Carney comes to the Rockies to try to move mountains at the G7 summit

The multilateral session of what is being described as one of the most consequential G7 summits will kick off June 16 and 17.
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.
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.
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.