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With global hegemony attacking the world order, what are middle powers like Canada to do?

  • At this 'hinge moment' in our history, it is time for Canadians to write the next chapter for ourselves.
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | February 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured. We have to preserve our economic, political and security sovereignty. To do so will require a 'strategic diversification' away from the U.S. And we have to do this recognizing that we are no longer a G7 economy, nor a G7 military power, nor a G7 diplomatic power, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

With global hegemony attacking the world order, what are middle powers like Canada to do?

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | February 26, 2026
  • At this 'hinge moment' in our history, it is time for Canadians to write the next chapter for ourselves.

With global hegemony attacking the world order, what are middle powers like Canada to do?

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | February 26, 2026
  • At this 'hinge moment' in our history, it is time for Canadians to write the next chapter for ourselves.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured. We have to preserve our economic, political and security sovereignty. To do so will require a 'strategic diversification' away from the U.S. And we have to do this recognizing that we are no longer a G7 economy, nor a G7 military power, nor a G7 diplomatic power, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fixing Canada’s troubled hockey culture

  • TSN reporter Rick Westhead's book, We Breed Lions, is a must-read for parliamentarians, hockey players, parents, coaches, and officials. Perhaps the House Canadian Heritage
Opinion | BY PAUL DEEGAN | February 19, 2026
Rick Westhead paints an all-too realistic portrait of what elite minor hockey in Canada has become, writes Paul Deegan. Book cover courtesy of Random House Canada

Fixing Canada’s troubled hockey culture

Opinion | BY PAUL DEEGAN | February 19, 2026
  • TSN reporter Rick Westhead's book, We Breed Lions, is a must-read for parliamentarians, hockey players, parents, coaches, and officials. Perhaps the House Canadian Heritage

Fixing Canada’s troubled hockey culture

Opinion | BY PAUL DEEGAN | February 19, 2026
  • TSN reporter Rick Westhead's book, We Breed Lions, is a must-read for parliamentarians, hockey players, parents, coaches, and officials. Perhaps the House Canadian Heritage
Rick Westhead paints an all-too realistic portrait of what elite minor hockey in Canada has become, writes Paul Deegan. Book cover courtesy of Random House Canada

‘With or without you’: policy sovereignty in a Trumpian world

  • If we are to achieve the ambition Mark Carney laid out so eloquently and clearly for Canada to set out its own path as
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 29, 2026
Five areas where we should be both assertive and protective of our policy sovereignty fall under Defence Minister David McGuinty, left, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Culture and Identity Minister Marc Miller, AI Minister Evan Solomon, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.   The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘With or without you’: policy sovereignty in a Trumpian world

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 29, 2026
  • If we are to achieve the ambition Mark Carney laid out so eloquently and clearly for Canada to set out its own path as

‘With or without you’: policy sovereignty in a Trumpian world

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 29, 2026
  • If we are to achieve the ambition Mark Carney laid out so eloquently and clearly for Canada to set out its own path as
Five areas where we should be both assertive and protective of our policy sovereignty fall under Defence Minister David McGuinty, left, Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Culture and Identity Minister Marc Miller, AI Minister Evan Solomon, and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.   The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Time for Team Canada 2.0

  • Several things made these missions of the past unique: led by the prime minister, joined by cabinet ministers, premiers, and hundreds of business leaders,
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 14, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s thuggish threats to our economy have become a rallying cry across Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, should capitalize and go all in on a Team Canada approach to trade, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Time for Team Canada 2.0

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 14, 2026
  • Several things made these missions of the past unique: led by the prime minister, joined by cabinet ministers, premiers, and hundreds of business leaders,

Time for Team Canada 2.0

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 14, 2026
  • Several things made these missions of the past unique: led by the prime minister, joined by cabinet ministers, premiers, and hundreds of business leaders,
U.S. President Donald Trump’s thuggish threats to our economy have become a rallying cry across Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, should capitalize and go all in on a Team Canada approach to trade, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

In the murky new world order, Canada needs a growth plan

  • First, to achieve the generational pivot the times demand, Canada needs government operating at its best, with focused federal political leadership, bold policies, federal-provincial
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Photograph courtesy of the White House

In the murky new world order, Canada needs a growth plan

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 26, 2025
  • First, to achieve the generational pivot the times demand, Canada needs government operating at its best, with focused federal political leadership, bold policies, federal-provincial

In the murky new world order, Canada needs a growth plan

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 26, 2025
  • First, to achieve the generational pivot the times demand, Canada needs government operating at its best, with focused federal political leadership, bold policies, federal-provincial
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Photograph courtesy of the White House

A defence industrial policy is a good offence

  • Canada could revisit its industrial policy and consider a new defence, dual-use, industrial policy. This would take advantage of the government’s already-announced commitment to
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | August 14, 2025
Defence Minister David McGuinty, pictured June 10, 2025, on the Hill. Industrial policy is in play whether we like it or not. Our major trading partner is deploying it very aggressively through tariffs. It is time for us to counter these with industrial policies, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A defence industrial policy is a good offence

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | August 14, 2025
  • Canada could revisit its industrial policy and consider a new defence, dual-use, industrial policy. This would take advantage of the government’s already-announced commitment to

A defence industrial policy is a good offence

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | August 14, 2025
  • Canada could revisit its industrial policy and consider a new defence, dual-use, industrial policy. This would take advantage of the government’s already-announced commitment to
Defence Minister David McGuinty, pictured June 10, 2025, on the Hill. Industrial policy is in play whether we like it or not. Our major trading partner is deploying it very aggressively through tariffs. It is time for us to counter these with industrial policies, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Doug Ford: the most successful retail politician in Canada today

  • As Canadians head to the polls, federal party leaders should examine Doug Ford’s enviable electoral success and borrow a page from his ability to
Opinion | BY PAUL DEEGAN | March 21, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Jan. 15, 2025, at the first ministers' meeting Ottawa, has caught the attention of The Atlantic, the leading American literary magazine, which recently profiled him in a piece entitled, ‘The crimson face of Canadian Anger,' writes Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Doug Ford: the most successful retail politician in Canada today

Opinion | BY PAUL DEEGAN | March 21, 2025
  • As Canadians head to the polls, federal party leaders should examine Doug Ford’s enviable electoral success and borrow a page from his ability to

Doug Ford: the most successful retail politician in Canada today

Opinion | BY PAUL DEEGAN | March 21, 2025
  • As Canadians head to the polls, federal party leaders should examine Doug Ford’s enviable electoral success and borrow a page from his ability to
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Jan. 15, 2025, at the first ministers' meeting Ottawa, has caught the attention of The Atlantic, the leading American literary magazine, which recently profiled him in a piece entitled, ‘The crimson face of Canadian Anger,' writes Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Asking the right questions to safeguard our sovereignty

  • The top issue in the next election will surely be the economy, but the second matter of public discourse should be protecting our national
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 11, 2024
From defence spending to border control, cybersecurity to foreign election interference, leaders should have a plan for protecting Canada from authoritarian states, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Pexels photograph by Lara Jameson

Asking the right questions to safeguard our sovereignty

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 11, 2024
  • The top issue in the next election will surely be the economy, but the second matter of public discourse should be protecting our national

Asking the right questions to safeguard our sovereignty

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 11, 2024
  • The top issue in the next election will surely be the economy, but the second matter of public discourse should be protecting our national
From defence spending to border control, cybersecurity to foreign election interference, leaders should have a plan for protecting Canada from authoritarian states, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Pexels photograph by Lara Jameson

The Davos crystal ball: global risks in 2024 and beyond

  • As a recent World Economic Forum report observes, ‘The next decade will usher in a period of significant change, stretching our adaptive capacity to
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 15, 2024
The World Economic Forum's annual meeting takes place in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 15-19. Despite calls for boycotts, it will attract the global A-listers, making it much better for Canada to show up than tune out, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Photograph courtesy of Paul Kagame/Flickr

The Davos crystal ball: global risks in 2024 and beyond

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 15, 2024
  • As a recent World Economic Forum report observes, ‘The next decade will usher in a period of significant change, stretching our adaptive capacity to

The Davos crystal ball: global risks in 2024 and beyond

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | January 15, 2024
  • As a recent World Economic Forum report observes, ‘The next decade will usher in a period of significant change, stretching our adaptive capacity to
The World Economic Forum's annual meeting takes place in Davos, Switzerland, from Jan. 15-19. Despite calls for boycotts, it will attract the global A-listers, making it much better for Canada to show up than tune out, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. Photograph courtesy of Paul Kagame/Flickr

How should Canada respond to the scourge of economic nationalism?

  • History shows that this bout of economic nationalism will pass, but just how or when is unknown. What is known is that nations need
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | October 5, 2023
Today, we are inflicted with another bout of economic nationalism. The current variant is reshaping policies in the world’s two major economic markets—the U.S. and China—and risks infecting the rest of us, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How should Canada respond to the scourge of economic nationalism?

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | October 5, 2023
  • History shows that this bout of economic nationalism will pass, but just how or when is unknown. What is known is that nations need

How should Canada respond to the scourge of economic nationalism?

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | October 5, 2023
  • History shows that this bout of economic nationalism will pass, but just how or when is unknown. What is known is that nations need
Today, we are inflicted with another bout of economic nationalism. The current variant is reshaping policies in the world’s two major economic markets—the U.S. and China—and risks infecting the rest of us, write Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What midterm crisis?

  • For Canadian politicians, the lesson out of the U.S. midterms is that extremism on the right or left is not the answer for the
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 21, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden, who was largely written off in the recent U.S. midterm elections, was a clear winner with a Lazarus-style comeback. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Adam Schultz

What midterm crisis?

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 21, 2022
  • For Canadian politicians, the lesson out of the U.S. midterms is that extremism on the right or left is not the answer for the

What midterm crisis?

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 21, 2022
  • For Canadian politicians, the lesson out of the U.S. midterms is that extremism on the right or left is not the answer for the
U.S. President Joe Biden, who was largely written off in the recent U.S. midterm elections, was a clear winner with a Lazarus-style comeback. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Adam Schultz

Time for Canada to up our innovation game

  • The good news is Canada moved up in the Bloomberg 2021 Innovation Index. The bad news is we moved from 22nd to 21st—barely overtaking
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | March 31, 2021
Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan ask: can we reverse the brain drain to the South of graduates from our world-class universities in critical skill disciplines like software engineering and make it attractive for them to stay home with exciting opportunities? Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Time for Canada to up our innovation game

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | March 31, 2021
  • The good news is Canada moved up in the Bloomberg 2021 Innovation Index. The bad news is we moved from 22nd to 21st—barely overtaking

Time for Canada to up our innovation game

Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | March 31, 2021
  • The good news is Canada moved up in the Bloomberg 2021 Innovation Index. The bad news is we moved from 22nd to 21st—barely overtaking
Kevin Lynch and Paul Deegan ask: can we reverse the brain drain to the South of graduates from our world-class universities in critical skill disciplines like software engineering and make it attractive for them to stay home with exciting opportunities? Photograph courtesy of Pexels
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