Foreign Policy

‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The bill's proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.

‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The bill's proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.

Four years and counting in Ukraine

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy needs an Indo-Pacific gear

OpinionBY VINA NADJIBULLA

Pierre Poilievre is in a pickle: he’s a weak leader with a strong mandate

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

It’s a matter of time before Cuba’s regime collapses

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

It looks like Trump will try cheat in elections this fall and in 2028

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

The Year of Resilience: What 2026 Will Demand From Canada’s Cyber Leaders

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Sudanese refugees waiting to come to Canada face deportation risk from Egypt

Opinion

• BY LIBERAL MP JUDY SGRO

Diversifying Canada’s trade and ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ share in the opportunity

Opinion

• BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA

Cuba: Canada’s first foreign policy challenge after PM’s Davos speech

The grass is greener where you water it

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

• To grow exports, Canada’s agricultural research capacity must be maintained.

The grass is greener where you water it

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

• To grow exports, Canada’s agricultural research capacity must be maintained.

‘He comes from our side’: Writers’ Union CEO calls Solomon an AI ‘cheerleader,’ asks him to slow down strategy

NewsBY MARIA COLLINS

‘Everyone should feel the hit’: ministerial offices and PMO should be cut, too, say some leading public policy experts

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

A snap election still possible, despite potential Liberal byelections wins and more rumoured floor-crossings, say some pollsters

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy – Time to Build.

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Parliamentary Calendar

SecState Fuhr to talk about Canada’s new era in defence investment on Monday, Feb. 23, in Montreal

Podcast

The ‘ambitious’ Defence Industrial Strategy, with Mark Norman

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

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Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

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Canadian sovereignty is at risk if we don’t act decisively on the economy  

NATO 1.0 is dead. Long live NATO 2.0

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• The existing NATO is an ideal template for a successor alliance that includes most or all of the existing members except the United States.

NATO 1.0 is dead. Long live NATO 2.0

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• The existing NATO is an ideal template for a successor alliance that includes most or all of the existing members except the United States.

Foreign aid by triage, with human survival at stake

OpinionBY ONOME AKO

Foreign aid by triage, with human survival at stake

OpinionBY ONOME AKO

Canada can’t trade on hope

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Canada can’t trade on hope

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Canada’s trade wake-up call could become a dream come true: diversification is no longer optional

OpinionBY PATRICK DINE

Canada’s trade wake-up call could become a dream come true: diversification is no longer optional

OpinionBY PATRICK DINE

Parliamentary Calendar

NDP leadership hopefuls head to West Coast for second official debate on Feb. 19

Podcast

Tumbler Ridge shooting upends the agenda: The week in review

News

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

News

Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

Podcast

‘Hang tight’: Why Quebec sovereignty and separatism are in the headlines again

Will Trump eventually get Epsteined? The scandal laps closer to the White House door

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• The astounding story of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex abuses and his vast network of friends and contacts continues to spin off in all directions.

Will Trump eventually get Epsteined? The scandal laps closer to the White House door

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• The astounding story of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex abuses and his vast network of friends and contacts continues to spin off in all directions.

Trade diversification always failed, this time could be different

OpinionBY DANIELLE GOLDFARB

Canada’s trade diversification challenge: navigating a monumental shift

OpinionBY GARY MAR

To diversify trade, ditch the ideological baggage

OpinionBY STUART TREW

Could a Canada-Cuba hookup be in the cards?

OpinionBY ROBERT BOSTELAAR

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Why Canada must act now to uphold refugee protection and stability

OpinionBY TRACEY MAULFAIR

• The absence of peace continues to drive people from their homes on a massive scale across the world. In Sudan, more than 12 million people have fled violence, the largest displacement crisis in the world today.

Why Canada must act now to uphold refugee protection and stability

OpinionBY TRACEY MAULFAIR

• The absence of peace continues to drive people from their homes on a massive scale across the world. In Sudan, more than 12 million people have fled violence, the largest displacement crisis in the world today.

The symbolic vote that signals a deeper shift in North American trade

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

The symbolic vote that signals a deeper shift in North American trade

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

Surviving the population crash

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Surviving the population crash

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Trudeau, Carney, Davos, and Liberal dexterity

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Trudeau, Carney, Davos, and Liberal dexterity

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Diplomatic Circles

Joint co-operation needed to tackle spread of narcotics, says Colombian defence minister 

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles 

‘I’ve had to run to keep up’: U.K. envoy trumpets ‘new energy’ in Canadian relationship, but questions loom over trade talks

trade

Infrastructure is the missing link in Canada’s diversification strategy 

Supply chain reliability must be Canada’s competitive advantage in global trade

Lack of trade infrastructure, insufficient supports for small business among realities of trade-war woes, say experts

Senators ‘hopeful’ for shifting tide in Congress as U.S. lawmakers rally to Canada’s cause

international development

‘Diseases do not recognize borders’: U.S. decision to leave WHO ignores reality of how diseases spread, says Liberal MP Powlowski

Senate committee casts doubt on feds’ ability to move on Africa strategy without new funds, calls for action plan

Senate’s Africa report exposes Canada’s strategic blind spot

Foreign aid is not charity, but an investment in stability and peace

immigration

‘We ask the government not to send us back to the ruins’: Turkish earthquake survivors call on feds to ease path to permanent residency

Why all governments must follow Ontario in scrapping the ‘Canadian experience’ requirement

Facing reality: Canada and the challenge of refugee protection

Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers

refugees

‘End our suffering’: refugees from Africa face inequity and delays resettling in Canada

Constituent seeking help for brother and others fleeing Sudan civil war says immigration minister ‘angry, rude, and dismissive’ in phone call

IRCC forecasts 30 per cent spending cut by 2028 amid lower immigration targets

Government’s border security bill draws heavy criticism from civil rights groups

inside defence

New defence strategy unveils big numbers and contradictions

What will it take to re-arm the Army?

Will we actually see the new Arctic vehicles on order?

U.S. envoy is making Canada’s F-35 decision a no-brainer

gwynne dyer

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

canada and the 21st century

Feds’ new defence industrial strategy is powerful, but it faces serious challenges before it can succeed

Building a more innovative Canadian economy won’t be easy, but it will be worth it

What price will Trump demand and where will Carney draw the line?

U.S. pressures Canada to roll back on data sovereignty, a high-priority issue in CUSMA renegotiation

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