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Rose LeMay is Tlingit from the West Coast and the CEO of the Indigenous Reconciliation Group. She writes twice a month about Indigenous inclusion and reconciliation. In Tlingit worldview, the stories are the knowledge system, sometimes told through myth and sometimes contradicting the myths told by others. But always with at least some truth.

Wide-eyed patriotism is an Indigenous value

  • When former prime minister Jean Chrétien says we have to stop looking back at the problems in Canada instead of looking forward at the
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 9, 2026
Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien's comments at a recent event in Ottawa ignore the damage he caused to Canada's relationship with Indigenous Peoples during his time in government, Rose LeMay writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wide-eyed patriotism is an Indigenous value

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 9, 2026
  • When former prime minister Jean Chrétien says we have to stop looking back at the problems in Canada instead of looking forward at the

Wide-eyed patriotism is an Indigenous value

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 9, 2026
  • When former prime minister Jean Chrétien says we have to stop looking back at the problems in Canada instead of looking forward at the
Former Liberal prime minister Jean Chrétien's comments at a recent event in Ottawa ignore the damage he caused to Canada's relationship with Indigenous Peoples during his time in government, Rose LeMay writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Principled-based pragmatism and the wisdom of the seven generations

  • An easy win for the prime minister to show his commitment to Indigenous inclusion is to name an Indigenous individual to be our next
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 26, 2026
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers' giant red wool, silk, and cotton crocheted art installation hangs outside Rideau Hall on July 1, 2023. Rose LeMay says the next Governor General of Canada should be an Indigenous person. The Hill Times photographs by Kate Malloy

Principled-based pragmatism and the wisdom of the seven generations

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 26, 2026
  • An easy win for the prime minister to show his commitment to Indigenous inclusion is to name an Indigenous individual to be our next

Principled-based pragmatism and the wisdom of the seven generations

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 26, 2026
  • An easy win for the prime minister to show his commitment to Indigenous inclusion is to name an Indigenous individual to be our next
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers' giant red wool, silk, and cotton crocheted art installation hangs outside Rideau Hall on July 1, 2023. Rose LeMay says the next Governor General of Canada should be an Indigenous person. The Hill Times photographs by Kate Malloy

Poilievre praises a president who threatens democracies—including ours—on a daily basis

  • Every time a communication like this comes from our political right, it will be perceived as feeding the Donald Trump machine. It is taking
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent X post complimenting the U.S.' seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro added, "Down with socialism." This statement comes from a Canadian politician who makes approximately $300,000 per year, has a guaranteed pension, publicly funded health care, and lives in free housing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre praises a president who threatens democracies—including ours—on a daily basis

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
  • Every time a communication like this comes from our political right, it will be perceived as feeding the Donald Trump machine. It is taking

Poilievre praises a president who threatens democracies—including ours—on a daily basis

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
  • Every time a communication like this comes from our political right, it will be perceived as feeding the Donald Trump machine. It is taking
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent X post complimenting the U.S.' seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro added, "Down with socialism." This statement comes from a Canadian politician who makes approximately $300,000 per year, has a guaranteed pension, publicly funded health care, and lives in free housing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A decade of delays on Indigenous rights

  • Call me a dreamer, but this winter solstice season I’m practising hope that 2026 is the year Canada recognizes its strength and credibility as
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 22, 2025
Survivor Keith Cheifmoon speaks at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill on Sept. 30, 2024. How about we fundamentally increase the speed of reconciliation? Prioritize it as a strategic goal for 10 years with funding and intent to close the gap in 75 per cent of the inequities facing Indigenous Peoples?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A decade of delays on Indigenous rights

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 22, 2025
  • Call me a dreamer, but this winter solstice season I’m practising hope that 2026 is the year Canada recognizes its strength and credibility as

A decade of delays on Indigenous rights

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 22, 2025
  • Call me a dreamer, but this winter solstice season I’m practising hope that 2026 is the year Canada recognizes its strength and credibility as
Survivor Keith Cheifmoon speaks at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill on Sept. 30, 2024. How about we fundamentally increase the speed of reconciliation? Prioritize it as a strategic goal for 10 years with funding and intent to close the gap in 75 per cent of the inequities facing Indigenous Peoples?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Democracy, like a Christmas gift, is best unwrapped

  • The Prime Minister’s Office is taking a decidedly corporate approach. Then it should make sure that the essential piece of corporate governance is included
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work on being more transparent with Canada's board of directors: its voters, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Democracy, like a Christmas gift, is best unwrapped

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
  • The Prime Minister’s Office is taking a decidedly corporate approach. Then it should make sure that the essential piece of corporate governance is included

Democracy, like a Christmas gift, is best unwrapped

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
  • The Prime Minister’s Office is taking a decidedly corporate approach. Then it should make sure that the essential piece of corporate governance is included
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work on being more transparent with Canada's board of directors: its voters, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The responsibility to avoid fraud

  • The Thomas King books are already boxed up to go. I’m left with sadness and anger that pretendians continue to take space and voice
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 1, 2025
Being First Nation in this country is not the easiest thing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The responsibility to avoid fraud

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 1, 2025
  • The Thomas King books are already boxed up to go. I’m left with sadness and anger that pretendians continue to take space and voice

The responsibility to avoid fraud

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 1, 2025
  • The Thomas King books are already boxed up to go. I’m left with sadness and anger that pretendians continue to take space and voice
Being First Nation in this country is not the easiest thing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

  • In looking to fast-track amendments to Bill S-2, Senators were upholding the rights of First Nations women, and there is nothing racist about that—period.
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 19, 2025
Mandy Gull-Masty
Mandy Gull-Masty
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. This government would be well advised to find some humility, and work with the strong allies in the Senate who advocate for the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 19, 2025
  • In looking to fast-track amendments to Bill S-2, Senators were upholding the rights of First Nations women, and there is nothing racist about that—period.

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 19, 2025
  • In looking to fast-track amendments to Bill S-2, Senators were upholding the rights of First Nations women, and there is nothing racist about that—period.
Mandy Gull-Masty
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. This government would be well advised to find some humility, and work with the strong allies in the Senate who advocate for the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

  • Five federally operated regional treatment centres are 'not fit for the purpose,' and Ivan Zinger argues the Correctional Service of Canada should not even be
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
Dr. Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator of Canada, holds up his last annual report on Nov. 12, 2025, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
  • Five federally operated regional treatment centres are 'not fit for the purpose,' and Ivan Zinger argues the Correctional Service of Canada should not even be

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
  • Five federally operated regional treatment centres are 'not fit for the purpose,' and Ivan Zinger argues the Correctional Service of Canada should not even be
Dr. Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator of Canada, holds up his last annual report on Nov. 12, 2025, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

  • The Non-Insured Health Benefits program covers less than provincial and territorial health care, even though the Canada Health Act stipulates that Canadians will have
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 3, 2025
Minister of Women Rechie Valdez, left, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, with other Liberal MPs in Ottawa on Oct 29. If the Non-Insured Health Benefits program is such a good program, then MPs and senators should use it to cover their health care services, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 3, 2025
  • The Non-Insured Health Benefits program covers less than provincial and territorial health care, even though the Canada Health Act stipulates that Canadians will have

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 3, 2025
  • The Non-Insured Health Benefits program covers less than provincial and territorial health care, even though the Canada Health Act stipulates that Canadians will have
Minister of Women Rechie Valdez, left, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, with other Liberal MPs in Ottawa on Oct 29. If the Non-Insured Health Benefits program is such a good program, then MPs and senators should use it to cover their health care services, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

  • In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 20, 2025
Rose LeMay writes that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured, should take care to ensure that any budget funding cuts to Indigenous Services Canada don't impact actual programming. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 20, 2025
  • In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 20, 2025
  • In the budget discussions, it might be worth remembering that reconciliation means fixing systems that are broken. This includes wildly huge administrative budgets.
Rose LeMay writes that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured, should take care to ensure that any budget funding cuts to Indigenous Services Canada don't impact actual programming. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Reconciliation is a value, not a policy

  • When reconciliation is a value as well as a necessity in order to uphold Canada’s place in the world, then it doesn't get bumped
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2025
Red Sky Performance dancers, pictured on Sept. 30, 2019, at the Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. Values are not something that drop off the strategic list when times get tough. Values are the bedrock of the way we choose to be in the world, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Reconciliation is a value, not a policy

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2025
  • When reconciliation is a value as well as a necessity in order to uphold Canada’s place in the world, then it doesn't get bumped

Reconciliation is a value, not a policy

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2025
  • When reconciliation is a value as well as a necessity in order to uphold Canada’s place in the world, then it doesn't get bumped
Red Sky Performance dancers, pictured on Sept. 30, 2019, at the Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. Values are not something that drop off the strategic list when times get tough. Values are the bedrock of the way we choose to be in the world, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Don’t pray in Quebec, but pray for Quebec

  • The premier in Quebec wants to outlaw prayer in public. It sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch, but it isn’t. 
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 15, 2025
Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured at a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The next federal government event in Gatineau that starts with an Inuk Elder lighting the kulik? Illegal, if the Legault has his way, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Don’t pray in Quebec, but pray for Quebec

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 15, 2025
  • The premier in Quebec wants to outlaw prayer in public. It sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch, but it isn’t. 

Don’t pray in Quebec, but pray for Quebec

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 15, 2025
  • The premier in Quebec wants to outlaw prayer in public. It sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch, but it isn’t. 
Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured at a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The next federal government event in Gatineau that starts with an Inuk Elder lighting the kulik? Illegal, if the Legault has his way, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A letter to American Democrats and Canadian liberals about the MAGA movement

  • 'Maple MAGA' in Canada is a real thing, too. The movement that will break American democracy is also in our backyards.
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 8, 2025
United States President Donald Trump. All that MAGA has shown itself to be is a group where anger is the primary motivator, and this rarely results in positive outcomes on its own, writes Rose LeMay. Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Flickr

A letter to American Democrats and Canadian liberals about the MAGA movement

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 8, 2025
  • 'Maple MAGA' in Canada is a real thing, too. The movement that will break American democracy is also in our backyards.

A letter to American Democrats and Canadian liberals about the MAGA movement

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 8, 2025
  • 'Maple MAGA' in Canada is a real thing, too. The movement that will break American democracy is also in our backyards.
United States President Donald Trump. All that MAGA has shown itself to be is a group where anger is the primary motivator, and this rarely results in positive outcomes on its own, writes Rose LeMay. Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Flickr

Air Canada mess is a lesson for government

  • The government’s goal of reducing spending across the board is too much like Air Canada cutting all of its flights overnight without due process.
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | August 25, 2025
Rose LeMay writes that the federal government should heed lessons from Air Canada's choice to focus on less spending, thereby ignoring the needs of the end user. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Air Canada mess is a lesson for government

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | August 25, 2025
  • The government’s goal of reducing spending across the board is too much like Air Canada cutting all of its flights overnight without due process.

Air Canada mess is a lesson for government

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | August 25, 2025
  • The government’s goal of reducing spending across the board is too much like Air Canada cutting all of its flights overnight without due process.
Rose LeMay writes that the federal government should heed lessons from Air Canada's choice to focus on less spending, thereby ignoring the needs of the end user. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why government’s aversion to risk impacts Indigenous Peoples the most

  • CIRNAC and ISC must be forced to actually get the money out the door to Indigenous communities because this is the rare case in
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 14, 2025
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
As a part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's, right, spending review of government operations, departments that serve Indigenous Peoples—including Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada led by Minister Rebecca Alty, left—must be required to fulfill their spending obligations and "get the money out the door," writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why government’s aversion to risk impacts Indigenous Peoples the most

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 14, 2025
  • CIRNAC and ISC must be forced to actually get the money out the door to Indigenous communities because this is the rare case in

Why government’s aversion to risk impacts Indigenous Peoples the most

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 14, 2025
  • CIRNAC and ISC must be forced to actually get the money out the door to Indigenous communities because this is the rare case in
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
As a part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's, right, spending review of government operations, departments that serve Indigenous Peoples—including Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada led by Minister Rebecca Alty, left—must be required to fulfill their spending obligations and "get the money out the door," writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

  • The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
  • The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
  • The federal government needs to stop hiring generalist policy writers and start hiring experts in their field, and then hire managers and leaders with
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nothing says colonization better than special economic zones

  • There are no good ethics in trampling over the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the rush for national projects. That's actually the very definition of
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 16, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government passed Bill 5, and it's like Groundhog Day all over again. The bill means that the economy trumps over wildlife, clean water, and human rights, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nothing says colonization better than special economic zones

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 16, 2025
  • There are no good ethics in trampling over the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the rush for national projects. That's actually the very definition of

Nothing says colonization better than special economic zones

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 16, 2025
  • There are no good ethics in trampling over the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the rush for national projects. That's actually the very definition of
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government passed Bill 5, and it's like Groundhog Day all over again. The bill means that the economy trumps over wildlife, clean water, and human rights, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?

  • The global economy and Canada’s part in it is worth some focus, for sure. But one has to wonder if climate change in this very
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 2, 2025
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declared a state of emergency in the province last week because of fast-spreading and extreme wildfires in northern Manitoba. Thousands of First Nations people in northern Manitoba were evacuated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 2, 2025
  • The global economy and Canada’s part in it is worth some focus, for sure. But one has to wonder if climate change in this very

Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 2, 2025
  • The global economy and Canada’s part in it is worth some focus, for sure. But one has to wonder if climate change in this very
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declared a state of emergency in the province last week because of fast-spreading and extreme wildfires in northern Manitoba. Thousands of First Nations people in northern Manitoba were evacuated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Keep the focus on the citizens who must benefit from federal governance

  • If this session of Parliament cannot or will not include Indigenous Peoples across every single department and policy, then reconciliation will surely die on
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 26, 2025
Carney's cabinet
Carney's cabinet
Gender and Equity Minister Rechie Valdez, left, Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, Canada-U.S. Relations Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu after being sworn into cabinet on May 13, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Keep the focus on the citizens who must benefit from federal governance

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 26, 2025
  • If this session of Parliament cannot or will not include Indigenous Peoples across every single department and policy, then reconciliation will surely die on

Keep the focus on the citizens who must benefit from federal governance

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 26, 2025
  • If this session of Parliament cannot or will not include Indigenous Peoples across every single department and policy, then reconciliation will surely die on
Carney's cabinet
Gender and Equity Minister Rechie Valdez, left, Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, Canada-U.S. Relations Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu after being sworn into cabinet on May 13, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

If anybody should have left Canada, it was First Nations

  • No province or territory is systematically victimized. If you want to talk systematic victimization and systemic underfunding, then look no further than at First Nations
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 19, 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If anybody should have left Canada, it was First Nations

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 19, 2025
  • No province or territory is systematically victimized. If you want to talk systematic victimization and systemic underfunding, then look no further than at First Nations

If anybody should have left Canada, it was First Nations

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 19, 2025
  • No province or territory is systematically victimized. If you want to talk systematic victimization and systemic underfunding, then look no further than at First Nations
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Vote for ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ in this election

  • Canada’s sovereignty is explicitly being targeted by the failed state of America. We will need to continue to rip down inter-provincial trade barriers like our
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 21, 2025
This may be one of the first elections that Canadians are looking squarely at our own unity in the face of external pressures, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Vote for ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ in this election

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 21, 2025
  • Canada’s sovereignty is explicitly being targeted by the failed state of America. We will need to continue to rip down inter-provincial trade barriers like our

Vote for ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ in this election

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 21, 2025
  • Canada’s sovereignty is explicitly being targeted by the failed state of America. We will need to continue to rip down inter-provincial trade barriers like our
This may be one of the first elections that Canadians are looking squarely at our own unity in the face of external pressures, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

  • Here’s to looking forward to political debates when Indigenous voices ask the leaders about their commitments to reconciliation, and asks about the economy on
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Every political party should have at least three priorities on reconciliation that reflect their Indigenous citizens’ voices, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 7, 2025
  • Here’s to looking forward to political debates when Indigenous voices ask the leaders about their commitments to reconciliation, and asks about the economy on

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 7, 2025
  • Here’s to looking forward to political debates when Indigenous voices ask the leaders about their commitments to reconciliation, and asks about the economy on
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Every political party should have at least three priorities on reconciliation that reflect their Indigenous citizens’ voices, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

  • The sad fact is that all border treaty discussions between Britain—and then Canada—with the United States did not include Indigenous Peoples.
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 24, 2025

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 24, 2025
  • The sad fact is that all border treaty discussions between Britain—and then Canada—with the United States did not include Indigenous Peoples.

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 24, 2025
  • The sad fact is that all border treaty discussions between Britain—and then Canada—with the United States did not include Indigenous Peoples.

About that memo of unity in the face of a common threat

  • In times of crisis, don’t disrespect the original peoples of this country by bringing up some racist historical figure in a misguided attempt to
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 10, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in West Block on March 4, 2025, in reaction to the levying of 25-per-cent tariffs by the American government on Canadian exports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

About that memo of unity in the face of a common threat

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 10, 2025
  • In times of crisis, don’t disrespect the original peoples of this country by bringing up some racist historical figure in a misguided attempt to

About that memo of unity in the face of a common threat

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 10, 2025
  • In times of crisis, don’t disrespect the original peoples of this country by bringing up some racist historical figure in a misguided attempt to
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in West Block on March 4, 2025, in reaction to the levying of 25-per-cent tariffs by the American government on Canadian exports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Moderation against tyranny is the wrong choice

  • It's obvious that the goal of this tyrannous Trump administration is to break government and democracy. There won’t be any 'going back.' We need
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the American government, and Rose LeMay says, here in Canada, now is the time for Canadians to come together across partisan lines, across racial and cultural lines. Now is actually the time to fight tyranny. It’s here, it’s ugly, and we don’t have much time. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Moderation against tyranny is the wrong choice

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 24, 2025
  • It's obvious that the goal of this tyrannous Trump administration is to break government and democracy. There won’t be any 'going back.' We need

Moderation against tyranny is the wrong choice

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 24, 2025
  • It's obvious that the goal of this tyrannous Trump administration is to break government and democracy. There won’t be any 'going back.' We need
U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the American government, and Rose LeMay says, here in Canada, now is the time for Canadians to come together across partisan lines, across racial and cultural lines. Now is actually the time to fight tyranny. It’s here, it’s ugly, and we don’t have much time. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Canada land and spirit

  • When Canadians have pride in each other, we are unstoppable because of the strength of our shared sense of spirit.  
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
This is a call for us to protect each other across the differences—because of the differences, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada land and spirit

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
  • When Canadians have pride in each other, we are unstoppable because of the strength of our shared sense of spirit.  

Canada land and spirit

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
  • When Canadians have pride in each other, we are unstoppable because of the strength of our shared sense of spirit.  
This is a call for us to protect each other across the differences—because of the differences, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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We need the Canadian Museum on Residential Schools now

  • OTTAWA—July 1 is the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The Auschwitz camp was started in 1940 near Oswiecim in Poland and
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 4, 2022
Two Métis children with an Inuit child, pictured at the All Saints Residential School, Shingle Point, Yukon, 1930. A museum and memorial on residential schools would ensure that Canada never forgets what it did to Indigenous children from coast to coast to coast, writes Rose LeMay. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

We need the Canadian Museum on Residential Schools now

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 4, 2022
  • OTTAWA—July 1 is the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The Auschwitz camp was started in 1940 near Oswiecim in Poland and

We need the Canadian Museum on Residential Schools now

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 4, 2022
  • OTTAWA—July 1 is the 75th anniversary of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. The Auschwitz camp was started in 1940 near Oswiecim in Poland and
Two Métis children with an Inuit child, pictured at the All Saints Residential School, Shingle Point, Yukon, 1930. A museum and memorial on residential schools would ensure that Canada never forgets what it did to Indigenous children from coast to coast to coast, writes Rose LeMay. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada

What are you celebrating on National Indigenous Day?

  • OTTAWA—Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced the rediscovery of 215 unmarked graves a year ago. Over the past year, a number of other institutions for the removal
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 20, 2022
Red Sky Performance dancers, pictured Sept. 30, 2019, at the Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. Rose LeMay is suggesting that Canadians celebrate National Indigenous Day on June 21, 'I submit that we might celebrate truth. After 150 some years, we have finally pulled back the curtain on the truth of residential schools. They were not to educate, they existed to extinguish Indigenous peoples, and yet we are still here.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What are you celebrating on National Indigenous Day?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced the rediscovery of 215 unmarked graves a year ago. Over the past year, a number of other institutions for the removal

What are you celebrating on National Indigenous Day?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc announced the rediscovery of 215 unmarked graves a year ago. Over the past year, a number of other institutions for the removal
Red Sky Performance dancers, pictured Sept. 30, 2019, at the Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. Rose LeMay is suggesting that Canadians celebrate National Indigenous Day on June 21, 'I submit that we might celebrate truth. After 150 some years, we have finally pulled back the curtain on the truth of residential schools. They were not to educate, they existed to extinguish Indigenous peoples, and yet we are still here.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls needs action, now

  • OTTAWA—Why do we continue to lose Indigenous women and girls? Somewhere between 1,600 and 4,000 Indigenous women and girls have been lost in this
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 6, 2022
Indigenous women, pictured at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019, at the public closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls needs action, now

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 6, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Why do we continue to lose Indigenous women and girls? Somewhere between 1,600 and 4,000 Indigenous women and girls have been lost in this

Crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls needs action, now

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 6, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Why do we continue to lose Indigenous women and girls? Somewhere between 1,600 and 4,000 Indigenous women and girls have been lost in this
Indigenous women, pictured at the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2019, at the public closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s been growing its own strain of white supremacy for decades

  • OTTAWA—Canada has been growing its own virulent strain of white supremacy for decades. There has been another mass murder in the States and the
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 23, 2022
A makeshift flower memorial at the intersection of Hyde Park Road and South Carriage Road, two days after a man in London, Ont., rammed his truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians at this intersection, killing four family members, on June 6, 2021. Mass shootings by white males is not senseless—they are following a pattern formed in racism. To call it senseless means we don’t have to dig in as to why Canadian society is growing a virulent strain of white terrorism, writes Rose LeMay. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada’s been growing its own strain of white supremacy for decades

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 23, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Canada has been growing its own virulent strain of white supremacy for decades. There has been another mass murder in the States and the

Canada’s been growing its own strain of white supremacy for decades

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 23, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Canada has been growing its own virulent strain of white supremacy for decades. There has been another mass murder in the States and the
A makeshift flower memorial at the intersection of Hyde Park Road and South Carriage Road, two days after a man in London, Ont., rammed his truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians at this intersection, killing four family members, on June 6, 2021. Mass shootings by white males is not senseless—they are following a pattern formed in racism. To call it senseless means we don’t have to dig in as to why Canadian society is growing a virulent strain of white terrorism, writes Rose LeMay. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

What should our police forces know before they hit the streets?

  • OTTAWA—British Columbia recently released its report “Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia.” Essentially, the province and municipalities realized they have no control
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 9, 2022
Protesters, pictured on June 5, 2020, on the Hill at a rally to call attention to anti-Black racism and police violence against Black people across Canada and the United States. There is an argument that we should demand that people have life experience before applying to police academies, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What should our police forces know before they hit the streets?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 9, 2022
  • OTTAWA—British Columbia recently released its report “Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia.” Essentially, the province and municipalities realized they have no control

What should our police forces know before they hit the streets?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 9, 2022
  • OTTAWA—British Columbia recently released its report “Transforming Policing and Community Safety in British Columbia.” Essentially, the province and municipalities realized they have no control
Protesters, pictured on June 5, 2020, on the Hill at a rally to call attention to anti-Black racism and police violence against Black people across Canada and the United States. There is an argument that we should demand that people have life experience before applying to police academies, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

British Columbia leads with five-year-plan to implement UNDRIP

  • OTTAWA—In 2019, British Columbia legislated to review provincial laws to ensure they are consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 25, 2022
Jessica Wood, assistant deputy minister of British Columbia's Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Secretariat, is Gitxsan and Tsimshian. Screen capture image courtesy of YouTube

British Columbia leads with five-year-plan to implement UNDRIP

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 25, 2022
  • OTTAWA—In 2019, British Columbia legislated to review provincial laws to ensure they are consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous

British Columbia leads with five-year-plan to implement UNDRIP

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 25, 2022
  • OTTAWA—In 2019, British Columbia legislated to review provincial laws to ensure they are consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Jessica Wood, assistant deputy minister of British Columbia's Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Secretariat, is Gitxsan and Tsimshian. Screen capture image courtesy of YouTube

Remorse and reparations are what makes apologies real

  • OTTAWA—What makes a good apology? The senior leader needs to make the apology to show responsibility. The apology needs to be public to show
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 11, 2022
Pope Francis, pictured at the Vatican on April 1, 2022, apologizing to Indigenous people in Canada for the 'deplorable' abuses they were forced to endure in Canada's Catholic-run residential schools. A delegation of Indigenous people from Canada was at the Vatican, but the Pope said he hopes to deliver an apology in Canada in late July. More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend the government-funded Christian schools for almost 100 years, and many children were abused, beaten, and sexually assaulted. Screen capture courtesy CBC News

Remorse and reparations are what makes apologies real

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 11, 2022
  • OTTAWA—What makes a good apology? The senior leader needs to make the apology to show responsibility. The apology needs to be public to show

Remorse and reparations are what makes apologies real

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 11, 2022
  • OTTAWA—What makes a good apology? The senior leader needs to make the apology to show responsibility. The apology needs to be public to show
Pope Francis, pictured at the Vatican on April 1, 2022, apologizing to Indigenous people in Canada for the 'deplorable' abuses they were forced to endure in Canada's Catholic-run residential schools. A delegation of Indigenous people from Canada was at the Vatican, but the Pope said he hopes to deliver an apology in Canada in late July. More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend the government-funded Christian schools for almost 100 years, and many children were abused, beaten, and sexually assaulted. Screen capture courtesy CBC News

When will the Thunder Bay Police be held to account?

  • OTTAWA—A few years ago, I attended a memorial for a First Nations youth who died in Thunder Bay. Like many other First Nations youth
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 28, 2022
Sylvie Hauth, chief of police for the Thunder Bay Police Service, pictured in a Thunder Bay Police video explaining the police force's 'Breaking Barriers' initiative to end racism and break down barriers between Indigenous, and other racialized people and the police. Screen capture courtesy of Thunder Bay Police Service

When will the Thunder Bay Police be held to account?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 28, 2022
  • OTTAWA—A few years ago, I attended a memorial for a First Nations youth who died in Thunder Bay. Like many other First Nations youth

When will the Thunder Bay Police be held to account?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 28, 2022
  • OTTAWA—A few years ago, I attended a memorial for a First Nations youth who died in Thunder Bay. Like many other First Nations youth
Sylvie Hauth, chief of police for the Thunder Bay Police Service, pictured in a Thunder Bay Police video explaining the police force's 'Breaking Barriers' initiative to end racism and break down barriers between Indigenous, and other racialized people and the police. Screen capture courtesy of Thunder Bay Police Service

War, hate, propaganda … what’s next?

  • OTTAWA—Evidence is growing that Russia is perpetrating war crimes against the people of Ukraine. Russia is targeting civilians, hospitals, and nuclear power plants. Why
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 14, 2022
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Feb. 24, 2022, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand at a press conference reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s time for the prime minister to start doing daily briefings with Anand and Freeland, and to share as much as they can to lead this country through our next crisis, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

War, hate, propaganda … what’s next?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 14, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Evidence is growing that Russia is perpetrating war crimes against the people of Ukraine. Russia is targeting civilians, hospitals, and nuclear power plants. Why

War, hate, propaganda … what’s next?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 14, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Evidence is growing that Russia is perpetrating war crimes against the people of Ukraine. Russia is targeting civilians, hospitals, and nuclear power plants. Why
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Feb. 24, 2022, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand at a press conference reacting to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s time for the prime minister to start doing daily briefings with Anand and Freeland, and to share as much as they can to lead this country through our next crisis, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative party will do anything to get votes

  • Conservatives should stop with the partisan power-grabbing crap before we lose our country.
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 28, 2022
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, who's running to be prime minister of Canada, supported the 'Freedom Convoy,' which occupied downtown Ottawa and the Parliamentary Precinct area for more than three weeks until police had to forcibly remove them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative party will do anything to get votes

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 28, 2022
  • Conservatives should stop with the partisan power-grabbing crap before we lose our country.

Conservative party will do anything to get votes

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 28, 2022
  • Conservatives should stop with the partisan power-grabbing crap before we lose our country.
Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, who's running to be prime minister of Canada, supported the 'Freedom Convoy,' which occupied downtown Ottawa and the Parliamentary Precinct area for more than three weeks until police had to forcibly remove them. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

See something, say something, do something

  • Nazi military names and colours worn openly on the street. Yellow stars worn as a symbol and perversion. Women being harassed for wearing masks and
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 14, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter sits with gas cans on Wellington Street on Feb. 10, 2022 as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. If we have to bring in another police force, so be it. If we have to bring in the military, so be it. The alternative is that we might have to tell the story about how we failed to challenge white supremacy in our neighbourhoods in the winter of 2022, and how it all went so badly after that, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Rose LeMay

See something, say something, do something

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 14, 2022
  • Nazi military names and colours worn openly on the street. Yellow stars worn as a symbol and perversion. Women being harassed for wearing masks and

See something, say something, do something

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 14, 2022
  • Nazi military names and colours worn openly on the street. Yellow stars worn as a symbol and perversion. Women being harassed for wearing masks and
A Freedom Convoy supporter sits with gas cans on Wellington Street on Feb. 10, 2022 as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. If we have to bring in another police force, so be it. If we have to bring in the military, so be it. The alternative is that we might have to tell the story about how we failed to challenge white supremacy in our neighbourhoods in the winter of 2022, and how it all went so badly after that, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Rose LeMay

Leadership in an age of disinformation is impossible without respectful relationships

  • OTTAWA—Aggressive convoys, conflicts, and wars all share a similar foundation—a decision to speak and act over others regardless of their rights and absent of
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 31, 2022
Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured on Dec. 6, 2021, on the Hill. Do we expect that political leaders and influencers in this country speak truth with a sense of responsibility to each other? Do we demand that political leaders and influencers speak with responsibility not only to their own followers but also to those who might disagree? If not, why not, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Leadership in an age of disinformation is impossible without respectful relationships

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 31, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Aggressive convoys, conflicts, and wars all share a similar foundation—a decision to speak and act over others regardless of their rights and absent of

Leadership in an age of disinformation is impossible without respectful relationships

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 31, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Aggressive convoys, conflicts, and wars all share a similar foundation—a decision to speak and act over others regardless of their rights and absent of
Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, pictured on Dec. 6, 2021, on the Hill. Do we expect that political leaders and influencers in this country speak truth with a sense of responsibility to each other? Do we demand that political leaders and influencers speak with responsibility not only to their own followers but also to those who might disagree? If not, why not, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Instead of fining the unvaccinated, let’s fine the politicians who fan the flames

  • OTTAWA—Quebec Premier François Legault is forging a unique approach again: fine the unvaccinated. And immediately voices rise up in horror across the country to
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 17, 2022
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 12, 2019, and who tested positive for COVID last week, choses a distinctly southern-U.S.-state approach, let COVID run free and we’ll all be free, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Instead of fining the unvaccinated, let’s fine the politicians who fan the flames

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 17, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Quebec Premier François Legault is forging a unique approach again: fine the unvaccinated. And immediately voices rise up in horror across the country to

Instead of fining the unvaccinated, let’s fine the politicians who fan the flames

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 17, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Quebec Premier François Legault is forging a unique approach again: fine the unvaccinated. And immediately voices rise up in horror across the country to
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 12, 2019, and who tested positive for COVID last week, choses a distinctly southern-U.S.-state approach, let COVID run free and we’ll all be free, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s not the first time a government tried to restrict what people can wear

  • OTTAWA—Elementary school teacher Fatemeh Anvari was forced out of her classroom in Chelsea because she wears a hijab, thanks to Bill 21 which rules
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 20, 2021
The Low Down to Hull and Back News in Wakefield, Que., broke what became a national story about elementary school teacher Fatemeh Anvari who was forced out of her classroom in Chelsea because she wears a hijab, thanks to Bill 21 which rules that civil servants not wear any religious symbols. Image courtesy of The Low Down

It’s not the first time a government tried to restrict what people can wear

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 20, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Elementary school teacher Fatemeh Anvari was forced out of her classroom in Chelsea because she wears a hijab, thanks to Bill 21 which rules

It’s not the first time a government tried to restrict what people can wear

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 20, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Elementary school teacher Fatemeh Anvari was forced out of her classroom in Chelsea because she wears a hijab, thanks to Bill 21 which rules
The Low Down to Hull and Back News in Wakefield, Que., broke what became a national story about elementary school teacher Fatemeh Anvari who was forced out of her classroom in Chelsea because she wears a hijab, thanks to Bill 21 which rules that civil servants not wear any religious symbols. Image courtesy of The Low Down

There is no doubt the RCMP is a failed institution

  • OTTAWA—It must be nice to not to fear the national police. It must be reassuring to have a level of trust in them. That
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 6, 2021
People, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2020, at a rally in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

There is no doubt the RCMP is a failed institution

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 6, 2021
  • OTTAWA—It must be nice to not to fear the national police. It must be reassuring to have a level of trust in them. That

There is no doubt the RCMP is a failed institution

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 6, 2021
  • OTTAWA—It must be nice to not to fear the national police. It must be reassuring to have a level of trust in them. That
People, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2020, at a rally in support of Wet’suwet’en land defenders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pretendians in our midst

  • OTTAWA—Pretendian: Canadian of settler descent and values who claims to be Indigenous in order to gain monetary benefit. And so deeply ironic. Indigenous peoples
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 8, 2021
Indigenous women, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2020, protesting against the Coastal Gas Pipeline. The question of Indigenous identity must go back to the grandmothers to determine. Grandmothers might just uphold a principle of grace—just like holders of counterfeit currency, the holder might not know it’s counterfeit. And grandmothers might just adopt people like we used to do traditionally. Reconciliation means the outsider never defines nor restricts an Indigenous individual’s identity nor belonging. It is up to the community, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pretendians in our midst

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 8, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Pretendian: Canadian of settler descent and values who claims to be Indigenous in order to gain monetary benefit. And so deeply ironic. Indigenous peoples

Pretendians in our midst

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 8, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Pretendian: Canadian of settler descent and values who claims to be Indigenous in order to gain monetary benefit. And so deeply ironic. Indigenous peoples
Indigenous women, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2020, protesting against the Coastal Gas Pipeline. The question of Indigenous identity must go back to the grandmothers to determine. Grandmothers might just uphold a principle of grace—just like holders of counterfeit currency, the holder might not know it’s counterfeit. And grandmothers might just adopt people like we used to do traditionally. Reconciliation means the outsider never defines nor restricts an Indigenous individual’s identity nor belonging. It is up to the community, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Legislate reconciliation, take it out of the whims of partisan politics

  • OTTAWA—When Germany was defeated in World War II, infrastructure was ruined, the economy destroyed, separated east from west, and some wondered if the country
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 25, 2021
Learn and tell the truth. Canada has been a great country for many, but not for all. When leaders attempt to glorify its history, Indigenous peoples, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 30, marking Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, are intentionally erased and their experiences denied. Criminalize residential school denial and hate speech against Indigenous peoples, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Legislate reconciliation, take it out of the whims of partisan politics

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 25, 2021
  • OTTAWA—When Germany was defeated in World War II, infrastructure was ruined, the economy destroyed, separated east from west, and some wondered if the country

Legislate reconciliation, take it out of the whims of partisan politics

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 25, 2021
  • OTTAWA—When Germany was defeated in World War II, infrastructure was ruined, the economy destroyed, separated east from west, and some wondered if the country
Learn and tell the truth. Canada has been a great country for many, but not for all. When leaders attempt to glorify its history, Indigenous peoples, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 30, marking Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, are intentionally erased and their experiences denied. Criminalize residential school denial and hate speech against Indigenous peoples, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Might be time for Trudeau to bring on an Indigenous Elders’ Circle to provide advice

  • OTTAWA—On Sept. 29, the prime minister gave a particularly good speech on Parliament Hill in a special ceremony to honour the children lost at
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 11, 2021
While the prime minister flew off for a family vacation on the first-ever National Indigenous Reconciliation Day, hundreds walked to Parliament Hill to mark the statutory holiday. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Might be time for Trudeau to bring on an Indigenous Elders’ Circle to provide advice

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 11, 2021
  • OTTAWA—On Sept. 29, the prime minister gave a particularly good speech on Parliament Hill in a special ceremony to honour the children lost at

Might be time for Trudeau to bring on an Indigenous Elders’ Circle to provide advice

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 11, 2021
  • OTTAWA—On Sept. 29, the prime minister gave a particularly good speech on Parliament Hill in a special ceremony to honour the children lost at
While the prime minister flew off for a family vacation on the first-ever National Indigenous Reconciliation Day, hundreds walked to Parliament Hill to mark the statutory holiday. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

What does it take to do real reconciliation?

  • OTTAWA—Six years after the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and here we are—struggling to get consensus in Canada to
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2021
Not only do Canadians need to come to grips with the facts that the country has ardently fought against Indigenous rights, and just as resolutely stood idly by as children died. But Canadians are also coming to grips with the fact that the federal government is still not acting in the best interest of Indigenous kids, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

What does it take to do real reconciliation?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Six years after the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and here we are—struggling to get consensus in Canada to

What does it take to do real reconciliation?

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2021
  • OTTAWA—Six years after the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and here we are—struggling to get consensus in Canada to
Not only do Canadians need to come to grips with the facts that the country has ardently fought against Indigenous rights, and just as resolutely stood idly by as children died. But Canadians are also coming to grips with the fact that the federal government is still not acting in the best interest of Indigenous kids, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Don’t rush to raise the flag just yet

  • OTTAWA—It’s been four months since the news broke of 215 unmarked graves from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc at the former site of the Kamloops residential
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 20, 2021
Shoes and stuffed animals, pictured June 1, 2021, were left at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill to show respect for the lives of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in May on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Don’t rush to raise the flag just yet

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 20, 2021
  • OTTAWA—It’s been four months since the news broke of 215 unmarked graves from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc at the former site of the Kamloops residential

Don’t rush to raise the flag just yet

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 20, 2021
  • OTTAWA—It’s been four months since the news broke of 215 unmarked graves from Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc at the former site of the Kamloops residential
Shoes and stuffed animals, pictured June 1, 2021, were left at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill to show respect for the lives of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in May on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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