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Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s Bill C-16 proposes significant and necessary reforms, writes Lana Wells. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked the notwithstanding clause to prevent the courts from challenging three transgender bills in Alberta, she used the very tools of democracy against itself. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked the notwithstanding clause to prevent the courts from challenging three transgender bills in Alberta, she used the very tools of democracy against itself. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Bill S-232, the Can't Buy My Silence Bill, would protect federal workers and those employed at Crown corporations like the CBC, as well as entities funded by federal money such as Hockey Canada, from NDAs. It also protects private individuals who are asked by the federal government to sign an NDA, write Julie Macfarlane and Sen. Marilou McPhedran. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Bill S-232, the Can't Buy My Silence Bill, would protect federal workers and those employed at Crown corporations like the CBC, as well as entities funded by federal money such as Hockey Canada, from NDAs. It also protects private individuals who are asked by the federal government to sign an NDA, write Julie Macfarlane and Sen. Marilou McPhedran. Image courtesy of Pixabay
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
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
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
Opinion | BY DAVID HUTTON | November 13, 2025
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Harriet Solloway poses for a portrait at her office in Ottawa on July 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID HUTTON | November 13, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID HUTTON | November 13, 2025
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Harriet Solloway poses for a portrait at her office in Ottawa on July 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 12, 2025
Canada's Correctional Investigator Ivan Zinger has catalogued issues plaguing this country's prison system after 20 years with the office, including the past nine years at the organization's helm. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 12, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 12, 2025
Canada's Correctional Investigator Ivan Zinger has catalogued issues plaguing this country's prison system after 20 years with the office, including the past nine years at the organization's helm. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 2, 2020
Justice Minister David Lametti's office says he's not responsible for starting the parliamentary review of the assisted dying law, raising questions as to how and when the review will begin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 2, 2020
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 2, 2020
Justice Minister David Lametti's office says he's not responsible for starting the parliamentary review of the assisted dying law, raising questions as to how and when the review will begin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Given the history of BIPOC Canadians being disproportionately stopped, searched, arrested, prosecuted, and incarcerated for cannabis possession offences than white Canadians, the development of the legalization framework, as well as its implementation, should have involved robust consultation with Black and other racialized groups, write Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Annamaria Enenajor. Unsplash photograph by LexScope
Given the history of BIPOC Canadians being disproportionately stopped, searched, arrested, prosecuted, and incarcerated for cannabis possession offences than white Canadians, the development of the legalization framework, as well as its implementation, should have involved robust consultation with Black and other racialized groups, write Akwasi Owusu-Bempah and Annamaria Enenajor. Unsplash photograph by LexScope
Opinion | BY M-J MILLOY | October 28, 2020
New research in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside involving thousands of people who use drugs at highest risks of overdose has revealed possible benefits of cannabis use, but researchers also found that legal cannabis is largely unavailable to people who use drugs in those neighbourhoods, writes M-J Milloy. Flickr photograph by Viv Lynch
Opinion | BY M-J MILLOY | October 28, 2020
Opinion | BY M-J MILLOY | October 28, 2020
New research in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside involving thousands of people who use drugs at highest risks of overdose has revealed possible benefits of cannabis use, but researchers also found that legal cannabis is largely unavailable to people who use drugs in those neighbourhoods, writes M-J Milloy. Flickr photograph by Viv Lynch
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Author and former lawyer Harold Johnson’s book Peace and Good Order relays his experience working in the legal system and his conclusion that it can’t bring Indigenous people justice. Photograph courtesy of Calvin Fehr
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Author and former lawyer Harold Johnson’s book Peace and Good Order relays his experience working in the legal system and his conclusion that it can’t bring Indigenous people justice. Photograph courtesy of Calvin Fehr
Opinion | BY MICHEL DRAPEAU AND JOSHUA JUNEAU | September 10, 2020
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured Jan. 26, 2020, at a press conference in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. Parliament should reform the National Defence Act, write Michel Drapeau and Joshua Juneau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHEL DRAPEAU AND JOSHUA JUNEAU | September 10, 2020
Opinion | BY MICHEL DRAPEAU AND JOSHUA JUNEAU | September 10, 2020
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured Jan. 26, 2020, at a press conference in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. Parliament should reform the National Defence Act, write Michel Drapeau and Joshua Juneau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 31, 2020
Thousands gathered on the Parliament Hill for a rally to call attention to anti-black racism and police violence against Black people on June 5, 2020. Prof. Afua Cooper said symbolic action, like the Prime Minister kneeling at the rally, is not good enough. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 31, 2020
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 31, 2020
Thousands gathered on the Parliament Hill for a rally to call attention to anti-black racism and police violence against Black people on June 5, 2020. Prof. Afua Cooper said symbolic action, like the Prime Minister kneeling at the rally, is not good enough. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured July 16, 2020, is steering the country at a time of great upheaval, with experts and politicos from various fields saying it's an opportune time to rethink how society functions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured July 16, 2020, is steering the country at a time of great upheaval, with experts and politicos from various fields saying it's an opportune time to rethink how society functions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | June 29, 2020
B.C. Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy and federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien, pictured on April 25, 2019, at a joint news conference in Ottawa to talk about their Facebook investigation involving Cambridge Analytica. Mr. McEvoy says he would like more information from the federal government on the proposed contact-tracing app. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | June 29, 2020
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | June 29, 2020
B.C. Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy and federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien, pictured on April 25, 2019, at a joint news conference in Ottawa to talk about their Facebook investigation involving Cambridge Analytica. Mr. McEvoy says he would like more information from the federal government on the proposed contact-tracing app. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | June 24, 2020
Justice Minister David Lametti is pictured at a press conference in the West Block on May 1. The justice minister initiates an extradition process, can confirm a judicial decision to extradite, or can deny a judicial decision to extradite or can impose conditions, writes Gar Pardy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | June 24, 2020
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | June 24, 2020
Justice Minister David Lametti is pictured at a press conference in the West Block on May 1. The justice minister initiates an extradition process, can confirm a judicial decision to extradite, or can deny a judicial decision to extradite or can impose conditions, writes Gar Pardy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | April 15, 2020
Benjamin Perrin, a former senior adviser to then-prime minister Stephen Harper, is the author of a new book, Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis, in which he outlines a series of policy recommendations for ramping up political support for decriminalizing the treatment of those with addictions. Photographs courtesy of Benjamin Perrin and Penguin Random House
Feature | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | April 15, 2020
Feature | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | April 15, 2020
Benjamin Perrin, a former senior adviser to then-prime minister Stephen Harper, is the author of a new book, Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis, in which he outlines a series of policy recommendations for ramping up political support for decriminalizing the treatment of those with addictions. Photographs courtesy of Benjamin Perrin and Penguin Random House
Opinion | BY LORRAINE WHITMAN | March 7, 2020
The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, presented to the federal government on June 3, 2019, issued 231 calls for justice so that healing and justice can occur, and Indigenous women’s place as leaders and givers of life can be restored, writes Lorraine Whitman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORRAINE WHITMAN | March 7, 2020
Opinion | BY LORRAINE WHITMAN | March 7, 2020
The final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, presented to the federal government on June 3, 2019, issued 231 calls for justice so that healing and justice can occur, and Indigenous women’s place as leaders and givers of life can be restored, writes Lorraine Whitman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PASCAL DESBIENS | February 24, 2020
A rally in support of Wet’suwet’an land defenders marched in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 7. In an increasingly interdependent society, an urgent challenge facing democratic governments is arguably to determine how much disruptive power, in terms of time and intensity, dissatisfied groups can be allowed to exercise domestically, writes Pascal Desbiens. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PASCAL DESBIENS | February 24, 2020
Opinion | BY PASCAL DESBIENS | February 24, 2020
A rally in support of Wet’suwet’an land defenders marched in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 7. In an increasingly interdependent society, an urgent challenge facing democratic governments is arguably to determine how much disruptive power, in terms of time and intensity, dissatisfied groups can be allowed to exercise domestically, writes Pascal Desbiens. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade