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By rail, road and sea: Western export infrastructure needs a refresh   

  • Improving trade corridors does not rest solely on the shoulders of one government or industry. It requires formal cooperation and coordination to drive targeted,
Opinion | BY GARY MAR | July 19, 2025
Rail capacity has long been an intractable issue across Canada. In Alberta, about 55 per cent of non-pipeline exports are shipped by rail. Exporters say they face an uncompetitive rail environment and limited capacity, writes Gary Mar, president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation. Photograph courtesy of Tony Hisgett, Flickr.com

By rail, road and sea: Western export infrastructure needs a refresh   

Opinion | BY GARY MAR | July 19, 2025
  • Improving trade corridors does not rest solely on the shoulders of one government or industry. It requires formal cooperation and coordination to drive targeted,

By rail, road and sea: Western export infrastructure needs a refresh   

Opinion | BY GARY MAR | July 19, 2025
  • Improving trade corridors does not rest solely on the shoulders of one government or industry. It requires formal cooperation and coordination to drive targeted,
Rail capacity has long been an intractable issue across Canada. In Alberta, about 55 per cent of non-pipeline exports are shipped by rail. Exporters say they face an uncompetitive rail environment and limited capacity, writes Gary Mar, president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation. Photograph courtesy of Tony Hisgett, Flickr.com

If we can’t move it, we can’t sell it: reducing Canada’s reliance on the U.S. demands a national trade infrastructure strategy

  • While peer nations have long-term strategies to build and maintain the infrastructure that supports trade, Canada stands alone among its global competitors in lacking
Opinion | BY CANDACE LAING, RODRIGUE GILBERT, KEITH CURRIE, DENNIS DARBY, BRAD SCOTT, CHRIS LORENC, GARY MAR | July 19, 2025
With global instability mounting and growing threats from south of the border, the stakes for Canada’s economy and our ability to compete have never been higher. Image courtesy of Pexels/Avijit Singh

If we can’t move it, we can’t sell it: reducing Canada’s reliance on the U.S. demands a national trade infrastructure strategy

Opinion | BY CANDACE LAING, RODRIGUE GILBERT, KEITH CURRIE, DENNIS DARBY, BRAD SCOTT, CHRIS LORENC, GARY MAR | July 19, 2025
  • While peer nations have long-term strategies to build and maintain the infrastructure that supports trade, Canada stands alone among its global competitors in lacking

If we can’t move it, we can’t sell it: reducing Canada’s reliance on the U.S. demands a national trade infrastructure strategy

Opinion | BY CANDACE LAING, RODRIGUE GILBERT, KEITH CURRIE, DENNIS DARBY, BRAD SCOTT, CHRIS LORENC, GARY MAR | July 19, 2025
  • While peer nations have long-term strategies to build and maintain the infrastructure that supports trade, Canada stands alone among its global competitors in lacking
With global instability mounting and growing threats from south of the border, the stakes for Canada’s economy and our ability to compete have never been higher. Image courtesy of Pexels/Avijit Singh

‘He’s using us’: independent byelection candidates say ‘frustration’ getting ‘louder’ over Poilievre parachuting into Alberta riding

  • Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest Tory seats in the country to try to punch his ticket back to Parliament Hill, but
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 19, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is hoping to secure a seat in the House this August, but his competition doesn’t think he should be so confident about his chances in the upcoming byelection. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘He’s using us’: independent byelection candidates say ‘frustration’ getting ‘louder’ over Poilievre parachuting into Alberta riding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 19, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest Tory seats in the country to try to punch his ticket back to Parliament Hill, but

‘He’s using us’: independent byelection candidates say ‘frustration’ getting ‘louder’ over Poilievre parachuting into Alberta riding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 19, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre has chosen one of the safest Tory seats in the country to try to punch his ticket back to Parliament Hill, but
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is hoping to secure a seat in the House this August, but his competition doesn’t think he should be so confident about his chances in the upcoming byelection. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Take me out to the lawn bowling park

  • On a hot summer night on July 9, lawn bowlers came out to the Elmdale Lawn Bowling Club in Ottawa’s Civic Hospital neighbourhood to
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | July 18, 2025
The Lawn Summer Nights celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, with an event on July 9 that raised $11,619 for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Take me out to the lawn bowling park

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | July 18, 2025
  • On a hot summer night on July 9, lawn bowlers came out to the Elmdale Lawn Bowling Club in Ottawa’s Civic Hospital neighbourhood to

Take me out to the lawn bowling park

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | July 18, 2025
  • On a hot summer night on July 9, lawn bowlers came out to the Elmdale Lawn Bowling Club in Ottawa’s Civic Hospital neighbourhood to
The Lawn Summer Nights celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, with an event on July 9 that raised $11,619 for Cystic Fibrosis Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ministers update public on wildfires

  • Plus, Canadian investors continued to buy more U.S. shares in May.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | July 18, 2025
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is among the cabinet members holding a presser on wildfires today. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Ministers update public on wildfires

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | July 18, 2025
  • Plus, Canadian investors continued to buy more U.S. shares in May.

Ministers update public on wildfires

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | July 18, 2025
  • Plus, Canadian investors continued to buy more U.S. shares in May.
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is among the cabinet members holding a presser on wildfires today. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Before the cuts: a bureaucracy baseline from an employment equity lens 

  • How well is the government meeting its diversity targets? The 2023-24 Employment Equity report offers a window into federal efforts to bring about change.
Opinion | BY ANDREW GRIFFITH | July 17, 2025
The 2023-24 employment equity report is likely to be the last analysis occurring during a period of growth in the core public service, as the government embarks on a spending review across all departments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Before the cuts: a bureaucracy baseline from an employment equity lens 

Opinion | BY ANDREW GRIFFITH | July 17, 2025
  • How well is the government meeting its diversity targets? The 2023-24 Employment Equity report offers a window into federal efforts to bring about change.

Before the cuts: a bureaucracy baseline from an employment equity lens 

Opinion | BY ANDREW GRIFFITH | July 17, 2025
  • How well is the government meeting its diversity targets? The 2023-24 Employment Equity report offers a window into federal efforts to bring about change.
The 2023-24 employment equity report is likely to be the last analysis occurring during a period of growth in the core public service, as the government embarks on a spending review across all departments. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts

  • While the size of the public service is beginning to shrink after more than a decade of growth, the forecasted cuts still leaves the
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 17, 2025
A new report from Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux reports the number of full-time public servants has ballooned from 335,000 in In 2006-07 to 445,000 in 2024-25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 17, 2025
  • While the size of the public service is beginning to shrink after more than a decade of growth, the forecasted cuts still leaves the

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 17, 2025
  • While the size of the public service is beginning to shrink after more than a decade of growth, the forecasted cuts still leaves the
A new report from Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux reports the number of full-time public servants has ballooned from 335,000 in In 2006-07 to 445,000 in 2024-25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

While Carney negotiates with a lawless president, opposition armchair critics should give the prime minister more room to manoeuvre

  • We should also hope that the lawless nature of Donald Trump’s trade negotiations will be restrained not only by the actions of other major
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | July 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Official White House photograph by Emily J. Higgins

While Carney negotiates with a lawless president, opposition armchair critics should give the prime minister more room to manoeuvre

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | July 17, 2025
  • We should also hope that the lawless nature of Donald Trump’s trade negotiations will be restrained not only by the actions of other major

While Carney negotiates with a lawless president, opposition armchair critics should give the prime minister more room to manoeuvre

Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | July 17, 2025
  • We should also hope that the lawless nature of Donald Trump’s trade negotiations will be restrained not only by the actions of other major
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Official White House photograph by Emily J. Higgins

Competition Bureau recommends bureaucratic power grab over airline industry

  • A proposed system of parallel reviews aims to disallow anti-competitive mergers or collaborations, but could block transactions that benefit airline passengers and likely reduce
Opinion | BY MATTHEW LAU | July 17, 2025
If economies of scale allow large airlines to operate more efficiently than small ones, airline passengers may well be better off when two airlines merge, writes Matthew Lau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Competition Bureau recommends bureaucratic power grab over airline industry

Opinion | BY MATTHEW LAU | July 17, 2025
  • A proposed system of parallel reviews aims to disallow anti-competitive mergers or collaborations, but could block transactions that benefit airline passengers and likely reduce

Competition Bureau recommends bureaucratic power grab over airline industry

Opinion | BY MATTHEW LAU | July 17, 2025
  • A proposed system of parallel reviews aims to disallow anti-competitive mergers or collaborations, but could block transactions that benefit airline passengers and likely reduce
If economies of scale allow large airlines to operate more efficiently than small ones, airline passengers may well be better off when two airlines merge, writes Matthew Lau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Population planning must look beyond snapshot of fertility levels

  • There is no reason for panic about population decline. Instead, we should focus on promoting reproductive agency, and preparing for an aging society. 
Opinion | BY CéLINE DELACROIX | July 16, 2025
Contrary to the assumptions of traditional economic models, living standards can continue to rise even as the population gradually declines, writes Céline Delacroix. Pexels photograph by Matilda Wormwood

Population planning must look beyond snapshot of fertility levels

Opinion | BY CéLINE DELACROIX | July 16, 2025
  • There is no reason for panic about population decline. Instead, we should focus on promoting reproductive agency, and preparing for an aging society. 

Population planning must look beyond snapshot of fertility levels

Opinion | BY CéLINE DELACROIX | July 16, 2025
  • There is no reason for panic about population decline. Instead, we should focus on promoting reproductive agency, and preparing for an aging society. 
Contrary to the assumptions of traditional economic models, living standards can continue to rise even as the population gradually declines, writes Céline Delacroix. Pexels photograph by Matilda Wormwood

Foreign Affairs Minister Anand names policy director, and more 

  • Plus, an updated look at National Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office where Andrew Green has been named director of operations.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 16, 2025
Anita Anand
Anita Anand
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has seven confirmed staffers officially working in her office as of mid-July. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Foreign Affairs Minister Anand names policy director, and more 

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 16, 2025
  • Plus, an updated look at National Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office where Andrew Green has been named director of operations.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anand names policy director, and more 

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 16, 2025
  • Plus, an updated look at National Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office where Andrew Green has been named director of operations.
Anita Anand
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has seven confirmed staffers officially working in her office as of mid-July. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bob Rae is feeling the UN’s pain

  • Severe cuts to the budgets of UN humanitarian agencies, including those dealing with refugees and children, have set off panic through the organization.
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | July 16, 2025
Bob Rae is Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bob Rae is feeling the UN’s pain

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | July 16, 2025
  • Severe cuts to the budgets of UN humanitarian agencies, including those dealing with refugees and children, have set off panic through the organization.

Bob Rae is feeling the UN’s pain

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | July 16, 2025
  • Severe cuts to the budgets of UN humanitarian agencies, including those dealing with refugees and children, have set off panic through the organization.
Bob Rae is Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Transparency in trade talks to come when deal complete, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

  • The government has shared limited information about trade negotiations with the prime minister's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations, says one of its members.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
Independent Senator Hassan Yussuff is a member of Prime Minister Mark Carney's 19-member Council on Canada-U.S. Relations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Transparency in trade talks to come when deal complete, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
  • The government has shared limited information about trade negotiations with the prime minister's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations, says one of its members.

Transparency in trade talks to come when deal complete, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
  • The government has shared limited information about trade negotiations with the prime minister's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations, says one of its members.
Independent Senator Hassan Yussuff is a member of Prime Minister Mark Carney's 19-member Council on Canada-U.S. Relations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s diplomatic vacancy in Germany lingers despite diversification push

  • Canada's vacant ambassadorial posting in Germany is just one important embassy abroad that will soon need to be filled as most G7 envoys near
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has championed increased trade and defence links to Europe as part of diversification efforts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s diplomatic vacancy in Germany lingers despite diversification push

News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
  • Canada's vacant ambassadorial posting in Germany is just one important embassy abroad that will soon need to be filled as most G7 envoys near

Canada’s diplomatic vacancy in Germany lingers despite diversification push

News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
  • Canada's vacant ambassadorial posting in Germany is just one important embassy abroad that will soon need to be filled as most G7 envoys near
Prime Minister Mark Carney has championed increased trade and defence links to Europe as part of diversification efforts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rules being replaced by deals on the international stage, says past Bundestag president 

  • Both Canada and Germany are 'challenged' by the Trump's administration's 'new understanding' of transatlantic relations, says Norbert Lammert.
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
Norbert Lammert was president of Germany's Bundestag from 2005 to 2017. He now serves as chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Rules being replaced by deals on the international stage, says past Bundestag president 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
  • Both Canada and Germany are 'challenged' by the Trump's administration's 'new understanding' of transatlantic relations, says Norbert Lammert.

Rules being replaced by deals on the international stage, says past Bundestag president 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | July 16, 2025
  • Both Canada and Germany are 'challenged' by the Trump's administration's 'new understanding' of transatlantic relations, says Norbert Lammert.
Norbert Lammert was president of Germany's Bundestag from 2005 to 2017. He now serves as chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Talking to Trump requires Canada to have some sort of leverage: Heale

  • Re: “Axworthy’s not wrong: Carney does look like he’s taking a ‘bootlicking’ approach to Trump, so far,” (The Hill Times, July 7, p. 8).
Opinion | July 16, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
It makes sense for Prime Minister Mark Carney to give on some smaller issues, and to promise other things that won't be delivered until after U.S. President Donald Trump's term has ended, writes Ronald Heale. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Talking to Trump requires Canada to have some sort of leverage: Heale

Opinion | July 16, 2025
  • Re: “Axworthy’s not wrong: Carney does look like he’s taking a ‘bootlicking’ approach to Trump, so far,” (The Hill Times, July 7, p. 8).

Talking to Trump requires Canada to have some sort of leverage: Heale

Opinion | July 16, 2025
  • Re: “Axworthy’s not wrong: Carney does look like he’s taking a ‘bootlicking’ approach to Trump, so far,” (The Hill Times, July 7, p. 8).
Mark Carney
It makes sense for Prime Minister Mark Carney to give on some smaller issues, and to promise other things that won't be delivered until after U.S. President Donald Trump's term has ended, writes Ronald Heale. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Carney’s DST drop was a smart step, says Ottawa reader

  • Re: “‘A critical mistake’: former Grit ministers call out what they say is Carney’s capitulation to Trump,” (The Hill Times, July 9, p. 11).
Opinion | July 16, 2025

Carney’s DST drop was a smart step, says Ottawa reader

Opinion | July 16, 2025
  • Re: “‘A critical mistake’: former Grit ministers call out what they say is Carney’s capitulation to Trump,” (The Hill Times, July 9, p. 11).

Carney’s DST drop was a smart step, says Ottawa reader

Opinion | July 16, 2025
  • Re: “‘A critical mistake’: former Grit ministers call out what they say is Carney’s capitulation to Trump,” (The Hill Times, July 9, p. 11).

First ministers meet to talk Trump’s tariffs in Huntsville, Ont., on July 22

  • THURSDAY, JULY 10—SUNDAY, JULY 20 Ottawa Bluesfest—Ottawa’s Bluesfest returns for 10 days featuring a lineup of musicians from a variety of genres including blues, world
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with the provincial and territorial premiers to discuss the nation's response to the latest tariff action from U.S. President Donald Trump in Huntsville, Ont., on July 22. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First ministers meet to talk Trump’s tariffs in Huntsville, Ont., on July 22

  • THURSDAY, JULY 10—SUNDAY, JULY 20 Ottawa Bluesfest—Ottawa’s Bluesfest returns for 10 days featuring a lineup of musicians from a variety of genres including blues, world

First ministers meet to talk Trump’s tariffs in Huntsville, Ont., on July 22

  • THURSDAY, JULY 10—SUNDAY, JULY 20 Ottawa Bluesfest—Ottawa’s Bluesfest returns for 10 days featuring a lineup of musicians from a variety of genres including blues, world
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with the provincial and territorial premiers to discuss the nation's response to the latest tariff action from U.S. President Donald Trump in Huntsville, Ont., on July 22. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations dial up the pressure

  • Plus, a look at the Justice Department’s plan for the coming year.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | July 16, 2025
Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will hold a press conference in Ottawa ahead of her meeting with the prime minister tomorrow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations dial up the pressure

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | July 16, 2025
  • Plus, a look at the Justice Department’s plan for the coming year.

First Nations dial up the pressure

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | July 16, 2025
  • Plus, a look at the Justice Department’s plan for the coming year.
Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak will hold a press conference in Ottawa ahead of her meeting with the prime minister tomorrow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney government’s quest for public service efficiencies will test its mettle

  • The summer months often provide a buffer from intense public scrutiny, but come fall, all eyes will be on the government as it unveils
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | July 16, 2025
The political honeymoon Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has enjoyed since the election may have left them unprepared for the strength of the opposition they now face, writes Josie Sabatino. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney government’s quest for public service efficiencies will test its mettle

Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | July 16, 2025
  • The summer months often provide a buffer from intense public scrutiny, but come fall, all eyes will be on the government as it unveils

Carney government’s quest for public service efficiencies will test its mettle

Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | July 16, 2025
  • The summer months often provide a buffer from intense public scrutiny, but come fall, all eyes will be on the government as it unveils
The political honeymoon Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has enjoyed since the election may have left them unprepared for the strength of the opposition they now face, writes Josie Sabatino. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Skeleton of new Parliament Welcome Centre starts taking shape

  • Meanwhile, workers continue to haul bedrock out from under the historic Centre Block building as part of excavations that will reach 23 metres below
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 16, 2025
Five cranes currently surround Centre Block. Three sit inside the Parliament Welcome Centre pit to facilitate construction of the new underground complex, with two flanking Centre Block's east and west ends to haul material in and out of its internal courtyards. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Skeleton of new Parliament Welcome Centre starts taking shape

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 16, 2025
  • Meanwhile, workers continue to haul bedrock out from under the historic Centre Block building as part of excavations that will reach 23 metres below

Skeleton of new Parliament Welcome Centre starts taking shape

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 16, 2025
  • Meanwhile, workers continue to haul bedrock out from under the historic Centre Block building as part of excavations that will reach 23 metres below
Five cranes currently surround Centre Block. Three sit inside the Parliament Welcome Centre pit to facilitate construction of the new underground complex, with two flanking Centre Block's east and west ends to haul material in and out of its internal courtyards. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney talks Trump with his cabinet

  • Plus, new inflation data incoming.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with his cabinet today to discuss the latest, looming deadline for U.S.-Canada trade talks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney talks Trump with his cabinet

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 15, 2025
  • Plus, new inflation data incoming.

Carney talks Trump with his cabinet

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | July 15, 2025
  • Plus, new inflation data incoming.
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with his cabinet today to discuss the latest, looming deadline for U.S.-Canada trade talks. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Global progress on renewables but climate tipping points still on the horizon

  • Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 14, 2025
Solar panels
Solar panels
Volume production and technical innovations have brought the price of solar panels down so low that China is exporting them in huge quantities even to developing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Global progress on renewables but climate tipping points still on the horizon

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 14, 2025
  • Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper

Global progress on renewables but climate tipping points still on the horizon

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 14, 2025
  • Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
Solar panels
Volume production and technical innovations have brought the price of solar panels down so low that China is exporting them in huge quantities even to developing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Trade tribunal calls for freeze on multimillion-dollar defence contract after complaints it favours U.S. supplier

  • Highly restrictive bid criteria made competition 'impossible' for Canadian and European companies to secure the contract for military night-vision goggles, says a filing from
News | BY IREM KOCA | July 14, 2025
David McGuinty
David McGuinty
Defence Minister David McGuinty said he would 'look into' the terms of the contract before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal called for the government to put a hold on the procurement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trade tribunal calls for freeze on multimillion-dollar defence contract after complaints it favours U.S. supplier

News | BY IREM KOCA | July 14, 2025
  • Highly restrictive bid criteria made competition 'impossible' for Canadian and European companies to secure the contract for military night-vision goggles, says a filing from

Trade tribunal calls for freeze on multimillion-dollar defence contract after complaints it favours U.S. supplier

News | BY IREM KOCA | July 14, 2025
  • Highly restrictive bid criteria made competition 'impossible' for Canadian and European companies to secure the contract for military night-vision goggles, says a filing from
David McGuinty
Defence Minister David McGuinty said he would 'look into' the terms of the contract before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal called for the government to put a hold on the procurement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Raising hackles: why can’t the CAF help stepping on their own dicks?

  • Protecting the military’s reputation should never take priority over actually handling an issue, like that of the service members involved in a Facebook group sharing
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 14, 2025
The self-proclaimed ‘Blue Hackle Mafia’ Facebook group posted images of male soldiers in uniform exposing their genitals, others posing naked with Canadian Forces weapons, or simulating sexual acts with each other in uniform. Photograph courtesy of Facebook first published by The Ottawa Citizen

Raising hackles: why can’t the CAF help stepping on their own dicks?

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 14, 2025
  • Protecting the military’s reputation should never take priority over actually handling an issue, like that of the service members involved in a Facebook group sharing

Raising hackles: why can’t the CAF help stepping on their own dicks?

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | July 14, 2025
  • Protecting the military’s reputation should never take priority over actually handling an issue, like that of the service members involved in a Facebook group sharing
The self-proclaimed ‘Blue Hackle Mafia’ Facebook group posted images of male soldiers in uniform exposing their genitals, others posing naked with Canadian Forces weapons, or simulating sexual acts with each other in uniform. Photograph courtesy of Facebook first published by The Ottawa Citizen

Coal mine expansion a dangerous step backward for public health and our environment

  • A technical loophole is letting us undermine our climate commitments, and ignores the fundamental reality that greenhouse gas emissions affect our climate regardless of
Opinion | BY STEPHEN WILTON | July 14, 2025
Tim Hodgson
Tim Hodgson
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson and the government should reconsider the decision and require a comprehensive environmental assessment of the Vista coal mine expansion, writes Stephen Wilton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Coal mine expansion a dangerous step backward for public health and our environment

Opinion | BY STEPHEN WILTON | July 14, 2025
  • A technical loophole is letting us undermine our climate commitments, and ignores the fundamental reality that greenhouse gas emissions affect our climate regardless of

Coal mine expansion a dangerous step backward for public health and our environment

Opinion | BY STEPHEN WILTON | July 14, 2025
  • A technical loophole is letting us undermine our climate commitments, and ignores the fundamental reality that greenhouse gas emissions affect our climate regardless of
Tim Hodgson
Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson and the government should reconsider the decision and require a comprehensive environmental assessment of the Vista coal mine expansion, writes Stephen Wilton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative MP Khanna mobilizing support for Poilievre’s upcoming leadership review, say Conservative sources

  • The Conservative ‘movement is bigger, stronger and more energized than ever’ under Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, says Conservative MP Arpan Khanna.
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 14, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, pictured with his wife Anaida Poilievre on April 28 in Ottawa, is set to face a mandatory leadership review at the Calgary convention in January, as required by the party constitution following an electoral defeat. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Conservative MP Khanna mobilizing support for Poilievre’s upcoming leadership review, say Conservative sources

News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 14, 2025
  • The Conservative ‘movement is bigger, stronger and more energized than ever’ under Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, says Conservative MP Arpan Khanna.

Conservative MP Khanna mobilizing support for Poilievre’s upcoming leadership review, say Conservative sources

News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 14, 2025
  • The Conservative ‘movement is bigger, stronger and more energized than ever’ under Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, says Conservative MP Arpan Khanna.
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, pictured with his wife Anaida Poilievre on April 28 in Ottawa, is set to face a mandatory leadership review at the Calgary convention in January, as required by the party constitution following an electoral defeat. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
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The most remarkable evening I ever spent with Brian Mulroney

  • My admiration for the 18th prime minister grew as I learned more about how he managed a caucus and cabinet as he and his government
Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | March 4, 2024
Arthur Milnes, left, and former prime minister Brian Mulroney on a plane to Nelson Mandela’s funeral in 2013. Mulroney's dedication on the photo reads: 'Arthur, en-route to South Africa adding to the memoirs, with friendship.' Photograph courtesy of Arthur Milnes

The most remarkable evening I ever spent with Brian Mulroney

Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | March 4, 2024
  • My admiration for the 18th prime minister grew as I learned more about how he managed a caucus and cabinet as he and his government

The most remarkable evening I ever spent with Brian Mulroney

Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | March 4, 2024
  • My admiration for the 18th prime minister grew as I learned more about how he managed a caucus and cabinet as he and his government
Arthur Milnes, left, and former prime minister Brian Mulroney on a plane to Nelson Mandela’s funeral in 2013. Mulroney's dedication on the photo reads: 'Arthur, en-route to South Africa adding to the memoirs, with friendship.' Photograph courtesy of Arthur Milnes

Trudeau may not be able to fend off NATO’s ceaseless demands for more money

  • The booming voices of the militarists claiming peace can only be won through more arms carry a lot of weight. Those like UN Secretary-General
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | March 4, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waits outside of West Block for King Abdullah II of Jordan on Feb. 14, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau may not be able to fend off NATO’s ceaseless demands for more money

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | March 4, 2024
  • The booming voices of the militarists claiming peace can only be won through more arms carry a lot of weight. Those like UN Secretary-General

Trudeau may not be able to fend off NATO’s ceaseless demands for more money

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | March 4, 2024
  • The booming voices of the militarists claiming peace can only be won through more arms carry a lot of weight. Those like UN Secretary-General
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waits outside of West Block for King Abdullah II of Jordan on Feb. 14, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The climate election year

  • We need a wartime-style emergency-coalition government with a strong, unified, all-on-the-same-page approach to fight climate change.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 4, 2024
A forest fire in Canada last summer. Stop pretending that climate mitigation is possible in political and economic status quo, and get to an emergency government that can do what we responsibly need to do, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

The climate election year

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 4, 2024
  • We need a wartime-style emergency-coalition government with a strong, unified, all-on-the-same-page approach to fight climate change.

The climate election year

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | March 4, 2024
  • We need a wartime-style emergency-coalition government with a strong, unified, all-on-the-same-page approach to fight climate change.
A forest fire in Canada last summer. Stop pretending that climate mitigation is possible in political and economic status quo, and get to an emergency government that can do what we responsibly need to do, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Métis Nation of Ontario’s attempt to gain self-government recognition is not right

  • Including the Métis Nation of Ontario in Bill C-53 would reward identity theft by thousands of individuals who've banded together to claim an identity,
Opinion | BY CLEM CHARTIER | March 4, 2024
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree on the Hill on Oct. 4, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Métis Nation of Ontario’s attempt to gain self-government recognition is not right

Opinion | BY CLEM CHARTIER | March 4, 2024
  • Including the Métis Nation of Ontario in Bill C-53 would reward identity theft by thousands of individuals who've banded together to claim an identity,

Métis Nation of Ontario’s attempt to gain self-government recognition is not right

Opinion | BY CLEM CHARTIER | March 4, 2024
  • Including the Métis Nation of Ontario in Bill C-53 would reward identity theft by thousands of individuals who've banded together to claim an identity,
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree on the Hill on Oct. 4, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Election Day in Durham 

  • Plus, a flurry of infrastructure announcements in Nova Scotia today.
Jamil Jivani, pictured, is the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate for the March 4 byelection in Durham, Ontario to replace Erin O'Toole. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Election Day in Durham 

  • Plus, a flurry of infrastructure announcements in Nova Scotia today.

Politics This Morning: Election Day in Durham 

  • Plus, a flurry of infrastructure announcements in Nova Scotia today.
Jamil Jivani, pictured, is the Conservative Party of Canada's candidate for the March 4 byelection in Durham, Ontario to replace Erin O'Toole. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We must stand firm against Hamas: Gottlieb

  • Re: “Only Biden can stop the war,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 26, by Gwynne Dyer) tells us that “only the United States can stop
Opinion | March 4, 2024

We must stand firm against Hamas: Gottlieb

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Only Biden can stop the war,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 26, by Gwynne Dyer) tells us that “only the United States can stop

We must stand firm against Hamas: Gottlieb

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Only Biden can stop the war,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 26, by Gwynne Dyer) tells us that “only the United States can stop

Canada’s unresolved racism: Haidar

  • Re: “Our shared vision feels like it is crumbling,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 27, opinion column by Aisha Sherazi). I agree with Aisha Sherazi that
Opinion | March 4, 2024

Canada’s unresolved racism: Haidar

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Our shared vision feels like it is crumbling,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 27, opinion column by Aisha Sherazi). I agree with Aisha Sherazi that

Canada’s unresolved racism: Haidar

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Our shared vision feels like it is crumbling,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 27, opinion column by Aisha Sherazi). I agree with Aisha Sherazi that

Israel-Hamas war never was a ‘just war’: Quebec reader

  • Re: “Just wars that become unjust,” (The Hill Times, by Geoff White, Feb. 26). This was never “just.”  Nor is it a “war.” Cage anyone
Opinion | March 4, 2024

Israel-Hamas war never was a ‘just war’: Quebec reader

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Just wars that become unjust,” (The Hill Times, by Geoff White, Feb. 26). This was never “just.”  Nor is it a “war.” Cage anyone

Israel-Hamas war never was a ‘just war’: Quebec reader

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Just wars that become unjust,” (The Hill Times, by Geoff White, Feb. 26). This was never “just.”  Nor is it a “war.” Cage anyone

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission enabled Chalk River debacle in the making: protesters

  • The Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF), a giant, above-ground landfill beside the Ottawa River for one million tonnes of radioactive waste, approved by the
Opinion | March 4, 2024
The historic waste management area at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories campus in Chalk River, Ont., pictured on May 27, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission enabled Chalk River debacle in the making: protesters

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • The Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF), a giant, above-ground landfill beside the Ottawa River for one million tonnes of radioactive waste, approved by the

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission enabled Chalk River debacle in the making: protesters

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • The Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF), a giant, above-ground landfill beside the Ottawa River for one million tonnes of radioactive waste, approved by the
The historic waste management area at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories campus in Chalk River, Ont., pictured on May 27, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wab Kinew to deliver speech at Economic Club of Canada on March 4 in Toronto

  • MONDAY, MARCH 4 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House breaks for two
Wab Kinew
Wab Kinew
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew will deliver a speech at the Economic Club of Canada on Monday, March 4, at 11:45 a.m. ET at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Wab Kinew to deliver speech at Economic Club of Canada on March 4 in Toronto

  • MONDAY, MARCH 4 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House breaks for two

Wab Kinew to deliver speech at Economic Club of Canada on March 4 in Toronto

  • MONDAY, MARCH 4 House Sitting Schedule—The House is scheduled to sit for a total of 125 days in 2024. The House breaks for two
Wab Kinew
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew will deliver a speech at the Economic Club of Canada on Monday, March 4, at 11:45 a.m. ET at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Lasting peace will only happen when Hamas surrenders, releases all hostages: Alan Williams

  • Re: “Just wars that become unjust,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 23). I am always fascinated when people like Geoff White condemn Israel’s waging a
Opinion | March 4, 2024
typewriter
typewriter
Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Lasting peace will only happen when Hamas surrenders, releases all hostages: Alan Williams

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Just wars that become unjust,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 23). I am always fascinated when people like Geoff White condemn Israel’s waging a

Lasting peace will only happen when Hamas surrenders, releases all hostages: Alan Williams

Opinion | March 4, 2024
  • Re: “Just wars that become unjust,” (The Hill Times, Feb. 23). I am always fascinated when people like Geoff White condemn Israel’s waging a
typewriter
Photograph courtesy of Pexels

This just in: Eleanor Wachtel this year’s chair of prestigious International Booker Prize jury ‘the most extraordinary book club in the world’

  • Plus, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor named caucus chair, Huda Mukbil joins Black Class Action Secretariat advisory board, NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says farewell to
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 4, 2024
Eleanor Wachtel has been announced as jury chair for the International Booker Prize, saying 'the next few weeks will be daunting and exhilarating.' Photograph, image courtesy of X

This just in: Eleanor Wachtel this year’s chair of prestigious International Booker Prize jury ‘the most extraordinary book club in the world’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 4, 2024
  • Plus, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor named caucus chair, Huda Mukbil joins Black Class Action Secretariat advisory board, NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says farewell to

This just in: Eleanor Wachtel this year’s chair of prestigious International Booker Prize jury ‘the most extraordinary book club in the world’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 4, 2024
  • Plus, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor named caucus chair, Huda Mukbil joins Black Class Action Secretariat advisory board, NDP MP Daniel Blaikie says farewell to
Eleanor Wachtel has been announced as jury chair for the International Booker Prize, saying 'the next few weeks will be daunting and exhilarating.' Photograph, image courtesy of X

‘People were drawn to him’: former prime minister Brian Mulroney could rally his team and connect with rivals, say colleagues and friends at home and abroad

  • ‘The way my father described it, he could get people pumped up like they were in the locker room before the Grey Cup or
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who served as Canada’s 18th prime minister from 1984 to 1993, died Feb. 29 at age 84. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘People were drawn to him’: former prime minister Brian Mulroney could rally his team and connect with rivals, say colleagues and friends at home and abroad

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
  • ‘The way my father described it, he could get people pumped up like they were in the locker room before the Grey Cup or

‘People were drawn to him’: former prime minister Brian Mulroney could rally his team and connect with rivals, say colleagues and friends at home and abroad

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
  • ‘The way my father described it, he could get people pumped up like they were in the locker room before the Grey Cup or
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who served as Canada’s 18th prime minister from 1984 to 1993, died Feb. 29 at age 84. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

NAWL celebrates 50 years of feminist law reform

  • The National Association of Women and the Law celebrated its 50th anniversary on Feb. 29th in the Wellington Building with an awards reception and
FeatureBY STUART BENSON | March 1, 2024
PolySeSouvient’s Heidi Rathjen, left, and Parliamentary Secretary Pam Damoff at the NAWL 50th anniversary reception on Feb. 29, where Rathjen was awarded the inaugural Shirley Greenberg Award for Outstanding Leadership in Feminist Law Reform. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

NAWL celebrates 50 years of feminist law reform

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | March 1, 2024
  • The National Association of Women and the Law celebrated its 50th anniversary on Feb. 29th in the Wellington Building with an awards reception and

NAWL celebrates 50 years of feminist law reform

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | March 1, 2024
  • The National Association of Women and the Law celebrated its 50th anniversary on Feb. 29th in the Wellington Building with an awards reception and
PolySeSouvient’s Heidi Rathjen, left, and Parliamentary Secretary Pam Damoff at the NAWL 50th anniversary reception on Feb. 29, where Rathjen was awarded the inaugural Shirley Greenberg Award for Outstanding Leadership in Feminist Law Reform. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Expected Conservative win in Monday’s Durham byelection will be measured against O’Toole’s winning margins, say political players

  • In Durham, the Tories have been outperforming the national party average by about a 12 per cent margin, so it remains to be seen
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 1, 2024
Conservative Party candidate Jamil Jivani is expected to win the March 4 by-election handily. Pundits are watching if he can win by the same margins that his predecessor Erin O'Toole won during his 11-year parliamentary career. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Expected Conservative win in Monday’s Durham byelection will be measured against O’Toole’s winning margins, say political players

News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 1, 2024
  • In Durham, the Tories have been outperforming the national party average by about a 12 per cent margin, so it remains to be seen

Expected Conservative win in Monday’s Durham byelection will be measured against O’Toole’s winning margins, say political players

News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 1, 2024
  • In Durham, the Tories have been outperforming the national party average by about a 12 per cent margin, so it remains to be seen
Conservative Party candidate Jamil Jivani is expected to win the March 4 by-election handily. Pundits are watching if he can win by the same margins that his predecessor Erin O'Toole won during his 11-year parliamentary career. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘A lot of outstanding detail’ on pharmacare leaves program’s future riding on talks with provinces

  • A patchwork of incomplete or dissimilar deals across the country could make the program ‘very vulnerable to just being killed by a government that
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
Mark Holland
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland announced the Liberals and NDP have reached an agreement on pharmacare legislation at Ottawa’s Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘A lot of outstanding detail’ on pharmacare leaves program’s future riding on talks with provinces

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
  • A patchwork of incomplete or dissimilar deals across the country could make the program ‘very vulnerable to just being killed by a government that

‘A lot of outstanding detail’ on pharmacare leaves program’s future riding on talks with provinces

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
  • A patchwork of incomplete or dissimilar deals across the country could make the program ‘very vulnerable to just being killed by a government that
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland announced the Liberals and NDP have reached an agreement on pharmacare legislation at Ottawa’s Centretown Community Health Centre on Feb. 29, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Minister Hussen needs to reverse his UNRWA decision, or resign, or both

  • It is essential for International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen to unequivocally reaffirm Canada's dedication to humanitarian aid in Gaza, and clearly state that charities
Opinion | BY WASHIM AHMED | February 29, 2024
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen pictured speaking to reporters before Question Period on Feb. 15, 2024. Canada can play a constructive role in Africa's Sahel region, but the Liberal government nor the Conservative Party are willing to spend the money to do so, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen pictured speaking to reporters before Question Period on Feb. 15, 2024. Canada can play a constructive role in Africa's Sahel region, but the Liberal government nor the Conservative Party are willing to spend the money to do so, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks to reporters before Question Period on Feb. 15, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Minister Hussen needs to reverse his UNRWA decision, or resign, or both

Opinion | BY WASHIM AHMED | February 29, 2024
  • It is essential for International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen to unequivocally reaffirm Canada's dedication to humanitarian aid in Gaza, and clearly state that charities

Minister Hussen needs to reverse his UNRWA decision, or resign, or both

Opinion | BY WASHIM AHMED | February 29, 2024
  • It is essential for International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen to unequivocally reaffirm Canada's dedication to humanitarian aid in Gaza, and clearly state that charities
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen pictured speaking to reporters before Question Period on Feb. 15, 2024. Canada can play a constructive role in Africa's Sahel region, but the Liberal government nor the Conservative Party are willing to spend the money to do so, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks to reporters before Question Period on Feb. 15, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Government has to get better at doing the basic things well

  • To provide Canadians with the quality of programs and services they expect and deserve, the federal government needs to do six key things.
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH & JIM MITCHELL | February 29, 2024
The excessive centralization of decision-making in the PMO, including on how some programs and services are delivered, has sidelined both ministers and public servants. It’s time to restore collective decision-making and ministerial accountability, write Kevin Lynch and Jim Mitchell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Government has to get better at doing the basic things well

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH & JIM MITCHELL | February 29, 2024
  • To provide Canadians with the quality of programs and services they expect and deserve, the federal government needs to do six key things.

Government has to get better at doing the basic things well

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH & JIM MITCHELL | February 29, 2024
  • To provide Canadians with the quality of programs and services they expect and deserve, the federal government needs to do six key things.
The excessive centralization of decision-making in the PMO, including on how some programs and services are delivered, has sidelined both ministers and public servants. It’s time to restore collective decision-making and ministerial accountability, write Kevin Lynch and Jim Mitchell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The utility of neutrality

  • Neutrality used to be a European thing, but it is now in steep decline. If it were an animal, we’d have to declare it
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 29, 2024
Gwynne Dyer talks about his 1986 National Film Board documentary Harder Thank It Looks, which explored how difficult it is for northern counties to remain neutral. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The utility of neutrality

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 29, 2024
  • Neutrality used to be a European thing, but it is now in steep decline. If it were an animal, we’d have to declare it

The utility of neutrality

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 29, 2024
  • Neutrality used to be a European thing, but it is now in steep decline. If it were an animal, we’d have to declare it
Gwynne Dyer talks about his 1986 National Film Board documentary Harder Thank It Looks, which explored how difficult it is for northern counties to remain neutral. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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