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For democracy, we have to make public life appealing again

  • Despite our county’s many strengths, our politics suffer from some formidable challenges. The national discourse has become more polarized, divisive, and nastier. Unfortunately, we
FeatureBY SERGIO MARCHI | September 29, 2025
Anti-government protesters stand outside the West Block and on Wellington Street on the House's first day back on Sept. 15, 2025. A 2022 Angus Reid poll found that almost 60 per cent of Canadians did not trust their government, that's up from 47 per cent registered five years earlier, writes Sergio Marchi. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

For democracy, we have to make public life appealing again

FeatureBY SERGIO MARCHI | September 29, 2025
  • Despite our county’s many strengths, our politics suffer from some formidable challenges. The national discourse has become more polarized, divisive, and nastier. Unfortunately, we

For democracy, we have to make public life appealing again

FeatureBY SERGIO MARCHI | September 29, 2025
  • Despite our county’s many strengths, our politics suffer from some formidable challenges. The national discourse has become more polarized, divisive, and nastier. Unfortunately, we
Anti-government protesters stand outside the West Block and on Wellington Street on the House's first day back on Sept. 15, 2025. A 2022 Angus Reid poll found that almost 60 per cent of Canadians did not trust their government, that's up from 47 per cent registered five years earlier, writes Sergio Marchi. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to revive Team Canada trade missions

  • The TCM model of connecting with other countries is perfectly made for turbulent times so I personally hope that Mark Carney buys in. If
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | August 24, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney should revive the Chrétien-era practice of organizing Team Canada trade missions as they are good for building ties between businesses and governments, writes Sergio Marchi, a former Liberal cabinet minister. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to revive Team Canada trade missions

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | August 24, 2025
  • The TCM model of connecting with other countries is perfectly made for turbulent times so I personally hope that Mark Carney buys in. If

Time to revive Team Canada trade missions

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | August 24, 2025
  • The TCM model of connecting with other countries is perfectly made for turbulent times so I personally hope that Mark Carney buys in. If
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney should revive the Chrétien-era practice of organizing Team Canada trade missions as they are good for building ties between businesses and governments, writes Sergio Marchi, a former Liberal cabinet minister. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mark Carney: a leader for turbulent times

  • The new Liberal government must now move swiftly and decisively
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | May 1, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
In the end, a majority of Canadians were attracted to Mark Carney, determining that he possessed the economic experience and credentials required to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mark Carney: a leader for turbulent times

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | May 1, 2025
  • The new Liberal government must now move swiftly and decisively

Mark Carney: a leader for turbulent times

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | May 1, 2025
  • The new Liberal government must now move swiftly and decisively
Mark Carney
In the end, a majority of Canadians were attracted to Mark Carney, determining that he possessed the economic experience and credentials required to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Canada emerge stronger and more united? Here’s hoping

  • Three issues will be bundled into one overarching challenge that will dominate this election's discourse: how leaders propose to deal with the White House,
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | March 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party co-leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Will Canada emerge stronger and more united? Here’s hoping

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | March 27, 2025
  • Three issues will be bundled into one overarching challenge that will dominate this election's discourse: how leaders propose to deal with the White House,

Will Canada emerge stronger and more united? Here’s hoping

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | March 27, 2025
  • Three issues will be bundled into one overarching challenge that will dominate this election's discourse: how leaders propose to deal with the White House,
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party co-leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

As we battle the U.S. bilaterally, Canada must urgently reimagine its global alliances

  • Donald Trump is just the latest in a long list of demagogues who exploit the trappings of democracy to further authoritarian ambitions. Will anyone
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | February 7, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While our federal and provincial governments valiantly work through their bilateral toolboxes in responding to his egregious adventures, one hears very little about their thinking for how we should deal with the U.S. globally. And that vacuum is extremely dangerous, writes Sergio Marchi. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

As we battle the U.S. bilaterally, Canada must urgently reimagine its global alliances

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | February 7, 2025
  • Donald Trump is just the latest in a long list of demagogues who exploit the trappings of democracy to further authoritarian ambitions. Will anyone

As we battle the U.S. bilaterally, Canada must urgently reimagine its global alliances

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | February 7, 2025
  • Donald Trump is just the latest in a long list of demagogues who exploit the trappings of democracy to further authoritarian ambitions. Will anyone
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While our federal and provincial governments valiantly work through their bilateral toolboxes in responding to his egregious adventures, one hears very little about their thinking for how we should deal with the U.S. globally. And that vacuum is extremely dangerous, writes Sergio Marchi. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Biden has a reservoir of decency and goodwill, Trump doesn’t

  • To American friends, There has been a deluge of editorials, articles and analysis, in your country and mine, about “what is wrong with Joe?”
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | February 2, 2022
A dominant reason for the harsh verdict against Joe Biden is that the U.S. country is badly divided. The U.S. is living through a political discourse that has never been this polarized, one that Trump contributed to and consolidated purposefully. It’s almost as if America has now become ungovernable. The U.S. is also in a swamp of sorts, writes Sergio Marchi. Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Biden has a reservoir of decency and goodwill, Trump doesn’t

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | February 2, 2022
  • To American friends, There has been a deluge of editorials, articles and analysis, in your country and mine, about “what is wrong with Joe?”

Biden has a reservoir of decency and goodwill, Trump doesn’t

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | February 2, 2022
  • To American friends, There has been a deluge of editorials, articles and analysis, in your country and mine, about “what is wrong with Joe?”
A dominant reason for the harsh verdict against Joe Biden is that the U.S. country is badly divided. The U.S. is living through a political discourse that has never been this polarized, one that Trump contributed to and consolidated purposefully. It’s almost as if America has now become ungovernable. The U.S. is also in a swamp of sorts, writes Sergio Marchi. Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Electricity lineworkers: modern day ‘heroes’

  • Resilient. It’s a word we don’t use lightly in the energy sector. Whether we are building infrastructure to endure extreme weather events, which have
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | October 15, 2018
We already pay homage throughout the year to a host of deserving professions, including police officers, nurses, administrators, firefighters, and teachers. Lineworkers have richly earned the right to belong on this distinguished list, writes Sergio Marchi. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Electricity lineworkers: modern day ‘heroes’

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | October 15, 2018
  • Resilient. It’s a word we don’t use lightly in the energy sector. Whether we are building infrastructure to endure extreme weather events, which have

Electricity lineworkers: modern day ‘heroes’

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | October 15, 2018
  • Resilient. It’s a word we don’t use lightly in the energy sector. Whether we are building infrastructure to endure extreme weather events, which have
We already pay homage throughout the year to a host of deserving professions, including police officers, nurses, administrators, firefighters, and teachers. Lineworkers have richly earned the right to belong on this distinguished list, writes Sergio Marchi. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Dilemma over electricity rates and innovation

  • For over 100 years, Canadian electricity companies had a very simple mandate: provide reliable, safe power to all. Keep the lights on, as some
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | June 7, 2018
This year’s federal budget failed to build on the 2017 investments, says the Canadian Electricity Association's president and CEO, Sergio Marchi. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Dilemma over electricity rates and innovation

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | June 7, 2018
  • For over 100 years, Canadian electricity companies had a very simple mandate: provide reliable, safe power to all. Keep the lights on, as some

Dilemma over electricity rates and innovation

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | June 7, 2018
  • For over 100 years, Canadian electricity companies had a very simple mandate: provide reliable, safe power to all. Keep the lights on, as some
This year’s federal budget failed to build on the 2017 investments, says the Canadian Electricity Association's president and CEO, Sergio Marchi. Photo courtesy of Pixabay

Canada needs national electricity infrastructure renewal plan

  • Climate change is rewriting our plans on how to protect our communities and livelihoods from Mother Nature’s vagaries. Historically infrequent, high impact scenarios are
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | September 25, 2017
Power lines running from the Bruce nuclear power generation station near Kincardine, Ont. Canadian Electricity Association CEO Sergio Marchi writes that 'without care, vision, and investment,' the rate of 'infrastructure degradation we’re seeing will almost certainly increase.' The Hill Times photograph by Kristen Shane

Canada needs national electricity infrastructure renewal plan

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | September 25, 2017
  • Climate change is rewriting our plans on how to protect our communities and livelihoods from Mother Nature’s vagaries. Historically infrequent, high impact scenarios are

Canada needs national electricity infrastructure renewal plan

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | September 25, 2017
  • Climate change is rewriting our plans on how to protect our communities and livelihoods from Mother Nature’s vagaries. Historically infrequent, high impact scenarios are
Power lines running from the Bruce nuclear power generation station near Kincardine, Ont. Canadian Electricity Association CEO Sergio Marchi writes that 'without care, vision, and investment,' the rate of 'infrastructure degradation we’re seeing will almost certainly increase.' The Hill Times photograph by Kristen Shane

The road to clean growth

  • The climate change trend is stark. With rising emissions of global greenhouse gases, high-impact climate events will occur more often, and with greater severity.
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | August 25, 2017
Energy ministers from across Canada, including federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, were in St. Andrews, N.B., last week to take part in this year's Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The road to clean growth

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | August 25, 2017
  • The climate change trend is stark. With rising emissions of global greenhouse gases, high-impact climate events will occur more often, and with greater severity.

The road to clean growth

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | August 25, 2017
  • The climate change trend is stark. With rising emissions of global greenhouse gases, high-impact climate events will occur more often, and with greater severity.
Energy ministers from across Canada, including federal Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, were in St. Andrews, N.B., last week to take part in this year's Energy and Mines Ministers' Conference. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

What a Three Amigos clean energy deal could look like

  • “We will…work in partnership with United States and Mexico to develop an ambitious North American clean energy and environment agreement.” It was one sentence
Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | May 11, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto chat before an APEC meeting in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2015. They're set to meet again June 29 in Ottawa. White House photograph by Pete Souza

What a Three Amigos clean energy deal could look like

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | May 11, 2016
  • “We will…work in partnership with United States and Mexico to develop an ambitious North American clean energy and environment agreement.” It was one sentence

What a Three Amigos clean energy deal could look like

Opinion | BY SERGIO MARCHI | May 11, 2016
  • “We will…work in partnership with United States and Mexico to develop an ambitious North American clean energy and environment agreement.” It was one sentence
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto chat before an APEC meeting in Manila, Philippines, Nov. 19, 2015. They're set to meet again June 29 in Ottawa. White House photograph by Pete Souza
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