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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 ARCHAUMBAULT, 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 ARCHAUMBAULT, 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 ARCHAUMBAULT, 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

Canada shouldn’t break all bonds with U.S., writes American reader

  • I am saddened to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that: “Our old relationship with the U.S., a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,
Opinion | May 7, 2025

Canada shouldn’t break all bonds with U.S., writes American reader

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • I am saddened to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that: “Our old relationship with the U.S., a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,

Canada shouldn’t break all bonds with U.S., writes American reader

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • I am saddened to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that: “Our old relationship with the U.S., a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

  • Since 2000, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has changed hands 18 times, often with ministers serving barely a year, sometimes even less. Just three of
Opinion | May 7, 2025
Élisabeth Brière
Élisabeth Brière
Élisabeth Brière was named the minister responsible for veterans affairs during the March 14 cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • Since 2000, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has changed hands 18 times, often with ministers serving barely a year, sometimes even less. Just three of

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • Since 2000, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has changed hands 18 times, often with ministers serving barely a year, sometimes even less. Just three of
Élisabeth Brière
Élisabeth Brière was named the minister responsible for veterans affairs during the March 14 cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives need nuanced reflection, not the nuclear option

  • The party should get trusted people who weren’t central to the campaign to review everything, and recommend whatever they think is necessary to go
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 7, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party should avoid rushing back into predictable oppositional politics with the same cast of characters, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives need nuanced reflection, not the nuclear option

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 7, 2025
  • The party should get trusted people who weren’t central to the campaign to review everything, and recommend whatever they think is necessary to go

Conservatives need nuanced reflection, not the nuclear option

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 7, 2025
  • The party should get trusted people who weren’t central to the campaign to review everything, and recommend whatever they think is necessary to go
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party should avoid rushing back into predictable oppositional politics with the same cast of characters, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

  • By harvesting responsibly and regenerating diligently, we ensure that future generations will inherit a greener planet.
Opinion | BY KATE LINDSAY, ÉTIENNE BéLANGER, DARREN SLEEP | May 7, 2025
Canada must continue to invest in research, innovation, and Indigenous-led forestry solutions to maintain our great forest heritage, write Kate Lindsay, Étienne Bélanger, and Darren Sleep. Unsplash photograph by Markus Spiske

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

Opinion | BY KATE LINDSAY, ÉTIENNE BéLANGER, DARREN SLEEP | May 7, 2025
  • By harvesting responsibly and regenerating diligently, we ensure that future generations will inherit a greener planet.

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

Opinion | BY KATE LINDSAY, ÉTIENNE BéLANGER, DARREN SLEEP | May 7, 2025
  • By harvesting responsibly and regenerating diligently, we ensure that future generations will inherit a greener planet.
Canada must continue to invest in research, innovation, and Indigenous-led forestry solutions to maintain our great forest heritage, write Kate Lindsay, Étienne Bélanger, and Darren Sleep. Unsplash photograph by Markus Spiske

Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8

  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation,
Michel Miraillet
Michel Miraillet
French Ambassador to Canada Michel Miraillet will host Canada's foreign minister to discuss 80 years of relations between the two countries at the French Embassy on May 8. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8

  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation,

Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8

  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation,
Michel Miraillet
French Ambassador to Canada Michel Miraillet will host Canada's foreign minister to discuss 80 years of relations between the two countries at the French Embassy on May 8. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Arctic is heating up—and not just its temperature. Are we ready for an Arctic science surge in Canada?

  • There is an opportunity right now to establish a national Arctic science strategy that responds to both current and future conditions, and enables wise
Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
Canada attracts some of the strongest Arctic scientists from around the world, and has science infrastructure and assets including the Amundsen science icebreaker, writes Jackie Dawson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tatiana Pichugina

The Arctic is heating up—and not just its temperature. Are we ready for an Arctic science surge in Canada?

Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
  • There is an opportunity right now to establish a national Arctic science strategy that responds to both current and future conditions, and enables wise

The Arctic is heating up—and not just its temperature. Are we ready for an Arctic science surge in Canada?

Opinion | BY JACKIE DAWSON | May 7, 2025
  • There is an opportunity right now to establish a national Arctic science strategy that responds to both current and future conditions, and enables wise
Canada attracts some of the strongest Arctic scientists from around the world, and has science infrastructure and assets including the Amundsen science icebreaker, writes Jackie Dawson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tatiana Pichugina

As the climate changes, so does my world

  • Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR NANCY KARETAK-LINDELL | May 7, 2025
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman

As the climate changes, so does my world

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR NANCY KARETAK-LINDELL | May 7, 2025
  • Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.

As the climate changes, so does my world

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR NANCY KARETAK-LINDELL | May 7, 2025
  • Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman

Canada should act decisively to modernize industrial carbon pricing

  • Moving firmly on industrial carbon pricing can actually increase certainty for business, break down an interprovincial trade barrier, and support export diversification.
Opinion | BY DALE BEUGIN | May 7, 2025
Linking carbon markets only works if provincial systems are harmonized around critical design elements, and federal efforts to help harmonize provincial systems can create the conditions for linkage, writes Dale Beugin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should act decisively to modernize industrial carbon pricing

Opinion | BY DALE BEUGIN | May 7, 2025
  • Moving firmly on industrial carbon pricing can actually increase certainty for business, break down an interprovincial trade barrier, and support export diversification.

Canada should act decisively to modernize industrial carbon pricing

Opinion | BY DALE BEUGIN | May 7, 2025
  • Moving firmly on industrial carbon pricing can actually increase certainty for business, break down an interprovincial trade barrier, and support export diversification.
Linking carbon markets only works if provincial systems are harmonized around critical design elements, and federal efforts to help harmonize provincial systems can create the conditions for linkage, writes Dale Beugin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs net-zero industrial policy to address tariffs—not a short-term resource export boom

  • Net-zero industrial policy involves proactive government planning to identify Canada’s competitive advantage in value chains of the future.
Opinion | BY DANIEL ROSENBLOOM, STEVEN BERNSTEIN | May 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
The threats facing us now due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs necessitate a forward-looking rather than rearward-looking perspective, write Daniel Rosenbloom and Steven Bernstein. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore

Canada needs net-zero industrial policy to address tariffs—not a short-term resource export boom

Opinion | BY DANIEL ROSENBLOOM, STEVEN BERNSTEIN | May 7, 2025
  • Net-zero industrial policy involves proactive government planning to identify Canada’s competitive advantage in value chains of the future.

Canada needs net-zero industrial policy to address tariffs—not a short-term resource export boom

Opinion | BY DANIEL ROSENBLOOM, STEVEN BERNSTEIN | May 7, 2025
  • Net-zero industrial policy involves proactive government planning to identify Canada’s competitive advantage in value chains of the future.
Donald Trump
The threats facing us now due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs necessitate a forward-looking rather than rearward-looking perspective, write Daniel Rosenbloom and Steven Bernstein. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore

‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting

  • Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump was full of praise for Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington yesterday. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 7, 2025
  • Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.

‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 7, 2025
  • Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump was full of praise for Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington yesterday. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

  • The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 6, 2025
At the first caucus meeting since the election on May 6, Conservatives elected longtime MP Andrew Scheer to lead their party in Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 6, 2025
  • The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 6, 2025
  • The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.
At the first caucus meeting since the election on May 6, Conservatives elected longtime MP Andrew Scheer to lead their party in Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative MP d’Entremont officially launches campaign for House Speaker, unclear if Fergus will run again for top job

  • Conservative MP Chris d'Entremont pitches himself as a steady hand in this minority Parliament: 'experienced, and impartial leadership is more important than ever.'
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 6, 2025
Three-term Nova Scotia Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont, left, pictured with then-Green MP Mike Morrice, who was defeated in the federal election, has officially launched his bid for Speaker of the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Conservative MP d’Entremont officially launches campaign for House Speaker, unclear if Fergus will run again for top job

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 6, 2025
  • Conservative MP Chris d'Entremont pitches himself as a steady hand in this minority Parliament: 'experienced, and impartial leadership is more important than ever.'

Conservative MP d’Entremont officially launches campaign for House Speaker, unclear if Fergus will run again for top job

News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 6, 2025
  • Conservative MP Chris d'Entremont pitches himself as a steady hand in this minority Parliament: 'experienced, and impartial leadership is more important than ever.'
Three-term Nova Scotia Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont, left, pictured with then-Green MP Mike Morrice, who was defeated in the federal election, has officially launched his bid for Speaker of the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Carney faces Trump

  • Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, and three of his cabinet ministers are in Washington, D.C., to talk trade and tariffs with the U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney faces Trump

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 6, 2025
  • Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.

Carney faces Trump

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 6, 2025
  • Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, and three of his cabinet ministers are in Washington, D.C., to talk trade and tariffs with the U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

  • One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 5, 2025
Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith, left, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Immigration Minister Rachel Bendayan, and Conservative MPs Blaine Calkins, Shannon Stubbs, and Chris Warkentin were among those with the best results for their respective parties in the country. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and Stuart Benson, courtesy of Rachel Bendayan and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 5, 2025
  • One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 5, 2025
  • One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.
Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith, left, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Immigration Minister Rachel Bendayan, and Conservative MPs Blaine Calkins, Shannon Stubbs, and Chris Warkentin were among those with the best results for their respective parties in the country. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and Stuart Benson, courtesy of Rachel Bendayan and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Low expectations, high stakes as Carney heads to White House for first meeting with Trump

  • The meeting between the two leaders should be about 'getting a serious commitment to negotiate, not to berate or bludgeon us into an agreement,
News | BY IREM KOCA | May 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet the U.S. president at the White House on May 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Low expectations, high stakes as Carney heads to White House for first meeting with Trump

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 5, 2025
  • The meeting between the two leaders should be about 'getting a serious commitment to negotiate, not to berate or bludgeon us into an agreement,

Low expectations, high stakes as Carney heads to White House for first meeting with Trump

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 5, 2025
  • The meeting between the two leaders should be about 'getting a serious commitment to negotiate, not to berate or bludgeon us into an agreement,
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet the U.S. president at the White House on May 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

  • We need modernized privacy laws that advance the public interest, and foster a strong Canadian economy.
Opinion | BY PHILIPPE DUFRESNE | May 5, 2025
Privacy is a fundamental right that reinforces the freedoms and trust that underpin our democracy and that unite us as Canadians, writes Philippe Dufresne. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

Opinion | BY PHILIPPE DUFRESNE | May 5, 2025
  • We need modernized privacy laws that advance the public interest, and foster a strong Canadian economy.

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

Opinion | BY PHILIPPE DUFRESNE | May 5, 2025
  • We need modernized privacy laws that advance the public interest, and foster a strong Canadian economy.
Privacy is a fundamental right that reinforces the freedoms and trust that underpin our democracy and that unite us as Canadians, writes Philippe Dufresne. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Women’s safety is economic policy—what our next government must do now

  • We need a dedicated minister of women and gender equality, and sustained investments to strengthen Canada’s non-profit and social infrastructure.
Opinion | BY ANURADHA DUGAL, ALINE NIZIGAMA | May 5, 2025
In every crisis we’ve faced, violence against women has risen. We should be ready. But we’re not, write Anuradha Dugal, and Aline Nizigama. Unsplash photograph by Joice Kelly

Women’s safety is economic policy—what our next government must do now

Opinion | BY ANURADHA DUGAL, ALINE NIZIGAMA | May 5, 2025
  • We need a dedicated minister of women and gender equality, and sustained investments to strengthen Canada’s non-profit and social infrastructure.

Women’s safety is economic policy—what our next government must do now

Opinion | BY ANURADHA DUGAL, ALINE NIZIGAMA | May 5, 2025
  • We need a dedicated minister of women and gender equality, and sustained investments to strengthen Canada’s non-profit and social infrastructure.
In every crisis we’ve faced, violence against women has risen. We should be ready. But we’re not, write Anuradha Dugal, and Aline Nizigama. Unsplash photograph by Joice Kelly

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
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Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

  • The federal government spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year, despite calls to cut back on spending, criticism over its reliance
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 11, 2025
Jean-Yves Duclos
Jean-Yves Duclos
Last May, Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos addressed the need for stronger oversight and integrity in federal procurement, especially in professional services. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 11, 2025
  • The federal government spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year, despite calls to cut back on spending, criticism over its reliance

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 11, 2025
  • The federal government spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year, despite calls to cut back on spending, criticism over its reliance
Jean-Yves Duclos
Last May, Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos addressed the need for stronger oversight and integrity in federal procurement, especially in professional services. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

  • Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
By invoking U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has raised the stakes for the Liberal leadership race, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
  • Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
  • Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
By invoking U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has raised the stakes for the Liberal leadership race, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Liberal leadership hopefuls face uphill battle to present themselves as ‘change’

  • It’s difficult to ‘firebomb’ the Trudeau legacy during the leadership campaign when many party members still approve of the prime minister, says pollster David
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 10, 2025
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark, left, former finance minister Chyrstia Freeland, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are considered potential Liberal leadership candidates. A Jan. 9 Abacus Data poll found 45, 57, and 52 per cent of respondents, respectively, perceived them as similar to outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Liberal leadership hopefuls face uphill battle to present themselves as ‘change’

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 10, 2025
  • It’s difficult to ‘firebomb’ the Trudeau legacy during the leadership campaign when many party members still approve of the prime minister, says pollster David

Liberal leadership hopefuls face uphill battle to present themselves as ‘change’

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 10, 2025
  • It’s difficult to ‘firebomb’ the Trudeau legacy during the leadership campaign when many party members still approve of the prime minister, says pollster David
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark, left, former finance minister Chyrstia Freeland, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are considered potential Liberal leadership candidates. A Jan. 9 Abacus Data poll found 45, 57, and 52 per cent of respondents, respectively, perceived them as similar to outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

And then there were two

  • Good Friday morning, First thing’s first: if you had trouble accessing The Hill Times‘ website yesterday, you weren’t alone. We have been ironing out
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 10, 2025
Chandra Arya
Chandra Arya
Liberal MP Chandra Arya has announced that he is running for the leadership of the party. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

And then there were two

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 10, 2025
  • Good Friday morning, First thing’s first: if you had trouble accessing The Hill Times‘ website yesterday, you weren’t alone. We have been ironing out

And then there were two

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 10, 2025
  • Good Friday morning, First thing’s first: if you had trouble accessing The Hill Times‘ website yesterday, you weren’t alone. We have been ironing out
Chandra Arya
Liberal MP Chandra Arya has announced that he is running for the leadership of the party. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

I’m hoping Trump finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau

  • When would the prime minister, or enough Liberals around him, have had the chance to make a leadership change that wasn’t too disruptive? And
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | January 9, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
The refusal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 8, 2025, to leave has put the party and the country in a position where there’s no longer time to do anything before Trump’s inauguration, except pray that he finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

I’m hoping Trump finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau

Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | January 9, 2025
  • When would the prime minister, or enough Liberals around him, have had the chance to make a leadership change that wasn’t too disruptive? And

I’m hoping Trump finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau

Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | January 9, 2025
  • When would the prime minister, or enough Liberals around him, have had the chance to make a leadership change that wasn’t too disruptive? And
Justin Trudeau
The refusal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 8, 2025, to leave has put the party and the country in a position where there’s no longer time to do anything before Trump’s inauguration, except pray that he finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Beyond Trudeau: a chance to rethink Canadian democracy

  • In this pivotal moment, Canada can redefine a vision for civic engagement, rebuild trust in government, and transform division into dialogue.
Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his coming resignation as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party has found his successor at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Beyond Trudeau: a chance to rethink Canadian democracy

Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
  • In this pivotal moment, Canada can redefine a vision for civic engagement, rebuild trust in government, and transform division into dialogue.

Beyond Trudeau: a chance to rethink Canadian democracy

Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
  • In this pivotal moment, Canada can redefine a vision for civic engagement, rebuild trust in government, and transform division into dialogue.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his coming resignation as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party has found his successor at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

  • As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON | January 9, 2025
Mark Holland
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland. The federal government has not done enough to respond to recommendations from a report it commissioned on Canada's pandemic response, write Senator Stan Kutcher, John Bergeron, and Kathleen Dickson.

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON | January 9, 2025
  • As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON | January 9, 2025
  • As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland. The federal government has not done enough to respond to recommendations from a report it commissioned on Canada's pandemic response, write Senator Stan Kutcher, John Bergeron, and Kathleen Dickson.

Questions remain about how Liberals missed deficit target by over $20-billion, says PBO

  • Disregarding fiscal anchors has become ‘a unique feature’ of the current government, says Chrétien-era Finance Canada official Eugene Lang.
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 9, 2025
Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland
Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then-finance minister Chrystia Freeland stop for a photo before the 2024 budget is tabled in the House of Commons on April 16, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Questions remain about how Liberals missed deficit target by over $20-billion, says PBO

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 9, 2025
  • Disregarding fiscal anchors has become ‘a unique feature’ of the current government, says Chrétien-era Finance Canada official Eugene Lang.

Questions remain about how Liberals missed deficit target by over $20-billion, says PBO

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 9, 2025
  • Disregarding fiscal anchors has become ‘a unique feature’ of the current government, says Chrétien-era Finance Canada official Eugene Lang.
Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then-finance minister Chrystia Freeland stop for a photo before the 2024 budget is tabled in the House of Commons on April 16, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Are we fascist yet?

  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
In his new book, Shadows of Tyranny, left, Ken McGoogan argues we're at a historical juncture, where an ascendant right—personified by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, right—is fed up with this system of laws, regulations, and institutions and means to rewrite them, writes Christopher Dornan. Book cover courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre and Trump photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
In his new book, Shadows of Tyranny, left, Ken McGoogan argues we're at a historical juncture, where an ascendant right—personified by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, right—is fed up with this system of laws, regulations, and institutions and means to rewrite them, writes Christopher Dornan. Book cover courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre and Trump photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

‘First Nations can’t be left to the sidelines’: AFN leaders address the months ahead

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is in Washington today. He’s there to attend the state funeral for JIMMY CARTER, who served as
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | January 9, 2025
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin sits for an interview with The Hill Times at her office in Ottawa on Dec. 18, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin sits for an interview with The Hill Times at her office in Ottawa on Dec. 18, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak spoke to Politics This Morning about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's exit and the upcoming political transition. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘First Nations can’t be left to the sidelines’: AFN leaders address the months ahead

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | January 9, 2025
  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is in Washington today. He’s there to attend the state funeral for JIMMY CARTER, who served as

‘First Nations can’t be left to the sidelines’: AFN leaders address the months ahead

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | January 9, 2025
  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is in Washington today. He’s there to attend the state funeral for JIMMY CARTER, who served as
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin sits for an interview with The Hill Times at her office in Ottawa on Dec. 18, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak spoke to Politics This Morning about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's exit and the upcoming political transition. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘He’s our best bet’: several Liberal MPs urging Finance Minister LeBlanc to rethink decision not to seek Liberal leadership

  • A number of Liberal MPs are urging newly-minted Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to reconsider his decision not to seek the party’s top job, with
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 8, 2025
Dominic LeBlanc
Dominic LeBlanc
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Wednesday that he does not plan to run to become the next Liberal leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘He’s our best bet’: several Liberal MPs urging Finance Minister LeBlanc to rethink decision not to seek Liberal leadership

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 8, 2025
  • A number of Liberal MPs are urging newly-minted Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to reconsider his decision not to seek the party’s top job, with

‘He’s our best bet’: several Liberal MPs urging Finance Minister LeBlanc to rethink decision not to seek Liberal leadership

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 8, 2025
  • A number of Liberal MPs are urging newly-minted Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to reconsider his decision not to seek the party’s top job, with
Dominic LeBlanc
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Wednesday that he does not plan to run to become the next Liberal leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

  • The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
The House of Commons has been prorogued until March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
  • The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
  • The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin
The House of Commons has been prorogued until March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

  • How do you tell a mother needing life-saving cancer treatment that you can’t help her because the funding simply isn’t there? Or the young
Opinion | BY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER | January 8, 2025
Our government health and social care systems do not fully cover some essential prescription drugs and innovative therapies, home care, travel-related expenses to receive treatments, and more, write Kathleen Barnard and Louise Binder. Unsplash photograph by the National Cancer Institute

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

Opinion | BY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER | January 8, 2025
  • How do you tell a mother needing life-saving cancer treatment that you can’t help her because the funding simply isn’t there? Or the young

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

Opinion | BY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER | January 8, 2025
  • How do you tell a mother needing life-saving cancer treatment that you can’t help her because the funding simply isn’t there? Or the young
Our government health and social care systems do not fully cover some essential prescription drugs and innovative therapies, home care, travel-related expenses to receive treatments, and more, write Kathleen Barnard and Louise Binder. Unsplash photograph by the National Cancer Institute

Justin Trudeau’s final act: a tragedy of his own making

  • History won’t only remember Justin Trudeau for the early triumphs or the transformative programs like pharmacare and dental care that Jagmeet Singh squeezed out
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party once a new leader is elected at t press conference outside Rideau Cottage on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Justin Trudeau’s final act: a tragedy of his own making

Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
  • History won’t only remember Justin Trudeau for the early triumphs or the transformative programs like pharmacare and dental care that Jagmeet Singh squeezed out

Justin Trudeau’s final act: a tragedy of his own making

Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
  • History won’t only remember Justin Trudeau for the early triumphs or the transformative programs like pharmacare and dental care that Jagmeet Singh squeezed out
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party once a new leader is elected at t press conference outside Rideau Cottage on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rogue presidents

  • In any coup attempt, there's a point at which mere talk crosses the line into irrevocable action, and it's a bright red line.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2025
Like Donald Trump, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro are populists who have little regard for the truth or the law, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Office of the President of South Korea and Palácio do Planalto photograph by Marcos Corrêa/PR

Rogue presidents

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2025
  • In any coup attempt, there's a point at which mere talk crosses the line into irrevocable action, and it's a bright red line.

Rogue presidents

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2025
  • In any coup attempt, there's a point at which mere talk crosses the line into irrevocable action, and it's a bright red line.
Like Donald Trump, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro are populists who have little regard for the truth or the law, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Office of the President of South Korea and Palácio do Planalto photograph by Marcos Corrêa/PR

Liberal caucus meets

  • Good Wednesday morning, The Liberal caucus will gather today to start laying the groundwork for the tumultuous months ahead. The 153 MPs in the
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured addressing the Liberal caucus in April. The Liberals will hold a lengthy caucus meeting on the Hill today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal caucus meets

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
  • Good Wednesday morning, The Liberal caucus will gather today to start laying the groundwork for the tumultuous months ahead. The 153 MPs in the

Liberal caucus meets

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
  • Good Wednesday morning, The Liberal caucus will gather today to start laying the groundwork for the tumultuous months ahead. The 153 MPs in the
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured addressing the Liberal caucus in April. The Liberals will hold a lengthy caucus meeting on the Hill today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau bites the dust

  • Justin Trudeau’s resignation is the delayed consequence of a row with then-deputy Chrystia Freeland over the weak response to Donald Trump's threat to slap
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trudeau bites the dust

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
  • Justin Trudeau’s resignation is the delayed consequence of a row with then-deputy Chrystia Freeland over the weak response to Donald Trump's threat to slap

Trudeau bites the dust

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
  • Justin Trudeau’s resignation is the delayed consequence of a row with then-deputy Chrystia Freeland over the weak response to Donald Trump's threat to slap
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

  • This fragmented structure overseeing our borders—reminiscent of the systemic failures America faced pre-9/11—seriously impedes effective intelligence-gathering and law enforcement. 
Opinion | BY KELLY SUNDBERG | January 7, 2025
Longtime Liberal MP David McGuinty became the new public safety minister on Dec. 20, 2024. Our government’s inability to secure the border has put Canadians at needless risk, writes Kelly Sundberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

Opinion | BY KELLY SUNDBERG | January 7, 2025
  • This fragmented structure overseeing our borders—reminiscent of the systemic failures America faced pre-9/11—seriously impedes effective intelligence-gathering and law enforcement. 

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

Opinion | BY KELLY SUNDBERG | January 7, 2025
  • This fragmented structure overseeing our borders—reminiscent of the systemic failures America faced pre-9/11—seriously impedes effective intelligence-gathering and law enforcement. 
Longtime Liberal MP David McGuinty became the new public safety minister on Dec. 20, 2024. Our government’s inability to secure the border has put Canadians at needless risk, writes Kelly Sundberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

  • Cabinet ministers should resign before entering a leadership race since they must solicit donations and memberships, says former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 7, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
The federal Liberal caucus will gather on the Hill for a six-hour meeting on Jan. 8 where it's expected they'll get a presentation from party headquarters about the rules for the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 7, 2025
  • Cabinet ministers should resign before entering a leadership race since they must solicit donations and memberships, says former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 7, 2025
  • Cabinet ministers should resign before entering a leadership race since they must solicit donations and memberships, says former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate
Justin Trudeau
The federal Liberal caucus will gather on the Hill for a six-hour meeting on Jan. 8 where it's expected they'll get a presentation from party headquarters about the rules for the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

  • Strategic investments in innovation and a supportive policy context could build on a proven made-in-Canada model to position us at the forefront of geothermal.
Opinion | BY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL | January 7, 2025
Jonathan Wilkinson
Jonathan Wilkinson
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Canada has the natural advantages that could help it catch up and lead with next-generation geothermal power, write Peter Massie and Emily Smejkal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

Opinion | BY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL | January 7, 2025
  • Strategic investments in innovation and a supportive policy context could build on a proven made-in-Canada model to position us at the forefront of geothermal.

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

Opinion | BY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL | January 7, 2025
  • Strategic investments in innovation and a supportive policy context could build on a proven made-in-Canada model to position us at the forefront of geothermal.
Jonathan Wilkinson
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Canada has the natural advantages that could help it catch up and lead with next-generation geothermal power, write Peter Massie and Emily Smejkal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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