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The U.S./Israel war on Iran has put Prime Minister Mark Carney on a tightrope: his Davos speech championed international co-operation and soft power diplomacy; yet his quick declaration of support for the war on Iran showed his continued tolerance of the hard power of military action, write Douglas Roche and Ernie Regehr. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can Carney reconcile his Davos goals with complicity in the Iran war?

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE, ERNIE REGEHR
  • The prime minister is a highly accomplished man and has already established himself in world leadership ranks. He now needs to elevate the soft power of diplomacy over the hard power of militarism.

Can Carney reconcile his Davos goals with complicity in the Iran war?

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE, ERNIE REGEHR
  • The prime minister is a highly accomplished man and has already established himself in world leadership ranks. He now needs to elevate the soft power of diplomacy over the hard power of militarism.
U.S. President Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - April 7, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the White House

Netanyahu makes a sucker out of Trump with Iran attack

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

As Canada redefines its place in the world, rare disease patients are still looking south

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE
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UAE marks its national day

A former Liberal cabinet minister says Prime Minister Mark Carney should use his trip to India to urge for the extradition of Indian officials in relation to the 2023 killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney should call for extradition of Indian officials linked to Nijjar killing, says ex-Liberal minister Dhaliwal

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, PETER MAZEREEUW
  • ‘We can’t abandon our Canadian values for trade purposes,’ says former Chretien-era Liberal cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal

Carney should call for extradition of Indian officials linked to Nijjar killing, says ex-Liberal minister Dhaliwal

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, PETER MAZEREEUW
  • ‘We can’t abandon our Canadian values for trade purposes,’ says former Chretien-era Liberal cabinet minister Herb Dhaliwal

New policy adding nurse practitioners to public health-care plans will go ahead April 1

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI
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McGuinty, Anand to speak at Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence March 4-5

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, right, has been arrested for ‘misconduct in public office,’ and is among the few mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files who face arrest, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The fallout from Epstein

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Some in the convicted pedophile’s vast network wanted free holidays, some of them wanted to rub shoulders with other famous people, some of them wanted to have sex with under-age girls. Whatever their tastes, Jeffrey Epstein satisfied them.

The fallout from Epstein

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Some in the convicted pedophile’s vast network wanted free holidays, some of them wanted to rub shoulders with other famous people, some of them wanted to have sex with under-age girls. Whatever their tastes, Jeffrey Epstein satisfied them.

Canada’s global leadership, the ‘coalition of the willing,’ and Ukraine

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, KSENIA ZUBRIY

Canada’s global leadership, the ‘coalition of the willing,’ and Ukraine

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, KSENIA ZUBRIY
Prime Minister Mark Carney is positioning Canada to play a role in helping to tie the the European Union to the bloc of nations in the Pacific Rim trade pact. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s ‘bridge’ between the EU and the Pacific Rim trade deal likely to stop short of merging blocs, say observers  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • The prime minister's Davos address set out linking the EU with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, but putting it into practice could come with some hurdles.

Carney’s ‘bridge’ between the EU and the Pacific Rim trade deal likely to stop short of merging blocs, say observers  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
  • The prime minister's Davos address set out linking the EU with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, but putting it into practice could come with some hurdles.
Framed as measures to manage intake, enhance border security, and improve efficiency, some provisions in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-12 go much further, write Ratna Omidvar and Allan Rock The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sober second thought is needed on C-12

OpinionBY RATNA OMIDVAR, ALLAN ROCK
  • The law would grant cabinet broad authority to suspend, terminate, or cancel entire categories of immigration applications whenever deemed to be in the ‘public interest.’ Without clearer definitions and safeguards, such powers could be exercised in response to short-term political pressures.

Sober second thought is needed on C-12

OpinionBY RATNA OMIDVAR, ALLAN ROCK
  • The law would grant cabinet broad authority to suspend, terminate, or cancel entire categories of immigration applications whenever deemed to be in the ‘public interest.’ Without clearer definitions and safeguards, such powers could be exercised in response to short-term political pressures.

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