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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 SHEILA COPPS | October 27, 2025
Since making comments about the RCMP that were published on a YouTube channel over a week ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been on the receiving end of public and anonymous criticism from Conservative insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 27, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 27, 2025
Since making comments about the RCMP that were published on a YouTube channel over a week ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been on the receiving end of public and anonymous criticism from Conservative insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 24, 2025
Justice Minister Sean Fraser unveiled the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act on Oct. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 24, 2025
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 24, 2025
Justice Minister Sean Fraser unveiled the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act on Oct. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 20, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says pending budget cuts to the RCMP won’t impact the recently-announced hiring initiative that aims to add 1,000 new officers to the Mounties’ ranks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 20, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 20, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says pending budget cuts to the RCMP won’t impact the recently-announced hiring initiative that aims to add 1,000 new officers to the Mounties’ ranks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 15, 2025
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says Bill C-9 ‘strikes the right balance’ between calls for clarity from law enforcement and Canadians' rights to express themselves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 15, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 15, 2025
Justice Minister Sean Fraser says Bill C-9 ‘strikes the right balance’ between calls for clarity from law enforcement and Canadians' rights to express themselves. 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 GAR PARDY | January 17, 2024
Dennis Edney, who was Omar Khadr's lawyer, died on Dec. 30, 2023, at the age of 77. Photograph courtesy of Joshua Sherurcij/Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | January 17, 2024
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | January 17, 2024
Dennis Edney, who was Omar Khadr's lawyer, died on Dec. 30, 2023, at the age of 77. Photograph courtesy of Joshua Sherurcij/Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 17, 2024
For the past three months, protesters have demonstrated in cities across Canada in opposition to Israel's military operation in Gaza, which they believe has become a genocide against Palestinians. On Jan. 11, South Africa began its oral arguments before the International Court of Justice in its bid to prove that accusation and end the fighting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 17, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 17, 2024
For the past three months, protesters have demonstrated in cities across Canada in opposition to Israel's military operation in Gaza, which they believe has become a genocide against Palestinians. On Jan. 11, South Africa began its oral arguments before the International Court of Justice in its bid to prove that accusation and end the fighting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 16, 2024
NDP MP Matthew Green says ‘cherry-picking’ locations could open the door to ‘a change of behaviour for a short period of time’ by the police detachments involved in the data-collection pilot project. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 16, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 16, 2024
NDP MP Matthew Green says ‘cherry-picking’ locations could open the door to ‘a change of behaviour for a short period of time’ by the police detachments involved in the data-collection pilot project. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MOIRA WILSON | January 11, 2024
People with disabilities are now legally dying by suicide in Canada with assistance from MAID providers, and this will become far more common with the availability of MAID for mental illness, writes Moira Wilson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MOIRA WILSON | January 11, 2024
Opinion | BY MOIRA WILSON | January 11, 2024
People with disabilities are now legally dying by suicide in Canada with assistance from MAID providers, and this will become far more common with the availability of MAID for mental illness, writes Moira Wilson. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 27, 2023
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said that 'Canada has taken a major step in strengthening gun control and combatting gun violence' with the passing of Bill C-21, in a Public Safety Canada press release on Dec. 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 27, 2023
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 27, 2023
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said that 'Canada has taken a major step in strengthening gun control and combatting gun violence' with the passing of Bill C-21, in a Public Safety Canada press release on Dec. 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DON HEAD | December 19, 2023
Canada's federal Justice Minister Arif Virani, pictured recently on the Hill. Amending Sec. 3 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, which deals with the purpose of the correctional system, would signal a significant shift in how victims are considered in decision-making, writes Don Head. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DON HEAD | December 19, 2023
Opinion | BY DON HEAD | December 19, 2023
Canada's federal Justice Minister Arif Virani, pictured recently on the Hill. Amending Sec. 3 of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, which deals with the purpose of the correctional system, would signal a significant shift in how victims are considered in decision-making, writes Don Head. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 11, 2023
Attorney General Arif Virani, left, has become a party in a case regarding how federal political parties use voters’ data. The Privy Council Office said it’s involved in this decision because the Canada Elections Act falls under the portfolio of Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 11, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 11, 2023
Attorney General Arif Virani, left, has become a party in a case regarding how federal political parties use voters’ data. The Privy Council Office said it’s involved in this decision because the Canada Elections Act falls under the portfolio of Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | November 27, 2023
Justice Minister Arif Virani is the government's new lead on online harms after responsibility for the bill was transferred from Heritage to Justice following this July's cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | November 27, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | November 27, 2023
Justice Minister Arif Virani is the government's new lead on online harms after responsibility for the bill was transferred from Heritage to Justice following this July's cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 8, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reiterated that Israel must follow international law in its bombardment of Gaza, but has refused to elaborate on whether Canada thinks it has. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 8, 2023
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 8, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reiterated that Israel must follow international law in its bombardment of Gaza, but has refused to elaborate on whether Canada thinks it has. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NAJMA AHMED | November 2, 2023
Public Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc is responsible for the government's firearms legislation. Bill C-21 has been subject to frantic opposition from the gun lobby, and its merits at times are overshadowed by disinformation, writes Najma Ahmed.
Opinion | BY NAJMA AHMED | November 2, 2023
Opinion | BY NAJMA AHMED | November 2, 2023
Public Safety Minister Dominic Leblanc is responsible for the government's firearms legislation. Bill C-21 has been subject to frantic opposition from the gun lobby, and its merits at times are overshadowed by disinformation, writes Najma Ahmed.
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | October 23, 2023
The RCMP concluded that there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue a criminal probe of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured regarding the SNC-Lavalin affair, according to RCMP records released in September to Democracy Watch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | October 23, 2023
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | October 23, 2023
The RCMP concluded that there wasn’t enough evidence to pursue a criminal probe of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured regarding the SNC-Lavalin affair, according to RCMP records released in September to Democracy Watch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Conservative MP Ed Fast's private member’s bill, which seeks to amend the Criminal Code to prevent expanding MAiD to those with mental illness, is coming up for debate and a vote in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Conservative MP Ed Fast's private member’s bill, which seeks to amend the Criminal Code to prevent expanding MAiD to those with mental illness, is coming up for debate and a vote in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade