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Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, pictured Oct. 20, 2025, at the Senate National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs Committee, have committed to hiring additional officers in the RCMP, which is currently experiencing a 7.7 per cent total vacancy rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DON CHAPMAN | October 13, 2025
Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Lena Diab, pictured Sept. 16, 2025, is responsible for Bill C-3, an Act to Amend the Citizenship Act. The bill has received second reading and was before the House Immigration Committee last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DON CHAPMAN | October 13, 2025
Opinion | BY DON CHAPMAN | October 13, 2025
Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Lena Diab, pictured Sept. 16, 2025, is responsible for Bill C-3, an Act to Amend the Citizenship Act. The bill has received second reading and was before the House Immigration Committee last week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | October 9, 2025
On Sept. 9, U.S. President Donald Trump obtained an expedited review by the U.S. Supreme Court, pictured, of the so-called global emergency tariffs that he has imposed on many countries around the world. The hearing by the court on these tariffs that has shaken the global economy and trade will begin on Nov. 5, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | October 9, 2025
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | October 9, 2025
On Sept. 9, U.S. President Donald Trump obtained an expedited review by the U.S. Supreme Court, pictured, of the so-called global emergency tariffs that he has imposed on many countries around the world. The hearing by the court on these tariffs that has shaken the global economy and trade will begin on Nov. 5, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 7, 2025
Freedom convoy organizers Tamara Lich, left, and Chris Barber arrive at the provincial courthouse in Ottawa on Oct. 7 for their sentencings related to the 2022 protest that occupied downtown Ottawa for three weeks. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 7, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 7, 2025
Freedom convoy organizers Tamara Lich, left, and Chris Barber arrive at the provincial courthouse in Ottawa on Oct. 7 for their sentencings related to the 2022 protest that occupied downtown Ottawa for three weeks. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
More than half of the 19 bills Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his House caucus have introduced so far in the 45th Parliament have focused on crime and public safety. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
More than half of the 19 bills Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his House caucus have introduced so far in the 45th Parliament have focused on crime and public safety. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI | October 1, 2025
Justice Minister Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-9 on Sept. 19, but much of the conduct the bill targets is already illegal, write Arash Ghiassi and Riaz Sayani. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI | October 1, 2025
Opinion | BY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI | October 1, 2025
Justice Minister Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-9 on Sept. 19, but much of the conduct the bill targets is already illegal, write Arash Ghiassi and Riaz Sayani. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHANNIN METATAWABIN | September 28, 2022
Shannin Metatawabin is the CEO of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, which has developed a National Indigenous Economic Strategy that contains more than 100 Calls to Economic Prosperity. Photograph courtesy of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association
Opinion | BY SHANNIN METATAWABIN | September 28, 2022
Opinion | BY SHANNIN METATAWABIN | September 28, 2022
Shannin Metatawabin is the CEO of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, which has developed a National Indigenous Economic Strategy that contains more than 100 Calls to Economic Prosperity. Photograph courtesy of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 28, 2022
Since he assumed the throne after the Sept. 8 death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III should fulfill the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 45 and repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, say Indigenous leaders and MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 28, 2022
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 28, 2022
Since he assumed the throne after the Sept. 8 death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III should fulfill the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 45 and repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, say Indigenous leaders and MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP JENICA ATWIN | September 28, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signs a reconciliation stone at a National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Mādahòkì Farm in Ottawa on June 21. We cannot trivialize the magnitude and complexity of intergenerational issues, but we are making headway on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, writes Jenica Atwin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP JENICA ATWIN | September 28, 2022
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP JENICA ATWIN | September 28, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signs a reconciliation stone at a National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Mādahòkì Farm in Ottawa on June 21. We cannot trivialize the magnitude and complexity of intergenerational issues, but we are making headway on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, writes Jenica Atwin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GABRIELLE FAYANT | September 28, 2022
Carolyn Bennett
Then-Indigenous and northern affairs minister Carolyn Bennett was presented with the grassroots, Indigenous, and youth-led plan for implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call to action No. 66 in 2018, writes Gabrielle Fayant. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GABRIELLE FAYANT | September 28, 2022
Opinion | BY GABRIELLE FAYANT | September 28, 2022
Carolyn Bennett
Then-Indigenous and northern affairs minister Carolyn Bennett was presented with the grassroots, Indigenous, and youth-led plan for implementing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call to action No. 66 in 2018, writes Gabrielle Fayant. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP LEAH GAZAN | September 28, 2022
If implemented, the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry’s Final Report would have a transformative impact on the lives of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people, writes Leah Gazan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP LEAH GAZAN | September 28, 2022
Opinion | BY NDP MP LEAH GAZAN | September 28, 2022
If implemented, the 231 Calls for Justice from the National Inquiry’s Final Report would have a transformative impact on the lives of Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people, writes Leah Gazan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 31, 2022
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller, left, and Justice Minister David Lametti, right, are, along with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, the government's key decision-makers when it comes to interactions with Indigenous peoples. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 31, 2022
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 31, 2022
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller, left, and Justice Minister David Lametti, right, are, along with Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, the government's key decision-makers when it comes to interactions with Indigenous peoples. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ALICE CHEN | May 19, 2021
Independent MP Derek Sloan, left, says other MPs will be voting against the Liberals’ bill banning conversion therapy at third reading. Conservative MPs who voted to move the bill at second reading but say they will vote against it next time because of a too-broad definition of ‘conversion therapy’ include Marilyn Gladu, Garnett Genuis, and Michael Cooper. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ALICE CHEN | May 19, 2021
News | BY ALICE CHEN | May 19, 2021
Independent MP Derek Sloan, left, says other MPs will be voting against the Liberals’ bill banning conversion therapy at third reading. Conservative MPs who voted to move the bill at second reading but say they will vote against it next time because of a too-broad definition of ‘conversion therapy’ include Marilyn Gladu, Garnett Genuis, and Michael Cooper. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 1, 2021
Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured Nov. 26, appeared before the Senate Legal Affairs Committee on Feb. 1 to discuss the government’s bill to change Canada's assisted-death law so that a ‘reasonably foreseeable death' is no longer a requirement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 1, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 1, 2021
Justice Minister David Lametti, pictured Nov. 26, appeared before the Senate Legal Affairs Committee on Feb. 1 to discuss the government’s bill to change Canada's assisted-death law so that a ‘reasonably foreseeable death' is no longer a requirement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 15, 2021
Ivan Zinger
Prisoners are serving ‘much, much harsher sentences’ amid COVID-19, says prison watchdog Ivan Zinger. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 15, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 15, 2021
Ivan Zinger
Prisoners are serving ‘much, much harsher sentences’ amid COVID-19, says prison watchdog Ivan Zinger. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 8, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 8, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 8, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The government of Canada, including Justice Minister David Lametti, should act and repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code to end an archaic law that gives adults licence to intentionally inflict violence on children, write legal and social work scholars.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The government of Canada, including Justice Minister David Lametti, should act and repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code to end an archaic law that gives adults licence to intentionally inflict violence on children, write legal and social work scholars.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MURRAY FALLIS | December 16, 2020
Furthermore, via sections 81-84 of the CCRA, Article 34 should prompt greater engagement between the Correctional Service, the Parole Board of Canada, and local Indigenous communities. These under-used sections of the CCRA can be increasingly used to re-integrate low-risk offenders safely, writes Murray Fallis. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MURRAY FALLIS | December 16, 2020
Opinion | BY MURRAY FALLIS | December 16, 2020
Furthermore, via sections 81-84 of the CCRA, Article 34 should prompt greater engagement between the Correctional Service, the Parole Board of Canada, and local Indigenous communities. These under-used sections of the CCRA can be increasingly used to re-integrate low-risk offenders safely, writes Murray Fallis. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay