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‘We ask the government not to send us back to the ruins’: Turkish earthquake survivors call on feds to ease path to permanent residency

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • IRCC says the measures that allowed 2023 earthquake survivors to stay in Canada were intended to be temporary, but many of those from hometowns that were decimated are looking for a 'fair' and 'reasonable' pathway to continue the lives they've built in this country.
Turkish earthquake survivors in Canada are looking to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, led by Minister Lena Diab, pictured, to establish a fair pathway to permanent residency, says a community group representative. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘We ask the government not to send us back to the ruins’: Turkish earthquake survivors call on feds to ease path to permanent residency

Lena Diab
NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • IRCC says the measures that allowed 2023 earthquake survivors to stay in Canada were intended to be temporary, but many of those from hometowns that were decimated are looking for a 'fair' and 'reasonable' pathway to continue the lives they've built in this country.

‘We ask the government not to send us back to the ruins’: Turkish earthquake survivors call on feds to ease path to permanent residency

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • IRCC says the measures that allowed 2023 earthquake survivors to stay in Canada were intended to be temporary, but many of those from hometowns that were decimated are looking for a 'fair' and 'reasonable' pathway to continue the lives they've built in this country.
Lena Diab
Turkish earthquake survivors in Canada are looking to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, led by Minister Lena Diab, pictured, to establish a fair pathway to permanent residency, says a community group representative The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape

Caroline Elliott officially announced her entry into the B.C. Conservative leadership race on Jan. 16, promising to 'restore hope and the promise of British Columbia.' Screenshot courtesy of X
NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • Pollster Shachi Kurl warns Ottawa against over-reading staffing tea leaves as 'outsider' Caroline Elliott's star-studded campaign team competed with her official B.C. Conservative leadership launch last week.

Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape

NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • Pollster Shachi Kurl warns Ottawa against over-reading staffing tea leaves as 'outsider' Caroline Elliott's star-studded campaign team competed with her official B.C. Conservative leadership

Leaked PMO travel advisory tests fragile trust with press gallery as ‘universal respect’ still found lacking, say journos

NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • Part of an embargoed advisory for Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent foreign travel was published online by Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar two days after being distributed to the press gallery. Reporters say identifying the leaker is essential to protecting the gallery’s credibility.
  • Part of an embargoed advisory for Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent foreign travel was published online by Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar two days after

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • Although Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen as embarking on a more 'pragmatic' and 'interests-based' foreign policy, Ottawa-based foreign diplomats are wary about the potential for misplaced trust in the Asian superpower.
  • Although Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen as embarking on a more 'pragmatic' and 'interests-based' foreign policy, Ottawa-based foreign diplomats are wary about the
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Carney leads cabinet retreat in Quebec City

  • Plus, we get NWT Premier R.J. Simpson’s view on the hubbub about Arctic security.

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

‘We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition’: Carney tells World Economic Forum

  • A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. And there is another truth: if great powers abandon even the pretence of rules and values for the unhindered pursuit of their power and interests, the gains from 'transactionalism' become harder to replicate. Hegemons cannot continually monetize their relationships.
Opinion

Health care is 13 per cent of Canada’s economy, and must be central to nation-building

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PODCAST: THE HOT ROOM

Re-engaging with China, with Senator Yuen Pau Woo

NEWS

Members of the Professional Institute of the Public Service rallied on Parliament Hill on Jan. 16, 2026, to denounce the government’s proposed cuts to federal scientists and programs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

NewsBY MARLO GLASS
  • Workforce adjustment notifications have hit thousands of employees across dozens of government departments and agencies.

Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

NewsBY MARLO GLASS
  • Workforce adjustment notifications have hit thousands of employees across dozens of government departments and agencies.
A person walks along Wellington Street past the Senate of Canada Building on Jan. 13, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senators renew push to see their pensions become funded

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
Mark Carney

‘If not now, when?’ Canada should ‘stand up’ to U.S. threats against Greenland, say Senators, ex-MP McKay

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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

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Balsillie School for International Affairs hosts lecture on President Trump’s trade policies and upcoming CUSMA review on Jan. 22

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Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass

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Two new senior policy advisers are among the recent staffing changes of note in Environment, Climate Change, and Nature Minister Julie Dabrusin's office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Environment Minister Dabrusin promotes new deputy director, adds more aides

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • Plus, Secretary of State for Children and Youth Anna Gainey has a new director of policy, operations, and parliamentary affairs.

Environment Minister Dabrusin promotes new deputy director, adds more aides

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
  • Plus, Secretary of State for Children and Youth Anna Gainey has a new director of policy, operations, and parliamentary affairs.
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Hill Times columnist Matt Gurney has been focused on his family since his wife was diagnosed with cancer just before Christmas, but says he will be gradually returning to work. 'Don’t be surprised if you see more thoughts from me about the health-care system,' he wrote on social media on Jan. 13. Handout photograph

Columnist Matt Gurney opens up about his wife’s cancer diagnosis: ‘I am going to fight for her with absolutely everything I have’

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY
  • Plus: The Toronto Sun removes its parliamentary bureau chief 'from active duty' after social media post, an Ottawa fieldhouse is named after former NDP MP Paul Dewar, and former Liberal MP Jesse Flis has died.

Columnist Matt Gurney opens up about his wife’s cancer diagnosis: ‘I am going to fight for her with absolutely everything I have’

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY
  • Plus: The Toronto Sun removes its parliamentary bureau chief 'from active duty' after social media post, an Ottawa fieldhouse is named after former NDP MP Paul Dewar, and former Liberal MP Jesse Flis has died.

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions

OpinionBY LIN AL-AKKAD
  • The federal government lacks a data-driven method for identifying how workers in legacy sectors can transition into clean-economy jobs and where the real gaps lie. 
When nations have turned to universities and their research partners in previous moments of crisis, the result is competitiveness and prosperity that reach far beyond the original scope, writes Timothy Chan. Pexels photograph by Polina Tankilevitch

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY TIMOTHY CHAN
  • At a moment when Canadian values are threatened, universities can be counted on as a key partner in the journey to secure a future of our own design.

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY TIMOTHY CHAN
  • At a moment when Canadian values are threatened, universities can be counted on as a key partner in the journey to secure a future of our own design.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

  • de Adder’s Take: 01-21-2026
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FOREIGN POLICY

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An aerial view of the Cema oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2012. Venezuela's crisis should serve as our warning. Before America decides Alberta's oil belongs to them, perhaps we should decide it belongs to our past, not our future, writes Tim Gray. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

OpinionBY TIM GRAY
  • The choice is stark. We can continue clinging to oil, hoping a new American imperial thirst to directly control natural resources doesn't turn toward Canadian territory, all while watching the global market for our oil product evaporate. Or we can pivot toward renewable energy, securing both our sovereignty and our economic future.

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

OpinionBY TIM GRAY
  • The choice is stark. We can continue clinging to oil, hoping a new American imperial thirst to directly control natural resources doesn't turn toward Canadian territory, all while watching the global market for our oil product evaporate. Or we can pivot toward renewable energy, securing both our sovereignty and our economic future.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, looks at the 150 photographs taken by Castle at Vimy Ridge. Book cover courtesy of Wilfrid Laurier Press University Press

Canadian war photography historian looks into Vimy Ridge

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY
  • Carla-Jean Stokes' book about William Ivor Castle's work tells the stories behind the famous photographer's First World War photos, including the ones he manipulated.

Canadian war photography historian looks into Vimy Ridge

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY
  • Carla-Jean Stokes' book about William Ivor Castle's work tells the stories behind the famous photographer's First World War photos, including the ones he manipulated.
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‘Very few truly understand how it currently works’: procurement watchdog puts defence contracting under microscope

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • The Office of the Procurement Ombud is putting together a research study on defence procurement, with early outreach suggesting the new Defence Investment Agency marked a significant change in what people see as a confusing landscape.
Alexander Jeglic
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic's work plan for 2026 also includes publishing his review of the government's Indigenous procurement activities, and keeping an eye on the feds' Buy Canadian plans. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Very few truly understand how it currently works’: procurement watchdog puts defence contracting under microscope

Alexander Jeglic
NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • The Office of the Procurement Ombud is putting together a research study on defence procurement, with early outreach suggesting the new Defence Investment Agency marked a significant change in what people see as a confusing landscape.

‘Very few truly understand how it currently works’: procurement watchdog puts defence contracting under microscope

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • The Office of the Procurement Ombud is putting together a research study on defence procurement, with early outreach suggesting the new Defence Investment Agency marked a significant change in what people see as a confusing landscape.
Alexander Jeglic
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic's work plan for 2026 also includes publishing his review of the government's Indigenous procurement activities, and keeping an eye on the feds' Buy Canadian plans. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Legault’s resignation leaves ‘a big vacuum’ as Quebec gears up for an election amid two leadership races, say politicos

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • The test for the CAQ will be its ability to hang onto political relevance without the leadership of its founder, Quebec Premier François Legault, says former CAQ government staffer Antonine Yaccarini.
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Legault’s resignation leaves ‘a big vacuum’ as Quebec gears up for an election amid two leadership races, say politicos

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • The test for the CAQ will be its ability to hang onto political relevance without the leadership of its founder, Quebec Premier François Legault, says former CAQ government staffer Antonine Yaccarini.

Legault’s resignation leaves ‘a big vacuum’ as Quebec gears up for an election amid two leadership races, say politicos

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • The test for the CAQ will be its ability to hang onto political relevance without the leadership of its founder, Quebec Premier François Legault, says former CAQ government staffer Antonine Yaccarini.
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Senate committee casts doubt on feds’ ability to move on Africa strategy without new funds, calls for action plan

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • The Africa strategy was released last March without any new funding or timelines attached. In the months since its release, the Senate Foreign Affairs

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Finance & Budget

Finance & Budget

Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.

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Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

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