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Welcome to the Ottawa Playbook. I’m your host, Zi-Ann Lum with Maura Forrest. A surveillance expert tells a parliamentary committee he’s “shocked” by double standards in Canadian spyware tech. Politician LESLYN LEWIS hates politics. Plus, Hill journalists talk about the anxiety of sitting with death threats.

SPYWARE SURPRISE — The RCMP claims its use of spyware isn’t really different from other forms of surveillance it’s employed in the past. So it’s remarkable, really, that the police force never happened to mention, at some point in the past two decades, that it had tools to hack encrypted communication.

Perhaps it was just so much of a nothing burger that it slipped their minds!

Former privacy commissioner DANIEL THERRIEN told the ethics committee on Tuesday he was “surprised” to learn the RCMP has been using spyware to conduct covert surveillance for years. Therrien spent eight years as the federal privacy watchdog, from 2014 to 2022.

“It was surprising that in the context of many, many debates in the public about the challenges of encryption, that when I was privacy commissioner, I was not told that a tool was used to overcome encryption,” he said.

Read the latest from POLITICO’s MAURA FORREST.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/09/former-privacy-watchdog-says-rcmps-use-of-spyware-was-a-surprise-00050593","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5c0000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5c0001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Read the latest from POLITICO’s MAURA FORREST.

— The background: The ethics committee launched a study this week of the RCMP’s use of spyware, prompted by POLITICO’s revelation in June","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/29/canada-national-police-spyware-phones-00043092","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5c0002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5c0003","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">prompted by POLITICO’s revelation in June that the police force had admitted its use to hack mobile devices. The intrusive technology can give officers access to all the information on a person’s phone or laptop, and the ability to remotely turn on a device’s camera and microphone.

The RCMP says widespread use of encrypted communication has made traditional wiretaps less useful. An official told the committee on Monday that the use of spyware has evolved over the years as a necessary response to a changing technological landscape.

— Keeping it quiet: Therrien is right that the RCMP has been happy to complain publicly about the challenges of encryption. In 2016, for example, the police force gave the Toronto Star","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/15/top-secret-rcmp-files-show-digital-roadblocks-thwarting-criminal-investigations-in-canada.html","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5c0004","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5c0005","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">the police force gave the Toronto Star and the CBC an inside look at 10 cases it said were being stymied by encryption.

Officials neglected to mention anything about having tools to hack encrypted communication at the time.

— The recommendations: Several witnesses on Tuesday said privacy needs to be recognized as a fundamental human right, and that Canada needs strict rules about the sale, import and export of intrusive spyware. Therrien said its use should be banned outright in the private sector.

RONALD DEIBERT, director of the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, added his voice to privacy experts calling on the RCMP to be more transparent about its spyware vendors.

— Double standard: The Citizen Lab has evidence of the export of Canadian-made censorship and surveillance tech that has helped to facilitate violations of human rights law and that would be deemed “unacceptable” if it were utilized here, he said.

“I'm shocked to say that there really is zero licensing or export controls in this country for the export or sale of spyware and surveillance technology of the type that we're talking about,” Deibert told MPs.

— Who else uses spyware?MICHEL JUNEAU-KATSUYA, a former intelligence agent with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said he’s confident other national security agencies are using spyware.

In answer to questions from POLITICO, both CSIS and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) declined to say whether they use the technology. However, a spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed it “does not use spyware in any of its technology.”

— What’s next? The committee had originally planned to report back to the House of Commons with recommendations by Sept. 19. But on Tuesday, committee chair PAT KELLY suggested that deadline might be pushed, as committee members are hoping to hear from the RCMP again once a privacy impact assessment is complete.

Opposition MPs also want to ask the RCMP to provide more details about the warrants it has obtained to use spyware.

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DIRE DATA — Time is running out for Quebec Liberal Leader DOMINIQUE ANGLADE to keep her party from sinking into political abyss.

Quebecers head to the polls Oct. 3 for an election that’s predicted to be a breeze, a second-majority victory for incumbent Premier FRANÇOIS LEGAULT.

PHILIPPE J. FOURNIER’s latest 338Canada analysis for POLITICO portends that if trends hold, the Liberals could be completely shut out of francophone Quebec.

— The prediction: Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party could sweep 96 of the National Assembly’s 125 seats with the remaining seats divided between the Parti Québécois and the new Conservative Party of Quebec led by ÉRIC DUHAIME and maybe the Quebec Liberals.

“What if all that is left of the Liberals after this fall election is the western half of Montreal (where most anglophone and allophone voters reside) and the odd seat in the Outaouais region, across from the Ottawa River from Ontario,” Fournier writes. “How would the QLP find quality francophone candidates for the 2026 election and beyond?”

Read Philippe J. Fournier’s latest column here.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/10/will-quebec-liberals-recover-from-the-next-election-00050669","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Read Philippe J. Fournier’s latest column here.

SUMMER DUMP — Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND dropped a stack of legislative proposals Tuesday","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://fin.canada.ca/drleg-apl/2022/ita-lir-0822-eng.html","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0003","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">dropped a stack of legislative proposals Tuesday to officially launch a round of late summer consultations for a sweep of budget promises still on the government's IOU list.

— What’s the buzz: The Department of Finance wants input about draft legislation related to a list of some of the Liberals’ biggest budget promises","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2022/08/government-delivering-on-budget-2022-commitments-to-canadians.html","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0004","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0005","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">a list of some of the Liberals’ biggest budget promises.

There’s finally language about the Tax-Free First Home Savings Account, a renovation tax credit for not multigenerational homes, a promised medical expense tax credit for surrogacy and other expenses, the investment tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage and tax credit for critical mineral exploration.

The consultations serve as groundwork before the House of Commons returns Sept. 19.

Canadians will have until Sept. 30 to submit their feedback, telling Ottawa how the current language of the proposed legislation will stack against reality.

— The timing: It’s been four months since Freeland released the budget. Three days since the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/inflation-reduction-act-climate-biden-00050230","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0006","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0007","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, destined to unleash $369 billion in climate and energy measures to supercharge domestic and North American industries. And one day since President JOE BIDEN signed a bill set to pour $52.7 billion into boosting U.S. semiconductor manufacturing industry.

The hundreds of billions up for grabs stateside is bound to generate a Keeping up with the Americans response on this side of the border, particularly over what's intended to be a competitive Canadian tax credit for carbon capture, sequestration and storage.

Take former Conservative Cabinet minister LISA RAITT, for instance, who had this to say about how the Inflation Reduction’s Act could impact Canada on a recent episode of the Curse of Politics podcast","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.airquotesmedia.com/curseofpolitics/2aug2022","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0008","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f0009","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">the Curse of Politics podcast.

“Who it’s not going to be great for are people in direct air capture or hydrogen or in any other near-zero … nuclear — new nuclear technologies — because they are putting in such tax incentives and investment tax credits that they’re going to suck all of the innovation and ingenuity right heart straight into the United States.”

Are you fluent in legislationese? Send us tips on which legislative measures we should keep a particularly close eye on: ottawaplaybook@politico.com","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"mailto:ottawaplaybook@politico.com","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f000a","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d5f000b","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">[email protected]

CLICKING THE CLICKBAIT — Conservative contender LESLYN LEWIS started a Tuesday email blast with three words: “I hate politics","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://leslynlewis.ca/blog/i-hate-politics/","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d600000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d600001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">I hate politics.”

Playbook was intrigued. So was MELANIE PARADIS, former deputy campaign manager for ERIN O’TOOLE. It got former Ontario PC MLA","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/robleone/status/1557028804329177088","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d600002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d600003","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">former Ontario PC MLAROB LEONE’s attention — as well as former PM STEPHEN HARPER adviser ANDREA VAN VUGT, calling it an “amazing message and so needed","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/AndreavanVugt/status/1557131343552585730","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d600004","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d600005","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">amazing message and so needed.”

The message of the email, which was also published as a blog post, is that Lewis doesn’t like fear-dominated politics and that she won't stoop to personal attacks. “For some people being nasty is a symbol of strength,” her message read.

Instead, here’s a bit of what Lewis had to say about her opponents in the last month of the campaign: “PIERRE [POILIEVRE] is not ‘The Canadian DONALD TRUMP’ or whatever the latest label with which the left has chosen to attack him … ROMAN BABER is a man of conviction … SCOTT AITCHISON has provided serious and thoughtful ideas throughout the campaign … JEAN CHAREST is not a Liberal.”

— Speaking of Charest: The lone Quebecer in the leadership race was spotted in New Glasgow, N.S.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/JeanCharest_/status/1557026508585189376","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d610000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d610001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">in New Glasgow, N.S. campaigning with PETER MACKAY.

— In related news: CP's MIA RABSON reports on a a new Leger poll. The headline? The Poilievre divide: Ontario MP preferred leader for Conservatives but not Canadians.

— Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is on vacation in Costa Rica.

11 a.m. Deputy Prime Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND is in Kitchener, Ont. with Liberal MP BARDISH CHAGGER to tour Communitech. A media availability will follow. A 1 p.m. roundtable with Canadian tech execs and start-up founders is also on the itinerary.

12:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. CT) Women and Gender Equality and Youth Minister MARCI IEN is in Winnipeg to make an announcement related to crisis hotlines.

1 p.m. (2 p.m. AT) Official Languages Minister GINETTE PETITPAS TAYLOR is in Lower West Pubnico, N.S. to make a funding announcement for the 2024 Congrès mondial acadien.

3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT) Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister MARC MILLER is in Winnipeg and will make funding announcements related to housing. Manitoba Métis Federation’s Housing and Property Management Minister WILL GOODON will join Miller.

3 p.m. (2 p.m. CT) Fisheries Minister JOYCE MURRAY is in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut to make an announcement about the Canadian Coast Guard and Canadian Hydrographic Service.

6 p.m. (4 p.m. MT) Northern Affairs Minister DAN VALDAL is in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut to make a funding announcement related to climate change preparedness.

TCHOTCHKE TENDER — It may not have the bragging rights of a deputy minister’s award.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) wants to boost morale by giving out a little token of appreciation. An actual token, according to a recently posted tender","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://service.ariba.com/Discovery.aw/ad/viewRFX?id=13755679","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d650000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d650001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">according to a recently posted tender, in the form of a Covid-19-theme designed coin “to recognize all employees for their commitments towards pandemic relief efforts.”

It isn’t just any coin. Oh, no. PHAC is on the lookout for a vendor who can provide 5,000 of them packed in 5,000 velvet presentation boxes. The “opportunity amount” for the tender is a vague “C$1,000.00 to C$99,999,999.00” bracket. Helpful.

While the pandemic continues on, the tender notice stipulates this batch of “COVID Coins” is to recognize work between 2020-2021. Playbook has reached out to PHAC to ask if the commemorative coin comes with a cash award.

If you’re a POLITICO Pro subscriber, don’t miss our latest policy newsletter: Freeland's EV victory lap.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2022/08/freelands-ev-victory-lap-00050661","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d660000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d660001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Freeland's EV victory lap.

In other news for subscribers:

— EU warns new U.S. EV tax credit appears to violate global trade rules.

— Technology concerns imperil Gray Eagle drone transfer to Ukraine.

— U.S. Energy Department launches $675M critical minerals program.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/00000182-832d-d843-a79a-c72d8c740001","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">U.S. Energy Department launches $675M critical minerals program.

— Why the global food crisis will only get worse.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/08/why-the-global-food-crisis-will-only-get-worse-00050553","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0003","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Why the global food crisis will only get worse.

— Biden administration authorizes emergency monkeypox vaccine strategy.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/00000182-847d-dbd0-af97-977d91c50001","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0004","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0005","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Biden administration authorizes emergency monkeypox vaccine strategy.

— American pension funds post worst returns since '09 recession.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/08/pension-funds-post-worst-returns-since-09-recession-00050512","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0006","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6a0007","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">American pension funds post worst returns since '09 recession.

— There’s a misogynistic, racist hate campaign targeting non-white man journalists testing how and who police protect … ERICA IFILL has the receipts","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/wickdchiq/status/1555662390850723841","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">has the receipts and summarized the unpaid, exhausting work","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/wickdchiq/status/1556337715465142272","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0003","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">summarized the unpaid, exhausting work “of having to friggin construct my own damn justice”… The Toronto Star’s SABA EITIZAZ chronicles her experience reporting a death threat with the Toronto Police Service","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/sabaeitizaz/status/1556769879990177793","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0004","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0005","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">her experience reporting a death threat with the Toronto Police Service (it’s not good) … Global News’ RACHEL GILMORE shares a recording of her interaction with Ottawa Police Service that left her furious","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/atRachelGilmore/status/1557051331776585732a","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0006","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0007","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">her interaction with Ottawa Police Service that left her furious when she tried to do the same.

— SUPRIYA DWIVEDI and TAYLOR OWEN break down the Liberals’ Online News Act for NiemanLab","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/08/canadas-online-news-act-shows-how-other-countries-are-learning-from-australias-news-bill/","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0008","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d6b0009","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">the Liberals’ Online News Act for NiemanLab and the “few things” they’d change about it.

— CBC's Front Burner pod shares the latest on the monkeypox outbreak in Canada.

— ALEXANDER PANETTA offers a checklist on the Biden presidency.

— Top of POLITICO this morning: Republicans who blast FBI's Trump search are prepping to snag Joe in a Hunter Biden probe.

— On the latest edition of The Hub Dialogues,","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-97-dialogue-with-tasha-kheiriddin/id1605647948?i=1000575390779","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d700001","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d700002","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">On the latest edition of The Hub Dialogues,TASHA KHEIRIDDIN and SEAN SPEER talk about what it means to be Conservative.

— Meanwhile on THE BACKBENCH, this is the question of the week: Why are our leaders struggling to meet the moment? ","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/44-leaders-who-dont-lead/","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d700003","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d700004","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Why are our leaders struggling to meet the moment? 

— Finally, NDP strategist CHRIS BALL is this week’s guest panelist on The Curse of Politics.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWlycXVvdGVzbWVkaWEuY29tL2N1cnNlb2Zwb2xpdGljcz9mb3JtYXQ9cnNz/episode/NWU0ODU2MDhhODk5Y2QwOTQyNDlhNDQ4OjYwZGU0NDcyNTdkM2IzMWJhNzkxNmIxNDo2MmYyYzEwZTBkODE3YjMwM2FjM2MzMGM?hl=en-CA&ved=2ahUKEwiRvdyH0rr5AhXuF1kFHee4DjgQieUEegQIBxAF&ep=6","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d700005","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d700006","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">this week’s guest panelist on The Curse of Politics.

Birthdays: HBD to Justice Minister DAVID LAMETTI (60!), Alberta judge DAVE HANCOCK, retired Manitoba politician JUDY WASYLYCIA-LEIS and POLITICO's JAN CIENSKI. Former Sen. BOB RUNCIMAN is 80.

Send birthdays to ottawaplaybook@politico.com","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"mailto:ottawaplaybook@politico.com","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">[email protected].

Spotted: LESLIE SCANLON, Canada’s ambassador to Poland, teasing her “next posting”","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/Scanlon_Leslie/status/1557083964313067521","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720002","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720003","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">teasing her “next posting” … International Development Minister HARJIT SAJJANsitting down with Jordanian Crown Prince","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/HarjitSajjan/status/1557001982958866432","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720004","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720005","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">sitting down with Jordanian Crown Prince AL HUSSEIN BIN ABDULLAH II… AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES at Liberal MP MARC GARNEAU’s birdfeeder","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/MarcGarneau/status/1556974231975608320","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720006","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720007","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">birdfeeder.

Health Minister JEAN-YVES DUCLOSin Tracadie-Sheila, N.B.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/DLeBlancNB/status/1556964301692436489","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720008","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720009","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">in Tracadie-Sheila, N.B. dining at Maison de la Fondue with Intergovernmental Minister DOMINIC LEBLANC … Public Services and Procurement Minister FILOMENA TASSImeeting Miss Teenage Hamilton","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/FilomenaTassi/status/1557066910268801025","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d72000a","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d72000b","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">meeting Miss Teenage Hamilton 2022, SANA KHALID.

Former Kuujjuaq Mayor TUNU NAPARTUK running for Quebec Liberals in Ungava.","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/former-kuujjuaq-mayor-tunu-napartuk-running-for-quebec-liberals-in-ungava/","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d72000c","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d72000d","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">running for Quebec Liberals in Ungava.

Movers and shakers: Hockey Canada has named Toronto lawyer ANDREA SKINNER as its interim board chair","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/update-from-the-hockey-canada-board-of-directors-2-corp-2022","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d72000e","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d72000f","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">interim board chair following MICHAEL BRIND’AMOUR’s recent resignation, four months before his term was set to expire.

GILLIAN MOORE has been named The Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s new equality program director … The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health has recognized Conservative MP MIKE LAKE as the winner of its 2022 Parliamentarian award","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/CAMIMH_ACMMSM/status/1557011353889640453","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720010","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720011","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">the winner of its 2022 Parliamentarian award … Conservative MP SCOT DAVIDSON also got an award: He’s the Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 2022 Produce Champion","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://www.instagram.com/p/ChDRgPwJuOr/?hl=en","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720012","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720013","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 2022 Produce Champion.

Farewells: Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister MARTA MORGAN cited SERENA WILLIAMS for inspiring the timing of her own retirement announcement","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"https://twitter.com/MartaMorganUSS/status/1557113714024873984","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720014","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720015","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">her own retirement announcement, effective at the end of the month after 35 years of public service. She tweeted: “I depart with gratitude, and with the confidence that Canada will be well served by all of you.”

Send Playbookers tips to ottawaplaybook@politico.com","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"mailto:ottawaplaybook@politico.com","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720016","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d720017","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">[email protected].

Tuesday’s answer: Saskatchewan’s provincial flower is the western red lily.

Props to TISHA ASHTON, GOZDE KAZAZOGLU, GARY ALLEN, DOUG RICE, GREG MACEACHERN, ANNE-MARIE STACEY, ROBERT MCDOUGALL, LAURA JARVIS, and LAURA PAYTON.

Wednesday’s question: What was the final song at The Tragically Hip’s final concert?

Send your answers to ottawaplaybook@politico.com","link":{"target":"NEW","attributes":[],"url":"mailto:ottawaplaybook@politico.com","_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d730000","_type":"33ac701a-72c1-316a-a3a5-13918cf384df"},"_id":"00000182-8d03-de75-a9d7-9dcf0d730001","_type":"02ec1f82-5e56-3b8c-af6e-6fc7c8772266"}">[email protected]

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