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Joanne Thompson
Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson could almost triple last year’s catch level while maintaining sustainable harvesting levels to allow Newfoundland and Labrador to seize the market opportunity knocking on its door, writes Sylvie Lapointe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
B.C. salmon farmers, suppliers, and the United Steelworkers Union rally against the federal government's decision to ban open-net salmon farms on the West Coast by 2029 in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 11. Photograph courtesy of Mowi Canada West
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
B.C. salmon farmers, suppliers, and the United Steelworkers Union rally against the federal government's decision to ban open-net salmon farms on the West Coast by 2029 in Nanaimo, B.C., on Sept. 11. Photograph courtesy of Mowi Canada West
Opinion | BY GENNA CAREY | September 30, 2024
Diane Lebouthillier
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Diane Lebouthillier. In delaying action, Ottawa risks exacerbating conflicts in the Maritimes, particularly in the lucrative lobster and elver fisheries, where tensions already run high, writes Genna Carey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GENNA CAREY | September 30, 2024
Opinion | BY GENNA CAREY | September 30, 2024
Diane Lebouthillier
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Diane Lebouthillier. In delaying action, Ottawa risks exacerbating conflicts in the Maritimes, particularly in the lucrative lobster and elver fisheries, where tensions already run high, writes Genna Carey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | September 19, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s reopening of the commercial northern cod fishery solely for the benefit of domestic and international corporate draggers indicates an agenda to further undermine the sustainability of unionized fishery workers, writes Courtney Glode.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | September 19, 2024
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | September 19, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier’s reopening of the commercial northern cod fishery solely for the benefit of domestic and international corporate draggers indicates an agenda to further undermine the sustainability of unionized fishery workers, writes Courtney Glode.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 12, 2024
Diane Lebouthillie
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier's absence at an Aug. 13 with the Eastern Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers came as a surprise, according to the attendees. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 12, 2024
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 12, 2024
Diane Lebouthillie
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier's absence at an Aug. 13 with the Eastern Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers came as a surprise, according to the attendees. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | September 12, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier is under fire from some of her provincial counterparts after a contentious meeting last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | September 12, 2024
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | September 12, 2024
Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier is under fire from some of her provincial counterparts after a contentious meeting last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021
Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut, writes Jimmy Oleekatalik. It also won the $500,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize, which funds innovative projects by northerners to improve their communities. The winning plan Niqihaqut, which means 'our food,' will form the management plan for Aviqtuuq by developing a country food-based economy, including a cut-and-wrap facility for preparation and distribution of the region's harvest. Photograph courtesy of Brandon Laforest/WWF-Canada
Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021
Opinion | BY JIMMY OLEEKATALIK | March 15, 2021
Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut, writes Jimmy Oleekatalik. It also won the $500,000 Arctic Inspiration Prize, which funds innovative projects by northerners to improve their communities. The winning plan Niqihaqut, which means 'our food,' will form the management plan for Aviqtuuq by developing a country food-based economy, including a cut-and-wrap facility for preparation and distribution of the region's harvest. Photograph courtesy of Brandon Laforest/WWF-Canada
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 12, 2021
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, pictured in December 2019, released a 'new path' on March 3, outlining how First Nations can fish in pursuit of a moderate livelihood. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 12, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 12, 2021
Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan, pictured in December 2019, released a 'new path' on March 3, outlining how First Nations can fish in pursuit of a moderate livelihood. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHANNON ARNOLD AND KAREN WRISTEN | February 10, 2021
The Aquaculture Act will exclude aquaculture activities from the application of the Fisheries Act, which could have the effect of eroding the hard-fought progress made by Minister Bernadette Jordan to enhance the habitat protection and fisheries rebuilding provisions of the legislation, write Shannon Arnold and Karen Wristen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHANNON ARNOLD AND KAREN WRISTEN | February 10, 2021
Opinion | BY SHANNON ARNOLD AND KAREN WRISTEN | February 10, 2021
The Aquaculture Act will exclude aquaculture activities from the application of the Fisheries Act, which could have the effect of eroding the hard-fought progress made by Minister Bernadette Jordan to enhance the habitat protection and fisheries rebuilding provisions of the legislation, write Shannon Arnold and Karen Wristen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 21, 2020
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speak to reporters in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Oct. 19 about the conflict between Indigenous and commercial lobster fishers in Nova Scotia. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 21, 2020
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 21, 2020
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speak to reporters in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Oct. 19 about the conflict between Indigenous and commercial lobster fishers in Nova Scotia. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 30, 2020
Three Mi'kmaq Parliamentarians, including Independent Senator Dan Christmas, are working together to present ideas to the federal government to address the fishing dispute in southwest Nova Scotia. Photograph courtesy of Dan Christmas' office
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 30, 2020
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 30, 2020
Three Mi'kmaq Parliamentarians, including Independent Senator Dan Christmas, are working together to present ideas to the federal government to address the fishing dispute in southwest Nova Scotia. Photograph courtesy of Dan Christmas' office
Opinion | BY DUNCAN WILSON | August 10, 2020
The Port of Vancouver is pictured in 2014. Once Canadian ports are full, importers and exporters will be forced to move cargo through ports in the U.S., resulting in increased transportation costs which would be passed on to Canadian consumers and export markets and impact our trade competitiveness, writes Duncan Wilson. Flickr photograph by Kyle Pearce
Opinion | BY DUNCAN WILSON | August 10, 2020
Opinion | BY DUNCAN WILSON | August 10, 2020
The Port of Vancouver is pictured in 2014. Once Canadian ports are full, importers and exporters will be forced to move cargo through ports in the U.S., resulting in increased transportation costs which would be passed on to Canadian consumers and export markets and impact our trade competitiveness, writes Duncan Wilson. Flickr photograph by Kyle Pearce
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 8, 2020
Outgoing UN ambassador Marc-André Blanchard, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne spearheaded Canada's Security Council campaign. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and United Nations photograph by Manuel Elias
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 8, 2020
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 8, 2020
Outgoing UN ambassador Marc-André Blanchard, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne spearheaded Canada's Security Council campaign. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and United Nations photograph by Manuel Elias
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 20, 2020
Over the last two months in lobbying, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, have both cracked the top three in cabinet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 20, 2020
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 20, 2020
Over the last two months in lobbying, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan and Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, have both cracked the top three in cabinet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PAUL LANSBERGEN | February 26, 2020
Bernadette Jordan, minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, is pictured leaving a caucus meeting in December. The federal government has committed to conserving 25 per cent of our waters by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PAUL LANSBERGEN | February 26, 2020
Opinion | BY PAUL LANSBERGEN | February 26, 2020
Bernadette Jordan, minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, is pictured leaving a caucus meeting in December. The federal government has committed to conserving 25 per cent of our waters by 2025 and 30 per cent by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 4, 2019
Pipeline protestors are pictured in Vancouver in 2017. Protests are widely expected to kick off amid the start of construction work at Trans Mountain sites in the Greater Vancouver Area, presenting an electoral risk to Liberals in the region. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 4, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 4, 2019
Pipeline protestors are pictured in Vancouver in 2017. Protests are widely expected to kick off amid the start of construction work at Trans Mountain sites in the Greater Vancouver Area, presenting an electoral risk to Liberals in the region. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | July 3, 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador MP Seamus O’Regan gets sworn into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet in August 2017. If we listen to Trudeau, O’Regan and the federal environment minister, the only people opposed to Bill C-69 are lobbyists from Big Oil, not the province’s citizens. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | July 3, 2019
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | July 3, 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador MP Seamus O’Regan gets sworn into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet in August 2017. If we listen to Trudeau, O’Regan and the federal environment minister, the only people opposed to Bill C-69 are lobbyists from Big Oil, not the province’s citizens. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY BILL WAREHAM | June 5, 2019
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a cabinet meeting in Ottawa in February. In the upcoming federal election, Canadians will be looking for leaders willing to step forward as oceans champions, writes Bill Wareham. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BILL WAREHAM | June 5, 2019
Opinion | BY BILL WAREHAM | June 5, 2019
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a cabinet meeting in Ottawa in February. In the upcoming federal election, Canadians will be looking for leaders willing to step forward as oceans champions, writes Bill Wareham. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade