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James B. Kelly: 'This book should be read by any prime minister or premier that contemplates using Section 33 of the Charter of Rights, in a pre-emptive fashion.' Book cover and author's photo courtesy of UBC Press
Opinion | BY SOLOMON REECE | March 26, 2025
Earlier this month, Crown-Indigenous Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced a proposed settlement agreement had been reached in the Federal Indian Hospitals (Hardy) class action.
Opinion | BY SOLOMON REECE | March 26, 2025
Opinion | BY SOLOMON REECE | March 26, 2025
Earlier this month, Crown-Indigenous Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced a proposed settlement agreement had been reached in the Federal Indian Hospitals (Hardy) class action.
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 12, 2025
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans hasn't issued licences to salmon farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands since June 2022, but a new civil suit claims it conducted a 'bad-faith' consultation to justify a 'predetermined' outcome. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 12, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 12, 2025
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans hasn't issued licences to salmon farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands since June 2022, but a new civil suit claims it conducted a 'bad-faith' consultation to justify a 'predetermined' outcome. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 5, 2025
To support the implementation plan announced by Justice Minister Arif Virani on Feb. 25, the government previously announced $276.5-million over two years in the 2024 fall economic statement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 5, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 5, 2025
To support the implementation plan announced by Justice Minister Arif Virani on Feb. 25, the government previously announced $276.5-million over two years in the 2024 fall economic statement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Justice Minister Arif Virani. Our country can preserve what we have fought for and continue the progress achieved on human rights, write Odette McCarthy and Jean-Sébastien Vallée. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Justice Minister Arif Virani. Our country can preserve what we have fought for and continue the progress achieved on human rights, write Odette McCarthy and Jean-Sébastien Vallée. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 1, 2025
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The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act prohibits an MP or Senator from using parliamentary privilege as a defence if they were to reveal state secrets. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 1, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 1, 2025
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The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act prohibits an MP or Senator from using parliamentary privilege as a defence if they were to reveal state secrets. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 25, 2018
Then-prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau watches as the Queen signs the Constitution on April 17, 1982 in Ottawa. Library and Archives Canada photograph by Robert Cooper
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 25, 2018
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 25, 2018
Then-prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau watches as the Queen signs the Constitution on April 17, 1982 in Ottawa. Library and Archives Canada photograph by Robert Cooper
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 18, 2018
Alberta announced last year it would expand its program to allow first responders to administer naloxone by injection, the antidote to an opioid overdose. NDP health critic Don Davies writes Canadian governments have easily spent more than $1-billion dealing with the opioid crisis. Government of Alberta photograph by Chris Schwarz
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 18, 2018
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | April 18, 2018
Alberta announced last year it would expand its program to allow first responders to administer naloxone by injection, the antidote to an opioid overdose. NDP health critic Don Davies writes Canadian governments have easily spent more than $1-billion dealing with the opioid crisis. Government of Alberta photograph by Chris Schwarz
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 16, 2018
Justice Minister Jody-Wilson Raybould tabled an enormous criminal justice reform bill in the House last month, and the opposition Conservatives are criticizing the move to allow lighter penalties for serious crimes when the Crown deems it appropriate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 16, 2018
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 16, 2018
Justice Minister Jody-Wilson Raybould tabled an enormous criminal justice reform bill in the House last month, and the opposition Conservatives are criticizing the move to allow lighter penalties for serious crimes when the Crown deems it appropriate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 28, 2018
Independent Senator Murray Sinclair says he's worried what impact marijuana legalization will have on Indigenous communities where resources are already lacking, and is looking for amendments to the two cannabis-related bills before the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 28, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 28, 2018
Independent Senator Murray Sinclair says he's worried what impact marijuana legalization will have on Indigenous communities where resources are already lacking, and is looking for amendments to the two cannabis-related bills before the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JEAN THIFFAULT | March 23, 2018
A marijuana growing facility in Smith Falls, Ont. run by Tweed Inc., now Canopy Growth, is pictured. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY JEAN THIFFAULT | March 23, 2018
Opinion | BY JEAN THIFFAULT | March 23, 2018
A marijuana growing facility in Smith Falls, Ont. run by Tweed Inc., now Canopy Growth, is pictured. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | March 23, 2018
Former PMO adviser Bruce Carson, pictured outside an Ottawa court for his original influence-peddling trial on Sept. 14, 2015. Hill Times file photograph
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | March 23, 2018
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | March 23, 2018
Former PMO adviser Bruce Carson, pictured outside an Ottawa court for his original influence-peddling trial on Sept. 14, 2015. Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 21, 2018
Conservative MP Michael Cooper, left, is calling on Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, to make progress on Bill C-39 to remove zombie laws from the Criminal Code, after more than a year of inaction. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 21, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 21, 2018
Conservative MP Michael Cooper, left, is calling on Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, to make progress on Bill C-39 to remove zombie laws from the Criminal Code, after more than a year of inaction. The Hill Times file photographs
Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018
Then-trade minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Martin Schulz, then-president of the European Parliament, about the Canada-European Union free trade agreement in October 2016. To clinch the deal, Canada and the EU agreed to adjudicate disputes through a multilateral investment court instead of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism used in traditional trade deals. Melanie Wenger photograph courtesy of the European Union
Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018
Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018
Then-trade minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Martin Schulz, then-president of the European Parliament, about the Canada-European Union free trade agreement in October 2016. To clinch the deal, Canada and the EU agreed to adjudicate disputes through a multilateral investment court instead of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism used in traditional trade deals. Melanie Wenger photograph courtesy of the European Union
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 14, 2018
NDP MP Guy Caron, left, speaks with Emilie Taman at an NDP leadership-race event in Hamilton, Ont. in September 2017. Ms. Taman was fired from her job as a federal prosecutor when she ran for the NDP in the 2015 election. She challenged the Public Service Commission’s decision and although she lost her fight initially, won on appeal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 14, 2018
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 14, 2018
NDP MP Guy Caron, left, speaks with Emilie Taman at an NDP leadership-race event in Hamilton, Ont. in September 2017. Ms. Taman was fired from her job as a federal prosecutor when she ran for the NDP in the 2015 election. She challenged the Public Service Commission’s decision and although she lost her fight initially, won on appeal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | February 7, 2018
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor fields a question during her appearance at a meeting of the Senate Committee of the Whole on Feb. 6, 2017. CPAC screenshot photograph
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | February 7, 2018
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | February 7, 2018
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor fields a question during her appearance at a meeting of the Senate Committee of the Whole on Feb. 6, 2017. CPAC screenshot photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | January 24, 2018
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled Bill C-51, which would change legal rules around sexual assault cases, in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | January 24, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | January 24, 2018
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled Bill C-51, which would change legal rules around sexual assault cases, in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade