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Carney steps into the fray

  • Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Carney will find that it's one thing to deliver a speech, but delivering on promises is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney steps into the fray

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 5, 2025
  • Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the

Carney steps into the fray

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 5, 2025
  • Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Carney will find that it's one thing to deliver a speech, but delivering on promises is quite another, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre can only survive as party leader if he makes ‘seismic’ changes to his ‘inner circle’ and to his approach, say current and former senior Conservatives

  • The Conservative Party is scheduled to hold its convention in Ottawa next spring at the Rogers Centre, where the party membership will vote on
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 5, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured April 27, 2025, campaigning the night before election day in Edwards, Ont. The Conservative caucus will meet on Parliament Hill on May 6 for the first time since the April 28 election. At this meeting, the caucus will elect a new caucus chair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre can only survive as party leader if he makes ‘seismic’ changes to his ‘inner circle’ and to his approach, say current and former senior Conservatives

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 5, 2025
  • The Conservative Party is scheduled to hold its convention in Ottawa next spring at the Rogers Centre, where the party membership will vote on

Poilievre can only survive as party leader if he makes ‘seismic’ changes to his ‘inner circle’ and to his approach, say current and former senior Conservatives

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 5, 2025
  • The Conservative Party is scheduled to hold its convention in Ottawa next spring at the Rogers Centre, where the party membership will vote on
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured April 27, 2025, campaigning the night before election day in Edwards, Ont. The Conservative caucus will meet on Parliament Hill on May 6 for the first time since the April 28 election. At this meeting, the caucus will elect a new caucus chair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First there were six, now five former MPs re-elected on April 28

  • Plus: Liberal MP Noormohamed becomes a father during the election campaign, Ottawa-born ex-CFL star now leads Manitoba's PCs, Joe Biden says he's defect to
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 5, 2025
Neither rookies, nor incumbents, these six former MPs are returning to Ottawa: Liberal MPs Doug Eyolfson, top left, Linda Lapointe, centre left, and Stephen Fuhr; and Conservative MPs Kerry Diotte, top right, and Costas Menegakis and Parm Gill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and Cynthia Münster

First there were six, now five former MPs re-elected on April 28

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 5, 2025
  • Plus: Liberal MP Noormohamed becomes a father during the election campaign, Ottawa-born ex-CFL star now leads Manitoba's PCs, Joe Biden says he's defect to

First there were six, now five former MPs re-elected on April 28

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 5, 2025
  • Plus: Liberal MP Noormohamed becomes a father during the election campaign, Ottawa-born ex-CFL star now leads Manitoba's PCs, Joe Biden says he's defect to
Neither rookies, nor incumbents, these six former MPs are returning to Ottawa: Liberal MPs Doug Eyolfson, top left, Linda Lapointe, centre left, and Stephen Fuhr; and Conservative MPs Kerry Diotte, top right, and Costas Menegakis and Parm Gill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and Cynthia Münster

May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’

  • Elizabeth May's says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 5, 2025
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says Prime Minister Mark Carney should make clear to U.S. President Donald Trump that he 'is wrong when he says there’s nothing he needs from Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 5, 2025
  • Elizabeth May's says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on

May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 5, 2025
  • Elizabeth May's says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says Prime Minister Mark Carney should make clear to U.S. President Donald Trump that he 'is wrong when he says there’s nothing he needs from Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

  • The following is an excerpt from Constraining the Court: Judicial Power in Policy Implementation in the Charter Era, one of five books shortlisted for
FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY | May 5, 2025
James B. Kelly: 'This book should be read by any prime minister or premier that contemplates using Section 33 of the Charter of Rights, in a pre-emptive fashion.' Book cover and author's photo courtesy of UBC Press

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY | May 5, 2025
  • The following is an excerpt from Constraining the Court: Judicial Power in Policy Implementation in the Charter Era, one of five books shortlisted for

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY | May 5, 2025
  • The following is an excerpt from Constraining the Court: Judicial Power in Policy Implementation in the Charter Era, one of five books shortlisted for
James B. Kelly: 'This book should be read by any prime minister or premier that contemplates using Section 33 of the Charter of Rights, in a pre-emptive fashion.' Book cover and author's photo courtesy of UBC Press

All we are saying, is give peace a chance

  • Once the Trump business is resolved, will Poilievre’s troops return to attacks on wokeism, the legacy media, and the ideologically impure, even within their
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 5, 2025
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, right, and his wife Anaida arrive at the federal leaders' debate in Montréal, Que., on April 17, 2025. How our new political era unfolds largely depends on Poilievre's strategy, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

All we are saying, is give peace a chance

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 5, 2025
  • Once the Trump business is resolved, will Poilievre’s troops return to attacks on wokeism, the legacy media, and the ideologically impure, even within their

All we are saying, is give peace a chance

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 5, 2025
  • Once the Trump business is resolved, will Poilievre’s troops return to attacks on wokeism, the legacy media, and the ideologically impure, even within their
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, right, and his wife Anaida arrive at the federal leaders' debate in Montréal, Que., on April 17, 2025. How our new political era unfolds largely depends on Poilievre's strategy, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Last Monday was a both great night for the Tories, and a disaster

  • Both of those things are true in equal measure. It’s not spin to point that out—frankly, it’s spin not to. The election result is
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 5, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a rally at Olde Stanley’s Maple Lane Farm in Edwards, Ont., on April 27, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Last Monday was a both great night for the Tories, and a disaster

Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 5, 2025
  • Both of those things are true in equal measure. It’s not spin to point that out—frankly, it’s spin not to. The election result is

Last Monday was a both great night for the Tories, and a disaster

Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 5, 2025
  • Both of those things are true in equal measure. It’s not spin to point that out—frankly, it’s spin not to. The election result is
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a rally at Olde Stanley’s Maple Lane Farm in Edwards, Ont., on April 27, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Solidarity gives Canada its resilience in the face of crises

  • Like many across Canada, we have been actively monitoring the upheaval in crucial economic relationships between Canada and the United States and globally. People
Opinion | May 5, 2025
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Solidarity gives Canada its resilience in the face of crises

Opinion | May 5, 2025
  • Like many across Canada, we have been actively monitoring the upheaval in crucial economic relationships between Canada and the United States and globally. People

Solidarity gives Canada its resilience in the face of crises

Opinion | May 5, 2025
  • Like many across Canada, we have been actively monitoring the upheaval in crucial economic relationships between Canada and the United States and globally. People
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Time for NDP ‘soul searching’ and ‘reconnecting’ with workers, say labour leaders after electoral collapse

  • ‘Historically, when the NDP is weak, the Liberals tend to try to appeal to the more conservative side of their base,’ says Teamsters’ Mariam
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 2, 2025
The NDP caucus is less than one-third of their number last Parliament, with only seven MPs returning: Gord Johns, clockwise top left, Heather McPherson, Lori Idlout, Jenny Kwan, Leah Gazan, Don Davies, and Alexandre Boulerice. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Time for NDP ‘soul searching’ and ‘reconnecting’ with workers, say labour leaders after electoral collapse

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 2, 2025
  • ‘Historically, when the NDP is weak, the Liberals tend to try to appeal to the more conservative side of their base,’ says Teamsters’ Mariam

Time for NDP ‘soul searching’ and ‘reconnecting’ with workers, say labour leaders after electoral collapse

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 2, 2025
  • ‘Historically, when the NDP is weak, the Liberals tend to try to appeal to the more conservative side of their base,’ says Teamsters’ Mariam
The NDP caucus is less than one-third of their number last Parliament, with only seven MPs returning: Gord Johns, clockwise top left, Heather McPherson, Lori Idlout, Jenny Kwan, Leah Gazan, Don Davies, and Alexandre Boulerice. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Guarding against disinformation requires good journalists, and sometimes a good lawyer

  • World Press Freedom Canada’s annual awards luncheon celebrated the best of Canada’s investigative, local, and student journalists on May 1 at the National Arts
FeatureBY STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
Veteran journalist Kevin Newman, left, The Hill Times' Leslie Dickson, and Pendulum Group's Heather Bakken at World Press Freedom Canada's awards luncheon on May 1 at the National Arts Centre. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Guarding against disinformation requires good journalists, and sometimes a good lawyer

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
  • World Press Freedom Canada’s annual awards luncheon celebrated the best of Canada’s investigative, local, and student journalists on May 1 at the National Arts

Guarding against disinformation requires good journalists, and sometimes a good lawyer

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
  • World Press Freedom Canada’s annual awards luncheon celebrated the best of Canada’s investigative, local, and student journalists on May 1 at the National Arts
Veteran journalist Kevin Newman, left, The Hill Times' Leslie Dickson, and Pendulum Group's Heather Bakken at World Press Freedom Canada's awards luncheon on May 1 at the National Arts Centre. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Carney holds his first post-election presser

  • Plus, a chief of staff to a former prime minister says disgruntled Tories would be best suited to cross the floor to the Liberals.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will speak to reporters at his first press conference since winning the election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney holds his first post-election presser

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
  • Plus, a chief of staff to a former prime minister says disgruntled Tories would be best suited to cross the floor to the Liberals.

Carney holds his first post-election presser

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
  • Plus, a chief of staff to a former prime minister says disgruntled Tories would be best suited to cross the floor to the Liberals.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will speak to reporters at his first press conference since winning the election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

  • Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 'because someone needed to.' He also had the help
News | BY IREM KOCA | May 1, 2025
Newly elected Liberal MP for Carleton Bruce Fanjoy says he doesn't consider himself 'special,' but said his win was partly the product of listening to constituents, and said the election in Carleton was a 'referendum' on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who was defeated after 21 years in the riding. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 1, 2025
  • Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 'because someone needed to.' He also had the help

Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 1, 2025
  • Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 'because someone needed to.' He also had the help
Newly elected Liberal MP for Carleton Bruce Fanjoy says he doesn't consider himself 'special,' but said his win was partly the product of listening to constituents, and said the election in Carleton was a 'referendum' on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who was defeated after 21 years in the riding. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney’s first test isn’t Trump, it’s his cabinet

  • Power isn’t only about winning elections. It’s also about building a cabinet that can turn political ambition into actual results.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | May 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to supporters at the TD Centre in Ottawa on April 29, 2025, after winning the election. If his cabinet can’t deliver, nothing else will, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s first test isn’t Trump, it’s his cabinet

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | May 1, 2025
  • Power isn’t only about winning elections. It’s also about building a cabinet that can turn political ambition into actual results.

Carney’s first test isn’t Trump, it’s his cabinet

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | May 1, 2025
  • Power isn’t only about winning elections. It’s also about building a cabinet that can turn political ambition into actual results.
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to supporters at the TD Centre in Ottawa on April 29, 2025, after winning the election. If his cabinet can’t deliver, nothing else will, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bolsonaro, Trump, and democratic takeover attempts

  • America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries. 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2025
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro could go to jail for more than 40 years if he is found guilty of plotting to reverse his electoral defeat in 2022 by a military coup, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bolsonaro, Trump, and democratic takeover attempts

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2025
  • America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries. 

Bolsonaro, Trump, and democratic takeover attempts

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2025
  • America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries. 
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro could go to jail for more than 40 years if he is found guilty of plotting to reverse his electoral defeat in 2022 by a military coup, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada’s electoral system keeps sabotaging climate progress

  • We can no longer ignore the direct link between how we vote and our ability to address the climate crisis. Canada urgently needs electoral
Opinion | BY SUZANNE APELIAN, EMERSON HOWITT | April 30, 2025
Pedestrians cross O'Connor Street in downtown Ottawa. Canada faces an existential threat from the climate crisis, yet our electoral system continues to undermine effective climate action, argue Suzanne Apelian and Emerson Howitt. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s electoral system keeps sabotaging climate progress

Opinion | BY SUZANNE APELIAN, EMERSON HOWITT | April 30, 2025
  • We can no longer ignore the direct link between how we vote and our ability to address the climate crisis. Canada urgently needs electoral

Canada’s electoral system keeps sabotaging climate progress

Opinion | BY SUZANNE APELIAN, EMERSON HOWITT | April 30, 2025
  • We can no longer ignore the direct link between how we vote and our ability to address the climate crisis. Canada urgently needs electoral
Pedestrians cross O'Connor Street in downtown Ottawa. Canada faces an existential threat from the climate crisis, yet our electoral system continues to undermine effective climate action, argue Suzanne Apelian and Emerson Howitt. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must lead global debt cancellation, like it did 25 years ago

  • As Canada considers its place in an increasingly volatile global order, Canadians want to see their country emerge as a voice of solidarity. It
Opinion | BY BETH LORIMER, DEAN DETTLOFF | April 30, 2025
As the late Pope Francis said regarding debt cancellation in this Jubilee year, 'more than a question of generosity, this is a matter of justice,' write Dean Dettloff and Beth Lorimer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Catholic Church in England and Wales

Canada must lead global debt cancellation, like it did 25 years ago

Opinion | BY BETH LORIMER, DEAN DETTLOFF | April 30, 2025
  • As Canada considers its place in an increasingly volatile global order, Canadians want to see their country emerge as a voice of solidarity. It

Canada must lead global debt cancellation, like it did 25 years ago

Opinion | BY BETH LORIMER, DEAN DETTLOFF | April 30, 2025
  • As Canada considers its place in an increasingly volatile global order, Canadians want to see their country emerge as a voice of solidarity. It
As the late Pope Francis said regarding debt cancellation in this Jubilee year, 'more than a question of generosity, this is a matter of justice,' write Dean Dettloff and Beth Lorimer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Catholic Church in England and Wales

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

  • This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future
Opinion | BY RYAN SYDOR | April 30, 2025
If we want to protect elections, we have to protect identity, writes Ryan Sydor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

Opinion | BY RYAN SYDOR | April 30, 2025
  • This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

Opinion | BY RYAN SYDOR | April 30, 2025
  • This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future
If we want to protect elections, we have to protect identity, writes Ryan Sydor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives spent campaign ‘fending off attacks on all sides’ as Liberals, third parties dominated Meta election ads, says expert

  • The five main parties spent more than $5.5-million on Facebook and Instagram ads in the first 30 days of the election campaign, with the
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Green co-Leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier are projected to spend nearly $8-million collectively on Meta ads alone this election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Conservatives spent campaign ‘fending off attacks on all sides’ as Liberals, third parties dominated Meta election ads, says expert

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 30, 2025
  • The five main parties spent more than $5.5-million on Facebook and Instagram ads in the first 30 days of the election campaign, with the

Conservatives spent campaign ‘fending off attacks on all sides’ as Liberals, third parties dominated Meta election ads, says expert

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 30, 2025
  • The five main parties spent more than $5.5-million on Facebook and Instagram ads in the first 30 days of the election campaign, with the
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Green co-Leaders Elizabeth May and Jonathan Pedneault, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier are projected to spend nearly $8-million collectively on Meta ads alone this election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Carney clicked with caretaker convention’s call for restraint, experts say

  • Mark Carney's Liberal government had few cabinet orders during the election despite criticism that he wasn't adhering to the caretaker convention.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
The Privy Council Office issues guidance for ministers and the public service on what they can and cannot do during an election period. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney clicked with caretaker convention’s call for restraint, experts say

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
  • Mark Carney's Liberal government had few cabinet orders during the election despite criticism that he wasn't adhering to the caretaker convention.

Carney clicked with caretaker convention’s call for restraint, experts say

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
  • Mark Carney's Liberal government had few cabinet orders during the election despite criticism that he wasn't adhering to the caretaker convention.
The Privy Council Office issues guidance for ministers and the public service on what they can and cannot do during an election period. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

  • There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly during then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Ottawa in 2022. For many cabinet ministers, their first stop during a trip to Washington, D.C., was to the Wilson Center's Canada Institute to give an address. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
  • There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
  • There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly during then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Ottawa in 2022. For many cabinet ministers, their first stop during a trip to Washington, D.C., was to the Wilson Center's Canada Institute to give an address. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

  • Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 30, 2025
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will all have some things to take away from this campaign, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 30, 2025
  • Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 30, 2025
  • Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will all have some things to take away from this campaign, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

  • Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can’t seem to get through a day in the Oval Office without reverting to his accusations about those freeloaders in Canada, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 30, 2025
  • Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 30, 2025
  • Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can’t seem to get through a day in the Oval Office without reverting to his accusations about those freeloaders in Canada, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

  • Re: “Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights,” (The Hill Times, April 23, p. 8). The war in
Opinion | April 30, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

Opinion | April 30, 2025
  • Re: “Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights,” (The Hill Times, April 23, p. 8). The war in

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

Opinion | April 30, 2025
  • Re: “Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights,” (The Hill Times, April 23, p. 8). The war in
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

  • Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.
Opinion | BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA | April 30, 2025
The need to build trust in AI and ensure the technology is used for good are key factors in increasing business adoption. Clear rules for data privacy and security would help, writes Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

Opinion | BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA | April 30, 2025
  • Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

Opinion | BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA | April 30, 2025
  • Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.
The need to build trust in AI and ensure the technology is used for good are key factors in increasing business adoption. Clear rules for data privacy and security would help, writes Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Feds must step up to protect Canada’s natural health product industry

  • Instead of supporting these businesses, Health Canada is making it harder for them to survive, and is proposing a punitive and discriminatory cost recovery program.
Opinion | BY AARON SKELTON | April 30, 2025
The natural health products industry is an integral part of Canadians' proactive health care, made up of companies from coast to coast to coast, writes CHFA's Aaron Skelton. Image courtesy of Freepik

Feds must step up to protect Canada’s natural health product industry

Opinion | BY AARON SKELTON | April 30, 2025
  • Instead of supporting these businesses, Health Canada is making it harder for them to survive, and is proposing a punitive and discriminatory cost recovery program.

Feds must step up to protect Canada’s natural health product industry

Opinion | BY AARON SKELTON | April 30, 2025
  • Instead of supporting these businesses, Health Canada is making it harder for them to survive, and is proposing a punitive and discriminatory cost recovery program.
The natural health products industry is an integral part of Canadians' proactive health care, made up of companies from coast to coast to coast, writes CHFA's Aaron Skelton. Image courtesy of Freepik

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

  • Recent elections suggest voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots in advanced polls. This means they need the full details of platforms that
Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
Conservative and Liberal supporters in Montreal ahead of the April 17 English-language leaders' debate. It is a major disservice to voters if party platforms are released mere days before ballots are cast, writes Andrew Tzembelicos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
  • Recent elections suggest voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots in advanced polls. This means they need the full details of platforms that

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
  • Recent elections suggest voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots in advanced polls. This means they need the full details of platforms that
Conservative and Liberal supporters in Montreal ahead of the April 17 English-language leaders' debate. It is a major disservice to voters if party platforms are released mere days before ballots are cast, writes Andrew Tzembelicos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Neglecting noma no longer: Canada can do its part tackling this neglected tropical disease

  • Noma is a disease unfamiliar to many Canadians. For anyone who has seen a case of noma, this rapid, often fatal form of gangrene
Opinion | BY ADAM HOUSTON, JOEL ROSENBLOOM, AND CLAIRE JEANTET | September 1, 2022
Dr. Abubakar Lawal Abdullahi, team leader of the Médecins Sans Frontières Nigerian surgical team working on noma intervention in October 2018. In the earliest stages, noma can be treated using antibiotics; for too many, a lack of access to health care also means a lack of access to diagnosis and treatment. Claire Jeantet photograph courtesy of MSF

Neglecting noma no longer: Canada can do its part tackling this neglected tropical disease

Opinion | BY ADAM HOUSTON, JOEL ROSENBLOOM, AND CLAIRE JEANTET | September 1, 2022
  • Noma is a disease unfamiliar to many Canadians. For anyone who has seen a case of noma, this rapid, often fatal form of gangrene

Neglecting noma no longer: Canada can do its part tackling this neglected tropical disease

Opinion | BY ADAM HOUSTON, JOEL ROSENBLOOM, AND CLAIRE JEANTET | September 1, 2022
  • Noma is a disease unfamiliar to many Canadians. For anyone who has seen a case of noma, this rapid, often fatal form of gangrene
Dr. Abubakar Lawal Abdullahi, team leader of the Médecins Sans Frontières Nigerian surgical team working on noma intervention in October 2018. In the earliest stages, noma can be treated using antibiotics; for too many, a lack of access to health care also means a lack of access to diagnosis and treatment. Claire Jeantet photograph courtesy of MSF

The United Kingdom: the once and future king

  • LONDON, U.K.—As a child, outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly said he wanted to be “king of the world.” He ended up in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 1, 2022
Boris Johnson has scarcely bothered to turn up for work since he was forced to resign three months ago and had to stay on as a caretaker prime minister, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

The United Kingdom: the once and future king

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 1, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—As a child, outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly said he wanted to be “king of the world.” He ended up in

The United Kingdom: the once and future king

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 1, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—As a child, outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reportedly said he wanted to be “king of the world.” He ended up in
Boris Johnson has scarcely bothered to turn up for work since he was forced to resign three months ago and had to stay on as a caretaker prime minister, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

Politics This Morning: Health Canada briefing follows U.K., U.S. approval of targeted Omicron vaccines

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU will be in Winnipeg today to meet Manitoba Premier HEATHER STEFANSON. Trudeau will also meet with students
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, seen here at the University of Ottawa on Aug. 23, 2022, will lead a briefing today on COVID vaccination plans for the fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Health Canada briefing follows U.K., U.S. approval of targeted Omicron vaccines

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU will be in Winnipeg today to meet Manitoba Premier HEATHER STEFANSON. Trudeau will also meet with students

Politics This Morning: Health Canada briefing follows U.K., U.S. approval of targeted Omicron vaccines

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU will be in Winnipeg today to meet Manitoba Premier HEATHER STEFANSON. Trudeau will also meet with students
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, seen here at the University of Ottawa on Aug. 23, 2022, will lead a briefing today on COVID vaccination plans for the fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Inconceivable’ the Liberals have not eliminated archaic, discriminatory ‘gold digger’ clauses from survivor pensions for veterans, say advocates

  • Veterans groups and parliamentary critics are urging the Liberals to live up to a 2015 election promise to remove restrictions to survivor pension payouts
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | August 31, 2022
Korean War veterans gather at the National War Memorial on July 27, 2022. The existing Optional Survivor Benefit allows a veteran to provide their spouse with a percentage of their pension after their death, but only if they give up that same percentage for the rest of their life. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Inconceivable’ the Liberals have not eliminated archaic, discriminatory ‘gold digger’ clauses from survivor pensions for veterans, say advocates

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | August 31, 2022
  • Veterans groups and parliamentary critics are urging the Liberals to live up to a 2015 election promise to remove restrictions to survivor pension payouts

‘Inconceivable’ the Liberals have not eliminated archaic, discriminatory ‘gold digger’ clauses from survivor pensions for veterans, say advocates

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | August 31, 2022
  • Veterans groups and parliamentary critics are urging the Liberals to live up to a 2015 election promise to remove restrictions to survivor pension payouts
Korean War veterans gather at the National War Memorial on July 27, 2022. The existing Optional Survivor Benefit allows a veteran to provide their spouse with a percentage of their pension after their death, but only if they give up that same percentage for the rest of their life. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Red Toryism’: The best and worst of Canadian conservative politics

  • There is now a big debate as to what conservatism now means in Canada. A uniquely Canadian conservative label is “Red Tory,” and it
Opinion | BY MARK WEGIERSKI | August 31, 2022
Pierre Poilievre, left, and Jean Charest are currently battling it out in a leadership contest that many believe will be a defining moment for the identity of the Conservative Party of Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

‘Red Toryism’: The best and worst of Canadian conservative politics

Opinion | BY MARK WEGIERSKI | August 31, 2022
  • There is now a big debate as to what conservatism now means in Canada. A uniquely Canadian conservative label is “Red Tory,” and it

‘Red Toryism’: The best and worst of Canadian conservative politics

Opinion | BY MARK WEGIERSKI | August 31, 2022
  • There is now a big debate as to what conservatism now means in Canada. A uniquely Canadian conservative label is “Red Tory,” and it
Pierre Poilievre, left, and Jean Charest are currently battling it out in a leadership contest that many believe will be a defining moment for the identity of the Conservative Party of Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

O’Bonsawin a prime ministerial appointment better than most

  • There is an urgent need to create some measure of certainty in the representation of Indigenous people in the central power structures.
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | August 31, 2022
Michelle O'Bonsawin, Canada's first Indigenous Supreme Court justice, is set to take her seat on the bench on Sept. 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

O’Bonsawin a prime ministerial appointment better than most

Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | August 31, 2022
  • There is an urgent need to create some measure of certainty in the representation of Indigenous people in the central power structures.

O’Bonsawin a prime ministerial appointment better than most

Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | August 31, 2022
  • There is an urgent need to create some measure of certainty in the representation of Indigenous people in the central power structures.
Michelle O'Bonsawin, Canada's first Indigenous Supreme Court justice, is set to take her seat on the bench on Sept. 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The government must get serious about the skills gap

  • A shortage of tradespersons leads to higher labour costs, which in turn leads to higher home prices, less housing inventory, and longer wait times
Opinion | BY CRAIG BROCKWELL | August 31, 2022
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough, pictured on June 2, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The government must get serious about the skills gap

Opinion | BY CRAIG BROCKWELL | August 31, 2022
  • A shortage of tradespersons leads to higher labour costs, which in turn leads to higher home prices, less housing inventory, and longer wait times

The government must get serious about the skills gap

Opinion | BY CRAIG BROCKWELL | August 31, 2022
  • A shortage of tradespersons leads to higher labour costs, which in turn leads to higher home prices, less housing inventory, and longer wait times
Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough, pictured on June 2, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

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News | August 31, 2022
Filomena Tassi spoke with reporters at Rideau Hall on Aug. 31, 2022, following a mini cabinet shuffle, where she swapped roles with Helena Jaczek, left. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tassi would take on the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario and Jaczek would be responsible for public services and procurement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

News | August 31, 2022
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Photo of the Day

News | August 31, 2022
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Filomena Tassi spoke with reporters at Rideau Hall on Aug. 31, 2022, following a mini cabinet shuffle, where she swapped roles with Helena Jaczek, left. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tassi would take on the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario and Jaczek would be responsible for public services and procurement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parties should rethink how they choose leaders

  • OTTAWA—With more than 600,000 Conservative Party members eligible to choose a new leader this September, the process may arguably be a success. But, by
Opinion | BY MICHAEL KACZOROWSKI | August 31, 2022
More than 600,000 Conservative Party members are eligible to vote for the candidates, including Pierre Poilievre, left, Leslyn Lewis, Jean Charest, Roman Baber, and Scott Aitchison who are reaching out to as many of their supporters to encourage them to vote in the leadership election. The final result will be announced on Sept. 10. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and handouts

Parties should rethink how they choose leaders

Opinion | BY MICHAEL KACZOROWSKI | August 31, 2022
  • OTTAWA—With more than 600,000 Conservative Party members eligible to choose a new leader this September, the process may arguably be a success. But, by

Parties should rethink how they choose leaders

Opinion | BY MICHAEL KACZOROWSKI | August 31, 2022
  • OTTAWA—With more than 600,000 Conservative Party members eligible to choose a new leader this September, the process may arguably be a success. But, by
More than 600,000 Conservative Party members are eligible to vote for the candidates, including Pierre Poilievre, left, Leslyn Lewis, Jean Charest, Roman Baber, and Scott Aitchison who are reaching out to as many of their supporters to encourage them to vote in the leadership election. The final result will be announced on Sept. 10. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and handouts

Trudeau shuffles two ministers, swapping Tassi out of procurement for Jaczek

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweaked his cabinet with a mini shuffle on Aug. 31 that saw two Ontario federal ministers swap roles. During a
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 31, 2022
Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek swapped roles in a small cabinet shuffle on Aug. 31, with Jaczek moving into the large procurement portfolio and Tassi taking over responsibility for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trudeau shuffles two ministers, swapping Tassi out of procurement for Jaczek

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 31, 2022
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweaked his cabinet with a mini shuffle on Aug. 31 that saw two Ontario federal ministers swap roles. During a

Trudeau shuffles two ministers, swapping Tassi out of procurement for Jaczek

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 31, 2022
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweaked his cabinet with a mini shuffle on Aug. 31 that saw two Ontario federal ministers swap roles. During a
Filomena Tassi and Helena Jaczek swapped roles in a small cabinet shuffle on Aug. 31, with Jaczek moving into the large procurement portfolio and Tassi taking over responsibility for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Some MPs hope for more transparency on Canada’s military response to invasion of Ukraine

  • With media reports of Canadian special forces troops operating on the ground in Ukraine and the announcement of successive military deployments in response to
News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 31, 2022
Defence Minister Anita Anand has announced expansions and extensions of Canadian military deployments in response to Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, but they have come with little parliamentary consultation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Some MPs hope for more transparency on Canada’s military response to invasion of Ukraine

News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 31, 2022
  • With media reports of Canadian special forces troops operating on the ground in Ukraine and the announcement of successive military deployments in response to

Some MPs hope for more transparency on Canada’s military response to invasion of Ukraine

News | BY NEIL MOSS | August 31, 2022
  • With media reports of Canadian special forces troops operating on the ground in Ukraine and the announcement of successive military deployments in response to
Defence Minister Anita Anand has announced expansions and extensions of Canadian military deployments in response to Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, but they have come with little parliamentary consultation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pressure on for feds, Canadian mining industry to take advantage of ‘game changer’ U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

  • Following the passage of landmark green energy legislation in the United States that NDP MP Charlie Angus calls a “game changer,” industry and climate
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 summit on June 26 in Krün, Germany. Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a sweeping, US$750-billion piece of legislation in mid-August. White House photograph by Adam Schultz

Pressure on for feds, Canadian mining industry to take advantage of ‘game changer’ U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2022
  • Following the passage of landmark green energy legislation in the United States that NDP MP Charlie Angus calls a “game changer,” industry and climate

Pressure on for feds, Canadian mining industry to take advantage of ‘game changer’ U.S. Inflation Reduction Act

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2022
  • Following the passage of landmark green energy legislation in the United States that NDP MP Charlie Angus calls a “game changer,” industry and climate
U.S. President Joe Biden walks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G7 summit on June 26 in Krün, Germany. Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a sweeping, US$750-billion piece of legislation in mid-August. White House photograph by Adam Schultz

The Russian government has to move into the modern age, writes Toronto reader

  • Re: “The humiliation of defeat still not a deterrent for war,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 24, p. 6). What kind of future do Russian
Opinion | August 31, 2022

The Russian government has to move into the modern age, writes Toronto reader

Opinion | August 31, 2022
  • Re: “The humiliation of defeat still not a deterrent for war,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 24, p. 6). What kind of future do Russian

The Russian government has to move into the modern age, writes Toronto reader

Opinion | August 31, 2022
  • Re: “The humiliation of defeat still not a deterrent for war,” (The Hill Times, Aug. 24, p. 6). What kind of future do Russian

‘They’ve made a real mess’: north, south Ontario MPs upset over proposed riding redraw

  • Ontario MPs from north to south are speaking out against the province’s proposed new federal riding map, and are organizing to raise awareness and
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 31, 2022
Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski, left, Liberal MP Marc Serré, NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, and Conservative MP Karen Vecchio have all raised concerns with the proposed new federal riding boundaries for Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and handouts

‘They’ve made a real mess’: north, south Ontario MPs upset over proposed riding redraw

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 31, 2022
  • Ontario MPs from north to south are speaking out against the province’s proposed new federal riding map, and are organizing to raise awareness and

‘They’ve made a real mess’: north, south Ontario MPs upset over proposed riding redraw

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 31, 2022
  • Ontario MPs from north to south are speaking out against the province’s proposed new federal riding map, and are organizing to raise awareness and
Liberal MP Marcus Powlowski, left, Liberal MP Marc Serré, NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, and Conservative MP Karen Vecchio have all raised concerns with the proposed new federal riding boundaries for Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and handouts

Dyer not an authority on Ukraine: UCC adviser

  • Re: “Killing Darya Dugina: own goal for Ukraine?” (The Hill Times, Aug. 24). Recently The Hill Times published a column by Gwynne Dyer in
Opinion | August 31, 2022

Dyer not an authority on Ukraine: UCC adviser

Opinion | August 31, 2022
  • Re: “Killing Darya Dugina: own goal for Ukraine?” (The Hill Times, Aug. 24). Recently The Hill Times published a column by Gwynne Dyer in

Dyer not an authority on Ukraine: UCC adviser

Opinion | August 31, 2022
  • Re: “Killing Darya Dugina: own goal for Ukraine?” (The Hill Times, Aug. 24). Recently The Hill Times published a column by Gwynne Dyer in

How much closer does the health-care crisis have to hit?

  • ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—The challenged and fractured state of the Canadian health-care system was brought home to our family last week. Fortunately, the outcome was
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 31, 2022
For Tim Powers and his family, who you know mattered in terms of access to care, and it shouldn’t. That is not legitimate universal health care for others, he writes. Unsplash photograph by Olga Kononenko

How much closer does the health-care crisis have to hit?

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 31, 2022
  • ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—The challenged and fractured state of the Canadian health-care system was brought home to our family last week. Fortunately, the outcome was

How much closer does the health-care crisis have to hit?

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 31, 2022
  • ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—The challenged and fractured state of the Canadian health-care system was brought home to our family last week. Fortunately, the outcome was
For Tim Powers and his family, who you know mattered in terms of access to care, and it shouldn’t. That is not legitimate universal health care for others, he writes. Unsplash photograph by Olga Kononenko

September rolls in with Labour Day long weekend

  • WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting right now. The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It
Pedestrians stroll along Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill on Aug. 3. The Labour Day long weekend will mark the last real taste of summer before the House returns on Sept. 19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

September rolls in with Labour Day long weekend

  • WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting right now. The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It

September rolls in with Labour Day long weekend

  • WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31 House Not Sitting—The House is not sitting right now. The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It
Pedestrians stroll along Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill on Aug. 3. The Labour Day long weekend will mark the last real taste of summer before the House returns on Sept. 19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall for cabinet shuffle

  • Good Wednesday morning, Governor General MARY SIMON and Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU will be at Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. today for a swearing-in ceremony for what is
Governor General Mary Simon, seen here in May 2022, will preside over a swearing-in ceremony for new or re-assigned cabinet ministers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall for cabinet shuffle

  • Good Wednesday morning, Governor General MARY SIMON and Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU will be at Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. today for a swearing-in ceremony for what is

Politics This Morning: Swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall for cabinet shuffle

  • Good Wednesday morning, Governor General MARY SIMON and Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU will be at Rideau Hall at 10 a.m. today for a swearing-in ceremony for what is
Governor General Mary Simon, seen here in May 2022, will preside over a swearing-in ceremony for new or re-assigned cabinet ministers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Proudfoot finds new home at The Globe

  • Shannon Proudfoot, former Ottawa bureau chief for Maclean’s magazine, will be suiting up as a member of The Globe and Mail’s capital bureau next
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2022
Former Maclean's Ottawa bureau chief Shannon Proudfoot will be starting a new chapter as a member of The Globe and Mail's Ottawa office on Sept. 26. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Proudfoot finds new home at The Globe

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2022
  • Shannon Proudfoot, former Ottawa bureau chief for Maclean’s magazine, will be suiting up as a member of The Globe and Mail’s capital bureau next

Proudfoot finds new home at The Globe

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 31, 2022
  • Shannon Proudfoot, former Ottawa bureau chief for Maclean’s magazine, will be suiting up as a member of The Globe and Mail’s capital bureau next
Former Maclean's Ottawa bureau chief Shannon Proudfoot will be starting a new chapter as a member of The Globe and Mail's Ottawa office on Sept. 26. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

A big country should have big dreams

  • EDMONTON—In the words of our unofficial poet laureates, The Arrogant Worms: “So stand up and be proud/And sing out very loud/We stand out from
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | August 31, 2022
As he drives cross-country, Andrew Caddell reflects on the lack of vision and visionaries to tie Canada together. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

A big country should have big dreams

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | August 31, 2022
  • EDMONTON—In the words of our unofficial poet laureates, The Arrogant Worms: “So stand up and be proud/And sing out very loud/We stand out from

A big country should have big dreams

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | August 31, 2022
  • EDMONTON—In the words of our unofficial poet laureates, The Arrogant Worms: “So stand up and be proud/And sing out very loud/We stand out from
As he drives cross-country, Andrew Caddell reflects on the lack of vision and visionaries to tie Canada together. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

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