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A new Human Rights Watch report found that while Canada’s immigration detention authorities claim to protect marginalized detainees, the system’s designated representative framework often silences them. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
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
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 1, 2024
Immigration Minister Marc Miller. The Canadian Centre for Human Rights survey found a majority of respondents believed refugee applicants and asylum seekers received too many benefits that would be better used for Canadians, while 44 per cent believed immigrants to Canada make the country better. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 1, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 1, 2024
Immigration Minister Marc Miller. The Canadian Centre for Human Rights survey found a majority of respondents believed refugee applicants and asylum seekers received too many benefits that would be better used for Canadians, while 44 per cent believed immigrants to Canada make the country better. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 27, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new tone on Canada's immigration targets feel 'unreal' after two years of insinuations the Bloc Québécois was xenophobic for raising the same concerns, says critic Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/Justin Trudeau
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 27, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 27, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new tone on Canada's immigration targets feel 'unreal' after two years of insinuations the Bloc Québécois was xenophobic for raising the same concerns, says critic Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/Justin Trudeau
Opinion | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | November 21, 2024
The Hill Times deputy editor Stephen Jeffery, right, and his wife Courtney Parrott became Canadian citizens on Nov. 20. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Jeffery
Opinion | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | November 21, 2024
Opinion | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | November 21, 2024
The Hill Times deputy editor Stephen Jeffery, right, and his wife Courtney Parrott became Canadian citizens on Nov. 20. Photograph courtesy of Stephen Jeffery
Opinion | BY GHAZY MUJAHID | July 19, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen should consider a new approach to family reunification based on the same points system used for brining skilled workers to Canada, writes Ghazy Mujahid. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GHAZY MUJAHID | July 19, 2019
Opinion | BY GHAZY MUJAHID | July 19, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen should consider a new approach to family reunification based on the same points system used for brining skilled workers to Canada, writes Ghazy Mujahid. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | July 1, 2019
Anti-migration groups alongside alt-right groups, La Muete, Soldiers of Odin, Storm Alliance and others, gathered on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8, 2018, to protest Canada signing the UN Global compact on Migration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | July 1, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | July 1, 2019
Anti-migration groups alongside alt-right groups, La Muete, Soldiers of Odin, Storm Alliance and others, gathered on Parliament Hill on Dec. 8, 2018, to protest Canada signing the UN Global compact on Migration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 12, 2019
Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the House Justice Committee after quoting a terrorist's manifesto during a meeting May 28, but he remains the party’s deputy critic on the file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 12, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 12, 2019
Conservative MP Michael Cooper was removed from the House Justice Committee after quoting a terrorist's manifesto during a meeting May 28, but he remains the party’s deputy critic on the file. 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
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 15, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured speaking to reporters in December, has long proven herself as an MP, but her party isn’t as progressive as it claims to be, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 15, 2019
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | May 15, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured speaking to reporters in December, has long proven herself as an MP, but her party isn’t as progressive as it claims to be, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured responding to the auditor general's report on May 7, told reporters that the government has cleared its backlog of legacy refugee claims last week. In the 2019 budget, the feds set aside $208-million for the Immigration and Refugee Board to help tackle the backlog. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Opinion | BY LUBOMYR LUCIUK | May 9, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured responding to the auditor general's report on May 7, told reporters that the government has cleared its backlog of legacy refugee claims last week. In the 2019 budget, the feds set aside $208-million for the Immigration and Refugee Board to help tackle the backlog. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 8, 2019
The office of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen says an increase in Mexican asylum claims was expected and planned for when the visa exemption was lifted. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 8, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 8, 2019
The office of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen says an increase in Mexican asylum claims was expected and planned for when the visa exemption was lifted. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Residents trickle back into a neighbourhood in Homs, Syria, in March 2019—the city in which Abu Bakr al Rabeeah lived before coming to Canada as a refugee. Photograph courtesy of UNHCR/Christopher Reardon
Residents trickle back into a neighbourhood in Homs, Syria, in March 2019—the city in which Abu Bakr al Rabeeah lived before coming to Canada as a refugee. Photograph courtesy of UNHCR/Christopher Reardon
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 7, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured addressing reporters on the Hill, has pledged to clear Canada's backlog of legacy refugee claims, as the government works to process another mounting backlog. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 7, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 7, 2019
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured addressing reporters on the Hill, has pledged to clear Canada's backlog of legacy refugee claims, as the government works to process another mounting backlog. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair’s office says the proposed measure means Canada has a way to respond when delays by countries to issue travel documents ‘are unreasonable.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 1, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair’s office says the proposed measure means Canada has a way to respond when delays by countries to issue travel documents ‘are unreasonable.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has sought to reopen negotiations on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Opinion | BY JUSTIN MOHAMMED | May 1, 2019
Border Security Minister Bill Blair has sought to reopen negotiations on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 24, 2019
Employment and Social Development Canada, whose political masters include Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured right arriving at a Feb. 19 cabinet meeting in West Block, reported the most instances of unsecured protected and classified documents going back to 2016, according to new numbers from the government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 24, 2019
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 24, 2019
Employment and Social Development Canada, whose political masters include Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, pictured right arriving at a Feb. 19 cabinet meeting in West Block, reported the most instances of unsecured protected and classified documents going back to 2016, according to new numbers from the government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade