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At the close of the most recent gathering of G7 foreign ministers, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand outlined what she saw as the parameters of her job. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 10, 2025
Conservative MP Richard Bragdon, pictured May 7, 2024, at a National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa, secured a significant internal victory on Oct. 29, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Terry Duguid as co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 10, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 10, 2025
Conservative MP Richard Bragdon, pictured May 7, 2024, at a National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa, secured a significant internal victory on Oct. 29, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Terry Duguid as co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | November 3, 2025
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, pictured on May 22, 2025, speaks bluntly and awfully plainly. Good. Let’s all make a habit of listening to him, thanking him for his time—and then believing him, and acting accordingly, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | November 3, 2025
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, pictured on May 22, 2025, speaks bluntly and awfully plainly. Good. Let’s all make a habit of listening to him, thanking him for his time—and then believing him, and acting accordingly, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, pictured on Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and other top Canadian and American politicians and officials in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, pictured on Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and other top Canadian and American politicians and officials in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured in 1987 in his anti-tariff address which was used in Doug Ford's ad, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen images courtesy NBC News
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured in 1987 in his anti-tariff address which was used in Doug Ford's ad, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen images courtesy NBC News
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP STEPHEN FUHR | September 1, 2025
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney in Kyiv on Aug. 24. The prime minister's visit to Ukraine was the first in a four-country tour to strengthen and advance collaboration on commerce, energy, and defence with European allies. Photograph courtesy of X
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP STEPHEN FUHR | September 1, 2025
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP STEPHEN FUHR | September 1, 2025
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney in Kyiv on Aug. 24. The prime minister's visit to Ukraine was the first in a four-country tour to strengthen and advance collaboration on commerce, energy, and defence with European allies. Photograph courtesy of X
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY MARK KERSTEN | August 27, 2025
Bob Rae
In a now-deleted social media post, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae called American sanctions against a Canadian judge sitting on the International Criminal Court ‘disgraceful.’
Opinion | BY MARK KERSTEN | August 27, 2025
Opinion | BY MARK KERSTEN | August 27, 2025
Bob Rae
In a now-deleted social media post, Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations Bob Rae called American sanctions against a Canadian judge sitting on the International Criminal Court ‘disgraceful.’
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | August 27, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
The key question whether U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and his key advisers understand Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longer-term strategic agenda, writes Joseph Ingram. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | August 27, 2025
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | August 27, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
The key question whether U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and his key advisers understand Russian President Vladimir Putin’s longer-term strategic agenda, writes Joseph Ingram. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY MICHELLE JOHNSTON | August 27, 2025
Message discipline will be critical for Prime Minister Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and interim NDP Leader Don Davies, writes Michelle Johnston. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHELLE JOHNSTON | August 27, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHELLE JOHNSTON | August 27, 2025
Message discipline will be critical for Prime Minister Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and interim NDP Leader Don Davies, writes Michelle Johnston. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 22 that Canada would be removing countermeasures on American exports that comply with the North American trade pact. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 22 that Canada would be removing countermeasures on American exports that comply with the North American trade pact. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand have both spoken with their Chinese counterparts this summer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 27, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand have both spoken with their Chinese counterparts this summer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 27, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney's intervention in the Air Canada strike and recent concessions in negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump are the latest of several unforced errors since taking office that could build into major liabilities and vectors of attack for the opposition when Parliament returns in the fall, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 27, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 27, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney's intervention in the Air Canada strike and recent concessions in negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump are the latest of several unforced errors since taking office that could build into major liabilities and vectors of attack for the opposition when Parliament returns in the fall, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. Broadening Canada’s trade diversification strategy is not just smart economics, it is also about advancing sustainable global development, write Hippolyte Fofack and Sen. Amina Gerba. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu. Broadening Canada’s trade diversification strategy is not just smart economics, it is also about advancing sustainable global development, write Hippolyte Fofack and Sen. Amina Gerba. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several measures on July 16 intended to help the domestic steel industry. Those measures were later amended on Aug. 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 25, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced several measures on July 16 intended to help the domestic steel industry. Those measures were later amended on Aug. 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NATASHA TUSIKOV | August 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Canada can no longer rely on the U.S. for regulatory knowledge considering the deep cuts that are happening to government agencies under Trump's watch, writes Natasha Tusikov. Official White House photograph courtesy of Gabriel B. Kotico
Opinion | BY NATASHA TUSIKOV | August 21, 2025
Opinion | BY NATASHA TUSIKOV | August 21, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Canada can no longer rely on the U.S. for regulatory knowledge considering the deep cuts that are happening to government agencies under Trump's watch, writes Natasha Tusikov. Official White House photograph courtesy of Gabriel B. Kotico
Opinion | BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS | August 20, 2025
Heath MacDonald
Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald. If Ottawa and the provinces dismantled our supply management system in a fair and productive way, it would be a rare win-win, write Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS | August 20, 2025
Opinion | BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS | August 20, 2025
Heath MacDonald
Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald. If Ottawa and the provinces dismantled our supply management system in a fair and productive way, it would be a rare win-win, write Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade