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Interim NDP leader Don Davies says drastic cuts to the federal public service are a 'knee-jerk reaction' as thousands of notices of potential job cuts piling up in recent weeks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOREEN BARRIE | December 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in a Hill scrum on Dec. 10, 2025. Judging by the MOU signed by Carney and the Alberta premier, climate change has fallen off the political agenda, writes Doreen Barrie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOREEN BARRIE | December 30, 2025
Opinion | BY DOREEN BARRIE | December 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in a Hill scrum on Dec. 10, 2025. Judging by the MOU signed by Carney and the Alberta premier, climate change has fallen off the political agenda, writes Doreen Barrie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEENA KENNEDY | December 23, 2025
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin, pictured on Dec. 1, 2025, shortly before speaking before the House Environment and Sustainable Development Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEENA KENNEDY | December 23, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEENA KENNEDY | December 23, 2025
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin, pictured on Dec. 1, 2025, shortly before speaking before the House Environment and Sustainable Development Committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | December 10, 2025
Despite 89 per cent of people worldwide supporting climate action, this is a largely silent majority underestimated by policymakers, which delays critical climate action, writes Mili Roy. Unsplash photograph by Markus Spiske
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | December 10, 2025
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | December 10, 2025
Despite 89 per cent of people worldwide supporting climate action, this is a largely silent majority underestimated by policymakers, which delays critical climate action, writes Mili Roy. Unsplash photograph by Markus Spiske
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 10, 2025
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin told the House Environment Committee on Dec. 1 that the Liberal government remains committed to its 2030 emissions-reduction targets, despite the MOU deal outlining conditions for a new bitumen pipeline. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 10, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 10, 2025
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin told the House Environment Committee on Dec. 1 that the Liberal government remains committed to its 2030 emissions-reduction targets, despite the MOU deal outlining conditions for a new bitumen pipeline. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH, KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025. Screenshot from PBS News
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH, KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH, KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025. Screenshot from PBS News
Opinion | BY WILLIAM ERIC ALTVATER | January 5, 2025
As this continent’s population increased, the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy insatiable desires. Some have finally acknowledged that fossil fuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be, writes William Altvater. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY WILLIAM ERIC ALTVATER | January 5, 2025
Opinion | BY WILLIAM ERIC ALTVATER | January 5, 2025
As this continent’s population increased, the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy insatiable desires. Some have finally acknowledged that fossil fuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be, writes William Altvater. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 3, 2025
Tropical Storm Trami, pictured, is a large, catastrophic cyclone that hit the Philippines, and impacted Vietnam, Thailand, and China in October 2024. The Philippines was hit by six cyclones last October, and still there’s no big public demand there for a rapid switch to renewable energy sources, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 3, 2025
Tropical Storm Trami, pictured, is a large, catastrophic cyclone that hit the Philippines, and impacted Vietnam, Thailand, and China in October 2024. The Philippines was hit by six cyclones last October, and still there’s no big public demand there for a rapid switch to renewable energy sources, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY JOSH LAUGHREN | December 26, 2024
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s public art installation 'The Giant Plastic Trap' outside the fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting on plastic pollution at Ottawa’s Shaw Centre on April 23, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSH LAUGHREN | December 26, 2024
Opinion | BY JOSH LAUGHREN | December 26, 2024
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s public art installation 'The Giant Plastic Trap' outside the fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting on plastic pollution at Ottawa’s Shaw Centre on April 23, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 15, 2024
The remains of the Palisades Centre, Jasper National Park, after a wildfire destroyed large portions of the townsite this past July. Photograph courtesy of Parks Canada
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 15, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 15, 2024
The remains of the Palisades Centre, Jasper National Park, after a wildfire destroyed large portions of the townsite this past July. Photograph courtesy of Parks Canada
Firefighters from Australia at the site of a wildfire in Alberta in the summer of 2023. Photograph courtesy of New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Firefighters from Australia at the site of a wildfire in Alberta in the summer of 2023. Photograph courtesy of New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 9, 2024
Canada's federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 9, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 9, 2024
Canada's federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JORY COHEN | December 5, 2024
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured. The federal government should create policies to help incentivize impact investing so Canadians can more fully participate in this sustainable investment approach, while benefiting from the social and environmental impacts, writes Jory Cohen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JORY COHEN | December 5, 2024
Opinion | BY JORY COHEN | December 5, 2024
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured. The federal government should create policies to help incentivize impact investing so Canadians can more fully participate in this sustainable investment approach, while benefiting from the social and environmental impacts, writes Jory Cohen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY WENDY LEVINSON | December 4, 2024
It may surprise many Canadians to learn that the health-care industry contributes five per cent of total carbon emissions in Canada—more than the airline industry, which contributes 3.5 per cent, writes Wendy Levinson.
Opinion | BY WENDY LEVINSON | December 4, 2024
Opinion | BY WENDY LEVINSON | December 4, 2024
It may surprise many Canadians to learn that the health-care industry contributes five per cent of total carbon emissions in Canada—more than the airline industry, which contributes 3.5 per cent, writes Wendy Levinson.
Opinion | BY KEN MCMULLEN, TINA SARYEDDINE | November 28, 2024
Firefighters at the site of a wildfire in Alberta in the summer of 2023. Photograph courtesy of New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Opinion | BY KEN MCMULLEN, TINA SARYEDDINE | November 28, 2024
Opinion | BY KEN MCMULLEN, TINA SARYEDDINE | November 28, 2024
Firefighters at the site of a wildfire in Alberta in the summer of 2023. Photograph courtesy of New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Opinion | BY SIMON DYER | November 27, 2024
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured recently in West Block. From 2005 to 2022, absolute emissions from the oil and gas industry increased by 11 per cent. During the same period, average emissions across Canada decreased by seven per cent, writes Simon Dyer. The Hill Times photograph
Opinion | BY SIMON DYER | November 27, 2024
Opinion | BY SIMON DYER | November 27, 2024
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured recently in West Block. From 2005 to 2022, absolute emissions from the oil and gas industry increased by 11 per cent. During the same period, average emissions across Canada decreased by seven per cent, writes Simon Dyer. The Hill Times photograph