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Health Minister Marjorie Michel recently touted ongoing support for child care and early learning, and a national school food program in remarks about how her government supports children. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY VIVIANE POUPON | October 31, 2025
Canada ranks among the top five countries in brain research, publishing 6.4 per cent of global neuroscience articles, with world-leading scientists and research centres nationwide. This strategic asset could differentiate Canada in the global AI race yet remains untapped, writes Viviane Poupon. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY VIVIANE POUPON | October 31, 2025
Opinion | BY VIVIANE POUPON | October 31, 2025
Canada ranks among the top five countries in brain research, publishing 6.4 per cent of global neuroscience articles, with world-leading scientists and research centres nationwide. This strategic asset could differentiate Canada in the global AI race yet remains untapped, writes Viviane Poupon. Image courtesy of Pixabay
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 20, 2025
Non-Affiliated Senator Patrick Brazeau, left, CSG Senator Gigi Osler, and PSG Senator Katherine Hay all sit on the Senate Social Affairs Committee, which is currently studying Brazeau's bill to add warning labels to the packages of alcoholic beverages. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 20, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 20, 2025
Non-Affiliated Senator Patrick Brazeau, left, CSG Senator Gigi Osler, and PSG Senator Katherine Hay all sit on the Senate Social Affairs Committee, which is currently studying Brazeau's bill to add warning labels to the packages of alcoholic beverages. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 13, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel, pictured at a press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 2, has thus far made announcements based on funding set aside by the previous Liberal government. Stakeholders will look to this fall’s budget and this week’s health ministers’ meeting to have a deeper understanding of her priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 13, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | October 13, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel, pictured at a press conference in Ottawa on Oct. 2, has thus far made announcements based on funding set aside by the previous Liberal government. Stakeholders will look to this fall’s budget and this week’s health ministers’ meeting to have a deeper understanding of her priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MARION COOPER | October 6, 2025
AI holds enormous potential to strengthen mental health care, if it’s deployed thoughtfully, writes Marion Cooper, president and lead executive officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Photograph courtesy of cottonbro studio, Pexels.com
Opinion | BY MARION COOPER | October 6, 2025
Opinion | BY MARION COOPER | October 6, 2025
AI holds enormous potential to strengthen mental health care, if it’s deployed thoughtfully, writes Marion Cooper, president and lead executive officer of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Photograph courtesy of cottonbro studio, Pexels.com
Opinion | BY SHIMI KANG | October 6, 2025
Survivors’ flags fly at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 30, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHIMI KANG | October 6, 2025
Opinion | BY SHIMI KANG | October 6, 2025
Survivors’ flags fly at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 30, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 15, 2018
Former Hill staffer Paul Wernick wants all MPs to take a seven-point pledge to improve the working conditions of Hill staffers, especially the ones grappling with mental health challenges. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 15, 2018
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 15, 2018
Former Hill staffer Paul Wernick wants all MPs to take a seven-point pledge to improve the working conditions of Hill staffers, especially the ones grappling with mental health challenges. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DR. CHRIS HOBSON | October 10, 2018
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured in this file photo. Care co-ordination is extremely useful in improving the health and quality of life for those with mental health problems who are most at risk of falling through the cracks, writes family physician Chris Hobson. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DR. CHRIS HOBSON | October 10, 2018
Opinion | BY DR. CHRIS HOBSON | October 10, 2018
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured in this file photo. Care co-ordination is extremely useful in improving the health and quality of life for those with mental health problems who are most at risk of falling through the cracks, writes family physician Chris Hobson. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | October 10, 2018
Opinion | October 10, 2018
Opinion | October 10, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI | October 10, 2018
Rookie Liberal MPs Bob Bratina, Sean Fraser, Gary Anandasangaree, Majid Jowhari, and Iqra Khalid pose for a photo in the Centre Block rotunda on Nov. 5, 2015, the day of their first caucus meeting. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI | October 10, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI | October 10, 2018
Rookie Liberal MPs Bob Bratina, Sean Fraser, Gary Anandasangaree, Majid Jowhari, and Iqra Khalid pose for a photo in the Centre Block rotunda on Nov. 5, 2015, the day of their first caucus meeting. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI | October 3, 2018
Conservative MP John Brassard, left, and Liberals MPs Bill Blair and Michel Picard were all first elected in 2015. It’s tough for a rookie MP to learn the ropes of the new job while maintaining good health, writes Liberal MP Majid Jowhari. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI | October 3, 2018
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP MAJID JOWHARI | October 3, 2018
Conservative MP John Brassard, left, and Liberals MPs Bill Blair and Michel Picard were all first elected in 2015. It’s tough for a rookie MP to learn the ropes of the new job while maintaining good health, writes Liberal MP Majid Jowhari. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY SENATE SPEAKER GEORGE FUREY | October 3, 2018
Liberal MP Raj Grewal checks his phone in the House of Commons foyer in October 2017. In the past, it may have been easier for Parliamentarians and staffers to separate their personal and work lives, but smartphones, social media, and the 24-hour news cycle have increased demands on their time, writes Senate Speaker George Furey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SENATE SPEAKER GEORGE FUREY | October 3, 2018
Opinion | BY SENATE SPEAKER GEORGE FUREY | October 3, 2018
Liberal MP Raj Grewal checks his phone in the House of Commons foyer in October 2017. In the past, it may have been easier for Parliamentarians and staffers to separate their personal and work lives, but smartphones, social media, and the 24-hour news cycle have increased demands on their time, writes Senate Speaker George Furey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
MPs and staff can access psychological counselling, financial and legal assistance, addiction counselling, and more, through the House administration's Employee and Family Assistance Program, a confidential service available across the country, in person or online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
MPs and staff can access psychological counselling, financial and legal assistance, addiction counselling, and more, through the House administration's Employee and Family Assistance Program, a confidential service available across the country, in person or online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 3, 2018
Open-bar receptions attended by Hill staffers and MPs take place most nights in the spring and fall when the House is sitting. In the summer, the PMO sent a survey to Liberal staffers asking, among other things, about their work-life balance, and if they agreed there’s a drinking culture on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 3, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | October 3, 2018
Open-bar receptions attended by Hill staffers and MPs take place most nights in the spring and fall when the House is sitting. In the summer, the PMO sent a survey to Liberal staffers asking, among other things, about their work-life balance, and if they agreed there’s a drinking culture on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
In the past 30 years, Canada has gone from the federal health minister thinking mental health wasn’t his problem to the health minister being a former mental health counsellor, writes Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the latter. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
In the past 30 years, Canada has gone from the federal health minister thinking mental health wasn’t his problem to the health minister being a former mental health counsellor, writes Ginette Petitpas Taylor, the latter. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 3, 2018
The more people normalize the conversation around things like depression, the way they do about an illness like cancer, the sooner those who still feel stung by society’s stigma around hidden diseases will be able to feel some relief, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 3, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 3, 2018
The more people normalize the conversation around things like depression, the way they do about an illness like cancer, the sooner those who still feel stung by society’s stigma around hidden diseases will be able to feel some relief, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, a time to encourage conversations that likely wouldn't have taken place 10 years ago, writes Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, a time to encourage conversations that likely wouldn't have taken place 10 years ago, writes Veterans Affairs Minister Seamus O'Regan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | July 11, 2018
Opinion | July 11, 2018
Opinion | July 11, 2018