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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 SUSAN RILEY | March 3, 2025
Mark Carney
Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney, picture in Montreal on Feb. 25, 2025. Dubbed 'Carbon-Tax Carney' by the Conservatives, Carney has rejected the consumer-based carbon tax that the Liberal government adopted, but failed to sell, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 3, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 3, 2025
Mark Carney
Liberal leadership front-runner Mark Carney, picture in Montreal on Feb. 25, 2025. Dubbed 'Carbon-Tax Carney' by the Conservatives, Carney has rejected the consumer-based carbon tax that the Liberal government adopted, but failed to sell, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 28, 2025
Montreal’s skyline from Mont Royal, in the heart of the city. The four Liberal leadership candidates faced-off in a series of debates held in the Montreal riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, which encompasses Mont Royal’s lookout, downtown Montreal, and neighbourhoods by the Lachine Canal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 28, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 28, 2025
Montreal’s skyline from Mont Royal, in the heart of the city. The four Liberal leadership candidates faced-off in a series of debates held in the Montreal riding of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs, which encompasses Mont Royal’s lookout, downtown Montreal, and neighbourhoods by the Lachine Canal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BLAISE SALMON | February 27, 2025
Steven Guilbeault
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. In Canada, there has been limited progress toward controlling PFAS, though this may be starting to change. In June 2024, British Columbia became the first Canadian jurisdiction to launch a national class-action lawsuit against PFAS manufacturers to recover cleanup costs for PFAS pollution in drinking water. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BLAISE SALMON | February 27, 2025
Opinion | BY BLAISE SALMON | February 27, 2025
Steven Guilbeault
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. In Canada, there has been limited progress toward controlling PFAS, though this may be starting to change. In June 2024, British Columbia became the first Canadian jurisdiction to launch a national class-action lawsuit against PFAS manufacturers to recover cleanup costs for PFAS pollution in drinking water. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY IBRAHIM DINCER | February 26, 2025
Green hydrogen production has great economic potential for the government to create opportunities within the country in developing sectors, and fulfil international commitments, writes Ibrahim Dincer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY IBRAHIM DINCER | February 26, 2025
Opinion | BY IBRAHIM DINCER | February 26, 2025
Green hydrogen production has great economic potential for the government to create opportunities within the country in developing sectors, and fulfil international commitments, writes Ibrahim Dincer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY PIERRE-OLIVIER PINEAU | February 26, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland, and Mark Carney. The next leader of the Canadian government should focus on simple—but transformative—policies, writes Pierre-Olivier Pineau. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PIERRE-OLIVIER PINEAU | February 26, 2025
Opinion | BY PIERRE-OLIVIER PINEAU | February 26, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland, and Mark Carney. The next leader of the Canadian government should focus on simple—but transformative—policies, writes Pierre-Olivier Pineau. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM | February 26, 2025
Policy failures in Canada help perpetuate inequities in hidden energy communities, write Julie MacArthur and Emmanuel Ackom. Unsplash photograph by Erica Zhou
Opinion | BY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM | February 26, 2025
Opinion | BY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM | February 26, 2025
Policy failures in Canada help perpetuate inequities in hidden energy communities, write Julie MacArthur and Emmanuel Ackom. Unsplash photograph by Erica Zhou
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
This is a call for us to protect each other across the differences—because of the differences, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 10, 2025
This is a call for us to protect each other across the differences—because of the differences, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEITH BROOKS | February 6, 2025
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 KEITH BROOKS | February 6, 2025
Opinion | BY KEITH BROOKS | February 6, 2025
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 GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump knows making outrageous claims is the best way to keep the media from talking about what he’s really doing—removing all legal, constitutional, and customary restraints on the presidency, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump knows making outrageous claims is the best way to keep the media from talking about what he’s really doing—removing all legal, constitutional, and customary restraints on the presidency, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY LAURA TANGUAY, VICTORIA GOODDAY | February 3, 2025
Steven Guilbeault
Canada's federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured in Ottawa. The federal government must step into a leadership role, recognizing the essential services these ecosystems provide for communities, climate, biodiversity, and water security, write Victoria Goodday and Laura Tanguay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LAURA TANGUAY, VICTORIA GOODDAY | February 3, 2025
Opinion | BY LAURA TANGUAY, VICTORIA GOODDAY | February 3, 2025
Steven Guilbeault
Canada's federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured in Ottawa. The federal government must step into a leadership role, recognizing the essential services these ecosystems provide for communities, climate, biodiversity, and water security, write Victoria Goodday and Laura Tanguay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 3, 2025
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Nov. 7, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault recently admitted that he was open to implementing alternatives to the carbon tax.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 3, 2025
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Nov. 7, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault recently admitted that he was open to implementing alternatives to the carbon tax.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JESSICA TAN | January 29, 2025
A homeowner shores up sandbags around a property in Constance Bay, Ont., on April 30, 2019. The reality is that our housing stock is not prepared for the climate disruptions already underway, writes Jessica Tan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JESSICA TAN | January 29, 2025
Opinion | BY JESSICA TAN | January 29, 2025
A homeowner shores up sandbags around a property in Constance Bay, Ont., on April 30, 2019. The reality is that our housing stock is not prepared for the climate disruptions already underway, writes Jessica Tan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade