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Evan Solomon
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. Making Canada a leader will require a lot of smart AI students, researchers, engineers, and entrepreneurs from around the world, writes Michael Cholod. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 16, 2025
New Canadians take part in a citizenship ceremony at the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada office in Ottawa as part of Citizenship Week celebrations on Oct. 12, 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 16, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 16, 2025
New Canadians take part in a citizenship ceremony at the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada office in Ottawa as part of Citizenship Week celebrations on Oct. 12, 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | September 5, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government 'broke' Canada's immigration system by letting in too many people too fast, and that the feds should stop issuing permits to temporary foreign workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | September 5, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | September 5, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government 'broke' Canada's immigration system by letting in too many people too fast, and that the feds should stop issuing permits to temporary foreign workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | September 3, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. A strategic implementation plan for Canada’s Africa Strategy requires co-ordination across multiple departments including Global Affairs, Immigration, Innovation, and Finance, writes Selah Getahun. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | September 3, 2025
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | September 3, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly. A strategic implementation plan for Canada’s Africa Strategy requires co-ordination across multiple departments including Global Affairs, Immigration, Innovation, and Finance, writes Selah Getahun. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | August 4, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The system that screens, settles, and supports newcomers is impressively dysfunctional, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | August 4, 2025
Opinion | BY DANIEL BERNHARD | August 4, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The system that screens, settles, and supports newcomers is impressively dysfunctional, writes Daniel Bernhard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GONZALO PERALTA | July 31, 2025
Languages Canada hopes that new Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab will take a balanced approach and stabilize immigration policy with evidence-based solutions that protect the integrity of both immigration and education, writes Gonzalo Peralta.  The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GONZALO PERALTA | July 31, 2025
Opinion | BY GONZALO PERALTA | July 31, 2025
Languages Canada hopes that new Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab will take a balanced approach and stabilize immigration policy with evidence-based solutions that protect the integrity of both immigration and education, writes Gonzalo Peralta.  The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 8, 2021
New Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser has held his Nova Scotia riding since 2015 and previously served in three parliamentary secretary posts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 8, 2021
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 8, 2021
New Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser has held his Nova Scotia riding since 2015 and previously served in three parliamentary secretary posts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 8, 2021
Despite a similar initiative being previously promised by the Liberals in the past, it is unclear if the government will back Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar's Bill S-217. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Ratna Omidvar
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 8, 2021
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 8, 2021
Despite a similar initiative being previously promised by the Liberals in the past, it is unclear if the government will back Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar's Bill S-217. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Ratna Omidvar
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 27, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, and the Liberal government has been criticized for its handling of the resettlement of Afghan refugees. The file will be led by new Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, left, and new Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, right, in the next Parliament. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 27, 2021
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 27, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, and the Liberal government has been criticized for its handling of the resettlement of Afghan refugees. The file will be led by new Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, left, and new Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, right, in the next Parliament. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SARA ASALYA | September 15, 2021
Afghans are pictured outside the Kabul airport. We know that universities can act as catalysts for change and can utilize their infrastructure and resources to mobilize their community to take action and support refugee resettlement, writes Sara Asalya. Screenshot courtesy of Global News
Opinion | BY SARA ASALYA | September 15, 2021
Opinion | BY SARA ASALYA | September 15, 2021
Afghans are pictured outside the Kabul airport. We know that universities can act as catalysts for change and can utilize their infrastructure and resources to mobilize their community to take action and support refugee resettlement, writes Sara Asalya. Screenshot courtesy of Global News
Opinion | BY MELODY VICZKO | September 15, 2021
The recovery from the pandemic is an opportunity for us to reconsider how internationalization in higher education reinforces the boundaries that limit our understanding of the connectedness in which we live, writes Melody Viczko. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY MELODY VICZKO | September 15, 2021
Opinion | BY MELODY VICZKO | September 15, 2021
The recovery from the pandemic is an opportunity for us to reconsider how internationalization in higher education reinforces the boundaries that limit our understanding of the connectedness in which we live, writes Melody Viczko. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY GRAHAM CARR | September 15, 2021
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is pictured in Ottawa on July 23, 2021. The pandemic exposed serious operational shortcomings in Canada’s immigration programs. To correct this, we need to support IRCC’s implementation of the $430-million streamlined, digitized visa process promised in the April 2021 federal budget, writes Graham Carr. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GRAHAM CARR | September 15, 2021
Opinion | BY GRAHAM CARR | September 15, 2021
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is pictured in Ottawa on July 23, 2021. The pandemic exposed serious operational shortcomings in Canada’s immigration programs. To correct this, we need to support IRCC’s implementation of the $430-million streamlined, digitized visa process promised in the April 2021 federal budget, writes Graham Carr. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino and Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef greet Afghan refugees arriving in Canada on Aug. 4. Barriers to accessing available mental health services and the lack of culturally appropriate and tailored services impede on the ability of refugees to ameliorate the state of their mental health, write Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan. Photograph of Marco Mendicino's Twitter
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Marco Mendicino and Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef greet Afghan refugees arriving in Canada on Aug. 4. Barriers to accessing available mental health services and the lack of culturally appropriate and tailored services impede on the ability of refugees to ameliorate the state of their mental health, write Rukhsana Ahmed and Victoria Strachan. Photograph of Marco Mendicino's Twitter
Opinion | BY COREY LEVINE | August 4, 2021
Afghan women leaders and rights activists are under no illusion of the risks they face. It is now time for Canada to step up to the plate and honour the commitment it has been making to Afghan women, writes Corey Levine. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations/Eric Kanalstein
Opinion | BY COREY LEVINE | August 4, 2021
Opinion | BY COREY LEVINE | August 4, 2021
Afghan women leaders and rights activists are under no illusion of the risks they face. It is now time for Canada to step up to the plate and honour the commitment it has been making to Afghan women, writes Corey Levine. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations/Eric Kanalstein
Opinion | BY PETER SHOWLER | July 28, 2021
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino and the government should be congratulated for implementing the new human rights defenders program, writes Peter Showler. It is a start. With success, and if well managed, it might even double or even triple its capacity. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PETER SHOWLER | July 28, 2021
Opinion | BY PETER SHOWLER | July 28, 2021
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino and the government should be congratulated for implementing the new human rights defenders program, writes Peter Showler. It is a start. With success, and if well managed, it might even double or even triple its capacity. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 26, 2021
Master Corporal Daniel Choong helps stabilize Lieutenant Commander Gina Connor with her fire stance as she fires her C7 rifle during firing practice at the Kabul Military Training Centre range in Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation Attention on Oct. 30, 2013. DND photograph by Sgt. Norm McLean
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 26, 2021
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 26, 2021
Master Corporal Daniel Choong helps stabilize Lieutenant Commander Gina Connor with her fire stance as she fires her C7 rifle during firing practice at the Kabul Military Training Centre range in Kabul, Afghanistan during Operation Attention on Oct. 30, 2013. DND photograph by Sgt. Norm McLean
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 23, 2021
Players for England and Scotland take a knee during their Euro 2020 match on June 18. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News' The National YouTube
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 23, 2021
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 23, 2021
Players for England and Scotland take a knee during their Euro 2020 match on June 18. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News' The National YouTube