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Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar

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Among the steps the federal government can take is to directly fund medical faculties to create 750 new family medicine residency positions each year, write ISG Senators Stanley Kutcher, Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, and Ratna Omidvar; and Kareem El-Assal. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute
Among the steps the federal government can take is to directly fund medical faculties to create 750 new family medicine residency positions each year, write ISG Senators Stanley Kutcher, Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, and Ratna Omidvar; and Kareem El-Assal. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute
Among the steps the federal government can take is to directly fund medical faculties to create 750 new family medicine residency positions each year, write ISG Senators Stanley Kutcher, Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, and Ratna Omidvar; and Kareem El-Assal. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute
Among the steps the federal government can take is to directly fund medical faculties to create 750 new family medicine residency positions each year, write ISG Senators Stanley Kutcher, Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, and Ratna Omidvar; and Kareem El-Assal. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute
Last October, Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar tabled Bill S-278, which brings the mechanism of confiscation into accordance with international law as outlined by the World Refugee and Migration Council. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Last October, Independent Senator Ratna Omidvar tabled Bill S-278, which brings the mechanism of confiscation into accordance with international law as outlined by the World Refugee and Migration Council. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier is pictured in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2020. The Canada Revenue Agency requires charities who work with non-charities to exercise ‘direction and control’ over them, which Sen. Ratna Omidvar writes need to change. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier is pictured in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2020. The Canada Revenue Agency requires charities who work with non-charities to exercise ‘direction and control’ over them, which Sen. Ratna Omidvar writes need to change. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The pandemic has highlighted that the charitable sector forms an integral part of the social infrastructure of the country, and yet, it doesn’t have the ear of the government, past or present—at least not on an ongoing permanent basis, writes Sen. Ratna Omidvar. Unsplash photograph by Joel Muniz
The pandemic has highlighted that the charitable sector forms an integral part of the social infrastructure of the country, and yet, it doesn’t have the ear of the government, past or present—at least not on an ongoing permanent basis, writes Sen. Ratna Omidvar. Unsplash photograph by Joel Muniz