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Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut. Investments in Arctic military capacity must be made with the dual purpose of supporting vibrant communities who are our first line of defence, writes NDP MP Lori Idlout. Photograph courtesy of Rigo Olvera, Pexels.com
Opinion | BY ROSALIND LOCKYER | December 1, 2025
Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State Small Business and Tourism Rechie Valdez, centre, pictured speaking at an announcement about funding for the Department for Women and Gender Equality in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSALIND LOCKYER | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSALIND LOCKYER | December 1, 2025
Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State Small Business and Tourism Rechie Valdez, centre, pictured speaking at an announcement about funding for the Department for Women and Gender Equality in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 1, 2025
“The all-season roads, ports, highways, and other trade-enabling infrastructure we build through the fund will spur growth and better connect northern and Indigenous communities to the Canadian economy and the world,” says a statement from Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty about the Arctic Infrastructure Fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 1, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 1, 2025
“The all-season roads, ports, highways, and other trade-enabling infrastructure we build through the fund will spur growth and better connect northern and Indigenous communities to the Canadian economy and the world,” says a statement from Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty about the Arctic Infrastructure Fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN COATES | December 1, 2025
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said investments announced in the 2025 federal budget will 'create skilled, well-paid jobs, strengthen regional economies, and help Canadian businesses get their goods to new markets,' in a Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada press release on Nov. 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN COATES | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY KEN COATES | December 1, 2025
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said investments announced in the 2025 federal budget will 'create skilled, well-paid jobs, strengthen regional economies, and help Canadian businesses get their goods to new markets,' in a Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada press release on Nov. 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT | December 1, 2025
Paul Irngaut, Nunavut Tunngavik vice president and chair of the Infrastructure and Housing Advisory Committee, holds a press conference in West Block on Oct. 30, 2025, to discuss four Inuit-led major projects and their inclusion in the government’s infrastructure projects of national interest. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT | December 1, 2025
Paul Irngaut, Nunavut Tunngavik vice president and chair of the Infrastructure and Housing Advisory Committee, holds a press conference in West Block on Oct. 30, 2025, to discuss four Inuit-led major projects and their inclusion in the government’s infrastructure projects of national interest. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PASCAL CHAN | November 27, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the 2025 federal budget on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PASCAL CHAN | November 27, 2025
Opinion | BY PASCAL CHAN | November 27, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the 2025 federal budget on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | June 5, 2019
The departments headed by National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough, and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains need a better response to the practice of turning over reporters’ information to private companies, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | June 5, 2019
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | June 5, 2019
The departments headed by National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough, and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains need a better response to the practice of turning over reporters’ information to private companies, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 29, 2019
Labrador Liberal MP Yvonne Jones, pictured at a last year's Liberal convention in Halifax, says the government has brought 'continuous' improvements to Nutrition North. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 29, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 29, 2019
Labrador Liberal MP Yvonne Jones, pictured at a last year's Liberal convention in Halifax, says the government has brought 'continuous' improvements to Nutrition North. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | May 27, 2019
The first major naval vessels built in Canada since the mid-1990s are now beginning to emerge from the Halifax Shipyards. The Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels, announced by prime minister Stephen Harper in 2007, are versatile ice-strengthened patrol ships that will be used for a variety of missions including coastal surveillance, SAR, drug interdiction, support to international partners, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief, writes Adam Lajeunesse. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | May 27, 2019
Opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | May 27, 2019
The first major naval vessels built in Canada since the mid-1990s are now beginning to emerge from the Halifax Shipyards. The Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessels, announced by prime minister Stephen Harper in 2007, are versatile ice-strengthened patrol ships that will be used for a variety of missions including coastal surveillance, SAR, drug interdiction, support to international partners, humanitarian aid, and disaster relief, writes Adam Lajeunesse. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a framework for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
Opinion | BY ALEX NEVE | May 22, 2019
NDP MP Romeo Saganash introduced Bill C-262 in 2016 and is still waiting for it to pass. It would set a framework for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 15, 2019
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, pictured in January 2019 at a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recommended four key changes to the Indigenous child welfare legislation undergoing study at a House committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 15, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 15, 2019
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde, pictured in January 2019 at a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recommended four key changes to the Indigenous child welfare legislation undergoing study at a House committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | May 13, 2019
Opinion | May 13, 2019
Opinion | May 13, 2019
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured Oct. 7, 2018, arriving in Seoul, Korea, at a recent Arctic Council meeting in Finland, trashed Russia and China for their alleged designs on the Arctic, including the notion of extending the Silk Road via the Northwest Passage, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Embassy of Korea
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2019
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 13, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured Oct. 7, 2018, arriving in Seoul, Korea, at a recent Arctic Council meeting in Finland, trashed Russia and China for their alleged designs on the Arctic, including the notion of extending the Silk Road via the Northwest Passage, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of Embassy of Korea
Opinion | BY DICK MENZIES, MARCEL BEHR | April 29, 2019
Natan Obed, pictured left with Prime Minister Trudeau April 3 in Ottawa, is president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which has been working with the federal government to help wipe out tuberculosis among Inuit in Canada’s North. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DICK MENZIES, MARCEL BEHR | April 29, 2019
Opinion | BY DICK MENZIES, MARCEL BEHR | April 29, 2019
Natan Obed, pictured left with Prime Minister Trudeau April 3 in Ottawa, is president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which has been working with the federal government to help wipe out tuberculosis among Inuit in Canada’s North. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RYAN DANBY | April 29, 2019
Indigenous Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan, pictured. The House Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs report comes at a critical time; the government’s new Arctic Policy Framework is set to be released in the coming weeks, writes Ryan Danby. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY RYAN DANBY | April 29, 2019
Opinion | BY RYAN DANBY | April 29, 2019
Indigenous Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan, pictured. The House Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs report comes at a critical time; the government’s new Arctic Policy Framework is set to be released in the coming weeks, writes Ryan Danby. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY MARIKA MORRIS | April 29, 2019
The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national organizations representing Inuit in Canada, and headed by president Natan Obed, has long advocated for a holistic, Inuit-centred approach to TB. The Hill Times photograph by Same Garcia
Opinion | BY MARIKA MORRIS | April 29, 2019
Opinion | BY MARIKA MORRIS | April 29, 2019
The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national organizations representing Inuit in Canada, and headed by president Natan Obed, has long advocated for a holistic, Inuit-centred approach to TB. The Hill Times photograph by Same Garcia
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 24, 2019
Carolyn Bennett
The Assembly of First Nations has reached out to Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett to discuss problems it has with the budget implementation bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 24, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 24, 2019
Carolyn Bennett
The Assembly of First Nations has reached out to Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett to discuss problems it has with the budget implementation bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | April 17, 2019
Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured, is the minister responsible for the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which has a big role to play in transforming remote and northern Canada, says the Mining Association of Canada’s Brendan Marshall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | April 17, 2019
Opinion | BY BRENDAN MARSHALL | April 17, 2019
Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured, is the minister responsible for the Canada Infrastructure Bank, which has a big role to play in transforming remote and northern Canada, says the Mining Association of Canada’s Brendan Marshall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade