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Transport Minister Steven Mackinnon announced on Dec.12 that the first phase of Canada’s planned high-speed rail network project will run between Ottawa–Montreal corridor.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Transport Minister Steven Mackinnon announced on Dec.12 that the first phase of Canada’s planned high-speed rail network project will run between Ottawa–Montreal corridor.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Quebec Premier François Legault’s provincial constitution bill is facing criticism from bar associations and more than 300 civil liberties groups. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Conservative addictions critic Todd Doherty, left, Conservative health critic Dan Mazier, and Pierre Poirier, chief of the Ottawa Paramedic Service, at a Dec. 9 press conference about the need to fast-track a bill legislating more serious criminal sentences for assaults against health-care workers and first responders. The Hill Times photograph by Tessie Sanci
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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. The National Security Strategy implicitly threatens to punish countries—particularly those like Canada—that pursue decarbonization strategies in ways that Trump or his MAGA officials find contrary to American interests, writes Shawn McCarthy. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, looks at the 150 photographs taken by Castle at Vimy Ridge. Book cover courtesy of Wilfrid Laurier Press University Press

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Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet, left, and Chief of Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan. When women serve in security institutions, these institutions work better, writes Nathalie Chuard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Lieutenant-General Jamie Speiser-Blanchet, left, and Chief of Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan. When women serve in security institutions, these institutions work better, writes Nathalie Chuard. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Canadians want us to be building a country which is reliable and resilient in a changing world, but also one that is affordable, writes Liberal MP Wade Grant. Pexels photograph by James Wheeler
Canadians want us to be building a country which is reliable and resilient in a changing world, but also one that is affordable, writes Liberal MP Wade Grant. Pexels photograph by James Wheeler
Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne leaves a Liberal caucus meeting in the West Block on Dec. 3, followed by Liberal MP Kody Blois, parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.
Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the national supply chain office “will enhance the resilience, efficiency, and reliability of our transportation systems,” in a Transport Canada press release on Dec. 1, 2023.

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