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Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin, pictured on Dec. 1, 2025, at the House Environment Committee, has a low profile in the Carney government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIN AL-AKKAD | January 21, 2026
Without a foundation, like the C.D. Howe Institute’s Matching Skills model, Canada will continue to operate with blind spots that leave workers uncertain and employers short of talent, writes Lin Al-Akkad. Unsplash photograph by Emmanuel Ikwuegbu
Opinion | BY LIN AL-AKKAD | January 21, 2026
Opinion | BY LIN AL-AKKAD | January 21, 2026
Without a foundation, like the C.D. Howe Institute’s Matching Skills model, Canada will continue to operate with blind spots that leave workers uncertain and employers short of talent, writes Lin Al-Akkad. Unsplash photograph by Emmanuel Ikwuegbu
António Guterres
Last fall, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the global commitment to 1.5 C is at risk of ‘collapsing,’ and called for a renewed global response, write Sen. Rosa Galvez, Trevor Hancock, and Courtney Howard. Photograph courtesy of UN Climate Change-Kiara Worth/Flickr
António Guterres
Last fall, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the global commitment to 1.5 C is at risk of ‘collapsing,’ and called for a renewed global response, write Sen. Rosa Galvez, Trevor Hancock, and Courtney Howard. Photograph courtesy of UN Climate Change-Kiara Worth/Flickr
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | January 12, 2026
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin is responsible for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. To date, there have been more than 40 assessments of designated projects, with most taking years to do, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | January 12, 2026
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | January 12, 2026
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin is responsible for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. To date, there have been more than 40 assessments of designated projects, with most taking years to do, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 9, 2026
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin
The only direction Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin has given the advisory body in the months after April’s federal election was to work on an annual report, which covers activities from the year before the election, according to current and former members. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 9, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 9, 2026
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin
The only direction Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin has given the advisory body in the months after April’s federal election was to work on an annual report, which covers activities from the year before the election, according to current and former members. 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 BLAIR FELTMATE | August 28, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's government needs to embrace climate adaptation because the economy's well-being depends on it, writes Dr. Blair Feltmate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BLAIR FELTMATE | August 28, 2025
Opinion | BY BLAIR FELTMATE | August 28, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's government needs to embrace climate adaptation because the economy's well-being depends on it, writes Dr. Blair Feltmate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JO-ELLEN PARRY | August 27, 2025
In a recent report, Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco drew attention to a disconnect between the most critical climate risks facing the country, and the objectives and targets of Canada’s national adaptation strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JO-ELLEN PARRY | August 27, 2025
Opinion | BY JO-ELLEN PARRY | August 27, 2025
In a recent report, Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco drew attention to a disconnect between the most critical climate risks facing the country, and the objectives and targets of Canada’s national adaptation strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHERYL RANDALL, LAURA MCGRATH | August 25, 2025
Mark Carney
A decade before becoming prime minister, Mark Carney warned climate change is the ‘tragedy of the horizon.’ Pension governance must be grounded in forward-looking risk management, not deepen to a declining industry, write Cheryl Randall and Laura McGrath.
Opinion | BY CHERYL RANDALL, LAURA MCGRATH | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY CHERYL RANDALL, LAURA MCGRATH | August 25, 2025
Mark Carney
A decade before becoming prime minister, Mark Carney warned climate change is the ‘tragedy of the horizon.’ Pension governance must be grounded in forward-looking risk management, not deepen to a declining industry, write Cheryl Randall and Laura McGrath.
Opinion | BY TREVOR HANCOCK | August 25, 2025
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wants projects of national importance, he should consider initiatives that can contribute to a healthier environment by including a focus on well-being in legislation and future budgets, writes Dr. Trevor Hancock. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TREVOR HANCOCK | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY TREVOR HANCOCK | August 25, 2025
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wants projects of national importance, he should consider initiatives that can contribute to a healthier environment by including a focus on well-being in legislation and future budgets, writes Dr. Trevor Hancock. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG | August 25, 2025
Tim Hodgson
The best choice for a “nation-building project” for Energy Minister Tim Hodgson to consider would be the development of a national east-west electricity grid, write Richard van der Jagt and Geoff Strong. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG | August 25, 2025
Tim Hodgson
The best choice for a “nation-building project” for Energy Minister Tim Hodgson to consider would be the development of a national east-west electricity grid, write Richard van der Jagt and Geoff Strong. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s public art installation 'The Giant Plastic Trap' is pictured outside the fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on April 23, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong’s public art installation 'The Giant Plastic Trap' is pictured outside the fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on April 23, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Prime Minister’s First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | August 18, 2025
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Prime Minister’s First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters The Office of the Prime Minister in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters the Prime Minister's Office in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters The Office of the Prime Minister in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters the Prime Minister's Office in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BARNALI CHOUDHURY | August 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Domestically, the court decision could prove problematic for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s aims to ‘build big, build bold, and build now’ under the One Canadian Economy Act, writes Barnali Choudhury. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BARNALI CHOUDHURY | August 6, 2025
Opinion | BY BARNALI CHOUDHURY | August 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Domestically, the court decision could prove problematic for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s aims to ‘build big, build bold, and build now’ under the One Canadian Economy Act, writes Barnali Choudhury. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 4, 2025
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson spoke of turning Canada into a energy superpower by taking advantage of both conventional and clean energy during a speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on May 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 4, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 4, 2025
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson spoke of turning Canada into a energy superpower by taking advantage of both conventional and clean energy during a speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on May 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 31, 2025
The International Court of Justice's ‘historic’ advisory opinion, which rules that states are legally obligated to protect the environment, could trickle down to Canada's courts, affecting a case set to head back to court in Ontario, say observers. Photograph courtesy of the International Court of Justice
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 31, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 31, 2025
The International Court of Justice's ‘historic’ advisory opinion, which rules that states are legally obligated to protect the environment, could trickle down to Canada's courts, affecting a case set to head back to court in Ontario, say observers. Photograph courtesy of the International Court of Justice
Opinion | BY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN | July 28, 2025
A wildfire burns through a Canadian boreal forest in 2016. A new study has found that wildfire carbon emissions in the world’s boreal forests have almost tripled since 2001. Photograph courtesy of Stefan Doerr
Opinion | BY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN | July 28, 2025
A wildfire burns through a Canadian boreal forest in 2016. A new study has found that wildfire carbon emissions in the world’s boreal forests have almost tripled since 2001. Photograph courtesy of Stefan Doerr