All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world
The Hill Times spoke with nearly 20 insiders, including current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, business leaders, analysts, and academics to compile the list of the top 50 foreign policy influencers.
Public safety or public suppression?
We are entering into a dystopian future that will not keep us safe—it will keep us compliant.
Enlisting Coast Guard to buoy defence spending expected to hit choppy waters, say analysts
Military policy expert James Boutilier says it doesn’t matter who’s in charge of the Coast Guard, as long as the feds move ‘with urgency’ to meet the overdue NATO commitment.
Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge
Prime Minister Mark ‘fast-track’ Carney says the government will be shelling out over $9.3-billion in more funding to hit NATO’s two-per-cent target this fiscal year. Not delaying it to 2032, or even to 2030, the target he had pledged during his election campaign. Nearly a year ago, then-prime minister Justin Trudeau announced at the NATO […]
The high price of a handshake: Carney’s G7 Modi invite
If Canada cannot draw a line at political assassination on its own soil, where will we draw one?
Conservatives support extra money for military, says Poilievre
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How soon should we expect this ‘immediate’ military overhaul?
The defence minister said the feds will take ‘immediate and decisive action to rebuild Canada’s defence capacity’—but announced nothing further.
Wildfires burning, and Canada still needs a national response agency
The argument still stands today: there are jurisdictional issues over emergency responses in Canada, but there needs to be better coordination between the federal, provincial and municipal governments and a better emergency preparedness plan. The federal government needs to establish one central emergency management agency for the entire country. As well, there should be one central agency for all volunteer organizations, as Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux suggested in last week in the House.
Canada should not join Trump’s Golden Dome
Joining the Golden Dome initiative would reinforce a common Canadian pattern of leaving the country’s protection against adversarial threats to other states. Under the Trump administration, the U.S. has proven to be an unreliable and uncertain partner for Canada.
Liberals crack down on asylum seekers, boost search powers for security agencies in new bill
Bill C-2 outlines how and when Canadian authorities can get access to Canadians’ communications and personal data; where and when they can search packages, cargo, and mail; and what information is shared with American security agencies.
