTS
SUFFERING POTASSIUM BURN
prompts calls to make police discipline public IN SASKATCHEWAN HOSPITAL

SASKATOON The Federation of

CARRIE TAIT
Alberta must rewrite the rules for the over-
sight of police conduct, experts argue in the
wake of a secretive disciplinary process for
officers who targeted a cabinet minister.
The province’s system for investigating
and disciplining police officers has been
under scrutiny after a case in Lethbridge in
which two officers admitted to improperly
surveilling and photographing Shannon
Phillips in 2017, when she was the minister
of environment and parks in the NDP gov-
ernment. Ms. Phillips and the current gov-
ernment only learned of the July disciplin-
ary decision through a local news report.
According to a copy of the decision ob-
tained by CHAT News Today in Medicine
Hat, Sergeant Jason Carrier and Constable
Keon Woronuk pleaded guilty to several
counts of misconduct and received tempo-
rary demotions. The document says the of-
ficers disagreed with the government’s de-
cision to limit activities such as ATV use in
newly created provincial parks.
Ms. Phillips, who had filed a complaint at
the time, did not know the officers were
still being investigated, let alone that there
was a disciplinary hearing, because the po-
lice force told her in 2018 that the officers
had received warnings and that the case
was closed. She has now filed a legal chal-
lenge and wants the officers fired.
The United Conservative Party govern-
ment is expected to reform police regula-
tions, although it has been vague about the
details amid worsening public distrust of
law enforcement officials. Thousands of
Albertans recently participated in Black
Lives Matter marches against police brutal-
ity and racism – just as Chief Allan Adam of
the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation al-
leged in June that RCMP officers beat him
up and accosted his wife.
Now, critics are using the Phillips case to
highlight what they believe is an array of
problems with police transparency and
discipline.
Premier Jason Kenney called the Phillips
case “appalling” and said that the govern-
ment is reviewing the Police Act.
“I do believe we have a good system in
Alberta,” Mr. Kenney said Friday. “Perhaps
it could be improved.”
The Lethbridge Police Service did not re- He later used a fake Facebook account to Sovereign Indigenous Nations
spond to a request for comment. post photos taken at the diner with a cap- wants answers after an elder says
Trevor Harrison, a sociology professor at tion criticizing her government’s politics. she suffered burns to her arm at
the University of Lethbridge, said Alberta Ms. Phillips considered some of the a Saskatchewan hospital.
should launch an inquiry into the specifics posts libellous and complained to the Leth- Janette Sanderson said she
of the Phillips case, as well as broader con- bridge Police Service, which brought in the went last month to the Victoria
cerns over how police define, investigate, Calgary Police Service to investigate. Hospital in Prince Albert, Sask.,
punish and publicize misconduct. The In 2018, Robert Davis, then the chief of after tripping in her hotel wash-
public, for example, was unaware of the the Lethbridge Police Service, sent Ms. Phil- room and injuring her ankle.
disciplinary hearing in July. The Lethbridge lips a letter that said the officers had each While in emergency, she said, a
police department said it posted notices received an official warning but that he had nurse injected her with a needle
about the public hearing on its website. The dismissed most of the allegations against that made her arm start swelling.
department publishes summaries of hear- them; their conduct, he had concluded, “It started burning,” Ms. Sand-
ing decisions but does not reveal details was not serious enough to warrant a hear- erson, 53, of the James Smith
about incidents or the names of the officers ing. The decision was final and could not be Cree Nation said at a news con-
involved. appealed, the letter said. ference on Wednesday. She said
Prof. Harrison argued that However, the chief did not she asked the nurse what was in
it’s a stretch for police de- directly address the allega- the needle and why it was need-
partments to claim such ge- tion that Constable Woronuk ed. Ms. Sanderson believes hear-
neric notices qualify as pub- You’d have to be a had followed one of the ing the nurse telling her it was
lic disclosure. guests and conducted a li- potassium, which kept burning.
“It would be like saying: complete numbskull cence-plate search. He said he The federation, which repre-
‘There’s a hockey game go- not to realize that had started an investigation sents 74 First Nations in Sas-
ing to be played tonight. what the police were into actions “unrelated” to katchewan, said what happened
[But] I’m not telling you this trying to do was just Ms. Phillips’s complaint but to Ms. Sanderson is an example
is part of the Stanley Cup did not provide further de- of discrimination Indigenous
playoffs,’ ” he said. to suppress it. tails. people face in health care.
Robert Gordon, a crimi- ROBERT GORDON
Medicine Hat Police Ser- “What this lady went through
nology professor at Simon CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR vice then investigated, focus- is torture,” said Chief Bobby
Fraser University, said law- AT SIMON FRASER ing on Constable Woronuk’s Cameron. “We will do all we can
enforcement officials ex- UNIVERSITY licence-plate check and Sgt. as a federation – legally, politi-
ploited regulatory gaps to Carrier’s failure to do any- cally, technically – to right the
keep information about the Phillips case thing about it. CHAT News Today in Medi- wrong and to make sure it
out of the public eye. cine Hat reported the results of their disci- doesn’t happen again.”
“You’d have to be a complete numbskull plinary hearing in July. The government Ms. Sanderson’s family said
not to realize that what the police were try- then ordered the Alberta Serious Incident the elder, who is also on dialysis,
ing to do was just to suppress it,” he said. Response Team, which investigates police was transferred from Prince
This, he said, is why lawmakers need to shootings and other allegations of serious Albert to Royal University Hospi-
constantly review transparency rules and misconduct, to review the case. tal in Saskatoon for concerns
plug legislative gaps. The rules governing police conduct vary about her heart. Janel Kinch said
According to the copy of the disciplinary from province to province, and the RCMP her mother stayed for about two
decision, which contains allegations that fall under separate legislation. In Ontario, weeks and continued to suffer
have not been tested in court, the incident for example, the Office of the Independent unbearable pain in her arm.
began on Good Friday in 2017 at a diner in Police Review Director (OIPRD), a civilian Following her discharge and
Lethbridge, where Sgt. Carrier spotted Ms. agency, handles complaints against police. with continued pain, her family
Phillips and four guests arrive. Joy Hulton, a workplace mediator with said, Ms. Sanderson checked
The document says the sergeant took a experience negotiating with police servic- herself into a hospital in Melfort,
photo of Ms. Phillips and her guests and es, said that while this creates a degree of Sask. She said a doctor told her
sent it to Constable Woronuk, who then independence, the OIPRD still sends lesser the wounds on her arm were
went to the diner and took more photos. infractions to neighbouring police forces to from a potassium burn. At the
Sgt. Carrier had parked in a spot with a review, as happened with the Phillips case end of July, weeks after first
view of the diner and watched Ms. Phillips in Lethbridge. getting the injection, Ms. Sand-
leave. Constable Woronuk followed one of “The OIPRD has the power to investi- erson underwent plastic surgery,
her guests and conducted a licence-plate gate,” she said. “They don’t have a lot of re- which was successful, Ms. Kinch
search using a national police database. sources.” said. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Drugs: Experts call new

directive first step in shift
from criminal-justice system
to health care system
FROM A1

The Deskbook advises prosecutors that giving substance us-

ers a criminal record and a jail term causes them harm, and is
not an effective deterrent.
As a result, the Deskbook tells prosecutors to “focus upon
the most serious cases raising public safety concerns for pros-
ecution and to otherwise pursue suitable alternative mea-
sures and diversion from the criminal justice system for sim-
ple possession cases.”
The Deskbook defines the most serious cases as conduct,
including simple possession, committed near places fre-
quented by children or young people; and driving or using
other machinery or having a weapon while possessing drugs.
Also, conduct that poses a “heightened risk” in isolated com-
munities trying to use their own approaches to address drug
consumption is deemed serious and prosecutable. Where
possession is associated with other offences, such as traffick-
ing, it is defined as serious.
Rob Gordon, a criminology professor at Simon Fraser Uni-
versity, said the new directive is part of a shift to the health Newfoundland and Labrador’s new Premier Andrew Furey and members of his cabinet walk the grounds of
system from the criminal-justice system in dealing with nar- Government House in St. John’s after the swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. PAUL DALY/THE CANADIAN PRESS
cotics. “This is Step 1 along a road to handling the possession
of narcotics substances in a more progressive way. I hesitate
to use the word d̀ecriminalization,’ but what they’re doing is
raising an alternative way of handling people with addiction,”
Prof. Gordon said in an interview.
Andrew Furey sworn in as
In 2018 … 10,400
“I salute this and I am sure any-
one concerned about the improp-
er use of the criminal justice sys-
charges were laid for tem to deal with addictions will
Premier of Newfoundland
methamphetamine salute this as well.” HOLLY MCKENZIE-SUTTER interested in running for Mr. Ball’s “We all know it’s difficult,” Ms.
possession; 283 for Before the new directive was is- ST. JOHN'S Humber-Gros Morne district and Coady told reporters.
ecstasy possession; sued, prosecutors were flexible in said he will talk with members “We’ve got to look forward to
finding alternatives to prosecu- about a possible by-election in the future and make some long-
2,291 for heroin tion, but implicit bias crept in at Hours after Andrew Furey was the next few days. term arrangements about how
and 1,474 for other times on who qualified, Ottawa sworn in as Newfoundland and “I’m not going to tell you all my we’re going to grow and develop
opioids; and 7,079 criminal-defence lawyer Michael Labrador’s 14th Premier Wednes- secrets here today, but I will tell out of these challenges – and I
for other drugs. Spratt said in an interview. day, he shuffled prominent cabi- you I had a great time over the know we can.”
“I had a lot of marginalized net portfolios, including Finance, weekend in Gros Morne,” Mr. Fu- Mr. Furey said Ms. Coady’s con-
people, people living on the street or from overpoliced com- and expanded the scope of the rey said. nections and experience in Otta-
munities, a lot of Black and Arab men, who … weren’t neces- Natural Resources Department to He inherits a troubling finan- wa with be an asset in the job. Ms.
sarily granted the same latitude by prosecutors.” include the technology sector. cial situation in Newfoundland Coady said she will work with the
Police will still lay or recommend charges under the new “This is a new cabinet for a new and Labrador, with officials attri- federal government to secure
directive, Mr. Spratt said. The prosecutors will then have dis- time,” Mr. Furey told reporters buting a $2.1-billion deficit to fall- funding for the oil and gas indus-
cretion to divert most cases from the criminal-justice system. outside Government House in St. ing oil prices and pandemic-relat- try and support with electricity
He said the directive is “a step in the right direction, but it’s a John’s. ed spending. rates.
very small step and there are dangers there as well.” Because The surgeon and charity chief The new Premier will face the In his speech after being sworn
possession remains a criminal offence, people will still be executive comes from a political likelihood of rising electricity in, the new Premier spoke about
charged and have to appear in court, and may be placed on family, but he is new to public of- rates owing to cost overruns from the province’s imminent chal-
bail conditions, he said. “The very act of being charged itself fice. He was elected Liberal Leader the Muskrat Falls dam and will lenges.
can be a harm.” Aug. 3 and replaces Dwight Ball, have to manage a struggling off- “We all know the toughest deci-
In 2018, the most recent year for which data are available, who stepped down in the winter. shore oil and gas industry. sions lie ahead,” Mr. Furey said.
10,400 charges were laid for methamphetamine possession; Mr. Furey, the son of Senate His government is due to pre- He said he’s optimistic about
283 for ecstasy possession; 2,291 for heroin and 1,474 for other Speaker George Furey, was sworn sent a budget in September. And the province’s potential despite
opioids; and 7,079 for other drugs. in during a ceremony in St. John’s it will be Siobhan Coady – who the fact, he said, some have sug-
Nathalie Houle, a spokeswoman for the prosecution ser- Wednesday morning. His father, was moved to Finance Wednes- gested his new job is like “being
vice, said in an e-mail to The Globe and Mail that the PPSC relatives and well-known busi- day from her previous role in Nat- made captain of the Titanic after
reviewed its policies on simple possession in part because of ness partners Alan Doyle and ural Resources – who will present hitting an iceberg.”
the opioid crisis. The prosecution service “strives to balance Brendan Paddick were among the it. “COVID, unfortunately, has hit
public safety and public health in its approach to the prose- guests to watch him assume of- Ms. Coady, an ex-MP and for- us at a time when our economy is
cution of drug offences. It has been reviewing its prosecution fice. mer chair of the Canadian Cham- also on its knees,” Mr. Furey said.
policies in light of current public-health research and the on- Mr. Furey does not hold a seat ber of Commerce, said she is “But this is also a moment at
going opioid crisis,” she said. in the legislature but three of the “challenged and invigorated” tak- which we can take a hard look at
Calls for decriminalization have been growing. Last 20 elected Liberals, including Mr. ing on the Finance job under a where we are and see it through
month, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Ball, have indicated they will not new Premier who she said wants the lens of where we want to go.”
called for decriminalization of illicit drugs, saying arrests are seek re-election. to boost the economy in new di-
ineffective and do not save lives. B.C.’s Chief Public Health Of- The new Premier hinted he’s rections after this year’s hurdles. THE CANADIAN PRESS
ficer, Bonnie Henry, supports decriminalization. And on
Wednesday, B.C.’s Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor-Gen-
eral said it welcomes any move that treats addiction as a
health issue, not a criminal one.
“All Canadians want to see people get the health care they
need and for police to be freed up to focus on serious criminal
activity,” spokeswoman Hope Latham said.
The federal government has not taken up those calls. A
spokesperson for the Justice Minister said the minister’s of-
fice was not prepared to comment on Wednesday.
Mike Serr, police chief of Abbotsford, B.C., and co-chair of a
CACP committee on decriminalization, said police in his
community and in Vancouver generally do not charge for
simple possession. He called the prosecution service’s direc-
tive a good first step, and said more needs to be done to divert
vulnerable people into the health care system.
“We need to get this infrastructure in place quickly so that
front-line officers have resources to direct people to, [and]
that will ultimately get them into the pathway of care.”

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Morneau’s
office,
Kielburgers
described as
‘besties’ in
newly released
documents
Files include 5,000 pages of internal memos,
e-mails and handwritten notes made by
officials as they scrambled to put together the
Canada Student Service Grant in April and May

PAUL WALDIE ister at Finance, thanked depart-

Former finance minister Bill Mor-
neau’s office was so close to the
co-founders of WE Charity that
his department referred to them
as “besties” and Mr. Morneau
pushed hard to ensure the char-
ity administered the govern-
ment’s $543.5-million volunteer
program, newly released docu-
ments reveal.
The documents include 5,000
pages of internal memos, e-mails
and handwritten notes made by
officials as they scrambled to put
together the Canada Student Ser-
vice Grant in April and May.
The program was supposed to
pay students up to $5,000 for vol-
unteer work over the summer.
The government expected as
many as 100,000 students to par-
ticipate and WE Charity was in
line to receive up to $43.5-million
to cover expenses for administer-
ing the program.
The charity pulled out on July
3, weeks after the program was
announced, amid a growing con-
troversy over WE’s close ties to
Mr. Morneau and Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau.
The documents portray the
chummy relationship between
WE co-founders – Craig and Marc
Kielburger – and government
ministers and bureaucrats. E-
mails from Craig Kielburger to
Mr. Morneau begin with “Hi Bill”
and in one, Mr. Kielburger thanks
the minister for a phone call
about the volunteer program. “It
was incredibly thoughtful of you
to call,” Mr. Kielburger wrote Mr.
Morneau on April 26. Youth Min-
ister Bardish Chagger also had
high praise for Mr. Kielburger and
added in a memo on April 20: “I
believe there is a lot of comple-
mentarity in our efforts.”
In another e-mail, Michelle Ko-
vacevic, an assistant deputy min-
mental colleagues for “keeping
the relationship with WE strong. I
think this is the right organisa-
tion for a call to action for nation-
al service. They are pretty snazzy.
Like me.” She added in another
e-mail to officials that “WE is con-
necting with my [minister]. They
are all besties.”
Rachel Wernick, a senior assist-
ant deputy minister at Employ-
ment and Social Development
Canada, which developed the
volunteer program, held so many
weekend phone calls with Craig
Kielburger that he told her in an
e-mail, “I embrace our Sunday
phone calls.” In return, Ms. Wer-
nick thanked Mr. Kielburger for
his “thoughtful engagement.” In
an e-mail to Marc Kielburger, she
joked about him being late for a
meeting because of a speaking
engagement. “No rush if your
speech runs a bit late (or you
want to keep listening to all the
applause),” she wrote.
Mr. Morneau, who resigned as
finance minister this week, and
Mr. Trudeau have apologized for
not recusing themselves from a
cabinet meeting on May 22 when
the program was approved. It
was announced on June 25. Mr.
Morneau later revealed that he
and his family had taken trips
with WE to Kenya and Ecuador.
He also confirmed that his two
daughters had ties to WE. Last
month, Mr. Morneau paid WE
$41,000 to cover the cost of the
trips. Mr. Trudeau’s family also
has close ties to WE and his
mother, Margaret Trudeau, re-
ceived $312,000 for speaking at 28
WE events.
The documents were released
by the House of Commons fi-
nance committee, which is inves-
tigating the volunteer program
and the WE contract. However,
on Tuesday Mr. Trudeau pro-
rogued Parliament until Sept. 23,

RCMP to examine cancelled WE Charity contract

KRISTY KIRKUP OTTAWA
The RCMP is examining the now-
cancelled contract awarded to
WE Charity by the Liberal govern-
ment, the force said Wednesday,
adding it will take appropriate ac-
tions as required.
In a statement, the Mounties
said it would be inappropriate to
comment further on the matter.
Earlier Wednesday, opposition
parties said the Liberal govern-
ment triggered the prorogation
of Parliament to avoid account-
ability for newly released docu-
ments about the WE Charity
agreement.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
asked the Governor-General on
Tuesday to prorogue Parliament
and said a new Speech from the
Throne would take place on Sept.
23 to lay out a new vision for the
government.
Opposition parties do not be-
lieve Mr. Trudeau’s explanation
for prorogation, noting that the
timing shuts down committee in-
vestigations into the Liberal gov-
ernment’s WE Charity controver-
sy.
Mr. Trudeau is hiding from the
truth, Conservative MP Michael
Barrett said Wednesday. “This is
about one thing and one thing
only,” he said.
Mr. Barrett was referring to Mr.
Trudeau’s request to prorogue
Parliament as MPs on the House
of Commons finance committee
gained access to thousands of
pages of government documents
on Tuesday regarding a now-can-
celled $543.5-million agreement
with WE Charity to administer a
program for students.
The Conservatives and NDP
believe the documents have also
been too heavily redacted.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trudeau also
named Deputy Prime Minister
Chrystia Freeland as Finance
Minister after Bill Morneau re-
signed from the portfolio on
Monday. Mr. Morneau is facing an
ethics probe over the agreement
with the WE Charity, along with
the Prime Minister.
“If this was about introducing
a Speech from the Throne, the re-
set that he was looking for, he
could have prorogued on Sept. 22
and delivered that speech on the
23rd,” Mr. Barrett said.
The effect of prorogation is
regular committee work is shut
down, as all bills and committee
studies die.
The existing bills and commit-
tee studies are not necessarily
ended for good. Procedural op-
tions exist for MPs to approve
motions that would reinstate
bills and studies back to the
stages they were at at the time of
prorogation.
Mr. Barrett said the Prime Min-
ister would like to divert atten-
tion to the forthcoming Speech
from the Throne to distract Cana-
dians.
The speech, delivered after a
general election or a prorogation,
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Former finance minister Bill Morneau speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March
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WE Charity co-founders Craig Kielburger, left, and Mark Kielburger arrive for WE Day California in Inglewood,
Calif., in April, 2019. ROBYN BECK/AFP/GETTY IMAGES
which will suspend the commit-
tee’s work.
The documents reveal that in
early April, Craig Kielburger ap-
proached Mr. Morneau as well as
Small Business Minister Mary Ng
and Ms. Chagger about a $12-mil-
lion Social Entrepreneurship Ini-
tiative that WE would run to en-
courage up to 8,000 young peo-
ple to become engaged in volun-
tarism. Mr. Kielburger said the
charity would leverage its net-
work of corporate sponsors, in-
cluding Royal Bank of Canada,
Telus, KPMG and Microsoft, to
provide mentorships. Participa-
nts would also take a course and
receive a $500 grant to help set
up a social enterprise along with
a letter from Mr. Trudeau.
Officials contacted WE in late
April to rework the idea so that it
would fit into the national volun-
teer program the government
was drafting at the time. On April
21, Mr. Morneau earmarked $900-
million toward the volunteer
program and approved WE’s so-
cial entrepreneurship venture. A
few days later, his staff pressed of-
ficials at Employment and Social
Development to pull the volun-
teer program together. Amitpal
Singh, a policy adviser in the De-
partment of Finance, said in an
e-mail that Mr. Morneau was
“concerned the government will
drop the ball” on the idea.
The social enterprise venture
was eventually dropped, but
WE’s role in the volunteer pro-
gram intensified despite indica-
tions the charity had run into fi-
nancial issues. In an e-mail on
May 23, WE’s executive director
Dalal Al Waheidi told Ms. Wernick
that the COVID-19 pandemic had
significantly affected the charity
and that it had to suspend its
travel service, which operates
tours to countries such as Kenya
and India, and halt its annual WE
Day events for 18 months. As a re-
sets out the government’s view of
the condition of the country and
gives a sense of legislation it in-
tends to bring forward.
Once the Speech from the
Throne has been read, a vote is
held that is seen as a test of the
support for the government.
“The prorogation we are doing
right now is about gaining or test-
ing the confidence of the House,”
Mr. Trudeau said Tuesday.
The Conservatives are to name
a new leader on Sunday in Otta-
wa, which will give the party little
runway to have a new boss in
place before this significant vote.
The federal New Democrats
have also decried the proroga-
tion of Parliament, with Leader
Jagmeet Singh saying Canadians
The documents were
released by the House
of Commons finance
committee, which is
investigating the
volunteer program and
the WE contract.
sult, she said the charity had to
“significantly reduce our staffing
numbers.” Ms. Al Waheidi did not
say how many jobs were cut and
she insisted that WE would still
be able to deliver the volunteer
program. The documents don’t
include any follow-up from Ms.
Wernick or any indication that
bureaucrats examined WE’s op-
erations more closely.
During testimony to the fi-
nance committee last month, WE
Charity’s former chair, Michelle
Douglas, indicated that the orga-
nization was embroiled in tur-
moil in late March. Ms. Douglas
said she was asked to resign on
March 25 by Craig Kielburger af-
ter she raised concerns about
more than 200 layoffs and ex-
pressed discomfort at the lack of
financial transparency. Several
other directors were replaced in
April. Craig Kielburger has said
the board was fully informed of
the financial situation and that
changes to the board had been
planned.
Officials also raised few ques-
tions about the WE Charity Foun-
dation, which WE initially set up
in 2019 to hold the organization’s
shouldn’t be forced to pay the
price for Mr. Trudeau’s scandals.
The Bloc Québécois’s Rhéal
Fortin also issued a statement on
Wednesday demanding account-
ability over the agreement with
WE.
For their part, the Liberals say
that prorogation is simply a mat-
ter of a “reset” in response to the
pandemic.
“We need to have a rethink,”
Foreign Affairs Minister François-
Philippe Champagne told The
Canadian Press in Montreal on
Wednesday. “This is a time where
we are looking ahead.”
Mr. Trudeau said Tuesday he
was not trying to prompt an elec-
tion.
“It is obvious that the Throne
real estate assets. No assets were
put into the foundation and it
had no operations. It was repur-
posed for the volunteer program
and the government contract to
run the Student Service Grant
was with the WE Charity Founda-
tion, not WE Charity.
Sofia Marquez, who handled
government relations at WE, told
officials in an e-mail on May 26
that the foundation had been
created to “receive, hold and dis-
burse funds to other registered
charities in the WE family for
greater accounting ease and ad-
ministrative simplicity.” The doc-
uments don’t indicate that there
was any follow-up by govern-
ment officials about why the con-
tract was with the WE Charity
Foundation.
Craig Kielburger told the fi-
nance committee last month that
the foundation was used for the
volunteer program to shield the
charity from legal liability. Ms.
Douglas told the committee that
the board had “a number of con-
cerns” about the foundation and
did not understand its purpose.
WE Charity did not immedi-
ately respond to a request for
comment on Wednesday.
The documents show that
some concerns were raised about
the volunteer program. The char-
ity Volunteer Canada refused to
participate because it was “un-
comfortable with the notion of
providing a grant for volunteer
work.” Some government offi-
cials also objected to one of WE’s
volunteer proposals, which in-
volved students writing and col-
lecting recipes that were “easy to
make” for seniors and front-line
health care workers. The idea
drew a rebuke from Ms. Wernick,
who said in an e-mail to col-
leagues that it was “going to be-
come the poster child of not be-
ing ‘quality’ – I have to say it
doesn’t communicate well.”
Speech we gave eight months ago
is no longer relevant for the real-
ity that Canadians are living,” he
said. “I think it is important that
Canadians have a clear idea of the
plan that we have for building a
stronger economy that is more
inclusive, that is greener, that is
fairer for all Canadians.”
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-
Smith, an outspoken member of
his party, said Wednesday that he
liked the idea of a Throne Speech
on Sept. 23 and a confidence vote
on the government’s agenda.
He said while it is not the end
of the world to punt committee
inquiries for a few weeks, the bet-
ter response would have been to
prorogue in mid-September to
avoid that happening.
NEWS | A9
Morneau: WE scandal
likely contributed to
resignation, official says
FROM A1
Both Mr. Morneau and Mr. Trudeau are under investi-
gation by the Ethics Commissioner related to a now-
cancelled contract with WE Charity to administer a
pandemic-related student volunteer program.
The official said the WE issue likely contributed to
the fact that Mr. Morneau is no longer finance minis-
ter, but expressed the opinion that the main reason is
that he would not quickly approve the spending plans
of the PMO’s senior staff without thorough analysis.
This tension broke into public view on the evening
of Monday, Aug. 10, when The Globe reported that Mr.
Morneau’s job could be in jeopardy after clashes with
the Prime Minister.
The story said sources told The Globe that Mr. Tru-
deau was planning a cabinet shuffle that could lead to
Mr. Morneau’s departure.
The story also quoted Mr. Morneau’s communica-
tions director, Pierre-Olivier Herbert, who said the fi-
nance minister had no plans to leave.
“Minister Morneau fully intends to keep working on
the Prime Minister’s team and getting Canadians
through the pandemic,” Mr. Herbert told The Globe
last week.
Mr. Morneau called Mr. Trudeau the following
morning to complain about the story, according to the
official. During that call, the minister described the sit-
uation as unacceptable and urged Mr. Trudeau to en-
sure his staff are not leaking private matters. That af-
ternoon, the PMO released a statement in support of
Mr. Morneau.
“Of course the Prime Minister has full confidence in
Minister Morneau, and any statement to the contrary
is false,” the PMO said on Aug. 11.
Yet the stories continued. On Saturday, Aug. 15,
Bloomberg published a report about policy disagree-
ments between the finance minister and the Prime
Minister’s Office and that Mr. Morneau could be shuf-
fled. The next day, Reuters published a similar report.
That led to Monday’s meeting at Rideau Cottage.
That evening at a hastily called news conference, Mr.
Morneau announced that he planned to resign as fi-
nance minister and as an MP and would be seeking the
leadership of the Organization for Economic Co-oper-
ation and Development. The source said the OECD po-
sition was something Mr. Morneau had mentioned in
the past.
Mr. Morneau said during
his news conference that
The Reuters story, he never intended to run in
more than two elections
combined with and that the next phase of
[Justin] Trudeau’s Canada’s economic recov-
comments that a ery requires a finance min-
new minister was ister who can oversee the
plan over the next several
needed to oversee years.
an ambitious new “That’s why I’ll be step-
long-term economic ping down as finance min-
ister and as member of Par-
plan with a strong liament for Toronto Cen-
environmental focus, tre,” he said.
hinted that the Prime On Tuesday, Mr. Trudeau
Minister and [Bill] was asked how the resigna-
tion came about.
Morneau did not “We came to an agree-
see eye to eye on ment as we have done
environmental many times over the
policy. course of the past five years
working with Bill,” Mr. Tru-
deau told reporters in French. “We came to the same
conclusions at about the same time. Which is, for the
economic recovery, for the next phase, since he
wouldn’t be running in the next election, it was better
to have someone who could manage the file over the
longer term.”
Mr. Morneau’s parliamentary office did not respond
to a request for comment. Cameron Ahmad, a spokes-
person for the Prime Minister, strongly dismissed the
source’s version of events as “all wrong” but did not
respond to specific details.
“Mr. Morneau was clear about why he made his de-
cision, and the PM was clear [Tuesday],” he said in an
e-mail.
The Reuters story, combined with Mr. Trudeau’s
comments that a new minister was needed to oversee
an ambitious new long-term economic plan with a
strong environmental focus, hinted that the Prime
Minister and Mr. Morneau did not see eye to eye on
environmental policy. The official said there were no
disagreements over the environment.
At a news conference Tuesday with Mr. Trudeau,
new Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was asked
whether she’s prepared to say no when it comes to the
spending requests of her colleagues, including the
Prime Minister.
“It’s actually something we talked about [Mon-
day],” Ms. Freeland said, adding that they went over
areas where they have disagreed in the past. “I think
both of us felt that having those different points of
view and having an ability to have an open, respectful,
candid conversation about those different points of
view collectively brought our government to a better
decision.”
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PHILLIP CRAWLEY

EDITORIAL PUBLISHER AND CEO

DAVID WALMSLEY
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Who needs
Parliament?
Not Trudeau
I
t’s now safe to say that Justin Trudeau has arrived as a
Canadian prime minister. The callow scion deemed “just
not ready” by the Conservatives in 2015, and who prom-
ised to do politics differently, has officially completed his
transformation into a leader who is ruthless, cynical and dis-
dainful of Parliament.
He coldly dispatches capable senior ministers who chal-
lenge him on valid issues. First it was Jody Wilson-Raybould,
who stood her ground on the federal prosecution of SNC-La-
valin, and now it’s Bill Morneau, the finance minister who did
his job by expressing concerns about the federal govern-
ment’s massive COVID-19 relief spending.
He prorogues Parliament to get out of political jams,
something he criticized former Conservative prime minister
Stephen Harper for doing, and also something he promised
before coming to power that he would never do. His announ-
cement Tuesday means that committee hearings into the WE
Charity fiasco, and any news stories they might have generat-
ed, have been silenced for the rest of the summer, and prob-
ably well into the fall.
When he’s not proroguing Parliament, he is sidelining it. It
was a Liberal Party motion, supported by the NDP and the
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bloc Québécois, that adjourned Parliament in March and re-
POWER AND PROROGATION returned to citizens – with inter- tions – with huge overhead ex-
duced it to a mere spectator during the COVID-19 crisis. Mr. est. penses, overlaps and inefficien-
Trudeau has somehow managed to govern in the pandemic Re The Centralization Of Power Richard Bachmann cies – were formed to fill gaps left
In The PMO Is Now Complete Burlington, Ont. uncovered by our adversarial
as though he has a majority in the Commons. Given how em-
With Freeland’s Appointment systems of government. In a
barrassingly ineffective Parliament was in the first session of (Aug. 19): For those of us who Re The Math On Morneau’s Exit country with a well-adminis-
worked in the public service dur- Doesn’t Add Up (Editorial, Aug. tered, co-operative and egalitar-
the 43rd Parliament, the prorogation is actually something of
ing the years of Pierre Trudeau, 19): Many wonder why people ian society, private charities
a mercy killing. the current centralization of become susceptible to the rheto- should not be needed – it would
The new session starts Sept. 23 with a Throne Speech, and power in the Prime Minister’s Of- ric of demagogues, as if it hap- all be government.
fice is simply more of the same. pens in a vacuum with little or I am not talking of such orga-
it is apparent that Mr. Trudeau plans to further hamstring Mr. Trudeau was the first no cause. But witness the mach- nizations as the Red Cross or Mé-
democracy in the interests of his party. prime minister to bypass the inations behind the sudden de- decins sans frontières (Doctors
structure and machinery of gov- parture of Bill Morneau. Without Borders). They, for hu-
The speech will outline his government’s comprehensive ernment. The Privy Council Of- Citing Harry Frankfurt’s On manitarian reasons, fill gaps in
plan for the postpandemic recovery, after which the House fice became a clearing house for Bullshit is both audacious and countries where we can offer as-
official papers and cabinet docu- well-timed. I found that Justin sistance, but cannot improve the
will hold a confidence vote. If the Liberals and their plan sur- ments; major decisions were Trudeau and Mr. Morneau were systems in the short term.
vive the vote, they will have effectively been given a mandate made by Mr. Trudeau’s inner cir- both disingenuous in their ex- Hal Hartmann West Vancouver
cle. planations, wasting precious
to enact major reforms – a mandate granted without the usu- The late Jean-Luc Pépin said time in reciting well-rehearsed Charities provide services that
al inconvenience of an election. wisely that “public servants talking points. governments can’t or won’t. As
must be political, but not parti- It seems the rules don’t apply much as the Conservatives may
We don’t know what the recovery plan will contain, but Mr. san.” The role of the bureaucracy to political elites as they do to want Canadians to believe other-
Trudeau outlined the broad strokes on Tuesday. Mostly, it is to give options to politicians, ordinary folk. Mr. Trudeau’s ré- wise, charities are not out-of-
not to offer partisan advice. But sumé of missteps would have re- control money-laundering ma-
will involve borrowing a lot more money. sulted in harsh discipline for a chines. People who work for and
why bother with public servants
“Advanced economies understand that, with interest rates at all? Quicker and easier to just run-of-the-mill Canadian. This is with charities are not money-
do it all in the PMO and damn what enrages many, and makes grubbing criminals. People who
so low, the costs of borrowing are just as low for stimulating
the torpedoes. them susceptible to candidates volunteer are not scab labourers
the recovery,” Mr. Trudeau said. “Governments, like that of But if the inhabitants of the who appeal to that anger. working for less than minimum
PMO think they are fooling the Moses Wuggenig Toronto wage.
Canada, that have a solid fiscal position, must invest to help
Canadian public, they would be The Prime Minister made a
citizens get through this crisis.” wrong. Re Freeland Gets The Hardest mistake. He admitted it and
Mr. Trudeau implied on Tuesday that he intends to invest The electorate is much smart- Job In Canada (Aug. 19): While I apologized. He has not gained in
er than what those in the inner have immense respect for Chrys- any way from his transgressions.
new money in health care, in emergency preparedness and circle are banking on. tia Freeland and her accomplish- Yet the message from the oppo-
in making the country “more fair.” He spoke of “bold new Nancy Marley-Clarke Calgary ments, appointing her as Fi- sition seems to be: “Don’t cozy
nance Minister, with no econom- up to those nasty philanthro-
solutions,” which could be any number of new programs, Re Prorogation Halts WE Charity ic background, is questionable in pists.”
from pharmacare to a guaranteed basic income. Hearings, Ends China Probe my opinion. Do we hate politicians so
(Aug. 19): I am left to wonder if It would be akin to a hospital much that we are willing to un-
He made it clear when asked by a reporter that his govern- we have two sets of moral com- chief executive appointing an dermine the foundations of lib-
ment will not be raising taxes as it spends money “to build a passes in Canada, and how that employee of the year to chief of eral society for revenge?
will play in any attempt to unify surgery. Surely there is someone Rosco Bell Regina
Canada that is more resilient, a Canada that is healthier and the country in a coming election. in Canada better qualified to be
safer, greener and more competitive.” Which means the new On one hand, we appear to finance minister (or perform sur- Re WE Charity Registers To Lob-
have developed zero tolerance gery) at this critical time. by Ottawa, Lays Off Staff (Aug.
spending will be financed by debt – or by cuts to other ser- toward any institution, universi- Cecil Rorabeck MD; 14): What exactly did Sofia Mar-
vices, which is not the Liberal way. ty or business that trips over a London, Ont. quez, WE Charity’s former direc-
wide spectrum of faults relating tor of government and stake-
No one is damning the Liberals for running up a $343-bil-
to racism, history, bullying, sex, It’s a situation familiar to many holder relations, think was her
lion deficit as they responded to the COVID-19 crisis. But rea- gender, climate or financial mis- working women: The male boss job?
deeds. gets the title, paycheque and To suggest, as she has, that she
sonable voters can disagree about whether the borrowing
Yet ethics violations, embar- perks of the job, while the actual did not think WE’s collective lob-
should continue into 2021 to help spur the recovery, or rassments on world stages and work is done by a woman in the bying efforts required anyone to
whether Ottawa should slow down. the prorogation of Parliament background. register as a lobbyist, seems to
are swept away as quickly as pos- Enough. Can we just have defy credibility.
It is also legitimate to ask whether Mr. Trudeau has the sible. Chrystia Freeland as prime min- Methinks that WE thinks the
mandate to continue to run unprecedented deficits after the Why rant about other world ister already? law does not apply to friends of
leaders when we have our own Michelle Gage Toronto the Liberals and celebrity charity
pandemic emergency has passed, but he is avoiding that glass house to protect? leaders.
question. Chris Tworek Calgary Bruce Cox Toronto
WHY WE HELP
Instead, he seems to expect that his government’s Throne Re With Morneau’s Exit, The Lib-
DOES NOT EQUATE
Speech will survive a confidence vote. He, like many, suspects erals Lose Their Voice Of Moder- Re From WE To Why: Revisiting
ation (Report on Business, Aug. The Purpose Of Charities (Aug.
the opposition parties will be loath to force an election this 19): Pierre Poilievre, the Conser- 17): Leaving WE Charity aside, it Re Counterpoint (Letters, Aug.
fall, when voters will be dealing with the return to school and vative finance critic, is aghast seems to me the fields that con- 19): I found a letter-writer’s no-
that Chrystia Freeland might call tributor Adam Parachin believes tion of equivalence between Mi-
other pressing issues. for higher taxes. charities should be engaged in – chael Kovrig and Michael Spavor
If so, Canada will go into 2021 under a minority govern- The pandemic has starkly re- patronage of the arts, medical re- and Meng Wanzhou to be offen-
vealed society’s deficiencies. To search, religion etc. – go well be- sive. For Mr. Kovrig and Mr. Spa-
ment that has no true mandate to bring in what could be yond what reasonably deserves vor, inhumane conditions; for
redress these crucial needs, the
radical changes, but is able to do so nonetheless because of government would have to in- to be called charitable activity. I Ms. Meng, bail.
crease tax revenue. It should be believe this thinking is why so William Lauriston Toronto
the strange times in which we live.
what we want, assuming that we many so-called charities are of-
“As much as this pandemic is an unexpected challenge, it want a country that attends to ten nothing more than organiza-
the well-being of its people. tions run more for the benefit of Letters to the Editor should be
is also an unprecedented opportunity,” Mr. Trudeau said
For many years I’ve explained a close-knit group of entitled exclusive to The Globe and Mail.
Tuesday. He’s not wrong. But Canadians should be alarmed why I’m not a politician: My promoters than for helping Include name, address and daytime
by the way the Prime Minister is cynically trying to use this campaign slogan would be, “Vote those in need. phone number. Keep letters under
for me for higher taxes.” Howev- It is an irony that in our cap- 150 words. Letters may be edited for
national emergency to his political advantage. er, I’ll happily vote for someone italist societies, the veritable length and clarity. E-mail:
who understands that taxes are plethora of charitable organiza- letters@globeandmail.com

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OPINION
A Democratic appeal to America’s soul
The party’s 2020
convention has placed
a moral imperative
on winning the
November election
LAWRENCE
MARTIN
OPINION
‘J
oe Biden has room in his
heart for more than just
himself.”
These powerful words were
spoken by Jacquelyn Brittany, a
31-year-old Black security guard,
who was the first person to put
Mr. Biden’s name up for nomina-
tion for president on Tuesday
evening, as part of the 2020 Dem-
ocratic National Convention.
The moment poignantly cap-
tured what the Democrats are
trying to do at their virtual con-
vention. Such is the deterioration
of the country’s morality under
the Trump administration that
the party seeks to market Mr. Bi-
den as a man – as speaker after
It’s clear as ice: The Arctic is unravelling
GLENN McGILLIVRAY
OPINION
Managing director of the Institute
for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, a
not-for-profit research organization
U
nsettling news about cli-
mate change and the cur-
rent state of the Arctic has
been piling up as of late.
Last week saw ominous re-
ports that Canada has lost its last
permanent ice shelf. Using satel-
lite photos, ice analysts noted
that roughly more than 40 per
cent of the 4,000-year-old Milne
Ice Shelf, located on the north-
western edge of Ellesmere Island,
broke off the main shelf into two
very large and several smaller ice-
bergs. The largest piece is nearly
the size of Manhattan Island. The
calving is thought to have oc-
curred some time around July 30
or 31.
Glaciologists place the loss of
the shelf squarely on the shoul-
ders of climate change, with the
Arctic facing summer temper-
atures this year that were about
five degrees warmer than the
1980 to 2010 average. This, in a re-
gion already warming about
three times faster than the global
average.
And, in a study published Aug.
13 in the journal Communications
Earth & Environment, researchers
concluded that the warming
Greenland ice sheet could pass
the point of no return. The find-
ings come after analysis of almost
four decades of data indicated
that even if climate change were
to stop immediately, Greenland
ice could continue to shrink un-
der certain circumstances.
This news is sobering. It’s one
thing to lose temporary sea ice.
The Trudeau government faces a crisis of confidence
LORI TURNBULL
OPINION
Director of the School of Public
Administration at Dalhousie
University and the deputy editor
of Canadian Government Executive
magazine
B
ack in 2015, Justin Trudeau’s
Liberal Party ran on an am-
bitious platform that prom-
ised to do government different-
ly. They proposed a fresh, mod-
ern take on what they defined as
antiquated institutions: cabinet,
the Senate, the electoral system
and the appointments process.
The Liberals would go on to
win a majority government, and
in those early days, Mr. Trudeau
spoke of his intent to employ a
“government by cabinet” ap-
proach, which would trust and
empower ministers to own their
own files and do their jobs. He
would support rather than script
and second-guess the ministers
in his gender-equal cabinet,
whom he said he chose because
of their personal and profession-
| T HE GLOB E AN D MAI L O
speaker emphasized – who
would “restore the soul of Amer-
ica.” Bring back its humanity, its
unity, its decency.
The strategy plays to the little
guy from Scranton’s strengths. As
the party’s new standard-bearer,
Mr. Biden lacks the intellectual
dexterity of a Bill Clinton or a Ba-
rack Obama. Better to highlight
his person more than his policy
book, one which Republicans will
tear to pieces at their own convo-
cation next week.
The Democrats’ show is com-
ing across like an infomercial.
Many awkward, canned and
cheesy moments have marred
the first two nights of their online
convention. But there were
enough pieces of emotional
force, thanks mainly to the stir-
ring presentations by Jill Biden
and Michelle Obama, who has
emerged as the conscience of the
party, to overcome the dross.
Showing how much the party
has changed, women are dom-
inating the event. They are con-
necting with Americans better
than the male party elders, some
of whom have delivered flat
speeches – Mr. Clinton among
them.
Sled dogs wade through standing water on sea ice during an expedition in northwestern Greenland
in June, 2019. STEFFEN OLSEN/DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE VIA AFP/GETTY IMAGES
There is still a fair bit of annual
variability with that – we have
good years and bad years.
But loss of permanent ice
(both sea and land) is another
story.
Because loss of permanent ice
is, well, permanent. Once gone, it
doesn’t come back, and there are
implications with that.
Other recent (bad) news in-
cludes a June report that perma-
frost at outposts in the Canadian
Arctic is melting 70 years earlier
than predicted, and a July study
indicating that polar-bear pop-
ulations could be wiped out by
the end of the century if the cur-
rent warming trend continues.
al credentials rather than their
loyalty to him or the Liberal Par-
ty. It would be on the basis of
these qualities, he said, that he
would pledge his confidence in
his ministers.
But in that “antiquated” sys-
tem of parliamentary govern-
ance in which we operate, the
concept of “confidence” has tre-
mendous significance. The legiti-
macy of a government ultimate-
ly depends on whether it holds
the confidence of the elected leg-
islature. Cabinet ministers serve
in their roles as long as they en-
joy the confidence of the Prime
Minister. And while the meaning
of confidence is hard to pin
down with any degree of exact-
ness, it is not achieved simply by
meeting expectations with re-
spect to competence or compli-
ance with rules. Confidence goes
deeper than that; it is synony-
mous with trust.
That’s relevant now, as we’ve
been hearing a lot about confi-
dence lately – and, in some
cases, a possible lack thereof. A
year after Jody Wilson-Raybould
and Jane Philpott resigned in
connection with the SNC-Lavalin
While the online arrangement
lacks the immediacy and passion
of a live gathering, it has its ad-
vantages. There is no input from
media stirring up controversy
among delegates on a conven-
tion floor.
This is especially important
because it has helped the Demo-
crats present a united front. Their
show is not well represented by
youth or the left. The party gave
only 90 seconds to its superstar
social democrat, 30-year-old
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to
speak Tuesday evening. She used
her time to fulfill her role of nom-
inating Bernie Sanders. She and
her great many young followers
in the party were not pleased
with the time restriction.
Mr. Sanders helped the unity
cause by giving unqualified sup-
port for Mr. Biden in his address
Monday. He also delivered one of
the convention’s best lines so far
(next to Ms. Brittany’s). “Nero
fiddled while Rome burned,” he
said. “Trump golfs.” Also power-
ful was his assertion that “under
this administration, authoritar-
ianism has taken root in our
country.”
A wise move was to give Tues-
These stories are punctuated
by the fact that Earth’s temper-
ature is currently “warmer than
at any time in the last 5,000 or
more years.” The last time there
was 415 parts per million of car-
bon dioxide in the atmosphere,
Homo sapiens didn’t exist.
It’s clear as ice – the Arctic is
more than just fraying at the edg-
es. It is unravelling altogether.
But why should we care? After
all, what possible effect can melt-
ing sea ice and exhausted, hungry
polar bears have on the lives of
those in the urban south?
Science is quickly connecting
the dots between the loss of Arc-
tic ice and severe weather.
affair, with both citing a lack of
confidence in the government’s
handling of the issue, another
high-profile cabinet minister –
Bill Morneau, who has tended to
the Canadian economy during
the pandemic – announced
Monday that he would be step-
ping down.
The finance minister’s depar-
ture comes amid probes by the
Conflict of Interest and Ethics
Commissioner and two standing
House committees around a
now-cancelled multimillion-dol-
lar distribution arrangement be-
tween the federal government
and WE Charity. Mr. Trudeau and
Mr. Morneau, who failed to re-
cuse themselves from cabinet’s
decision despite family ties to
WE Charity, have been at the
centre of the controversy. In re-
cent weeks, Mr. Trudeau has as-
sured Canadians that his crisis-
time finance minister had his
“full confidence.” Now, he’s
headed for the door.
In his evening news confer-
ence, Mr. Morneau – rather than
the Prime Minister himself, nota-
bly – told Canadians that he was
not pushed out. From an optics
day’s prime-time speaking slot to
Jill Biden. What a fine impression
she made. Speaking live from a
Delaware classroom where she
once taught English, she refer-
enced the country’s public-
health, economic and racial cri-
ses in the context of the tragedies
(losing his first wife and infant
daughter, and later his son) her
husband has had to cope with.
“The burdens we carry are
heavy,” she said. “And we need
someone with strong shoulders. I
know that if we entrust this na-
tion to Joe, he will do for your
family what he did for ours.”
“How do you make a broken
family whole?” Ms. Biden asked.
“The same way you make a na-
tion whole. With love and under-
standing and with small acts of
kindness.”
With non-white delegates pop-
ping up regularly onscreen, the
convention has nicely showcased
the diversity of the Democrats
and the broad coalition they are
capable of building, in contrast to
the narrow, divisive approach of
the Republicans under Donald
Trump.
Republicans were clearly hop-
ing Mr. Biden would come across
Well-publicized science has
made a solid connection between
disappearing Arctic sea ice and a
weakening, meandering jet
stream that is contributing to
what some have characterized as
“stuck” weather patterns. The un-
characteristically long blocking
patterns being linked to the
weakening circulation of upper
atmospheric winds in the North-
ern Hemisphere are being con-
nected not only to the bitter
North American winter of 2013-14
(remember the polar vortex?)
and to the uncommonly cool
summer of 2014, but also to ex-
treme weather events, many of
them involving prolonged peri-
perspective, a voluntary resigna-
tion is the only version of events
that remaining cabinet ministers
could hope to defend. After all,
how could the Prime Minister
fire his most senior minister for
the same kinds of mistakes he is
alleged to have made himself on
the same file?
On the other hand, keeping
Mr. Morneau around wasn’t
working, either: The Prime Min-
ister’s frequent expressions of
confidence in him sounded
forced. And Mr. Trudeau’s words
would’ve been more reassuring
had he not been himself in-
volved in the WE situation and if
he hadn’t begun a public court-
ship of former Bank of Canada
governor Mark Carney to assist
with Canada’s economic recov-
ery.
The WE scandal damaged Mr.
Morneau’s reputation, but the
fallout from that could have
been managed. Still, it seemed to
be the tipping point in the Prime
Minister’s confidence in his fi-
nance minister, despite his ambi-
tious visions of a new style of
government.
The departures of Ms. Wilson-
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as they try to portray him: inar-
ticulate and short on mental
equipment. But despite his age,
he was full of vim and vigour. Mr.
Trump, meanwhile, was true to
form – chafing on the sidelines as
he did in Arizona on Tuesday, al-
leging that if elected Mr. Biden
would allow “aliens with criminal
records” to take American jobs
and spread violence throughout
the country.
He was surely chafing also at
the sight of Republicans such as
former Ohio governor John Kas-
ich and former secretary of state
Colin Powell endorsing Mr. Bi-
den.
Given the format, this conven-
tion won’t have the impact such
gatherings normally do. The tele-
vision audience drawn in by the
first night was down about 25 per
cent from the 2016 convention.
Any gains will likely be dimin-
ished given the Republicans’ own
coming infomercial, scheduled
for next week.
But some moments will re-
main emblazoned in voters’
minds. They will be better able to
imagine a leader with a moral
compass, one with room in his
heart for more than just himself.
ods of extreme heat or copious
amounts of precipitation.
So while many used to think
that changes in the Arctic
brought by a warming climate
served as nothing more than as a
canary in the coal mine for the
rest of us, we now have a better
understanding – and apprecia-
tion – of how changes in the high
north are directly affecting the
lives of people hundreds and
even thousands of kilometres
away.
The reasons why natural haz-
ards become disasters are many
and complex to be sure. To boil it
down to the base concepts, how-
ever, three main drivers can be
identified: concentration of as-
sets, the state of public infrastruc-
ture and climate change.
On the latter, there is specula-
tion that 2020 could go down as
the warmest year on record,
when compared against the 20th-
century average.
It’s clear that climate change is
not coming. It’s already here.
I can’t help but think that
Earth’s systems can be equated to
the systems that reside in each of
us. Just as we have skeletal, mus-
cular, nervous and circulatory
systems, the Earth has its ana-
logues.
Thus, we can no longer view a
problem in the Arctic in isolation
and consider the ramifications
only on that region and to those
who live and do business in it,
just as we cannot view a problem
with one part of our body in isola-
tion.
We can say with strong confi-
dence that loss of sea ice at the
North Pole is beginning to affect
the weather where large numbers
of people reside.
So we must understand, the
Arctic is not the canary in the coal
mine – it is the coal mine.
Raybould and Ms. Philpott were
noteworthy for how they ex-
pressed a lack of confidence in
the Prime Minister, rather than
the other way around.
And with Mr. Morneau – left
out in the cold as he watched his
boss make inroads with Mr. Car-
ney, but apparently still interest-
ed in public service as he pre-
pares to run for secretary-general
of the Organization for Econom-
ic Co-operation and Develop-
ment – there appeared to have
been the same crisis of confi-
dence.
For now, at least, Mr. Morneau
will be replaced in the finance
portfolio by Chrystia Freeland,
the “minister of everything” in
whom the Prime Minister clearly
has boundless confidence. He
has hers, too: When asked to
comment on her boss’s role in
WE Charity, she said she has
“complete confidence” in Mr.
Trudeau. Her appointment will
surely help the government reset
itself, but Mr. Morneau’s depar-
ture remains a loud statement
on what confidence means in
Justin Trudeau’s “government
done differently.”
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LIFE & ARTS ARTS & R EVIEWS | O P IN IO N | P UZ Z LES | WEATHER

Gordon Lightfoot’s agent can’t get a date

As the pandemic
shuts down concerts,
Bernie Fiedler, at 81,
is busier than ever
rebooking shows

BRAD WHEELER

W
ith the live music indus-
try more or less shut
down these days, you
would think a semi-retired book-
ing agent who only has one client
wouldn’t have much to do. You
would be wrong, though. Bernie
Fiedler, who has been handling
concert arrangements for Gordon
Lightfoot for longer than they’ve
been putting men on the moon, is
busier than he’d rather be.
“Everybody’s scrambling to get
new dates in 2021,” says Fiedler,
speaking from his part-time
home in Germany. “And we don’t
even know if anybody is even go-
ing to be giving concerts next year
the way things are going.”
The way things are going is that
no one is quite sure how things
are going. Concert promoter co-
lossus Live Nation Entertainment
recently announced that “live
events would return at scale in
the summer of 2021.”
But Marc Geiger, until recently
the global head of music at talent
agency William Morris Endeavor,
doesn’t expect to see concerts
coming back before 2022, mostly
because of liability issues. “There
is no insurance against COVID
currently offered,” Geiger said on
a recent episode of The Bob Lefsetz
Podcast, a music-insider chat fest.
“And even normal insurance pol-
icies are pretty scarce and hard to
come by.”
While the bigwigs pontificate,
relative small-timers such as Fie-
dler book, scratch out and rebook
shows again as the timeline shifts
in front of them.
Lightfoot, who at 81 years old
still hits the road regularly to sing
about a legend that lives on from
the Chippewa on down, was
forced because of illness to post-
pone shows in Fredericton, Otta-
Bernie Fiedler, centre, sits with Gordon Lightfoot, left, and singer-songwriter Tom Rush. Fiedler is among a colourful, extroverted group of survivors
from the old days of Toronto’s music scene, and first began working with Lightfoot in the mid-sixties.
wa and Montreal in the fall of
2019. Rescheduled for April of this
year, the concerts were subse-
quently postponed because of
the coronovirus pandemic.
The shows were pushed to Sep-
tember, “but they’re not happen-
ing now,” Fiedler says. Venues are
currently restricted to 50 attend-
ees, which is an economically un-
feasible proposition. There is also
a run of dates in Western Canada
on the books for later in the fall.
“Those,” Fiedler says, “are falling
apart too.”
Fiedler, 81, is among a colour-
ful, extroverted group of survi-
vors from the old days of Toron-
to’s music scene who still hang
around on the fringes. He first be-
gan booking Lightfoot in late
1964, when he stole him away
from Steele’s Tavern on Toronto’s
Yonge Street strip for his own
club, the Riverboat Coffee House
in the hippie hood of Yorkville.
Fiedler, a former coffee sales-
man who never lost his talent for
counting beans, offered Lightfoot
double what they were paying
him at Steele’s.
“There were 25 or 30 coffee-
houses around, so you needed to
have a draw,” Fiedler says. The
Riverboat’s attraction was top-
flight musical talent, for which
Fielder had a discerning eye. The
gimmick at the nearby Penny Far-
thing was a swimming pool and
bikini-wearing waitresses.
“I never swam there,” Fiedler
says. “I had my own swimming
pool, at our house in Rosedale on
Roxborough.” That would be the
pool Lightfoot once jumped into
from the roof, fully clothed.
“Everybody swam there,” Fie-
dler says. “Gordon, the Band and
many, many others.”
Fiedler says the pool cost him
$15,000 to build. He had planned
on using the money from the first
show he ever promoted at Massey
Hall, by the Lovin’ Spoonful.
“I had this incredible imagina-
tion that I might make that kind
of money,” Fiedler says, with a
gravelly chuckle.
“The profit I actually made on
that concert was $150.”
Fiedler would go on to book
more shows at Massey Hall, most
famously with Lightfoot (who
has played the venue more than
165 times). Apparently there’s
more of that to come.
According to Fiedler, a pair of
Lightfoot concerts were consid-
ered for Toronto’s Roy Thomson
Hall. The plan being thrown
around was to limit the seating to
800 people, for health precau-
tions, in a venue with roughly
three times that capacity. “The
problem is that at 800 tickets, we
wouldn’t make any money,” he
says.
Why not, I ask, triple the ticket
price to make up the difference?
“We can’t do that,” Fiedler says.
“That would be $350 or more a
seat.”
Surely his fans would pay that,
wouldn’t they?
“They would. But Gordon
would think that was ripping
people off. He doesn’t even like it
when I charge $135 a ticket.”
So, the Roy Thomson Hall
shows won’t happen. Instead,
Fielder says he has four dates on
hold in November, 2021, for the
grand reopening concerts at Mas-
sey Hall, currently closed for ren-
ovations.
Lightfoot would be 83 by then.
With a recent history of respirato-
ry issues, you’d think he wouldn’t
want to risk crowds and coronovi-
rus.
“He looks like death warmed
over, but he’s in good shape,” Fie-
dler says. “He walks everyday, and
he tells me that he’s discovering
houses and parts of his neigh-
bourhood he’s never seen.”
Lightfoot’s neck of the wood is
the tony Bridle Path. He wouldn’t
need to go far to come across his
famous neighbour, hip-hop su-
perstar Drake, who built an opu-
lent compound right across the
street from the Sundown singer’s
more modest mansion. “I don’t
think they’ve met yet,” Fiedler
says. “But I’m sure they will.”
Maybe Drake will have Light-
foot over to the small lake he calls
a swimming pool. Who wouldn’t
pay money to be at that party?

Montreal Museum of
Fine Arts begins search
for new general director
KATE TAYLOR

N
ot waiting for a government report on the situation,
the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has begun its
search for a new general director. A month after the
controversial dismissal of general director and chief
curator Nathalie Bondil, the museum has posted her posi-
tion on an executive search website.
The undated French-language listing on the Boyden Cana-
da website says the museum is looking for an art historian
with at least 10 years experience in a comparable manage-
ment position as well as national and international connec-
tions to oversee the museum’s programming, outreach and
strategic direction.
The museum’s board dismissed Bondil in July, after an in-
Bahia Watson voices a young teenager in Lucretia in Quarantine, the first instalment of Metamorphosis – dependent report last fall found evidence of a “toxic” work-
a Viral Trilogy, a pandemic-inspired audio drama in three parts. place and psychological harassment of staff. Bondil has re-
sponded that the real reason for her falling out with the
board was over the promotion of curator Mary-Dailey Des-

Three podcasts for the theatre-deprived
BRAD WHEELER
you had to remember you were
human.” The trilogy is presented
by Volcano Theatre, TO Live, Can-
Frankie Faison and Scott Adsit in a
delightful curve-balling comedy
about a New York Mets fan who
marais into the position of cura-
torial director, a job created to
lighten Bondil’s load and improve Bondil was unusual
communications with the curato-
rial department. Bondil had want- in filling the roles of
ed a more experienced external both general director
candidate and declined to add her and chief curator

P
odcasting has been a boon
for fans of theatre, and now,
with stages closed down be-
cause of health regulations asso-
ciated with COVID-19, storytelling
serials are a lifeline. These three
podcasts arrive just in time for
those jonesing for drama.
METAMORPHOSIS –
A VIRAL TRILOGY
From the Giller-winning author
André Alexis comes a pandemic-
inspired audio drama in three
parts, directed by Ross Manson.
The first instalment is Lucretia in
Quarantine, in which a young
teenager (voiced by Bahia Wat-
son) documents her motherless,
near feral existence in a daily jour-
nal. It’s a poignant story of fear,
family and survival, involving the
adoption of a baby raccoon. In an
allegory for these weird times, the
lines between human and animal
are blurred: A confused “pet”
shrieks; its unprepared caretaker
is just as scared. “I wonder what it
would be like,” Lucretia says, “if
adian Stage and SummerWorks
theatre festival, with new epi-
sodes dropping Aug. 24 and 31.
PLAYING ON AIR
This continuing American radio
and podcast series was launched
in 2012 to present short plays – a
preferred form of many play-
wrights because of the pithy dra-
matic possibilities, and yet they
are rarely performed profession-
ally outside of theatre festivals.
Though the Playing On Air pro-
ductions are bite-sized, they’re
not short on big names, with ac-
tors Ed Asner, Elizabeth Ashley,
Adam Driver, Kathleen Turner
and Jesse Eisenberg being just a
few of the A-listers on board for
these stripped-down perform-
ances. A new season comes this
fall, but meanwhile Playing On Air
is rereleasing a few old episodes,
including Happy by Alan Zweibel
of Saturday Night Live, It’s Garry
Shandling’s Show and Curb Your
Enthusiasm fame. Taped in front
of a live audience, Happy stars
looks up a former boys-of-sum-
mer hero of his.
GHOSTS OF THE ROYAL ALEX
Figuring that every good ghost
story needs a twist, Mirvish Pro-
ductions marketing and sales di-
rector John Karastamatis came up
with a crowd-sourcing gimmick.
At the end of each chapter of this
spooky six-part tale about Toron-
to’s historic (and apparently
haunted) Royal Alexandra Theat-
re, listeners are invited to submit
ideas on what should happen
next. The backstage story read by
actor David Mucci is set in 1959,
when the new television fad con-
tributed to a decline in theatre at-
tendance in general and the
building of the modern, bigger
O’Keefe Centre nearby threatened
the Royal Alex’s livelihood in par-
ticular. The script comes from
Karastamatis, and while he’s no
playwright, as a promotion man
he knows there’s nothing more
frightening than an empty
theatre.
name to an announcement say- at the museum.
ing Desmarais’s promotion was
unanimous. Most large museums
Quebec Culture Minister Nath- separate the two,
alie Roy has stepped into the dis- leaving the director
pute and is now waiting on an in-
dependent report that should de-
to manage the
termine if the board acted cor- big picture while
rectly in insisting on its own the chief curator
candidate for curatorial director oversees the content
and in dismissing Bondil from her
role.
of exhibition
Bondil was unusual in filling programming
the roles of both general director and research.
and chief curator at the museum.
Most large museums separate the two, leaving the director to
manage the big picture while the chief curator oversees the
content of exhibition programming and research. When ap-
pointed director in 2007, Bondil kept her previous job as
chief curator and continued to organize temporary exhibi-
tions. The new job posting stipulates that the successful can-
didate will work with the curatorial director to plan exhibi-
tions. It features a long list of duties, including taking an en-
trepreneurial approach to partnerships and exhibitions,
overseeing budgets, maintaining the museum’s internation-
al and national status and building good relations with staff
and unions.
A representative for Roy was not immediately able on
Wednesday to comment on the museum’s decision to move
ahead with replacing Bondil.
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FIRST PERSON
Talking-animal
fable does
BALLET WILL KEEP so much more
YOU ON YOUR TOES than Dolittle
BARRY
HERTZ

FILM REVIEW

The One and Only Ivan

CLA S S I F I CAT I ON: PG; 8 5 MI NUTES

Directed by Thea Sharrock

Written by Mike White, based on
the book by Katherine Applegate
Starring Bryan Cranston and
the voices of Sam Rockwell
and Danny DeVito
★★★

O
f the many, many, many
(many!) unfortunate
events of 2020, one that
stands out at this writing is the
fact that Robert Downey Jr.’s Dolit-
tle received a theatrical release,
and The One and Only Ivan has not.
Mostly, this is a matter of bad tim-
ing between two talking-animal
movies. The dreadful Dolittle
squeaked onto big screens in
January, back when the act of
watching Downey Jr. mug with
monkeys seemed like the most
grave injustice of the year. The One
and Only Ivan, meanwhile, was
scheduled for a summer bow, be-
fore COVID-19 sent it straight to
Disney+.
ILLUSTRATION BY CHELSEA O'BYRNE But whereas Dolittle took the
idea of chattering chimps and ver-
bose vultures and ran it into the
Learning the form as an adult has been a far bigger challenge than I imagined. ground, The One and Only Ivan ele-
But I’m thrilled just to take the initiative, Caroline Helbig writes vates its babbling baboons and
erudite elephants to a level of
graceful storytelling and emo-

‘W
elcome to hell, ladies,” he says in an “Pointe, demi-pointe, plié,” he cues. I’m concentrating tional catharsis. The film might
Eastern European accent. I grimace hard, trying to master the terminology while execut- only be available to stream in the
as he presses down on my stiff upper ing the corresponding movement. I’m sure it doesn’t emptiness of your own home, but
back, attempting to coax out an extra look pretty, but he fails to notice as he admonishes it has enough big-screen ambition
millimetre of flexibility. I’m finally ticking adult bal- another lady for not keeping her head up. “You must that you can easily imagine it
let class off my bucket list, but now I’m wondering look proud, like a rooster.” Thankfully, he doles out holding an entire theatre’s audi-
what possessed me to do this. feedback in equal measure. ence rapt.
When I was a little girl in the 1960s, I begged my We are practicing port de bras, a ballet term for In adapting the children’s book
mother to let me take ballet class. I loved the pink movement of the arms. Mr. C tells us that our shoul- by K.A. Applegate, screenwriter
tutus, the pretty buns, the dreams of gracefully ders must be strong and our lower arms soft and Mike White (School of Rock, HBO’s
dancing across the stage like the Swan Princess. She graceful. I flutter my arms, channeling my inner Enlightened) and director Thea
sent me off to figure skating and Brownies and yet, swan. “Your hands, they look like claws,” he chides. Sharrock (Me Before You) manage
for some reason that’s still a mystery to me, she “No one wants to look at that.” an impressive achievement – the
wouldn’t budge on ballet lessons. I get nervous when Tchaikovsky begins to play. pair have made a family film that
With the distractions of teenagehood and then Not only do I have to remember the terms, the steps, treats its audience with respect
the demands of adult life, thoughts of taking ballet the graceful arms and the breathing, now I also need and care.
lessons were put on hold. But every so often, usually to keep in time with the music. “Just listen, feel the While there are a handful of
while watching an inspired performance of Swan music,” he implores. concessions to the genre – bodily-
Lake, those little pangs of unfulfilled desire would Mr. C sees our perturbed expressions. “I’m not fluid gags, easy pratfalls – White
speak up and say: You should take lessons before it’s here to tell you how wonderful you all are, I’m here and Sharrock are mostly interest-
too late. to teach you the fundamentals of classical Russian ed in urging their young viewers
And here I am – more than 50 years after pleading ballet,” he proclaims. He launches into a monologue to consider serious questions of
with my mother – finally taking the about how we’re all too soft in this cruelty and autonomy, all without
plunge. country, too in need of constant praise. the heavy hand of message-mo-
The class is called Absolute Begin- I actually agree with him on this one. vie prodding.
ner Adult Ballet, and I’m a good 30 The class is called After a few sessions, I find myself Like Dumbo crossed with Curi-
years older than the rest of the partici- looking forward to ballet class in much ous George, the movie follows the
pants. Our instructor (Mr. C) is trained Absolute Beginner the same way that I looked forward to exploits of gentle giant Ivan, a go-
in classical Russian ballet and has had Adult Ballet, and I’m roller coaster rides when I was a kid – rilla who entertains increasingly
an illustrious dancing career. a good 30 years with a mix of angst and excitement. dwindling crowds in a fading
I’ve got my hair in a slicked-back older than the rest Between classes, I check my posture in shopping mall. His fellow circus
bun and I’m wearing second-hand every window I pass, and indulge my residents, including an elephant
pink ballet slippers. Sadly, the tutu- of the participants. fantasies with grands jetés between named Stella and a dog named
wearing window has closed for me. Our instructor (Mr. C) kitchen and living room. I’m progress- Bob, don’t question their exist-
We start with warm-up exercises. is trained in classical ing, albeit slowly. My hands are mar- ence or the agenda of their owner
The precise, controlled movements Russian ballet and ginally less claw-like and my posture a (Bryan Cranston) much until a
are so different from what I’m used to little more erect. baby elephant comes along and
in my regular aerobics and strength has had an illustrious Mr. C is still a tad intimidating; starts to wonder when she might
training classes. I’m in pretty good dancing career. nonetheless, I’ve come to appreciate roam free.
shape, but this warm-up is killing me. his demands for perfection, his disci- Filming in live action, with the
Based on the groans, my younger classmates are far- pline, his passion, his directness and his sense of hu- animals rendered in ultradetailed
ing no better. mour. Maybe my elementary school gym teacher CGI, Sharrock does a slick job of
“Did I tell you to stop? Keep going, ladies,”Mr. C had these qualities too, although I doubt it. He was marrying the mundane with the
says with a devilish grin, revelling in our agony. just plain mean. fantastical. And her voice cast is
This brings me a disturbing flashback to elemen- We’ve progressed to the middle of the room. delightful, with Sam Rockwell
tary school gym class in suburban Montreal. For Mr. C demonstrates a beautiful diagonal pattern lending Ivan true depth of charac-
years, I had an evil gym teacher who hailed from across the floor. I summon my inner swan once ter, and comedic players Danny
somewhere in the former Soviet bloc. He delighted again and pretend I’m on stage dazzling the audi- DeVito, Helen Mirren and White
in beaning timid little girls with dodgeballs and ence with my grace. “Too much drama,” he yells. I himself giving range to the cir-
mocking our feeble attempts at hoisting our scraw- smile. It’s not exactly a compliment, but it’s a whole cus’s other critters.
ny bodies up on chin-up bars. I’ve since had a lifelong lot better than ugly. Although the narrative beats
disdain for dodgeball. But I’m a mature adult now, Learning ballet as an adult has been a much big- will be familiar to anyone who has
confident, not easily intimidated. I can even do a ger challenge than I expected. I know that I will nev- seen any movie involving caged
chin-up (sort of). Ballet and Mr. C don’t scare me. er master a grand jeté (or even a petit one for that mat- animals – do you think the Mouse
“OK ladies, hands on barre, stand up tall,” he in- ter), but I’m thrilled that I finally took the initiative House would unleash an unhap-
structs. How hard could this be? One by one, Mr. C and that ballet still holds the same allure for me as it py ending on its young audienc-
critiques our posture. He points his finger at various did when I was a little girl. es/future Disney+ subscribers? –
body parts while sternly giving feedback: “Head up, Sadly, after only a few months of lessons, the last third of the film still packs
neck long, chest proud, stomach in, back straight, COVID-19 restrictions put an abrupt end to my blos- an emotional wallop. One that, in
buttocks tight …” I’m last in line and have taken note soming ballet skills. I know I’ll eventually return to its tenderness and sincerity,
of every previous adjustment. I’ve got this. He looks my lessons – much like the roller coaster, I simply serves as a dispiriting reminder of
at me and I know instantly that I’ve missed some- can’t resist being tortured and delighted by the fun- just how crassly most contempo-
thing. “Breathe!” he says. “It must look effortless. No damentals of classical Russian ballet. rary family films are engineered.
one wants to see clenched face. It’s ugly.” While there are so many Dolit-
Mr. C has us doing a little routine at the barre. Caroline Helbig lives in West Vancouver, B.C. tles, there is only one Ivan.

The One and Only Ivan is available to

stream on Disney+ starting
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Bryan Cranston stars in

The One and Only Ivan, with
Sam Rockwell providing the
voice of the titular gorilla.
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BRIDGE South’s opening bid here – deliberately bypassed because of ace and the 10 – instead of one.
BY STEVE BECKER with 11 high-card points – is ac- the more pressing need to show Furthermore, West was in an
THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 2020 ceptable for two reasons. He has minimum values. ideal position to know this, since
six probable winners if hearts are East won the spade lead with he could see that if he refused
trump, which is more than most the jack and continued with the to overruff South’s king, the 10
hands with a higher point count. A-K. Declarer, fully aware that would automatically become
Also, he has an easy way to West had almost surely started promoted into a second trump
South dealer. identify the weakness of his with a doubleton spade, ruffed trick.
Neither side vulnerable. opening bid as the bidding de- with the king and was overruffed It is true that defenders are
velops. If North continues to by West with the ace. South then usually delighted to overruff
make forcing bids, South can won the club return with the ace, declarer when the opportunity
rebid his hearts at the minimum drew trump and claimed. presents itself, but this was one
The bidding: level every time it’s his turn. However, West should have of those occasions where that
In the present case, South’s defeated four hearts. Had he impulse should have been re-
South West North East pass of three spades suggests discarded at trick three instead jected. The ace of trump could
1 [H] Pass 3 [D] 3 [S] that his opening bid may have of overruffing, declarer would never get away, but the contract
Pass Pass 4 [H] been on the weak side. The obli- have gone down one, eventu- might if the ace was played
Opening Lead – four of spades. gation to rebid a six-card suit is ally losing two trump tricks – the prematurely.

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in any order. There is only one solution to each puzzle.

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CRYPTIC CLUES QUICK CLUES column must contain
ACROSS DOWN ACROSS the numbers 1 through
6 without repeating.
1 Harmonicas played 2 Substandard may 1 Equally (5,3,2)
for a drink (10) mean a small reduction 8 Ready to sleep (5)
8 Vanishing travelling in price (1,3,3) 2. The numbers within
9 Rise from launch pad (4,3) the heavily outlined
conditions (5) 3 Dispute right to enter 10 Incident in narrative (7) boxes, called cages,
9 Ponders about how complaint (5) must combine using
11 Strangely frightening (5)
to reply (7) 4 A truce arranged between
12 Needing food (6) the given operation (in
10 Not evil maybe; just vicar and laity (6) any order) to produce
14 Inexperienced (6) the target numbers in
lacking restraint (7) 5 Fair son worked to
the degree (2,2,3) 17 English romantic poet (5) the top-left corners.
11 Fast naval ships? (5)
6 Sea air adds a little 19 Novice (7)
12 Decline to make us free (6)
weight to one (5) 21 Currently in progress (7) Freebies: Fill in
14 A professional gets by in 3. single-box cages with
the correct manner (6) 7 Idolater is disposed to get 22 Fit of depression (5)
the numbers in the
17 Sorted bales of fur (5) opinions on paper (10) 23 Have unhappy outcome (3,2,5)
top-left corner.
19 Transfer gold on a 8 Bring about – the launch
foreign boat (7) of a rocket? (4,4,2) DOWN
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22 We have to be careful 15 My word (7) 4 Religious conviction (6) YESTERDAY'S CRYPTIC
to take them (5) 16 Mature and moving 5 Fine lustrous silk (7)
programme (6) ACROSS: 1 Sparse, 4 Chopin, 9 Anthill, 10 Award, 11 Udder, 12 Tethers, 13 Happy
23 Be too tired to 6 Clean by hard rubbing (5) medium, 18 Compile, 20 Deuce, 22 April, 23 Erector, 24 Scrawl, 25 Angler.
keep up? (4,6) 18 Short and direct (5) 7 Taciturn (2,3,5) DOWN: 1 Statue, 2 Acted, 3 Stirrup, 5 Heart, 6 Plateau, 7 Nudism, 8 Ill-tempered,
20 Penal reform in an 8 Get married (3,3,4) 14 Admirer, 15 Dudgeon, 16 Scraps, 17 Bearer, 19 In-law, 21 Until.
Asian country (5)
13 Cancel (7) YESTERDAY'S QUICK
15 Lack of energy (7) ACROSS: 1 Put off, 4 Tremor, 9 Nonstop, 10 Plumb, 11 Sprig, 12 Nonplus, 13 Case in
16 Watchword (6) point, 18 Impetus, 20 Swarm, 22 Glint, 23 Unequal, 24 Return, 25 Heresy.
18 Corner (5) DOWN: 1 Punish, 2 Tenor, 3 Fatigue, 5 Ripen, 6 Maudlin, 7 Robust, 8 Open-and-shut,
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TH U RS DAY , AUGUST 20, 2020 | T HE GLOB E AN D MAI L O
Bill Nichols, 84, works to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fire tears through Vacaville, Calif., on Wednesday. The blaze is made
up of several fires burning in five counties north of San Francisco, including Vacaville, and had consumed about 186 square kilometres as of
Wednesday morning. NOAH BERGER/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Evacuations ordered as crews
fight blazes across California
HAVEN DALEY
JANIE HAR VACAVILLE, CALIF.
Crews were battling wildfires in the San
Francisco Bay Area and thousands of peo-
ple were under orders to evacuate
Wednesday as hundreds of wildfires
blazed across the state amid a blistering
heat wave now in its second week.
Governor Gavin Newsom blamed “this
extraordinary weather we’re experiencing
and all of these lightning strikes” for 367
known fires, including 23 major fires or
groups of fires. He said the state has re-
corded nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 72
hours.
Police and firefighters went door to
door before dawn Wednesday in a frantic
scramble to warn residents to evacuate as
fire encroached on Vacaville, a city of
about 100,000 between San Francisco and
Sacramento. At least 50 structures were
destroyed, including some homes, and 50
damaged.
Ash and smoke filled the air in San
Francisco, which is surrounded by wild-
fires burning in multiple counties to the
north, east and south. The LNU Lightning
Complex fire is made up of several fires
Canada increases matching fund for Beirut aid
TERESA WRIGHT
The federal government is increasing how
much it will match in contributions to hu-
manitarian relief in Lebanon after an out-
pouring of support from Canadians.
International Development Minister
Karina Gould announced Wednesday the
government will now match up to $8-mil-
lion in individual contributions made by
Aug. 24 to the umbrella aid agency Human-
itarian Coalition.
Ottawa had originally earmarked $2-
million for the matching fund, before ex-
panding it to $5-million last week.
Ms. Gould said the Humanitarian Coali-
tion told the government it was on track to
reach the $5-million target, and there’s al-
most a week left for Canadians to donate
before the cut-off. “In response to the in-
credible generosity of Canadians, we felt it
was very important to ensure the dollars
that they’re donating will go as far as pos-
sible,” she said.
The money will come from the $30-mil-
lion the Liberals committed to provide
emergency aid after a blast in the country’s
capital of Beirut on Aug. 4. The explosion
at the port killed 180 people, injured about
6,000 and has left nearly 300,000 people
homeless.
Ms. Gould said a decision announced
Wednesday on how $13.5-million will be al-
located comes in response to a US$565-mil-
lion appeal launched by the UN last week
to help with immediate assistance and re-
covery efforts. “It’s quite significant …
that’s just really just to address the human-
itarian crisis over the next three months,”
Ms. Gould said of the international appeal
POLICE INVESTIGATING BERLIN HIGHWAY CRASHES AS POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK
BERLIN An Iraq-born man deliberately
drove his car into motorcycles along a
stretch of Berlin highway, leaving at least
one person with life-threatening injuries
in what German officials classified
Wednesday as a terror attack.
“According to the current state of our
investigation, we assume this was an
Islamist-motivated attack,” Berlin’s Sen-
ator for the Interior, Andreas Geisel, said.
“A religiously motivated background
cannot be excluded.”
Six people were injured, three of them
burning in five counties north of San Fran-
cisco, including in Vacaville, and had con-
sumed about 186 square kilometres as of
Wednesday morning.
John Gardiner, 60, stayed up all night
after receiving an alert from a neighbour
of oncoming fire just before midnight. His
house and neighbours’ homes were still
safe, but he worried that could change as
crews anticipate hot winds Wednesday af-
ternoon.
“It was incredible, things swirling,
winds just whipping through, like a how-
ling ripping sound, and then you could
hear explosions going off,” he said. “You
can taste smoke in your mouth.”
Victoria Gregorich, 54, said her family
loaded up the car and left their Vacaville
home after deputies rang the gate around
12:30 a.m. to tell them to evacuate. The fire
destroyed her greenhouse, but the house
was spared.
Her neighbours were not so lucky.
“It’s devastating,” she said. “I just thank
God we have our home.”
In the East Bay, a cluster of 20 separate
lightning-sparked fires called the SCU
Lightning Complex was threatening about
1,400 structures in rugged terrain with
dense brush. The fires have torched 344
The explosion at the port in Beirut on Aug. 4 killed 180 people, injured about 6,000
and has left almost 300,000 homeless. JOSEPH EID/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
for funds. “We’ve tried to respond in terms
of what the greatest needs were.”
Ms. Gould said Wednesday that $5-mil-
lion will go to the World Food Programme
to support critical food assistance needs af-
ter the blast destroyed the main grain silo
in Beirut’s port, escalating a food crisis in
the city.
Another $2.5-million will go to Unicef
for health care, water and sanitation needs
of vulnerable people; $1.5-million will go
to the UN refugee agency to help migrants
in the affected areas, and $1-million will go
to the UN’s population fund to ensure es-
sential sexual and reproductive health ser-
vices, among others, remain available for
severely, when the 30-year-old man alleg-
edly drove into several vehicles, inten-
tionally hitting motorcycles, on Tuesday
evening, Berlin prosecutors and police
said in a joint statement.
The collisions at three different loca-
tions on the BAB100 highway happened
shortly before 7 p.m. local time and led to
a complete closing of one of the German
capital’s main traffic arteries.
Investigators did not reveal the man’s
identity, as is customary in Germany, but
local media identified the suspect as
square km.
To the south of San Francisco, in San
Mateo and Santa Cruz counties, about
22,000 people were ordered to evacuate
because of a fire burning in dense wooded
parkland that threatened communities,
Cal Fire spokesman Jonathan Cox said.
About 22 fires are part of the complex
and most had been burning in relatively
remote, dense brush until strong winds
overnight Tuesday pushed them into
more populated areas, merging some of
the fires together.
Resources are strapped, he said, given
the number of fires burning in California.
“We’re in the unfortunate position
where firefighters are going to be spend-
ing several days out on the fire line,” he
said. “It’s gruelling, it’s exhausting.”
Christopher Godley, Sonoma County’s
emergency management director, also
conceded that resources are thin.
“It’s difficult to second guess what the
fire commanders are doing with their air-
craft. But it’s not like last year when we
saw just a huge wealth of resources flow-
ing into the county,” he said. “It is what it
is.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
vulnerable populations.
An additional $500,000 will go to the Le-
banese Red Cross, on top of the funds Can-
ada has already committed to that agency.
Where to allocate Canada’s remaining
funds will be based on needs and what
some of the early recovery looks like, Ms.
Gould said.
“We will continue to be there for the
people of Lebanon in the immediate need,
but also as they recover and hopefully get
to a place where they can recover and
hopefully be in a place where they can re-
cover and be in a more stable situation.”
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Sarmad D. He is being investigated for
three cases of attempted murder.
There were also indications that the
man had mental-health issues, Mr. Geisel
said. “The fact that the suspect was pos-
sibly suffering from psychological prob-
lems does not make this issue any eas-
ier,” Mr. Geisel said. “If personal problems
mix with religiously loaded ideas, this
can lead to uncontrollable acts – yester-
day’s events have shown in a very painful
way how vulnerable our society is.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWS | A15
Virus deaths
in Florida
top 10,000 as
teachers, state
debate school
reopenings
MIKE SCHNEIDER ORLANDO
The number of people in Florida
confirmed to have died from the
new coronavirus surpassed
10,000 Wednesday, as teachers
and state officials argued in court
over whether bricks-and-mortar
schools should be forced to
reopen this month.
Florida reported 174 deaths
Wednesday, bringing the total
number of deaths for residents
and non-residents to at least
10,067 – the fifth highest death
toll in the country. Florida’s daily
average reported deaths over the
past week was 167 deaths. Two
weeks ago, it peaked at 185 deaths.
The state reported a total of
584,047 coronavirus cases, a daily
increase of 4,115 cases.
Hospitalizations for the virus
have been declining for nearly a
month, and the growth in new
cases has been decelerating. The
positivity rate for COVID-19 test-
ing in Florida has averaged about
11.4 per cent over the past week.
There were 5,351 patients being
treated for the disease in Florida
hospitals early Wednesday –
down from peaks above 9,500 pa-
tients in late July.
“Those are all good trends.
Those are all positive signs,” Flor-
ida Governor Ron DeSantis said at
a discussion on mental health in
Altamonte Springs.
Meanwhile, Florida’s largest
teachers’ union argued with law-
yers for the state of Florida during
a hearing over whether schools
should reopen during the pan-
demic.
The Florida Education Associ-
ation sued Mr. DeSantis, Educa-
tion Commissioner Richard Cor-
coran, the Florida Department of
Education and others to stop
schools from physically reopen-
ing, arguing it is unsafe to do so
until the spread of the virus is un-
der control.
The teachers’ union is seeking
an injunction from a judge in Tal-
lahassee to stop enforcement of a
state order requiring schools to be
open five days a week, starting
this month.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
DEATHS IN IRAN PASS 20,000
AS COUNTRY STRUGGLES
TO CONTAIN VIRUS
TEHRAN Iran surpassed 20,000
confirmed deaths from the
coronavirus on Wednesday, the
Health Ministry said – the high-
est death toll for any Middle East
country so far in the pandemic.
The announcement came as
the Islamic Republic, which has
been struggling with both the
region’s largest outbreak and the
highest number of fatalities,
went ahead with university
entrance exams for more than
one million students. Iran is also
preparing for mass Shia com-
memorations later this month.
Meanwhile, Lebanon reached
10,000 confirmed cases Wednes-
day after recording nearly 600
new infections. The small Medi-
terranean country of more than
five million continues to see the
number of new cases accelerate.
Iran suffered the region’s first
major outbreak, seeing top
politicians, health officials and
religious leaders in its Shia
theocracy stricken with the
virus. It has since struggled to
contain the spread of the virus
across the country of 80 million
people, initially beating it back
only to see it spike again begin-
ning in June.
Still, international experts
remain suspicious of Iran’s case
counts. Even researchers in the
Iranian parliament in April
suggested the death toll is likely
nearly double the officially
reported figures, owing to
undercounting and because not
everyone with breathing prob-
lems has been tested for the
virus.
Iran reported its first coro-
navirus cases and deaths on the
same day in February – the
Mideast’s first outbreak of the
virus – yet it only saw its highest
single-day spike in reported
cases in June. The highest daily
death toll was reported in July.
On Wednesday, Iran reported
more than 350,200 confirmed
cases, with 20,125 deaths, Health
Ministry spokeswoman Sima
Sadat Lari said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Scotiabank settles U.S. probe with record fine

Bank to pay $127.5-million penalty after misleading investigators in long-running case on precious metals pricing manipulation

MARK RENDELL
CAPITAL MARKETS REPORTER
The Bank of Nova Scotia will pay
US$127.5-million to settle crimi-
nal and civil charges after investi-
gators in the United States found
Scotiabank traders illegally ma-
nipulated the price of futures
contracts for precious metals
over a period of eight years and
the bank subsequently misled
regulators about it.
Scotiabank has also agreed to
oversight by an independent
monitor for three years to ensure
it addresses major failures the
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission uncovered in its
compliance system. The CFTC
said it had grounds to “suspend
or revoke” Scotiabank’s registra-
tion, and would do so if improve-
ments are not made.
The settlement involves the
largest civil penalty for “market
spoofing” in U.S. history.
Both civil and criminal fines
are at the top end of the U.S. pen-
alty scale owing to Scotiabank’s
failure to disclose the wrongdo-
ing and its attempts to mislead
investigators, the CFTC and the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
said in statements on Wednes-
day.
Charges included compliance
failure, making false or mislead-
ing statements to regulators, and
market manipulation.
“Entities seeking to co-operate
with the CFTC, like all others that
interact with the commission,
must tell the truth,” James McDo-
nald, director of the CFTC’s divi-
sion of enforcement, said in a
statement.
Between 2008 and 2016, four
Scotiabank traders manipulated
the price of gold, silver, platinum
and palladium futures contracts
on the New York Mercantile Ex-
change and Commodity Ex-
change using an illegal trading
strategy known as “spoofing.”
The traders, located in New
York, London and Hong Kong,
placed orders they knew they
would not fill and then cancelled
them. This sent artificial price
signals to the market, the DOJ
said in a statement, with the in-
tention of tricking “other market
participants into reacting to the
apparent change and imbalance
in supply and demand by buying
and selling futures contracts at
quantities, prices, and times that
they otherwise likely would not
have traded.”
The DOJ said this allowed the
traders to make favourable trans-
actions.
SCOTIABANK, B6

[ REAL ESTATE ]
Ontario to set
rules on who
can be called
a financial
adviser
CLARE O’HARA
WEALTH MANAGEMENT REPORTER

Financial service professionals

will be held to a higher standard
as the Ontario government push-
es ahead with plans to crack
down on people who use the title
of “financial planner” or “finan-
cial adviser.”
In its latest report on title regu-
lation, the Financial Services Reg-
ulatory Authority of Ontario
(FSRA) announced that individu-
als who currently use either title
will not be exempt from a new
rule that will establish minimum
standards for those who want to
use those titles.
There are several reputable
designations and certifications
currently held by individuals in
the financial services sector – in-
cluding stockbrokers, financial The current work-from-home culture has created an open-mindedness about moving out of the big city into more affordable
planners, life insurance agents markets. A house, pictured second from right, located in Saskatoon is listed at $294,900. KAYLE NEIS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
and many others. But Canada
currently has no legislated na-
tional standard for those who of-
fer financial planning or advice.
As a result, outside Quebec –
which has its own rules – anyone HOME, CHEAP HOME
can call themselves a financial
planner or adviser, regardless of Priced out of the big city? Rob Carrick details seven housing markets
certification, designation or edu-
cational background.
for first-time buyers where the average price is less than $300,000 B8
“[There] are a large number of
highly qualified individuals al-
ready operating within the finan-
cial services sector who hold in-
dustry-recognized licences or
designations,” the FSRA said in
the report. “However, holding a
financial services licence or desig- Mali coup threatens to Apple doubles market value
nation may not automatically
qualify an individual to use a fi-
nancial planner or financial ad-
disrupt supply chains to $2-trillion in five months
viser title.”
ADVISERS, B6
for Vancouver miner JACK NICAS sive new measures to calm in-
vestors.
NIALL McGEE Since then, the stock market –
MINING REPORTER It took Apple 42 years to reach and particularly the stocks of Ap-
ECON OM Y US$1-trillion in value. It took it ple, Microsoft Corp., Amazon-
Inflation rate holds just two more years to get to .com Inc., Alphabet Inc. and
A military coup d’état in Mali raised the possibility US$2-trillion. Facebook Inc. – largely soared,
steady with drop of eventual supply chain disruptions for B2Gold Even more stunning: All of with the S&P 500 hitting a new
in air travel prices B3 Corp., the Vancouver-based miner that operates Apple’s second US$1-trillion high on Tuesday.
one of West Africa’s biggest gold mines, and under- came in the past 21 weeks, while Investors have poured billions
scored the risks for Canadian companies operating the global economy shrank fas- of dollars into the tech behe-
ECON OM Y
in the politically unstable region. ter than ever before in the coro- moths, betting that their im-
U.S. Federal Reserve On Tuesday, Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar navirus pandemic. mense size and power would
considering tweaks Keïta resigned after being detained by mutinous On Wednesday, Apple Inc. be- serve as refuges from the pan-
military officers in the capital city of Bamako. The came the first U.S. company to demic-induced recession. To-
to monetary policy B3
soldiers, who are part of a group called the National hit a US$2-trillion valuation gether, those five companies’
Committee for the Salvation of the People, vowed when its shares climbed 1.4 per value has swelled by almost
IN V E ST I N G to cede power once democratic elections are even- cent to US$468.65 in midday US$3-trillion since March 23,
Airbnb files tually held. The coup came after months of protests trading, though they later de- nearly the same growth as the
against the previous Mali government and amid clined and ended the day flat. It S&P 500’s next 50 most valuable
confidential paperwork periodic insurgency from terrorist groups. was another milestone for the companies combined, including
for public offering B4 Internationally the coup was condemned. maker of iPhones, Mac comput- Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Wal-
Both the United Nations and the African Union ers and Apple Watches, cement- mart Inc. and Walt Disney Co.,
(AU) called for the immediate release of Mr. Keïta. ing its title as the world’s most according to S&P Global, the
The Economic Community of West African States valuable public company and market analytics firm. Apple’s
(ECOWAS) also ordered its member states to close punctuating how the pandemic valuation alone rose by about
their regional borders with Mali. has been a bonanza for the tech US$6.8-billion a day, more than
COMPANIES “There’s a heck of a lot of uncertainty as far as giants. the value of American Airlines
AMAZON ............................... B9 who’s actually running this country right now,” As recently as mid-March, Ap- Inc.
EXTENDICARE ....................... B9 said Chris Thompson, analyst with PI Financial. ple’s value was less than US$1- “It’s become the new flight to
FACEBOOK ............................ B9 “But the bigger problem is the political void that trillion after the stock market safety,” Aswath Damodaran, a
GOODYEAR ........................... B4 Mali seems to be moving into plays right into the plunged over fears of the coro- New York University finance pro-
MAPLE LEAF .......................... B2 hands of the jihadists and this terrorist element. navirus. fessor who studies the stock
THOMSON REUTERS ............. B9 Who knows what the new Mail is going to look On March 23, the stock mar- market, said of investors flocking
WALMART ............................. B9 like.” ket’s nadir this year, the U.S. Fed- to Big Tech.
GOLD, B6 eral Reserve announced aggres- APPLE, B4

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B2GOLD CORP.
VICTOR KING
B2Gold’s President & CEO,
Mr. Clive Johnson, is pleased
to announce the appointment
of Mr. Victor King as
Vice President, Exploration,
effective July 1, 2020.
Mr. King has 30 years of
management experience in the
mining industry and extensive
knowledge from working
throughout Africa on numerous
exploration, development and
mining projects.
Mr. King started his
management career in the
early 1990s as Exploration
Manager at Gold Fields Limited,
where he led the exploration
team that discovered and
developed one of the largest
gold mines in Ghana, the
world-class Tarkwa Mine.
From the early to mid-2000s,
while working as Regional
Exploration Manager, Africa, he
was responsible for acquiring,
discovering and advancing
projects in various countries
across sub-Saharan Africa. In
2009, Mr. King was appointed
Chief Operating Officer at
Volta Resources Inc., where he
oversaw various exploration
and development projects
in West Africa, including the
successful discovery of the five-
million-ounce-plus Kiaka Gold
Project in Burkina Faso.
Following B2Gold’s acquisition
of Volta Resources, Mr. King
joined the Company as Explora-
tion Manager, West Africa in
2014. While in this role, he fur-
thered B2Gold’s regional explo-
ration activities and was part of
the original due diligence team
in Mali that led to the successful
acquisition of the Company’s
world-class flagship Fekola Gold
Project. For over three years,
Mr. King managed Fekola’s
ongoing exploration programs
and was instrumental in signifi-
cantly increasing the project’s
mineral resources. He was also
instrumental in the discovery
of the Anaconda deposit adja-
cent to the Fekola Mine. In
2017, Mr. King was appointed
Regional Vice President, West
Africa, where he was respon-
sible for regional corporate
management, government
relations, community relations
and several key corporate social
responsibility initiatives, includ-
ing the successful resettlement
of Fadougou village in Mali.
In his new role as Vice
President, Exploration,
Mr. King will be responsible
for overseeing and managing
B2Gold’s exploration projects
around the world as well as
identifying new opportunities
for company growth.
Mr. King holds a Bachelor of
Science in Geology (Hons) from
the University of Cape Town,
South Africa.
Please join us in welcoming
Mr. King to the B2Gold
executive team.
About B2Gold
B2Gold is a low-cost interna-
tional senior gold producer
headquartered in Vancouver,
Canada. Founded in 2007, today,
B2Gold has operating gold
mines in Mali, Namibia and the
Philippines, and numerous
exploration and development
projects in various countries
including Mali and Colombia.
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON
TO BUY MOMENTA
PHARMACEUTICALS
Johnson & Johnson agreed to
buy Momenta Pharmaceuticals
Inc. for about US$6.5-billion on
Wednesday, to bolster its port-
folio of drugs for hard-to-treat
autoimmune diseases.
The acquisition, the latest in
a recent spate of health care
deals, comes just days after
France’s Sanofi SA struck a
US$3.7-billion deal to buy Prin-
cipia Biopharma Inc. for its
pipeline of autoimmune dis-
ease treatments.
Treatments targeting autoim-
mune conditions have fetched
billions of dollars in sales,
including AbbVie Inc.’s Humira,
which is the world’s bestselling
drug.
J&J’s Janssen unit will gain
access to Momenta’s experi-
Shoppers head to a Target store in Miami on Wednesday. JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES mental therapy, nipocalimab,
which is in late-stage testing for
warm antibody hemolytic ane-
Target sales soar, online mia, a condition that causes
destruction of healthy red
blood cells, and mid-stage
revenue nearly triples testing for myasthenia gravis, a
neuromuscular disease.
Nipocalimab is expected to
eventually win approval to
Foot traffic increases by than 70 per cent. treat several conditions.
The retailer also echoed bigger rival REUTERS
4.6 per cent, while apparel Walmart as well as department store chain
sales grow by double-digits Kohl’s Corp. in describing the start to the
after previously dropping back-to-school season as slow because of
uncertainty around when students would MAPLE LEAF HALTS PORK
20 per cent in the first quarter go back to classrooms. In response, it will EXPORTS TO CHINA AMID
extend back-to-school offerings, it said. VIRUS OUTBREAK AT PLANT
Mr. Cornell added that even as the effect
AISHWARYA VENUGOPAL of government support has waned, sales
MELISSA FARES remained strong in June and July with Au- OTTAWA Canadian meat pro-
gust off to a “solid start,” recording low cessor Maple Leaf Foods Inc. has
double-digit growth. voluntarily suspended exports of
Target Corp. on Wednesday reported its “As we move into Q4 we can expect a pork to China after an outbreak
best quarterly comparable sales growth hard-fought election and a holiday season of COVID-19 in a Manitoba plant.
and online revenue that nearly tripled as that, like so much of this year, is likely to be The company said late Tues-
customers took advantage of the retailer’s unprecedented,” Mr. Cornell said. day that it was pro-actively
quick and contact-free delivery to shop for Through the pandemic-ridden first half complying with new Chinese
clothes, video games and home decor. of the year in which numerous bankrupt- government protocols for Cana-
Shares of the Minneapolis-based retail- cies occurred among traditional bricks- dian processors that require that
er jumped around 12 per cent to a record and-mortar retailers including J.C. Penney any plant reporting a positive
high of US$153.77 in morning trading after and Neiman Marcus, Target said it won COVID-19 case suspend exports
it handily trounced estimates for quarterly about US$5-billion in market share across to China temporarily.
profit and revenue. Shares ended the day categories. “We respect China’s new
closed slightly higher at US$154.22. The group’s comparable sales, which in- import protocols for Canadian
The surging demand seen at big-box clude online and store sales, jumped 24.3 products and are working coop-
chains at the height of the lockdown per cent in the quarter, handily beating ex- eratively with Canadian and
caused by the coronavirus pandemic has pectations of an 8.2-per-cent increase, ac- Chinese authorities to resume
continued into the second cording to IBES data from exports quickly,” Maple Leaf
quarter even as restrictions Refinitiv. chief executive Michael McCain
ease, with some U.S. shop- The surging demand Comparable digital sales said in a statement.
pers using their stimulus surged 195 per cent, driven Shares of the Mississauga-
checks to shop for bigger- seen at big-box largely by the success of Tar- based company closed up about
ticket non-essentials, such as chains at the height get’s same-day services, such 1 per cent at $29.89 on Wednes-
tablets and beauty products. of the lockdown as in-store pick up, Drive up day on the Toronto Stock Ex-
“The biggest change we caused by the and Shipt, which grew 273 change.
saw from Q1 to Q2 … was the per cent in the quarter. Maple Leaf has been grappling
exceptional growth we saw coronavirus “Target’s Q2 performance for weeks with an outbreak of
in in-store shopping in an en- pandemic has obliterated the bullseye, COVID-19, the illness caused by
vironment where many the novel coronavirus, at its pork
continued into the with every line item vastly
Americans were turning to second quarter even exceeding our expecta- processing plant in Brandon,
digital to fulfill their needs,” tions,” Moody’s retail analyst Man. Fifty-five people have
chief executive Brian Cornell as restrictions ease. Charlie O’Shea said. tested positive for the virus. Of
told reporters. Target said that nearly 90 those, 53 cases are active, while
While foot traffic at Target stores rose per cent of its online orders were fulfilled two people have recovered,
4.6 per cent, Walmart Inc. said on Tuesday through stores, another sign investments Maple Leaf spokeswoman Janet
it saw a 14-per-cent decline. in swifter delivery and remodeling stores Riley said in an e-mail on Tues-
On the whole, shoppers are also gener- were paying off. day. She said the plant is oper-
ally shopping less frequently but purchas- Target’s net earnings jumped 80.3 per ating and health officials have
ing more in one trip to the store. cent to US$1.69-billion, with adjusted earn- said there “remains no evidence
“Target’s digital offer is working in tan- ings per share of US$3.38, well ahead of of workplace transmission.”
dem with their fleet of 1,900 stores and analysts’ US$1.62 forecast. Total revenue Canada is the world’s No.3
shows that the multichannel mojo is a rose about 25 per cent to US$22.98-billion, shipper of pork. In 2019, China
strategic positive in the battle vs. Amazon also topping expectations of US$20.87-bil- bought some $609-million in
and Walmart,” Evercore analyst Greg Mel- lion. pork, making it Canada’s third
ich said. largest pork market in both
In the second quarter ended on Aug. REUTERS value and volume terms, accord-
1, Target’s apparel sales grew by ing to industry data.
double-digits after a 20-per-cent first-quar- TARGET (TGT) Maple Leaf said it believes the
ter drop, with electronics sales up more CLOSE: US$154.22, UP US$17.32 suspension of pork exports to
China is a “short-term” situation
and “not [a] material financial
event,” given the company’s
diverse markets. REUTERS
Marriott facing class-action suit
over customer data breach BLACKBERRY TEAMS UP
WITH TEXAS STARTUP TO
KIRSTIN RIDLEY LONDON bour Litigation. A London-based spokes- LAUNCH 5G SMARTPHONE
woman for Marriott said: “We don’t have a
comment to make at this time.”
Marriott International Inc., a leading ho- About seven million British guest re- TORONTO BlackBerry Ltd. is
tel operator, is facing a London class ac- cords were compromised by the hack, ac- teaming up with a Texas-based
tion brought by millions of former guests cording to the U.K. Information Commis- startup to launch a new 5G-
demanding compensation after their per- sioner’s Office (ICO), which last year pro- enabled version of its well-
sonal records were hacked in one of the posed to fine Marriott £99.2-million known smartphone in the first
largest data breaches in history. pounds ($172-million). Marriott an- half of 2021, aimed at the North
Martin Bryant, founder of nounced in 2018 that hack- American and European mar-
technology and media con- ers had accessed its Star- kets.
sultancy Big Revolution, is wood hotels reservation da- The Canadian smartphone
leading the claim for English I hope this case will tabase, and notified the FBI. pioneer has been out of the
and Welsh-domiciled guests Lawyers filed a lawsuit in a hardware business for several
after more than 300 million raise awareness of Maryland federal court years but licensed the Black-
customer records from Mar- the value of our within hours and others fol- Berry name to other partners.
riott’s global database, po- personal data … and lowed suit in the U.S. and BlackBerry’s new partner is
tentially including passport also serve notice to Canada. OnwardMobility of Austin, Tex.,
and credit-card details, were The London class action which will outsource manu-
hacked between 2014 and other data owners has been filed in the High facturing to a subsidiary of
2018. that they must hold Court after a landmark Foxconn – a Taiwan-based com-
“I hope this case will raise our data responsibly. Court of Appeal decision pany best known as the primary
awareness of the value of our last October that allowed a manufacturer of Apple Inc.’s
personal data, result in fair MARTIN BRYANT similar, opt-out lawsuit to be iPhones.
compensation … and also LEADER OF THE CLAIM served against Internet giant OnwardMobility chief exec-
FOR ENGLISH AND
serve notice to other data WELSH-DOMICILED GUESTS Google over alleged unlaw- utive Peter Franklin says as
owners that they must hold ful tracking of iPhone users much of the new BlackBerry as
our data responsibly,” he said in a state- in 2011 and 2012 through third-party possible will be made in North
ment. cookies. U.S.-style “opt-out” class actions America.
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified bind a defined group automatically into BlackBerry – which counts
damages for loss of control of personal da- legal action unless individuals opt out, the United States government as
ta, automatically includes guests who saving on hefty advertising costs. a major customer for its security
made a reservation for one of the former Google is appealing. products – announced in Febru-
Starwood brand hotels – including Sher- ary that it would end a 2016
aton Hotels & Resorts and St. Regis hotels REUTERS licensing and technology sup-
– before Sept. 10, 2018. port with TCL Communication
Mr. Bryant is represented by law firm MARRIOTT (MAR) at the end of this month.
Hausfeld and the case is funded by Har- CLOSE: US$94.00, DOWN 44 US CENTS THE CANADIAN PRESS
TH U RS DAY , AUGUST 20, 2020 | T HE GLOB E AN D MAI L O
Inflation rate shrinks to
0.1% for July, Statscan says
Air travel fares fell for
first time since 2015 last
month, as goods and
services more broadly
saw slow price growth
JORDAN PRESS OTTAWA
The annual pace of inflation
stayed largely grounded for July
at 0.1 per cent, held down by the
first drop in air travel prices in
almost five years, Statistics Cana-
da said Wednesday.
The reading was down from a
year-over-year increase of 0.7 per
cent in June.
The average economist esti-
mate had been for a year-over-
year increase of 0.5 per cent for
July, according to financial data
firm Refinitiv.
Air travel prices fell in July by
8.6 per cent – the first year-over-
year decline since December,
2015 – owing to airlines offering
incentives for people to travel
again, including reduced fees,
discounts and promotions, even
as many flights remained can-
celled or suspended because of
the pandemic.
Similarly, prices for traveller
accommodations were down 27
per cent compared with July,
2019, marking the third straight
month of declines as Canadians
opted for staycations.
In a demand-constrained en-
vironment, businesses are going
to be caught in a tug of war be-
tween covering higher operating
costs and providing discounts
and incentives to attract con-
sumers, TD senior economist
James Marple said. Last month,
price discounts won out.
“What you’re starting to see is
activity is slowly normalizing,
but drawing people back to ac-
tivities that still have some risk
factor, obviously, price adjust-
ments are continuing to happen
in those industries,” Mr. Marple
A worker refills a vending machine for personal protective equipment
at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Aug. 13. Airline prices
dropped by 8.6 per cent in July, as carriers introduced travel incentives
including cheaper fees. COLE BURSTON/THE CANADIAN PRESS
said in a telephone interview.
Anna Feng, an economist with
the Conference Board of Canada,
said in a statement that prices
may go up over the near-term as
businesses pass on higher oper-
ating costs because of the pan-
demic.
Statistics Canada said the
slower pace of price growth in
July was broad-based, spanning
goods and services.
Gasoline prices were down by
14.9 per cent compared with a
year ago, as surging COVID-19 in-
fections in other parts of the
world heightened concerns that
demand would plummet. Ex-
cluding the drop in gasoline pric-
es, the inflation barometer com-
pared with a year ago was up 0.7
per cent for July.
Annual prices for meat rose at
a slower pace in July than June
largely owing to production
ramping up again after plant
closings caused by spikes in in-
fection rates among workers.
The average of Canada’s three
measures for core inflation,
which are considered better
gauges of underlying price pres-
sures and closely tracked by the
Bank of Canada, was 1.6 per cent,
staying relatively steady since
April.
The figures are below the
Bank of Canada’s 2-per-cent in-
flation target, but the central
bank has warned that the price
index readings are going to be
low for this year and next.
Governor Tiff Macklem has
said the central bank will main-
tain its key interest rate at the
lower limit of 0.25 per cent until
inflation gets back into the Bank
of Canada’s target range.
“If weak prices are any indica-
tion, the economy is now more
fully reflecting the higher unem-
ployment rate and resulting de-
pressed demand,” CIBC senior
economist Royce Mendes wrote
in a note.
“As a result, the road back to
the Bank of Canada’s target
could be a long and winding one
for inflation.”
In a separate report, Statistics
Canada said wholesale sales rose
18.5 per cent in June to $62.1-bil-
lion to bring them near their pre-
pandemic levels.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
R E PO RT ON BUSINESS | B3
Fed policy makers mull
sticking with aggressive
stimulus, minutes show
ANN SAPHIR
HOWARD SCHNEIDER
Federal Reserve policy makers are considering tweaks to
monetary policy that could result in the U.S. central bank
sticking with aggressive stimulus measures far longer than
under its previous rubric, minutes from their most recent pol-
icy meeting showed.
The readout of the Fed’s July 28-29 meeting, published
Wednesday, also showed policy makers concerned that a re-
covery from the economic downturn triggered by the coro-
navirus pandemic faced a highly uncertain path. For instance,
they judged that the swift rebound in employment seen in
May and June had likely slowed and that additional “substan-
tial improvement” in the labour market would hinge on a
“broad and sustained” reopening of business activity.
The minutes also showed policy makers were nearing
agreement on changes to the Fed’s policy framework, includ-
ing changes to its periodic Statement of Longer-run Goals and
Monetary Policy Strategy.
Fed officials “agreed that … refining the statement could be
helpful in increasing the transparency and accountability of
monetary policy,” the minutes reported.
“Participants noted that the Statement on Longer-Run
Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy serves as the foundation
for the Committee’s policy actions and that it would be im-
portant to finalize all changes to the statement in the near fu-
ture.”
Policy makers decided to revamp their policy approach in
late 2018, when they worried that low inflation and low inter-
est rates globally would mean they would need stronger tools
than before to combat future recessions.
That was well before the pandemic ended a record-long pe-
riod of growth and sent the world’s biggest economy into its
sharpest downturn since the 1930s.
The Fed responded by slashing interest rates, buying tril-
lions of dollars of bonds, launching a raft of brand new lend-
ing programs, and signalling it expects to deliver years of ex-
traordinary support to revive growth.
At the current juncture, with the unemployment rate at
10.2 per cent, drastic cuts this month in government aid to
households and businesses, and the virus continuing to
spread, changing the Fed’s overarching framework may make
little short-term impact on policy. But it could signal the Fed’s
readiness to keep its foot on the monetary gas pedal, and per-
haps to take even more aggressive action ahead.
At the July policy meeting, all 10 voting members of the pol-
icy-setting committee agreed to leave the target range for
short-term rates between zero per cent and 0.25 per cent,
where it had been since March 15 when authorities began
shutting businesses to contain the spread of the virus.
They also said the outlook for the economy hinged on the
outlook for the virus, which has now killed more than 171,000
people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally.
REUTERS
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Trump calls
for boycott of
Goodyear over
clothing policy
Shares in tire maker fall as much as 6%
Wednesday as U.S. President rails against
company’s ban on political attire at work

DAVID SHEPARDSON
JAN WOLFE WASHINGTON

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for a boy-

cott of Ohio-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in response
to a company policy that has deemed political attire, includ-
ing that of the Trump campaign, unacceptable for the work-
place.
“Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES – They announced a BAN
ON MAGA HATS,” the Republican President tweeted, refer-
ring to his slogan, “Make America great again,” that often fea-
tures on baseball caps worn by his supporters.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Mr.
Trump was concerned that the company allowed attire sup-
porting the Black Lives Matter movement and other issues People queue to enter a new Apple store in Beijing on July 17. Apple’s business has been entrenched by the
related to equality, but not the Blue Lives Matter group back- pandemic, which has forced people to work, learn and socialize virtually. WANG ZHAO/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
ing police officers, or MAGA.
“As far as I’m concerned, Blue Lives Matter is an equity
issue. There have been police officers across this country that
have been targeted because they wear the badge,” she told a Apple: Rapid rise in valuation is surprising because
briefing. “Goodyear needs to come out to clarify their policy.”
Goodyear, which had nearly US$15-billion in revenue last company hasn’t done much new in past two years
year, said a widely circulated image that triggered the contro-
versy was not created or distributed by the company’s corpo- FROM B1
rate group.
“To be clear on our longstanding corporate policy, Companies that are rich, flexible
Goodyear has zero tolerance for any form of harassment or and digital are benefiting in the
discrimination,” it said in a statement. To enforce that policy, pandemic – and that describes
Goodyear said, it asks employees to avoid “workplace expres- the tech Goliaths, he said, adding,
sions in support of political campaigning for any candidate “This crisis has strengthened
or political party as well as similar forms of advocacy that fall what was already a strong hand.”
outside the scope of racial justice and equality issues.” Apple’s rapid rise to US$2-tril-
Shares in Goodyear fell as much as 6 per cent on Wednes- lion is particularly astonishing be-
day but later pared some of the losses to trade down 2.4 per cause the company has not done
cent at US$9.50. much new in the past two years. It
Goodyear is the largest tire company in North America. Its has simply built one of the tech
branded tires were on 24 per cent of new vehicles in the U.S. industry’s most effective money-
in 2018, according to Tire Business, an industry publication. makers, which has such a firm
U.S. Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, who represents grip over how people communi-
Goodyear’s home state of Ohio, criticized Mr. Trump’s com- cate, entertain themselves and
ment. “It’s absolutely despicable that the President would shop that it no longer relies on
call for a boycott of an American company, based in Akron, groundbreaking inventions to
that employs thousands of U.S. workers,” he wrote in a tweet. keep the business humming.
When Apple first reached billions of dollars more without it, accusing the company of violat-
REUTERS US$1-trillion in August, 2018, it he said. ing antitrust laws by forcing de-
came after decades of innovation. In the company’s most recent velopers to use its payment sys-
GOODYEAR (GT) The company, founded in 1976 by earnings call, Mr. Cook said, “We tems.
CLOSE: US$9.50, DOWN 23 US CENTS Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, do not have a zero-sum approach Apple has also wielded anoth-
churned out world-changing to prosperity.” He added, “We are er powerful tool to boost its valua-
products such as the Macintosh focused on growing the pie, mak- tion and enrich its investors and
computer, the iPod, the App Store ing sure our success isn’t just our executives: stock buybacks. Since
and the iPhone. success and that everything we the company’s value hit US$1-tril-
Since then, it has mostly make, build or do is geared to- lion, it has returned US$175.6-bil-
tweaked past creations, selling ward creating opportunities for lion to shareholders, including
gadgets with names such as the others.” US$141-billion in stock buybacks.
Apple Watch Series 5, the AirPods Apple declined further com- Apple has repurchased more than
Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max. It ment. US$360-billion of its own shares
has also pushed into services such since 2012, by far the most of any
as streaming music, streaming company, and has announced
movies and TV programs and pro- plans to spend at least tens of bil-
viding news, selling subscriptions Our products and lions of dollars more on Apple
for them. stock.
Under its chief executive, Tim services are very Apple has increased its buy-
Goodyear has asked its employees to avoid ‘workplace Cook, Apple’s most important in- relevant to our backs since it used the Trump ad-
expressions in support of political campaigning for any novation in recent years has ar- customers’ lives, and in ministration’s 2017 tax law to
candidate or political party as well as similar forms of guably been its nearly unrivalled some cases, even more bring back most of the US$252-bil-
advocacy.’ JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES ability to generate profits. Mr. lion it had once held abroad. (The
Cook has built a sophisticated during the pandemic law saved it US$43-billion in taxes
global supply chain to produce than ever before. on the move, according to the In-
billions of devices – most assem- stitute on Taxation and Economic
AIRBNB CONFIDENTIALLY FILES FOR U.S. IPO bled in China – and leaned into a LUCA MAESTRI Policy, a research group in Wash-
APPLE’S FINANCE CHIEF
product line designed to lock cus- ington.) Apple has US$194-billion
tomers into its ecosystem so they in cash and bonds.
Short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc. on Wednes- buy new gadgets every few years Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook Buying back stock generally in-
day confidentially filed for an initial public offering with and pay monthly fees to use Ap- and Alphabet, which owns Goo- creases a company’s share price,
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking ple’s suite of digital services. gle and YouTube, have also con- in part because it reduces the total
what is expected to be one of the marquee public market Apple has also grown despite tinued raking in billions of dollars number of shares for sale. Critics
debuts of the year. its size by extracting more money amid the pandemic. Their out- have argued that it also increases
The number of shares to be offered and the price range from the companies that run sized influence has attracted in- inequality because it mostly en-
for the IPO has not yet been determined, the company said businesses on iPhone apps, draw- tense scrutiny over the past year, riches wealthy investors and the
in a statement. ing accusations that its 30-per- including a bipartisan grilling of company’s own executives, who
“The initial public offering is expected to take place after cent cut of some app revenues is four of the companies’ chief exec- are often large shareholders, as is
the SEC completes its review process, subject to market unfair. utives in Congress last month. the case with Apple. Executives
and other conditions,” Airbnb added. The Silicon Valley company’s Representative David Cicilline, and some economists said that
Reuters reported in October that Airbnb was close to business has been only further chairman of the House subcom- returning excess cash to sharehol-
hiring Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. as entrenched by the pandemic, mittee that is investigating how ders is better than sitting on it.
joint lead advisers on its planned stock market flotation. which has forced people to work, the tech giants are brandishing Apple is the second publicly
Airbnb last year announced plans to become a publicly learn and socialize virtually. From their power, warned at the hear- traded company to hit US$2-tril-
listed company in 2020, making it one of the biggest names April through June, even as Apple ing that the companies had lion. Saudi Aramco, Saudi Ara-
to pursue a stock market float this year. shuttered many of its retail stores grown too powerful. bia’s state-owned oil company,
The company’s plans to go public come at a time when because of the virus, it posted “Their ability to dictate terms, went public in December and
its core home-rental business has been hit hard by the US$11.25-billion in profits, up 12 call the shots, upend entire sec- briefly exceeded the US$2-trillion
COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced millions of people per cent from a year ago. It in- tors and inspire fear represent the mark. It remained the world’s
across the world to postpone their travel plans. creased its sales of every product powers of a private government,” most valuable company until Ap-
REUTERS and in every part of the world. he said. “As hard as it is to believe, ple surpassed it last month.
“Our products and services are it is possible that our economy Others are vying to reach the
very relevant to our customers’ will emerge from this crisis even US$2-trillion mark soon. The can-
lives, and in some cases, even more concentrated and consoli- didates likely to hit that mile-
CITY-CENTRE BUSINESSES STRUGGLING MORE more during the pandemic than dated than before.” stone next? Microsoft, Amazon
THAN THOSE IN RURAL AREAS, CFIB SURVEY FINDS ever before,” Luca Maestri, Ap- Last week, Apple’s power over and Alphabet.
ple’s finance chief, said in an in- its App Store was in the spotlight
terview last month. when it booted the popular game NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
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CFIB data released on Wednesday indicates that 22 per
cent of businesses polled in urban cores are at normal
levels of sales compared with 37 per cent in rural areas. DILBERT
CFIB executive vice-president Laura Jones says that
empty downtown offices and non-existent international
tourism might be to blame.
Over all, 66 per cent of survey respondents say their
business is fully open, while 40 per cent are fully staffed
and 28 per cent are making normal sales.
CFIB represents about 110,000 small and medium-sized
businesses, and 5,119 members responded to the online
survey, which ran from Aug. 13 to Aug. 18.
The polling industry’s professional body, the Marketing
Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys
cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not
randomly sample the population.
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Notice of Application and Directions on Procedure
Application to Export Electricity to the United States
TransAlta Energy Marketing Corp.
By an application dated 21 August 2020, TransAlta Energy Marketing Corp. (the
Applicant), has applied to the Commission of the Canada Energy Regulator (the
Commission) under Division 2 of Part 7 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act (the Act)
for authorization to export up to 17,520,000 MW.h of combined firm and interruptible
energy annually, for a period of 10 years. The applicant, or its affiliates, has an interest
in the following generation facilities in Canada: see page 217 of TransAlta’s 2019
Annual Integrated Report: https://www.transalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/
TAC2019_AnnualReport.pdf.
The Commission wishes to obtain the views of interested parties on this application
before issuing a permit or recommending to the Governor in Council that the application
be designated for a licencing procedure. The Directions on Procedure that follow explain
in detail the procedure that will be used.
1. The Applicant shall provide a copy via email of the application to any person who
requests one by contacting Regulatory_Reporting@TransAlta.com. The application
is also publicly available on the Canada Energy Regulator’s website at https://apps.
cer-rec.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/94151.
2. Submissions that any party wishes to present shall be filed online with the
Secretary of the Commission, and emailed to the Applicant by 21 September 2020.
3. Pursuant to Section 359(2) of the Act, the Commission is interested in the views of
submittors with respect to:
(a) the effect of the exportation of the electricity on provinces other than that from
which the electricity is to be exported; and
(b) whether the Applicant has:
(i) informed those who have declared an interest in buying electricity for consumption
in Canada of the quantities and classes of service available for sale; and
(ii) given an opportunity to buy electricity on conditions as favourable as the
conditions specified in the application to those who, within a reasonable time after
being so informed, demonstrate an intention to buy electricity for consumption in
Canada.
4. Any answer to submissions that the Applicant wishes to present in response to
items 2 and 3 of this Notice of Application and Directions on Procedure shall be
filed with the Secretary of the Commission and emailed to the party that filed the
submission by 6 October 2020.
5. For further information on the procedures governing the Commission’s examination,
contact the Secretary of the Commission, at (403) 292-4800 (telephone).
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is dedicated to the safety and well-being of its staff,
Indigenous communities, the public, and all those with whom we work closely. For
information on how the CER is continuing its regulatory oversight during the COVID-19
pandemic, please refer to the CER’s COVID-19 response page: https://www.cer-rec.
gc.ca/bts/cvd19/index-eng.html.
The CER’s preferred filing method is online through its e-filing tool, available at https://
www.cer-rec.gc.ca/pplctnflng/sbmt/index-eng.html, which provides step-by-step
instructions. If unable to file a document online, it may be filed by email to Secretary@
cer-rec.gc.ca.
Jean-Denis Charlebois
Secretary of the Commission
of the Canada Energy Regulator
Avis de demande et instructions relatives à la procédure
Demande visant l’exportation d’électricité vers les États-Unis
TransAlta Energy Marketing Corp.
Dans une demande datée du 21 Août 2020, TransAlta Energy Marketing Corp. (le «
demandeur ») a sollicité auprès de la Commission de la Régie de l’énergie du Canada,
aux termes la section 2 de la partie 7 de la Loi sur la Régie canadienne de l’énergie («
LRCE »), l’autorisation d’exporter jusqu’à 17,520,000 MWh par année d’énergie garantie
et interruptible, pendant une période de 10 ans. Le demandeur, directement ou par
l’entremise de ses sociétés affiliées, détient une participation dans les installations de
production au Canada : voir page 243 du Rapport intégré annuel 2019 https://www.
transalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TAC2019_Rapport_integre_annuel.pdf.
La Commission aimerait connaître le point de vue des parties intéressées sur cette
demande avant de délivrer un permis ou de recommander au gouverneur en conseil
qu’elle soit soumise à la procédure d’obtention de licence. Les instructions relatives à la
procédure énoncées ci-après exposent en détail la démarche qui sera suivie.
1. Le demandeur doit fournir envoyer la demande par courriel à toute personne qui
manifeste son intérêt en écrivant à Regulatory_Reporting@TransAlta.com. La
demande peut également être consultée sur le site Web de la Régie de l’énergie du
Canada à l’adresse https://apps.cer-rec.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Élément/Afficher/94151.
2. Les observations des parties doivent être déposées en ligne auprès du secrétaire
de la Commission et envoyées par courriel au demandeur au plus tard le 21
Septembre 2020.
3 Suivant le paragraphe 359(2) de la LRCE, la Commission considérera les points de
vue portant sur ce qui suit :
a) les conséquences de l’exportation d’électricité sur les provinces autres que la
province exportatrice;
b) le fait que le demandeur
(i) a informé quiconque s’est montré intéressé par l’achat de l’électricité pour
consommation au Canada des quantités et des catégories de services offerts;
(ii) a donné la possibilité d’acheter de l’électricité à des conditions aussi favorables
que celles qui sont indiquées dans la demande, à ceux qui ont, dans un délai
raisonnable suivant la communication de ce fait, manifesté l’intention d’acheter de
l’électricité pour consommation au Canada;
4. Toute réponse du demandeur aux observations concernant les points 2 et 3 du
document Avis de demande et instructions relatives à la procédure doit être
déposée auprès du secrétaire de la Commission et envoyée par courriel à la partie
qui a soumis les observations, au plus tard le 6 Octobre 2020.
5. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur la procédure d’examen de la Commission,
veuillez communiquer avec le secrétaire de la Commission, par téléphone au 403-
292-4800.
La Régie de l’énergie du Canada a à cœur la sécurité et le bien-être de son personnel,
des communautés autochtones, du public et de tous ceux avec qui elle collabore.
Pour de l’information sur la façon dont la Régie poursuit ses activités de surveillance
réglementaire pendant la pandémie de COVID-19, veuillez consulter la page sur la
réponse de la Régie à la pandémie de la COVID-19 : https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/bts/
cvd19/index-fra.html.
La Régie privilégie la méthode de dépôt en ligne à partir de son outil de dépôt
électronique, qui se trouve à https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/pplctnflng/sbmt/index-fra.
html et qui comprend des instructions détaillées. S’il vous est impossible de faire un
dépôt de cette manière, veuillez envoyer votre document par courriel à l’adresse
secretary@cer-rec.gc.ca.
Le secrétaire de la Commission de la Régie de l’énergie du Canada,
Jean-Denis Charlebois
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Gold: Mali coup highlights risks Canadian miners face in volatile part of the world
FROM B1
Shares in B2 fell by 7.5 per cent to
close at $8.18 apiece on the To-
ronto Stock Exchange on
Wednesday.
B2 said in a statement that its
Fekola mine, which is located
about 500 kilometres west of Ba-
mako, has been unaffected by
the coup, its staff are safe and its
supply chain is in good shape
until at least the end of Septem-
ber.
In an interview, B2Gold’s chief
executive officer, Clive Johnson,
said that Fekola is particularly
well stocked with supplies such
as fuel, because of contingency
planning owing to the COVID-19
pandemic. And even if the bor-
ders remain closed beyond Sep-
tember, the company could still
cope.
“If we got into a situation
where our supply chain started
to get threatened, we would al-
ways have the option to stop
physical mining for a period of
time and actually just run the big
stockpiles of good grade ore we
have through the mill,” Mr. John-
son said.
Mr. Johnson said that stock-
piles at Fekola could keep it in
operation for an additional sev-
eral months, if need be.
B2, which is Canada’s fifth
largest gold miner by market val-
ue with a $9.2-billion capitaliza-
tion, has mines in Namibia and
the Philippines, but Fekola is the
company’s biggest and most
profitable operation by far. Last
year, it produced 456,000 thou-
sand ounces of gold.
The coup in Mali once again
highlights the risks that Cana-
dian miners face in a particularly
volatile part of the world. Last
year, 39 employees of Montreal-
based Semafo Inc. were killed in
an apparent jihadi attack on a
bus convoy in Burkina Faso. The
tragedy devastated the compa-
ny’s share price and eventually
Scotiabank: At least two senior staff knew about the illegal activity, commission says
FROM B1
“The consequences of the ac-
tions of these traders are far re-
aching, affecting not only the
economy of the United States,
but also the world’s financial
markets,” Delany De Leon-Colon
of the U.S. Postal Inspection Ser-
vice’s criminal investigations
group, said in a statement.
At least two senior members
of Scotiabank’s compliance team
knew about the illegal activity
but “failed to act to stop the mis-
conduct when they became
aware of it,” the CFTC said in a
statement.
The CFTC caught wind of the
illegal trading in 2016, after Sco-
tiabank made a voluntary disclo-
sure about suspicious activity by
one of the traders, Corey Flaum.
Acting on this information, the
CFTC fined Scotiabank $800,000
in 2018.
Further investigation deter-
mined that Scotiabank’s 2016
disclosure was “materially in-
complete” and inaccurate be-
cause of record-keeping failures.
Moreover, the CFTC found that
during the earlier investigation,
Scotiabank employees made
“multiple false and misleading
statements of material fact to
CFTC staff, and omitted material
facts.”
Scotiabank acknowledged
wrongdoing in a statement on
Wednesday: “We understand
Advisers: FSRA set to finalize rule by 2021, then hand proposal to Finance Minister
FROM B1
Financial advisers generally help
clients manage their invest-
ments, while financial planners
help people prepare for goals
such as retirement or a child’s
education.
Last year, Ontario passed the
Financial Professionals Title Pro-
tection Act to improve oversight
on qualifications and credentials
used in the financial services sec-
tor. The act requires anyone in the
province who wants to use cer-
tain titles to obtain appropriate
credentials and remain in good
standing. At the same time, the
government appointed the FSRA,
Ontario’s new financial services
regulator, to oversee the develop-
ment of the rule and decide which
industry designations would
qualify under it.
Now, minimum standards for
financial planners will require
them to have a credential that,
among other things, has an edu-
cational component related to fi-
nancial planning, such as estates
and tax planning, retirement
planning, technical knowledge,
B2Gold says its Fekola
mine, which is located
about 500 kilometres
west of Bamako, has
been unaffected by the
coup. B2 says the mine’s
staff are safe and its
supply chain is in good
shape until at least the
end of September.
B2GOLD
Scotiabank
acknowledged
wrongdoing in a
statement Wednesday,
saying the bank ‘must
adhere to trading-related
regulatory requirements
and compliance policies.’
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
ethical practices and dealing with
conflicts of interest. A credential
for a financial adviser will include
similar components, as well as
education on providing suitable
financial and investment recom-
mendations to clients.
The FSRA is on track to finalize
the rule by 2021. The proposed
rule will then be handed over to
Ontario’s Finance Minister for fi-
nal approval.
Consumer advocates and in-
dustry groups have raised con-
cerns about the wide array of ti-
tles and credentials used by indi-
viduals in Ontario’s financial ser-
vices marketplace, such as
brokers, insurance agents, bank
employees and staff at mutual
fund dealers.
After six months of consulta-
tions – which were slightly de-
layed this past spring by the CO-
VID-19 pandemic – the FSRA said
in its report that individuals will
have three years from the time
the new rule is implemented to
update any credential or educa-
tional requirements needed to
use the title “financial adviser,”
and five years for individuals who
culminated in the sale of Semafo
to Britain’s Endeavour Mining
Corp. earlier this year.
Josh Wolfson, analyst with
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.,
wrote in a note titled It Comes
With the Territory that the coup
in Mali reinforces the geopolit-
ical risk of operating in West
Africa.
B2 owns 80 per cent of Fekola,
with the Mali government own-
ing the rest. In recent years, a
number of African countries, in-
cluding Tanzania and the Demo-
that in order to maintain the
trust of our stakeholders, we
must adhere to trading-related
regulatory requirements and
compliance policies. We are com-
mitted to adhering to these stan-
dards.”
As part of a deferred prosecu-
tion agreement, Scotiabank
agreed to assist in other investi-
gations and prosecutions. Mr.
Flaum, the trader, pleaded guilty
want to use “financial planner.”
If someone continues to use
the designation after the transi-
tion period without obtaining ap-
proved credentials, “enforcement
action” will be taken. Penalties
have not yet been determined.
The FSRA’s complete list of ap-
proved designations is still under
review, but the report says some
existing licences or designations
may not meet the new minimum
requirements.
For example, the FSRA does
not anticipate that the Life Li-
cence Qualification program
(LLQP) would meet standards for
technical knowledge, profession-
al skills and competencies. The
LLQP is part of the Canadian li-
censing regime for life insurance
salespeople and is held by 50,000
individuals in Ontario.
FSRA chief executive Mark
White says one of the main goals
is to implement the new rule
“through a process with existing
designations and licensing re-
gimes so as to not create any un-
necessary burden.”
One of the most widely known
credentials is the certified finan-
O TH E G LO B E AND M AIL
cratic Republic of Congo, have
pushed back hard on Canadian
miners and demanded better fi-
nancial terms. But Mr. Johnson
says he’s not worried about any
eventual new Mali government
tampering with B2’s current roy-
alty and taxation structure be-
cause of the country’s long histo-
ry of honouring its mining con-
vention, which locks in financial
terms for companies for extend-
ed periods of time.
Barrick Gold Corp.’s shares fell
by 3.3 per cent on the Toronto
to attempted price manipulation
in 2019 and is scheduled to be
sentenced next year.
The DOJ acknowledged that
Scotiabank has improved its
compliance systems since 2016,
nearly doubling its annual com-
pliance budget and adding more
than 200 new full-time compli-
ance positions. But the DOJ de-
termined that an independent
monitor was needed because the
cial planner (CFP) designation
administered by the professional
body FP Canada (formerly the Fi-
nancial Planning Standards
Council). More than 16,900 peo-
ple in Canada hold it, about 9,000
of them in Ontario.
FP Canada CEO Cary List has
been a part of several consulta-
tions and is optimistic his organi-
zation will be approved by the
FSRA when the rule is imple-
mented.
“We are confident that this new
rule as proposed will do what is
intended, which is eliminate con-
sumer confusion around the use
of certain financial titles and we
are pleased to see a distinction be-
tween financial planner and fi-
nancial advisers so consumers
can begin to understand the dif-
ference,” Mr. List said.
The FSRA continues to hold
discussions with stakeholders on
which designations and certifica-
tions will be approved. The au-
thority will post updates on its
website as credentialing bodies
are approved.
The list is widely anticipated by
financial services professionals
| THU R SDAY , AUGUST 20, 2020
Stock Exchange to close at
$38.26. Barrick operates the Lou-
lo-Gounkoto mining complex in
western Mali. In a statement,
Barrick said that its operations
were not affected by the coup.
Loulo-Gounkoto produced
141,000 ounces of gold in the
quarter ending June 30, repre-
senting just more than 10 per
cent of Barrick’s overall produc-
tion.
B2GOLD (BTO)
CLOSE: $8.18, DOWN 66¢
improvements had “not been
fully implemented and tested.”
Earlier this year, the bank an-
nounced plans to shut its metals
trading business by the begin-
ning of 2021. The division, once
one of the largest players in the
global metals trading industry,
had only 15 team members left
by April, down from 140 five
years ago, Reuters reported.
This is not the first Canadian
bank hit with penalties for U.S.
market manipulation. In 2014,
Royal Bank of Canada paid $35-
million to resolve a CFTC lawsuit
that alleged “wash trading,” a
strategy to create the perception
of market activity.
On Wednesday, the CFTC and
DOJ used the Scotiabank settle-
ment as an explicit warning to
other market participants, and
an advertisement for their own
increased capacity to catch of-
fenders.
“These record-setting penal-
ties reflect not only our commit-
ment to being tough on those
who break the rules, but also the
tremendous strides the agency
has made in data analytics,”
CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert
said in a statement.
“Our ability to go through the
electronic order book and look
across markets has enabled the
CFTC to not only spot miscon-
duct, but also to uncover false
and misleading statements,” he
said.
across Canada as other provinces
have begun to explore similar
measures, says Greg Pollock, CEO
of Advocis, an industry lobby
group for financial advisers. Last
month, the Saskatchewan gov-
ernment followed Ontario’s lead
and passed similar legislation, fol-
lowing consultations led by the
Financial and Consumer Affairs
Authority of Saskatchewan
(FCAA).
“There is great interest in sev-
eral other jurisdictions where we
have had discussions,” Mr. Pol-
lock said. “It is crucial that there
be harmonization from province
to province so we don’t have dif-
ferent rules in different provinces
– and today we do have those dif-
ferences under some licensing re-
gimes.”
Currently, the Ontario propos-
al is open for a 90-day industry
comment period. Questions be-
ing considered include whether
advisers should be required to
disclose the credential they hold
to investors, whether there are
any individuals who qualify for an
exemption and options for con-
sumer education.
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eal estate is hot enough in
the COVID-19 era that
they’re feeling the heat in
Saint John.
The average price of a house
there jumped 9 per cent in July
compared with a year earlier, a
sign that the cost of buying a
home is surging in cities both big
and small. Home buyers are way
more worried about missing out
than they are about the as yet
untallied effect of the pandemic
on the economy, jobs, incomes
and more.
The housing market looks like
it entered a manic phase this
summer, but let’s not fuss about
economics and simply play it as
it lies. You want a house and you
worry that prices are running
away from you – what to do?
Presenting seven housing
markets across the country
where a millennial or Gen Z
buyer can buy an average-price
home and still have money to
save and enjoy: Lethbridge, Al-
ta.; Saskatoon; Winnipeg; St.
John’s; and the New Brunswick
trio of Saint John, Moncton and
Fredericton. These cities were
chosen because they appear on
the Canadian Real Estate Associ-
ation’s national price map and
had average resale prices below
$300,000 in July.
The pandemic has changed at-
titudes toward life and work in
ways that should open your
mind like never before to a move
to a small city. First, there’s the
trend of remote work. It’s proved
Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams
The history of value investing
NORMAN ROTHERY
OPINION
PhD, CFA, founder of
StingyInvestor.com
V
alue investing added more
than 100 years to its win-
ning streak after the recent
unearthing of data from before
the great crash of 1929. All told,
value outperformed in the United
States since 1825 with many ups
and downs along the way. Alas, it
is currently in its most dramatic
down period on record.
The history of value investing
was recently extended by money
manager Mikhail Samonov, the
founder of U.S.-based Two Centu-
ries Investments. He combined
three historical data sets to reach
back to 1825 using a patchwork ap-
proach that admittedly isn’t with-
out its issues. Most prominently,
value was measured differently in
the three periods.
The modern period spans from
1927 to 2020. It uses data from Pro-
fessor Kenneth French of Dart-
mouth College, which are the
most robust of the three data sets.
Here value is measured using the
price-to-book-value ratio (P/B).
In this case, the cheapest 30 per
cent of stocks (lowest P/B) are put
into the value portfolio and the
Plant-based egg maker Just says it could turn profit next year as demand rises
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spending owing to the CO-
VID-19 pandemic, plant-
based egg startup Just said it aims
to turn an operating profit before
the end of next year and then will
consider an initial public offer-
ing.
Expectations for an IPO of the
company, officially called Eat Just
Inc., have been fuelled by a boom
in demand for plant-based food.
Led by companies including
Beyond Meat and Impossible
Foods, U.S. retail sales of plant-
based food rose 11 per cent last
year to US$5-billion, with the
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SEVEN AFFORDABLE CITIES FOR FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS
The national average resale home price jumped 14.3 per cent to $571,471
in July. Here are seven markets across the county where the average price
was below $300,000. (In thousands of dollars)
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and Google Drive can bridge the
distance between home and
work. You no longer have to con-
vince your employer this is the
case.
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mindedness to moving out of
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most expensive (highest P/B) go
into the “glamour” portfolio,
which attracts market darlings
with bright prospects trading at
luxurious prices.
Stepping back in time, Mr. Sa-
monov uses industry data collect-
ed by the Cowles Commission for
Research in Economics for the pe-
riod from 1871 to 1927. Price-to-
earnings ratios (P/E) for 68 U.S.
industries are used to form indus-
try portfolios instead of stock
portfolios. The cheapest third of
industries by P/E are put in the
value portfolio and the most ex-
pensive go into the glamour port-
folio.
faux egg market nearly tripling,
according to market research
firm SPINS.
San Francisco-based Just
makes a mung bean-based egg
substitute that comes in bottles
and looks like beaten fresh eggs.
Just, which makes a mayonnaise
substitute as well, sells its prod-
ucts in stores including Walmart,
Kroger and Whole Foods. With
COVID-19 driving demand for
groceries, sales have risen at
plant-based food companies, in-
cluding Beyond Meat, which tri-
pled retail sales in the April-June
quarter.
Just chief executive Josh Te-
trick said that when the pandem-
ic began spreading, he thought it
July 2019 July 2020
the city. In Toronto, for example,
there’s been a shift in emphasis
from the inner-city neighbor-
hoods and their 416 area code to
the suburban 905 zone.
Throughout the country, there’s
also been a growing interest in
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years 1825 to 1871 and uses data
from the Yale School of Manage-
ment’s International Center for
Finance. Here the data are rela-
tively sparse with only 256 securi-
ties and value is measured using
dividend yield. The top third of
stocks (highest yields) are put in
the value portfolio and the bot-
tom third go into the glamour
portfolio.
The long-short value factor is
then tracked by taking the returns
of the value portfolio and sub-
tracting the returns of the glam-
our portfolio.
That is, it effectively follows a
would delay any plans for the
company to go public. But cus-
tomers, spending more time at
home amid lockdowns, boosted
purchases.
JUST, which makes a
mayonnaise substitute
as well, sells its products
in stores including
Walmart, Kroger and
Whole Foods.
“It makes it more likely we’ll go
public sooner,” he said.
“The target to hit operating
profitability is some time before
O TH E G LO B E AND M AIL
buying country homes, cottages,
cabins and camps.
It’s a logical next step to ex-
pand your search for affordable
cities in which to buy a home
and raise a family. Create a list of
locations and feed each name in-
to Realtor.ca to see what’s avail-
able. The national average resale
price in July was $571,471. Bought
with a 10-per-cent down pay-
ment and a 2-per-cent five-year
fixed rate mortgage amortized
over 25 years, this house would
cost $2,265 a month (including
premiums for mortgage default
insurance).
with an average price of
$880,400 in July, a comparable
mortgage would cost $3,489. In
nearby Hamilton, where people
have been moving for a modest
break on Toronto prices, the av-
erage cost of $687,000 produces
a monthly mortgage payment of
$2,723.
The average July price in Saint
John was all of $202,297, which
portfolio that buys value and
short sells glamour. For instance,
these days the long-short value
factor falls when stocks with high
P/Bs outperform those with low
P/Bs.
I’ll start with the good news for
value investors. Value outper-
formed glamour by an average of
3.3 percentage points annually
from 1825 to 2020. Roughly similar
results were seen in the three sub-
periods used to stitch the history
together. Over all, the effort
shows that value fared well in the
century before the period covered
by Prof. French.
But the long-short value factor
suffered from many drawdowns
along the way. Mr. Samonov high-
lights five of the biggest of them.
The factor gave up 50 per cent in
1841, 49 per cent in 1862, 59 per
cent in 1904, and 54 per cent in
1932. Flash forward to March,
2020, and it was down 59 per cent.
(Keep in mind these drawdowns
do not reflect the experience of
long-only investors who simply
buy low-P/B stocks.)
The accompanying chart
shows long-short value factor
drawdowns using Prof. French’s
value-weighted P/B data, which
spans the period from June, 1926,
through June, 2020. The graph de-
parts slightly from Mr. Samonov’s
work in that it uses U.S. data that
sorts stocks both by size and by
the end of 2021.”
“Once we hit operating profit-
ability, then I’ll really begin con-
sidering an IPO with my team and
with my board and with some of
our major shareholders,” he said.
This is the first time the com-
pany has indicated when it could
turn profitable and possibly list.
“It becomes difficult forecast-
ing growth for these young plant-
based companies because you’re
not going to see a company grow
[40 per cent to 50 per cent] a year
for the next decade and the mar-
ket is so competitive,” said Kings-
view Wealth Management’s Paul
Nolte, whose clients have invest-
ed in Beyond Meat.
“If one of these companies ac-
| THU R SDAY , AUGUST 20, 2020
means a mortgage payment of
$802 a month using the same
variables as above. A 20 per cent
down payment would be easily
in reach, which means you save
the cost of mortgage insurance.
Also, you can splurge a bit. On
Realtor.ca earlier in the week,
there was a $375,000 Saint John-
area home on two acres close to
the water.
A few things you can do with
the savings from living in a small
community:
Save more: for emergencies
to come, retirement and your
children’s postsecondary educa-
tion.
Spend more: Upgrades to
your home are affordable in the
context of fitting in with all your
other financial priorities, rather
than replacing some of them.
Travel more: If you need a
big-city weekend, just do it.
Worry less: Small mortgage
payments take the edge off if
your income flow is affected by
events such as the pandemic.
Now for the downside of
small-town real estate markets.
Smaller markets typically appre-
ciate less than larger ones, which
means you’ll need to strategize if
your goal in the future is to move
back to a major city. It might
take a big promotion, career
shift, inheritance or lottery win
to sell your small-town house
and move back to an urban
house, or even a condo.
I’m from Toronto – I lived
there for 31 years before moving
to Ottawa. I know Toronto resi-
dents may complain about traf-
fic and congestion, but they’re
not notably open to moving out-
side the city or its surrounding
constellation of smaller commu-
nities.
But whether you live in Toron-
to, Vancouver or new entrants to
the club of expensive cities such
as Montreal or Ottawa, an oppor-
tunity has appeared out of no-
where to buy a house in an affor-
dable city far away from your
work. Along with rising prices,
that’s another feature of real es-
tate in the COVID-19 era.
P/B. The graph shows the results
for the largest half of stocks,
which represent the most easily
purchasable part of the market.
The largest stocks are then split
into value and glamour groups by
P/B as previously described.
The recent value slump started
back in March, 2007, and the
crash of 2008 walloped value
stocks such as banks and other fi-
nancials. This year’s COVID-19
crash clubbed value stocks again
while many glamorous high-tech
companies benefited as com-
merce moved online. As a result,
the long-short value factor for
large stocks fell 62 per cent from
its 2007 peak by the end of June,
2020. That’s a couple of percent-
age points worse than its level of
March, 2020, which makes it ar-
guably the worst downturn for
value on record. Ouch!
At the same time, long-only
value investors saw their low-P/B
portfolios gain just 3.4 per cent
annually from March, 2007,
through June, 2020.
High-P/B glamour portfolios
shot up 11.8 per cent annually over
the same period.
Value trailed far behind glam-
our in the relative return race in
recent years, but it’s hard to imag-
ine the trend continuing for too
much longer. Mind you, the mar-
ket is now firmly in uncharted ter-
ritory for value investors.
tually did manage to come in
with an operating profit, we’d be
interested in it.”
To cut costs, Mr. Tetrick said
the company needs to find ways
to extract more protein from
mung beans, and buy more beans
from its suppliers in East Africa
and Asia so it can negotiate lower
costs. Eat Just said it also expects
a sales boost from deals with con-
sumer companies, retailers and
chicken egg suppliers around the
world.
Beyond Meat sold shares for
US$25 each when it went public
in May, 2019, and the stock is now
worth about US$124 a share.
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Big Tech’s domination Markets summary

CANADIAN STOCKS

reaches new heights
Five companies now or pay up for an iPhone, the com-
panies receive a greater share of
constitute 20% of the spending in the economy and
stock market’s total earn ever larger profits. This is
worth, a level not why investors have flocked to
those stocks this year at the ex-
seen from a single pense of the scores of companies
industry in decades struggling in the health crisis and
are betting that their position will
be unassailable for years.
PETER EAVIS “COVID was the perfect posi-
STEVE LOHR tive storm for these guys,” said
Thomas Philippon, a professor of
finance at New York University.
large tech companies committed
antitrust abuses when acquiring
other companies. Some antitrust
scholars believe the rise of indus-
try-dominating companies has
led to stagnant wages and in-
creased inequality. Last month,
tech chief executives were grilled
by members of the House judici-
ary antitrust subcommittee.
“Any single action by one of
these companies can affect hun-
dreds of millions of us in pro-
found and lasting ways,” Rhode
Major North American indexes fell slightly on a quiet trad-
ing day as investors wait to see whether the recent strength
in technology stocks can broaden to other sectors, and what
economic repercussions may come from a second wave of
the COVID-19 virus.
The S&P/TSX Composite Index retreated 48.68 points to
16,577.38 – a 0.29-per-cent move.
On the TSX, the materials sector, which includes mining
companies, dragged down the index, with the sector down
almost 2 per cent and the worst performer of the day.
Canadian gold miners B2Gold fell 4 per cent, while com-
petitor Torex Gold Resources dropped 3.4 per cent.
U.S. STOCKS
Wall Street finished lower after the U.S. Federal Reserve
raised concerns that the U.S. economic recovery from the
devastating effects of the pandemic faced a highly uncer-
tain path.

U.
S. tech titans flew high be-
fore the coronavirus pan-
demic, making billions of
dollars a year.
Now the upheaval has lifted
them to new heights, putting the
industry in a position to dominate
U.S. business in a way unseen
since the days of railways.
A rally in technology stocks ele-
vated the S&P 500 stock index to a
record high Tuesday even as the
pandemic crushes the broader
economy. The stocks of Apple
Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet
Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Face-
book Inc., the five largest publicly
traded U.S. companies, rose 37 per
cent in the first seven months this
year, while all the other stocks in
the S&P 500 fell a combined 6 per
cent, according to Credit Suisse.
Those five companies now
constitute 20 per cent of the stock
market’s total worth, a level not
seen from a single industry in at
least 70 years. Apple’s stock mar-
ket value, the highest of the
bunch, reached US$2-trillion
Wednesday – double what it was
just 21 weeks ago.
The tech companies’ dom-
inance of the stock market is pro-
pelled by their unprecedented re-
ach into our lives, shaping how we
work, communicate, shop and re-
lax.
That has only deepened during
the pandemic, and as people shop
more frequently on Amazon,
click on a Google or Facebook ad
The companies’ deeper en-
croachment into American lives
can be seen in web traffic num-
bers for Alphabet, Facebook and
Amazon, which own the four
most visited U.S. sites. The traffic
on these sites was immense be-
fore the pandemic, but daily visits
increased sharply in March, when
stay-at-home orders began, with
Facebook up 15 per cent and You-
Tube 10 per cent, according to
SimilarWeb, an online data pro-
vider.
The web traffic has held steady
at the higher plateau, with more
than one billion daily visits to the
big four sites in the United States
alone. And the same pattern is
evident worldwide. Facebook re-
ported that the number of daily
users of its services globally in
June was 12 per cent higher than a
year earlier.
Amazon’s business, already to-
wering over competitors in e-
commerce and cloud computing,
has become even more important
to businesses and households. Its
stock is up more than 50 per cent
from its pre-pandemic high, un-
derscoring just how much inves-
tors think it has benefited from
the disruption.
Critics said the companies have
grown in part because of a range
of anti-competitive practices. Eu-
ropean regulators are investigat-
ing whether Apple’s App Store
breaks competition rules. U.S. reg-
ulators are looking at whether
Island Representative David Cicil-
line said in his opening statement
at the hearing. “Simply put: They
have too much power.”
According to some competi-
tion experts, the concentration in
some industries is greater today
than in the late 1800s, when Con-
gress passed sweeping antitrust
legislation to curb the power of
the railroads.
Jan Eeckhout, an economics
professor at Pompeu Fabra Uni-
versity in Barcelona, said that in
1929, Sears and A&P accounted for
3 per cent of retail sales, a situa-
tion that stirred up concern in
Congress and helped give rise to
additional antitrust laws in 1936.
Today, he said, Walmart and
Amazon jointly account for 15 per
cent of retail sales.
In a recent study, researchers at
the RAND Corporation used pub-
lic filings, other data and statisti-
cal inference techniques to model
the connections among top com-
panies. Its leading example was
Amazon, with its e-commerce
marketplace used by thousands
of retailers and its cloud comput-
ing arm, Amazon Web Services,
powering so many online busi-
nesses.
The growing importance of
cloud computing, the digital en-
gine rooms of the modern econo-
my, shows how tech companies
are building on their dominance.
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
In the minutes of the July Fed meeting, the policy com-
mittee said that the swift rebound in employment seen in
May and June had likely slowed and that additional
“substantial improvement” in the labour market would
hinge on a “broad and sustained” reopening of business
activity.
The Fed also ruled out for now more dovish monetary
policy measures such as yield-curve control.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.31 per cent
lower, the S&P 500 lost 0.44 per cent and the Nasdaq Com-
posite dropped 0.57 per cent.
COMMODITIES
Oil prices held steady as concerns lingered over soft U.S. fuel
demand while global producers feared a second prolonged
wave of the coronavirus pandemic was a major risk for the
market recovery.
Gold slumped more than 3 per cent, as the U.S. dollar
jumped and Treasury yields gained after the U.S. Federal
Reserve’s July meeting minutes showed policy makers ex-
pressed little support to cap bond yields.
FOREX AND BONDS
The Canadian dollar fell against its U.S. counterpart as the
greenback broadly rebounded and a cooling of domestic
inflation supported expectations for the Bank of Canada to
leave interest rates near zero until at least 2022.
The U.S. dollar jumped against a basket of currencies, as
traders used the opportunity of the Federal Reserve’s re-
lease of minutes from its last policy-making meeting to take
profits.
Canadian government bond yields rose across a steeper
curve, with the 10-year up 1.8 basis points at 0.583 per cent.
U.S. Treasury yields rose after minutes from the Federal
Reserve’s July meeting indicated that yield caps or targets
were not on the horizon.
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THE SCREEN
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The S&P/TSX Composite contin-
ues to be weighed down by de-
pressed oil prices with only two (which measure on average how timent); cent while the index lost 3.3 per
of 25 energy stocks within the in- much operating cash flow and Latest earnings surprise (the WHAT WE FOUND cent.
dex showing positive returns on earnings have grown each year difference between the latest re- I used Morningstar CPMS to That said, investors are re-
a year-to-date basis (with all oth- in the past five); ported earnings and the Street back-test this strategy from minded that fast-moving mo-
ers posting double-digit losses Quarterly earnings momen- estimate just prior to earnings April, 1995, to July, 2020, using a mentum strategies are a double-
on the same basis). Despite this, tum (a comparison of the most being released, higher figures maximum of 15 stocks with no edged sword: During the finan-
the recovery period since the recent four quarters of operating preferred); more than three per economic cial crisis, this strategy lost 46.5
bottom of the market in March earnings against the same figure Three-month price momen- sector. Once a month stocks were per cent of its value while the
has provided opportunity for one quarter ago, higher figures tum (which is calculated as the sold if their rank dropped below index lost 43.4 per cent.
momentum-oriented investors preferred); average price over the past six the top half of the index based Only 10 stocks meet the re-
to pick up companies in other Three-month estimate revi- months as a percentage change on the factors listed above. Over quirements to be purchased into
sectors that have recovered sions (a sentiment indicator from the same figure three this period the strategy pro- the model today and they are
quickly. This week, I look to find measuring the median Street months ago). duced an annualized total return listed in the accompanying table.
these types of companies by first analyst consensus on fiscal year To qualify, companies must of 13.2 per cent while the S&P/ This article does not constitu-
ranking the stocks in the S&P/ earnings against what it was have a sector-relative debt-to-eq- TSX Composite Total Return In- te financial advice. It is always
TSX Composite Total Return In- three months prior. When this uity ratio less than one (imply- dex advanced 8 per cent over the recommended to speak to a fi-
dex on the following factors: figure is positive, it indicates that ing that the debt-to-equity of the same time frame. On a year-to- nancial adviser or professional
Five-year growth rates for Street analysts, on the whole, are company is lower than that of date basis ended July 31, the before investing in any of the
cash flow and earnings per share showing a bullish change in sen- the sector to which it belongs). strategy has produced 21.7 per products listed here.

EYE ON EQUITIES DAVID LEEDER

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Expecting record lumber prices to
drive increased profitability, RBC
Dominion Securities analyst Paul
Quinn upgraded Resolute Forest
Products Inc. to “outperform”
from “sector perform.” “While we
remain negative on graphic paper
markets, we expect that record
lumber prices, especially in East-
ern Canada, will more than offset
declines in newsprint & specialty
paper,” he said.
Target: Mr. Quinn also raised his
target to US$5.50 from US$4. The
consensus is US$4.13.
Raymond James analyst Daryl
Swetlishoff thinks the current
surge in the North American lum-
ber market appears “much more
sustainable” than previous ral-
lies, leading him to upgrade In-
terfor Corp. to “strong buy” from
“outperform.” “The summer of
2020 will surely go down as the
most unlikely on record for North
American lumber industry par-
ticipants,” he said.
Target: His target rose to $23.50
from $20.50. Consensus is $20.92.
Acknowledging sentiment to-
ward Thomson Reuters Corp. is
at “a crossroads,” RBC Dominion
Securities analyst Drew McRey-
nolds said it’s “breaking away
from the past with a familiar but
refreshed playbook.” He sees the
pullback in its shares thus far in
2020 as a buying opportunity.
Target: Seeing the “best set-up
for the stock in years,” Mr. McRey-
nolds raised his target to US$84
from US$79 with an “outper-
form” rating. Consensus is
US$75.96.
After a “weak” second quarter,
Laurentian Bank Securities ana-
lyst Yashwant Sankpal reduced
his target for shares of Extendi-
care Inc., expecting its price to
“be choppy over the next 2-3
quarters until there is more visi-
bility on EXE’s cash flow.” “We
think that financial pain would
continue, albeit lower, for a few
more quarters,” he added.
Target: With a “hold” rating (un-
changed), his target slid to $6
from $8. Consensus is $6.92.
Although the early fervour over
Walmart Inc.’s results quickly
wore off amid concerns about a
slowdown in July, Citi analyst
Paul Lejuez sees reasons for opti-
mism. “We believe even more so
in the current COVID-19 crisis,
WMT is in the right spot,” he said.
Target: Maintaining a “buy” rat-
ing, he hiked his target to US$155
from US$140. Consensus is
US$142.66.
B 10 MARKETS O TH E G LO B E AND M AIL | THU R SDAY , AUGUST 20, 2020

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX S&P 500 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE S&P GLOBAL 100 INDEX
PAST 12 MONTHS PAST 12 MONTHS PAST 12 MONTHS PAST 12 MONTHS

16577.38 | -48.68 | -0.29 % | -2.85 % YTD | 213007 VOL(000) 3374.85 | -14.93 | -0.44 % | 4.46 % YTD 27692.88 | -85.19 | -0.31 % | -2.96 % YTD | 312954 VOL(000) 2321.51 | -10.27 | -0.44 % | 6.00 % YTD

TSX INDEXES AND SUB INDEXES TSX VOLUME TSX 52-WEEK HIGHS
TOP 20 FOR STOCKS $1 OR MORE STOCKS $1 OR MORE

CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD
CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG
TSX COMPOSITE IND 16577.38 -48.68 -0.29 213007 -2.85 BTO B2GOLD CORP 8.17 -0.67 -7.58 10174 57.01 AT ACUITYADS HOLD 2.21 0.05 2.31 332 61.31 IFP INTERFOR CORP 18.34 1.02 5.89 869 25.02
TSX 60 INDEX 994.06 -2.44 -0.24 117922 -2.06 AC AIR CANADA 16.46 0.59 3.72 3838 -66.21 AND ANDLAUER HEAL 42.92 0.09 0.21 6 114.06 JFS-UN JFT STRATE 16.01 0.11 0.69 5 13.39
TSX COMPLETION IN 990.36 -4.80 -0.48 95085 -5.59 ABX BARRICK GOLD 38.26 -1.33 -3.36 3781 58.62 CM-PR-P CIBC PREF 17.62 0.10 0.57 1 3.40 MTL MULLEN GROUP 9.78 0.03 0.31 303 5.50
TSX SMALLCAP INDE 565.94 -2.45 -0.43 64079 -4.96 K KINROSS GOLD CO 11.69 -0.45 -3.71 2781 89.45 CM-PR-R CIBC PREF 22.15 0.18 0.82 17 3.80 NA-PR-C NATIONAL 22.95 0.19 0.83 27 6.25
TSX VENTURE COMPO 739.95 -11.05 -1.47 106463 28.12 GOLD GOLDMINING I 3.07 0.28 10.04 2618 130.83 CNR CANADIAN NATI 137.95 0.33 0.24 1580 17.43 OSB NORBORD INC 47.33 2.42 5.39 335 36.28
TSX CONSUMER DISC 193.58 0.04 0.02 6561 -3.73 FM FIRST QUANTUM 13.42 0.75 5.92 2550 2.43 CP CANADIAN PACIF 394.65 -1.59 -0.40 126 19.22 RCH RICHELIEU HAR 36.04 0.32 0.90 144 32.84
TSX CONSUMER STAP 660.16 -0.08 -0.01 3789 6.62 MEG MEG ENERGY CO 3.88 -0.15 -3.72 2470 -47.63 CFP CANFOR CORP 18.47 1.24 7.20 674 52.14 SBB SABINA GOLD A 2.45 -0.10 -3.92 1155 27.60
TSX ENERGY CAPPED 83.53 -0.33 -0.39 38060 -42.77 SU SUNCOR ENERGY 21.94 -0.18 -0.81 2397 -48.61 PBY-UN CANSO CRED 11.85 -0.01 -0.08 5 8.72 SJ STELLA JONES I 45.97 0.15 0.33 160 22.52
TSX FINANCIALS CA 271.01 0.49 0.18 28935 -14.09 FCR-UN FIRST CAPI 14.85 -0.05 -0.34 2198 -28.16 CWX CANWEL BUILDI 6.98 0.14 2.05 362 30.22 SRX STORM RESOURC 1.97 0.08 4.23 382 20.12
TSX HEALTH CARE C 51.24 -0.47 -0.91 5728 -32.95 YRI YAMANA GOLD I 7.97 -0.28 -3.39 2014 55.06 CS CAPSTONE MININ 1.27 0.02 1.60 392 67.11 TD-PF-C TD BANK P 18.04 0.26 1.46 10 0.84
TSX INDUSTRIALS C 300.19 0.42 0.14 13577 4.97 TECK-B TECK RESOU 16.78 1.17 7.50 1843 -25.75 CIA CHAMPION IRON 3.09 0.17 5.82 677 27.16 TOCA TD ONE-CLICK 15.15 0.00 0.00 2
TSX INFORMATION T 166.70 -0.15 -0.09 3505 41.36 MFC MANULIFE FIN 19.87 0.20 1.02 1749 -25.04 COG CONDOR GOLD P 1.01 -0.14 -12.17 9 134.88 TBL TAIGA BUILDIN 1.27 0.07 5.83 211 10.43
TSX MATERIALS CAP 344.19 -6.89 -1.96 67537 28.24 WEF WESTERN FORES 1.23 0.08 6.96 1648 2.46 CFF CONIFEX TIMBE 1.67 0.18 12.08 386 138.57 TKO TASEKO MINES 1.13 0.06 5.61 451 79.37
TSX REAL ESTATE C 276.56 -0.76 -0.27 11153 -20.17 PEY PEYTO EXPLORA 3.18 0.10 3.25 1641 -15.53 DC-A DUNDEE CORP 1.56 0.03 1.96 98 31.09 TFII TFI INTERNAT 60.28 0.61 1.02 442 37.72
TSX GLOBAL GOLD I 377.06 -12.23 -3.14 92458 44.51 NGD NEW GOLD INC 2.02 -0.15 -6.91 1514 73.91 DC-PR-B DUNDEE CO 17.90 0.00 0.00 6 18.78 TIH TOROMONT IND 74.25 0.67 0.91 154 5.18
TSX GLOBAL MINING 100.26 -2.24 -2.19 168742 21.98 CVE CENOVUS ENERG 6.62 -0.02 -0.30 1411 -50.15 GOLD GOLDMINING I 3.07 0.28 10.04 2998 130.83 TOU TOURMALINE OI 17.80 0.53 3.07 1249 16.95
TSX INCOME TRUST 194.09 0.36 0.19 11225 -16.21 LUN LUNDIN MINING 8.14 -0.03 -0.37 1276 4.90 GIQG GUARDIAN I3 20.27 0.01 0.05 N-A 0.70 TRIL TRILLIUM THE 13.62 1.09 8.70 496 924.06
TSX PREFERRED SHA 569.73 0.65 0.11 1846 -7.54 BNS BANK OF NOVA 56.77 -0.26 -0.46 1251 -22.86 GUY GUYANA GOLDFI 1.81 -0.01 -0.55 706 158.57 VGCX VICTORIA GOL 19.19 -0.09 -0.47 214 126.56
TSX TELECOM SERVI 163.94 -0.29 -0.18 10939 -8.52 NDM NORTHERN DYNA 2.03 0.01 0.50 1180 260.71 HBM HUDBAY MINERA 5.63 0.28 5.23 1405 4.65 WFT WEST FRASER T 73.92 3.22 4.55 359 29.05
TSX UTILITIES CAP 293.45 1.82 0.62 8529 1.62 IMG IAMGOLD CORP 5.59 -0.26 -4.44 1156 15.67

TSX GAINERS TSX LOSERS TSX 52-WEEK LOWS

TOP 20 FOR STOCKS $1 OR MORE TOP 20 FOR STOCKS $1 OR MORE STOCKS $1 OR MORE

CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD
CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG
JE-PR-U JUST ENER 1.20 0.34 39.53 N-A -87.69 TXT-UN TOP 10 SPL 1.42 -0.28 -16.47 1 -60.88 WFC WALL FINANCIA 17.70 -0.54 -2.96 N-A -47.29
RFP RESOLUTE FORE 5.94 1.07 21.97 379 10.09 BR BIG ROCK BREWE 4.25 -0.46 -9.77 5 -14.49
CFF CONIFEX TIMBE 1.72 0.23 15.44 300 138.57 DNG DYNACOR GOLD 2.11 -0.21 -9.05 131 27.71
TRIL TRILLIUM THE 13.88 1.35 10.77 392 924.06 BNAU BATTLE NORTH 1.85 -0.18 -8.87 321 -2.63
DII-A DOREL INDUS 9.99 0.97 10.75 1 70.77 QBTC-U THE BITCOI 16.21 -1.52 -8.57 95 48.18
GOLD GOLDMINING I 3.07 0.28 10.04 2618 130.83 CWEB CHARLOTTE’S 4.64 -0.42 -8.30 188 -53.12
AVCN AVICANNA INC 1.54 0.12 8.45 71 -40.55 BTO B2GOLD CORP 8.17 -0.67 -7.58 10174 57.01
NXE NEXGEN ENERGY 2.39 0.18 8.14 977 43.71 GCM GRAN COLOMBIA 6.11 -0.49 -7.42 386 10.05
CFP CANFOR CORP 18.63 1.40 8.13 534 52.14 TMR TMAC RESOURCE 1.32 -0.10 -7.04 207 -64.81
TECK-B TECK RESOU 16.78 1.17 7.50 1843 -25.75 NGD NEW GOLD INC 2.02 -0.15 -6.91 1514 73.91
WEF WESTERN FORES 1.23 0.08 6.96 1648 2.46 GAU GALIANO GOLD 2.06 -0.15 -6.79 175 21.30
HBD BETAPRO GOLD 6.00 0.38 6.76 8 -42.38 MOGO MOGO INC 2.12 -0.15 -6.61 64 -34.63
SPG SPARK POWER G 1.75 0.11 6.71 56 47.50 HZU BETAPRO SILVE 23.07 -1.61 -6.52 614 75.38
AOT ASCOT RESOURC 1.13 0.07 6.60 1018 30.34 ROXG ROXGOLD INC 1.61 -0.11 -6.40 685 60.58
WPRT WESTPORT FUE 2.59 0.15 6.15 228 -17.26 HBU BETAPRO GOLD 14.51 -0.99 -6.39 64 46.53
HZD BETAPRO SILVE 2.99 0.17 6.03 831 -70.02 TXG TOREX GOLD RE 20.46 -1.34 -6.15 398 -0.10
FM FIRST QUANTUM 13.42 0.75 5.92 2550 2.43 HGU BETAPRO CDN G 34.05 -2.13 -5.89 440 81.87
TBL TAIGA BUILDIN 1.27 0.07 5.83 198 10.43 FVL FREEGOLD VENT 1.45 -0.09 -5.84 929 2266.67
CIA CHAMPION IRON 3.09 0.17 5.82 559 27.16 MUX MCEWEN MINING 1.64 -0.10 -5.75 318 -0.60
HGD BETAPRO CDN G 7.29 0.40 5.81 636 -74.79 KOR CORVUS GOLD I 3.79 -0.23 -5.72 91 76.28

S&P/TSX COMPOSITE INDEX STOCKS

LARGEST STOCKS BY MARKET CAPITALIZATION

CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD CLOSE NET % VOL YTD
CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG CHG CHG 000S %CHG
ARE AECON GROUP I 14.66 0.01 0.07 379 -16.32 CSH-UN CHARTWELL 10.51 0.18 1.74 371 -24.39 IFP INTERFOR CORP 18.34 1.02 5.89 869 25.02 QSR RESTAURANT BR 71.92 -0.37 -0.51 1556 -13.12
AEM AGNICO EAGLE 106.39 -1.90 -1.75 1001 33.02 CHP-UN CHOICE PRO 12.78 -0.11 -0.85 255 -8.12 IIP-UN INTERRENT 12.87 -0.14 -1.08 325 -17.71 RCH RICHELIEU HAR 36.04 0.32 0.90 144 32.84
AC AIR CANADA 16.39 0.52 3.28 4428 -66.21 CGX CINEPLEX INC 8.23 -0.10 -1.20 530 -75.69 ITP INTERTAPE POL 15.96 0.30 1.92 133 -3.97 REI-UN RIOCAN REA 15.32 -0.10 -0.65 832 -42.75
ASR ALACER GOLD C 8.29 -0.37 -4.27 955 20.14 CCA COGECO COMMUN 104.23 1.09 1.06 85 -7.92 IVN IVANHOE MINES 5.13 -0.02 -0.39 755 20.71 RBA RITCHIE BROS 83.50 0.83 1.00 185 49.86
AGI ALAMOS GOLD I 13.71 -0.29 -2.07 803 75.10 CIGI COLLIERS INT 83.43 0.98 1.19 66 -17.48 RCI-B ROGERS COMM 55.84 -0.30 -0.53 1116 -13.40
AQN ALGONQUIN POW 18.36 0.16 0.88 1313 -0.05 CUF-UN COMINAR R 7.05 -0.02 -0.28 647 -50.21 JWEL JAMIESON WEL 37.60 0.56 1.51 112 46.02 RY ROYAL BANK OF 97.69 0.37 0.38 2302 -4.92
ATD-B ALIMENTATIO 45.41 0.11 0.24 857 10.19 CSU CONSTELLATION 1505.99 1.74 0.12 50 19.41 RUS RUSSEL METALS 19.03 -0.03 -0.16 173 -14.16
AP-UN ALLIED PROP 38.41 -0.25 -0.65 330 -26.23 CJR-B CORUS ENTER 3.18 0.11 3.58 1633 -40.23 KEY KEYERA CORP 24.81 0.20 0.81 774 -27.07
ALA ALTAGAS LTD 18.01 -0.04 -0.22 513 -8.95 CPG CRESCENT POIN 2.62 0.00 0.00 1458 -54.75 KMP-UN KILLAM APA 17.80 -0.11 -0.61 246 -6.02 SSL SANDSTORM GOL 11.55 -0.58 -4.78 600 19.20
AIF ALTUS GROUP L 49.44 1.16 2.40 220 30.24 CRR-UN CROMBIE RE 13.09 -0.02 -0.15 91 -17.88 KXS KINAXIS INC 196.75 1.51 0.77 64 96.71 SAP SAPUTO INC 35.14 0.09 0.26 214 -12.59
APHA APHRIA INC 6.11 -0.02 -0.33 1053 -9.88 CRON CRONOS GROUP 7.19 -0.09 -1.24 457 -27.88 K KINROSS GOLD CO 11.67 -0.47 -3.87 4078 89.45 SEA SEABRIDGE GOL 24.23 -0.37 -1.50 123 34.91
ARX ARC RESOURCES 6.74 0.02 0.30 1164 -17.60 KL KIRKLAND LAKE 69.60 -1.63 -2.29 1059 21.59 VII SEVEN GENERAT 4.59 -0.10 -2.13 1569 -45.81
ATZ ARITZIA INC 17.00 -0.30 -1.73 262 -10.76 DSG DESCARTES SYS 74.35 0.59 0.80 251 33.96 GUD KNIGHT THERAP 6.60 -0.09 -1.35 213 -12.93 SJR-B SHAW COMMUN 25.14 0.06 0.24 508 -4.59
AX-UN ARTIS REAL 8.66 -0.03 -0.35 232 -27.23 DOL DOLLARAMA INC 51.35 1.28 2.56 1010 15.06 SHOP SHOPIFY INC 1335.12 -13.49 -1.00 127 158.59
ACO-X ATCO LTD CL 40.89 -0.02 -0.05 125 -17.84 DIR-UN DREAM INDU 11.20 -0.08 -0.71 173 -14.76 LIF LABRADOR IRON 28.54 -0.35 -1.21 146 15.92 SIA SIENNA SENIOR 10.46 0.07 0.67 373 -42.72
ATA ATS AUTOMATIO 19.96 -0.13 -0.65 205 -6.86 D-UN DREAM OFFICE 19.65 -0.34 -1.70 134 -36.88 LB LAURENTIAN BAN 27.78 0.12 0.43 172 -37.47 SVM SILVERCORP ME 10.23 -0.27 -2.57 481 39.56
AUP AURINIA PHARM 19.11 0.10 0.53 119 -27.31 DPM DUNDEE PRECIO 9.18 -0.42 -4.38 512 64.52 LSPD LIGHTSPEED P 38.85 -0.43 -1.09 302 7.71 SIL SILVERCREST M 12.02 -0.56 -4.45 326 37.06
ACB AURORA CANNAB 13.03 -0.15 -1.14 859 -61.08 LNR LINAMAR CORP 42.17 -0.07 -0.17 51 -14.17 ZZZ SLEEP COUNTRY 20.70 0.54 2.68 92 2.42
ECN ECN CAPITAL C 5.05 0.07 1.41 526 5.43 L LOBLAW CO 70.90 -0.10 -0.14 688 5.82 SRU-UN SMARTCENTR 20.36 -0.21 -1.02 338 -34.76
BTO B2GOLD CORP 8.18 -0.66 -7.47 11971 57.01 ELD ELDORADO GOLD 15.03 -0.60 -3.84 860 44.10 LUG LUNDIN GOLD I 11.83 -0.42 -3.43 175 42.02 SNC SNC-LAVALIN S 24.20 -0.10 -0.41 305 -19.20
BCE BCE INC 57.06 0.15 0.26 3370 -5.15 EFN ELEMENT FLEET 11.00 0.08 0.73 1034 -0.81 LUN LUNDIN MINING 8.14 -0.03 -0.37 2246 4.90 TOY SPIN MASTER C 30.90 0.30 0.98 163 -21.85
BAD BADGER DAYLIG 37.52 1.07 2.94 118 6.77 EMA EMERA INCORPO 54.11 0.35 0.65 670 -3.01 SSRM SSR MINING I 25.73 -1.06 -3.96 485 2.96
BLDP BALLARD POWE 21.08 0.16 0.76 1309 127.16 EMP-A EMPIRE COMP 35.59 -0.08 -0.22 425 16.84 MAG MAG SILVER CO 21.05 -0.91 -4.14 188 37.22 STN STANTEC INC 41.82 -0.93 -2.18 468 13.95
BMO BANK OF MONTR 77.01 -0.30 -0.39 1429 -23.48 ENB ENBRIDGE INC 43.32 -0.09 -0.21 10100 -16.10 MG MAGNA INTERNAT 68.77 -0.31 -0.45 1288 -3.41 SJ STELLA JONES I 45.97 0.15 0.33 160 22.52
BNS BANK OF NOVA 56.58 -0.45 -0.79 1881 -22.86 EDV ENDEAVOUR MIN 35.80 -1.23 -3.32 707 45.94 MFC MANULIFE FIN 19.76 0.09 0.46 9453 -25.04 SMU-UN SUMMIT IND 12.12 -0.09 -0.74 220 0.50
ABX BARRICK GOLD 38.26 -1.33 -3.36 10892 58.62 ERF ENERPLUS CORP 3.97 -0.08 -1.98 500 -57.08 MFI MAPLE LEAF FO 29.89 0.29 0.98 428 15.49 SLF SUN LIFE FINA 56.04 0.30 0.54 1838 -5.35
BHC BAUSCH HEALTH 22.28 -0.54 -2.37 1366 -42.68 ENGH ENGHOUSE SYS 75.53 0.48 0.64 191 56.77 MRE MARTINREA INT 10.31 0.01 0.10 599 -27.95 SU SUNCOR ENERGY 21.87 -0.25 -1.13 13504 -48.61
BB BLACKBERRY LIM 6.33 0.01 0.16 953 -24.19 EQX EQUINOX GOLD 17.49 -0.16 -0.91 1187 75.08 MEG MEG ENERGY CO 3.87 -0.16 -3.97 3137 -47.63 SPB SUPERIOR PLUS 12.31 0.14 1.15 391 -1.99
BEI-UN BOARDWALK 30.34 -0.26 -0.85 186 -33.94 EQB EQUITABLE GRO 79.42 0.02 0.03 13 -27.37 MX METHANEX CORP 28.08 0.08 0.29 250 -44.01
BLX BORALEX INC 33.06 -0.14 -0.42 724 35.16 ERO ERO COPPER CO 18.50 -0.19 -1.02 134 -21.64 MRU METRO INC 59.95 -0.25 -0.42 584 11.87 TRP TC ENERGY COR 65.22 0.16 0.25 901 -5.70
BYD BOYD GROUP SE 205.49 0.12 0.06 61 1.23 EIF EXCHANGE INCO 31.70 0.79 2.56 150 -29.07 MSI MORNEAU SHEPE 29.26 1.14 4.05 149 -13.41 TECK-B TECK RESOU 16.72 1.11 7.11 3809 -25.75
BAM-A BROOKFIELD 44.64 0.32 0.72 2448 -10.76 MTL MULLEN GROUP 9.78 0.03 0.31 303 5.50 T TELUS CORP 24.18 -0.04 -0.17 3216 -3.82
BBU-UN BROOKFIELD 44.03 0.82 1.90 96 -18.05 FFH FAIRFAX FINAN 411.40 1.54 0.38 41 -32.53 TGZ TERANGA GOLD 14.52 -0.68 -4.47 518 106.84
BIP-UN BROOKFIELD 58.60 0.93 1.61 369 -9.65 FTT FINNING INTL 20.35 -0.08 -0.39 262 -19.57 NA NATIONAL BANK 66.64 0.37 0.56 1016 -7.55 TFII TFI INTERNAT 60.28 0.61 1.02 442 37.72
BPY-UN BROOKFIELD 15.68 -0.03 -0.19 594 -33.92 FCR-UN FIRST CAPI 14.85 -0.05 -0.34 2873 -28.16 NFI NEW FLYER IND 16.54 0.29 1.78 343 -37.94 NWC THE NORTH WES 30.21 -0.08 -0.26 46 10.54
BEP-UN BROOKFIELD 58.94 1.49 2.59 374 -2.26 FR FIRST MAJESTIC 15.16 -0.61 -3.87 966 -4.83 OSB NORBORD INC 47.33 2.42 5.39 335 36.28 TRI THOMSON REUTE 100.42 0.86 0.86 456 8.11
DOO BRP INC 65.56 -0.66 -1.00 243 10.82 FM FIRST QUANTUM 13.49 0.82 6.47 5111 2.43 NPI NORTHLAND POW 36.51 -0.10 -0.27 527 34.23 X TMX GROUP LIMIT 135.65 -0.68 -0.50 70 20.63
FSV FIRSTSERVICE 158.17 3.39 2.19 111 30.84 NVU-UN NORTHVIEW 34.74 0.00 0.00 95 17.21 TXG TOREX GOLD RE 20.50 -1.30 -5.96 528 -0.10
CAR-UN CDN APARTM 46.22 -0.42 -0.90 411 -12.81 FTS FORTIS INC 53.07 0.26 0.49 1470 -1.50 NWH-UN NORTHWEST 11.42 -0.14 -1.21 428 -4.27 TIH TOROMONT IND 74.25 0.67 0.91 154 5.18
CNQ CDN NATURAL R 26.30 -0.16 -0.60 6327 -37.38 FNV FRANCO-NEVADA 195.59 -4.41 -2.21 634 45.86 NG NOVAGOLD RES I 12.17 -0.27 -2.17 352 4.73 TD TORONTO-DOMINI 62.43 0.03 0.05 1962 -14.28
CWB CDN WESTERN B 24.07 0.17 0.71 277 -24.52 NTR NUTRIEN LTD 51.37 -0.76 -1.46 598 -17.37 TOU TOURMALINE OI 17.80 0.53 3.07 1249 16.95
GIB-A CGI GROUP I 90.85 -0.26 -0.29 306 -16.40 MIC GENWORTH MI C 36.27 -0.12 -0.33 90 -36.17 TA TRANSALTA CORP 8.49 -0.12 -1.39 322 -8.51
CIX CI FINANCIAL 19.13 0.06 0.31 322 -11.88 GEI GIBSON ENERGY 25.10 0.24 0.97 367 -5.60 OGC OCEANAGOLD CO 3.37 -0.10 -2.88 1206 32.16 RNW TRANSALTA REN 15.80 0.12 0.77 220 1.80
CRT-UN CT REAL ES 13.91 -0.10 -0.71 129 -13.82 GIL GILDAN ACTIVE 25.96 -0.73 -2.74 579 -32.38 ONEX ONEX CORP 65.05 0.86 1.34 178 -20.83 TCL-A TRANSCONTIN 15.72 -0.01 -0.06 174 -0.95
CAE CAE INC 19.94 -0.75 -3.62 776 -42.00 GRT-UN GRANITE RE 76.95 -0.46 -0.59 209 16.63 OTEX OPEN TEXT CO 58.00 0.35 0.61 590 1.36 TCN TRICON CAPITA 9.91 0.05 0.51 287 -6.77
CCO CAMECO CORP 14.00 0.32 2.34 556 21.32 GC GREAT CANADIAN 27.62 -0.38 -1.36 115 -35.83 OR OSISKO GOLD RO 15.16 -0.36 -2.32 469 20.13
GOOS CANADA GOOSE 29.66 -0.87 -2.85 442 -36.91 GWO GREAT-WEST LI 26.45 -0.22 -0.82 621 -20.48 VET VERMILION ENE 5.82 -0.15 -2.51 1104 -72.59
CM CANADIAN IMPER 97.87 1.26 1.30 1514 -9.43 PAAS PAN AMERICAN 44.66 -1.34 -2.91 542 45.19
CNR CANADIAN NATI 137.95 0.33 0.24 1580 17.43 HR-UN H&R REAL ES 10.10 -0.10 -0.98 1216 -52.13 PXT PAREX RESOURC 18.98 0.07 0.37 413 -21.41 WSP WSP GLOBAL IN 87.52 -0.27 -0.31 121 -1.30
CP CANADIAN PACIF 394.65 -1.59 -0.40 126 19.22 HCG HOME CAPITAL 23.41 -0.33 -1.39 219 -28.97 PKI PARKLAND FUEL 39.76 0.40 1.02 290 -16.66 WCN WASTE CONNECT 131.63 -0.04 -0.03 397 11.60
CTC-A CANADIAN TI 131.30 1.11 0.85 155 -6.05 HBM HUDBAY MINERA 5.63 0.28 5.23 1405 4.65 PSI PASON SYSTEMS 6.26 0.02 0.32 174 -52.25 WDO WESDOME GOLD 14.53 -0.32 -2.15 541 42.87
CU CANADIAN UTILI 33.23 0.05 0.15 332 -15.16 HSE HUSKY ENERGY 4.79 0.06 1.27 2034 -54.03 PPL PEMBINA PIPEL 35.41 0.10 0.28 1028 -26.43 WFT WEST FRASER T 73.92 3.22 4.55 359 29.05
CFP CANFOR CORP 18.47 1.24 7.20 674 52.14 H HYDRO ONE LIMIT 27.75 -0.08 -0.29 729 10.65 POW POWER CORPORA 25.75 0.00 0.00 952 -23.02 WN WESTON GEORGE 100.26 -0.16 -0.16 241 -2.68
WEED CANOPY GROWT 21.97 -0.33 -1.48 914 -19.55 PSK PRAIRIESKY RO 9.72 0.13 1.36 571 -36.18 WTE WESTSHORE TER 17.87 -0.11 -0.61 233 -5.70
CPX CAPITAL POWER 29.23 -0.17 -0.58 255 -15.00 IMG IAMGOLD CORP 5.61 -0.24 -4.10 1484 15.67 PBH PREMIUM BRAND 98.86 0.65 0.66 89 8.69 WPM WHEATON PRECI 68.12 -1.46 -2.10 2012 76.29
CJT CARGOJET INC 184.15 2.69 1.48 27 78.22 IGM IGM FINANCIAL 32.64 -0.09 -0.27 80 -12.45 PVG PRETIUM RESOU 15.84 -0.41 -2.52 473 9.62 WCP WHITECAP RESO 2.81 0.02 0.72 1347 -49.37
CAS CASCADES INC 14.98 -0.26 -1.71 146 33.63 IMO IMPERIAL OIL 22.06 -0.11 -0.50 1498 -35.78 PRMW PRIMO WATER 19.23 -0.21 -1.08 100 -3.61 WPK WINPAK LTD 46.01 0.20 0.44 166 -2.06
CCL-B CCL INDUSTR 50.87 1.21 2.44 396 -8.04 IAG INDUSTRIAL AL 48.18 -0.11 -0.23 293 -32.45 WIR-UN WPT INDUST 17.25 -0.25 -1.43 40 -9.40
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TH U RS DAY , AUGUST 20, 2020 | T HE GLOB E AN D MAI L O
SPORTS
Toronto’s OG Anunoby draws a foul against Brooklyn’s Caris LeVert during the fourth quarter in Game 2 of their Eastern
Conference first-round series at The Field House in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Wednesday. KEVIN C. COX/GETTY IMAGES
Raptors scramble to a
comeback win over Nets
Brooklyn’s adjustments
after Game 1 blowout kept
Toronto off balance until
a fourth-quarter surge
RACHEL BRADY
Two days after dazzling in a high-scor-
ing Game 1 victory, the Toronto Raptors
laboured before finding a way to win
Game 2 on Wednesday.
Norman Powell drove to the hoop
repeatedly in his 24-point performance
– including the game-clinching dunk in
the final seconds – as the Raptors beat
the Brooklyn Nets 104-99 to take a 2-0
lead in their best-of-seven first-round
playoff series.
Fred VanVleet also had 24 points,
with 10 assists, while Kyle Lowry con-
tributed 21 points and nine rebounds.
Pascal Siakam pitched in 19 points and
six boards.
The Raptors trailed for most of three
quarters – labouring on offence and fi-
guring out ways to counter Brooklyn’s
defensive adjustments. They finally
seized the lead midway through the
fourth and held on tight.
Powell adjusted after a quiet six-
point performance on 2-of-4 shooting
in Game 1, in which he played fewer
than 17 minutes compared to more
than 32 in Game 2.
“I told Norm before the game this
felt like a Norman Powell game,” Van-
Vleet said. “He can get hard on himself
when he doesn’t play up to his stan-
dards. Stay in his ear and understand
that he’s going to have opportunities to
crack gaps with the way they’re playing
defence. He’s probably got an extra 20,
R E PO RT ON BUSINESS | B 11
Grichuk powers Bruins, Lightning and
Blue Jays to a series Avalanche all advance
sweep over Orioles B12 to the next round B13
Body-cam video
of Ujiri’s NBA Finals
encounter will
only further erode
public trust in police
CATHAL
KELLY
OPINION
S
hortly after the story broke that To-
ronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri
had been in a courtside altercation
with a cop after the end of the NBA
Finals, a spokesperson for the Alameda
County Sheriff’s Office explained what
happened.
In that telling, Ujiri was the aggressor.
He’d been asked to display his credential
and would not.
“And that’s when he tried to push past
our deputy, and our deputy pushed him
back, and there was another push that
kind of moved up and struck our deputy in
the face,” Sergeant Ray Kelly told the San
Francisco Chronicle.
It’s not that none of that is true. It’s that
it bears just enough resemblance to the
truth that you can hide a bunch of non-
sense behind it.
At the time Kelly was speaking, he said
he’d already seen video of the incident.
A few days later, he doubled down: “I’ve
watched the video. The video is very com-
pelling and descriptive and shows that our
deputy was acting in accordance with his
training and within the guidelines to work
that event.”
More than a year later, the rest of us
have now seen that footage. And it shows
how much dirt you can hide behind phras-
es like “acting in accordance” and “within
the guidelines.”
The officer who had the set-to with
Ujiri, deputy Alan Strickland, has been off
work since then, claiming a variety of in-
juries. He’s in the midst of suing Ujiri.
On Tuesday, Ujiri launched a counter-
suit. As part of that filing, the footage Kelly
used as reference was released publicly. It
hit the internet like the wave that flattens
Manhattan at the end of Deep Impact.
In it you can see (and, in one case, hear)
Ujiri approach Strickland, who is staffing
the perimeter of the court moments after
the Raptors won the championship. A
man who appears to be an Oracle Arena
security staffer is also standing there.
As he nears Strickland, Ujiri is in the
midst of taking his NBA credential out of
his inside jacket pocket. The security staff-
er is the one who asks to see it. Before Ujiri
can get it out, Strickland shoves him, two-
handed, hard enough that he staggers
backward. The shove is so ambitious that
Ujiri almost takes down the staffer, bowl-
ing-pin style.
“Back the fuck up,” Strickland shouts.
Ujiri stands there stunned for an instant.
“What are you pushing me for? I’m the
president of the Raptors,” Ujiri says. With
his hands at his side, he advances again.
Strickland shoves him once more, just
as hard. Ujiri is a big guy and less caught by
surprise the second time. He opens his
arms in the universal gesture for “Are you
for real, man?”
At this point, bystanders jump in, one
shouting, “Please, please, please.”
The longer-range security footage then
shows Ujiri shove Strickland in the chest.
30 inches on his vertical than I do. So looked lost from deep early on The shove does not “kind of move up” or
I’m getting in there, and I know what Wednesday. They misfired on 15 of their strike anyone in the face. It’s just a shove.
I’m seeing. I just want him to attack 21 first-half attempts from beyond the This time, Strickland is staggered.
those same gaps that I do and rise up.” arc. By this point, several people are in-
VanVleet was fresh off a career-play- Brooklyn led 53-50 at the half. volved, and the fight is broken up. This is
off-best 30-point performance on Mon- When the Raptors slipped behind by where the TV footage from that night
day, when the Raptors won 134-110. He 10 in the third quarter, VanVleet erupt- picked up. After a few beats, Raptor Kyle
drained eight three-pointers that day, ed for four successive buckets – a cou- Lowry finds Ujiri, wraps a protective arm
several of those from well behind the ple of runaway layups and a pair of around him and escorts him onto the
arc. The Raptors expected the Nets to threes on his way to a 14-point quarter. court.
come out with different coverages But the rest of his team couldn’t hit So after a year of flights to Oakland to
Wednesday. much, and each time Toronto got close, parlay with cops and prosecutors, back-
Brooklyn started Timothé Luwawu- Brooklyn pulled ahead. The Raptors and-forth lawsuits, getting knee-deep in
Cabarrot instead of Rodions Kurucs. trailed by six going into the fourth. lawyers’ fees and aggravation, Ujiri is vin-
That seemed to have To- “We had to switch a lot dicated – at least in the public square.
ronto discombobulated, of things on the fly, a lot Some will still say he should not have
forcing the Raptors into of coverages and a lot of tried to walk past a cop who wanted him to
uncharacteristic turnovers matchups and a lot of stop. To which I would say: When did peo-
and long chunks of time I told Norm before stuff because it just ple stop using their words to solve prob-
without a field goal. wasn’t [working]. It was lems?
Brooklyn jumped out to a the game this felt funky,” Raptors coach Other people may say it is never right,
14-point lead and held like a Norman Powell Nick Nurse said. “That’s under any circumstances, to manhandle a
VanVleet without a point game. what you do – you keep police officer. To which I would say: If
in the quarter. searching and search- “law,” as a concept, means that anyone in
The defending champs FRED VANVLEET ing.” uniform can put their hands on me, with
answered quickly, going TORONTO RAPTORS GUARD Nurse used a smaller or without cause, and that I cannot do
on a 13-0 run thanks to lineup down the stretch. similarly to protect myself, then they
scoring from Siakam and Powell. They Halfway through the final quarter, the ought to put the word “martial” in front of
slowed up the Nets’ scoring in transi- Raps inched into the lead. Some scrap- it.
tion and made it a four-point game py defensive plays by OG Anunoby set You don’t want people shoving you?
heading into the second quarter. the table. Buckets fell for more Raptors Then don’t shove people. Like most good
The Raptors kept it close with the – a big dunk for Anunoby, an Ibaka rules for life, we all learned that in kinder-
Nets in the second quarter, refusing hook shot off a crafty VanVleet hand- garten.
Brooklyn a single fast break point in off, then Lowry spun around his de- In a lot of ways, this incident went well
that period. fender and finished at the rim. Powell in its aftermath.
But outside of VanVleet and Powell, went to another gear and became un- There was no rush to pillory Ujiri on the
the Raps struggled mightily to score in stoppable as he unleashed a whirlwind say-so of some random guy with a beef.
the second quarter. Marc Gasol was of dunks and driving layups. Strickland’s story – that in Ujiri’s moment
without a point and turned the ball “He had some awesome drives to- of joy at reaching the pinnacle of his pro-
over, looking quite unlike himself (he night, really timely, too,” Nurse said of fessional life he decided to celebrate by at-
ended up playing just 17 minutes). Powell. “We needed some of those. We tacking the first person he encountered –
The length of Brooklyn big man Jar- needed some easy offence in the tran- never passed the sniff test. Common sense
rett Allen in the paint was challenging. sition that he provided.” still rules in most corners of real life, if not
After dazzling with 22 three-pointers Game 3 is Friday and Game 4 is on on the internet.
on Monday, the Raptors as a team Sunday. KELLY, B15
B 12 | RE P O RT O N BUS I NES S O TH E G LO B E AND M AIL | THU R SDAY , AUGUST 20, 2020

Grichuk hits two homers as Jays sweep Orioles

Outfielder’s strong Grichuk hit two home runs
and the Blue Jays completed a
play help lead Toronto three-game sweep of the fading
to a series sweep Orioles with a 5-2 victory Wednes-
over Balitmore day.
Grichuk launched a solo shot
to centre in the second inning
DAVID GINSBURG BALTIMORE and put Toronto ahead for good
with a two-run drive to left in the
sixth. He has homered in four
Randal Grichuk is hitting all types straight starts and all six of his
of pitches to just about every part long balls this season have come
of the ballpark – and often into over the past six games.
the seats. “He’s hitting every pitch, if it’s
His recent power surge has soft or hard,” Toronto infielder
made quite an impression on his Brandon Drury said. “He looks re-
Toronto teammates and left the ally good up there. It’s been fun to
Baltimore Orioles glad to finally watch, for sure.”
see the slugger get out of town. In his last at-bat in the eighth,
Grichuk hit a liner to left that was
caught at the warning track. Re-
gardless, he’s batting .424 during
an eight-game hitting streak
that’s featured six multihit
games.
His surge coincides with pow-
er-hitting shortstop Bo Bichette
going on the injured list with a
knee sprain.
“We needed somebody to pick
up the slack for Bo, and that’s
what [Grichuk] is doing,” manag-
er Charlie Montoyo said.
With Grichuk leading the way,
Toronto climbed within a game of
.500 [10-11] for the first time since
Aug. 5.
Baltimore has lost four in a row
and five of six after a six-game
winning streak. Tommy Milone
(1-3) pitched well over six innings
– except for the two homers he
yielded to Grichuk.
“He was on some kind of fire
against us. He’s just hot,” Milone
said. “Today he hit a couple of
mistakes I left out over the plate.
When someone’s hot like that
and they’re hitting a bunch of
homers, that’s what’s going to
happen. That’s what he did.”
Tanner Roark (2-1) gave up one
earned run in five innings and Ra-
fael Dolis worked the ninth for his
first save.
Baltimore went ahead 2-1 in
the fourth. Hanser Alberto hit a
leadoff double and scored when
right fielder Teoscar Hernandez
misplayed a single. Hernandez
made amends later in the inning
by throwing out Pat Valaika, who
was trying to score on a flyball by
Chance Sisco.
Grichuk erased the deficit for
Toronto in the sixth after Travis
Shaw singled.
“He keeps hitting the ball on
the barrel, the barrel on the ball,”
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde
said. “We’re just having a tough
time keeping the ball in the ball-
park on him. I thought we made
some decent pitches.”
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NHL NBA PLAYOFFS

AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE FIRST ROUND FIRST ROUND
W L Pct GB W L Pct GB
EAST DIVISION EAST DIVISION (Best-of-7) PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS All Times Eastern TORONTO 104, BROOKLYN 99
New York 16 7 .696 — Atlanta 14 11 .560 — All Games at Orlando, Fla. Brooklyn 99
EASTERN CONFERENCE G A Pts (Best-of-7) Harris 4-9 2-4 14, Luwawu-Cabarrot 6-16
Tampa Bay 15 9 .625 1/
1
2 Miami 9 8 .529 1
Sebastian Aho, Car 3 8 11 2-2 17, Allen 5-9 4-6 14, LeVert 5-22 6-9
Baltimore 12 12 .500 4/
1
2 Philadelphia 9 10 .474 2
PHILADELPHIA (1) VS. MONTREAL (12) Connor McDavid, Edm 5 4 9 EASTERN CONFERENCE 16, Temple 6-13 4-4 21, Kurucs 1-4 0-0 2,
Toronto 10 11 .476 5 New York 11 14 .440 3
(Philadelphia leads series 3-1) Jonathan Toews, Chi 5 4 9 Chiozza 1-2 1-2 3, T.Johnson 5-10 0-0 12.
Boston 7 18 .280 10 Washington 9 12 .429 3
Wednesday Elias Pettersson, Vcr 4 5 9 Totals 33-85 19-27 99.
CENTRAL DIVISION CENTRAL DIVISION MILWAUKEE (1) VS. ORLANDO (8)
Montreal vs. Philadelphia Nazem Kadri, Col 4 5 9 Toronto 104
Minnesota 16 8 .667 — Chicago 15 8 .652 — (Orlando leads series 1-0)
Pierre-Luc Dubois, Clb 4 5 9 Anunoby 2-8 2-4 6, Siakam 6-14 5-9 19,
Cleveland 14 9 .609 1 /1
2 St. Louis 6 6 .500 3 / 1
2 Tuesday
Chicago 13 11 .542 3 Milwaukee 10 11 .476 4 Tuesday Ryan O'Reilly, StL 3 6 9 Gasol 0-2 0-0 0, Lowry 7-14 4-6 21,
Orlando 122 Milwaukee 110
Detroit 9 12 .429 5 /1
2 Cincinnati 9 12 .429 5 Philadelphia 2 Montreal 0 Nathan MacKinnon, Col 2 7 9 VanVleet 8-22 5-5 24, Hollis-Jefferson 0-
Kansas City 10 14 .417 6 Pittsburgh 4 15 .211 9 Patrick Kane, Chi 2 7 9 0 0-0 0, Ibaka 3-9 2-2 8, M.Thomas 1-1 0-
Thursday
WEST DIVISION WEST DIVISION Friday Quinn Hughes, Vcr 1 8 9 0 2, Powell 11-17 1-2 24. Totals 38-87 19-
Bo Horvat, Vcr 6 2 8 Orlando vs. Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
Oakland 16 8 .667 — Los Angeles 18 7 .720 — x-Philadelphia vs. Montreal, TBA 28 104.
Houston 13 10 .565 2 / Colorado 13 10 .565 4 David Perron, StL 4 4 8 Brooklyn 33 20 27 19 99
1
2
Dominik Kubalik, Chi 4 4 8 Saturday
Texas 10 12 .455 5 Arizona 13 11 .542 4 / 1 TAMPA BAY (2) VS. COLUMBUS (9) Toronto 29 21 24 30 104
2
Mark Stone, VGK 4 4 8 Milwaukee vs. Orlando, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles 8 16 .333 8 San Diego 13 12 .520 5 (Tampa Bay wins series 4-1) 3-Point Goals— Brooklyn 14-41 (Temple
Seattle 7 18 .280 9 /1
San Francisco 9 16 .360 9 Wednesday J.T. Miller, Vcr 4 4 8 5-11, Harris 4-7, Luwawu-Cabarrot 3-10,
2
Reilly Smith, VGK 3 5 8 Monday, Aug. 24
Wednesday Tampa Bay 5 Columbus 4 (OT) T.Johnson 2-5, Kurucs 0-3, LeVert 0-4),
Mikko Rantanen, Col 3 5 8 Milwaukee vs. Orlando, 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday Toronto 9-35 (Lowry 3-6, VanVleet 3-11,
Toronto 5 Baltimore 2 WASHINGTON (3) VS. N.Y. ISLANDERS (7) Miro Heiskanen, Dal 2 6 8 Siakam 2-4, Powell 1-6, Anunoby 0-3,
(N.Y. Islanders lead series 3-1) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edm 2 6 8 TORONTO (2) VS. BROOKLYN (7)
Boston 6 Philadelphia 3 Boston 6 Philadelphia 3 Ibaka 0-4). Fouled Out— None. Re-
Tuesday Sean Monahan, Cgy 2 6 8 (Toronto leads series 2-0)
KC 4, Cincinnati 0 (7 inn., 1st gm) St. Louis 9 Chicago Cubs 3 (7 inn., 1st gm) bounds— Brooklyn 46 (Allen, Harris 15),
Sam Bennett, Cgy 5 2 7 Wednesday
Cleveland at Pittsburgh KC 4, Cincinnati 0 (7 inn., 1st gm) Washington 3 N.Y. Islanders 2 Toronto 44 (Lowry 9). Assists— Brooklyn
Brayden Point, TB 4 3 7 Toronto 104 Brooklyn 99
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees Chi. Cubs 4 St. Louis 2 (7 inn., 2nd gm) 25 (LeVert 11), Toronto 22 (VanVleet 10).
Detroit at Chicago White Sox Cleveland at Pittsburgh Thursday Shea Theodore, VGK 4 3 7 Total Fouls— Brooklyn 25, Toronto 21.
Anthony Beauvillier, NYI 4 3 7 Friday
Milwaukee at Minnesota N.Y. Mets at Miami N.Y. Islanders vs. Washington, 8:30 p.m. At Orlando, Fla.
Andrei Svechnikov, Car 4 3 7 Toronto vs. Brooklyn, 1:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Kansas City (2nd game) Washington at Atlanta
Brad Marchand, Bos 3 4 7
Houston at Colorado Milwaukee at Minnesota BOSTON (4) VS. CAROLINA (6)
Mathew Barzal, NYI 3 4 7 Sunday UEFA
Texas at San Diego Cincinnati at Kansas City (2nd game) (Boston wins series 4-1) Toronto vs. Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.
Arizona at Oakland Houston at Colorado Wednesday Brock Boeser, Vcr 2 5 7 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers at Seattle Texas at San Diego Boston 2 Carolina 1 David Krejci, Bos 2 5 7
Jonathan Marchessault, VGK2 5 7 Tuesday, Aug. 25
L.A. Angels at San Francisco Arizona at Oakland x-Brooklyn vs. Toronto, TBA SEMIFINALS
L.A. Dodgers at Seattle WESTERN CONFERENCE Josh Bailey, NYI 1 6 7
Tuesday L.A. Angels at San Francisco John Klingberg, Dal 1 6 7 Wednesday
Mikael Backlund, Cgy 4 2 6 Thursday, Aug. 27
VEGAS (1) VS. CHICAGO (12) x-Toronto vs. Brooklyn, TBA
Houston 2, Colorado 1, 11 innings Tuesday Jean-Gabriel Pageau, NYI 4 2 6 Bayern Munich 3 Lyon 0
(Vegas wins series 4-1)
San Francisco 8, L.A. Angels 2 Leon Draisaitl, Edm 3 3 6
Tuesday Saturday, Aug. 29
San Diego 6, Texas 4 Houston 2, Colorado 1, 11 innings Cam Atkinson, Clb 3 3 6 Tuesday
Vegas 4 Chicago 3 x-Brooklyn vs. Toronto, TBA
Arizona 10, Oakland 1 San Francisco 8, L.A. Angels 2 Clayton Keller, Ariz 3 3 6
Andre Burakovsky, Col 3 3 6 Paris-Saint-Germain 3 Leipzig 0
L.A. Dodgers 2, Seattle 1 San Diego 6, Texas 4 COLORADO (2) VS. ARIZONA (11) BOSTON (3) VS. PHILADELPHIA (6)
Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Arizona 10, Oakland 1 (Colorado wins series 4-1) (Boston leads series 2-0) CHAMPIONSHIP
Cleveland 6, Pittsburgh 3, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 2, Seattle 1 Wednesday MLS Wednesday At Lisbon, Portugal
Chicago White Sox 10, Detroit 4 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 3 Colorado 7 Arizona 1 Boston 128 Philadelphia 101
Toronto 8, Baltimore 7, 10 innings Washington 8, Atlanta 5 GP W L T GF GA Pt Sunday
Philadelphia 13, Boston 6 Cleveland 6, Pittsburgh 3, 10 innings DALLAS (3) VS. CALGARY (8) EASTERN CONFERENCE Friday All Times Eastern
Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 3, 12 innings Philadelphia 13, Boston 6 (Dallas leads series 3-2) Columbus 5 4 0 1 9 1 13 Boston vs. Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.
Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 3 Tuesday Toronto 6 3 0 3 12 7 12 Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bayern Munich,
Thursday Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 3, 12 innings Dallas 2 Calgary 1 Orlando 5 2 1 2 7 5 8 Sunday, Aug. 23 3 p.m.
All Times Eastern Philadelphia 5 2 1 2 7 7 8 Boston vs. Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Thursday Thursday Montreal 5 2 2 1 8 8 7 EUROPA LEAGUE
Philadelphia (Howard 0-1) at Toronto All Times Eastern Dallas vs. Calgary, 10:30 NY Red Bulls 5 2 2 1 5 7 7 INDIANA (4) VS. MIAMI (5)
(Anderson 0-0), 1:05 p.m., 1st game Atlanta 5 2 3 0 4 5 6 (Miami leads series 1-0) CHAMPIONSHIP
Tampa Bay (TBD) at N.Y. Yankees (Pax- Philadelphia (Howard 0-1) at Toronto Saturday Cincinnati 5 2 3 0 6 9 6 Tuesday
ton 1-1), 1:05 p.m. (Anderson 0-0), 1:05 p.m., 1st game x-Calgary vs. Dallas, TBA New England 5 1 1 3 4 4 6 Miami 113 Indiana 101 Friday
Detroit (Turnbull 2-1) at Chicago White Houston (Javier 2-1) at Colorado (Mar- D.C. 5 1 2 2 6 7 5
All Times Eastern
Sox (Giolito 1-2), 2:10 p.m. quez 2-3), 3:10 p.m. ST. LOUIS (4) VS. VANCOUVER (7) Nashville 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 Thursday
At Cologne, Germany
Houston (Javier 2-1) at Colorado (Mar- Philadelphia (Nola 2-1) at Toronto (TBD), (Series tied 2-2) Chicago 5 1 3 1 4 8 4 Miami vs. Indiana, 1 p.m.
quez 2-3), 3:10 p.m. 4:35 p.m., 2nd game Wednesday New York City 5 1 4 0 2 6 3
Philadelphia (Nola 2-1) at Toronto (TBD), N.Y. Mets (Matz 0-4) at Miami (Castano 0- Miami 5 0 5 0 3 8 0 Saturday Sevilla vs. Inter Milan, 3 p.m.
Vancouver vs. St. Louis
4:35 p.m., 2nd game 1), 6:10 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE Indiana vs. Miami, 3:30 p.m.
Cleveland (Bieber 4-0) at Pittsburgh (Wil- Cleveland (Bieber 4-0) at Pittsburgh (Wil- Kansas City 5 4 1 0 13 5 12
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Friday
liams 1-3), 7:05 p.m. liams 1-3), 7:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. Vancouver, TBA Minnesota 5 3 0 2 12 6 11 Monday MLB
L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-1) at Seattle L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-1) at Seattle Portland 5 3 1 1 8 7 10 Indiana vs. Miami, 6:30 p.m.
DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned RHP Beau Bur-
(Kikuchi 0-1), 7:10 p.m. (Kikuchi 0-1), 7:10 p.m. x — played only if necessary. Los Angeles FC5 2 0 3 15 10 9
rows to alternate training site. Transferred INF
Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-1) at Minnesota Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-1) at Minnesota Seattle 5 2 1 2 7 4 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE
C.J. Cron and RHP Dario Agrazal from the 10-
(Berrios 1-3), 7:10 p.m. (Berrios 1-3), 7:10 p.m. TAMPA BAY 5, COLUMBUS 4 (OT) San Jose 5 2 1 2 10 10 8 L.A. LAKERS (1) VS. PORTLAND (8)
day IL to the 45-day IL. Selected the contract
Boston (Eovaldi 1-2) at Baltimore Texas (Gibson 1-2) at San Diego (Lamet First Period Colorado 5 2 2 1 8 9 7 (Portland leads series 1-0)
(Wojciechowski 1-2), 7:35 p.m. 2-1), 8:10 p.m. Salt Lake 5 1 1 3 3 3 6 Tuesday of OF Jorge Bonifacio and RHP Casey Mize
1. Tampa Bay, Johnson 3 (Cernak, Cirelli) from the alternate training site. Placed INF
Texas (Gibson 1-2) at San Diego (Lamet Cincinnati (Gray 4-1) at St. Louis 5:38. Vancouver 6 2 4 0 7 13 6 Portland 100 L.A. Lakers 93
2-1), 8:10 p.m. (Wainwright 2-0), 8:15 p.m. Dallas 4 1 1 2 4 3 5 Harold Castro to the 10-day IL.
2. Tampa Bay, Coleman 1 (Bogosian) KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled RHP Jesse
Arizona (Young 1-0) at Oakland (Manaea Arizona (Young 1-0) at Oakland (Manaea Houston 5 0 2 3 6 11 3 Thursday
6:39. Hahn from paternity leave.
0-2), 9:40 p.m. 0-2), 9:40 p.m. LA Galaxy 5 0 3 2 5 11 2 Portland vs. L.A. Lakers, 9 p.m.
3. Columbus, Foligno 2 (Wennberg, At- OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Paul
L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-1) at San Fran- L.A. Angels (Heaney 1-1) at San Fran- Note: Three points awarded for a win,
cisco (Gausman 0-1), 9:45 p.m. cisco (Gausman 0-1), 9:45 p.m. kinson) 11:51. Saturday Blackburn from alternate site. Optioned RHP
one for a tie.
Penalties — Bogosian TB (slashing) L.A. Lakers vs. Portland, 8:30 p.m. James Kaprielian to alternate training site.
Tuesday
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS 9:50; Killorn TB (slashing) 14:47. TEXAS RANGERS — Transferred LHP Joe Pa-
G AB H R Pct. G AB H R Pct. Second Period Monday lumbo from the 10-day IL to the 60-day IL.
Toronto 3 Vancouver 0
LeMahieu NYY 19 73 30 15 .411 Blackmon Col 23 91 39 19 .429 4. Columbus, Stenlund 1 (Jones, Atkin- L.A. Lakers vs. Portland, 9 p.m. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed RHP Nate
Bichette Tor 14 61 22 11 .361 Solano SF 21 79 31 13 .392 son) 9:35 (pp). Pearson on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Jacob
5. Columbus, Wennberg 3 (Gavrikov, Fo- Thursday
Lewis Sea 24 90 31 16 .344 B.Harper Phi 18 60 22 19 .367 L.A. CLIPPERS (2) VS. DALLAS (7) Waguespack from alternate training site.
ligno) 19:44. All Times Eastern (L.A. Clippers leads series 1-0)
Severino Bal 20 68 23 6 .338 Winker Cin 20 52 19 10 .365
Lowe TB 23 83 28 20 .337 S.Marte Ari 23 83 30 16 .361 Penalties — Coleman TB (slashing) Wednesday
Cruz Min 24 86 29 18 .337 Goldschmidt StL 11 39 14 8 .359 0:31; Gavrikov Clb (roughing) 6:00; Cole- New York City at N.Y. Red Bulls, 7 p.m. Dallas vs. L.A. Clippers TELEVISION
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Alberto Bal 23 98 31 17 .316 D.Peralta Ari 24 87 28 11 .322 (hooking) 9:01; Maroon TB (roughing) Friday
S.Perez KC 22 88 27 10 .307 Seager LAD 19 76 24 15 .316 19:58. CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas, 9 p.m. BASEBALL
Seager Sea 25 88 27 13 .307 Conforto NYM 25 89 28 15 .315 Third Period MLB Doubleheader: Philadelphia at Toronto,
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS 6. Columbus, Bjorkstrand 3 (Dubois, THE ISLAND GAMES Sunday SN1, 1 p.m.
Trout, Los Angeles, 10; Judge, New Tatis Jr., San Diego, 11; Betts, Los L.A. Clippers vs. Dallas, 3:30 p.m.
Gavrikov) 9:33.
York, 9; Santander, Baltimore, 9; Voit, Angeles, 9; Realmuto, Philadelphia, 8; 7. Tampa Bay, Shattenkirk 1 (Point, Ku- At Charlottetown BASKETBALL
New York, 8; Lowe, Tampa Bay, 8; Cruz, Castellanos, Cincinnati, 8; Soto, GP W L T GF GA Pt DENVER (3) VS. UTAH (6)
cherov) 12:01. (Series tied 1-1)
Minnesota, 8; Olson, Oakland, 8; Washington, 7; Calhoun, Arizona, 7; 8. Tampa Bay, Cirelli 1 (Point, Kucherov) Calgary 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 NBA: Miami vs. Indiana, TSN4, 1 p.m.
T.Hernandez, Toronto, 7; E.Jimenez, Story, Colorado, 7; 6 tied at 6. Hamilton 2 1 0 1 4 2 4 Wednesday
18:22. NBA: Oklahoma City vs. Houston, TSN4, 3:30
Chicago, 7; 8 tied at 6. Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 4 2 3 Utah 125 Denver 105
Penalties — Tampa Bay bench (delay of p.m.
RUNS BATTED IN Victoria 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 NBA: Orlando vs. Milwaukee, TSN4 , 6 p.m.
game, served by Maroon) 9:33. Friday
RUNS BATTED IN Tatis Jr., San Diego, 28; Blackmon, York 2 0 0 2 3 3 2 NBA: Portland vs. Los Angeles Lakers, TSN4,
Overtime Denver vs. Utah, 4 p.m.
Santander, Baltimore, 25; Lowe, Tampa Colorado, 22; Betts, Los Angeles, 21; Halifax 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 9 p.m.
9. Tampa Bay, Point 5 (Kucherov) 5:12. Ottawa 2 0 1 1 2 6 1
Bay, 23; Cruz, Minnesota, 23; Seager, Do.Smith, New York, 20; Realmuto, Sunday, Aug. 23
Penalties — None. Edmonton 1 0 1 0 0 2 0
Seattle, 21; Judge, New York, 20; Trout, Philadelphia, 20; Castellanos, Denver vs. Utah, 9 p.m. GOLF
Shots on goal by Note: Three points awarded for a win,
Los Angeles, 20; Severino, Baltimore, Cincinnati, 19; Yastrzemski, San
19; Rosario, Minnesota, 18; Ramirez, Columbus 10 24 6 1–41 one for a tie.
Francisco, 19; Calhoun, Arizona, 18; 3 HOUSTON (4) VS. OKLAHOMA CITY (5) EPGA: ISPS HANDA Wales Open, 1st Rd.,
Cleveland, 18; 5 tied at 17. tied at 17. Tampa Bay 7 8 7 3–25 Wednesday
Goal — Columbus: Korpisalo (L, 3-5-0). (Houston leads series 1-0) GOLF, 8:30 a.m.
Tuesday AIG Women’s Open, 1st Rd., GOLF , 10 a.m.
PITCHING PITCHING Tampa Bay: Vasilevskiy (W, 6-2-0).
Winnipeg 4 Ottawa 0 Houston 123 Oklahoma City 108 PGA Korn Ferry Tour: Nationwide Children’s
Bieber, Cleveland, 4-0; G.Cole, New S.Gray, Cincinnati, 4-1; Darvish, Chicago, Power plays (goals-chances) — Colum-
Halifax vs. Hamilton Hospital Championship, 1st Rd., GOLF, 1 p.m.
York, 4-0; Cease, Chicago, 4-1; Dobnak, 4-1; Senzatela, Colorado, 3-0; Fried, bus: 1-6; Tampa Bay: 0-0. Thursday
Referees — Eric Furlatt, Trevor Hanson. PGA: The Northern Trust, 1st Rd., GOLF , 3
Minnesota, 4-1; Lynn, Texas, 3-0; Maeda, Atlanta, 3-0; Wheeler, Philadelphia, 3-0; Oklahoma City vs. Houston, 3:30 p.m.
Linesmen — Michel Cormier, David Tuesday p.m.
Minnesota, 3-0; Bielak, Houston, 3-0. M.Kelly, Arizona, 3-1; Stripling, Los
Angeles, 3-1. Brisebois. Saturday
Victoria 1 York 1 HOCKEY
EARNED RUN AVERAGE Houston vs. Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.
Lynn, Texas, 1.11; Bieber, Cleveland, EARNED RUN AVERAGE NHL: New York Islanders vs. Washington, SN
1.30; Dobnak, Minnesota, 1.42; Fried, Atlanta, 1.24; Lamet, San Diego, Thursday Monday Ontario, 3 p.m.
Greinke, Houston, 1.84; F.Valdez, 1.59; Wainwright, St. Louis, 1.64; All Times Eastern Houston vs. Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. NHL: Dallas vs. Calgary, SN Ontario, 10:30
Houston, 1.90; Maeda, Minnesota, 2.27. M.Kelly, Arizona, 1.71. p.m.
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Canadiens force Game 6 against Flyers
Suzuki scores winner,
Gallagher ends
long goal drought
as Habs stay alive
JOSHUA CLIPPERTON
Nick Suzuki buried the winner 22
seconds after Philadelphia tied
the score in the third period,
Brendan Gallagher snapped his
frustrating post-season goal
drought, and the Montreal Cana-
diens defeated the Flyers 5-3 on
Wednesday to stave off elimina-
tion in Game 5 of their first-
round playoff series.
Joel Armia added two goals for
the Canadiens, who still trail the
best-of-seven matchup 3-2. Phil-
lip Danualt sealed it into an emp-
ty net.
Game 6 is Friday back at Sco-
tiabank Arena.
Brett Kulak and Jonathan
Drouin chipped in with two as-
sists each for Montreal, while Su-
zuki also had a helper for a two-
point night. Carey Price made 26
saves to get the win.
Jakub Voracek scored twice for
the Flyers – both on a five-min-
ute power play in the second pe-
riod – and added an assist, while
Joel Farabee had the other Phila-
delphia goal. Claude Giroux and
Sean Couturier registered two as-
sists each. Carter Hart, who was
coming off back-to-back shut-
outs, finished with 28 stops.
After the Flyers knotted the
score 3-3 on Farabee’s power-play
redirection at 10:37 of the third,
Suzuki took a Drouin pass from
behind the Philadelphia net on
the next shift and outwaited
Hart to score his second of the
post-season as the Canadiens de-
livered a decisive counterpunch
in the back-and-forth tilt.
Montreal, which entered trail-
ing 3-1 in the series despite giving
up just five combined goals,
watched the Columbus Blue
Jackets and Carolina Hurricanes
both get eliminated from the
NHL’s restart earlier Wednesday
on the same sheet of ice follow-
Point’s overtime winner seals series
for Lightning against Blue Jackets
The Tampa Bay Lightning elim-
inated Columbus from the Stan-
ley Cup playoffs in five games on
Wednesday, rallying from a two-
goal, third-period deficit before
beating the Blue Jackets 5-4 on
Brayden Point’s goal 5:12 into
overtime.
Point also delivered the win-
ner in Game 1 of the best-of-sev-
en series, a five-overtime thriller
that wound up being the fourth-
longest game in NHL history.
Kevin Shattenkirk and Antho-
ny Cirelli scored in the final eight
minutes of regulation to wipe out
a 4-2 deficit. Earlier, Columbus
scored four consecutive times to
overcome an early two-goal def-
icit of its own.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 37
of 41 shots for Tampa Bay, which
was swept from the first round
by the Blue Jackets last season.
“We had 422 days to think
about it, but who’s counting,”
said Lightning coach Jon Cooper,
who insisted heading into the se-
ries that redemption was not his
team’s mission because both
clubs have changed since last
season.
“We want to advance regard-
less of who we’re playing,” Coop-
er said. “It just turned out we got
a second chance, and often times
you don’t get that.”
Joonas Korpisalo had 20 saves
for Columbus. Point took a pass
from Nikita Kucherov in the slot
before backhanding the game-
winner past the Blue Jackets
goaltender.
“Once we went down by two
goals … everybody still had the
confidence we could get it done,”
Shattenkirk said.
Tyler Johnson and Blake Cole-
man scored within a 61-second
span to give the Lightning an
early 2-0 lead that Columbus an-
swered with goals by captain
Nick Foligno, playoff newcomer
Kevin Stenlund and Alexander
Wennberg, who put the Blue
Jackets ahead 3-2 with 15.8 sec-
onds remaining in the second pe-
riod.
Oliver Bjorkstrand’s third goal
of the series made it 4-2 early in
the third. Tampa Bay rallied, with
Shattenkirk beating Korpisalo
from the top of the right circle
and the Lightning pulling even
when the puck glanced off Cirel-
li’s left skate into the net with
1:38 remaining in regulation.
“They’re just an opportunistic
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price makes a glove save against the Philadelphia Flyers during the first period of their Eastern Conference
playoff game in Toronto on Wednesday night. NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS
ing separate Game 5 losses.
Philadelphia got a power play
seven minutes into the third, but
Price snagged Giroux’s shot
through a screen. Kevin Hayes
then had a partial break, leading
to a tripping call and Farabee’s
third that briefly drew the Flyers
level before Suzuki responded to
keep the Canadiens alive.
Montreal led 1-0 after the first
period on the heels of getting
shut out 1-0 in Sunday’s Game 3
and 2-0 in Tuesday’s Game 4, but
suffered a big blow early in the
second when Jesperi Kotkaniemi
was assessed a five-minute major
and a game misconduct for
boarding on Philadelphia defen-
ceman Travis Sanheim. The 20-
Tampa Bay Lightning players celebrate the game-winning goal scored by
Brayden Point, centre, in Game 5 against the Columbus Blue Jackets in
Toronto on Wednesday. JOHN E. SOKOLOWSKI/USA TODAY SPORTS
team,” Foligno said.
All five games were decided by
one goal.
BERGERON, BRUINS BEAT
HURRICANES TO ADVANCE
TORONTO Patrice Bergeron broke
a tie with 3.5 seconds left in the
second period, David Pastrnak
returned with two assists and the
Boston Bruins beat the Carolina
Hurricanes 2-1 on Wednesday to
win the first-round playoff series
in five games.
The Bruins trailed 1-0 entering
the final five minutes of the sec-
ond period before scoring twice
on the power play, first from Da-
vid Krejci with 4:40 left after Ber-
geron drew a penalty on a break-
away chance.
Then came Bergeron’s goal as
the teams appeared headed to
the second intermission tied 1-1.
He tracked down a loose re-
bound from Pastrnak that hit the
boards, then quickly sent the
puck back toward the net from
the left side. The puck slipped
under a standing Petr Mrazek,
bounced off his left skate and
straight into the net for the 2-1
lead.
Bergeron and Krejci also had
an assist each for the Bruins,
while Pastrnak’s return to the li-
neup also provided a boost.
The NHL’s co-leader with 48
regular-season goals hadn’t
played since the fourth-seeded
year-old centre initially went to
the penalty box but, after the ref-
erees reviewed the play, Kotka-
niemi was booted from the game
just 1:45 into the middle period.
Philadelphia made the Cana-
diens pay 50 seconds later when
Voracek’s shot struck the stick of
Montreal blue-liner Ben Chiarot
and beat Price for his third. The
Flyers then took their first lead at
6:37 with eight seconds left on
the same man advantage when
Voracek’s pass in front went off
Chiarot’s skate and slid over the
goal line.
The Canadiens and their pop-
gun offence looked to be in seri-
ous trouble, but Armia, who hit a
crossbar moments earlier, scored
Bruins won Game 1 in double
overtime and was a gametime
decision for this one.
AVALANCHE ROUT COYOTES
TO WIN FIRST-ROUND SERIES
EDMONTON Nathan MacKinnon
had two goals and two assists,
Nazem Kadri also scored twice
and the Colorado Avalanche
routed the Arizona Coyotes 7-1
on Wednesday to close out the
first-round playoff series in five
games.
Colorado, the No. 2 seed in the
Western Conference, took con-
trol of the series with a Game 4
blowout and skated into the next
round with three first-period
goals in Game 5.
Kadri scored two goals for the
second successive game, both in
the first period, and finished with
five in the series. Samuel Girard
also had a goal in the first and
MacKinnon scored twice in 58
seconds of the second to put Col-
orado up 5-0.
J.T. Compher had a goal and
an assist, Nikita Zadorov also
scored and Philipp Grubauer
stopped 23 shots to clinch the se-
ries 4-1. Clayton Keller scored his
fourth goal of the postseason for
Arizona and Darcy Kuemper al-
lowed six goals on 30 shots be-
fore being replaced by Antti
Raanta in the third period.
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his second of the night and third Suzuki then beat Hart off the
of the post-season from a sharp rush for a goal that looked to
angle on Hart at 10:12 to tie have made it 4-2 with 5:26 left in
things 2-2. That set the table for the period, but the sequence was
Gallagher – a heart-and-soul correctly challenged for offside
player benched for much of with Drouin into the offensive
Tuesday’s third period – on the zone a step early.
power play after Philadelphia’s Flyers head coach Alain Vig-
Philippe Myers got a double-mi- neault was about to give Hart the
nor for high-sticking. Nick Suzu- hook in favour of Brian Elliott for
ki feathered an aerial pass to the the second time in the series be-
winger down low, and he batted fore the call was reversed. Mon-
home his first out of mid-air be- treal led 3-2 heading to the third.
fore looking skyward in relief at The 22-year-old Hart, who be-
11:30. came the second-youngest goalie
Gallagher, who scored on his in NHL history to record consec-
league-leading 37th shot of the utive playoff shutouts, saw his
restart, snapped a personal nine- streak end at 122 minutes 53 sec-
game post-season scoring slump onds, while Montreal’s goal
dating back to 2017. drought was snapped at 132:18.
After playoff exit,
Blackhawks confront
an uncertain future
STEPHEN WHYNO
I
t’s not lost on Jonathan Toews that if the NHL regular sea-
son had finished as scheduled, the Chicago Blackhawks
wouldn’t have made the playoffs.
When they got that chance in an expanded 24-team
field, the three-time Stanley Cup-winning captain shelved
worries about the future of the franchise and whether goal-
tender Corey Crawford might even return after concussion
concerns and a bout with vertigo.
“Haven’t really had the chance to have those conversa-
tions with him,” Toews said Tuesday night after Chicago’s
season ended in a five-game first-round series loss to Vegas.
“Yeah, I don’t know. The goaltending situation hasn’t been
on my mind much.”
It better be on general manager Stan Bowman’s mind as
the organization goes into an off-season of uncertainty with
Crawford’s contract up, rookie 30-goal scorer Dominik Kuba-
lik unsigned and the championship core another year older
and locked up at big prices for seasons to come. Special cir-
cumstances allowed the Blackhawks to return to the playoffs
for the first time since 2017, but the front office must now set
a real direction for the future.
Asked about winning the Cup a
fourth time before his career is
over, star winger Patrick Kane I’m not sure what
said: “I don’t know. It’s not really
something I’ve thought about or the team will look
given any thought to.” He and like come next year.
Toews will be 32 when next sea-
son is scheduled to begin, Craw- CHICAGOPATRICK KANE
FORWARD
ford 35 and defenceman Duncan
Keith 37.
“I’m not sure what the team will look like come next year,”
Kane said.
The winds of change have been swirling for Chicago for a
few years now. The Blackhawks have several young forwards,
from rookies Kubalik and Kirby Dach to Alex DeBrincat and
Dylan Strome and promising 20-year-old defenceman Adam
Boqvist. If nothing else, beating Edmonton in the qualifying
round and getting outclassed by Vegas should be valuable
experience for those players and others as a taste of NHL
playoff hockey.
“It’s a huge way to get experience for those guys,” Kane
said. “The young guys that are around and got a chance to
play in this postseason hopefully take this as a valuable
learning lesson and we can get better as a group from it.”
Coach Jeremy Colliton, who’s younger than Keith and
about 100 days older than injured defenceman Brent Sea-
brook, wasn’t ready to think about the future immediately
after being eliminated. But assuming he returns, he will be
tasked with figuring out how to build Chicago back up to be-
ing a perennial contender.
“You’re always trying to think of how we can be better and
how can we be hard to play against,” Colliton said. “Size can
be part of it. … You can also be hard to play against with your
speed and your relentlessness and pressure on the puck.”
The Blackhawks were schooled in that department by
Western Conference top-seeded Golden Knights, who pos-
sess the kind of depth Chicago used to win with. It’ll take
some time to get back to that.
“Ultimately I think as a player you see the standard that is
there,” Keith said. “I feel like we’ve made a few strides this
year. … Take the positives and try to build.”
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in Edmonton, Alberta. Their amazing life together has produced four
children (Leslie, Maia, Elizabeth, Joe), 10 grandchildren (Clare, Scotia, Peter,
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Jul y 27, 2020
It is with much sadness but
many fond memories that
we announce the passing of
Bernice Branigan (neé Wilson)
in the early hours of Monday,
July 27, 2020, in Vancouver,
British Columbia, just after her
97th birthday. Predeceased by
her loving husband, Hector
George, her sisters, Fern and
Pearl, her brothers, Duncan,
Harold, James, Clayton, Harris,
William and Gerald, and her
daughter-in-law, Marina.
Always loved and cherished
by her daughter, Patricia Yen
(Edwin), her sons, Gerald
(Marina) and Robert (Corinne),
her grandchildren, Laurene Yen
(Alexander), Ian Yen (Natasha),
Audra, Erin, Owen (Lauren) and
Megan, and great-grandsons,
Sam and Ben Unterberger.
Bernice was born to Stephen
and Margaret Wilson in Brandon,
Manitoba. She grew up in
Winnipeg where she met and
married Hector Branigan in May
1948. Bernice and Hector moved
to Montreal, Quebec, in 1951
where they raised their family
and made many good friends.
They attended Lakeside Heights
Baptist Church. After Hector
retired in 1980, they returned
to Winnipeg and were happy to
be close to extended family and
they enjoyed travelling to visit
their children and grandchildren.
They attended Broadway First
Baptist Church. They celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary
in 1998. Bernice enjoyed her time
in Winnipeg as she was able to
spend time with her family and
friends. After Hector’s death in
January, 2000, she continued to
travel to visit her children and their
families. In 2008 Bernice moved
to Vancouver to be closer to her
daughter and her family. Bernice
was a loving daughter, wife,
mother, grandmother and great-
grandmother. Her family was very
important to her. She enjoyed
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baking, knitting, gardening,
reading and traveling. In January
2014, Bernice joined the Blenheim
Lodge community, where she
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August 15 , 2020
In one of these stars
I shall be living.
In one of them,
I shall be laughing.
And so it will be as if
all the stars were laughing,
when you look at
the sky at night.
And when your sorrow is
comforted (time soothes all
sorrows), you will be content that
you have known me.
You will always be my friend...
I shall not leave you.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Little Prince
Beloved mom, granny, sister
and friend, Joan died peacefully
on August 15, 2020, in her 76th
year. She was the daughter of
the late Philip Spendick and Anne
Romanko, sister of Larry Spendick
(Eugenia), much loved mother
of Alexandra (Mark Reich) and
Tamara (Grant McArthur) and
proud grandmother of Michael,
Matthew, Lucas and Grace.
A graduate of University College
at the University of Toronto, Joan
began her career in social work
before turning to real estate. Ever
curious, she loved gardening,
entertaining, travelling, horseback
riding and ballroom dancing.
But most of all, she adored her
four grandchildren and enjoyed
spending time with them until
close to her passing. Joan’s style,
flair and joie-de-vivre will forever
inspire us.
The family would like to thank Dr.
Warren Mason, Dr. Susan Thouin
and Dr. Warren Rubenstein for
their exceptional care, as well as
Joan’s caregivers Cheryl and Asia.
Thank you also to Elio Costa. In
memory of Joan, donations may
be made to the Gerry & Nancy
Pencer Brain Tumour Centre
at Princess Margaret Hospital.
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DEATHS DEATHS
MARGARET FANJOY
December 3, 1927 - August 14, 2020
A LLA N FOTHERINGHAM
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of our August 3 1, 1932
incredible mom, Margaret Emeline Fanjoy (nee McKinney) on August 14, August 19, 2020
2020, in her 93rd year.
Margaret is predeceased by her husband of 60 years, the love of her life, The Back Page of Maclean’s is
Edward, her middle son, David, and her beloved sister, Marion. Loving forever gone. (Murray) Allan
mother to Bill (Marg McKillop), Beth (John Struthers), John (Tina Porter), and Fotheringham died at home
Marie (Craig Mann). Proud Grandmother to Alexandria (Aaron Silver), Eryn, after a long and fulfilling life. A
Taylor, Alec, Ellen, David and Thomas. Great Grandmother to Lyla and Ethan. proud westerner, Allan was born
Loving Aunt to Margaret and Ann. Sister in law to Esther. in Saskatchewan and raised in
Hearne, (“people from Hearne
The oldest daughter of the late Elizabeth Parker and William McKinney, are called Hernias”) until the age
Margaret was a native of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. She graduated from of 10. His family then moved
the Charlotte County Grammar School and the Fredericton Teachers College. to British Columbia (aka British
Her teaching career began in a one-room school house near Petitcodiac,
New Brunswick in 1945. On August 20, 1949, she married her life partner,
California) near the mountains he
loved. Award winning columnist,
Edward at Greenoch Presbyterian Church in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, N.B.. and author of 9 books, his
They moved to Peterborough in 1952 where Ed practiced law for 3 years readers knew him as “Dr. Foth”.
before relocating to St. Thomas, Ontario so that Ed could establish his He held “the best real estate in
own law practice. Margaret and Ed raised their brood of five children in St. Canadian journalism,” the Back
Thomas. Ed was Mayor of St. Thomas from 1969 to 1972 and being the wife Page of Maclean’s for 27 of his
of the Mayor gave Marg an extra challenge. In 1972, the family moved to 58 year career. TIME magazine
Brantford, Ontario when Ed was appointed to the bench. described him as “the greatest
After starting her family, Margaret became a stay-at-home mom and avid cobweb- blower and guff-
volunteer. She loved to garden, sew, cook, can and bake. Margaret felt remover in Canadian journalism.”
fortunate to do a lot of travelling - their first trip was tenting in England Ten year panelist on CBC’s
and Europe shortly after the war. In later years, Naples, Florida was their Front Page Challenge. “Witty,
winter home. There she worked on her quilts and watercolours. Margaret charming, irritating, invigorating
was a long time member of the Brant Avenue United Church and St and lovable. Never at a loss for
Andrews United Church. She generously supported many international words.” A true wordsmith, his
and local charities - in particular the Boys and Girls Club of Brantford aiding phrases (Fothisms) are part of the
in the establishment of the David Fanjoy Memorial Climbing Wall and the lexicon of the nation. A Canadian
endowment of funds to the Brantford Community Foundation. Margaret had icon. Proud of having been fired
many friends from all walks of life and was incredibly good at staying in by “every major newspaper
touch through phone calls, letters, organizing lunch out or having friends organization in the nation.”
over for dessert. Very family oriented, Margaret loved spending time with Winner of a Southam Fellowship
her children and grandchildren. Long weekends at the cottage on Jack Lake Award, National Magazine Award
will forever be remembered, as will our very special Thanksgiving trips. Her for Humour, first winner of the
greatest sorrow was the passing of her son David at the age of 23 while National Magazine Award for
Column Writing. Recipient of
mountain climbing in the Canadian Rockies.
The Bob Edwards Award, the
The family is ever so grateful to the wonderful in-home caregivers mom had Saskatchewan Centennial Award,
over the last few years that allowed her to remain in her own home - Barb, and the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime
Kelli, Lena, Kelley, Ruth, Susan - to name a few. Thank you for your loving Achievement Award. Canadian
care and friendship that added greatly to mom’s quality of life. We are also News Hall of Fame inductee.
grateful to physiotherapist Pam Honeyman for keeping mom strong and for Honorary Doctorates from the
being her good friend. University of New Brunswick, and
Thank you to the nurses at the Brantford General Hospital for the excellent the University of Saskatchewan.
care she received in her final days. The Palliative Care floor is a blessing. (He really is “Dr. Foth”.) Recipient
Arrangements entrusted to the Beckett-Glaves Family Funeral Centre, 88 of both the Queen Elizabeth
Brant Avenue, Brantford. A private family service has taken place on Tuesday II Golden Jubilee Medal and
August 18th. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Brantford SPCA Diamond Jubilee Medal. (He met
or the Brant Community Healthcare System would be appreciated. Online Lilibet five times during his career.)
condolences will be available at www.beckettglaves.com. Famous for the “Saskatchewan
Dip”, he always enjoyed a good
A tree will be planted in memory of Margaret in the Beckett-Glaves
Memorial Forest. time and telling entertaining
stories. An avid traveler, Allan
visited 92 countries and numerous
more than once. Lived in Hearne,
FUNERAL SERVICES Sardis, Vancouver (“the Narcissus
RICHARD JOSEPH FISHER
(Dick) of the Wet Coast”), London,
April 27, 1930- England, Ottawa (“the town that
August 17, 2020 fun forgot”) Washington D.C.
and finally Toronto. Knowing
At the age of 90, Dick passed the power of the written word,
away peacefully and he was feared by his enemies,
comfortably, surrounded, as
respected by his friends, and
always, by his family. Dick
loved by his fans worldwide.
was born in Windsor, ON, to
As he said, “I need every fan I
Alma and Leo Fisher, who can get!!!” Athletic in his youth,
later gifted him with two he was passionate about his
younger sisters: Carol Bailey
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his sister, Irene (Don McEown)
Michael, Madeleine, and Jack.
and brother, John. A gathering
Having so many children and
grandchildren, Dick had just will be announced at a later date.
as many nicknames: Dickie, No flowers please due to allergies.
Daddy, Dad, Papa, Pops, Donations to a charity of your
Popski, and Popsie-doodle. choice. Condolences may be sent
to mrs.foth@sympatico.ca.
Outside of family life, he
graduated from Assumption “My Darling… No matter what
College, and worked for Ford the weather, as long as we’re
Motor Company. He enjoyed together, we’re off to see the Wild
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his business partner Joe
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Dick savoured every morsel
and mouthful of food that he
encountered. He was also
passionate about cars,
napping, golf, napping,
reading, cigars, jazz, and
flying... and napping.
In your thoughts
His everyday living was
guided by his deep faith in Memorialize and celebrate a loved
God. one in The Globe and Mail.
The Fisher family is very
grateful for the medical care
and support provided to Dick
throughout his illness at
Southlake Regional Hospital
and the ‘Fisher Family
Hospice’ (Martha and Bill’s
home).
The funeral Mass will precede
the visitation due to COVID-19
restrictions. The funeral Mass
will be held on Saturday,
August 22nd at 11 a.m. at St.
Elizabeth Seton Catholic
Church, Newmarket, ON.
Visitation will be held at
Chapel Ridge Funeral Home,
Markham, ON, on Monday,
August 24th from 4 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests that donations be
directed to Covenant House,
or Margaret Bahen Hospice.
Online condolences may be
made at
www.chapelridgefh.com.
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Bayern beats
DEATHS DEATHS Lyon to reach
Champions
League final
ROB HARRIS LISBON

Serge Gnabry led Bayern Munich

into its first Champions League
G RACE M ARIA MAIDA final in seven years, scoring twice
April 14, 1924 HEN RY JOHN PANK RATZ in a 3-0 victory over Lyon on
August 2, 2020 FCPA, FCA, FCMC, LLD (Hons.)
August 13, 2020 Wednesday.
Born in Pizzoni, After losing four semi-finals
Catanzaro, Italy
It is with great sadness that we announce Henry’s sudden and unexpected since lifting the European Cup for
It is with great sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we announce passing. On Thursday, August 13, 2020 in his 82nd year, after a quiet day the fifth time in 2013, the German
the passing of our mother, Grazia (Grace) Maida. which included lunch on their terrace at their Toronto home, Henry and his champions will now play first-
loving wife Julia were settling in to watch the evening news with wine in time finalist Paris Saint-Germain
She was predeceased by her husband Domenico Maida, married for hand when Henry died suddenly from a heart attack.
over 40 years. on Sunday in Lisbon.
Henry leaves behind Julia, his partner of over 40 years; his children he was It’s will be the first time since
She is survived and will be dearly missed by her children; Anthony, so proud and supportive of and whom he cherished: Lisa (Tom), Katherine Real Madrid faced Juventus in
Frank, Terri Guthrie, Gene and Cathy Braun, by her grandchildren; (Alan), Karen, Duncan Roy, Warren Roy and Gavin Roy; his grandchildren 1998 that the Champions League
Rain, Dan, Adam and Shanel; Nick, Lisa, Chris and Corinna; Matthew, who brought him such joy and who delighted in his loving attention: Hazel,
Stephen and Andrew; Tara and David Guthrie; Scott and Jeffrey Braun; final will feature two teams who
Oliver, Iris, Rebecca, Angela and Benjamin; his siblings John (Gladys) and
and by her great-grandchildren; Matthew and Melissa Marchese; Justina; and dear friends, numerous nieces, nephews and extended family.
qualified as domestic league
Quentin, Rowan, Lucca, Salvador and Milana, plus many nieces champions.
and nephews. Henry was born in Langford, Manitoba to Mary (nee Engbrecht) and John “For now we celebrate a little
Pankratz who had immigrated to Canada after fleeing Russia in the 1920’s. bit,” Bayern midfielder Alphonso
In December 1953, Grace, together with her 3 young children, journeyed Henry was the youngest of six children and spent his early years on the
across the Atlantic Ocean and moved to Toronto, Canada, with the dream of family farm. He completed high school in Steinbach, Manitoba where he Davies said. “But afterwards, we
building a better life for her family. had moved with his parents and older brother when his father took over the focus on the next game. It’s going
First and foremost, Grace loved her family. She was an extraordinary blacksmith shop from his father-in-law. to be a good game, there’s going
mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was always kind and to be goals in it.”
After completing high school, Henry’s love of math and business led him to
generous. She was beautiful on the inside and out. Grace had a passion for Winnipeg to begin a career in accounting. In 1961, he joined Clarkson Gordon Bayern was clinical against a
gardening and growing her own vegetables. She loved to cook and spend (now Ernst & Young, Canada), a firm with which he would be affiliated wasteful Lyon side.
time on her back porch, overlooking the swimming pool and the golf course. for the next 38 years. In 1962 Henry completed his Chartered Accounting Gnabry’s first-half double ex-
She will also be remembered for her smile and sparkling blue eyes. designation, as it was then known, achieving the Gold Medal in Manitoba on tended his hot scoring streak to
the National Exams and being named to the Canadian Institute of Chartered nine goals across nine games in
The Maida family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Scarlett Accountants (now the Canadian Professional Accountants) Honour Role.
Heights Retirement Home. A very special thank you goes to her caregivers this season’s pandemic-disrupted
Henry’s career with Ernst & Young was exemplary and the highlights noted Champions League.
Gorete, Zuraida, Marilyn and her part-time caregivers for their exceptional are a reflection of his deep commitment to the firm he helped shape over
compassion, kindness and patience. But only Robert Lewandowski
his career and merely hint at the time and effort expended and the results
achieved. He was accepted into Partnership in 1968 in Winnipeg, at the time
has scored in nine consecutive
Grace was a strong woman who never gave up.
the youngest partner at the firm; in 1973 he was appointed Office Managing games in the competition, after
Now, God has put his arms around her and whispered, “come home with me.” heading in Bayern’s third in the
Partner of the Ottawa Office; in 1977 he was promoted to lead the Financial
We will always cherish our memories of Grace. We will miss her and love Planning and Consulting Practice of the Toronto office; in 1984 he was 88th minute to make it 55 goals in
her forever. named Office Managing Partner of the Vancouver Office; in 1986 he became total this season for the striker.
A private family funeral service and interment has already taken place. a member of the firm’s national executive committee; in 1988 he returned The loss for Lyon, in its first
to Toronto to Chair the National Consulting Practice; in 1991 he was named Champions League semi-final in
Please visit Grace’s Book of Memories at arbormemorial.ca. Vice Chair of the firm and in 1993 he became Deputy Chair. He retired in 1999. a decade, cuts out the last route
Donations can be made in her name to Sick Kids Hospital Foundation in Toronto. Alongside his distinguished career, Henry deeply cared about the broader back into European competitions
community and his country and used his considerable talents to serve in next season.
a number of capacities. He had significant involvement in professional, After only finishing seventh in
CLASSIFIED business and community affairs in all the cities in which he lived.
Among his many contributions, he was President of the Canadian Club
the curtailed Ligue 1 season and
being beaten in the French
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of Business, Wilfrid Laurier University. time since the 1996-97 season.
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for the Liberal Party of Ontario; as an appointee to boards including
Canadian Blood Services and the Toronto Port Authority (Chair); and on not
Memphis Depay hit the side
netting in the fifth minute with
for profit organizations that resonated with him. More recently he served
on the boards of a number of local and regional organizations and clubs
only goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to
beat from a tight angle and Karl
including the Gasparilla Island Conservation & Improvement Association, in
Toko Ekambi hit the right post.
Boca Grande, Florida.
In addition to his distinguished career, Henry was a man with many interests
A minute later, Bayern was in
front. Gnabry brushed aside sev-
and passions. He was an athletic person who adapted as old injuries and
eral challenges as he cut in from
age forced him to re-invent himself. Early on he took up running. He was
an enthusiastic skier, a sport which friends and family were able to share the right and powered in a shot
with him on a number of trips across Canada and Europe. He loved tennis. into the top corner.
His threat was evident across
He and Julia had many tennis-inspired holidays and Henry enjoyed
playing with his regular foursome at the Badminton and Racquet Club the pitch, driving forward with
of Toronto. In later years golf was a passion that he pursued in both the ball for the move that led to
Toronto and Boca Grande. the second goal. After releasing
Henry and Julia enjoyed travelling, and while the south of France held Ivan Periic on the left wing, the
a special place in their hearts, they truly travelled the globe. Family trips
included sojourns in France and Mexico. A recent highlight for Henry
and Julia was a 10-day biking trip with four other couples in Europe.
ball was squared into the penalty
area. Lewandowski’s sliding con-
nection was blocked by goalkeep-
Having been occasional cyclists, they nevertheless embraced the trip er Anthony Lopes but Gnabry was
and ensured they had a relaxing post bike trip vacation on a cruise from on hand to knock in the second.
Dubrovnik to Venice along the Adriatic coast. For Henry’s 80th birthday, he
and Julia embarked on a memorable cruise with ports of call throughout

In your thoughts Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Henry excelled at everything he put his mind to and those endeavors
included collecting (and consuming) outstanding wine, cooking
(he somehow managed to usurp Julia, a great cook in her own right) and,
Memorialize and celebrate a loved
one in The Globe and Mail.
of course, his legendary carpentry skills. There was rarely a home in later
years that did not have a Henry-created project – be it a large deck with Kelly
built-in seating or beautifully designed and crafted built-in bookshelves in
their living room. FROM B11
Henry was a very thoughtful and loyal person. He was a multi-faceted man
and those who came in contact with him recognized a kind, warm and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertain-
caring character with an unfailing graciousness, a gentlemanly manner and ment backed Ujiri immediately
always an engaging smile. We are better for having known him and wish we and resolutely, as did the NBA. As
had more time with him. For a man who lived his life very pragmatically, is his habit in all things, Ujiri
Henry would extol us “not to mourn the absence of the flame, but to played the incident supercool.
celebrate how brightly it burned.”
So one way of looking at this is
Cremation has taken place as Henry wished. Given the current restrictions that good intentions won the day
due to Covid-19, a celebration of Henry’s life will be delayed and will be (a year later).
communicated at a later date. If you would like to make a donation in his The loser in this, as far as I can
memory, please consider Canadian Blood Services, the National Ballet of
Canada or a charity of your choice.
see, is public trust as it applies to
cops. Not just the cops in Alame-
da County (based on this chain of
events, if I lived there and saw
one coming, I’d run), but cops ev-
erywhere.
Strickland may be the prime
mover in this, but he is not the
HONOUR A worst offender. The Sgt. Kellys of
the world, the ones who saw what
happened and then backed

LOVED ONE Strickland’s play, what’s their an-

gle here?
Did they not think the video
Memorialize and celebrate a loved would get out? Do they honestly
one in The Globe and Mail. believe that it is within their
rights to manhandle the citizens
they are sworn to protect just be-
cause they’re feeling frisky? Is it
their understanding that, by law
and “acting in accordance” with
“guidelines,” nothing they do can
ever be wrong? And that those
protections then extend to (this is
being charitable) massaging the
truth after the fact?
I assume most police officers
do not think this way, because I’d
like to believe we live in a civil so-
ciety and – this part is more im-
portant to me – that most people
don’t like hurting other people
just because they can.
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SALOME BEY

MUSICIAN, ACTOR, PRODUCER, COMPOSER, 86

FIERCELY TALENTED SINGER LED

THE WAY FOR OTHER BLACK ARTISTS
Dubbed Canada’s First Lady of the Blues, she created and starred in her own hit shows
and cast vocalists Jackie Richardson, Deborah Cox and others

MARTIN MORROW

I
n October of 1978, Salome Bey won
over a lily-white Toronto with a
little cabaret show that proved to be
a game-changer for the city’s Black
artists. The show was Indigo, a lively
dive into the history of the blues, and its
creator-star, Ms. Bey, was a radiant lady
whose shy demeanour and irresistible
gap-toothed grin belied a fierce talent
both on and off the stage.
In a city where, at the time, local Afri-
can-Canadian singers and musicians
had to struggle to be seen, Ms. Bey was
determined to put on an all-Black revue
and raised the money herself to stage it.
Not that she was lacking in clout: She
was fresh from starring on Broadway in
the Tony- and Grammy-nominated gos-
pel musical Your Arms Too Short to Box
with God. She even brought in that
show’s keyboardist, Denzil A. Miller Jr.,
to serve as Indigo’s arranger.
Presented in a small downtown cab-
aret space called Basin Street, above
the popular Bourbon Street jazz club,
Indigo became a word-of-mouth sensa-
tion, playing to sold-out houses and
attracting visiting celebrities. One eve-
ning, a beguiled Shirley MacLaine even
jumped onstage and proceeded to
swoon to the balladry of singer Rudy
Webb. Although a mooted New York
transfer never materialized, the show
ran for 13 months, won a couple of Dora
Mavor Moore Awards and later aired on
CBC Television. More significant,
though, was the change it wrought.
“It was a watershed moment for
Black talent in Toronto,” said Ms. Bey’s
long-time friend and colleague Daryl
Auwai, who was Indigo’s production
manager. “Until Salome did that show,
we were scrambling for jobs. Suddenly,
everybody wanted us.”
It was emblematic of the impact she
had during her trailblazing career.
Ms. Bey, who died on Aug. 8 at the age of
86, was a powerful influence on gener-
ations of younger Black artists. Her
protegés are legion.
“I literally would not be where I am
without Salome,” said singer-actor
Shakura S’Aida, who got her start stage
managing one of Ms. Bey’s self-
produced shows. “I got to see a Black Singer Salome Bey, seen in 1980, grew up in Newark, N.J., and settled in Toronto after marrying club owner Howard Berkeley
woman creating something from Matthews in 1964. The couple soon became a major force in the city’s Black community. BARRIE DAVIS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
scratch and then making sure that it
stayed true to her vision.” Toronto City Hall on April 7, 1964, and chanteuses Bessie Smith and Billie Holi- She often said that her family took prec-
“She was a true example of fearless- Salome settled in Canada. The Bey trio day, parodied diva Diana Ross and got edence over her career, but she fre-
ness and being an independent artist,” broke up a few years later (Andy Bey down-and-dirty on risqué songs like quently found a way to blend both, per-
said Billboard-topping R&B vocalist went on to a distinguished solo career Ethel Waters’s My Handy Man. For fans, forming alongside her daughters as
Deborah Cox, who first performed as a jazz singer and pianist) and Salome and Ms. Bey herself, it was something of Salome Bey and the Relatives.
alongside Ms. Bey as a teenager. “She plunged into Yorkville’s legendary mu- a revelation: “I’ve never performed like Ms. Bey also did charity concerts with
was so unapologetic in her Blackness. sic scene. She released her first, self- this before,” she confessed to Maclean’s her extended family of Rainboworld
Letting everyone know and understand titled solo album in 1970. magazine in 1979. “I guess I’m just wild alumni. Ms. Cox especially remem-
that Blackness was to be celebrated and Before long, she and her husband be- now.” bered the time they sang for Nelson
not just tolerated.” came a major force in the local commu- Indigo’s success led her to create two Mandela when he first visited Toronto
Indeed, Ms. Bey wore her African fea- nity, vibrant symbols of Black pride. more blues-themed shows for the Basin in 1990, just months after his release
tures proudly, refusing to process her While Ms. Bey was injecting soul music Street venue: Shimmytime (1983) – a from prison. Ms. Bey always made sure
hair or otherwise “whiten” her looks for into the white-bread CBC specials of full-on salute to Waters – and Madame they got the most out of such occasions.
more commercial appeal. Juno Award Wayne & Shuster and Anne Murray, Gertrude (1985), which focused on the “She used to always tell us to ‘take it all
winner Divine Brown recalled seeing Mr. Matthews started up the Under- iconic Ma Rainey. For the latter role, she in.’ Don’t miss the moment, stay pre-
her face in ads for Indigo as a little girl ground Railroad, Toronto’s first soul presciently cast Ms. Richardson, who sent,” Ms. Cox said.
and being inspired. “I remember think- food restaurant. Co-owned with foot- until then had never sung the blues. “I get very serious where children are
ing, ‘Here’s someone who looks like ball players John Henry Jackson and Ms. Bey was always encouraging concerned,” Ms. Bey told a CBC Televi-
me! I want to be like her.’ ” Dave Mann of the Toronto Argonauts, fledgling talent and giving them that sion interviewer in 1978. Ms. Richardson
Determined to make work for herself and jazz drummer Archie Alleyne, it necessary push so they could fly. That saw that time and again. “She listened
and others, Ms. Bey in the latter half of paid homage to the his- was especially evident in to the kids who were having troubles in
her career wore many hats: producer, toric escape route for her next effort, the chil- their personal lives,” she said. “She’d
director, composer, actor. But she was African-American slaves dren’s musical Rainbo- have a bunch of them over at the house,
always, first and foremost, a singer. fleeing to Canada. “It be- She was a world, whose young par- staying for weeks on end.”
Dubbed “Canada’s First Lady of the came an institution,” re- ticipants included such In 1995, Ms. Bey formed her own
Blues,” she also sang jazz, soul, funk, called Mr. Auwai of the true example future stars as Ms. Cox record label, Rainbowhirl, and released
gospel, even pop – in 1985, she lent her downtown eatery, which of fearlessness and Ms. Brown. Perhaps a holiday album with her daughters,
passionate voice to Tears Are Not served up fried chicken and being an Ms. Bey’s most ambitious Christmas Blue, tied in with a CBC TV
Enough, the all-star Canadian single for and collard greens to independent artist. project, she composed all special, Salome Bey’s Christmas Soul.
Ethiopian famine relief, singing along- both Black and white pa- its songs and cast the It was another take-charge initiative –
side the likes of Bryan Adams, Joni trons on King Street East She was so show with kids of all ages, Ms. Bey’s recording history up to then
Mitchell and Neil Young. throughout the 1970s. unapologetic in her races and religions to had been sporadic. Her prior releases
Veteran blues singer Jackie Richard- In that decade, Ms. Bey Blackness. Letting bring home a message included a 1979 live album of European
son, who worked with her many times, segued into theatre and everyone know and about diversity and uni- gigs and a collection of jazz standards
said she never got over listening to soon made a splash. She versality. and original songs, I Like Your Company,
Ms. Bey’s throaty contralto: “She starred in the musical understand that “Salome was not just issued in 1992.
brought the whole depth of her soul to Love Me, Love My Children, Blackness was to be ahead of her time, she Ms. Bey’s lifetime achievements were
her singing. And she was so free in her which launched in To- celebrated and not was ahead of all of our recognized with a 1992 Toronto Arts
phrasing! There would be that sense of ronto (under the title Jus- times,” Ms. S’Aida said, Award and the 1996 Martin Luther King
just tolerated.
humour in it, or those growls, or that tine) before running off- noting how the show, Jr. Award from Montreal’s Black Theat-
deep, deep sadness in songs like [Duke Broadway and winning DEBORAH COX which premiered in 1988, re Workshop. In 2005, she was named
Ellington’s] Solitude. I always thought, her an Obie Award in R&B VOCALIST brought Toronto’s many an honorary member of the Order of
my goodness, we’re blessed to be in this 1972. different communities Canada.
beautiful soul’s presence – she was that That same year, she made her Broad- together. “It was the first time I’d ever By then, both Ms. Bey and Mr. Matt-
amazing.” way debut in the disastrous Dude, Galt been exposed to the Indigenous com- hews were suffering from ill health – she
It was as a singer that a young Salome MacDermot and Gerome Ragni’s ill- munity, because of Salome.” with dementia, he with aphasia.
Bey first made her mark. She was born fated follow-up to their landmark rock That show was especially dear to Mr. Matthews predeceased Ms. Bey in
Salome Wideman on Oct. 10, 1933, in musical Hair. But her next Broadway Ms. Bey’s heart. Ms. Richardson, the 2016 and her last public appearance was
Newark, N.J., one of nine children, to show was a hit. Your Arms Too Short to lone adult in the cast, played a bag lady at his memorial. She died at the Lake-
working-class couple Victoria (née Box with God was the Black answer to who was secretly the ruler of Rainbo- side Long-Term Care Centre in Toronto.
Johnson) and Andrew Pierce Wideman. Godspell, a gospel-music retelling of the world, a place where troubled kids She leaves her daughters, tUkU and
After attending Newark’s venerable life of Christ in which Ms. Bey sang the found refuge and empowerment. “It SATE; son, Marcus Matthews; sister,
Arts High, she embarked on a singing role of Mary. It opened in 1976 and ran was a space to trust and be safe in and Geraldine de Haas; brother, Andy Bey;
career in 1956 with her younger sister for more than a year, while its original realize your worth,” Ms. Richardson and four grandchildren.
Geraldine and their teenage brother, cast album garnered a Grammy Award said. “To me, that speaks of Salome to Ms. Bey has often been praised as a
Andrew. As Andy and the Bey Sisters, nomination. the bones. Her beliefs were all through matriarch to Canada’s Black artists. But
the trio toured Europe to great success In all three shows, Ms. Bey portrayed Rainboworld, along with her love of Ms. S’Aida believes her many facets
(they can be seen scatting delightfully a mother figure – indeed, in both Love other human beings.” shouldn’t be reduced to the facile racial
for a Paris audience in the Chet Baker Me, Love My Children and Dude she was a Ms. Bey particularly loved young stereotype of the Black mama. “Salome
documentary Let’s Get Lost) and cut character called Mother Earth. It was a people. She and Mr. Matthews had three raised us all, but she didn’t raise us as a
three albums during the early 1960s. role in which she was frequently type- children: Jacintha Tuku (now perform- mother,” she said. “She did it as a fully
In 1961, the Beys played Toronto, cast. However, when it came time to ance artist tUkU), Saidah Baba Talibah realized woman, teaching us to step in-
where Salome met and fell in love with create her own work, Ms. Bey ditched (now singer-songwriter SATE) and son to our power and own it.”
local club owner Howard Berkeley Mat- the maternal pigeonhole. For Indigo, Marcus, whom they adopted from
thews. The couple were married at she channelled those sultry blues Mr. Matthews’s native island, St. Kitts. Special to The Globe and Mail