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Pete Hoekstra
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, left, says Canadians could face consequences if they don’t move forward with the full purchase of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to replace the aging C-18s. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and DND photograph by Sgt Norm McLean

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

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • We need to cancel the remainder of the F-35 purchase, pivot to Saab, and bolster our domestic aviation industry.
Pete Hoekstra

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

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • We need to cancel the remainder of the F-35 purchase, pivot to Saab, and bolster our domestic aviation industry.
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Carney’s Davos speech helped ‘stiffen spines,’ but PM will have to make tough choices to protect Canada’s sovereignty, say two former cabinet ministers

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Multilateralism isn’t dead—it’s being forced to deliver

OpinionBY ESTEBAN CRESPO POLO
Opinion

Americans unwittingly elected their first anti-Canadian president in history

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

‘With or without you’: policy sovereignty in a Trumpian world

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN
  • If we are to achieve the ambition Mark Carney laid out so eloquently and clearly for Canada to set out its own path as a middle-power, we also need to start asking ourselves questions about risks to our policy sovereignty. Donald Trump’s newest threat to put a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada makes a trade deal with China is such a threat to Canada’s policy sovereignty.

‘With or without you’: policy sovereignty in a Trumpian world

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN
  • If we are to achieve the ambition Mark Carney laid out so eloquently and clearly for Canada to set out its own path as a middle-power, we also need to start asking ourselves questions about risks to our policy sovereignty. Donald Trump’s newest threat to put a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada makes a trade deal with China is such a threat to Canada’s policy sovereignty.

With Liberals trying to ‘manufacture’ a reason for a snap spring election, election readiness top of mind for Conservatives, says campaign director Outhouse

NewsBY ABBAS RANA
Parliamentary Calendar

Harper’s official portrait to be unveiled on Tuesday, Feb. 3

Podcast

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

Thailand throws national day party

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Thailand throws national day party

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA
If Canada is serious that our way forward must be ‘principled and pragmatic,’ like Prime Minister Mark Carney said, then the path is clear: subject all Canadian weapons exports to the same scrutiny, writes Alex Neve. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

Time to close the U.S. arms export loophole

OpinionBY ALEX NEVE
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney talks about pragmatic principles, but Canada’s weapons exports to the United States tell a different story.

Time to close the U.S. arms export loophole

OpinionBY ALEX NEVE
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney talks about pragmatic principles, but Canada’s weapons exports to the United States tell a different story.
David McGuinty
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

In defence of Canada

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • It’s truly insane that the Canadian military is having to war game such a heretofore unfathomable scenario of a looming U.S. invasion.
David McGuinty

In defence of Canada

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • It’s truly insane that the Canadian military is having to war game such a heretofore unfathomable scenario of a looming U.S. invasion.

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