People of Newfoundland and Labrador deserve an apology: Winter
The battle of Beaumont Hamel in France on July 1, 1916, was a battle fought by the “Newfoundland” regiment and has nothing whatsoever to do with Canada. In 1949, when our province joined Canada, all five of the Newfoundland and Labrador military remembrance sites in Europe were passed over to the Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs […]
Inuk woman should be among commissioners to MMIW inquiry
Last October, this country elected a new government, a government that promised a future of hope, optimism, and equality for all Canadians. Our prime minister told us that “we defeated the idea that Canadians should be satisfied with less, that good enough is good enough and that better just isn’t possible…in Canada better is always […]
Supreme Court, like Parliament, can accommodate unilingual members
The prime minister soon has another important choice to make. Justice Thomas Cromwell will be stepping down from the Supreme Court of Canada on Sept. 1 and will need to be replaced. This will be Justin Trudeau’s first appointment to the highest court in the land. Cromwell’s seat on the court by convention is designated as […]
Ex-MP Scott Armstrong on his new life as an unelected Conservative critic and staffer
With the Conservatives wiped off the electoral map in Atlantic Canada in the 2015 election, defeated former Nova Scotia MP Scott Armstrong took on a unique role, joining the official opposition shadow cabinet and becoming a paid Atlantic issues adviser in the official opposition leader’s office. That’s meant spending the last few months bouncing back […]
The Arctic is the planet’s canary
In the early days of the Industrial Revolution, before the advent of equipment capable of monitoring the build-up of dangerous gases, miners would take a canary down deep in the mine. Its tiny metabolism was far more sensitive to the gases than were the miners. If the canary keeled over, it was time to get […]
‘Sunny ways’ will not necessarily equal easy negotiations at Council of the Federation talks
Later this week, Canada’s Premiers will gather in Whitehorse for the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation (CoF). While the agenda for this latest meeting will include discussions on day-to-day matters that provinces and territories face unilaterally, a renewed wave of federalism being led by Ottawa provides the ideal opportunity to address larger, […]
Politics this morning: Trudeau to make youth council announcement
*An important note to our readers: tomorrow’s Wednesday edition will be an online only version of The Hill Times. There will be no physical paper or digital download, but you can still count on full coverage of all the usual insider news, global developments, and opinion pieces on our website, www.hilltimes.com. Happening today in the […]
Want to improve a child’s health? Sometimes that may mean giving their parents a raise
When parents bring a child into the clinic, they do so hoping for help to treat an acute illness or a longer-term problem. It might be something as simple as an ear infection, a chronic illness like asthma, or something more socially and psychologically complex such as ADHD. The expectation is that the child can […]
Bigger northern conservation area planned after Shell relinquishes permits
Parks Canada says that in the wake of Shell Canada relinquishing all its exploratory permits near Lancaster Sound, off the shores of northern Nunavut, an agreement on a National Marine Conservation Area could be in place by the end of 2017. In early June, Shell Canada announced that it was giving its offshore exploratory permits […]
Gas tax fund shouldn’t specifically be focused on climate change
Over the years, there have been many successful infrastructure programs that have been set up to assist provinces, territories, and municipalities. Municipal leaders and stakeholders, such as the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, played a key role in the development of the gas tax fund and it has been one of the most beneficial and important […]
