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Budget’s ‘slow rollout’ pharmacare funding leaves program vulnerable to change in governments, say policy experts

  • The Liberals know they need to ‘crawl before they run’ when getting provincial deals done, says former Liberal staffer Muhammed Ali. But it's ‘a
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 25, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland unveiled the government’s new Pharmacare Act at Ottawa's Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget’s ‘slow rollout’ pharmacare funding leaves program vulnerable to change in governments, say policy experts

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 25, 2024
  • The Liberals know they need to ‘crawl before they run’ when getting provincial deals done, says former Liberal staffer Muhammed Ali. But it's ‘a

Budget’s ‘slow rollout’ pharmacare funding leaves program vulnerable to change in governments, say policy experts

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 25, 2024
  • The Liberals know they need to ‘crawl before they run’ when getting provincial deals done, says former Liberal staffer Muhammed Ali. But it's ‘a
Health Minister Mark Holland unveiled the government’s new Pharmacare Act at Ottawa's Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways

  • The bulk of the budget’s $1.8-billion planned for core research grants won’t flow for several years—making it very contingent on election outcomes. 
Opinion | BY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER | April 25, 2024
Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The budget’s investment in science and research comes in the wake of a concerted advocacy effort, write Sarah Laframboise and Farah Qaiser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways

Opinion | BY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER | April 25, 2024
  • The bulk of the budget’s $1.8-billion planned for core research grants won’t flow for several years—making it very contingent on election outcomes. 

Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways

Opinion | BY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER | April 25, 2024
  • The bulk of the budget’s $1.8-billion planned for core research grants won’t flow for several years—making it very contingent on election outcomes. 
Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne. The budget’s investment in science and research comes in the wake of a concerted advocacy effort, write Sarah Laframboise and Farah Qaiser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What’s in the budget for federal procurement? More money for housing, less for long-term projects

  • Key highlights of the budget concerning procurement include 'strengthening integrity in the public service,' as the ArriveCan scandal unfolds.
News | BY IREM KOCA | April 25, 2024
Budget 2024 gives Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos' department $500-million over five years to launch a new Public Lands Acquisition Fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What’s in the budget for federal procurement? More money for housing, less for long-term projects

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 25, 2024
  • Key highlights of the budget concerning procurement include 'strengthening integrity in the public service,' as the ArriveCan scandal unfolds.

What’s in the budget for federal procurement? More money for housing, less for long-term projects

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 25, 2024
  • Key highlights of the budget concerning procurement include 'strengthening integrity in the public service,' as the ArriveCan scandal unfolds.
Budget 2024 gives Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos' department $500-million over five years to launch a new Public Lands Acquisition Fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Protecting public health care has never been more important

  • National pharmacare will be extended to 3.7 million Canadians with diabetes and nine million Canadians of reproductive age.
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YASIR NAQVI | April 25, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland said 'each and every Canadian should have access to the prescription drugs they need,' when he announced Bill C-64, the Pharmacare Act, on Feb. 29, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Protecting public health care has never been more important

Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YASIR NAQVI | April 25, 2024
  • National pharmacare will be extended to 3.7 million Canadians with diabetes and nine million Canadians of reproductive age.

Protecting public health care has never been more important

Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP YASIR NAQVI | April 25, 2024
  • National pharmacare will be extended to 3.7 million Canadians with diabetes and nine million Canadians of reproductive age.
Health Minister Mark Holland said 'each and every Canadian should have access to the prescription drugs they need,' when he announced Bill C-64, the Pharmacare Act, on Feb. 29, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Budget tour pivots to electric vehicle cash 

  • Plus, StatsCan tackles the productivity gap.
A handful of ministers will hold public events to talk about budget spending on electric vehicles today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Budget tour pivots to electric vehicle cash 

  • Plus, StatsCan tackles the productivity gap.

Politics This Morning: Budget tour pivots to electric vehicle cash 

  • Plus, StatsCan tackles the productivity gap.
A handful of ministers will hold public events to talk about budget spending on electric vehicles today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada is struggling and government is part of the problem

  • Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, JIM MITCHELL | April 24, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus on April 17. Excessive centralization of decision-making in the Prime Minister’s Office has sidelined cabinet, ministers, and the public service, write Kevin Lynch and Jim Mitchell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada is struggling and government is part of the problem

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, JIM MITCHELL | April 24, 2024
  • Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of

Canada is struggling and government is part of the problem

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, JIM MITCHELL | April 24, 2024
  • Federal government spending, public service employment, and the national debt are soaring, but delivery of essential government services is sputtering, and the Bank of
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus on April 17. Excessive centralization of decision-making in the Prime Minister’s Office has sidelined cabinet, ministers, and the public service, write Kevin Lynch and Jim Mitchell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Stop looking abroad for investment success, there is opportunity here at home

  • If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.
Opinion | BY MARY W. ROWE, ZITA COBB | April 24, 2024
Filomena Tassi is the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. The agency offers streamlined, direct-to-business and community placemaking support to help attract visitors and locals to main streets, write Mary W. Rowe and Zita Cobb. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Stop looking abroad for investment success, there is opportunity here at home

Opinion | BY MARY W. ROWE, ZITA COBB | April 24, 2024
  • If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.

Stop looking abroad for investment success, there is opportunity here at home

Opinion | BY MARY W. ROWE, ZITA COBB | April 24, 2024
  • If we want to improve productivity in Canada, we should be investing in our own businesses and essential community infrastructures to support them.
Filomena Tassi is the minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. The agency offers streamlined, direct-to-business and community placemaking support to help attract visitors and locals to main streets, write Mary W. Rowe and Zita Cobb. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

  • ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 24, 2024
Jane Philpott, the former federal health minister and current dean of health sciences at Queen's University, spoke to The Hill Times about how to fix Canada's ailing family health systems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 24, 2024
  • ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 24, 2024
  • ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
Jane Philpott, the former federal health minister and current dean of health sciences at Queen's University, spoke to The Hill Times about how to fix Canada's ailing family health systems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Military mutiny or political collapse: Ukraine is running out of options

  • Ukrainian morale has already taken a battering because of the capricious stop-and-start character of U.S. military and financial aid.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 24, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the city of Bucha on April 4, 2022. The Russians have been building up for a big June offensive, but they might launch it early in the hope of breaking through before the U.S. arms arrive, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the President of Ukraine/Flickr

Military mutiny or political collapse: Ukraine is running out of options

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 24, 2024
  • Ukrainian morale has already taken a battering because of the capricious stop-and-start character of U.S. military and financial aid.

Military mutiny or political collapse: Ukraine is running out of options

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 24, 2024
  • Ukrainian morale has already taken a battering because of the capricious stop-and-start character of U.S. military and financial aid.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the city of Bucha on April 4, 2022. The Russians have been building up for a big June offensive, but they might launch it early in the hope of breaking through before the U.S. arms arrive, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the President of Ukraine/Flickr

Tenants’ advocates warn of landlords ‘double dipping’ into green retrofit fund without greater transparency or strings attached

  • A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
The 2024 budget announced $458-million to provide low-interest loans and grants for energy-efficient affordable housing retrofits, and $800-million over five years to launch a new Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program to support the direct installation of energy efficiency retrofits for Canadian households with low- to median-incomes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tenants’ advocates warn of landlords ‘double dipping’ into green retrofit fund without greater transparency or strings attached

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
  • A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to

Tenants’ advocates warn of landlords ‘double dipping’ into green retrofit fund without greater transparency or strings attached

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 24, 2024
  • A recent survey by ACORN Canada found more than half of 100+ tenants in Alberta-based Avenue Living’s properties saw rent increases of $300 to
The 2024 budget announced $458-million to provide low-interest loans and grants for energy-efficient affordable housing retrofits, and $800-million over five years to launch a new Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program to support the direct installation of energy efficiency retrofits for Canadian households with low- to median-incomes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

  • From an enemy of organized labour, Poilievre now depicts himself as something akin to the saviour of Canada’s workers.
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 24, 2024
As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s use of such themes in varying degrees has resonated with Canada’s working class during a period of high inflation and housing shortages, union leaders have responded with alarm, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 24, 2024
  • From an enemy of organized labour, Poilievre now depicts himself as something akin to the saviour of Canada’s workers.

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 24, 2024
  • From an enemy of organized labour, Poilievre now depicts himself as something akin to the saviour of Canada’s workers.
As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s use of such themes in varying degrees has resonated with Canada’s working class during a period of high inflation and housing shortages, union leaders have responded with alarm, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

  • 'We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,' says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 24, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's calls for more investment in her department were met with a modest response in the recent budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 24, 2024
  • 'We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,' says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 24, 2024
  • 'We needed the Liberals to come forward with some leadership, and I don’t see that in this budget,' says NDP foreign affairs critic Heather
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's calls for more investment in her department were met with a modest response in the recent budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Buried in the budget: a potential breakthrough in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

  • Budget 2024’s support of carbon removal procurement as a climate solution is a welcome breath of fresh air.
Opinion | BY NA’IM MERCHANT | April 24, 2024
Carbon removal solutions permanently clean up the CO2 already in the atmosphere, and UN climate experts agree that carbon removal is an essential solution needed to meet global climate goals, writes Na'im Merchant. Photograph courtesy of Pexels/Johannes Plenio

Buried in the budget: a potential breakthrough in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

Opinion | BY NA’IM MERCHANT | April 24, 2024
  • Budget 2024’s support of carbon removal procurement as a climate solution is a welcome breath of fresh air.

Buried in the budget: a potential breakthrough in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

Opinion | BY NA’IM MERCHANT | April 24, 2024
  • Budget 2024’s support of carbon removal procurement as a climate solution is a welcome breath of fresh air.
Carbon removal solutions permanently clean up the CO2 already in the atmosphere, and UN climate experts agree that carbon removal is an essential solution needed to meet global climate goals, writes Na'im Merchant. Photograph courtesy of Pexels/Johannes Plenio

Feds should act fast on potential judge residency rule repeal

  • Among the 2024 federal budget’s 416-pages are a handful of commitments aimed at tackling the federal judicial appointment backlog. There are currently 65 federal
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 24, 2024
Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani vowed to act 'expeditiously' to address the judicial appointments backlog after he was shuffled into the portfolio last July. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds should act fast on potential judge residency rule repeal

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 24, 2024
  • Among the 2024 federal budget’s 416-pages are a handful of commitments aimed at tackling the federal judicial appointment backlog. There are currently 65 federal

Feds should act fast on potential judge residency rule repeal

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 24, 2024
  • Among the 2024 federal budget’s 416-pages are a handful of commitments aimed at tackling the federal judicial appointment backlog. There are currently 65 federal
Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani vowed to act 'expeditiously' to address the judicial appointments backlog after he was shuffled into the portfolio last July. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

  • My office is still waiting to hear whether the First Nations-led response noted in our reports will be given the utmost consideration.
Opinion | BY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK | April 24, 2024
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks about calls to search the Prairie Green Landfill during a Feb. 15 press conference alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The federal and provincial government each committed $20-million to the effort on March 22. Screenshot courtesy of Global News

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

Opinion | BY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK | April 24, 2024
  • My office is still waiting to hear whether the First Nations-led response noted in our reports will be given the utmost consideration.

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

Opinion | BY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK | April 24, 2024
  • My office is still waiting to hear whether the First Nations-led response noted in our reports will be given the utmost consideration.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks about calls to search the Prairie Green Landfill during a Feb. 15 press conference alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The federal and provincial government each committed $20-million to the effort on March 22. Screenshot courtesy of Global News

Canada going ahead with Ecuador trade talks despite Mexican Embassy raid rebuke

  • The first round of trade talks are planned to begin on April 29, according to Canada and Ecuador.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 23, 2024
International Trade Minister Mary Ng tabled negotiating objectives for trade talks with Ecuador on March 19, which included an investor-state dispute settlement regime, but a recent Ecuadorian referendum vote has reinforced the mechanism as unconstitutional. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada going ahead with Ecuador trade talks despite Mexican Embassy raid rebuke

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 23, 2024
  • The first round of trade talks are planned to begin on April 29, according to Canada and Ecuador.

Canada going ahead with Ecuador trade talks despite Mexican Embassy raid rebuke

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 23, 2024
  • The first round of trade talks are planned to begin on April 29, according to Canada and Ecuador.
International Trade Minister Mary Ng tabled negotiating objectives for trade talks with Ecuador on March 19, which included an investor-state dispute settlement regime, but a recent Ecuadorian referendum vote has reinforced the mechanism as unconstitutional. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Blair goes North

  • Plus, the plastic waste summit gets underway in Ottawa.
Defence Minister Bill Blair is in Northwest Territories this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Blair goes North

  • Plus, the plastic waste summit gets underway in Ottawa.

Politics This Morning: Blair goes North

  • Plus, the plastic waste summit gets underway in Ottawa.
Defence Minister Bill Blair is in Northwest Territories this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

  • A court case about voter privacy rights in B.C. begins this week against the backdrop of a data ‘arms race’ by the federal political
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 22, 2024
The parties led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, are fighting side-by-side in court this week in a judicial review over how their parties use Canadian voters' personal data. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 22, 2024
  • A court case about voter privacy rights in B.C. begins this week against the backdrop of a data ‘arms race’ by the federal political

Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 22, 2024
  • A court case about voter privacy rights in B.C. begins this week against the backdrop of a data ‘arms race’ by the federal political
The parties led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, are fighting side-by-side in court this week in a judicial review over how their parties use Canadian voters' personal data. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Sustainable development, here and now

  • Universities across Canada are generating solutions to support green technology development and deployment.  
Opinion | BY PIERRE COSSETTE | April 22, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget made welcome investments in research that will allow us to do more, writes Pierre Cossette. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sustainable development, here and now

Opinion | BY PIERRE COSSETTE | April 22, 2024
  • Universities across Canada are generating solutions to support green technology development and deployment.  

Sustainable development, here and now

Opinion | BY PIERRE COSSETTE | April 22, 2024
  • Universities across Canada are generating solutions to support green technology development and deployment.  
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget made welcome investments in research that will allow us to do more, writes Pierre Cossette. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rally to end plastic pollution

Demonstrators march along Wellington Street on April 21, 2024, before Earth Day to call for the end of plastic pollution. The March to End the Plastic Era comes the week a United Nations negotiating committee on plastic pollution meets in Ottawa for its fourth session. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Rally to end plastic pollution

Rally to end plastic pollution

Demonstrators march along Wellington Street on April 21, 2024, before Earth Day to call for the end of plastic pollution. The March to End the Plastic Era comes the week a United Nations negotiating committee on plastic pollution meets in Ottawa for its fourth session. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Rallying against the blaze: uniting Canadians to fight climate change

  • There is an urgent need to address climate change, the root cause of the wildfire crisis, across all jurisdictions.
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, KATHLEEN ROSS | April 22, 2024
An aerial view of the Donnie Creek Complex fire in northern British Columbia on May 27, 2023. We recently learned that more than 150 of last year’s blazes continue to burn in Alberta, B.C., and the Northwest Territories, write Independent Senator Rosa Galvez and Dr. Kathleen Ross. Photograph courtesy of the B.C. Wildfire Service

Rallying against the blaze: uniting Canadians to fight climate change

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, KATHLEEN ROSS | April 22, 2024
  • There is an urgent need to address climate change, the root cause of the wildfire crisis, across all jurisdictions.

Rallying against the blaze: uniting Canadians to fight climate change

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, KATHLEEN ROSS | April 22, 2024
  • There is an urgent need to address climate change, the root cause of the wildfire crisis, across all jurisdictions.
An aerial view of the Donnie Creek Complex fire in northern British Columbia on May 27, 2023. We recently learned that more than 150 of last year’s blazes continue to burn in Alberta, B.C., and the Northwest Territories, write Independent Senator Rosa Galvez and Dr. Kathleen Ross. Photograph courtesy of the B.C. Wildfire Service

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

  • Canadian politicians at all levels have a choice: continue supporting a still-lucrative but damaging fossil fuel industry, or summon the courage and foresight to
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 22, 2024
The slowing sale of EVs lends ballast to an indirect campaign by Big Oil, and its enablers, to undermine the transition away from gasoline, with torqued reports about the supposed unreliability of EVs in cold climates, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 22, 2024
  • Canadian politicians at all levels have a choice: continue supporting a still-lucrative but damaging fossil fuel industry, or summon the courage and foresight to

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 22, 2024
  • Canadian politicians at all levels have a choice: continue supporting a still-lucrative but damaging fossil fuel industry, or summon the courage and foresight to
The slowing sale of EVs lends ballast to an indirect campaign by Big Oil, and its enablers, to undermine the transition away from gasoline, with torqued reports about the supposed unreliability of EVs in cold climates, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

There’s ‘no Plexiglass between our borders’ protecting Canada from global authoritarian sentiment, ex-judge warns

  • Former Supreme Court justice Rosalie Silberman Abella told a McGill panel the global community had demonstrated few consequences for countries that departed from the
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 22, 2024
Former U.S. president Donald Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 election is an example of the ideological division and political dysfunction in the country 'rightly regarded as the motherlode of democracy,' said former Indian high commissioner to Canada Vikas Swarup. Wikimedia Commons photograph

There’s ‘no Plexiglass between our borders’ protecting Canada from global authoritarian sentiment, ex-judge warns

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 22, 2024
  • Former Supreme Court justice Rosalie Silberman Abella told a McGill panel the global community had demonstrated few consequences for countries that departed from the

There’s ‘no Plexiglass between our borders’ protecting Canada from global authoritarian sentiment, ex-judge warns

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 22, 2024
  • Former Supreme Court justice Rosalie Silberman Abella told a McGill panel the global community had demonstrated few consequences for countries that departed from the
Former U.S. president Donald Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 election is an example of the ideological division and political dysfunction in the country 'rightly regarded as the motherlode of democracy,' said former Indian high commissioner to Canada Vikas Swarup. Wikimedia Commons photograph

Feds give CBC a budget boost

  • Fasten your seatbelts. Canada is in for a long election run.
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | April 22, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland inside the budget lockup in Ottawa on April 16, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds give CBC a budget boost

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | April 22, 2024
  • Fasten your seatbelts. Canada is in for a long election run.

Feds give CBC a budget boost

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | April 22, 2024
  • Fasten your seatbelts. Canada is in for a long election run.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland inside the budget lockup in Ottawa on April 16, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Cyber threat ‘continuously evolving,’ with autocratic states posing ‘greatest strategic cyber threat to Canada,’ Senate committee hears

  • Between malicious cyber activities and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, Russia has long employed 'a broader hybrid toolkit to achieve its geopolitical and military objectives globally,'
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 22, 2024
Sami Khoury, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security at the Communications Security Establishment, left; Tara Denham, director general, Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion with Global Affairs Canada; and Marcus Kolga, director, DisinfoWatch and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada, X

Cyber threat ‘continuously evolving,’ with autocratic states posing ‘greatest strategic cyber threat to Canada,’ Senate committee hears

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 22, 2024
  • Between malicious cyber activities and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, Russia has long employed 'a broader hybrid toolkit to achieve its geopolitical and military objectives globally,'

Cyber threat ‘continuously evolving,’ with autocratic states posing ‘greatest strategic cyber threat to Canada,’ Senate committee hears

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 22, 2024
  • Between malicious cyber activities and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, Russia has long employed 'a broader hybrid toolkit to achieve its geopolitical and military objectives globally,'
Sami Khoury, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security at the Communications Security Establishment, left; Tara Denham, director general, Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion with Global Affairs Canada; and Marcus Kolga, director, DisinfoWatch and senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada, X

Politics This Morning: Canadians think Poilievre’s a problem solver

  • Plus, the government's post-budget tour focuses on youth entrepreneurship.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was rated more favourably than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in recent polling by Abacus Data. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Canadians think Poilievre’s a problem solver

  • Plus, the government's post-budget tour focuses on youth entrepreneurship.

Politics This Morning: Canadians think Poilievre’s a problem solver

  • Plus, the government's post-budget tour focuses on youth entrepreneurship.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was rated more favourably than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in recent polling by Abacus Data. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

To stop plastic pollution, stop producing it

  • At the 2023 Global Plastics Treaty negotiation session in Nairobi, the fossil fuel and chemical industry’s lobbyists outnumbering the combined delegates from 70 of
Opinion | BY NICKY DAVIES AND AME TRANDEM | April 22, 2024
This is a historic opportunity for the Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution by addressing everything from fossil fuel extraction to disposal, write Nicky Davies and Ame Trandem. Image courtesy of Pixabay

To stop plastic pollution, stop producing it

Opinion | BY NICKY DAVIES AND AME TRANDEM | April 22, 2024
  • At the 2023 Global Plastics Treaty negotiation session in Nairobi, the fossil fuel and chemical industry’s lobbyists outnumbering the combined delegates from 70 of

To stop plastic pollution, stop producing it

Opinion | BY NICKY DAVIES AND AME TRANDEM | April 22, 2024
  • At the 2023 Global Plastics Treaty negotiation session in Nairobi, the fossil fuel and chemical industry’s lobbyists outnumbering the combined delegates from 70 of
This is a historic opportunity for the Global Plastics Treaty to reduce plastic pollution by addressing everything from fossil fuel extraction to disposal, write Nicky Davies and Ame Trandem. Image courtesy of Pixabay
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Ng to lead trade mission to South Korea

  • SUNDAY, APRIL 21—THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Minister Ng to Lead Trade Mission to South Korea—Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion and Economic Development Mary Ng will lead
International Trade Minister Mary Ng is leading a Team Canada trade mission to South Korea from Sunday, April 21, to Thursday, April 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ng to lead trade mission to South Korea

  • SUNDAY, APRIL 21—THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Minister Ng to Lead Trade Mission to South Korea—Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion and Economic Development Mary Ng will lead

Ng to lead trade mission to South Korea

  • SUNDAY, APRIL 21—THURSDAY, APRIL 25 Minister Ng to Lead Trade Mission to South Korea—Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion and Economic Development Mary Ng will lead
International Trade Minister Mary Ng is leading a Team Canada trade mission to South Korea from Sunday, April 21, to Thursday, April 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Spring has sprung, so have lots of books

  • Plus, Ottawa International Writers' Festival showcases Gwynne Dyer, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and more; Mark Carney to speak in Toronto; Liberal MP Marc Serré highlights
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 22, 2024
Crosses in the Sky, by Mark Bourrie; The Peace, by Romeo Dallaire, with Jessica Dee Humphreys; Prison Born, by Robin F. Hansen; and The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and Controversies, edited by Peter L. Biro. Book covers courtesy of Biblioasis, McGill-Queen's University Press, the University of Regina Press, and Penguin Random House Canada

Spring has sprung, so have lots of books

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 22, 2024
  • Plus, Ottawa International Writers' Festival showcases Gwynne Dyer, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and more; Mark Carney to speak in Toronto; Liberal MP Marc Serré highlights

Spring has sprung, so have lots of books

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 22, 2024
  • Plus, Ottawa International Writers' Festival showcases Gwynne Dyer, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, and more; Mark Carney to speak in Toronto; Liberal MP Marc Serré highlights
Crosses in the Sky, by Mark Bourrie; The Peace, by Romeo Dallaire, with Jessica Dee Humphreys; Prison Born, by Robin F. Hansen; and The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and Controversies, edited by Peter L. Biro. Book covers courtesy of Biblioasis, McGill-Queen's University Press, the University of Regina Press, and Penguin Random House Canada

We are on the path to legal singularity

  • The following is an excerpt from The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better, one of the five books shortlisted for
FeatureBY ABDI AIDID AND BENJAMIN ALARIE | April 22, 2024
The Legal Singularity is important and timely book that will generate a meaningful conversation about AI and its role in the pursuit of justice, writes the Donner Prize Foundation. University of Toronto Press

We are on the path to legal singularity

FeatureBY ABDI AIDID AND BENJAMIN ALARIE | April 22, 2024
  • The following is an excerpt from The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better, one of the five books shortlisted for

We are on the path to legal singularity

FeatureBY ABDI AIDID AND BENJAMIN ALARIE | April 22, 2024
  • The following is an excerpt from The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better, one of the five books shortlisted for
The Legal Singularity is important and timely book that will generate a meaningful conversation about AI and its role in the pursuit of justice, writes the Donner Prize Foundation. University of Toronto Press

Liberal MP Hepfner may have to duke it out with NDP MPP Monique Taylor in ‘progressive bellwether’ riding of Hamilton Mountain in 2025, say Liberal and NDP insiders

  • The southern Ontario riding could show whether the left-of-centre vote is coalescing behind the Liberals to stop the Conservatives, or is splitting, says Darrell
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 19, 2024
Lisa Hepfner, second from left, pictured with Conservative MP Glen Motz, Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings, and NDP MP Alastair MacGregor. Hepfner could face off against four-term Ontario NDP MPP Monique Taylor in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal MP Hepfner may have to duke it out with NDP MPP Monique Taylor in ‘progressive bellwether’ riding of Hamilton Mountain in 2025, say Liberal and NDP insiders

News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 19, 2024
  • The southern Ontario riding could show whether the left-of-centre vote is coalescing behind the Liberals to stop the Conservatives, or is splitting, says Darrell

Liberal MP Hepfner may have to duke it out with NDP MPP Monique Taylor in ‘progressive bellwether’ riding of Hamilton Mountain in 2025, say Liberal and NDP insiders

News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 19, 2024
  • The southern Ontario riding could show whether the left-of-centre vote is coalescing behind the Liberals to stop the Conservatives, or is splitting, says Darrell
Lisa Hepfner, second from left, pictured with Conservative MP Glen Motz, Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings, and NDP MP Alastair MacGregor. Hepfner could face off against four-term Ontario NDP MPP Monique Taylor in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Health officials testify on Winnipeg Lab scandal

  • Plus, a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer is on the way.
The West Block. Canada's Parliament is looking for a new poet laureate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Health officials testify on Winnipeg Lab scandal

  • Plus, a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer is on the way.

Politics This Morning: Health officials testify on Winnipeg Lab scandal

  • Plus, a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer is on the way.
The West Block. Canada's Parliament is looking for a new poet laureate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Predicting Poilievre’s foreign policy plans

  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s challenge will be avoiding ideologies and instead relying on policy realism for his foreign affairs approach.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 18, 2024
If Pierre Poilievre becomes prime minister, he could build our foreign policy on tact, soft diplomacy, negotiations, and dialogue. That won’t happen though, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. He is apt to label those kinds of things as too ‘woke.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Predicting Poilievre’s foreign policy plans

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 18, 2024
  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s challenge will be avoiding ideologies and instead relying on policy realism for his foreign affairs approach.

Predicting Poilievre’s foreign policy plans

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 18, 2024
  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s challenge will be avoiding ideologies and instead relying on policy realism for his foreign affairs approach.
If Pierre Poilievre becomes prime minister, he could build our foreign policy on tact, soft diplomacy, negotiations, and dialogue. That won’t happen though, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. He is apt to label those kinds of things as too ‘woke.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

  • The Liberals made it ‘eminently clear’ the change to capital gains tax ‘is a fight that they want,’ says former Liberal staffer Carlene Variyan.
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 18, 2024
On April 16, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her fourth budget, which proposed $52.9-billion in new spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 18, 2024
  • The Liberals made it ‘eminently clear’ the change to capital gains tax ‘is a fight that they want,’ says former Liberal staffer Carlene Variyan.

Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | April 18, 2024
  • The Liberals made it ‘eminently clear’ the change to capital gains tax ‘is a fight that they want,’ says former Liberal staffer Carlene Variyan.
On April 16, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled her fourth budget, which proposed $52.9-billion in new spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

  • The National Trade Corridor Fund needs to be urgently recapitalized for our economic prosperity as Canada lags behind on national transportation infrastructure strategies.
Opinion | BY LINDSAY KISLOCK | April 18, 2024
Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser speaks in the House of Commons foyer in December 2023. Significant allocations towards upgrading our trade infrastructure are not only desirable, but also imperative, writes Lindsay Kislock. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

Opinion | BY LINDSAY KISLOCK | April 18, 2024
  • The National Trade Corridor Fund needs to be urgently recapitalized for our economic prosperity as Canada lags behind on national transportation infrastructure strategies.

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

Opinion | BY LINDSAY KISLOCK | April 18, 2024
  • The National Trade Corridor Fund needs to be urgently recapitalized for our economic prosperity as Canada lags behind on national transportation infrastructure strategies.
Infrastructure Minister Sean Fraser speaks in the House of Commons foyer in December 2023. Significant allocations towards upgrading our trade infrastructure are not only desirable, but also imperative, writes Lindsay Kislock. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations and the right to say yes

  • The Trudeau government needs to start hearing 'yes' when First Nations say it. 
Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS | April 18, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Hill. The Trudeau government has habitually turned a deaf ear to 'yes' from First Nations when it comes to resource development, writes Conservative Senator David Wells. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations and the right to say yes

Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS | April 18, 2024
  • The Trudeau government needs to start hearing 'yes' when First Nations say it. 

First Nations and the right to say yes

Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS | April 18, 2024
  • The Trudeau government needs to start hearing 'yes' when First Nations say it. 
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Hill. The Trudeau government has habitually turned a deaf ear to 'yes' from First Nations when it comes to resource development, writes Conservative Senator David Wells. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Modi expected to win India’s election

  • The idea that all Hindus share the same grievances and goals is just ‘culture-war’ lies, and caste is finally taking its rightful place on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 18, 2024
India’s 200 million Muslims—about one-seventh of the population—are now deliberately targeted by Narendra Modi’s militantly Hindu Indian People’s Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Modi expected to win India’s election

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 18, 2024
  • The idea that all Hindus share the same grievances and goals is just ‘culture-war’ lies, and caste is finally taking its rightful place on

Modi expected to win India’s election

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 18, 2024
  • The idea that all Hindus share the same grievances and goals is just ‘culture-war’ lies, and caste is finally taking its rightful place on
India’s 200 million Muslims—about one-seventh of the population—are now deliberately targeted by Narendra Modi’s militantly Hindu Indian People’s Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Politics This Morning: The budget debate begins

  • Plus, Poilievre drums up cash among the have-yachts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Christie Freeland will kick off the debate on their budget in the House today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: The budget debate begins

  • Plus, Poilievre drums up cash among the have-yachts.

Politics This Morning: The budget debate begins

  • Plus, Poilievre drums up cash among the have-yachts.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Christie Freeland will kick off the debate on their budget in the House today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

ArriveCan contractor admits ‘mistakes,’ faces historic public rebuke in Parliament; RCMP search contractor’s home day before House admonishment

  • After being admonished in the House of Commons on April 17, ArriveCan contractor Kristian Firth confirms the RCMP searched his property, but that it
News | BY IREM KOCA | April 17, 2024
Kristian Firth, managing partner of GC Strategies, pictured April 17, 2024, at the bar in the House of Commons. Firth was admonished by the House Speaker and was forced to answer MPs' questions about his company's government contract for the ArriveCan app. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

ArriveCan contractor admits ‘mistakes,’ faces historic public rebuke in Parliament; RCMP search contractor’s home day before House admonishment

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 17, 2024
  • After being admonished in the House of Commons on April 17, ArriveCan contractor Kristian Firth confirms the RCMP searched his property, but that it

ArriveCan contractor admits ‘mistakes,’ faces historic public rebuke in Parliament; RCMP search contractor’s home day before House admonishment

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 17, 2024
  • After being admonished in the House of Commons on April 17, ArriveCan contractor Kristian Firth confirms the RCMP searched his property, but that it
Kristian Firth, managing partner of GC Strategies, pictured April 17, 2024, at the bar in the House of Commons. Firth was admonished by the House Speaker and was forced to answer MPs' questions about his company's government contract for the ArriveCan app. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Bill 21 should be quickly repealed

  • The Canadian government should stand firmly with those citizens who are working to reinstate their civil rights. Bill 21 is a discriminatory law that has moved
Opinion | BY FRANK BAYLIS | April 17, 2024
The Veritas (Truth) statue outside the Supreme Court of Canada building in Ottawa. Quebec's Bill 21 removes fundamental rights from its citizens. Now we will see what the Supreme Court has to say about this, writes Frank Baylis. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Bill 21 should be quickly repealed

Opinion | BY FRANK BAYLIS | April 17, 2024
  • The Canadian government should stand firmly with those citizens who are working to reinstate their civil rights. Bill 21 is a discriminatory law that has moved

Bill 21 should be quickly repealed

Opinion | BY FRANK BAYLIS | April 17, 2024
  • The Canadian government should stand firmly with those citizens who are working to reinstate their civil rights. Bill 21 is a discriminatory law that has moved
The Veritas (Truth) statue outside the Supreme Court of Canada building in Ottawa. Quebec's Bill 21 removes fundamental rights from its citizens. Now we will see what the Supreme Court has to say about this, writes Frank Baylis. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

How women are helping deliver a healthier, polio-free world

  • Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy invests in empowering women, and addressing barriers to ensure girls and boys have equal access to critical services.
Opinion | BY JENNIFER JONES, STEPHANIE URCHICK | April 17, 2024
Women health workers—like this dedicated polio team in Karachi, Pakistan—are vital to stopping polio worldwide. Khaula Jamil photograph courtesy of Rotary International

How women are helping deliver a healthier, polio-free world

Opinion | BY JENNIFER JONES, STEPHANIE URCHICK | April 17, 2024
  • Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy invests in empowering women, and addressing barriers to ensure girls and boys have equal access to critical services.

How women are helping deliver a healthier, polio-free world

Opinion | BY JENNIFER JONES, STEPHANIE URCHICK | April 17, 2024
  • Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy invests in empowering women, and addressing barriers to ensure girls and boys have equal access to critical services.
Women health workers—like this dedicated polio team in Karachi, Pakistan—are vital to stopping polio worldwide. Khaula Jamil photograph courtesy of Rotary International

How should we prepare for the unpredictable? Talk to Americans

  • It’s time for more Canadian CEOs to talk to Americans, find out what’s on their minds, see how we fit into that agenda, and
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN | April 17, 2024
When it comes to corporate Canada, the sad fact is too many of our CEOs don't spend enough time in Washington. Most either delegate the responsibility to lobbyists or, when they do go to D.C., they tend to do so as part of a delegation, write Paul Deegan and Kevin Lynch. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

How should we prepare for the unpredictable? Talk to Americans

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN | April 17, 2024
  • It’s time for more Canadian CEOs to talk to Americans, find out what’s on their minds, see how we fit into that agenda, and

How should we prepare for the unpredictable? Talk to Americans

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN | April 17, 2024
  • It’s time for more Canadian CEOs to talk to Americans, find out what’s on their minds, see how we fit into that agenda, and
When it comes to corporate Canada, the sad fact is too many of our CEOs don't spend enough time in Washington. Most either delegate the responsibility to lobbyists or, when they do go to D.C., they tend to do so as part of a delegation, write Paul Deegan and Kevin Lynch. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Politicians, press, and politicos pack The Mét for post-budget pints

  • iPolitics and Earnscliffe hosted their annual post-budget day bash at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16, and it was fun.
FeatureBY STUART BENSON | April 17, 2024
City News’ Glen McGregor, left, freelance journalist Teresa Wright, and Marco Vigliotti, editor-in-chief for iPolitics Canada, at the post-budget reception hosted by iPolitics and Earnscliffe Strategies at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Politicians, press, and politicos pack The Mét for post-budget pints

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | April 17, 2024
  • iPolitics and Earnscliffe hosted their annual post-budget day bash at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16, and it was fun.

Politicians, press, and politicos pack The Mét for post-budget pints

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | April 17, 2024
  • iPolitics and Earnscliffe hosted their annual post-budget day bash at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16, and it was fun.
City News’ Glen McGregor, left, freelance journalist Teresa Wright, and Marco Vigliotti, editor-in-chief for iPolitics Canada, at the post-budget reception hosted by iPolitics and Earnscliffe Strategies at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Fresh hires in offices of PM Trudeau and ministers Wilkinson, Valdez

  • For her part, Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez has added a new Quebec regional affairs adviser to her team, Camille Leblanc.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 17, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez have fresh faces in their respective offices. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Fresh hires in offices of PM Trudeau and ministers Wilkinson, Valdez

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 17, 2024
  • For her part, Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez has added a new Quebec regional affairs adviser to her team, Camille Leblanc.

Fresh hires in offices of PM Trudeau and ministers Wilkinson, Valdez

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 17, 2024
  • For her part, Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez has added a new Quebec regional affairs adviser to her team, Camille Leblanc.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and Small Business Minister Rechie Valdez have fresh faces in their respective offices. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

National surgical wait times strategy needed

  • The long waits lead to more pain and suffering, further deterioration of joints, more challenging surgeries, and increased costs to the health system and
Opinion | BY TRISH BARBATO | April 17, 2024
Health Minister Mark Holland and the federal government have a key role to play in co-ordinating efforts across jurisdictions and holding them accountable for meeting agreed-upon targets, writes Trish Barbato. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

National surgical wait times strategy needed

Opinion | BY TRISH BARBATO | April 17, 2024
  • The long waits lead to more pain and suffering, further deterioration of joints, more challenging surgeries, and increased costs to the health system and

National surgical wait times strategy needed

Opinion | BY TRISH BARBATO | April 17, 2024
  • The long waits lead to more pain and suffering, further deterioration of joints, more challenging surgeries, and increased costs to the health system and
Health Minister Mark Holland and the federal government have a key role to play in co-ordinating efforts across jurisdictions and holding them accountable for meeting agreed-upon targets, writes Trish Barbato. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Procurement watchdog to probe ‘bait and switch’ practices across departments amid ArriveCan revelations

  • Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic's January report found most of the subcontractors pitched to secure a contract with the government on the ArriveCan application did
News | BY IREM KOCA | April 17, 2024
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic answers questions from MPs at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee on Jan. 31. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Procurement watchdog to probe ‘bait and switch’ practices across departments amid ArriveCan revelations

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 17, 2024
  • Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic's January report found most of the subcontractors pitched to secure a contract with the government on the ArriveCan application did

Procurement watchdog to probe ‘bait and switch’ practices across departments amid ArriveCan revelations

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 17, 2024
  • Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic's January report found most of the subcontractors pitched to secure a contract with the government on the ArriveCan application did
Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic answers questions from MPs at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee on Jan. 31. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

  • MPs accepted travel worth more than $850,000 in 2023, including from lobby groups, foreign governments, and non-government organizations.
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 17, 2024
Liberal MPs Kody Blois, top left, Valerie Bradford, and George Chahal, and Conservative MPs Scott Aitchison, top right, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Shelby Kramp-Neuman, and Jasraj Singh Hallan are among those who received sponsored travel from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs last year. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 17, 2024
  • MPs accepted travel worth more than $850,000 in 2023, including from lobby groups, foreign governments, and non-government organizations.

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 17, 2024
  • MPs accepted travel worth more than $850,000 in 2023, including from lobby groups, foreign governments, and non-government organizations.
Liberal MPs Kody Blois, top left, Valerie Bradford, and George Chahal, and Conservative MPs Scott Aitchison, top right, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Shelby Kramp-Neuman, and Jasraj Singh Hallan are among those who received sponsored travel from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs last year. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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