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Intel briefings should prioritize digital hygiene, mitigation against foreign interference over specific threats, says former DND analyst

NewsBY STUART BENSON

A lot more can be done to raise Parliamentarians' competency regarding how to mitigate their vulnerabilities if they are targeted, says former defence department analyst Thomas Juneau.

Conservative MPs Michael Chong, left, and Erin O'Toole have all confirmed the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has briefed them about ongoing campaigns allegedly orchestrated by the Chinese government. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Intel briefings should prioritize digital hygiene, mitigation against foreign interference over specific threats, says former DND analyst

NewsBY STUART BENSON

A lot more can be done to raise Parliamentarians' competency regarding how to mitigate their vulnerabilities if they are targeted, says former defence department analyst Thomas Juneau.

Intel briefings should prioritize digital hygiene, mitigation against foreign interference over specific threats, says former DND analyst

NewsBY STUART BENSON

A lot more can be done to raise Parliamentarians' competency regarding how to mitigate their vulnerabilities if they are targeted, says former defence department analyst Thomas Juneau.

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Advocates call for feds to provide more detail on response to Uganda’s harsh new anti-LGBTQ law

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'Calling for the repeal of the law is baseline,' says Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who wants to see a plan of action from the government.

Advocates call for feds to provide more detail on response to Uganda’s harsh new anti-LGBTQ law

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'Calling for the repeal of the law is baseline,' says Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who wants to see a plan of action from the

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Alberta election shows wooing reluctant Tory voters still a high bar for Singh, says pollster Coletto

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The Alberta NDP left too much room for the United Conservative Party leader to define herself, a mistake the federal NDP and Liberal leaders can’t make with Conservative Pierre Poilievre, says former NDP comms director Mélanie Richer.

The Alberta NDP left too much room for the United Conservative Party leader to define herself, a mistake the federal NDP and Liberal leaders

‘Flurry of activities’ won’t ensure military culture change, say analysts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

'We could well end up with a situation where all the Arbour recommendations have been implemented, but we still don’t have meaningful culture change,' says professor Maya Eichler.

'We could well end up with a situation where all the Arbour recommendations have been implemented, but we still don’t have meaningful culture change,'

Wildfire crisis indicates need to refrain from new fossil fuel, LNG projects, say environmentalists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada must transition off of fossil fuels, which are exacerbating wildfires, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

Canada must transition off of fossil fuels, which are exacerbating wildfires, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

POLITICS THIS MORNING

Politics This Morning: Senators to grill Rodriguez over online news bill

Plus, David Lametti will field questions on his sex offender law reforms.

BY PETER MAZEREEUW

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Attacks on Johnston a politically convenient way to avoid the hard conversations

Despite some public pronouncements, I can’t imagine anyone in political Ottawa wants Johnston to step aside. Then, they’d have to talk policy and solutions.

BY TIM POWERS

Do ministers and senior public servants need bodyguards?

BY ANDREW CADDELL

Trickle-down economics: the hoax that will not die

BY LES WHITTINGTON

Time get serious about ‘silly season’

BY EDITORIAL

The clean energy transition is underway with hydrogen and critical minerals

BY BRUNO POLLET

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Altogether, if approved, federal spending so far this year will reach $454.8-billion, up 11.7 per cent from the $407.2-billion in spending approved by the same point last year.

Feds seek approval for additional $20.5-billion in spending

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Altogether, if approved, federal spending so far this year will reach $454.8-billion, up 11.7 per cent from the $407.2-billion in spending approved by the same point last year.

Environmental and health advocates endorse update to Environmental Protection Act, but also call for promised second bill

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

‘Polarizing’ Alberta campaign ‘a harbinger of what to expect’ in next federal election, say insiders

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Nomination process ‘a distinct problem that has to be examined,’ PM’s national security adviser tells committee studying foreign interference

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Byelection result in Portage-Lisgar, Man., will signal if Poilievre has been able to consolidate party’s base, say politicos and experts

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Parliamentary Calendar

Gallery dinner returns to spring slot, kicks off Hill party season on June 10

Three weeks, 32 bills: Previewing silly season in Parliament

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Canada’s competition problem, with Matthew Boswell

Inside Ottawa and Inside Ontario package

Inside Directories 2023

Inside Alberta & British Columbia 2023

Pouvoir et Influence Québec 2023

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

‘Let’s challenge the status quo’: Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi officially launches Ontario Liberal leadership bid

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Plus, Alex Benay makes return into the federal public service, and The Globe and Mail's CEO Phillip Crawley is set to retire.

‘Let’s challenge the status quo’: Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi officially launches Ontario Liberal leadership bid

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Plus, Alex Benay makes return into the federal public service, and The Globe and Mail's CEO Phillip Crawley is set to retire.

A dozen envoys collect awards for public diplomacy performance

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

Wildfire smoke descends on Ottawa

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Photo of the day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Photo of the Day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Director-level changes for ministers Gould, Fraser, LeBlanc

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Riverkeeper gala housewarming raises $345,000 at Ottawa’s hottest party on the water

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

This just in: Defend or defund? Macdonald-Laurier Institute to host talk on role of CBC in digital age

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Talaga keynote speaker at Indigenous History and Heritage Gathering on June 5 at Ottawa’s Shaw Centre

Canadian news is in trouble: we can’t afford to let tech giants make its financial difficulties worse

OpinionBY KEVIN DESJARDINS

We fail to understand how there can be any consideration of excluding certain news providers based solely on the underlying industry or the technology in which they have traditionally operated.

Canadian news is in trouble: we can’t afford to let tech giants make its financial difficulties worse

OpinionBY KEVIN DESJARDINS

We fail to understand how there can be any consideration of excluding certain news providers based solely on the underlying industry or the technology in which they have traditionally operated.

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OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Logging in Canada is not sustainable and needs to change

BY MICHAEL POLANYI, JANET SUMNER

Feds ignoring diaspora communities, stalling on foreign interference

BY HENRY CHAN

Free, prior, and informed consent from Inuit is fundamental to reconciliation

BY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Canada can still be a natural resource powerhouse in a net-zero economy

OpinionBY OLIVER SHELDRICK, RACHEL DORAN

This country has long been a significant exporter of natural resources, and the clean energy transition doesn’t change that.

Canada can be a game-changer for developing countries, says letter writer

Still waiting for NRCan statement about importing high-level nuclear waste: op-ed authors

Still waiting for NRCan statement about importing high-level nuclear waste: op-ed authors

Spirit of co-operation must last beyond the wildfire emergency

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Canadians more concerned with actual fires than the foreign interference firestorm

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

de Adder’s Take: 06-07-2023

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Environment & Climate Change

COP 27 and a glass half full

After the inevitable all-night negotiations at the United Nations climate conference, countries managed to agree on a new fund that will recompense poor countries that suffer 'loss and damage' from extreme climate events.

BY GWYNNE DYER

Affordable shelter, fertilizer emissions, and tourism topped lobbying issues in busiest October since 2018

YWCA Canada is calling for increased funding under the National Housing Strategy for a grants-based system to fully fund shelters that are specifically dedicated to women and gender-diverse people.

BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Key climate justice discussions go down to the wire at COP27

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has been involved in discussions aimed at salvaging an agreement on funding for climate-related loss and damage, a key source of division between the Global North and Global South.

BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Canadian response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act should seek to boost ‘certainty’ for investors, says advocacy group

The new American law could ‘attract a lot of capital’ that ‘might otherwise go to Canada,' because it offers companies investing south of the border a much clearer picture of what incentives are available to them, says Canadians for Clean Prosperity.

BY IAN CAMPBELL

Military must do its part to curb carbon emissions

It is not just the big industrial polluters or everyday consumers filling up their gas tanks that are poisoning the atmosphere, it is also the militaries of the world, literally flying quietly under the radar of public and political scrutiny.

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Australian soldiers’ war crimes and the challenging pursuit of justice

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

How Canada should intervene to protect Ukrainian children

OpinionBY ERIK KUCHERENKO

Canada must suspend arms exports to Peru, speak out against lethal racism

OpinionBY MARINA NAVARRO, KETTY NIVYABANDI, AND FRANCE-ISABELLE LANGLOIS

With artificial intelligence, the sky really is about to fall

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Leveraging defence relations with Japan is critical for Canada’s Indo-Pacific presence

OpinionBY DAVID PERRY

Both Canada and Japan are committed to capacity building in the region to strengthen the ability of smaller powers to adapt to their own defence and security challenges.

Leveraging defence relations with Japan is critical for Canada’s Indo-Pacific presence

OpinionBY DAVID PERRY

Both Canada and Japan are committed to capacity building in the region to strengthen the ability of smaller powers to adapt to their own defence and security challenges.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

To learn about the future of inflation, look to lessons from the past

FeatureBY STEPHEN POLOZ

The Next Age of Uncertainty is one of the finalists for this year's Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books written in 2022. The following is an excerpt.

To learn about the future of inflation, look to lessons from the past

FeatureBY STEPHEN POLOZ

The Next Age of Uncertainty is one of the finalists for this year's Donner Prize, one of the best public policy books written in 2022. The following is an excerpt.

Yep, you read it right: author Chris Turner dishes up climate optimism

FeatureBY CHRIS TURNER

Separate, not equal: the story of Canada in a Manitoba valley

FeatureBY ANDREW STOBO SNIDERMAN AND DOUGLAS SANDERSON

More than a number: a daughter’s search for her Inuit grandmother identified only by digits on a disc under Canada’s Eskimo Identification system

FeatureBY NORMA DUNNING

O’Kane lifts the lid on Google’s failure to build a city of the future on Toronto’s waterfront

FeatureBY JOSH O’KANE

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