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Mark Carney
Canada is a lagging middle power, and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government needs to take a realistic review of our place in the world. Urgency dictates that we prioritize, consolidate, and build on what we have, writes Martin Green. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | December 5, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured greeting caucus members in Ottawa. The party is currently investigating who is behind a recent data breach affecting at least 15 Conservative MPs but could actually extend to hundreds of potential nomination candidates and candidates of record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | December 5, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | December 5, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured greeting caucus members in Ottawa. The party is currently investigating who is behind a recent data breach affecting at least 15 Conservative MPs but could actually extend to hundreds of potential nomination candidates and candidates of record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, needs to start acting more like a prime minister and less like a chief executive officer to protect Canada from crises generated by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, needs to start acting more like a prime minister and less like a chief executive officer to protect Canada from crises generated by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
Gary Anandasangaree
There are ‘significant constitutional deficiencies that need to be rectified’ in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-8, says researcher Kate Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
Gary Anandasangaree
There are ‘significant constitutional deficiencies that need to be rectified’ in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-8, says researcher Kate Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 21, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Communications Security Establishment Canada, and Shared Services Canada have the tools in place to protect and defend the government’s networks from cyberattacks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 21, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | October 21, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Communications Security Establishment Canada, and Shared Services Canada have the tools in place to protect and defend the government’s networks from cyberattacks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TYSON MACAULAY | October 8, 2025
In a crisis, decision-makers must justify how power, bandwidth, medicines, or fuel are triaged and restored—ideally on criteria that survive public scrutiny and after-action review, writes Tyson Macaulay. Unsplash photograph by Helena Lopes
Opinion | BY TYSON MACAULAY | October 8, 2025
Opinion | BY TYSON MACAULAY | October 8, 2025
In a crisis, decision-makers must justify how power, bandwidth, medicines, or fuel are triaged and restored—ideally on criteria that survive public scrutiny and after-action review, writes Tyson Macaulay. Unsplash photograph by Helena Lopes
Opinion | BY ROBERT FAY | February 19, 2020
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains are just two of the people charged with setting the stage online rights regarding use of Canadians’ data. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROBERT FAY | February 19, 2020
Opinion | BY ROBERT FAY | February 19, 2020
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains are just two of the people charged with setting the stage online rights regarding use of Canadians’ data. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2020
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Navdeep Bains, left, and Minister of Digital Government Joyce Murray, right. 'We are increasingly looking to utilize artificial intelligence to make or assist in making administrative decisions to improve service to Canadians,' said Ms. Murray. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2020
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Navdeep Bains, left, and Minister of Digital Government Joyce Murray, right. 'We are increasingly looking to utilize artificial intelligence to make or assist in making administrative decisions to improve service to Canadians,' said Ms. Murray. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY HORATIO MORGAN | February 12, 2020
The Uber ride-sharing platform is an example of the way disruptive AI-enabled technology can dramatically transform existing industries, like the taxi industry, writes Horatio Morgan. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY HORATIO MORGAN | February 12, 2020
Opinion | BY HORATIO MORGAN | February 12, 2020
The Uber ride-sharing platform is an example of the way disruptive AI-enabled technology can dramatically transform existing industries, like the taxi industry, writes Horatio Morgan. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY KARIMA BAWA, MYRA TAWFIK | February 12, 2020
Increasingly, company value rests in intellectual property and other intangible assets rather than in tangibles like real estate or machinery and equipment, write Karima Bawa and Myra Tawfik. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY KARIMA BAWA, MYRA TAWFIK | February 12, 2020
Opinion | BY KARIMA BAWA, MYRA TAWFIK | February 12, 2020
Increasingly, company value rests in intellectual property and other intangible assets rather than in tangibles like real estate or machinery and equipment, write Karima Bawa and Myra Tawfik. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY RAY BOISVERT | February 5, 2020
Threat actors frequently turn invention, opportunity, and hope towards moments of extreme or malign consequences, writes Ray Boisvert. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY RAY BOISVERT | February 5, 2020
Opinion | BY RAY BOISVERT | February 5, 2020
Threat actors frequently turn invention, opportunity, and hope towards moments of extreme or malign consequences, writes Ray Boisvert. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY CONG PEIWU | January 15, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speaks to reporters in West Block on Dec. 6, 2019. The Liberal government’s decision as to whether Huawei will be allowed to participate in 5G network construction in Canada shouldn’t be politicized, writes Chinese envoy Cong Peiwu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CONG PEIWU | January 15, 2020
Opinion | BY CONG PEIWU | January 15, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair speaks to reporters in West Block on Dec. 6, 2019. The Liberal government’s decision as to whether Huawei will be allowed to participate in 5G network construction in Canada shouldn’t be politicized, writes Chinese envoy Cong Peiwu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BOB OSBORN | January 10, 2020
As severe weather events increase, AI could identify impacted communities and automatically ensure response organizations are co-ordinated and relief resources are in place when and where they are needed. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY BOB OSBORN | January 10, 2020
Opinion | BY BOB OSBORN | January 10, 2020
As severe weather events increase, AI could identify impacted communities and automatically ensure response organizations are co-ordinated and relief resources are in place when and where they are needed. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY TOM KEENAN | November 20, 2019
Communications Security Establishment head Scott Jones, pictured heading into a House committee meeting in January 2019 to discuss cyber threats to the financial sector. There are hopeful signs of meaningful action to address cyber attacks, like the creation of the RCMP's National Cybercrime Co-ordination Unit. But, it won’t be fully operational until 2023, writes Tom Keenan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TOM KEENAN | November 20, 2019
Opinion | BY TOM KEENAN | November 20, 2019
Communications Security Establishment head Scott Jones, pictured heading into a House committee meeting in January 2019 to discuss cyber threats to the financial sector. There are hopeful signs of meaningful action to address cyber attacks, like the creation of the RCMP's National Cybercrime Co-ordination Unit. But, it won’t be fully operational until 2023, writes Tom Keenan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID SKILLICORN | November 20, 2019
Offensive cyber operations can be used with different levels of impact. At the lowest level, they can be used to disrupt an adversary’s online activities. At the highest level, cyberattacks are equivalent to kinetic attacks in terms of their devastation of an adversary’s infrastructure, writes David Skillicorn. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY DAVID SKILLICORN | November 20, 2019
Opinion | BY DAVID SKILLICORN | November 20, 2019
Offensive cyber operations can be used with different levels of impact. At the lowest level, they can be used to disrupt an adversary’s online activities. At the highest level, cyberattacks are equivalent to kinetic attacks in terms of their devastation of an adversary’s infrastructure, writes David Skillicorn. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MARC LEPAGE | October 30, 2019
The industrial production of cannabis under modern, controlled agricultural practices is a new development and significant genetic work is needed to turn cannabis into a modern crop, writes Marc LePage. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY MARC LEPAGE | October 30, 2019
Opinion | BY MARC LEPAGE | October 30, 2019
The industrial production of cannabis under modern, controlled agricultural practices is a new development and significant genetic work is needed to turn cannabis into a modern crop, writes Marc LePage. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY LISA VAN DUSEN | September 11, 2019
Contrary to the idea that literature will be rendered obsolete if we can plug into each other’s brains, we don’t read great fiction, like that of late author Toni Morrision, to know the raw, unrefined blather of a writer’s mind, writes Lisa Van Dusen. Flickr photograph by Angela Radulescu
Opinion | BY LISA VAN DUSEN | September 11, 2019
Opinion | BY LISA VAN DUSEN | September 11, 2019
Contrary to the idea that literature will be rendered obsolete if we can plug into each other’s brains, we don’t read great fiction, like that of late author Toni Morrision, to know the raw, unrefined blather of a writer’s mind, writes Lisa Van Dusen. Flickr photograph by Angela Radulescu
Opinion | BY TED SARGENT | September 9, 2019
Partnerships frequently bring together a critical mass of people with complementary expertise; they allow an interdisciplinary approach and give access to wider sets of data. This is true in fields as diverse as urban policy, biodiversity, regenerative medicine, clean energy and artificial intelligence, writes Ted Sargent. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY TED SARGENT | September 9, 2019
Opinion | BY TED SARGENT | September 9, 2019
Partnerships frequently bring together a critical mass of people with complementary expertise; they allow an interdisciplinary approach and give access to wider sets of data. This is true in fields as diverse as urban policy, biodiversity, regenerative medicine, clean energy and artificial intelligence, writes Ted Sargent. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay