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Framed as measures to manage intake, enhance border security, and improve efficiency, some provisions in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-12 go much further, write Ratna Omidvar and Allan Rock The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 23, 2025
Minister Lena Metlege Diab oversees Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, which is forecasting a 30 per cent cut in spending over the next three years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 23, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 23, 2025
Minister Lena Metlege Diab oversees Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, which is forecasting a 30 per cent cut in spending over the next three years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 23, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree told the House on June 11 that Bill C-2 would 'go after transnational child sex offenders' and also 'choke off organized crime's illegal profits with a crackdown on money laundering,' and 'grant our border officer provisions to search export containers and stop auto theft rings.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 23, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 23, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree told the House on June 11 that Bill C-2 would 'go after transnational child sex offenders' and also 'choke off organized crime's illegal profits with a crackdown on money laundering,' and 'grant our border officer provisions to search export containers and stop auto theft rings.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 22, 2025
Salma Mohammed, left, with her four-year-old son, Mohammed Mostafa, who is a Canadian citizen who has been unable to leave Sudan. Photograph courtesy of Salma Mohammed
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 22, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 22, 2025
Salma Mohammed, left, with her four-year-old son, Mohammed Mostafa, who is a Canadian citizen who has been unable to leave Sudan. Photograph courtesy of Salma Mohammed
Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Canada’s policy framework needs to be revisited considering the recent geopolitical realities affecting Ukraine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Canada’s policy framework needs to be revisited considering the recent geopolitical realities affecting Ukraine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 29, 2025
Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced the government’s new immigration plans last October, in an effort to slow down population growth and relieve pressure on the housing market. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 29, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 29, 2025
Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced the government’s new immigration plans last October, in an effort to slow down population growth and relieve pressure on the housing market. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | April 13, 2016
Opinion | April 13, 2016
Opinion | April 13, 2016
Opinion | BY ROUBA AL-FATTAL | April 11, 2016
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Immigration Minister John McCallum, and Health Minister Jane Philpott, are pictured Nov. 19, at a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan with a UNHCR staffer. Photograph courtesy of Immigration Canada
Opinion | BY ROUBA AL-FATTAL | April 11, 2016
Opinion | BY ROUBA AL-FATTAL | April 11, 2016
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Immigration Minister John McCallum, and Health Minister Jane Philpott, are pictured Nov. 19, at a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan with a UNHCR staffer. Photograph courtesy of Immigration Canada
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 11, 2016
Syrian refugees, pictured Sept. 2, 2015, arriving in Greece by boat. The Hill Times photograph by Fernando Del Borro
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 11, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 11, 2016
Syrian refugees, pictured Sept. 2, 2015, arriving in Greece by boat. The Hill Times photograph by Fernando Del Borro
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 4, 2016
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Immigration Minister John McCallum, and Health Minister Jane Philpott, are pictured Nov. 19, at a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan with a UNHCR staffer. Photograph courtesy of Immigration Canada
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 4, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 4, 2016
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, left, Immigration Minister John McCallum, and Health Minister Jane Philpott, are pictured Nov. 19, at a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan with a UNHCR staffer. Photograph courtesy of Immigration Canada
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 4, 2016
Justin Trudeau mishandled a delicate issue last week when he tried to explain why unemployed oil sector workers in Edmonton are not eligible for enriched EI benefits, while their colleagues in Calgary are. Sounding more like Harper than the Care Bear, Trudeau said it was a matter of 'cold, hard mathematics.' The Hill Times photograph Jake Wright
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 4, 2016
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 4, 2016
Justin Trudeau mishandled a delicate issue last week when he tried to explain why unemployed oil sector workers in Edmonton are not eligible for enriched EI benefits, while their colleagues in Calgary are. Sounding more like Harper than the Care Bear, Trudeau said it was a matter of 'cold, hard mathematics.' The Hill Times photograph Jake Wright
Opinion | March 14, 2016
Opinion | March 14, 2016
Opinion | March 14, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 14, 2016
Rookie Liberal MP Geng Tan and his constituency office staff mentored Syrian refugee Shoghig Bedros for two months and she found a paid job. Mr. Tan is encouraging other MPs to do the same. Photograph courtesy of Liberal MP Geng Tan
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 14, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 14, 2016
Rookie Liberal MP Geng Tan and his constituency office staff mentored Syrian refugee Shoghig Bedros for two months and she found a paid job. Mr. Tan is encouraging other MPs to do the same. Photograph courtesy of Liberal MP Geng Tan
Opinion | BY BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN | March 7, 2016
Opinion | BY BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN | March 7, 2016
Opinion | BY BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN | March 7, 2016
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 7, 2016
Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Canadians want action on an economy that is turning in a performance that has seldom been worse since the depths of the global recession in 2008-09, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 7, 2016
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 7, 2016
Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Canadians want action on an economy that is turning in a performance that has seldom been worse since the depths of the global recession in 2008-09, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Feature | BY ABBAS RANA | March 7, 2016
Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, originally from Afghanistan, is one of four current MPs who came to Canada as a refugee. The Hill Times photograph by Rachel Aiello.
Feature | BY ABBAS RANA | March 7, 2016
Feature | BY ABBAS RANA | March 7, 2016
Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef, originally from Afghanistan, is one of four current MPs who came to Canada as a refugee. The Hill Times photograph by Rachel Aiello.
News | BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | February 19, 2016
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured in the House of Commons foyer in December. He will deliver the budget soon. A new Forum Research poll says 36 per cent of Canadians favour guaranteed minimum incomes. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | February 19, 2016
News | BY BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH | February 19, 2016
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured in the House of Commons foyer in December. He will deliver the budget soon. A new Forum Research poll says 36 per cent of Canadians favour guaranteed minimum incomes. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 8, 2016
Liberal MPs Shaun Chen, Gary Anandasangaree, Darshan Kang and Sukh Dhaliwal want Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum to waive language test for new immigrants who want to apply for Canadian citizenship. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 8, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 8, 2016
Liberal MPs Shaun Chen, Gary Anandasangaree, Darshan Kang and Sukh Dhaliwal want Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum to waive language test for new immigrants who want to apply for Canadian citizenship. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright