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The office of Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, had no comment last week on the new U.S. national security strategy, but former federal Conservative minister Peter MacKay, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna, and former federal Liberal minister Lloyd Axworthy all criticize the document. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and handout courtesy Frank McKenna
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, pictured Oct. 20, 2025, at the Senate National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs Committee, have committed to hiring additional officers in the RCMP, which is currently experiencing a 7.7 per cent total vacancy rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, pictured Oct. 20, 2025, at the Senate National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs Committee, have committed to hiring additional officers in the RCMP, which is currently experiencing a 7.7 per cent total vacancy rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
Gary Anandasangaree
There are ‘significant constitutional deficiencies that need to be rectified’ in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-8, says researcher Kate Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
Gary Anandasangaree
There are ‘significant constitutional deficiencies that need to be rectified’ in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-8, says researcher Kate Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 22, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in August he planned to consult recognized party leaders on candidates for the promised Foreign Interference Transparency Registry before Parliament returned, but neither those consultations nor the registry have materialized. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 22, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 22, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in August he planned to consult recognized party leaders on candidates for the promised Foreign Interference Transparency Registry before Parliament returned, but neither those consultations nor the registry have materialized. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 14, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 14, 2025
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 14, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
Liam Óg Ó aHnnaidh, centre, a member of the Irish rap trio Kneecap, leaves a U.K. court on Sept. 26, following the dismissal of his terrorism charges for waving a Hezbollah flag. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
Liam Óg Ó aHnnaidh, centre, a member of the Irish rap trio Kneecap, leaves a U.K. court on Sept. 26, following the dismissal of his terrorism charges for waving a Hezbollah flag. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 27, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, left, and president of the National Police Federation Brian Sauvé. As part of his union's electoral asks, Mr. Sauvé is calling for the next federal government to increase training capacity, prioritize equipment modernization, and increase access to mental health supports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the National Police Federation
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 27, 2021
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 27, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, left, and president of the National Police Federation Brian Sauvé. As part of his union's electoral asks, Mr. Sauvé is calling for the next federal government to increase training capacity, prioritize equipment modernization, and increase access to mental health supports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the National Police Federation
News | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 3, 2021
The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, which included Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard, left, Salma Ataullahjan, and Kim Pate, conducted a study into the human rights of federally sentenced persons. Photographs courtesy of Senator Bernards office, Senate of Canada and Andrew Meade
News | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 3, 2021
News | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 3, 2021
The Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, which included Senators Wanda Thomas Bernard, left, Salma Ataullahjan, and Kim Pate, conducted a study into the human rights of federally sentenced persons. Photographs courtesy of Senator Bernards office, Senate of Canada and Andrew Meade
If the federal government and prime minister are serious about making meaningful changes, it cannot continue to ignore the plight of Indigenous people serving sentences abroad, like Charman Smith—pictured at a June 2 virtual press conference—who’ve been forcibly confined and displaced, write Kim Beaudin and Justin Piché. Screenshot courtesy of APTN
If the federal government and prime minister are serious about making meaningful changes, it cannot continue to ignore the plight of Indigenous people serving sentences abroad, like Charman Smith—pictured at a June 2 virtual press conference—who’ve been forcibly confined and displaced, write Kim Beaudin and Justin Piché. Screenshot courtesy of APTN
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 16, 2021
Current Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured left during an October 2020 press conference, and former leader Stephen Harper, pictured during a 2015 campaign stop in New Brunswick. If O'Toole doesn’t attempt to make amends for his part in Islamophobic Conservative policies, good luck with that election win he seeks, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photograph
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 16, 2021
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 16, 2021
Current Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured left during an October 2020 press conference, and former leader Stephen Harper, pictured during a 2015 campaign stop in New Brunswick. If O'Toole doesn’t attempt to make amends for his part in Islamophobic Conservative policies, good luck with that election win he seeks, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photograph
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 12, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair’s office says he is working closely with the Correctional Service of Canada to finalize ‘a path forward as quickly as possible’ so the new SIU system is ‘working as intended.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 12, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 12, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair’s office says he is working closely with the Correctional Service of Canada to finalize ‘a path forward as quickly as possible’ so the new SIU system is ‘working as intended.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 12, 2021
It is not unusual for a prime minister to do some cabinet-making before heading to the polls. If it does happen this summer, it will be yet another sign an election is coming, writes Tim Powers, who agrees Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair should be on their way out. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 12, 2021
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 12, 2021
It is not unusual for a prime minister to do some cabinet-making before heading to the polls. If it does happen this summer, it will be yet another sign an election is coming, writes Tim Powers, who agrees Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair should be on their way out. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY AARON SHULL | May 5, 2021
Privacy is a fundamental human right. It goes to the core of our being. Privacy reinforces security, and national security reinforces privacy, writes Aaron Shull. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY AARON SHULL | May 5, 2021
Opinion | BY AARON SHULL | May 5, 2021
Privacy is a fundamental human right. It goes to the core of our being. Privacy reinforces security, and national security reinforces privacy, writes Aaron Shull. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
News | BY ALICE CHEN | May 5, 2021
Liberal MP Hedy Fry has been a long-time advocate for sex workers. She said that she's in support of a 2013 court ruling that found the old sex work laws to be unconstitutional and that tackling exploitation and organized crime can be done at the same time as making sex work more of a labour issue than a criminal one. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY ALICE CHEN | May 5, 2021
News | BY ALICE CHEN | May 5, 2021
Liberal MP Hedy Fry has been a long-time advocate for sex workers. She said that she's in support of a 2013 court ruling that found the old sex work laws to be unconstitutional and that tackling exploitation and organized crime can be done at the same time as making sex work more of a labour issue than a criminal one. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY HELEN FORSEY | April 5, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. Scandal continues to brew over the Correctional Service Canada's plan to convert its two Kingston-area prison farms into an industrial dairy goat operation for the commercial market, writes Helen Forsey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HELEN FORSEY | April 5, 2021
Opinion | BY HELEN FORSEY | April 5, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. Scandal continues to brew over the Correctional Service Canada's plan to convert its two Kingston-area prison farms into an industrial dairy goat operation for the commercial market, writes Helen Forsey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 1, 2021
NDP MP Jenny Kwan, left, and Independent Senator Mobina Jaffer, right, say Ottawa should act on a motion that earned unanimous support in the House to create and properly fund dedicated hate crime units in every community in Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 1, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 1, 2021
NDP MP Jenny Kwan, left, and Independent Senator Mobina Jaffer, right, say Ottawa should act on a motion that earned unanimous support in the House to create and properly fund dedicated hate crime units in every community in Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | March 8, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has been the face of the government's gun control agenda since the last election. His long-awaited bill to make good on the party's gun control promises from that election campaign has been harshly criticized by advocates on both sides of the issue. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | March 8, 2021
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | March 8, 2021
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has been the face of the government's gun control agenda since the last election. His long-awaited bill to make good on the party's gun control promises from that election campaign has been harshly criticized by advocates on both sides of the issue. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 24, 2021
Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 24, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 24, 2021
Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade