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Federal and provincial/territorial health ministers can work to solve the physician shortage in Canada in a cost-effective manner by enhancing the PRA route to licensure, write ISG Senators Stanley Kutcher, Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, and Ratna Omidvar; and Kareem El-Assal.  Photograph courtesy of Unsplash
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland arrives at a committee hearing on Dec. 9, 2024, a week before she quit as deputy prime minister and finance minister. Her bombshell resignation from Cabinet on Dec. 16 would result in renewed questions over the future of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland arrives at a committee hearing on Dec. 9, 2024, a week before she quit as deputy prime minister and finance minister. Her bombshell resignation from Cabinet on Dec. 16 would result in renewed questions over the future of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY SHAMIRA MADHANY | December 16, 2024
Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Reducing immigration levels is not an economic growth policy; neither is increasing immigration levels, writes Shamira Madhany. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAMIRA MADHANY | December 16, 2024
Opinion | BY SHAMIRA MADHANY | December 16, 2024
Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Reducing immigration levels is not an economic growth policy; neither is increasing immigration levels, writes Shamira Madhany. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RAVI JAIN | December 11, 2024
Marc Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller can take bold action. Ravi Jain writes that be is tired of trying to explain to victims how a country like Canada could allow non-lawyers to run law offices, and to dupe people into thinking they hired members of his profession. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RAVI JAIN | December 11, 2024
Opinion | BY RAVI JAIN | December 11, 2024
Marc Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller can take bold action. Ravi Jain writes that be is tired of trying to explain to victims how a country like Canada could allow non-lawyers to run law offices, and to dupe people into thinking they hired members of his profession. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 8, 2024
On Dec. 3, Treasury Board President Anita Anand appeared at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to take questions about cuts to the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 8, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 8, 2024
On Dec. 3, Treasury Board President Anita Anand appeared at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to take questions about cuts to the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PATRICK MACKENZIE | November 21, 2022
Departments like Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, headed by Minister Sean Fraser, are helping move Canada in the right direction by funding programs that help immigrants better explain—and employers better understand—their talents. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PATRICK MACKENZIE | November 21, 2022
Opinion | BY PATRICK MACKENZIE | November 21, 2022
Departments like Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, headed by Minister Sean Fraser, are helping move Canada in the right direction by funding programs that help immigrants better explain—and employers better understand—their talents. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | November 16, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault has warned of the 'threat to French' of immigration and refused to raise Quebec’s share from 50,000 to 25 per cent of the national total, 125,000, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | November 16, 2022
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | November 16, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault has warned of the 'threat to French' of immigration and refused to raise Quebec’s share from 50,000 to 25 per cent of the national total, 125,000, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 7, 2022
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser, pictured recently on the Hill, said last week, 'Look, folks, it’s simple to me. Canada needs more people.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 7, 2022
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 7, 2022
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser, pictured recently on the Hill, said last week, 'Look, folks, it’s simple to me. Canada needs more people.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien, and Treasury Board President Mona Fortier attend the launch of the government's 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan during an event at SAW Gallery in Ottawa on Aug. 28, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien, and Treasury Board President Mona Fortier attend the launch of the government's 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan during an event at SAW Gallery in Ottawa on Aug. 28, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 25, 2022
An estimated 5,000 people protested in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2019, calling for more aggressive measures to mitigate climate change. The UN estimates that 1.5 billion people may be forced to move in the next 30 years due to climate change, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 25, 2022
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 25, 2022
An estimated 5,000 people protested in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2019, calling for more aggressive measures to mitigate climate change. The UN estimates that 1.5 billion people may be forced to move in the next 30 years due to climate change, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 23, 2022
RCMP officers direct asylum seekers from an irregular border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec in August 2017. In 2019-20, the Canada Border Services Agency detained 8,825 people, including 1,932 in provincial jails, according to a report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, who launched a campaign urging provinces and the federal government to end the practice. Wikimedia Commons photograph courtesy of Daniel Case
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 23, 2022
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 23, 2022
RCMP officers direct asylum seekers from an irregular border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec in August 2017. In 2019-20, the Canada Border Services Agency detained 8,825 people, including 1,932 in provincial jails, according to a report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, who launched a campaign urging provinces and the federal government to end the practice. Wikimedia Commons photograph courtesy of Daniel Case
Opinion | BY HERMONA KULUBERHAN | August 10, 2022
When Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced measures in March that would fast-track the arrival of an unlimited number of Ukrainian asylum seekers, many wondered why the same quick action couldn’t be taken for the refugees who have languished in the system for years, writes Hermona Kuluberhan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HERMONA KULUBERHAN | August 10, 2022
Opinion | BY HERMONA KULUBERHAN | August 10, 2022
When Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced measures in March that would fast-track the arrival of an unlimited number of Ukrainian asylum seekers, many wondered why the same quick action couldn’t be taken for the refugees who have languished in the system for years, writes Hermona Kuluberhan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY OUMAR DICKO | August 3, 2022
To ensure skilled foreign workers come to Quebec and stay in Quebec, we need to make it easier for them to find and access supports that empower them, writes Oumar Dicko. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
Opinion | BY OUMAR DICKO | August 3, 2022
Opinion | BY OUMAR DICKO | August 3, 2022
To ensure skilled foreign workers come to Quebec and stay in Quebec, we need to make it easier for them to find and access supports that empower them, writes Oumar Dicko. Photograph courtesy of Pexels
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 3, 2022
A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, pictured, says IRCC processed 'over 93 per cent' of applications it received prior to the start of the AIDS conference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 3, 2022
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 3, 2022
A spokesperson for Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, pictured, says IRCC processed 'over 93 per cent' of applications it received prior to the start of the AIDS conference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 3, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced in June that she intends to appoint a special envoy for Myanmar and the Rohingya. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 3, 2022
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 3, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced in June that she intends to appoint a special envoy for Myanmar and the Rohingya. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, seen here at a June 14 press conference, will make an announcement about Canada's domestic response to HIV-AIDS after International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan cancelled an appearance at a major AIDS conference in Montreal on Friday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, seen here at a June 14 press conference, will make an announcement about Canada's domestic response to HIV-AIDS after International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan cancelled an appearance at a major AIDS conference in Montreal on Friday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW GRIFFITH | July 14, 2022
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, pictured on April 25, 2022, before the Special Committee on Afghanistan on the Hill, indicated that the 2023-25 plan will likely include a target of 500,000 new permanent residents by the end of the plan. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ANDREW GRIFFITH | July 14, 2022
Opinion | BY ANDREW GRIFFITH | July 14, 2022
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, pictured on April 25, 2022, before the Special Committee on Afghanistan on the Hill, indicated that the 2023-25 plan will likely include a target of 500,000 new permanent residents by the end of the plan. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia