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Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier signed the recent UN Treaty on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, but the treaty has not yet been ratified, writes Susanna Fuller. 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 COURTNEY GLODE | August 21, 2024
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Rural Economic Development Minister Guide Hutchings, pictured, and her fellow Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MPs have fallen into line with their party rather than backing their province's best interests, writes Courtney Glode. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | August 21, 2024
Opinion | BY COURTNEY GLODE | August 21, 2024
Gudie Hutchings
Rural Economic Development Minister Guide Hutchings, pictured, and her fellow Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MPs have fallen into line with their party rather than backing their province's best interests, writes Courtney Glode. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GARY D. MARTY | August 21, 2024
We can recognize the overall benefit of salmon farms for Indigenous Peoples, and fish health professionals can work to minimize farm salmon infectious diseases without the banning of salmon farms, writes Dr. Gary D. Marty. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GARY D. MARTY | August 21, 2024
Opinion | BY GARY D. MARTY | August 21, 2024
We can recognize the overall benefit of salmon farms for Indigenous Peoples, and fish health professionals can work to minimize farm salmon infectious diseases without the banning of salmon farms, writes Dr. Gary D. Marty. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 1, 2024
On June 19, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Minister Diane Lebouthillier announced that existing open-net salmon farms in British Columbia will have five years to transition to land-based, closed-containment systems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 1, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 1, 2024
On June 19, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Minister Diane Lebouthillier announced that existing open-net salmon farms in British Columbia will have five years to transition to land-based, closed-containment systems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TREVOR RUSS, JAMES LAWSON | July 24, 2024
Canada’s new Fisheries Act clearly empowers Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier to initiate this much needed and broadly supported change. All that is needed is her to give the green light, writes Trevor Russ. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TREVOR RUSS, JAMES LAWSON | July 24, 2024
Opinion | BY TREVOR RUSS, JAMES LAWSON | July 24, 2024
Canada’s new Fisheries Act clearly empowers Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier to initiate this much needed and broadly supported change. All that is needed is her to give the green light, writes Trevor Russ. 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
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | February 25, 2019
The Louis S. St-Laurent, first deployed in 1969, is the oldest ship in the Canadian Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet at 50 years old. Here it is seen conducting research in the Arctic Ocean during a joint project with the U.S. Navy in September 2014. Photograph courtesy of the John F. Williams and the U.S. Navy
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | February 25, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | February 25, 2019
The Louis S. St-Laurent, first deployed in 1969, is the oldest ship in the Canadian Coast Guard's icebreaker fleet at 50 years old. Here it is seen conducting research in the Arctic Ocean during a joint project with the U.S. Navy in September 2014. Photograph courtesy of the John F. Williams and the U.S. Navy
Opinion | BY MELANIE SONNENBERG | October 30, 2018
Fishing communities throughout the Atlantic, Quebec, and British Columbia, employ thousands of people and are the hidden socio-economic success story of Canada’s fishery policy, writes Melanie Sonnenberg of the Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters’ Federation. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MELANIE SONNENBERG | October 30, 2018
Opinion | BY MELANIE SONNENBERG | October 30, 2018
Fishing communities throughout the Atlantic, Quebec, and British Columbia, employ thousands of people and are the hidden socio-economic success story of Canada’s fishery policy, writes Melanie Sonnenberg of the Canadian Independent Fish Harvesters’ Federation. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Rimouski, Que., located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, has become a hub for ocean sciences and is home to the Marine Biotechnology Research Centre. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Thierry HL
Rimouski, Que., located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, has become a hub for ocean sciences and is home to the Marine Biotechnology Research Centre. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Thierry HL
News | BY JOLSON LIM, BEATRICE PAEZ | July 18, 2018
Newly minted Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, flanked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Julie Payette, pose for a photo at a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on July 18 as other new ministers watch from behind. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM, BEATRICE PAEZ | July 18, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM, BEATRICE PAEZ | July 18, 2018
Newly minted Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, flanked by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Julie Payette, pose for a photo at a cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall on July 18 as other new ministers watch from behind. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade