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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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Arctic security takes spotlight as Canadian sovereignty remains key campaign issue

  • The prominent focus on defence this election shows ‘a reorientation’ as Canada faces ‘an existential threat,’ says Liberal John McKay, who is not seeking
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh all made pre-election campaign-style stops in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and offered promises related to their respective parties' plans for Arctic security. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia

Arctic security takes spotlight as Canadian sovereignty remains key campaign issue

News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | April 3, 2025
  • The prominent focus on defence this election shows ‘a reorientation’ as Canada faces ‘an existential threat,’ says Liberal John McKay, who is not seeking

Arctic security takes spotlight as Canadian sovereignty remains key campaign issue

News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | April 3, 2025
  • The prominent focus on defence this election shows ‘a reorientation’ as Canada faces ‘an existential threat,’ says Liberal John McKay, who is not seeking
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh all made pre-election campaign-style stops in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and offered promises related to their respective parties' plans for Arctic security. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia

Does size really matter? Rethinking public service reform

  • The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.
Opinion | BY HUNAIFA MALIK, DANIEL BéLAND, JENNIFER ROBSON | April 3, 2025
Public Service Alliance of Canada members picket on Parliament Hill on April 19, 2023. The future of the public service should hinge on efficiency rather than size, write Hunaifa Malik, Daniel Béland, and Jennifer Robson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Does size really matter? Rethinking public service reform

Opinion | BY HUNAIFA MALIK, DANIEL BéLAND, JENNIFER ROBSON | April 3, 2025
  • The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.

Does size really matter? Rethinking public service reform

Opinion | BY HUNAIFA MALIK, DANIEL BéLAND, JENNIFER ROBSON | April 3, 2025
  • The conversation needs to evolve from a focus on public service headcount to a substantive dialogue about mission, governance, and effectiveness.
Public Service Alliance of Canada members picket on Parliament Hill on April 19, 2023. The future of the public service should hinge on efficiency rather than size, write Hunaifa Malik, Daniel Béland, and Jennifer Robson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

  • Neither Canada nor Mexico were among the swath of nations subject to U.S. President Donald Trump's self-styled 'reciprocal' tariffs.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a retaliatory tariff of 25 per cent on non-CUSMA compliant American auto exports to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 3, 2025
  • Neither Canada nor Mexico were among the swath of nations subject to U.S. President Donald Trump's self-styled 'reciprocal' tariffs.

Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 3, 2025
  • Neither Canada nor Mexico were among the swath of nations subject to U.S. President Donald Trump's self-styled 'reciprocal' tariffs.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a retaliatory tariff of 25 per cent on non-CUSMA compliant American auto exports to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada urgently needs a new growth strategy in response to Trump’s economic war

  • We need a plan—so where is it?
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Canada urgently needs a new growth strategy in response to Trump’s economic war

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 3, 2025
  • We need a plan—so where is it?

Canada urgently needs a new growth strategy in response to Trump’s economic war

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 3, 2025
  • We need a plan—so where is it?
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

What Canada needs now is more robust, visionary diplomacy, not more military spending

  • As the present front-runner in the election race, Mark Carney has a special responsibility to straightforwardly pledge support for a global recommitment to international
Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR, DOUGLAS ROCHE | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at his campaign office in Nepean, Ont., on March 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What Canada needs now is more robust, visionary diplomacy, not more military spending

Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR, DOUGLAS ROCHE | April 3, 2025
  • As the present front-runner in the election race, Mark Carney has a special responsibility to straightforwardly pledge support for a global recommitment to international

What Canada needs now is more robust, visionary diplomacy, not more military spending

Opinion | BY ERNIE REGEHR, DOUGLAS ROCHE | April 3, 2025
  • As the present front-runner in the election race, Mark Carney has a special responsibility to straightforwardly pledge support for a global recommitment to international
Prime Minister Mark Carney at his campaign office in Nepean, Ont., on March 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Health security must be recognized as a pillar of national security

  • Strengthening health security demands public awareness, investment, cross-sector collaboration, and its full integration into national security planning.
Opinion | BY SENATOR FLORDELIZ (GIGI) OSLER | April 3, 2025
A country’s ability to protect its sovereignty is closely tied to the safety and well-being of its people and institutions, including its health-care system which, for Canadians, is a source of pride and a core foundation of national identity, writes CSG Senator Gigi Osler. Image courtesy Jimmy Chan/Pixels

Health security must be recognized as a pillar of national security

Opinion | BY SENATOR FLORDELIZ (GIGI) OSLER | April 3, 2025
  • Strengthening health security demands public awareness, investment, cross-sector collaboration, and its full integration into national security planning.

Health security must be recognized as a pillar of national security

Opinion | BY SENATOR FLORDELIZ (GIGI) OSLER | April 3, 2025
  • Strengthening health security demands public awareness, investment, cross-sector collaboration, and its full integration into national security planning.
A country’s ability to protect its sovereignty is closely tied to the safety and well-being of its people and institutions, including its health-care system which, for Canadians, is a source of pride and a core foundation of national identity, writes CSG Senator Gigi Osler. Image courtesy Jimmy Chan/Pixels

Day 12: Tariff drama pivots to the auto sector—and retaliation

  • Plus, Mélanie Joly huddles with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured addressing reporters on Parliament Hill yesterday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Day 12: Tariff drama pivots to the auto sector—and retaliation

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 3, 2025
  • Plus, Mélanie Joly huddles with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.

Day 12: Tariff drama pivots to the auto sector—and retaliation

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 3, 2025
  • Plus, Mélanie Joly huddles with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured addressing reporters on Parliament Hill yesterday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Take two: more ex-staffers running in the federal election

  • There are at least 16 ex-staffers running this election—and that’s not counting incumbent MPs who also previously worked in the political trenches.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 2, 2025
House of Commons
House of Commons
Among the hundreds of Canadians vying for a seat in the House of Commons this election are at least 16 former federal staffers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Take two: more ex-staffers running in the federal election

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 2, 2025
  • There are at least 16 ex-staffers running this election—and that’s not counting incumbent MPs who also previously worked in the political trenches.

Take two: more ex-staffers running in the federal election

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 2, 2025
  • There are at least 16 ex-staffers running this election—and that’s not counting incumbent MPs who also previously worked in the political trenches.
House of Commons
Among the hundreds of Canadians vying for a seat in the House of Commons this election are at least 16 former federal staffers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The third wave of nuclear weapons countries is upon us

  • Several nations are seeking to replace the lost U.S. guarantee of nuclear deterrence with some homegrown equivalent, and the weapons could be available in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2025
Nobody set out to destroy the deterrence system, least of all U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2013, who was just seeking some short-term advantages in his usual way, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

The third wave of nuclear weapons countries is upon us

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2025
  • Several nations are seeking to replace the lost U.S. guarantee of nuclear deterrence with some homegrown equivalent, and the weapons could be available in

The third wave of nuclear weapons countries is upon us

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2025
  • Several nations are seeking to replace the lost U.S. guarantee of nuclear deterrence with some homegrown equivalent, and the weapons could be available in
Nobody set out to destroy the deterrence system, least of all U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2013, who was just seeking some short-term advantages in his usual way, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

  • From home-building incentives to beer tax cuts to building an east-west energy grid, every day brings a new policy that parties hope will give
List | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 2, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green co-Leaders Jonathan Pedneault and Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

List | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 2, 2025
  • From home-building incentives to beer tax cuts to building an east-west energy grid, every day brings a new policy that parties hope will give

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

List | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 2, 2025
  • From home-building incentives to beer tax cuts to building an east-west energy grid, every day brings a new policy that parties hope will give
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green co-Leaders Jonathan Pedneault and Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

  • Almost 12 years after the deadly Lac-Mégantic crash, Ottawa has made some improvements to rail safety, but many serious issues remain.  
Opinion | BY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH | April 2, 2025
On July 6, 2013, a 72-car crude oil train parked on a hill above the Quebec town of Lac- Mégantic lost its brakes, ran away, and exploded in the town, killing 47 people and destroying much of the civic centre. Photograph courtesy of the Transportation Safety of Board Canada/Flickr

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

Opinion | BY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH | April 2, 2025
  • Almost 12 years after the deadly Lac-Mégantic crash, Ottawa has made some improvements to rail safety, but many serious issues remain.  

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

Opinion | BY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH | April 2, 2025
  • Almost 12 years after the deadly Lac-Mégantic crash, Ottawa has made some improvements to rail safety, but many serious issues remain.  
On July 6, 2013, a 72-car crude oil train parked on a hill above the Quebec town of Lac- Mégantic lost its brakes, ran away, and exploded in the town, killing 47 people and destroying much of the civic centre. Photograph courtesy of the Transportation Safety of Board Canada/Flickr

The federal public servants running in election 2025

  • So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 2, 2025
Public servants running in this election include Independent Elizabeth Benoit, left, the NDP's Ali Bahman, Green Amanda Rosenstock, and Conservative Kethlande Pierre. Photographs courtesy of Elizabeth Benoit, NDP, Green Party of Canada, and Conservative Party of Canada

The federal public servants running in election 2025

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 2, 2025
  • So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.

The federal public servants running in election 2025

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 2, 2025
  • So far, public servants have secured nominations as Conservative, NDP, Green, People’s Party, and Christian Heritage candidates, while one is running as an Independent.
Public servants running in this election include Independent Elizabeth Benoit, left, the NDP's Ali Bahman, Green Amanda Rosenstock, and Conservative Kethlande Pierre. Photographs courtesy of Elizabeth Benoit, NDP, Green Party of Canada, and Conservative Party of Canada

Canada-U.S. farm ties in jeopardy

  • It's easy to overlook the human side of trade disputes when headlines focus on billion-dollar trade imbalances. Farmers on both sides need a more
Opinion | BY ASIM BISWAS | April 2, 2025
Farmers in both countries find themselves in a bind: squeezed by higher costs on some fronts, battered by reduced market access on others, writes Asim Biswas. Photograph courtesy of Mark Stebnicki, Pexels.com

Canada-U.S. farm ties in jeopardy

Opinion | BY ASIM BISWAS | April 2, 2025
  • It's easy to overlook the human side of trade disputes when headlines focus on billion-dollar trade imbalances. Farmers on both sides need a more

Canada-U.S. farm ties in jeopardy

Opinion | BY ASIM BISWAS | April 2, 2025
  • It's easy to overlook the human side of trade disputes when headlines focus on billion-dollar trade imbalances. Farmers on both sides need a more
Farmers in both countries find themselves in a bind: squeezed by higher costs on some fronts, battered by reduced market access on others, writes Asim Biswas. Photograph courtesy of Mark Stebnicki, Pexels.com

Why retaliatory tariffs could cost lives and what we should do instead

  • For Canada’s life sciences sector, the stakes are even higher in the trade war with the U.S.—both livelihoods and lives are at risk.
Opinion | BY JASON FIELD | April 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney must carefully consider the unintended consequences of targeting pharmaceuticals and medical devices in retaliatory tariffs, which could disrupt supply chains, lead to drug shortages, and deter clinical trial investments, writes Jason Field. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why retaliatory tariffs could cost lives and what we should do instead

Opinion | BY JASON FIELD | April 2, 2025
  • For Canada’s life sciences sector, the stakes are even higher in the trade war with the U.S.—both livelihoods and lives are at risk.

Why retaliatory tariffs could cost lives and what we should do instead

Opinion | BY JASON FIELD | April 2, 2025
  • For Canada’s life sciences sector, the stakes are even higher in the trade war with the U.S.—both livelihoods and lives are at risk.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney must carefully consider the unintended consequences of targeting pharmaceuticals and medical devices in retaliatory tariffs, which could disrupt supply chains, lead to drug shortages, and deter clinical trial investments, writes Jason Field. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Major third parties wind down ads in writ period, but organic ‘authenticity’ better than polished spots, say strategists

  • Political groups like Protecting Canada and Canada Proud previously spent tens of thousands of dollars on Facebook and Instagram, but have since logged off
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 2, 2025
Despite spending more than $100,000 monthly since January to advertise on Meta platforms, and millions more on YouTube, Google, and TV spots, third-party political groups like Protecting Canada are choosing to stay quiet rather than register with Elections Canada. Screenshot courtesy of Protecting Canada.ca

Major third parties wind down ads in writ period, but organic ‘authenticity’ better than polished spots, say strategists

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 2, 2025
  • Political groups like Protecting Canada and Canada Proud previously spent tens of thousands of dollars on Facebook and Instagram, but have since logged off

Major third parties wind down ads in writ period, but organic ‘authenticity’ better than polished spots, say strategists

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 2, 2025
  • Political groups like Protecting Canada and Canada Proud previously spent tens of thousands of dollars on Facebook and Instagram, but have since logged off
Despite spending more than $100,000 monthly since January to advertise on Meta platforms, and millions more on YouTube, Google, and TV spots, third-party political groups like Protecting Canada are choosing to stay quiet rather than register with Elections Canada. Screenshot courtesy of Protecting Canada.ca

‘This cannot stand in Canada’: advocates push Liberals to showcase ‘zero tolerance’ after downplaying former candidate’s China bounty comments

  • Despite Paul Chiang's resignation, diaspora communities 'will now remember' Liberal Leader Mark Carney 'stood by his candidate' whose comments are now being probed by
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 2, 2025
Former Liberal candidate Paul Chiang's comments suggesting people collect the bounty put on a Conservative candidate by the Chinese government are an 'unthinkable' example of transnational repression, say advocates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘This cannot stand in Canada’: advocates push Liberals to showcase ‘zero tolerance’ after downplaying former candidate’s China bounty comments

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 2, 2025
  • Despite Paul Chiang's resignation, diaspora communities 'will now remember' Liberal Leader Mark Carney 'stood by his candidate' whose comments are now being probed by

‘This cannot stand in Canada’: advocates push Liberals to showcase ‘zero tolerance’ after downplaying former candidate’s China bounty comments

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 2, 2025
  • Despite Paul Chiang's resignation, diaspora communities 'will now remember' Liberal Leader Mark Carney 'stood by his candidate' whose comments are now being probed by
Former Liberal candidate Paul Chiang's comments suggesting people collect the bounty put on a Conservative candidate by the Chinese government are an 'unthinkable' example of transnational repression, say advocates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Completely unpredictable’: will Trump’s words upend Canada’s vote?

  • U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly curtailed talk of absorbing Canada as a '51st' state following a call with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, suggested that he would rather deal with Liberal Leader Mark Carney, right, as opposed to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as prime minister, but remarked that he doesn't care who wins the Canadian vote. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration by The Hill Times’ Neena Singhal

‘Completely unpredictable’: will Trump’s words upend Canada’s vote?

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 2, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly curtailed talk of absorbing Canada as a '51st' state following a call with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

‘Completely unpredictable’: will Trump’s words upend Canada’s vote?

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 2, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump seemingly curtailed talk of absorbing Canada as a '51st' state following a call with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, suggested that he would rather deal with Liberal Leader Mark Carney, right, as opposed to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as prime minister, but remarked that he doesn't care who wins the Canadian vote. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration by The Hill Times’ Neena Singhal

Mark Carney’s ‘teachable moment’

  • Something that can have a real detrimental effect on someone else’s life is not a 'teachable moment'—it’s a call to action.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference following a Canada-U.S. cabinet committee meeting on March 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mark Carney’s ‘teachable moment’

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 2, 2025
  • Something that can have a real detrimental effect on someone else’s life is not a 'teachable moment'—it’s a call to action.

Mark Carney’s ‘teachable moment’

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 2, 2025
  • Something that can have a real detrimental effect on someone else’s life is not a 'teachable moment'—it’s a call to action.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference following a Canada-U.S. cabinet committee meeting on March 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Are we witnessing the ignominious crumbling of the Conservative citadel?

  • Imagine running the party that effed up a 25-point lead in a matter of two-and-a-half months.
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 2, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
The Conservatives were riding the wave of indestructibility ever since Pierre Poilievre’s commanding leadership victory in 2022, but now find themselves tied or behind the Liberals in the polls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Are we witnessing the ignominious crumbling of the Conservative citadel?

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 2, 2025
  • Imagine running the party that effed up a 25-point lead in a matter of two-and-a-half months.

Are we witnessing the ignominious crumbling of the Conservative citadel?

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 2, 2025
  • Imagine running the party that effed up a 25-point lead in a matter of two-and-a-half months.
Pierre Poilievre
The Conservatives were riding the wave of indestructibility ever since Pierre Poilievre’s commanding leadership victory in 2022, but now find themselves tied or behind the Liberals in the polls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In rural Quebec, the wave looks red

  • This region is not that influential in terms of policy, but its role as a bellwether is significant.
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Right now, Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, is the Teflon man, which could spell potential victory for Liberal candidates in Quebec’s Lower St. Lawrence ridings, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In rural Quebec, the wave looks red

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 2, 2025
  • This region is not that influential in terms of policy, but its role as a bellwether is significant.

In rural Quebec, the wave looks red

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 2, 2025
  • This region is not that influential in terms of policy, but its role as a bellwether is significant.
Mark Carney
Right now, Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, is the Teflon man, which could spell potential victory for Liberal candidates in Quebec’s Lower St. Lawrence ridings, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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