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Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

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

Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

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

Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

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

Volunteering should be at the forefront of veteran policy in Canada

  • Well-designed volunteer opportunities can foster a sense of connection, and offer a meaningful outlet for veterans to apply their unique skills and values in
Opinion | BY ALYSON MAHAR | May 13, 2025
Volunteering is about giving back to the community, which strongly aligns to the sense of duty and service that military members develop during their careers, writes Alyson Mahar. Pexels photograph by Kampus Production

Volunteering should be at the forefront of veteran policy in Canada

Opinion | BY ALYSON MAHAR | May 13, 2025
  • Well-designed volunteer opportunities can foster a sense of connection, and offer a meaningful outlet for veterans to apply their unique skills and values in

Volunteering should be at the forefront of veteran policy in Canada

Opinion | BY ALYSON MAHAR | May 13, 2025
  • Well-designed volunteer opportunities can foster a sense of connection, and offer a meaningful outlet for veterans to apply their unique skills and values in
Volunteering is about giving back to the community, which strongly aligns to the sense of duty and service that military members develop during their careers, writes Alyson Mahar. Pexels photograph by Kampus Production

Carney taps host of new MPs to 28-member cabinet, creates 10 secretaries of state

  • In a major shakeup, Prime Minister Mark Carney named 16 new faces to his 28-member cabinet, but kept a dozen Trudeau-era ministers in his
News | BY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND | May 13, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his first post-election cabinet on May 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney taps host of new MPs to 28-member cabinet, creates 10 secretaries of state

News | BY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND | May 13, 2025
  • In a major shakeup, Prime Minister Mark Carney named 16 new faces to his 28-member cabinet, but kept a dozen Trudeau-era ministers in his

Carney taps host of new MPs to 28-member cabinet, creates 10 secretaries of state

News | BY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND | May 13, 2025
  • In a major shakeup, Prime Minister Mark Carney named 16 new faces to his 28-member cabinet, but kept a dozen Trudeau-era ministers in his
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his first post-election cabinet on May 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Martial pride on parade

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

Martial pride on parade

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

Martial pride on parade

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

Growing the Métis economy must be a national priority for the renewed government

  • The Métis played a crucial role in the founding of this country and its economy, yet too often we are treated as the forgotten
Opinion | BY VICTORIA PRUDEN | May 12, 2025
True reconciliation requires co-developing distinctions-based tools like tariff relief, investment supports, and procurement reform, writes Métis National Council president Victoria Pruden. Photograph courtesy of the Métis National Council

Growing the Métis economy must be a national priority for the renewed government

Opinion | BY VICTORIA PRUDEN | May 12, 2025
  • The Métis played a crucial role in the founding of this country and its economy, yet too often we are treated as the forgotten

Growing the Métis economy must be a national priority for the renewed government

Opinion | BY VICTORIA PRUDEN | May 12, 2025
  • The Métis played a crucial role in the founding of this country and its economy, yet too often we are treated as the forgotten
True reconciliation requires co-developing distinctions-based tools like tariff relief, investment supports, and procurement reform, writes Métis National Council president Victoria Pruden. Photograph courtesy of the Métis National Council

The art of hedging a deal

  • Those trapped in rigid binaries risk becoming collateral damage in a conflict that transcends borders, ideologies, and even economics itself.
Opinion | BY WENRAN JIANG | May 12, 2025
As Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, begins his tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump, will he comply like his predecessor did in CUSMA, or resist to protect Canada’s sovereignty, asks Wenran Jiang. White House photograph by Gabriel B Kotico

The art of hedging a deal

Opinion | BY WENRAN JIANG | May 12, 2025
  • Those trapped in rigid binaries risk becoming collateral damage in a conflict that transcends borders, ideologies, and even economics itself.

The art of hedging a deal

Opinion | BY WENRAN JIANG | May 12, 2025
  • Those trapped in rigid binaries risk becoming collateral damage in a conflict that transcends borders, ideologies, and even economics itself.
As Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, begins his tough negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump, will he comply like his predecessor did in CUSMA, or resist to protect Canada’s sovereignty, asks Wenran Jiang. White House photograph by Gabriel B Kotico

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carney must lead efforts to transform Canada’s economy

  • While dealing with the U.S. on our future relationship is critical, the effort to create a new Canadian economy is even more important.
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 12, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney said that economy would become the strongest 'in the G7.' No matter the outcome of Canada-U.S. negotiations, this new economy matters even more, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney must lead efforts to transform Canada’s economy

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 12, 2025
  • While dealing with the U.S. on our future relationship is critical, the effort to create a new Canadian economy is even more important.

Carney must lead efforts to transform Canada’s economy

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 12, 2025
  • While dealing with the U.S. on our future relationship is critical, the effort to create a new Canadian economy is even more important.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney said that economy would become the strongest 'in the G7.' No matter the outcome of Canada-U.S. negotiations, this new economy matters even more, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Former diplomats talk foreign policy at Ottawa summit

  • Plus, a Nova Scotia senator lays out some First Nations' priorities for the Carney government.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 12, 2025
Senator Peter Boehm is among the speakers at a foreign policy conference taking place in Ottawa today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Former diplomats talk foreign policy at Ottawa summit

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 12, 2025
  • Plus, a Nova Scotia senator lays out some First Nations' priorities for the Carney government.

Former diplomats talk foreign policy at Ottawa summit

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 12, 2025
  • Plus, a Nova Scotia senator lays out some First Nations' priorities for the Carney government.
Senator Peter Boehm is among the speakers at a foreign policy conference taking place in Ottawa today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

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

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

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

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

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

Carney and the Pope each have the power to help change the world

  •             EDMONTON—Two new leaders, the American Pope Leo XIV and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, have suddenly entered the world stage. With the election
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | May 12, 2025
If Pope Leo, left, uses his moral voice to speak against war and the unbearable suffering of the people of Gaza and Ukraine, a new sense of hope will be felt everywhere. If Mark Carney can quell Donald Trump by fostering strong co-operation with a range of other countries, Canada could be a significant player in global politics. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney and the Pope each have the power to help change the world

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | May 12, 2025
  •             EDMONTON—Two new leaders, the American Pope Leo XIV and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, have suddenly entered the world stage. With the election

Carney and the Pope each have the power to help change the world

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | May 12, 2025
  •             EDMONTON—Two new leaders, the American Pope Leo XIV and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, have suddenly entered the world stage. With the election
If Pope Leo, left, uses his moral voice to speak against war and the unbearable suffering of the people of Gaza and Ukraine, a new sense of hope will be felt everywhere. If Mark Carney can quell Donald Trump by fostering strong co-operation with a range of other countries, Canada could be a significant player in global politics. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A strong Canada means being a global leader on the academic stage: DeSousa

  • At post-secondary campuses across Canada, around two million students are wrapping up their studies. Many of these bright-eyed, hopeful students will one day become
Opinion | May 12, 2025
Image courtesy of Pexels.com

A strong Canada means being a global leader on the academic stage: DeSousa

Opinion | May 12, 2025
  • At post-secondary campuses across Canada, around two million students are wrapping up their studies. Many of these bright-eyed, hopeful students will one day become

A strong Canada means being a global leader on the academic stage: DeSousa

Opinion | May 12, 2025
  • At post-secondary campuses across Canada, around two million students are wrapping up their studies. Many of these bright-eyed, hopeful students will one day become
Image courtesy of Pexels.com

Ford’s embrace of realpolitik

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

Ford’s embrace of realpolitik

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

Ford’s embrace of realpolitik

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

Authors dig deep into government’s response to COVID-19

  • The following is an excerpt from Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada's Response to COVID-19, which is one
FeatureBY KEVIN QUIGLEY, KAITLYNNE LOWE, SARAH MOORE, AND BRIANNA WOLFE | May 12, 2025
Seized By Uncertainty: The Markets, Media and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, by Kevin Quigley, Kaitlynne Lowe, Sarah Moore, and Brianna Wolfe, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Book cover and author photographs courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Authors dig deep into government’s response to COVID-19

FeatureBY KEVIN QUIGLEY, KAITLYNNE LOWE, SARAH MOORE, AND BRIANNA WOLFE | May 12, 2025
  • The following is an excerpt from Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada's Response to COVID-19, which is one

Authors dig deep into government’s response to COVID-19

FeatureBY KEVIN QUIGLEY, KAITLYNNE LOWE, SARAH MOORE, AND BRIANNA WOLFE | May 12, 2025
  • The following is an excerpt from Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada's Response to COVID-19, which is one
Seized By Uncertainty: The Markets, Media and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, by Kevin Quigley, Kaitlynne Lowe, Sarah Moore, and Brianna Wolfe, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Book cover and author photographs courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Senator Boehm to talk about ‘Finding Canada’s place in a Disordered World’ on May 12

  • MONDAY, MAY 12 Lunch: ‘Legal Ethics and the Attorney General’—The University of Ottawa’s Public Law Centre hosts a conversation with Andrew Martin on his
ISG Senator Peter Boehm will deliver remarks at a hybrid event, 'Finding Canada’s Place in a Disordered World,' hosted by the Canadian International Council. Other participants include Richard Fadden, Rob McRae, Ian Burney, Guillermo Rishchynski, David McKinnon, and Henri-Paul Normandin, on Monday, May 12, at 12 p.m. ET. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senator Boehm to talk about ‘Finding Canada’s place in a Disordered World’ on May 12

  • MONDAY, MAY 12 Lunch: ‘Legal Ethics and the Attorney General’—The University of Ottawa’s Public Law Centre hosts a conversation with Andrew Martin on his

Senator Boehm to talk about ‘Finding Canada’s place in a Disordered World’ on May 12

  • MONDAY, MAY 12 Lunch: ‘Legal Ethics and the Attorney General’—The University of Ottawa’s Public Law Centre hosts a conversation with Andrew Martin on his
ISG Senator Peter Boehm will deliver remarks at a hybrid event, 'Finding Canada’s Place in a Disordered World,' hosted by the Canadian International Council. Other participants include Richard Fadden, Rob McRae, Ian Burney, Guillermo Rishchynski, David McKinnon, and Henri-Paul Normandin, on Monday, May 12, at 12 p.m. ET. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unemployment stats for April incoming

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

Unemployment stats for April incoming

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

Unemployment stats for April incoming

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

Poilievre’s safe Alberta seat: a symbol of retreat or renewal?

  • OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s bid to re-enter the House of Commons through an Alberta byelection—after losing his longtime Ontario seat in Carleton—is about more
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | May 8, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's defeat in Carleton, Ont., reflects a deeper dissonance between his polarizing persona and what a growing share of the electorate expects from national leadership, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre’s safe Alberta seat: a symbol of retreat or renewal?

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | May 8, 2025
  • OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s bid to re-enter the House of Commons through an Alberta byelection—after losing his longtime Ontario seat in Carleton—is about more

Poilievre’s safe Alberta seat: a symbol of retreat or renewal?

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | May 8, 2025
  • OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s bid to re-enter the House of Commons through an Alberta byelection—after losing his longtime Ontario seat in Carleton—is about more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's defeat in Carleton, Ont., reflects a deeper dissonance between his polarizing persona and what a growing share of the electorate expects from national leadership, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

India and Israel on parallel tracks

  • Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 8, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, runs a Hindu-nationalist agenda, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a hard-right coalition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

India and Israel on parallel tracks

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 8, 2025
  • Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to

India and Israel on parallel tracks

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 8, 2025
  • Both confrontations were set off by mass murders by terrorists whose goal was to start a war that drew the world’s attention back to
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, runs a Hindu-nationalist agenda, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a hard-right coalition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers

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

Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers

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

Canada must act now to welcome displaced Arctic researchers

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

Liberals boost vote share in Saskatchewan, B.C.’s Lower Mainland, while Conservatives muscle in on GTA, southwestern Ontario

  • More than half of the re-elected Liberal incumbents increased their margins of victory, mostly at the expense of the New Democrats.
News | BY MARLO GLASS, STEPHEN JEFFERY | May 8, 2025
Liberal MPs Julie Dabrusin, top left, Yasir Naqvi, Julie Dzerowicz, Taleeb Noormohamed, Darren Fisher, Joanne Thompson, bottom left, and Rachel Bendayan, Conservative MP Anna Roberts, and Liberal MPs Steven Guilbeault and Patrick Weiler recorded the highest winning margin increases on April 28. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photograph courtesy of House of Commons

Liberals boost vote share in Saskatchewan, B.C.’s Lower Mainland, while Conservatives muscle in on GTA, southwestern Ontario

News | BY MARLO GLASS, STEPHEN JEFFERY | May 8, 2025
  • More than half of the re-elected Liberal incumbents increased their margins of victory, mostly at the expense of the New Democrats.

Liberals boost vote share in Saskatchewan, B.C.’s Lower Mainland, while Conservatives muscle in on GTA, southwestern Ontario

News | BY MARLO GLASS, STEPHEN JEFFERY | May 8, 2025
  • More than half of the re-elected Liberal incumbents increased their margins of victory, mostly at the expense of the New Democrats.
Liberal MPs Julie Dabrusin, top left, Yasir Naqvi, Julie Dzerowicz, Taleeb Noormohamed, Darren Fisher, Joanne Thompson, bottom left, and Rachel Bendayan, Conservative MP Anna Roberts, and Liberal MPs Steven Guilbeault and Patrick Weiler recorded the highest winning margin increases on April 28. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photograph courtesy of House of Commons

Abortion protesters descend on the Hill

  • Plus, how Canada can navigate the India-Pakistan crisis.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 8, 2025
Pictured: activists protest abortion at a rally on Parliament Hill in 2023. The annual March for Life will take place on the Hill again today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Abortion protesters descend on the Hill

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 8, 2025
  • Plus, how Canada can navigate the India-Pakistan crisis.

Abortion protesters descend on the Hill

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 8, 2025
  • Plus, how Canada can navigate the India-Pakistan crisis.
Pictured: activists protest abortion at a rally on Parliament Hill in 2023. The annual March for Life will take place on the Hill again today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum 

  • Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island. 
Opinion | BY MONIKA DUTT, DANYAAL RAZA | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
In his first post-election press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ‘protect the programs that save families thousands of dollars per year, including pharmacare.’

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum 

Opinion | BY MONIKA DUTT, DANYAAL RAZA | May 7, 2025
  • Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island. 

Time to make more pharmacare deals after election stalled momentum 

Opinion | BY MONIKA DUTT, DANYAAL RAZA | May 7, 2025
  • Before the campaign, Ottawa secured agreements with only four jurisdictions: Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon, and Prince Edward Island. 
Mark Carney
In his first post-election press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to ‘protect the programs that save families thousands of dollars per year, including pharmacare.’

Cuba, Romania, and Qatar mark special occassions

  • Cuba celebrates Canada ties Romania parties at the Rideau Club Qatar marks national day The Hill Times
FeatureBY SAM GARCIA | May 7, 2025
The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band performs for guests at Qatar’s national day reception at the Westin Hotel on Dec. 11, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Cuba, Romania, and Qatar mark special occassions

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA | May 7, 2025
  • Cuba celebrates Canada ties Romania parties at the Rideau Club Qatar marks national day The Hill Times

Cuba, Romania, and Qatar mark special occassions

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA | May 7, 2025
  • Cuba celebrates Canada ties Romania parties at the Rideau Club Qatar marks national day The Hill Times
The Sons of Scotland Pipe Band performs for guests at Qatar’s national day reception at the Westin Hotel on Dec. 11, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Questions loom over funding and timeliness for Carney’s new foreign policy vision

  • Foreign policy observers say the prime minister's plans for Canada's place in the world will likely require new funds for the cash-strapped Global Affairs
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged a new foreign policy and a boost to Canada's diplomatic presence abroad in the Liberal campaign platform. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Questions loom over funding and timeliness for Carney’s new foreign policy vision

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • Foreign policy observers say the prime minister's plans for Canada's place in the world will likely require new funds for the cash-strapped Global Affairs

Questions loom over funding and timeliness for Carney’s new foreign policy vision

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • Foreign policy observers say the prime minister's plans for Canada's place in the world will likely require new funds for the cash-strapped Global Affairs
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged a new foreign policy and a boost to Canada's diplomatic presence abroad in the Liberal campaign platform. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Access-to-info fiasco continues as DND says memo lost 52 months after request  

  • DND blames the loss of the memo on 'poor information management practices' during the COVID-19 pandemic.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
Defence Minister Bill Blair has pledged that DND will better adhere to the Access to Information Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Access-to-info fiasco continues as DND says memo lost 52 months after request  

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • DND blames the loss of the memo on 'poor information management practices' during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Access-to-info fiasco continues as DND says memo lost 52 months after request  

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • DND blames the loss of the memo on 'poor information management practices' during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Defence Minister Bill Blair has pledged that DND will better adhere to the Access to Information Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan takes questions from reporters outside of West Block before Question Period on June 13, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan takes questions from reporters outside of West Block before Question Period on June 13, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

House leaders likely to co-operate on intoxication bill, clash on broadcasting bill in last stretch before summer

  • Current and former Hill staffers say the government is going for one last big win on the bill to update the Broadcasting Act before
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | June 17, 2022
Government House Leader Mark Holland plans to bring Bill C-11, the long-awaited update to the Broadcasting Act, to third reading on June 20. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

House leaders likely to co-operate on intoxication bill, clash on broadcasting bill in last stretch before summer

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | June 17, 2022
  • Current and former Hill staffers say the government is going for one last big win on the bill to update the Broadcasting Act before

House leaders likely to co-operate on intoxication bill, clash on broadcasting bill in last stretch before summer

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | June 17, 2022
  • Current and former Hill staffers say the government is going for one last big win on the bill to update the Broadcasting Act before
Government House Leader Mark Holland plans to bring Bill C-11, the long-awaited update to the Broadcasting Act, to third reading on June 20. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senator Black hosts whiskey shindig

  • On June 15, Canadian Senators Group Senator Rob Black hosted the final reception of the season, to showcase grains and oilseed farmers.The Hill Times

Senator Black hosts whiskey shindig

  • On June 15, Canadian Senators Group Senator Rob Black hosted the final reception of the season, to showcase grains and oilseed farmers.The Hill Times

Senator Black hosts whiskey shindig

  • On June 15, Canadian Senators Group Senator Rob Black hosted the final reception of the season, to showcase grains and oilseed farmers.The Hill Times

Politics This Morning: Senate prepares to clear its slate

  • Good Friday morning, We’re approaching the final week of House sittings, and Parliamentarians in both Chambers are planning how they will use their remaining
Justice Minister David Lametti is expected to introduce a new bill today to respond to a Supreme Court decision that struck down a prohibition on 'extreme intoxication' as a defence for assault. Leaders in the Senate are ready to fast-track that bill into law if it makes it through the House before the end of next week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Senate prepares to clear its slate

  • Good Friday morning, We’re approaching the final week of House sittings, and Parliamentarians in both Chambers are planning how they will use their remaining

Politics This Morning: Senate prepares to clear its slate

  • Good Friday morning, We’re approaching the final week of House sittings, and Parliamentarians in both Chambers are planning how they will use their remaining
Justice Minister David Lametti is expected to introduce a new bill today to respond to a Supreme Court decision that struck down a prohibition on 'extreme intoxication' as a defence for assault. Leaders in the Senate are ready to fast-track that bill into law if it makes it through the House before the end of next week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Joly’s response to Canadian official attending Russia reception insensitive, ignores need for diplomacy

  • Diplomacy, even in good times, is not the most appreciated of government activities. Today, with a nasty war in Ukraine underway, any suggestion that
Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | June 17, 2022
Calling the diplomat's attendance 'unacceptable,' Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was unforgiving in her response, using a large verbal bat on her departmental officials, writes Gar Pardy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Joly’s response to Canadian official attending Russia reception insensitive, ignores need for diplomacy

Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | June 17, 2022
  • Diplomacy, even in good times, is not the most appreciated of government activities. Today, with a nasty war in Ukraine underway, any suggestion that

Joly’s response to Canadian official attending Russia reception insensitive, ignores need for diplomacy

Opinion | BY GAR PARDY | June 17, 2022
  • Diplomacy, even in good times, is not the most appreciated of government activities. Today, with a nasty war in Ukraine underway, any suggestion that
Calling the diplomat's attendance 'unacceptable,' Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was unforgiving in her response, using a large verbal bat on her departmental officials, writes Gar Pardy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Small modular reactors study raises ‘war on science’ concerns among renewable energy proponents

  • Renewable energy advocates are renewing alarm calls with the federal government regarding small nuclear fission reactors, which they argue need more scientific review before
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 16, 2022
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured right on the Hill recently, made an announcement on March 17 of an investment of $27.2-million in a small modular reactor project by Westinghouse Electric Canada, known as the the eVinci micro-reactor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Small modular reactors study raises ‘war on science’ concerns among renewable energy proponents

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 16, 2022
  • Renewable energy advocates are renewing alarm calls with the federal government regarding small nuclear fission reactors, which they argue need more scientific review before

Small modular reactors study raises ‘war on science’ concerns among renewable energy proponents

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | June 16, 2022
  • Renewable energy advocates are renewing alarm calls with the federal government regarding small nuclear fission reactors, which they argue need more scientific review before
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured right on the Hill recently, made an announcement on March 17 of an investment of $27.2-million in a small modular reactor project by Westinghouse Electric Canada, known as the the eVinci micro-reactor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Veteran Conservative staffer Martin Bélanger exits the Hill after 16 years

  • After working under three Conservative leaders, and two interim ones, senior Conservative staffer Martin Bélanger officially bid farewell to Parliament Hill on June 10. 
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 16, 2022
Martin Bélanger, seated at the head of the table during a senior Conservative meeting on the Hill with Deputy Whip Lianne Rood, left, Whip Blaine Calkins, Deputy Leader and Quebec Lieutenant Luc Berthold, Deputy House Leader Tom Kmiec, Conservative MP Tim Uppal, Bélanger, Conservative MP Eric Duncan, OLO chief of staff William Stairs, interim leader Candice Bergen, and House Leader John Brassard. Photograph courtesy of Martin Bélanger's Facebook

Veteran Conservative staffer Martin Bélanger exits the Hill after 16 years

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 16, 2022
  • After working under three Conservative leaders, and two interim ones, senior Conservative staffer Martin Bélanger officially bid farewell to Parliament Hill on June 10. 

Veteran Conservative staffer Martin Bélanger exits the Hill after 16 years

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 16, 2022
  • After working under three Conservative leaders, and two interim ones, senior Conservative staffer Martin Bélanger officially bid farewell to Parliament Hill on June 10. 
Martin Bélanger, seated at the head of the table during a senior Conservative meeting on the Hill with Deputy Whip Lianne Rood, left, Whip Blaine Calkins, Deputy Leader and Quebec Lieutenant Luc Berthold, Deputy House Leader Tom Kmiec, Conservative MP Tim Uppal, Bélanger, Conservative MP Eric Duncan, OLO chief of staff William Stairs, interim leader Candice Bergen, and House Leader John Brassard. Photograph courtesy of Martin Bélanger's Facebook

MAiD expert panel recommendations are inadequate, contends panel member who resigned

  • The recommendations of the expert panel on MAiD and Mental Illness, released on May 13, are not strong enough. As the panel’s academic health-care
Opinion | BY JEFF KIRBY | June 16, 2022
On May 13, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, left, and Justice Minister David Lametti tabled the final report of the expert panel on MAID and Mental Illness. The recommendations are not strong enough, and do not include reference to adding a important legislative safeguards, writes Dr. Jeff Kirby. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

MAiD expert panel recommendations are inadequate, contends panel member who resigned

Opinion | BY JEFF KIRBY | June 16, 2022
  • The recommendations of the expert panel on MAiD and Mental Illness, released on May 13, are not strong enough. As the panel’s academic health-care

MAiD expert panel recommendations are inadequate, contends panel member who resigned

Opinion | BY JEFF KIRBY | June 16, 2022
  • The recommendations of the expert panel on MAiD and Mental Illness, released on May 13, are not strong enough. As the panel’s academic health-care
On May 13, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, left, and Justice Minister David Lametti tabled the final report of the expert panel on MAID and Mental Illness. The recommendations are not strong enough, and do not include reference to adding a important legislative safeguards, writes Dr. Jeff Kirby. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Writing a new chapter in the Northwest Territories’ mining story

  • As a government, it was reassuring to attend this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto and hear messages from non-government
Opinion | BY CAROLINE WAWZONEK | June 16, 2022
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 27, 2021. As the world’s resource and investment sectors emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of the Northwest Territories wants to apply these good practices to open a new chapter in our rich and long-standing mining story—critical minerals, writes Caroline Wawzonek. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Writing a new chapter in the Northwest Territories’ mining story

Opinion | BY CAROLINE WAWZONEK | June 16, 2022
  • As a government, it was reassuring to attend this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto and hear messages from non-government

Writing a new chapter in the Northwest Territories’ mining story

Opinion | BY CAROLINE WAWZONEK | June 16, 2022
  • As a government, it was reassuring to attend this year’s Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto and hear messages from non-government
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 27, 2021. As the world’s resource and investment sectors emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of the Northwest Territories wants to apply these good practices to open a new chapter in our rich and long-standing mining story—critical minerals, writes Caroline Wawzonek. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ukraine: rockets and policy

  • LONDON, U.K.—How would we know if the United States is deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons in order to force it into a compromise peace
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 16, 2022
Russian Vladimir Putin, pictured meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via videoconference, on Dec. 7, 2021, two months before Russia invaded Ukraine. Gwynne Dyer says the Ukrainians might actually lose this war as a result of the slow drip-feed of American weapons to Ukraine, in which case Biden would have to choose whether to save them by direct military intervention or not. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Ukraine: rockets and policy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 16, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—How would we know if the United States is deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons in order to force it into a compromise peace

Ukraine: rockets and policy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 16, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—How would we know if the United States is deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons in order to force it into a compromise peace
Russian Vladimir Putin, pictured meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden via videoconference, on Dec. 7, 2021, two months before Russia invaded Ukraine. Gwynne Dyer says the Ukrainians might actually lose this war as a result of the slow drip-feed of American weapons to Ukraine, in which case Biden would have to choose whether to save them by direct military intervention or not. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The U.S-Russia standoff: implications for global security

  • The U.S. goal to end the Putin regime by over-extending and unbalancing Russia has thus far not succeeded. For those nations both directly and indirectly
Opinion | BY DAVID CARMENT | June 16, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The U.S. goal to end the Putin regime by over-extending and unbalancing Russia has thus far not succeeded. For those nations both directly and indirectly affected by America’s escalatory actions, there is clearly a lot at stake should the U.S. succeed, write David Carment and Dani Belo. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The U.S-Russia standoff: implications for global security

Opinion | BY DAVID CARMENT | June 16, 2022
  • The U.S. goal to end the Putin regime by over-extending and unbalancing Russia has thus far not succeeded. For those nations both directly and indirectly

The U.S-Russia standoff: implications for global security

Opinion | BY DAVID CARMENT | June 16, 2022
  • The U.S. goal to end the Putin regime by over-extending and unbalancing Russia has thus far not succeeded. For those nations both directly and indirectly
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The U.S. goal to end the Putin regime by over-extending and unbalancing Russia has thus far not succeeded. For those nations both directly and indirectly affected by America’s escalatory actions, there is clearly a lot at stake should the U.S. succeed, write David Carment and Dani Belo. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Politics This Morning: Fighting inflation, saving the wetlands

  • Good Thursday morning, Today in inflation You’ve arrived at your inflation station. As leaked to The Toronto Star yesterday, Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND will
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is slipping on his rubber boots today for a press conference in the Atocas Bay wetlands. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Fighting inflation, saving the wetlands

  • Good Thursday morning, Today in inflation You’ve arrived at your inflation station. As leaked to The Toronto Star yesterday, Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND will

Politics This Morning: Fighting inflation, saving the wetlands

  • Good Thursday morning, Today in inflation You’ve arrived at your inflation station. As leaked to The Toronto Star yesterday, Finance Minister CHRYSTIA FREELAND will
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is slipping on his rubber boots today for a press conference in the Atocas Bay wetlands. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The case against uniting the left

  • OAKVILLE, ONT.—A famous old adage says, “United we stand; divided we fall.” Yet, even though, most of the time, that’s an inspiring rallying cry,
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 16, 2022
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Writer Gerry Nicholls argues that in politics, division is often better than unity, and that it's better for the Liberals to remain a separate political entity from the NDP. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

The case against uniting the left

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 16, 2022
  • OAKVILLE, ONT.—A famous old adage says, “United we stand; divided we fall.” Yet, even though, most of the time, that’s an inspiring rallying cry,

The case against uniting the left

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 16, 2022
  • OAKVILLE, ONT.—A famous old adage says, “United we stand; divided we fall.” Yet, even though, most of the time, that’s an inspiring rallying cry,
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Writer Gerry Nicholls argues that in politics, division is often better than unity, and that it's better for the Liberals to remain a separate political entity from the NDP. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Global Affairs review a golden opportunity to shift gears on Canada’s incoherent foreign policy

  • It’s good Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has launched an operational review of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to modernize her department’s culture and its cadre.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | June 16, 2022
Mélanie Joly is the fifth minister to oversee foreign affairs since the Liberals swept to power in 2015. The problem is not the rank and file, nor the departmental culture. It is the lack of political leadership and informed policy direction, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Global Affairs review a golden opportunity to shift gears on Canada’s incoherent foreign policy

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | June 16, 2022
  • It’s good Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has launched an operational review of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to modernize her department’s culture and its cadre.

Global Affairs review a golden opportunity to shift gears on Canada’s incoherent foreign policy

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | June 16, 2022
  • It’s good Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has launched an operational review of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to modernize her department’s culture and its cadre.
Mélanie Joly is the fifth minister to oversee foreign affairs since the Liberals swept to power in 2015. The problem is not the rank and file, nor the departmental culture. It is the lack of political leadership and informed policy direction, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Canada backs American over Russian candidate on UN body overseeing the internet’s future

  • Canada says it plans to back an American candidate over a Russian hopeful to head the International Telecommunications Union in the September election deciding
News | BY DENNIS KOVTUN | June 16, 2022
Rashid Ismailov, left, pictured in 2017, will likely pursue a policy of more centralized, top down and state-controlled internet governance; Doreen Bogdan-Martin, right, pictured in 2016, will continue the policy of multi-stakeholder, decentralized internet: experts. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Canada backs American over Russian candidate on UN body overseeing the internet’s future

News | BY DENNIS KOVTUN | June 16, 2022
  • Canada says it plans to back an American candidate over a Russian hopeful to head the International Telecommunications Union in the September election deciding

Canada backs American over Russian candidate on UN body overseeing the internet’s future

News | BY DENNIS KOVTUN | June 16, 2022
  • Canada says it plans to back an American candidate over a Russian hopeful to head the International Telecommunications Union in the September election deciding
Rashid Ismailov, left, pictured in 2017, will likely pursue a policy of more centralized, top down and state-controlled internet governance; Doreen Bogdan-Martin, right, pictured in 2016, will continue the policy of multi-stakeholder, decentralized internet: experts. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Lifting travel vaccine mandate ‘politically expedient,’ with feds ‘losing the battle’ on issues management, politicos say

  • The federal Liberals say their decision to suspend vaccine mandates for domestic air and rail travel was based on evolving scientific and public health
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | June 15, 2022
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said at a June 14 press conference that the government's response to the pandemic 'has always been informed by evolving science, research, prudence, and expert Public Health advice.' The government's shift on vaccine mandates is 'all about political pressure and nothing to do with evolving science,' according to one Conservative strategist. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lifting travel vaccine mandate ‘politically expedient,’ with feds ‘losing the battle’ on issues management, politicos say

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | June 15, 2022
  • The federal Liberals say their decision to suspend vaccine mandates for domestic air and rail travel was based on evolving scientific and public health

Lifting travel vaccine mandate ‘politically expedient,’ with feds ‘losing the battle’ on issues management, politicos say

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | June 15, 2022
  • The federal Liberals say their decision to suspend vaccine mandates for domestic air and rail travel was based on evolving scientific and public health
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said at a June 14 press conference that the government's response to the pandemic 'has always been informed by evolving science, research, prudence, and expert Public Health advice.' The government's shift on vaccine mandates is 'all about political pressure and nothing to do with evolving science,' according to one Conservative strategist. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In defence of Canada’s military colleges

  • We are exceptionally proud to have served with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in defence of Canada, and especially proud of having graduated from
Opinion | BY BRYAN BRULOTTE AND TELAH MORRISON | June 15, 2022
Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, pictured on the Hill on May 30, 2022, after releasing her independent report sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Bryan Brulotte and Telah Morrison, who both attend the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que., say Canada's royal military colleges shouldn't be closed, but can be fixed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In defence of Canada’s military colleges

Opinion | BY BRYAN BRULOTTE AND TELAH MORRISON | June 15, 2022
  • We are exceptionally proud to have served with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in defence of Canada, and especially proud of having graduated from

In defence of Canada’s military colleges

Opinion | BY BRYAN BRULOTTE AND TELAH MORRISON | June 15, 2022
  • We are exceptionally proud to have served with the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in defence of Canada, and especially proud of having graduated from
Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour, pictured on the Hill on May 30, 2022, after releasing her independent report sexual misconduct and sexual harassment in the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Bryan Brulotte and Telah Morrison, who both attend the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean, Que., say Canada's royal military colleges shouldn't be closed, but can be fixed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why a Foreign Influence Registry Act is necessary for Canada’s national security

  • The Trudeau government finally decided to ban Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks after three years of controversies around the China telecoms equipment-makers
Opinion | BY SZE-FUNG LEE AND BENJAMIN FUNG | June 15, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government should create a transparency registration system, which makes people's interests visible in a way that allows public scrutiny, write Sze-Fung Lee and Benjamin Fung. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why a Foreign Influence Registry Act is necessary for Canada’s national security

Opinion | BY SZE-FUNG LEE AND BENJAMIN FUNG | June 15, 2022
  • The Trudeau government finally decided to ban Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks after three years of controversies around the China telecoms equipment-makers

Why a Foreign Influence Registry Act is necessary for Canada’s national security

Opinion | BY SZE-FUNG LEE AND BENJAMIN FUNG | June 15, 2022
  • The Trudeau government finally decided to ban Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks after three years of controversies around the China telecoms equipment-makers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government should create a transparency registration system, which makes people's interests visible in a way that allows public scrutiny, write Sze-Fung Lee and Benjamin Fung. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

Freedom Convoy supporters gather outside the Ottawa courthouse on June 15 to celebrate the release of Tyson Billings, also known as Freedom George. Billings pleaded guilty to one count of counselling to commit mischief. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day

Freedom Convoy supporters gather outside the Ottawa courthouse on June 15 to celebrate the release of Tyson Billings, also known as Freedom George. Billings pleaded guilty to one count of counselling to commit mischief. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Diplomatic Circles: Austria celebrates 70

  • Austria’s Minister for the EU andConstitution Karoline Edtstadler, left, andAustrian Ambassador Sylvia Meier-Kajbic.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Edtstadler, Meier-Kajbic, and Sandra McCardell,Global

Diplomatic Circles: Austria celebrates 70

  • Austria’s Minister for the EU andConstitution Karoline Edtstadler, left, andAustrian Ambassador Sylvia Meier-Kajbic.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Edtstadler, Meier-Kajbic, and Sandra McCardell,Global

Diplomatic Circles: Austria celebrates 70

  • Austria’s Minister for the EU andConstitution Karoline Edtstadler, left, andAustrian Ambassador Sylvia Meier-Kajbic.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Edtstadler, Meier-Kajbic, and Sandra McCardell,Global

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