Hill Times, August 23 2021 If we have to do an election, then let’s talk about things that matter. What is the role of governments in the new world of pandemics and crisis: passive or active? What are we going to do now about the climate emergency, as we have obviously turned a huge corner? […]

Hill Times August 9, 2021 I had the misfortune of touring a long-term care facility in Ottawa this past month, and I was and continue to be horrified. Experts have said this specific facility is not one of the worst. It wasn’t dirty, it wasn’t unstaffed. But it also wasn’t inviting, and there was barely

Hill Times July 26, 2021 What does accountability look like in the face of mass graves of Indigenous children? A mass grave was just found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of more than 500 mass graves from the war in 1992-1995. The largest mass grave had 629 Bosnian victims. Serb President Radovan Karadzic was found

Hill Times July 12, 2021 Mary Simon’s appointment represents the type of change required for reconciliation. Known as simply Mary to many Inuit, the position of governor general is in a long list of firsts for her life’s achievements. There are two special accomplishments built in the appointment of governor general. Obviously, it is a

Hill Times June 28, 2021 Kamloops. Brandon. St. Anne’s. Marieval. And the list grows. The numbers are devastating, but they should not be news. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission gathered data on at least 4,000 to 6,000 children who did not return from the government-funded, church-run institutions. That number will increase, given that some schools

Hill Times, June 14 2021 June 21 is National Indigenous Day, the summer solstice. Many Indigenous organizations and businesses will close. Some Indigenous people will pay more attention to this day than to Canada Day. And it’s not just for Indigenous peoples. It is a day for Canadians to pause and consider the experience of

Hill Times June 7, 2021 OTTAWA—Warning: this story contains distressing details. Following the announcement of the mass grave of 215 Indigenous children unearthed at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in Kamloops, Canada is in an identity crisis and Canadians are appalled. But the federal government continues its passive aggressive resistance to

Hill Times May 31, 2021 Quebec Premier Legault wants to increase the use of French in Quebec through Bill 96, come hell or high water. As federal parties fell over themselves to show support and garner future votes, a House of Commons motion to tacitly approve of Bill 96 was stalled by MP Jody Wilson-Raybould.