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Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, led by Minister Lena Diab, has made commitments and developed plans to address racism, but there is no clear roadmap to addressing inequity in processing refugee applications in Africa, writes Asma Faizi. 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
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
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 29, 2024
Marc Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller, centre, flanked by Prime Justin Trudeau, right, and a group of Liberal MPs, announced on Oct. 24 that the number of permanent residents admitted to Canada will be cut. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 29, 2024
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 29, 2024
Marc Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller, centre, flanked by Prime Justin Trudeau, right, and a group of Liberal MPs, announced on Oct. 24 that the number of permanent residents admitted to Canada will be cut. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 16, 2024
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller makes an announcement regarding the strengthening of our temporary resident programs and migration pathways on Sept. 18, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Immigration Minister Marc Miller pledged in March that those fleeing the civil war in Sudan could be joining family members in Canada as early as late 2024, but a bleaker and longer timeline has since emerged. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 16, 2024
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 16, 2024
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller makes an announcement regarding the strengthening of our temporary resident programs and migration pathways on Sept. 18, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Immigration Minister Marc Miller pledged in March that those fleeing the civil war in Sudan could be joining family members in Canada as early as late 2024, but a bleaker and longer timeline has since emerged. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RACHEL KIDDELL-MONROE | March 27, 2019
A Honduran family heads into the town of La Técnica, Guatemala, which lies across the Usumacinta River from Mexico. Nearly 500,000 Central Americans flee to Mexico every year. Tito Herrera photograph courtesy of the UNHCR
Opinion | BY RACHEL KIDDELL-MONROE | March 27, 2019
Opinion | BY RACHEL KIDDELL-MONROE | March 27, 2019
A Honduran family heads into the town of La Técnica, Guatemala, which lies across the Usumacinta River from Mexico. Nearly 500,000 Central Americans flee to Mexico every year. Tito Herrera photograph courtesy of the UNHCR
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 20, 2019
Kerim Uras, the new Turkish ambassador to Canada, arrived in December 2018 and days later presented his credentials to Governor General Julie Payette. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 20, 2019
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 20, 2019
Kerim Uras, the new Turkish ambassador to Canada, arrived in December 2018 and days later presented his credentials to Governor General Julie Payette. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | February 1, 2019
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters outside the House of Commons on Jan. 29. She is set to host a Lima Group meeting on Feb. 4 in Ottawa. The group is made up of likeminded countries in the Americas concerned about Venezuela's political situation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | February 1, 2019
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | February 1, 2019
Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters outside the House of Commons on Jan. 29. She is set to host a Lima Group meeting on Feb. 4 in Ottawa. The group is made up of likeminded countries in the Americas concerned about Venezuela's political situation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 12, 2018
Far right anti-migration groups gather on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8 to protest Canada signing the UN Global Compact on Migration, which Canada endorsed on Dec. 10. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 12, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 12, 2018
Far right anti-migration groups gather on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8 to protest Canada signing the UN Global Compact on Migration, which Canada endorsed on Dec. 10. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 21, 2018
Doug Ford
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is lately echoing the message of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured last month, that government is inherently distrustful, says Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 21, 2018
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 21, 2018
Doug Ford
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is lately echoing the message of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured last month, that government is inherently distrustful, says Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 14, 2018
Volker Türk, the United Nations Refugee Agency's assistant high commissioner for protection says Canada's refugee numbers are ‘entirely manageable.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 14, 2018
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 14, 2018
Volker Türk, the United Nations Refugee Agency's assistant high commissioner for protection says Canada's refugee numbers are ‘entirely manageable.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NADIA WILLIAMSON | October 24, 2018
Venezuelan refugees and migrants cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia on Oct. 16. UNHCR photograph by Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo
Opinion | BY NADIA WILLIAMSON | October 24, 2018
Opinion | BY NADIA WILLIAMSON | October 24, 2018
Venezuelan refugees and migrants cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge into Colombia on Oct. 16. UNHCR photograph by Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo
Opinion | BY SELçUK ÜNAL | October 24, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is in charge of Canada's humanitarian assistance program. Turkey and Canada could work together more on easing humanitarian crises in the world, says the Turkish ambassador to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELçUK ÜNAL | October 24, 2018
Opinion | BY SELçUK ÜNAL | October 24, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau is in charge of Canada's humanitarian assistance program. Turkey and Canada could work together more on easing humanitarian crises in the world, says the Turkish ambassador to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HEDY FRY | October 22, 2018
Liberal MP Hedy Fry is helping lead discussions in Ottawa this week at a forum focused on building collective action on issues concerning population and development, as they relate to sexual and reproductive health and rights.   The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HEDY FRY | October 22, 2018
Opinion | BY HEDY FRY | October 22, 2018
Liberal MP Hedy Fry is helping lead discussions in Ottawa this week at a forum focused on building collective action on issues concerning population and development, as they relate to sexual and reproductive health and rights.   The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | September 26, 2018
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale toured the areas hit by the tornadoes in the Ottawa-Gatineau, Que., region on Tuesday. The minister is pictured heading for a briefing with reporters on the recovery efforts underway. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | September 26, 2018
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | September 26, 2018
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale toured the areas hit by the tornadoes in the Ottawa-Gatineau, Que., region on Tuesday. The minister is pictured heading for a briefing with reporters on the recovery efforts underway. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DONALD IGBOKWE | September 24, 2018
Local Liberal MP Brenda Shanahan, far right, speaks with Canadian Armed Forces members along with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen during a visit to temporary accommodations set up in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., for the influx of asylum seekers crossing from the United States, on Aug. 21, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Gabriel St-Hilaire
Opinion | BY DONALD IGBOKWE | September 24, 2018
Opinion | BY DONALD IGBOKWE | September 24, 2018
Local Liberal MP Brenda Shanahan, far right, speaks with Canadian Armed Forces members along with Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen during a visit to temporary accommodations set up in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., for the influx of asylum seekers crossing from the United States, on Aug. 21, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Gabriel St-Hilaire
Opinion | September 17, 2018
Opinion | September 17, 2018
Opinion | September 17, 2018