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To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE
  • After Australia banned social media for kids under the age of 16 last year, Culture Minister Marc Miller said his office was looking at the policy’s impact as part of the government’s plan to address online harms.
The federal government has reportedly drafted a proposed social media ban for children under the age of 14, according to The Globe and Mail. The Hill Times visual by Naomi Wildeboer

To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE
  • After Australia banned social media for kids under the age of 16 last year, Culture Minister Marc Miller said his office was looking at the policy’s impact as part of the government’s plan to address online harms.

To ban or not to ban? Experts wary of restricting social media access for kids, as feds watch Australian approach

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE
  • After Australia banned social media for kids under the age of 16 last year, Culture Minister Marc Miller said his office was looking at the policy’s impact as part of the government’s plan to address online harms.
The federal government has reportedly drafted a proposed social media ban for children under the age of 14, according to The Globe and Mail. The Hill Times visual by Naomi Wildeboer

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Official languages commissioner nominee aspires for a ‘truly bilingual public service’

Official languages commissioner nominee Kelly Burke shared her vision for a bilingual public service before House and Senate committees on Feb. 10. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • Kelly Burke, the nominee to become the next official language commissioner, says her goal in that position is ‘substantive equality’ between French and English across Canada.

Official languages commissioner nominee aspires for a ‘truly bilingual public service’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND
  • Kelly Burke, the nominee to become the next official language commissioner, says her goal in that position is ‘substantive equality’ between French and English

Ottawa MPs Sudds, Fanjoy urge changes to return-to-office order for public servants, as MPs debate ending hybrid Parliament

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED TODAY, 2:01 pm
  • Liberal MP Jenna Sudds has called for 'flexibility' after fellow local caucus colleague Bruce Fanjoy criticized requirements that public servants work in-office four days a week starting in July, and executives five days a week starting in May.
  • Liberal MP Jenna Sudds has called for 'flexibility' after fellow local caucus colleague Bruce Fanjoy criticized requirements that public servants work in-office four days

‘Back to the future’: Senators react to idea of turning Senate Building back into original train station for high-speed rail hub

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • David Jeanes, a retired engineer and former president of Transport Action Canada, says the Senate Building would be an ideal spot for a downtown Ottawa station, and says it could be linked to the rest of the line with a tunnel going under part of the Rideau Canal.
  • David Jeanes, a retired engineer and former president of Transport Action Canada, says the Senate Building would be an ideal spot for a downtown
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Federal leaders to attend vigil for Tumbler Ridge victims

  • Plus, Dominic LeBlanc leads a trade mission to Mexico this weekend.

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Documents reveal more about powerful forces behind push for warrantless lawful access

  • The pressure for lawful warrantless access to surveil internet subscriber data is long-standing and began in the late 1990s. But recently acquired access-to-information documents shed some light on some of the actors driving the push for more lawful access.
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Trump finally went too far for Stephen Harper 

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Tumbler Ridge shooting upends the agenda: The week in review

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Speaking to reporters ahead of the Liberal caucus meeting on Feb. 11, a visibly emotional Prime Minister Mark Carney said 'parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘A nation mourns with you:’ Carney orders flags at half-mast after deadly Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED February 12, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s previously announced trip to Munich, Germany, has been cancelled in the wake of the deadly Feb. 10 shooting in British Columbia, and Question Period, committee meetings, and other work on Parliament Hill was halted on Feb. 11.

‘A nation mourns with you:’ Carney orders flags at half-mast after deadly Tumbler Ridge, B.C., shooting

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED February 12, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s previously announced trip to Munich, Germany, has been cancelled in the wake of the deadly Feb. 10 shooting in British Columbia, and Question Period, committee meetings, and other work on Parliament Hill was halted on Feb. 11.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and his wife Anaida. The 2026 Conservative Party convention in Calgary, Alta.. The Hill Times photograph by Amir Said.

‘All the fundamentals are there’: Conservatives bank unity and cash, but need to buy time and ‘hope’ for a renewed NDP, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON
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Former Trudeau chief of staff Katie Telford sits down to discuss being ‘the right hand’ in Ottawa on Feb. 12

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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has decisions to make about the Senate. De-politicized by design a decade ago, it never regained a shared parliamentary purpose with the House of Commons, and is now an institution some describe as adrift, write Richard Nolan and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

The Carney doctrine and the Canadian Senate

OpinionBY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN
  • It’s an open question as to whether the prime minister will treat the Senate as a strategic asset or leave the institution under-utilized in a national moment when it is most needed to rebuild national cohesion.

The Carney doctrine and the Canadian Senate

OpinionBY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN
  • It’s an open question as to whether the prime minister will treat the Senate as a strategic asset or leave the institution under-utilized in a national moment when it is most needed to rebuild national cohesion.

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Building Canada’s digital future

OpinionBY DELPHINE ADENOT-OWUSU
  • The global race for technological leadership is well underway. Canada cannot afford to be a spectator. By supporting and developing world-class digital infrastructure, we can position ourselves at the forefront of the digital revolution. The time to act is now.
Stopping nicotine addiction before it starts is one of the clearest ways to reduce future pressure on the health-care system, writes Doug Roth. Pexels photograph by Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Canada is facing a teen vaping crisis

OpinionBY DOUG ROTH
  • Six provinces have stepped up on youth vaping restrictions, but federal government regulations have been delayed for half a decade.

Canada is facing a teen vaping crisis

OpinionBY DOUG ROTH
  • Six provinces have stepped up on youth vaping restrictions, but federal government regulations have been delayed for half a decade.
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EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

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FOREIGN POLICY

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Ottawa-based diplomats have differing interpretations of what Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, spelled out as a new direction for Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand recently gathered the diplomatic corps to 'outline' Canada's foreign policy priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Something new is needed’: Ottawa’s diplomatic corps still trying to grasp Carney’s worldview after Davos 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • 'Carney broke out of that binary between unacceptable subordination and self-destructive resistance, and he gave a third way,' says South African envoy Rieaz Shaik.

‘Something new is needed’: Ottawa’s diplomatic corps still trying to grasp Carney’s worldview after Davos 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • 'Carney broke out of that binary between unacceptable subordination and self-destructive resistance, and he gave a third way,' says South African envoy Rieaz Shaik.

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

Then-U.S. president Richard Nixon, left, and then-prime minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau inside the Prime Minister's Office in Centre Block on April 14, 1972. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Coutts Diaries is the most revealing book ever written about Canadian politics

FeatureBY DAVID HERLE
  • This is a previously unseen view of Pierre Trudeau, one that is sure to alter your opinions of him. It is an unvarnished look inside the government that brought you wage and price controls, the Charter of Rights, and the National Energy Program. And it is a darkly moving account of the life of a senior political staffer.

The Coutts Diaries is the most revealing book ever written about Canadian politics

FeatureBY DAVID HERLE
  • This is a previously unseen view of Pierre Trudeau, one that is sure to alter your opinions of him. It is an unvarnished look inside the government that brought you wage and price controls, the Charter of Rights, and the National Energy Program. And it is a darkly moving account of the life of a senior political staffer.
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Policy

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Canada on path to become a superaged country

OpinionBY SHARON STRAUS, FRANçOISE BAYLIS
  • To successfully address the pending demographic shift to a superaged society, we need to be nimble and bold.
Secretary of State for Seniors Stephanie McLean. Meeting the health and social care needs of aging adults demands integration across health care, social care, public health, housing, transportation, and community services, write Sharon Straus and Françoise Baylis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada on path to become a superaged country

OpinionBY SHARON STRAUS, FRANçOISE BAYLIS
  • To successfully address the pending demographic shift to a superaged society, we need to be nimble and bold.

Canada on path to become a superaged country

OpinionBY SHARON STRAUS, FRANçOISE BAYLIS
  • To successfully address the pending demographic shift to a superaged society, we need to be nimble and bold.
Secretary of State for Seniors Stephanie McLean. Meeting the health and social care needs of aging adults demands integration across health care, social care, public health, housing, transportation, and community services, write Sharon Straus and Françoise Baylis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it

OpinionBY SAMIRA ABBASGHOLIZADEH-RAHIMI
  • Too many clinicians interact with AI tools without a clear understanding of how they work, what data they rely on, or where their limitations lie.
Despite AI’s growing footprint in care delivery, most Canadian medical schools do not require structured training in AI competency, writes Samira A. Rahimi. Pexels photograph by Alex Knight

AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it

OpinionBY SAMIRA ABBASGHOLIZADEH-RAHIMI
  • Too many clinicians interact with AI tools without a clear understanding of how they work, what data they rely on, or where their limitations lie.

AI is already in our clinics, but Canada is failing to train the people who use it

OpinionBY SAMIRA ABBASGHOLIZADEH-RAHIMI
  • Too many clinicians interact with AI tools without a clear understanding of how they work, what data they rely on, or where their limitations lie.
Despite AI’s growing footprint in care delivery, most Canadian medical schools do not require structured training in AI competency, writes Samira A. Rahimi. Pexels photograph by Alex Knight
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Implementation matters: why Canada keeps leaving life-saving research on the shelf

OpinionBY MELANIE BARWICK
  • If governments want research to improve lives, implementation must be funded, measured, and led—not assumed.

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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.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.
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.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • A national supply chain strategy will require a holistic understanding of what the supply chain is, which is often misunderstood, according to Martin Montanti, president and CEO of Supply Chain Canada.
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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