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Rebuilding Canada’s trade economy must include Africa

  • Africa can be part of the solution to domestic challenges we face, and the need to diversify our interests in the continent beyond the
Opinion | BY KUMARAN NADESAN | May 13, 2025
At the federal level, Canada continues to punch below its weight when it comes to taking a more intentional approach to the African continent, writes Kumaran Nadesan. Unsplash photograph by James Wiseman

Rebuilding Canada’s trade economy must include Africa

Opinion | BY KUMARAN NADESAN | May 13, 2025
  • Africa can be part of the solution to domestic challenges we face, and the need to diversify our interests in the continent beyond the

Rebuilding Canada’s trade economy must include Africa

Opinion | BY KUMARAN NADESAN | May 13, 2025
  • Africa can be part of the solution to domestic challenges we face, and the need to diversify our interests in the continent beyond the
At the federal level, Canada continues to punch below its weight when it comes to taking a more intentional approach to the African continent, writes Kumaran Nadesan. Unsplash photograph by James Wiseman

Why Canada needs today’s independent Senate

  • The Senate must not be a pale imitation of the House. Freeing it from political-party affiliations helps mitigate that risk.
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR STAN KUTCHER | May 13, 2025
Today’s Red Chamber is an essential guardrail against the takeover of our democracy by any one political party or ideological group, writes Sen. Stan Kutcher. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why Canada needs today’s independent Senate

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR STAN KUTCHER | May 13, 2025
  • The Senate must not be a pale imitation of the House. Freeing it from political-party affiliations helps mitigate that risk.

Why Canada needs today’s independent Senate

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR STAN KUTCHER | May 13, 2025
  • The Senate must not be a pale imitation of the House. Freeing it from political-party affiliations helps mitigate that risk.
Today’s Red Chamber is an essential guardrail against the takeover of our democracy by any one political party or ideological group, writes Sen. Stan Kutcher. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

  • A fraction of the funding support provided to battery plants and car makers could unlock a short list of Canada’s most advanced critical minerals
Opinion | BY MARK SELBY | May 13, 2025
As we head into renewed trade discussions with the U.S., their need for critical minerals provides Canada the chance to align economic strategy with national security and climate objectives, writes Mark Selby. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

Opinion | BY MARK SELBY | May 13, 2025
  • A fraction of the funding support provided to battery plants and car makers could unlock a short list of Canada’s most advanced critical minerals

Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

Opinion | BY MARK SELBY | May 13, 2025
  • A fraction of the funding support provided to battery plants and car makers could unlock a short list of Canada’s most advanced critical minerals
As we head into renewed trade discussions with the U.S., their need for critical minerals provides Canada the chance to align economic strategy with national security and climate objectives, writes Mark Selby. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

‘Rock bottom’: former MPs reflect on election losses, and navigating ‘purgatory’ as they transition to life out of office

  • Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 12, 2025
Former MPs Maryam Monsef, left, Mike Morrice, Alistair MacGregor, and Nelly Shin speak about their experiences moving out of public office following their defeats this election for Morrice and MacGregor and in 2021 for Monsef and Shin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Rock bottom’: former MPs reflect on election losses, and navigating ‘purgatory’ as they transition to life out of office

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 12, 2025
  • Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to

‘Rock bottom’: former MPs reflect on election losses, and navigating ‘purgatory’ as they transition to life out of office

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 12, 2025
  • Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to
Former MPs Maryam Monsef, left, Mike Morrice, Alistair MacGregor, and Nelly Shin speak about their experiences moving out of public office following their defeats this election for Morrice and MacGregor and in 2021 for Monsef and Shin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden

  • This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is 'not so good at providing a benefit to the
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to hit NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of GDP by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 12, 2025
  • This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is 'not so good at providing a benefit to the

Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 12, 2025
  • This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is 'not so good at providing a benefit to the
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to hit NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of GDP by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Martial pride on parade

  • Trump's planned spectacle will look like amateur hour compared to what Russia, China, and North Korea routinely stage for their masses.
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 12, 2025
The U.S. president is handing international viewers a direct comparison of his country’s military fitness, drill, and deportment against the super well-rehearsed Russian showboats, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Dmitriy Fomin

Martial pride on parade

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 12, 2025
  • Trump's planned spectacle will look like amateur hour compared to what Russia, China, and North Korea routinely stage for their masses.

Martial pride on parade

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 12, 2025
  • Trump's planned spectacle will look like amateur hour compared to what Russia, China, and North Korea routinely stage for their masses.
The U.S. president is handing international viewers a direct comparison of his country’s military fitness, drill, and deportment against the super well-rehearsed Russian showboats, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Dmitriy Fomin

The 58 tightest races in Canada, won by five per cent margins or less

  • The first- and second-place finishers in 58 ridings were separated by margins of under five per cent of the votes between them, based on
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
Top 10 tightest races in Canada: From top left, Anthony Germain (Liberal), Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal), Tatiana Auguste (Liberal), Kathy Borrelli (Conservative), Don Davies (NDP), Kelly DeRidder (Conservative), Tim Louis (Liberal), Andréanne Larouche (Bloc), Gabriel Hardy (Conservative), and Lori Idlout (NDP). Photographs courtesy of the Liberal Party, Conservative party, Bloc Québécois, and The Hill Time photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

The 58 tightest races in Canada, won by five per cent margins or less

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The first- and second-place finishers in 58 ridings were separated by margins of under five per cent of the votes between them, based on

The 58 tightest races in Canada, won by five per cent margins or less

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The first- and second-place finishers in 58 ridings were separated by margins of under five per cent of the votes between them, based on
Top 10 tightest races in Canada: From top left, Anthony Germain (Liberal), Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal), Tatiana Auguste (Liberal), Kathy Borrelli (Conservative), Don Davies (NDP), Kelly DeRidder (Conservative), Tim Louis (Liberal), Andréanne Larouche (Bloc), Gabriel Hardy (Conservative), and Lori Idlout (NDP). Photographs courtesy of the Liberal Party, Conservative party, Bloc Québécois, and The Hill Time photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

  • This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.
Opinion | BY JOSH MARANDO | May 12, 2025
The story of this election isn’t that young Canadians abandoned progressivism. It’s that they’re more open to political alternatives than they’ve been in years, writes Josh Marando. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

Opinion | BY JOSH MARANDO | May 12, 2025
  • This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.

No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

Opinion | BY JOSH MARANDO | May 12, 2025
  • This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.
The story of this election isn’t that young Canadians abandoned progressivism. It’s that they’re more open to political alternatives than they’ve been in years, writes Josh Marando. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $261,500

  • All MPs and Senators got an automatic salary increase on April 1. As well, government and opposition MPs who hold additional roles, such as
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative leader in the House Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet all got a salary increase under the Parliament of Canada Act, effective April 1, 2025. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $261,500

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
  • All MPs and Senators got an automatic salary increase on April 1. As well, government and opposition MPs who hold additional roles, such as

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $261,500

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
  • All MPs and Senators got an automatic salary increase on April 1. As well, government and opposition MPs who hold additional roles, such as
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative leader in the House Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet all got a salary increase under the Parliament of Canada Act, effective April 1, 2025. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

  • The 'Trump factor' will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged in March to address the housing crisis by unleashing 'the power of public/private co-operation at a scale not seen in generations.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The 'Trump factor' will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The 'Trump factor' will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged in March to address the housing crisis by unleashing 'the power of public/private co-operation at a scale not seen in generations.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall

  • Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV's Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 12, 2025
Mollie Anderson, left, and her uncle Rick Anderson at the Jaimie Anderson fundraiser at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, Que., in 2016. For this year's fundraiser, Mollie Anderson is organizing a political film festival in Ottawa with her father, Bruce. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 12, 2025
  • Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV's Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins

REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 12, 2025
  • Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV's Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins
Mollie Anderson, left, and her uncle Rick Anderson at the Jaimie Anderson fundraiser at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, Que., in 2016. For this year's fundraiser, Mollie Anderson is organizing a political film festival in Ottawa with her father, Bruce. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Conservatives had a ‘somewhat frank’ talk about their fourth election loss to Liberals since 2015, some want a full post-mortem: ‘there should be accountability’

  • The Conservative Party began its post-election review last week and talked about what happened in the April 28 election, with the process expected to
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
Conservative MP Andrew Scheer was elected as the interim leader in the House at last week's Conservative Party caucus meeting on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Conservatives had a ‘somewhat frank’ talk about their fourth election loss to Liberals since 2015, some want a full post-mortem: ‘there should be accountability’

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
  • The Conservative Party began its post-election review last week and talked about what happened in the April 28 election, with the process expected to

Conservatives had a ‘somewhat frank’ talk about their fourth election loss to Liberals since 2015, some want a full post-mortem: ‘there should be accountability’

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
  • The Conservative Party began its post-election review last week and talked about what happened in the April 28 election, with the process expected to
Conservative MP Andrew Scheer was elected as the interim leader in the House at last week's Conservative Party caucus meeting on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Carney pulls off mission impossible

  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico

Carney pulls off mission impossible

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals

Carney pulls off mission impossible

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico

Smith wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada

  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled early that she would be following the Quebec separatist path of obfuscating the facts and promising what she cannot
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 12, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continually claims to believe in Canada, but she moved recently to lower the bar for referenda and permit referendum funding by unions and corporations, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Smith wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 12, 2025
  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled early that she would be following the Quebec separatist path of obfuscating the facts and promising what she cannot

Smith wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 12, 2025
  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled early that she would be following the Quebec separatist path of obfuscating the facts and promising what she cannot
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continually claims to believe in Canada, but she moved recently to lower the bar for referenda and permit referendum funding by unions and corporations, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ford’s embrace of realpolitik

  • If it’s in Doug Ford’s own self-interest to have you as a friend, then he’s your friend; but if it’s in his interest to
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 12, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are not buddies. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Ford’s embrace of realpolitik

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 12, 2025
  • If it’s in Doug Ford’s own self-interest to have you as a friend, then he’s your friend; but if it’s in his interest to

Ford’s embrace of realpolitik

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 12, 2025
  • If it’s in Doug Ford’s own self-interest to have you as a friend, then he’s your friend; but if it’s in his interest to
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are not buddies. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Will Carney’s cabinet shuffle favour high-profile rookies or veteran MPs?

  • Stalwart ministers who recently travelled with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a high-profile meeting with the American president are seen as likely to remain
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
These rookie Liberal MPs are favoured to be tapped for a cabinet position in the upcoming shuffle. Clockwise from top left: Tim Hodgson, Evan Solomon, Carlos Leitão, Gregor Robertson, Nathalie Provost, Buckley Belanger, Eleanor Olszewski, and Rebecca Chartrand. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn and the Liberal Party of Canada, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Will Carney’s cabinet shuffle favour high-profile rookies or veteran MPs?

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • Stalwart ministers who recently travelled with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a high-profile meeting with the American president are seen as likely to remain

Will Carney’s cabinet shuffle favour high-profile rookies or veteran MPs?

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • Stalwart ministers who recently travelled with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a high-profile meeting with the American president are seen as likely to remain
These rookie Liberal MPs are favoured to be tapped for a cabinet position in the upcoming shuffle. Clockwise from top left: Tim Hodgson, Evan Solomon, Carlos Leitão, Gregor Robertson, Nathalie Provost, Buckley Belanger, Eleanor Olszewski, and Rebecca Chartrand. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn and the Liberal Party of Canada, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

  • From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
John Hannaford
John Hannaford
Privy Council Clerk John Hannaford accompanied Prime Minister Mark Carney to Washington, D.C., on May 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
John Hannaford
Privy Council Clerk John Hannaford accompanied Prime Minister Mark Carney to Washington, D.C., on May 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unemployment stats for April incoming

  • Plus, Macklem predicts tariffs could cause a permanent economic damage.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | May 9, 2025
Steven MacKinnon
Steven MacKinnon
Quebec MP Steven MacKinnon has been the employment and jobs minister since December 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unemployment stats for April incoming

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | May 9, 2025
  • Plus, Macklem predicts tariffs could cause a permanent economic damage.

Unemployment stats for April incoming

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | May 9, 2025
  • Plus, Macklem predicts tariffs could cause a permanent economic damage.
Steven MacKinnon
Quebec MP Steven MacKinnon has been the employment and jobs minister since December 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

  • The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
News | BY KATHRYN MAY | May 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
At Prime Minister Mark Carney's first press conference on May 2, he zeroed in on a handful of sweeping priorities aimed at making Canada and its economy more resilient and independent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

News | BY KATHRYN MAY | May 8, 2025
  • The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

News | BY KATHRYN MAY | May 8, 2025
  • The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
Mark Carney
At Prime Minister Mark Carney's first press conference on May 2, he zeroed in on a handful of sweeping priorities aimed at making Canada and its economy more resilient and independent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies

  • Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped
Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | May 8, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks along Sparks Street to attend his first press conference after the 45th general election in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies

Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | May 8, 2025
  • Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped

Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies

Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | May 8, 2025
  • Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks along Sparks Street to attend his first press conference after the 45th general election in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers

  • If Canada steps up now, we don’t just help individual scientists and express solidarity with them—we reaffirm our values as a country that believes
Opinion | BY PHILIPPE ARCHAMBAULT, CHRISTINE BARNARD, JOANNA HOSA | May 8, 2025
Researchers with the NASA-funded ICESCAPE mission examine melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean in July 2011. As U.S.-based studies in the Arctic are curtailed, the nation risks losing its capacity to anticipate and respond to the myriad of urgent environmental, geopolitical, and societal challenges emerging in the North. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers

Opinion | BY PHILIPPE ARCHAMBAULT, CHRISTINE BARNARD, JOANNA HOSA | May 8, 2025
  • If Canada steps up now, we don’t just help individual scientists and express solidarity with them—we reaffirm our values as a country that believes

Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers

Opinion | BY PHILIPPE ARCHAMBAULT, CHRISTINE BARNARD, JOANNA HOSA | May 8, 2025
  • If Canada steps up now, we don’t just help individual scientists and express solidarity with them—we reaffirm our values as a country that believes
Researchers with the NASA-funded ICESCAPE mission examine melt ponds in the Arctic Ocean in July 2011. As U.S.-based studies in the Arctic are curtailed, the nation risks losing its capacity to anticipate and respond to the myriad of urgent environmental, geopolitical, and societal challenges emerging in the North. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

  • I'll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I'd been the pundits' favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I
Opinion | BY JOHN WESTON | May 7, 2025
Former Conservative MP John Weston, pictured on the Hill in 2014, represented West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, B.C., from 2008 to 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

Opinion | BY JOHN WESTON | May 7, 2025
  • I'll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I'd been the pundits' favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

Opinion | BY JOHN WESTON | May 7, 2025
  • I'll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I'd been the pundits' favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I
Former Conservative MP John Weston, pictured on the Hill in 2014, represented West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, B.C., from 2008 to 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Here’s a list of demands for Alberta’s future, not the past

  • In her list of demands, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also wants plastic straws back. Can you imagine being the premier of a province and keeping a
Opinion | BY STEPHEN LEGAULT | May 7, 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April 10, 2025. Smith has a 'wish list' for the prime minister. It's not so much a shopping list as a ransom note that, if not addressed, will spell the immediate demise of our country. Or so she claims, writes Stephen Legault. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here’s a list of demands for Alberta’s future, not the past

Opinion | BY STEPHEN LEGAULT | May 7, 2025
  • In her list of demands, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also wants plastic straws back. Can you imagine being the premier of a province and keeping a

Here’s a list of demands for Alberta’s future, not the past

Opinion | BY STEPHEN LEGAULT | May 7, 2025
  • In her list of demands, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith also wants plastic straws back. Can you imagine being the premier of a province and keeping a
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conferencein Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April 10, 2025. Smith has a 'wish list' for the prime minister. It's not so much a shopping list as a ransom note that, if not addressed, will spell the immediate demise of our country. Or so she claims, writes Stephen Legault. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

  • Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has kept the Canadian media at a comfortable distance since announcing his intention to run for the Liberal leadership this past January, making his May 2 visit to the press gallery's home turf a refreshing change, say journalists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

News | BY STUART BENSON | May 7, 2025
  • Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

News | BY STUART BENSON | May 7, 2025
  • Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has kept the Canadian media at a comfortable distance since announcing his intention to run for the Liberal leadership this past January, making his May 2 visit to the press gallery's home turf a refreshing change, say journalists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

  • The 'big juggernaut' in assessing the potential of an energy corridor is how those plans fit in with Bill C-69, according to the chair
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's platform during the federal election campaign promised development of a trade and energy corridor, and building an east-west electricity grid. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 7, 2025
  • The 'big juggernaut' in assessing the potential of an energy corridor is how those plans fit in with Bill C-69, according to the chair

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 7, 2025
  • The 'big juggernaut' in assessing the potential of an energy corridor is how those plans fit in with Bill C-69, according to the chair
Prime Minister Mark Carney's platform during the federal election campaign promised development of a trade and energy corridor, and building an east-west electricity grid. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Feds’ approach to Israeli state is troubling, says Ottawa reader

  • The Canadian government’s embrace of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) “working definition of anti-Semitism” is troubling, given the government’s indifference to Israel’s illegal
Opinion | July 6, 2022

Feds’ approach to Israeli state is troubling, says Ottawa reader

Opinion | July 6, 2022
  • The Canadian government’s embrace of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) “working definition of anti-Semitism” is troubling, given the government’s indifference to Israel’s illegal

Feds’ approach to Israeli state is troubling, says Ottawa reader

Opinion | July 6, 2022
  • The Canadian government’s embrace of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) “working definition of anti-Semitism” is troubling, given the government’s indifference to Israel’s illegal

Women’s advocacy groups to push feds for easier abortion access in Canada, fearing ‘clawed back’ reproductive rights

  • Standing up for improved abortion access in Canada is taking on a higher priority for women’s advocacy organizations, who are concerned recent anti-abortion momentum
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 6, 2022
Pro-choice demonstrators hold a counterprotest in opposition to anti-abortion activists gathered on Parliament Hill for the National March for Life event on May 12, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Women’s advocacy groups to push feds for easier abortion access in Canada, fearing ‘clawed back’ reproductive rights

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 6, 2022
  • Standing up for improved abortion access in Canada is taking on a higher priority for women’s advocacy organizations, who are concerned recent anti-abortion momentum

Women’s advocacy groups to push feds for easier abortion access in Canada, fearing ‘clawed back’ reproductive rights

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 6, 2022
  • Standing up for improved abortion access in Canada is taking on a higher priority for women’s advocacy organizations, who are concerned recent anti-abortion momentum
Pro-choice demonstrators hold a counterprotest in opposition to anti-abortion activists gathered on Parliament Hill for the National March for Life event on May 12, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds should listen to health-care ask to avoid nursing catastrophe

  • Nothing prepares you for your first serious car accident patient in the emergency room. Or the first time a child dies while you are
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | July 6, 2022
Premiers have been asking the federal government to increase health transfers for years so they can make critically needed investments into nursing, writes Linda Silas. Unsplash photograph by Vladimir Fedotov

Feds should listen to health-care ask to avoid nursing catastrophe

Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | July 6, 2022
  • Nothing prepares you for your first serious car accident patient in the emergency room. Or the first time a child dies while you are

Feds should listen to health-care ask to avoid nursing catastrophe

Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | July 6, 2022
  • Nothing prepares you for your first serious car accident patient in the emergency room. Or the first time a child dies while you are
Premiers have been asking the federal government to increase health transfers for years so they can make critically needed investments into nursing, writes Linda Silas. Unsplash photograph by Vladimir Fedotov

‘Anti-Trudeau’ movement ‘only just starting to be felt and understood politically’ despite muted Canada Day presence, say strategists, experts

  • In comparison to the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on Ottawa at the beginning of the year, those who marched through the nation’s capital on
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 6, 2022
Freedom movement supporters march down Wellington Street near Parliament Hill on July 1. Conservative strategist Geoff Norquay says the prime minister 'wisely addressed many Canadians who feel that the flag was usurped as a symbol by the ‘Freedom Convoy' in his Canada Day remarks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Anti-Trudeau’ movement ‘only just starting to be felt and understood politically’ despite muted Canada Day presence, say strategists, experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 6, 2022
  • In comparison to the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on Ottawa at the beginning of the year, those who marched through the nation’s capital on

‘Anti-Trudeau’ movement ‘only just starting to be felt and understood politically’ despite muted Canada Day presence, say strategists, experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 6, 2022
  • In comparison to the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on Ottawa at the beginning of the year, those who marched through the nation’s capital on
Freedom movement supporters march down Wellington Street near Parliament Hill on July 1. Conservative strategist Geoff Norquay says the prime minister 'wisely addressed many Canadians who feel that the flag was usurped as a symbol by the ‘Freedom Convoy' in his Canada Day remarks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Committee to weigh ‘appearance’ of political interference with government status quo in NS shooting case

  • Despite two weeks of difficult questions and condemnations for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet, analysts and Liberal strategists aren’t convinced
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 6, 2022
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki will be one of the witnesses MPs will question when the House Public Safety Committee meets on July 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Committee to weigh ‘appearance’ of political interference with government status quo in NS shooting case

News | BY STUART BENSON | July 6, 2022
  • Despite two weeks of difficult questions and condemnations for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet, analysts and Liberal strategists aren’t convinced

Committee to weigh ‘appearance’ of political interference with government status quo in NS shooting case

News | BY STUART BENSON | July 6, 2022
  • Despite two weeks of difficult questions and condemnations for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his cabinet, analysts and Liberal strategists aren’t convinced
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki will be one of the witnesses MPs will question when the House Public Safety Committee meets on July 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The convoy’s tire tracks are still all over the face of politics

  • OTTAWA—Another week and a couple more stories about high-profile Conservatives engaging with people connected to the Freedom Convoy. The day before Canada Day, it
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 6, 2022
Ironically, Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre, left, may have just received an assist from former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall among Conservative voters and others initially uncertain of how to react to the federal MP’s footsie with freedom convoyers, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, file photograph

The convoy’s tire tracks are still all over the face of politics

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 6, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Another week and a couple more stories about high-profile Conservatives engaging with people connected to the Freedom Convoy. The day before Canada Day, it

The convoy’s tire tracks are still all over the face of politics

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 6, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Another week and a couple more stories about high-profile Conservatives engaging with people connected to the Freedom Convoy. The day before Canada Day, it
Ironically, Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre, left, may have just received an assist from former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall among Conservative voters and others initially uncertain of how to react to the federal MP’s footsie with freedom convoyers, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, file photograph

Authors Michael Harris, Donald Savoie; trailblazing MPs Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Nancy Uqquujuq Karetak-Lindell receive Order of Canada nods

  • Governor General Mary Simon announced 85 appointments to the Order of Canada on June 29, including a number of prominent authors, former MPs, diplomats,
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 6, 2022
Author and journalist Michael Harris, left, Governor General Mary Simon, and author Donald Savoie. Harris was appointed to the Order of Canada by Simon, with Savoie receiving a promotion to 'companion status.' More than 7,600 people from all sectors of society across Canada have been invested into the Order of Canada, according to Rideau Hall. The Hill Times file photographs, photograph by Andrew Meade

Authors Michael Harris, Donald Savoie; trailblazing MPs Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Nancy Uqquujuq Karetak-Lindell receive Order of Canada nods

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 6, 2022
  • Governor General Mary Simon announced 85 appointments to the Order of Canada on June 29, including a number of prominent authors, former MPs, diplomats,

Authors Michael Harris, Donald Savoie; trailblazing MPs Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Nancy Uqquujuq Karetak-Lindell receive Order of Canada nods

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 6, 2022
  • Governor General Mary Simon announced 85 appointments to the Order of Canada on June 29, including a number of prominent authors, former MPs, diplomats,
Author and journalist Michael Harris, left, Governor General Mary Simon, and author Donald Savoie. Harris was appointed to the Order of Canada by Simon, with Savoie receiving a promotion to 'companion status.' More than 7,600 people from all sectors of society across Canada have been invested into the Order of Canada, according to Rideau Hall. The Hill Times file photographs, photograph by Andrew Meade

One for the road: Horgan hosts Canada’s premiers in Victoria July 11-12

  • TUESDAY, JULY 5—THURSDAY, JULY 7 AFN Annual General Assembly—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its Annual General Assembly from July 5-7. This event will
B.C. Premier John Horgan, who announced on June 28 his intention to step down from his post and not run for re-election, will chair the summer meeting of Canada’s premiers from July 11-12 in Victoria, B.C. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

One for the road: Horgan hosts Canada’s premiers in Victoria July 11-12

  • TUESDAY, JULY 5—THURSDAY, JULY 7 AFN Annual General Assembly—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its Annual General Assembly from July 5-7. This event will

One for the road: Horgan hosts Canada’s premiers in Victoria July 11-12

  • TUESDAY, JULY 5—THURSDAY, JULY 7 AFN Annual General Assembly—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its Annual General Assembly from July 5-7. This event will
B.C. Premier John Horgan, who announced on June 28 his intention to step down from his post and not run for re-election, will chair the summer meeting of Canada’s premiers from July 11-12 in Victoria, B.C. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Senate prepares for another clerk shakeup

  • Good Wednesday morning, It’s another slow summer day in Canadian politics, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t news to be had for loyal PTM
The Senate of Canada Building in downtown Ottawa. Senators have moved to reorganize the powers of the top administrators in the Senate, but with a catch. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Senate prepares for another clerk shakeup

  • Good Wednesday morning, It’s another slow summer day in Canadian politics, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t news to be had for loyal PTM

Politics This Morning: Senate prepares for another clerk shakeup

  • Good Wednesday morning, It’s another slow summer day in Canadian politics, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t news to be had for loyal PTM
The Senate of Canada Building in downtown Ottawa. Senators have moved to reorganize the powers of the top administrators in the Senate, but with a catch. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The politics of the post-COVID era could lead anywhere

  • OTTAWA—Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s re-election told us a lot about the emerging post-COVID political landscape. Ford held onto his right-wing support and benefitted from
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 6, 2022
The general thinking has been that choosing chief trucker convoy apologist Pierre Poilievre as Conservative leader would be a huge gift for the Liberals. But that may prove fanciful, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The politics of the post-COVID era could lead anywhere

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 6, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s re-election told us a lot about the emerging post-COVID political landscape. Ford held onto his right-wing support and benefitted from

The politics of the post-COVID era could lead anywhere

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 6, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s re-election told us a lot about the emerging post-COVID political landscape. Ford held onto his right-wing support and benefitted from
The general thinking has been that choosing chief trucker convoy apologist Pierre Poilievre as Conservative leader would be a huge gift for the Liberals. But that may prove fanciful, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

I feel sorry for Conservative voters in this leadership race

  • KAMOURASKA, QUE.—There was a short-lived television show called A.P. Bio, which ran for a few seasons starting in 2018. I liked it, despite the
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | July 6, 2022
The Conservative Party leadership candidates are, clockwise from top left, Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, and Jean Charest. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

I feel sorry for Conservative voters in this leadership race

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | July 6, 2022
  • KAMOURASKA, QUE.—There was a short-lived television show called A.P. Bio, which ran for a few seasons starting in 2018. I liked it, despite the

I feel sorry for Conservative voters in this leadership race

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | July 6, 2022
  • KAMOURASKA, QUE.—There was a short-lived television show called A.P. Bio, which ran for a few seasons starting in 2018. I liked it, despite the
The Conservative Party leadership candidates are, clockwise from top left, Scott Aitchison, Roman Baber, Patrick Brown, Pierre Poilievre, Leslyn Lewis, and Jean Charest. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and handouts

ACORN Canada protests Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s stakes in ‘exploitative financialized housing’

  • Affordable housing advocates are calling on the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, and public sector unions to review the
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 5, 2022
Members of ACORN Canada marched to the Montreal headquarters of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board on June 20, 2022, to protest the pension fund's housing investments. Photograph courtesy of ACORN Canada

ACORN Canada protests Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s stakes in ‘exploitative financialized housing’

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 5, 2022
  • Affordable housing advocates are calling on the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, and public sector unions to review the

ACORN Canada protests Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s stakes in ‘exploitative financialized housing’

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 5, 2022
  • Affordable housing advocates are calling on the Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, and public sector unions to review the
Members of ACORN Canada marched to the Montreal headquarters of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board on June 20, 2022, to protest the pension fund's housing investments. Photograph courtesy of ACORN Canada

Politics This Morning: Showdown at the AFN

  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s nothing but rain today in the weather forecast for Ottawa. That will no doubt further cool activity in a nation’s
Assembly of First Nations Chief Roseanne Archibald has been suspended by the AFN over workplace harassment, a suspension she argues is politically-motivated. She's planning to attend the AFN's annual meeting in Vancouver today. Photograph courtesy of Laura Barrios, Union of Ontario Indians

Politics This Morning: Showdown at the AFN

  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s nothing but rain today in the weather forecast for Ottawa. That will no doubt further cool activity in a nation’s

Politics This Morning: Showdown at the AFN

  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s nothing but rain today in the weather forecast for Ottawa. That will no doubt further cool activity in a nation’s
Assembly of First Nations Chief Roseanne Archibald has been suspended by the AFN over workplace harassment, a suspension she argues is politically-motivated. She's planning to attend the AFN's annual meeting in Vancouver today. Photograph courtesy of Laura Barrios, Union of Ontario Indians

Indonesia seeks to finalize trade pact with Canada by 2024, says new ambassador

  • As Canada embarks on a path to diversify its Asian trading network, Indonesia’s new envoy in Ottawa says Jakarta is aiming to wrap up
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 4, 2022
Indonesian Ambassador Daniel T.S. Simanjuntak is starting his first head of mission posting after diplomatic experience in the U.S. and the Netherlands. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Indonesia seeks to finalize trade pact with Canada by 2024, says new ambassador

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 4, 2022
  • As Canada embarks on a path to diversify its Asian trading network, Indonesia’s new envoy in Ottawa says Jakarta is aiming to wrap up

Indonesia seeks to finalize trade pact with Canada by 2024, says new ambassador

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 4, 2022
  • As Canada embarks on a path to diversify its Asian trading network, Indonesia’s new envoy in Ottawa says Jakarta is aiming to wrap up
Indonesian Ambassador Daniel T.S. Simanjuntak is starting his first head of mission posting after diplomatic experience in the U.S. and the Netherlands. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a closer examination of the Caucasus’ collective security

  • OTTAWA—On June 29 at the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced that Canada would be opening five new embassies
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 4, 2022
It may come as a shock to many Canadians, including Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, that Armenia is actually a military ally of Russia, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a closer examination of the Caucasus’ collective security

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 4, 2022
  • OTTAWA—On June 29 at the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced that Canada would be opening five new embassies

Canada needs a closer examination of the Caucasus’ collective security

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 4, 2022
  • OTTAWA—On June 29 at the NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced that Canada would be opening five new embassies
It may come as a shock to many Canadians, including Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly, that Armenia is actually a military ally of Russia, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is drug price policy evidence-based or evidence-deficient?

  • The Liberal Party’s 2015 federal election platform promised that its health policy decisions would be evidence based. But recent amendments to Canada’s patented medicines regulations
Opinion | BY BRETT SKINNER | July 4, 2022
Policymakers tend to see the prices of innovative medicines, but not the value, and this has resulted in a huge bureaucracy built to control the cost of patented drugs, writes Brett Skinner. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Is drug price policy evidence-based or evidence-deficient?

Opinion | BY BRETT SKINNER | July 4, 2022
  • The Liberal Party’s 2015 federal election platform promised that its health policy decisions would be evidence based. But recent amendments to Canada’s patented medicines regulations

Is drug price policy evidence-based or evidence-deficient?

Opinion | BY BRETT SKINNER | July 4, 2022
  • The Liberal Party’s 2015 federal election platform promised that its health policy decisions would be evidence based. But recent amendments to Canada’s patented medicines regulations
Policymakers tend to see the prices of innovative medicines, but not the value, and this has resulted in a huge bureaucracy built to control the cost of patented drugs, writes Brett Skinner. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Ch-ch-changes in the PMO, including new correspondence, appointments aides

  • The only constant is change, and there are more changes to report in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including the recent addition of Lola
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 4, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves an event to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day at Mādahòkì Farm in Ottawa on June 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ch-ch-changes in the PMO, including new correspondence, appointments aides

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 4, 2022
  • The only constant is change, and there are more changes to report in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including the recent addition of Lola

Ch-ch-changes in the PMO, including new correspondence, appointments aides

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 4, 2022
  • The only constant is change, and there are more changes to report in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including the recent addition of Lola
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves an event to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day at Mādahòkì Farm in Ottawa on June 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Cuban Missile Crisis redivivus: Russian rockets in Nicaragua

  • LONDON, U.K.—It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2022
Russia President Vladimir Putin's much-hyped hypersonic missiles are irrelevant anyway, since ‘hypersonic’ missiles are only useful if a country has good anti-missile defences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Flickr/DonkeyHotey

Cuban Missile Crisis redivivus: Russian rockets in Nicaragua

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was

Cuban Missile Crisis redivivus: Russian rockets in Nicaragua

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was
Russia President Vladimir Putin's much-hyped hypersonic missiles are irrelevant anyway, since ‘hypersonic’ missiles are only useful if a country has good anti-missile defences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Flickr/DonkeyHotey

Why Canada must not go along with the U.S.’s efforts to start another Cold War

  • FREDERICTON, N.B.—The United States is initiating a new Cold War with China. The Biden administration intensified the trade and technological war against China started
Opinion | BY SHAUN NARINE | July 4, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden is initiating a new Cold War with China. The Biden administration intensified the trade and technological war against China started by the Trump administration. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Why Canada must not go along with the U.S.’s efforts to start another Cold War

Opinion | BY SHAUN NARINE | July 4, 2022
  • FREDERICTON, N.B.—The United States is initiating a new Cold War with China. The Biden administration intensified the trade and technological war against China started

Why Canada must not go along with the U.S.’s efforts to start another Cold War

Opinion | BY SHAUN NARINE | July 4, 2022
  • FREDERICTON, N.B.—The United States is initiating a new Cold War with China. The Biden administration intensified the trade and technological war against China started
U.S. President Joe Biden is initiating a new Cold War with China. The Biden administration intensified the trade and technological war against China started by the Trump administration. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Record-breaking lobbying activity in May focuses on environment

  • Environmental advocacy led the way during a record-setting May on Parliament Hill in terms of engagement with public office holders, although Canada’s innovation minister
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 4, 2022
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied federal minister in May, and communicated with organizations including BHP Canada and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Record-breaking lobbying activity in May focuses on environment

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 4, 2022
  • Environmental advocacy led the way during a record-setting May on Parliament Hill in terms of engagement with public office holders, although Canada’s innovation minister

Record-breaking lobbying activity in May focuses on environment

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 4, 2022
  • Environmental advocacy led the way during a record-setting May on Parliament Hill in terms of engagement with public office holders, although Canada’s innovation minister
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the most-lobbied federal minister in May, and communicated with organizations including BHP Canada and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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