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Five areas where we should be both assertive and protective of our policy sovereignty fall under Defence Minister David McGuinty, left, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Culture and Identity Minister Marc Miller, AI Minister Evan Solomon, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.   The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
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Defence Minister David McGuinty. The Liberals pulled a few clever moves to boost defence spending on an urgent basis, but we’re still not adding actual combat capability or modernizing existing aged weapon platforms, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney is seeking to expand Canada's exports to China by 50 per cent by 2030, or from about $30-billion to $45-billion. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20. World Economic Forum photograph courtesy of Ciaran McCrickard
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