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Marjorie Michel
Health Minister Marjorie Michel. The federal government has tried to address some of the gaps through past funding commitments, but investment alone isn’t the solution, writes Kait LaForce. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PHILIP CROSS | February 25, 2026
Donald Trump
Faced with higher U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, Canada needs to expand exports to other countries, writes Philip Cross. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY PHILIP CROSS | February 25, 2026
Opinion | BY PHILIP CROSS | February 25, 2026
Donald Trump
Faced with higher U.S. tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, Canada needs to expand exports to other countries, writes Philip Cross. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | February 25, 2026
Democracy and human rights activist Ryota Jonen was in Ottawa earlier this month meeting with Parliament's Democracy Caucus and testifying in front of the Subcommittee of International Human Rights. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | February 25, 2026
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | February 25, 2026
Democracy and human rights activist Ryota Jonen was in Ottawa earlier this month meeting with Parliament's Democracy Caucus and testifying in front of the Subcommittee of International Human Rights. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 24, 2026
Janice Charette will serve as special adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc in her role as chief trade negotiator to the U.S. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 24, 2026
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 24, 2026
Janice Charette will serve as special adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc in her role as chief trade negotiator to the U.S. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PATRICK DINE | February 23, 2026
The goal isn’t less trade with the United States; it’s more trade with everyone else, writes Patrick Dine, CEO of PSD Global Inc. Photograph courtesy of Khunkorn Laowisit, Pexels.com
Opinion | BY PATRICK DINE | February 23, 2026
Opinion | BY PATRICK DINE | February 23, 2026
The goal isn’t less trade with the United States; it’s more trade with everyone else, writes Patrick Dine, CEO of PSD Global Inc. Photograph courtesy of Khunkorn Laowisit, Pexels.com
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | February 23, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Trump has made his plan clear. The ball is now in the DNC’s court. The result may have profound impacts on most of the planet and Canada more than most, writes Jamie Carroll. Photograph courtesy of Mélanie Joly/X
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | February 23, 2026
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | February 23, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Trump has made his plan clear. The ball is now in the DNC’s court. The result may have profound impacts on most of the planet and Canada more than most, writes Jamie Carroll. Photograph courtesy of Mélanie Joly/X
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER | January 19, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Trump-Putin agreement on a ‘might makes right’ doctrine of international engagement is now painfully clear, writes Senator Stan Kutcher. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER | January 19, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. A Trump-Putin agreement on a ‘might makes right’ doctrine of international engagement is now painfully clear, writes Senator Stan Kutcher. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | January 19, 2026
Pope Leo, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump pulls the U.S. out of dozens of UN agencies in an astonishing act of thumbing his nose at the world body. Leo, speaking to the Vatican diplomatic corps, praises the UN and says it should play a 'key role' in building a more just future, writes Douglas Roche. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and the White House official photographer Molly Riley
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | January 19, 2026
Pope Leo, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump pulls the U.S. out of dozens of UN agencies in an astonishing act of thumbing his nose at the world body. Leo, speaking to the Vatican diplomatic corps, praises the UN and says it should play a 'key role' in building a more just future, writes Douglas Roche. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and the White House official photographer Molly Riley
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 19, 2026
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly speaks at Canada's Competition Summit in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2025. If Canada is to participate in the auto industry of the future, it should strive to do so through proprietary, and increasingly digital technology of Canadian firms, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | January 19, 2026
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly speaks at Canada's Competition Summit in Ottawa on Oct. 1, 2025. If Canada is to participate in the auto industry of the future, it should strive to do so through proprietary, and increasingly digital technology of Canadian firms, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 19, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently engaged in a multi-stop international visit to China and Qatar, should be employing a communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a far more substantive way, says John Delacourt, a former director of communications for the Liberal Research Bureau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 19, 2026
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 19, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently engaged in a multi-stop international visit to China and Qatar, should be employing a communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a far more substantive way, says John Delacourt, a former director of communications for the Liberal Research Bureau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026
Renee Nicole Good, pictured seconds before she was shot three times by an ICE agent in Minnesota, Minneapolis, on Jan. 7, 2026. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 19, 2026
Renee Nicole Good, pictured seconds before she was shot three times by an ICE agent in Minnesota, Minneapolis, on Jan. 7, 2026. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 19, 2026
As Canada faces another year of uncertainty and its most serious challenges since the Second World War, Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, would be wise to employ a much stronger communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a 'far more substantive way.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 19, 2026
As Canada faces another year of uncertainty and its most serious challenges since the Second World War, Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, would be wise to employ a much stronger communications strategy to bring Canadians on board in a 'far more substantive way.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 16, 2026
Michael de Adder explains the inspiration behind his top political cartoons to appear in The Hill Times’ pages in 2025. The Hill Times cartoons by Michael de Adder
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 16, 2026
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 16, 2026
Michael de Adder explains the inspiration behind his top political cartoons to appear in The Hill Times’ pages in 2025. The Hill Times cartoons by Michael de Adder
Opinion | BY TIM GRAY | January 15, 2026
An aerial view of the Cema oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2012. Venezuela's crisis should serve as our warning. Before America decides Alberta's oil belongs to them, perhaps we should decide it belongs to our past, not our future, writes Tim Gray. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY TIM GRAY | January 15, 2026
Opinion | BY TIM GRAY | January 15, 2026
An aerial view of the Cema oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2012. Venezuela's crisis should serve as our warning. Before America decides Alberta's oil belongs to them, perhaps we should decide it belongs to our past, not our future, writes Tim Gray. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | January 15, 2026
eft, and U.S. President Donald Trump. The 'hostile America' propaganda line is writing itself and Beijing will slip easily into the gaps opened not only between the U.S. and Denmark/Greenland but between the U.S. and all its partners in the Arctic—and beyond, writes Adam Lajeunesse. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr
Opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | January 15, 2026
Opinion | BY ADAM LAJEUNESSE | January 15, 2026
eft, and U.S. President Donald Trump. The 'hostile America' propaganda line is writing itself and Beijing will slip easily into the gaps opened not only between the U.S. and Denmark/Greenland but between the U.S. and all its partners in the Arctic—and beyond, writes Adam Lajeunesse. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s thuggish threats to our economy have become a rallying cry across Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, should capitalize and go all in on a Team Canada approach to trade, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 14, 2026
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s thuggish threats to our economy have become a rallying cry across Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, should capitalize and go all in on a Team Canada approach to trade, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 14, 2026
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘vision’ is a bleak world, carved up according to might, writes Andrew Caddell. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 14, 2026
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 14, 2026
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s ‘vision’ is a bleak world, carved up according to might, writes Andrew Caddell. White House photograph by Daniel Torok