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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
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, at the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, at the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 23, 2025
Minister Lena Metlege Diab oversees Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, which is forecasting a 30 per cent cut in spending over the next three years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 23, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 23, 2025
Minister Lena Metlege Diab oversees Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, which is forecasting a 30 per cent cut in spending over the next three years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY CHRISTINA SANTINI | July 21, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is the one that the government can most easily adjust in response to labour needs, writes Christina Santini. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRISTINA SANTINI | July 21, 2025
Opinion | BY CHRISTINA SANTINI | July 21, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is the one that the government can most easily adjust in response to labour needs, writes Christina Santini. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 14, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Lena Metlege Diab said, 'Citizenship is more than a legal status—it’s a profound connection to the values, history, and spirit of Canada,' in a June 5 Immigration press release. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 14, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 14, 2025
Lena Metlege Diab
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Lena Metlege Diab said, 'Citizenship is more than a legal status—it’s a profound connection to the values, history, and spirit of Canada,' in a June 5 Immigration press release. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 23, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree told the House on June 11 that Bill C-2 would 'go after transnational child sex offenders' and also 'choke off organized crime's illegal profits with a crackdown on money laundering,' and 'grant our border officer provisions to search export containers and stop auto theft rings.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 23, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 23, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree told the House on June 11 that Bill C-2 would 'go after transnational child sex offenders' and also 'choke off organized crime's illegal profits with a crackdown on money laundering,' and 'grant our border officer provisions to search export containers and stop auto theft rings.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | July 1, 2019
Anti-migration groups alongside alt-right groups, La Muete, Soldiers of Odin, Storm Alliance and others, gathered on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8, 2018, to protest Canada signing the UN Global compact on Migration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | July 1, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | July 1, 2019
Anti-migration groups alongside alt-right groups, La Muete, Soldiers of Odin, Storm Alliance and others, gathered on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8, 2018, to protest Canada signing the UN Global compact on Migration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 12, 2019
Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the House Justice Committee after quoting a terrorist's manifesto during a meeting May 28, but he remains the party’s deputy critic on the file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 12, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 12, 2019
Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the House Justice Committee after quoting a terrorist's manifesto during a meeting May 28, but he remains the party’s deputy critic on the file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a framework for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a framework for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 15, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured speaking to reporters in December, has long proven herself as an MP, but her party isn’t as progressive as it claims to be, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 15, 2019
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 15, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured speaking to reporters in December, has long proven herself as an MP, but her party isn’t as progressive as it claims to be, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured responding to the auditor general's report on May 7, told reporters that the government has cleared its backlog of legacy refugee claims last week. In the 2019 budget, the feds set aside $208-million for the Immigration and Refugee Board to help tackle the backlog. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured responding to the auditor general's report on May 7, told reporters that the government has cleared its backlog of legacy refugee claims last week. In the 2019 budget, the feds set aside $208-million for the Immigration and Refugee Board to help tackle the backlog. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 8, 2019
The office of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen says an increase in Mexican asylum claims was expected and planned for when the visa exemption was lifted. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 8, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 8, 2019
The office of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen says an increase in Mexican asylum claims was expected and planned for when the visa exemption was lifted. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Residents trickle back into a neighbourhood in Homs, Syria, in March 2019—the city in which Abu Bakr al Rabeeah lived before coming to Canada as a refugee. Photograph courtesy of UNHCR/Christopher Reardon
Residents trickle back into a neighbourhood in Homs, Syria, in March 2019—the city in which Abu Bakr al Rabeeah lived before coming to Canada as a refugee. Photograph courtesy of UNHCR/Christopher Reardon
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 7, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured addressing reporters on the Hill, has pledged to clear Canada's backlog of legacy refugee claims, as the government works to process another mounting backlog. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 7, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 7, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured addressing reporters on the Hill, has pledged to clear Canada's backlog of legacy refugee claims, as the government works to process another mounting backlog. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair’s office says the proposed measure means Canada has a way to respond when delays by countries to issue travel documents ‘are unreasonable.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 1, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair’s office says the proposed measure means Canada has a way to respond when delays by countries to issue travel documents ‘are unreasonable.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has sought to reopen negotiations on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has sought to reopen negotiations on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 24, 2019
Employment and Social Development Canada, whose political masters include Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured right arriving at a Feb. 19 cabinet meeting in West Block, reported the most instances of unsecured protected and classified documents going back to 2016, according to new numbers from the government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 24, 2019
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 24, 2019
Employment and Social Development Canada, whose political masters include Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured right arriving at a Feb. 19 cabinet meeting in West Block, reported the most instances of unsecured protected and classified documents going back to 2016, according to new numbers from the government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 24, 2019
Far-right anti-migration groups gather on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8, 2018, to protest Canada signing the UN Global Compact on Migration. Canadians still have a long way to go to have a responsible dialogue about much-needed immigration in our country, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 24, 2019
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 24, 2019
Far-right anti-migration groups gather on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8, 2018, to protest Canada signing the UN Global Compact on Migration. Canadians still have a long way to go to have a responsible dialogue about much-needed immigration in our country, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade