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Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 26, 2026
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers' giant red wool, silk, and cotton crocheted art installation hangs outside Rideau Hall on July 1, 2023. Rose LeMay says the next Governor General of Canada should be an Indigenous person. The Hill Times photographs by Kate Malloy
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 26, 2026
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 26, 2026
Métis artist Tracey-Mae Chambers' giant red wool, silk, and cotton crocheted art installation hangs outside Rideau Hall on July 1, 2023. Rose LeMay says the next Governor General of Canada should be an Indigenous person. The Hill Times photographs by Kate Malloy
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent X post complimenting the U.S.' seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro added, "Down with socialism." This statement comes from a Canadian politician who makes approximately $300,000 per year, has a guaranteed pension, publicly funded health care, and lives in free housing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent X post complimenting the U.S.' seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro added, "Down with socialism." This statement comes from a Canadian politician who makes approximately $300,000 per year, has a guaranteed pension, publicly funded health care, and lives in free housing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 22, 2025
Survivor Keith Cheifmoon speaks at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill on Sept. 30, 2024. How about we fundamentally increase the speed of reconciliation? Prioritize it as a strategic goal for 10 years with funding and intent to close the gap in 75 per cent of the inequities facing Indigenous Peoples?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 22, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 22, 2025
Survivor Keith Cheifmoon speaks at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill on Sept. 30, 2024. How about we fundamentally increase the speed of reconciliation? Prioritize it as a strategic goal for 10 years with funding and intent to close the gap in 75 per cent of the inequities facing Indigenous Peoples?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work on being more transparent with Canada's board of directors: its voters, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work on being more transparent with Canada's board of directors: its voters, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 1, 2025
Being First Nation in this country is not the easiest thing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 1, 2025
Being First Nation in this country is not the easiest thing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 19, 2025
Mandy Gull-Masty
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. This government would be well advised to find some humility, and work with the strong allies in the Senate who advocate for the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 19, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 19, 2025
Mandy Gull-Masty
Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty. This government would be well advised to find some humility, and work with the strong allies in the Senate who advocate for the well-being of Indigenous Peoples, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
Dr. Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator of Canada, holds up his last annual report on Nov. 12, 2025, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 17, 2025
Dr. Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator of Canada, holds up his last annual report on Nov. 12, 2025, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 3, 2025
Minister of Women Rechie Valdez, left, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, with other Liberal MPs in Ottawa on Oct 29. If the Non-Insured Health Benefits program is such a good program, then MPs and senators should use it to cover their health care services, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | November 3, 2025
Minister of Women Rechie Valdez, left, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, with other Liberal MPs in Ottawa on Oct 29. If the Non-Insured Health Benefits program is such a good program, then MPs and senators should use it to cover their health care services, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 20, 2025
Rose LeMay writes that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured, should take care to ensure that any budget funding cuts to Indigenous Services Canada don't impact actual programming. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | October 20, 2025
Rose LeMay writes that Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured, should take care to ensure that any budget funding cuts to Indigenous Services Canada don't impact actual programming. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2025
Red Sky Performance dancers, pictured on Sept. 30, 2019, at the Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. Values are not something that drop off the strategic list when times get tough. Values are the bedrock of the way we choose to be in the world, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 29, 2025
Red Sky Performance dancers, pictured on Sept. 30, 2019, at the Honouring National Day for Truth and Reconciliation ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. Values are not something that drop off the strategic list when times get tough. Values are the bedrock of the way we choose to be in the world, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 15, 2025
Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured at a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The next federal government event in Gatineau that starts with an Inuk Elder lighting the kulik? Illegal, if the Legault has his way, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 15, 2025
Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured at a first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The next federal government event in Gatineau that starts with an Inuk Elder lighting the kulik? Illegal, if the Legault has his way, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 8, 2025
United States President Donald Trump. All that MAGA has shown itself to be is a group where anger is the primary motivator, and this rarely results in positive outcomes on its own, writes Rose LeMay. Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Flickr
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 8, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | September 8, 2025
United States President Donald Trump. All that MAGA has shown itself to be is a group where anger is the primary motivator, and this rarely results in positive outcomes on its own, writes Rose LeMay. Official White House Photo by Molly Riley via Flickr
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | August 25, 2025
Rose LeMay writes that the federal government should heed lessons from Air Canada's choice to focus on less spending, thereby ignoring the needs of the end user. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | August 25, 2025
Rose LeMay writes that the federal government should heed lessons from Air Canada's choice to focus on less spending, thereby ignoring the needs of the end user. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 14, 2025
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
As a part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's, right, spending review of government operations, departments that serve Indigenous Peoples—including Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada led by Minister Rebecca Alty, left—must be required to fulfill their spending obligations and "get the money out the door," writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 14, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | July 14, 2025
Rebecca Alty, Mark Carney
As a part of Prime Minister Mark Carney's, right, spending review of government operations, departments that serve Indigenous Peoples—including Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada led by Minister Rebecca Alty, left—must be required to fulfill their spending obligations and "get the money out the door," writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 16, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government passed Bill 5, and it's like Groundhog Day all over again. The bill means that the economy trumps over wildlife, clean water, and human rights, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 16, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 16, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government passed Bill 5, and it's like Groundhog Day all over again. The bill means that the economy trumps over wildlife, clean water, and human rights, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 2, 2025
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declared a state of emergency in the province last week because of fast-spreading and extreme wildfires in northern Manitoba. Thousands of First Nations people in northern Manitoba were evacuated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 2, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 2, 2025
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew declared a state of emergency in the province last week because of fast-spreading and extreme wildfires in northern Manitoba. Thousands of First Nations people in northern Manitoba were evacuated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 26, 2025
Carney's cabinet
Gender and Equity Minister Rechie Valdez, left, Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, Canada-U.S. Relations Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu after being sworn into cabinet on May 13, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 26, 2025
Carney's cabinet
Gender and Equity Minister Rechie Valdez, left, Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, Canada-U.S. Relations Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand, and International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu after being sworn into cabinet on May 13, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 19, 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 19, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 19, 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 21, 2025
This may be one of the first elections that Canadians are looking squarely at our own unity in the face of external pressures, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 21, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 21, 2025
This may be one of the first elections that Canadians are looking squarely at our own unity in the face of external pressures, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Every political party should have at least three priorities on reconciliation that reflect their Indigenous citizens’ voices, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 7, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. Every political party should have at least three priorities on reconciliation that reflect their Indigenous citizens’ voices, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 24, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 24, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 24, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 10, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in West Block on March 4, 2025, in reaction to the levying of 25-per-cent tariffs by the American government on Canadian exports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 10, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 10, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in West Block on March 4, 2025, in reaction to the levying of 25-per-cent tariffs by the American government on Canadian exports. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the American government, and Rose LeMay says, here in Canada, now is the time for Canadians to come together across partisan lines, across racial and cultural lines. Now is actually the time to fight tyranny. It’s here, it’s ugly, and we don’t have much time. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 24, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 24, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the American government, and Rose LeMay says, here in Canada, now is the time for Canadians to come together across partisan lines, across racial and cultural lines. Now is actually the time to fight tyranny. It’s here, it’s ugly, and we don’t have much time. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
This is a call for us to protect each other across the differences—because of the differences, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
This is a call for us to protect each other across the differences—because of the differences, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 27, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement don’t want to talk about their country's accurate history. They only want to talk about how great it is, writes Rose LeMay. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 27, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 27, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement don’t want to talk about their country's accurate history. They only want to talk about how great it is, writes Rose LeMay. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 31, 2021
Bloc Québecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet introduced a motion in the House of Commons seeking support for Quebec's Bill 96. It received support from MPs in other parties, but was stymied by Independent MP Jody-Wilson Raybould. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 31, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 31, 2021
Bloc Québecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet introduced a motion in the House of Commons seeking support for Quebec's Bill 96. It received support from MPs in other parties, but was stymied by Independent MP Jody-Wilson Raybould. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 17, 2021
Indigenous women, pictured Feb. 24, 2020, demonstrating against the building of the Coastal Gasoline pipeline through traditional Indigenous territory. Once upon a time, not so long ago, First Nations and many Indigenous societies governed with balance—men and women, including Two Spirits, equally shared the roles of leadership to serve a community. It wasn’t perfect. No governance structure is perfect, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 17, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 17, 2021
Indigenous women, pictured Feb. 24, 2020, demonstrating against the building of the Coastal Gasoline pipeline through traditional Indigenous territory. Once upon a time, not so long ago, First Nations and many Indigenous societies governed with balance—men and women, including Two Spirits, equally shared the roles of leadership to serve a community. It wasn’t perfect. No governance structure is perfect, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 3, 2021
Conservative MP Tamara Jansen, who represents Cloverdale-Langley City, B.C., attracted national attention when she seemed to suggest during third reading debate on April 16 of Bill C-6, which seeks to ban conversion therapy, that 'lesbian activity' could be stopped with counselling. Photograph courtesy of Conservative party of Canada
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 3, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 3, 2021
Conservative MP Tamara Jansen, who represents Cloverdale-Langley City, B.C., attracted national attention when she seemed to suggest during third reading debate on April 16 of Bill C-6, which seeks to ban conversion therapy, that 'lesbian activity' could be stopped with counselling. Photograph courtesy of Conservative party of Canada
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 19, 2021
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo, pictured Dec. 11, 2020, on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 19, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 19, 2021
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo, pictured Dec. 11, 2020, on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 5, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jumped in and voiced his displeasure that anybody vilify his good friend Quebec Premier François Legault, or say anything bad about Quebec. The prime minister could have chosen to speak to the subject of racism with the intent to support constructive discourse rather than attempt to shut it down, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 5, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | April 5, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jumped in and voiced his displeasure that anybody vilify his good friend Quebec Premier François Legault, or say anything bad about Quebec. The prime minister could have chosen to speak to the subject of racism with the intent to support constructive discourse rather than attempt to shut it down, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 22, 2021
Rose LeMay, pictured, 'I am status, card-carrying First Nations—the federal government calls me a real one. The status card is a race-based ethnic identity card used to limit access to certain federal government programs for real First Nations peoples only.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 22, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 22, 2021
Rose LeMay, pictured, 'I am status, card-carrying First Nations—the federal government calls me a real one. The status card is a race-based ethnic identity card used to limit access to certain federal government programs for real First Nations peoples only.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 8, 2021
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, pictured on the Hill on May 14, 2020. Here’s an idea: let’s put the Indigenous Services Canada in charge of water and infrastructure for Ottawa residents and Parliament Hill. Anybody want to do this? I didn’t think so, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 8, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 8, 2021
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, pictured on the Hill on May 14, 2020. Here’s an idea: let’s put the Indigenous Services Canada in charge of water and infrastructure for Ottawa residents and Parliament Hill. Anybody want to do this? I didn’t think so, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 22, 2021
Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured Sept. 18, 2020, in Ottawa after a premiers' meeting. Academia is not about the freedom to speak any dumb idea or thought that one might have. Academia was intended to play the role of 'critic and conscience of society' and that’s a serious responsibility, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 22, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 22, 2021
Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured Sept. 18, 2020, in Ottawa after a premiers' meeting. Academia is not about the freedom to speak any dumb idea or thought that one might have. Academia was intended to play the role of 'critic and conscience of society' and that’s a serious responsibility, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 8, 2021
Joyce Echaquan, the 37-year-old Atikamekw woman who died on Sept. 28, 2020, while in the hospital in Joliette, Que., is now the subject of two investigations. Before she died, Echaquan recorded a Facebook Live video in which she was heard screaming in pain and health-care workers insulting her. Photograph courtesy of Facebook
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 8, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 8, 2021
Joyce Echaquan, the 37-year-old Atikamekw woman who died on Sept. 28, 2020, while in the hospital in Joliette, Que., is now the subject of two investigations. Before she died, Echaquan recorded a Facebook Live video in which she was heard screaming in pain and health-care workers insulting her. Photograph courtesy of Facebook
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 25, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 19, 2021, outside the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. If political parties really mean it when they say they care about reconciliation and racial safety for all Canadians, they would put at least 30 per cent BIPOC candidates on tickets, put real money in platforms for Indigenous economic inclusion, enforce consequences for racism in health, and finally, publicly call out leaders who refuse to fight against systemic racism against Indigenous Canadians, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 25, 2021
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 25, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 19, 2021, outside the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. If political parties really mean it when they say they care about reconciliation and racial safety for all Canadians, they would put at least 30 per cent BIPOC candidates on tickets, put real money in platforms for Indigenous economic inclusion, enforce consequences for racism in health, and finally, publicly call out leaders who refuse to fight against systemic racism against Indigenous Canadians, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade