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Health Minister Marjorie Michel. The federal government has tried to address some of the gaps through past funding commitments, but investment alone isn’t the solution, writes Kait LaForce. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE
  • In an era where Canada is talking about leadership, innovation, and economic competitiveness, the fact that patients must routinely cross the border for care should trouble all of us.
Marjorie Michel

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

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE
  • In an era where Canada is talking about leadership, innovation, and economic competitiveness, the fact that patients must routinely cross the border for care should trouble all of us.
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Feb. 10, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why Canada can bridge the EU and CPTPP trading blocs

OpinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN

With global hegemony attacking the world order, what are middle powers like Canada to do?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN
Opinion

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

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.

Ongoing grievance over public service health-plan switch an ‘interesting’ case, says labour lawyer

NewsBY MARLO GLASS
Parliamentary Calendar

Liberal MP Kayabaga to talk unlocking growth in Africa and the Caribbean during Empire Club event on Feb. 26

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand visited Washington, D.C., where delegations from more than 50 countries met to discuss international collaboration on critical mineral supply chains on Feb. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

U.S.-proposed critical minerals trading bloc a ‘difficult sell,’ say natural resources experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • 'We're obviously in a stage where people treat American trade deals with skepticism,' says Heather Exner-Pirot, director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's energy, natural resources, and environment program.

U.S.-proposed critical minerals trading bloc a ‘difficult sell,’ say natural resources experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
  • 'We're obviously in a stage where people treat American trade deals with skepticism,' says Heather Exner-Pirot, director of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's energy, natural resources, and environment program.

Stories from the past should not help separatists

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Stories from the past should not help separatists

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL
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.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (the American son of Cuban exiles) said that if he were in the Cuban government he’d be ‘concerned,’ and President Donald Trump said Cuba ‘will be falling pretty soon.’ White House photograph courtesy Molly Riley

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

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • The American president can likely find people in the Communist nation who are willing to sell out if the price is right, and make a deal that gives him final say but protects their power. 

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

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • The American president can likely find people in the Communist nation who are willing to sell out if the price is right, and make a deal that gives him final say but protects their power. 

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