Foreign Policy

One Danish soldier

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.

One Danish soldier

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.

‘These times are not like any other’: Carney’s Davos speech that ‘electrified the world’ draws bipartisan praise

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Debating creating a Canadian CIA? Never say never, but now is not the time

OpinionBY MARTIN GREEN

Albanian embassy marks national day

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Latvian envoy plays host at War Museum 

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

CUSMA review approaching, but mechanism remains murky

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

After decades of progress on smoking, Canada faces new nicotine challenges

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News

• BY NEIL MOSS

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente 

Opinion

• BY AKOLISA UFODIKE

Libya was a warning, Venezuela is the test

Opinion

• BY ERICA IFILL

Do Conservatives want the best for the West, or not?

Warming Canada-China relations shouldn’t extend to Huawei ban, say security experts, parliamentarians

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

• After Prime Minister Mark Carney inked a new trading arrangement with China during his state visit last week, stakeholders are advising against revisiting the government’s 5G ban on Huawei.

Warming Canada-China relations shouldn’t extend to Huawei ban, say security experts, parliamentarians

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

• After Prime Minister Mark Carney inked a new trading arrangement with China during his state visit last week, stakeholders are advising against revisiting the government’s 5G ban on Huawei.

Lack of pre-sitting cabinet shuffle doesn’t take it off the table for the winter, say political strategists

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘If not now, when?’ Canada should ‘stand up’ to U.S. threats against Greenland, say Senators, ex-MP McKay

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS

Parliamentary Calendar

Balsillie School for International Affairs hosts lecture on President Trump’s trade policies and upcoming CUSMA review on Jan. 22

Podcast

Sheila Copps on Greenland, a 2026 election, and the return of Parliament

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

News

Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

Podcast

Re-engaging with China, with Senator Yuen Pau Woo

Canada will have to expand trade with undemocratic countries to fight losses in U.S. trade war, say foreign policy experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Canada is at serious risk in 2026 from the 'political revolution' currently underway in the U.S., and there is likely no scenario where Canada and the U.S. will return to a trade relationship like before the current trade war.

Canada will have to expand trade with undemocratic countries to fight losses in U.S. trade war, say foreign policy experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Canada is at serious risk in 2026 from the 'political revolution' currently underway in the U.S., and there is likely no scenario where Canada and the U.S. will return to a trade relationship like before the current trade war.

Far-right ideology is a prescription for bad health

OpinionBY DORIS GRINSPUN

Far-right ideology is a prescription for bad health

OpinionBY DORIS GRINSPUN

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY TIMOTHY CHAN

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY TIMOTHY CHAN

Parliamentary Calendar

Former CSIS director Vigneault to talk about national defence, economic security at CDAI roundtable on Jan. 28 in Montreal

Podcast

Mark Critch on Donald Trump, Canadian politics, and being TikTok famous

News

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

List

Take The Hill Times year-end news quiz

Podcast

Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass

Carney needs a much stronger communications strategy with Canadians at this hinge moment

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

• Canadians are worried, and the prime minister should be communicating more clearly and more regularly with them.

Carney needs a much stronger communications strategy with Canadians at this hinge moment

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

• Canadians are worried, and the prime minister should be communicating more clearly and more regularly with them.

Pope Leo is pouring old-fashioned sauce over the venomous Trump: it’s called diplomacy

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

OpinionBY TIM GRAY

Trump is reviving China’s Arctic ambitions

OpinionBY ADAM LAJEUNESSE

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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Building a stronger maritime defence industry partnership with Poland 

OpinionBY JEFFREY F. COLLINS, PAWEł MARKIEWICZ

• Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine combined with increased hybrid attacks against NATO allies in Europe means that Poland is expediting modernization projects for all military branches.

Building a stronger maritime defence industry partnership with Poland 

OpinionBY JEFFREY F. COLLINS, PAWEł MARKIEWICZ

• Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine combined with increased hybrid attacks against NATO allies in Europe means that Poland is expediting modernization projects for all military branches.

Time for Team Canada 2.0

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

Time for Team Canada 2.0

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

On China, Carney practices statecraft

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

On China, Carney practices statecraft

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

‘Too weak, too vague, too slow’: PM Carney accused of ‘dragging his feet’ on foreign interference in pursuit of economic reset with China

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘Too weak, too vague, too slow’: PM Carney accused of ‘dragging his feet’ on foreign interference in pursuit of economic reset with China

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

Trump exposed the risk of complacency. Will Canada learn from its mistakes?

Mexico takes firm stance on U.S. incursion in Venezuela as Canada walks cautious line ahead of CUSMA review

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

Scrap the Indo-Pacific Strategy: a pragmatic path for Canadian sovereignty

international development

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

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

Canada’s G7 leadership: the ambition is there, but is the budget?

Did Canada’s G7 presidency ever emerge from the Trump shadow? 

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 helicopters on the horizon

How to foil Trump’s annexation of Greenland

All eyes on the Arctic

In Canada’s defence: re-establishing a true militia

gwynne dyer

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

canada and the 21st century

Canada now needs a backup plan for our auto industry

Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

Transforming Canada’s economy for a better future is an enormous challenge

Trump’s new national security strategy raises alarms, fears over threats posed to Canada’s sovereignty and prosperity

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