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Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali shouldn’t sign on to his officials’ disastrous draft discussion paper that would make for a more dysfunctional access-to-information system, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Guillaume Couillard, director general at the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, says that the high number of investigations in 2023 and 2024 are due to one approach set by the 2022 temporary guidelines, which will be replaced by permanent guidance on Jan. 1, 2026. Photograph courtesy of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty introduced Bill C-10 into the House of Commons on Sept. 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre, holds a press conference in the West Block on June 18, 2025, with Bloc MPs Christine Normandin, left, and Yves Perron. The Bloc is throwing its weight behind a move by the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network asking for mandatory labelling on genetically engineered foods. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
As Prime Minister Mark Carney embarks on a suite of national-interest projects, he will inherit a credibility gap where members of the general population and Indigenous Peoples do not see consent through the same lens, writes Megan Buttle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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