Roy Hines

After a rich, wonderful life, Wilfred Roy Hines left us on Friday, July 26, one day after his 82nd birthday, surrounded by his adoring family and under the compassionate care of the Hospice at May Court. He will be greatly missed by his loving wife of 57 years, Judy Laidlaw Hines, devoted sons Timothy Wilfred and Patrick Roy (Chandra Gibbs) and six terrific grandchildren whom he adored and who will forever bring forward his legacy of love and devotion; Cameron, Jackson, Lauren, Aben, Finn and Stella. He is sadly predeceased by his son Christopher Laidlaw who left us in 2008.

Roy was born in Reserve Mines Cape Breton Nova Scotia on July 25, 1937 to Wilfred Hines, Reserve Mines and Cecilia Murphy, South Bar. He was brother of Theresa Bennett, Sydney, Margie Caume, (Bobby Caume), Halifax and predeceased by his sister Patricia, Halifax and brothers Ted, Edmonton and Martin, Brampton. Roy and Judy were married in Ottawa in l962.

Roy graduated from St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1958 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and completed course requirements for a Masters of Economics at the University of Ottawa. He began his career in the Federal Government at National Revenue and subsequently joined the Department of Finance. In 1974 Roy was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative and Minister Counselor for Canada to the OECD in Paris. Paris life for the Hines family has forever solidified a love of culinary art and fine cuisine. Upon return to Canada Roy continued at the Department of Finance and is widely regarded as the father of Special Import Measures Act. Roy received an Order-in-Council appointment as Member of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal. He served as a panellist on four NAFTA dispute settlement panels. Roy was a negotiator at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and was a specialist in trade remedies in Canada. He found his greatest joy in serving his country and always retained a strong commitment to Public Service.

A career in international trade offered Roy a brilliant life of travel and adventure. When he retired after more than 35 years of service, he established his own company, International Trade and Economic Consultants in 1995. He continued to travel and work globally consulting on trade remedy legislation and the WTO and NAFTA, often working in conjunction with Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law.

He discovered his love for golf at the age of 10 as a caddy at the Lingan Golf Club and continued to play for many years. Roy loved to travel and work all over the world but was always a Cape Bretoner at heart with a soul full of the richness of life and a love for his family.

Friends and family may pay their respects at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home 1411 Hunt Club Road at Albion Road on Wednesday July 31, from 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 pm. Funeral Mass Thursday August 1st at 10:30 am in Holy Cross Church, 685 Walkley Road Ottawa.

Special thanks to Dr. Leonard Bloom for his care and compassion. If you wish to make a donation in Roy’s name, please consider a gift to Hospice Care Ottawa, May Court Hospice, 114 Cameron Ave. Ottawa, ON K1S 0X1.