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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

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks 

  • The future of Canada's North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 6, for the first time in the Oval Office. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks 

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • The future of Canada's North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks 

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • The future of Canada's North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump on May 6, for the first time in the Oval Office. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs

  • Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 7, 2025
Newly elected Liberal MPs Chi Nguyen, left; Leslie Church, centre; and Marianne Dandurand sit down for a House of Commons orientation session in the Wellington Building on May 5. All three are former Liberal staffers. The Hill Times photograph Sam Garcia

At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 7, 2025
  • Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.

At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 7, 2025
  • Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.
Newly elected Liberal MPs Chi Nguyen, left; Leslie Church, centre; and Marianne Dandurand sit down for a House of Commons orientation session in the Wellington Building on May 5. All three are former Liberal staffers. The Hill Times photograph Sam Garcia

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

  • If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 7, 2025
Don Davies
Don Davies
Vancouver NDP MP Don Davies was selected as his party's interim leader on May 5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 7, 2025
  • If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 7, 2025
  • If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of
Don Davies
Vancouver NDP MP Don Davies was selected as his party's interim leader on May 5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

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

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

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

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

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

The man who lost his seat will soon return

  • It will be interesting to see how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—once back in his parliamentary role—chooses to position his party as the Liberals try
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 7, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
It’s not clear what would motivate Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to back off the anti-Liberal crusade he has been profiting off of for years, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The man who lost his seat will soon return

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 7, 2025
  • It will be interesting to see how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—once back in his parliamentary role—chooses to position his party as the Liberals try

The man who lost his seat will soon return

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 7, 2025
  • It will be interesting to see how Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—once back in his parliamentary role—chooses to position his party as the Liberals try
Pierre Poilievre
It’s not clear what would motivate Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to back off the anti-Liberal crusade he has been profiting off of for years, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election was a win for nature, but now comes the real work

  • This next stage must be about implementation, removing politics, and ignoring misinformation, and that requires a new approach to how government functions.
Opinion | BY MEGAN LESLIE | May 7, 2025
Terry Duguid
Terry Duguid
Terry Duguid was named environment and climate change minister before the election. Protecting nature can’t just be the job of one department, writes Megan Leslie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election was a win for nature, but now comes the real work

Opinion | BY MEGAN LESLIE | May 7, 2025
  • This next stage must be about implementation, removing politics, and ignoring misinformation, and that requires a new approach to how government functions.

The election was a win for nature, but now comes the real work

Opinion | BY MEGAN LESLIE | May 7, 2025
  • This next stage must be about implementation, removing politics, and ignoring misinformation, and that requires a new approach to how government functions.
Terry Duguid
Terry Duguid was named environment and climate change minister before the election. Protecting nature can’t just be the job of one department, writes Megan Leslie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

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

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

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

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

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

Climate, costs, and cold truths: rethinking northern policy

  • Northern and Indigenous voices are essential to national and international climate change, infrastructure, and security conversations.
Opinion | BY PSG SEN. MARGARET DAWN ANDERSON | May 7, 2025
Tuktuuyaqtuuq (or Tuk for short) is an Inuvialuit Hamlet located on the shores of the Arctic Ocean at the tip of the Northwest Territories. It is one of the most climate-vulnerable communities in Canada, according to PSG Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson. Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dawn Anderson

Climate, costs, and cold truths: rethinking northern policy

Opinion | BY PSG SEN. MARGARET DAWN ANDERSON | May 7, 2025
  • Northern and Indigenous voices are essential to national and international climate change, infrastructure, and security conversations.

Climate, costs, and cold truths: rethinking northern policy

Opinion | BY PSG SEN. MARGARET DAWN ANDERSON | May 7, 2025
  • Northern and Indigenous voices are essential to national and international climate change, infrastructure, and security conversations.
Tuktuuyaqtuuq (or Tuk for short) is an Inuvialuit Hamlet located on the shores of the Arctic Ocean at the tip of the Northwest Territories. It is one of the most climate-vulnerable communities in Canada, according to PSG Senator Margaret Dawn Anderson. Photograph courtesy of Margaret Dawn Anderson

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

  • A long-term reindustrialization strategy will provide clarity of focus, and allow Canada to leverage our well-developed mining and manufacturing sectors.
Opinion | BY MARILYN SPINK | May 7, 2025
We must not squander this multi-generational opportunity by treating critical minerals as just another commodity boom, writes Marilyn Spink. Unsplash photograph by Tobias Kleeb

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

Opinion | BY MARILYN SPINK | May 7, 2025
  • A long-term reindustrialization strategy will provide clarity of focus, and allow Canada to leverage our well-developed mining and manufacturing sectors.

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

Opinion | BY MARILYN SPINK | May 7, 2025
  • A long-term reindustrialization strategy will provide clarity of focus, and allow Canada to leverage our well-developed mining and manufacturing sectors.
We must not squander this multi-generational opportunity by treating critical minerals as just another commodity boom, writes Marilyn Spink. Unsplash photograph by Tobias Kleeb

As the climate changes, so does my world

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

As the climate changes, so does my world

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

As the climate changes, so does my world

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

Green, red, and blue

  • Economic realities, post-COVID inflation, cost of living, and now U.S. President Donald Trump’s MAGA economic warfare are all fuelling a renewed neoliberal surge.
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Expect a very squishy climate plan with expanding fossil fuel production instead of the needed managed decline from Prime Minister Mark Carney, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Green, red, and blue

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 7, 2025
  • Economic realities, post-COVID inflation, cost of living, and now U.S. President Donald Trump’s MAGA economic warfare are all fuelling a renewed neoliberal surge.

Green, red, and blue

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | May 7, 2025
  • Economic realities, post-COVID inflation, cost of living, and now U.S. President Donald Trump’s MAGA economic warfare are all fuelling a renewed neoliberal surge.
Mark Carney
Expect a very squishy climate plan with expanding fossil fuel production instead of the needed managed decline from Prime Minister Mark Carney, writes Bill Henderson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye

  • Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre's new CEO, and PM Carney's cat gets kudos
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 7, 2025
After 15 years in the Red Chamber, Conservative Senator Don Plett will be retiring on May 14. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube

Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 7, 2025
  • Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre's new CEO, and PM Carney's cat gets kudos

Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 7, 2025
  • Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre's new CEO, and PM Carney's cat gets kudos
After 15 years in the Red Chamber, Conservative Senator Don Plett will be retiring on May 14. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liberals’ small-donor army slays Conservatives’ $28M fundraising behemoth, but Tory donors not likely to surrender, say strategists

  • Despite raising less than half of the Conservatives' first-quarter fundraising total, the Liberals were buoyed to a party-best of $13.7-million with more than 90
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 6, 2025
The Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre, centre, had another massive first-quarter fundraising total, but their war chest was outnumbered by the Liberals' haul from small donors led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, as the NDP under Jagmeet Singh lagged behind. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Liberals’ small-donor army slays Conservatives’ $28M fundraising behemoth, but Tory donors not likely to surrender, say strategists

News | BY STUART BENSON | May 6, 2025
  • Despite raising less than half of the Conservatives' first-quarter fundraising total, the Liberals were buoyed to a party-best of $13.7-million with more than 90

Liberals’ small-donor army slays Conservatives’ $28M fundraising behemoth, but Tory donors not likely to surrender, say strategists

News | BY STUART BENSON | May 6, 2025
  • Despite raising less than half of the Conservatives' first-quarter fundraising total, the Liberals were buoyed to a party-best of $13.7-million with more than 90
The Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre, centre, had another massive first-quarter fundraising total, but their war chest was outnumbered by the Liberals' haul from small donors led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, as the NDP under Jagmeet Singh lagged behind. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction

  • Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at The White House on April 7. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2025
  • Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.

Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2025
  • Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at The White House on April 7. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Carney faces Trump

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

Carney faces Trump

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

Carney faces Trump

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

When Republican presidents used to love us

  • Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warned in 1988 in one of his famous weekly radio addresses: 'We should beware of the demagogs who are
Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | May 5, 2025
Then prime minister Brian Mulroney, second left, Mila Mulroney, then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Reagan, singing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling at the Shamrock Summit in Quebec City, held March 17-18, 1985. Photograph courtesy of the White House

When Republican presidents used to love us

Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | May 5, 2025
  • Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warned in 1988 in one of his famous weekly radio addresses: 'We should beware of the demagogs who are

When Republican presidents used to love us

Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | May 5, 2025
  • Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warned in 1988 in one of his famous weekly radio addresses: 'We should beware of the demagogs who are
Then prime minister Brian Mulroney, second left, Mila Mulroney, then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Reagan, singing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling at the Shamrock Summit in Quebec City, held March 17-18, 1985. Photograph courtesy of the White House

Can the Canadian Forces avoid getting goosed by wild geese?

  • Perhaps our military planners could avoid a repeat of this year's Canada goose dilemma by having service dogs on the Carling Campus grounds.
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 5, 2025
Residents of our nation's capital are all-too aware of how threatening these geese can be during the spring mating season after they have laid their eggs, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Sunny

Can the Canadian Forces avoid getting goosed by wild geese?

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 5, 2025
  • Perhaps our military planners could avoid a repeat of this year's Canada goose dilemma by having service dogs on the Carling Campus grounds.

Can the Canadian Forces avoid getting goosed by wild geese?

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | May 5, 2025
  • Perhaps our military planners could avoid a repeat of this year's Canada goose dilemma by having service dogs on the Carling Campus grounds.
Residents of our nation's capital are all-too aware of how threatening these geese can be during the spring mating season after they have laid their eggs, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Sunny

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

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

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

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

Prioritizing privacy is good for Canada

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

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this

A letter to Prime Minister Carney, from Rose LeMay

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | May 5, 2025
  • This is a request to pause to consider a priority that escaped discussion during the campaign—reconciliation and the wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples of this
Prime Minister Mark Carney should make reconciliation a mandatory item in every federal line department and agency, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney sets out on mission to Washington

  • Plus, Alberta premier talks about the province’s path forward under a fourth Liberal term.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Washington, D.C. today and will meet the U.S. President Donald Trump tomorrow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney sets out on mission to Washington

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 5, 2025
  • Plus, Alberta premier talks about the province’s path forward under a fourth Liberal term.

Carney sets out on mission to Washington

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 5, 2025
  • Plus, Alberta premier talks about the province’s path forward under a fourth Liberal term.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Washington, D.C. today and will meet the U.S. President Donald Trump tomorrow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election is over, now the real hard work begins

  • The road ahead will be challenging, and it will demand a different approach to that seen during the last Parliament.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney faces challenges on multiple fronts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election is over, now the real hard work begins

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 5, 2025
  • The road ahead will be challenging, and it will demand a different approach to that seen during the last Parliament.

The election is over, now the real hard work begins

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 5, 2025
  • The road ahead will be challenging, and it will demand a different approach to that seen during the last Parliament.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney faces challenges on multiple fronts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Bill C-11 affects the future of Canada’s domestic film and TV sector

  • The future of Canada’s domestic film and television sector depends on our collective ability to retain and control a meaningful share of the IP
Opinion | BY LINDA SCHUYLER, STEPHEN STOHN | March 8, 2023
In its current form, Bill C-11 will create a two-tiered system in which Canadian broadcasters, producers, and creators are subject to one set of rules, while foreign streamers face a different, much looser set of guidelines, write Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn. Unsplash photograph by Peter Geo

Bill C-11 affects the future of Canada’s domestic film and TV sector

Opinion | BY LINDA SCHUYLER, STEPHEN STOHN | March 8, 2023
  • The future of Canada’s domestic film and television sector depends on our collective ability to retain and control a meaningful share of the IP

Bill C-11 affects the future of Canada’s domestic film and TV sector

Opinion | BY LINDA SCHUYLER, STEPHEN STOHN | March 8, 2023
  • The future of Canada’s domestic film and television sector depends on our collective ability to retain and control a meaningful share of the IP
In its current form, Bill C-11 will create a two-tiered system in which Canadian broadcasters, producers, and creators are subject to one set of rules, while foreign streamers face a different, much looser set of guidelines, write Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn. Unsplash photograph by Peter Geo

European Commission head meets GG Simon on March 8

  • TUESDAY, MARCH 7—THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Asset Management Conference and Trade Show—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its second annual National Asset Management Conference and
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet with Governor General Mary Simon on March 8 at Rideau Hall, following her address to Parliament the evening before. Photograph courtesy of the European Parliament/Flickr

European Commission head meets GG Simon on March 8

  • TUESDAY, MARCH 7—THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Asset Management Conference and Trade Show—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its second annual National Asset Management Conference and

European Commission head meets GG Simon on March 8

  • TUESDAY, MARCH 7—THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Asset Management Conference and Trade Show—The Assembly of First Nations hosts its second annual National Asset Management Conference and
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet with Governor General Mary Simon on March 8 at Rideau Hall, following her address to Parliament the evening before. Photograph courtesy of the European Parliament/Flickr

Health-care resourcing is failing Canada’s most vulnerable children

  • The pandemic exposed the fragility of Canada’s health-care system and removed access to necessary supports for thousands of Canadian families.
Opinion | BY NICOLA LEWIS | March 8, 2023
In the absence of vital health-care supports and programming, children are regressing from the developmental progress that in some cases had taken years to achieve, writes Nicola Lewis. Unsplash photograph by Vitolda Klein

Health-care resourcing is failing Canada’s most vulnerable children

Opinion | BY NICOLA LEWIS | March 8, 2023
  • The pandemic exposed the fragility of Canada’s health-care system and removed access to necessary supports for thousands of Canadian families.

Health-care resourcing is failing Canada’s most vulnerable children

Opinion | BY NICOLA LEWIS | March 8, 2023
  • The pandemic exposed the fragility of Canada’s health-care system and removed access to necessary supports for thousands of Canadian families.
In the absence of vital health-care supports and programming, children are regressing from the developmental progress that in some cases had taken years to achieve, writes Nicola Lewis. Unsplash photograph by Vitolda Klein

Will Justin Trudeau stop the biggest beer tax increase on Canadians in 40 years?

  • The excise tax ‘escalator’ is badly flawed policy, and there are many valid reasons to defer further scheduled tax increases until inflation returns to
Opinion | BY CJ HELIE | March 8, 2023
Higher beer taxes mean beer prices will go up and this will harm consumers, hospitality businesses, and the beer industry, writes CJ Hélie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Justin Trudeau stop the biggest beer tax increase on Canadians in 40 years?

Opinion | BY CJ HELIE | March 8, 2023
  • The excise tax ‘escalator’ is badly flawed policy, and there are many valid reasons to defer further scheduled tax increases until inflation returns to

Will Justin Trudeau stop the biggest beer tax increase on Canadians in 40 years?

Opinion | BY CJ HELIE | March 8, 2023
  • The excise tax ‘escalator’ is badly flawed policy, and there are many valid reasons to defer further scheduled tax increases until inflation returns to
Higher beer taxes mean beer prices will go up and this will harm consumers, hospitality businesses, and the beer industry, writes CJ Hélie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should be the world’s energy producer and supplier of choice

  • The solutions are transformation, not transition; technology, not taxes; led by the private sector, not government.
Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP SHANNON STUBBS | March 8, 2023
Other countries want oil and gas from Canada and global demand will rise for the foreseeable future, writes Shannon Stubbs. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canada should be the world’s energy producer and supplier of choice

Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP SHANNON STUBBS | March 8, 2023
  • The solutions are transformation, not transition; technology, not taxes; led by the private sector, not government.

Canada should be the world’s energy producer and supplier of choice

Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP SHANNON STUBBS | March 8, 2023
  • The solutions are transformation, not transition; technology, not taxes; led by the private sector, not government.
Other countries want oil and gas from Canada and global demand will rise for the foreseeable future, writes Shannon Stubbs. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

The worst plan is no plan when faced with an inevitable energy transition

  • For Canada to gain forecasted clean energy jobs and GDP benefits, it needs to not only keep its climate policies, but also build on
Opinion | BY MERRAN SMITH, RACHEL DORAN | March 8, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland laid out Canada’s initial response to international action, but what’s still missing is a clean industrial strategy, matched with key investments in the 2023 budget to stay competitive, write Meeran Smith and Rachel Doran. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The worst plan is no plan when faced with an inevitable energy transition

Opinion | BY MERRAN SMITH, RACHEL DORAN | March 8, 2023
  • For Canada to gain forecasted clean energy jobs and GDP benefits, it needs to not only keep its climate policies, but also build on

The worst plan is no plan when faced with an inevitable energy transition

Opinion | BY MERRAN SMITH, RACHEL DORAN | March 8, 2023
  • For Canada to gain forecasted clean energy jobs and GDP benefits, it needs to not only keep its climate policies, but also build on
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland laid out Canada’s initial response to international action, but what’s still missing is a clean industrial strategy, matched with key investments in the 2023 budget to stay competitive, write Meeran Smith and Rachel Doran. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

To advance electrification and climate change action, Canada must advance reconciliation

  • In pursuing these opportunities, we must acknowledge and learn from our past, including the negative impacts the build-out of our legacy hydro projects had
Opinion | BY HEATHER FERGUSON | March 8, 2023
Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Stephen Burns, right, tours the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Bowmanville, Ont., with its then senior vice-president in 2015. Photograph courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Flickr

To advance electrification and climate change action, Canada must advance reconciliation

Opinion | BY HEATHER FERGUSON | March 8, 2023
  • In pursuing these opportunities, we must acknowledge and learn from our past, including the negative impacts the build-out of our legacy hydro projects had

To advance electrification and climate change action, Canada must advance reconciliation

Opinion | BY HEATHER FERGUSON | March 8, 2023
  • In pursuing these opportunities, we must acknowledge and learn from our past, including the negative impacts the build-out of our legacy hydro projects had
Former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman Stephen Burns, right, tours the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Bowmanville, Ont., with its then senior vice-president in 2015. Photograph courtesy of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Flickr

Canada needs to own its role as an energy supplier on the global stage

  • With the energy disaster in Europe, our potential energy customers see confusion from this government.
Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP EARL DREESHEN | March 8, 2023
Organization for Security and Co-operation chairman-in-office Zbigniew Rau addresses delegates at a July 2022 meeting, in Birmingham, U.K., where European countries spoke of the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on their respective energy sectors, writes Earl Dreeshen. Photograph courtesy of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly/Flickr

Canada needs to own its role as an energy supplier on the global stage

Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP EARL DREESHEN | March 8, 2023
  • With the energy disaster in Europe, our potential energy customers see confusion from this government.

Canada needs to own its role as an energy supplier on the global stage

Opinion | BY CONSERVATIVE MP EARL DREESHEN | March 8, 2023
  • With the energy disaster in Europe, our potential energy customers see confusion from this government.
Organization for Security and Co-operation chairman-in-office Zbigniew Rau addresses delegates at a July 2022 meeting, in Birmingham, U.K., where European countries spoke of the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on their respective energy sectors, writes Earl Dreeshen. Photograph courtesy of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly/Flickr

Indigenous ‘priorities’ and the threat of investor-state arbitration

  • TC Energy’s pursuit of investor-state arbitration over U.S. President Joe Biden’s cancellation of Keystone XL serves as a dull warning to Mexico.
Opinion | BY ANNA ZALIK, ELIANA ACOSTA MARQUEZ | March 8, 2023
The Indigenous affairs bodies of the Canadian and Mexican governments signed a memorandum of understanding on the heels of a meeting between United States President Joe Biden, left, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in January. Photograph courtesy of Eneas De Troya/Flickr

Indigenous ‘priorities’ and the threat of investor-state arbitration

Opinion | BY ANNA ZALIK, ELIANA ACOSTA MARQUEZ | March 8, 2023
  • TC Energy’s pursuit of investor-state arbitration over U.S. President Joe Biden’s cancellation of Keystone XL serves as a dull warning to Mexico.

Indigenous ‘priorities’ and the threat of investor-state arbitration

Opinion | BY ANNA ZALIK, ELIANA ACOSTA MARQUEZ | March 8, 2023
  • TC Energy’s pursuit of investor-state arbitration over U.S. President Joe Biden’s cancellation of Keystone XL serves as a dull warning to Mexico.
The Indigenous affairs bodies of the Canadian and Mexican governments signed a memorandum of understanding on the heels of a meeting between United States President Joe Biden, left, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in January. Photograph courtesy of Eneas De Troya/Flickr

Canada’s oil and gas industry faces an existential crisis and a weak emissions cap won’t save it

  • Ottawa’s job is to ensure that the inevitable transition is as smooth as possible by sending a clear signal to the industry to clean
Opinion | BY AMY JANZWOOD, SAM ROWAN, JOSH MEDICOFF | March 8, 2023
The Albian Sands site in Alberta in 2014. Canada’s biggest oil producers are making record profits, so they have cash on hand they could invest in reducing their pollution, write Amy Janzwood, Sam Rowan, and Josh Medicoff. Pembina Institute photograph by Julia Kilpatrick/Flickr

Canada’s oil and gas industry faces an existential crisis and a weak emissions cap won’t save it

Opinion | BY AMY JANZWOOD, SAM ROWAN, JOSH MEDICOFF | March 8, 2023
  • Ottawa’s job is to ensure that the inevitable transition is as smooth as possible by sending a clear signal to the industry to clean

Canada’s oil and gas industry faces an existential crisis and a weak emissions cap won’t save it

Opinion | BY AMY JANZWOOD, SAM ROWAN, JOSH MEDICOFF | March 8, 2023
  • Ottawa’s job is to ensure that the inevitable transition is as smooth as possible by sending a clear signal to the industry to clean
The Albian Sands site in Alberta in 2014. Canada’s biggest oil producers are making record profits, so they have cash on hand they could invest in reducing their pollution, write Amy Janzwood, Sam Rowan, and Josh Medicoff. Pembina Institute photograph by Julia Kilpatrick/Flickr

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

  • Indigenous off-grid communities in Canada are exploring their own solutions to move towards cleaner energy generation that are aligned with their worldviews and sovereignty
Opinion | BY SERASU DURAN, FEYZA G. SAHINYAZAN, JORDYN HRENYK, EMILY SALMON | March 8, 2023
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is in charge of programs such as the the Indigenous Off-Diesel Initiative and the Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities program, but these policies are sometimes misaligned with community priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

Opinion | BY SERASU DURAN, FEYZA G. SAHINYAZAN, JORDYN HRENYK, EMILY SALMON | March 8, 2023
  • Indigenous off-grid communities in Canada are exploring their own solutions to move towards cleaner energy generation that are aligned with their worldviews and sovereignty

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

Opinion | BY SERASU DURAN, FEYZA G. SAHINYAZAN, JORDYN HRENYK, EMILY SALMON | March 8, 2023
  • Indigenous off-grid communities in Canada are exploring their own solutions to move towards cleaner energy generation that are aligned with their worldviews and sovereignty
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is in charge of programs such as the the Indigenous Off-Diesel Initiative and the Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities program, but these policies are sometimes misaligned with community priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Special rapporteur on election interference should take on party nomination contests

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to appoint a special rapporteur on election interference with a goal of “combating interference and strengthening our democracy.”
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 8, 2023
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
In response to allegations of foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on March 6 he would appoint a special rapporteur focused on 'combating interference and strengthening our democracy.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Special rapporteur on election interference should take on party nomination contests

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 8, 2023
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to appoint a special rapporteur on election interference with a goal of “combating interference and strengthening our democracy.”

Special rapporteur on election interference should take on party nomination contests

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 8, 2023
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to appoint a special rapporteur on election interference with a goal of “combating interference and strengthening our democracy.”
Justin Trudeau
In response to allegations of foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on March 6 he would appoint a special rapporteur focused on 'combating interference and strengthening our democracy.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE | March 7, 2023
Anita Anand
Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, centre, appears with Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre before the House National Defence Committee on March 7, 2023, to answer questions about the surveillance balloon from China. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE | March 7, 2023

Photo of the Day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE | March 7, 2023
Anita Anand
Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, centre, appears with Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre before the House National Defence Committee on March 7, 2023, to answer questions about the surveillance balloon from China. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Amid TikTok ban, Canadians left ‘to their own devices’ as feds dither on updating privacy rules: Geist

  • The Liberals’ latest attempt at modernizing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-27, has only made it to its second reading
News | BY STUART BENSON | March 7, 2023
The popular social media app TikTok was banned from government-issued devices over security concerns, but critics have accused the Liberals of targeting it as a response to the growing tensions with China rather than concern over the 'legal regime' governing the collection of data. Unsplash photograph by Solen Feyissa

Amid TikTok ban, Canadians left ‘to their own devices’ as feds dither on updating privacy rules: Geist

News | BY STUART BENSON | March 7, 2023
  • The Liberals’ latest attempt at modernizing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-27, has only made it to its second reading

Amid TikTok ban, Canadians left ‘to their own devices’ as feds dither on updating privacy rules: Geist

News | BY STUART BENSON | March 7, 2023
  • The Liberals’ latest attempt at modernizing the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Bill C-27, has only made it to its second reading
The popular social media app TikTok was banned from government-issued devices over security concerns, but critics have accused the Liberals of targeting it as a response to the growing tensions with China rather than concern over the 'legal regime' governing the collection of data. Unsplash photograph by Solen Feyissa

Politics This Morning: PM and European Commission president to tour Canadian Forces base before attending joint session of Parliament

  • Plus, former senator Lillian Eva Dyck returns to discuss sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act that continues to affect First Nations women and their
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | March 7, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seen here on March 6 speaking at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual general meeting, will take European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on a tour of CFB Kingston and a critical minerals supplier before returning to Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: PM and European Commission president to tour Canadian Forces base before attending joint session of Parliament

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | March 7, 2023
  • Plus, former senator Lillian Eva Dyck returns to discuss sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act that continues to affect First Nations women and their

Politics This Morning: PM and European Commission president to tour Canadian Forces base before attending joint session of Parliament

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | March 7, 2023
  • Plus, former senator Lillian Eva Dyck returns to discuss sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act that continues to affect First Nations women and their
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, seen here on March 6 speaking at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual general meeting, will take European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on a tour of CFB Kingston and a critical minerals supplier before returning to Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Experts welcome Rouleau’s call to combat misinformation, say ‘whole-of-society approach’ needed

  • The current information landscape is a feedback loop where 'you come for the ideology, and you stay despite the science-free lunacy,’ says health misinformation
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 6, 2023
One of Justice Paul Rouleau's 56 recommendations in the Public Order Emergency Commission report calls on governments to address the 'serious challenges' of misinformation, disinformation, and online harms. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Experts welcome Rouleau’s call to combat misinformation, say ‘whole-of-society approach’ needed

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 6, 2023
  • The current information landscape is a feedback loop where 'you come for the ideology, and you stay despite the science-free lunacy,’ says health misinformation

Experts welcome Rouleau’s call to combat misinformation, say ‘whole-of-society approach’ needed

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 6, 2023
  • The current information landscape is a feedback loop where 'you come for the ideology, and you stay despite the science-free lunacy,’ says health misinformation
One of Justice Paul Rouleau's 56 recommendations in the Public Order Emergency Commission report calls on governments to address the 'serious challenges' of misinformation, disinformation, and online harms. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Don’t let earthquake shake hopes for peace in war-weary Syria

  • The international community must conquer donor fatigue and provide a full-scale humanitarian response in Syria.
Opinion | BY ANNE DELORME | March 6, 2023
Protesters on Downing Street in London, U.K., call for the opening of humanitarian corridors in northwest Syria on Feb. 11. Photograph courtesy of Steve Eason/Flickr

Don’t let earthquake shake hopes for peace in war-weary Syria

Opinion | BY ANNE DELORME | March 6, 2023
  • The international community must conquer donor fatigue and provide a full-scale humanitarian response in Syria.

Don’t let earthquake shake hopes for peace in war-weary Syria

Opinion | BY ANNE DELORME | March 6, 2023
  • The international community must conquer donor fatigue and provide a full-scale humanitarian response in Syria.
Protesters on Downing Street in London, U.K., call for the opening of humanitarian corridors in northwest Syria on Feb. 11. Photograph courtesy of Steve Eason/Flickr

In an imperfect world, a total Ukrainian victory isn’t feasible

  • The choice is either a large-scale ethnic cleansing or a permanent fixed security presence sitting atop a hostile civilian population.
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 6, 2023
If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy achieves his goal of driving all Russian invaders from his country’s territory, that may in fact preclude any chance of a lasting peace in the region, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

In an imperfect world, a total Ukrainian victory isn’t feasible

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 6, 2023
  • The choice is either a large-scale ethnic cleansing or a permanent fixed security presence sitting atop a hostile civilian population.

In an imperfect world, a total Ukrainian victory isn’t feasible

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 6, 2023
  • The choice is either a large-scale ethnic cleansing or a permanent fixed security presence sitting atop a hostile civilian population.
If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy achieves his goal of driving all Russian invaders from his country’s territory, that may in fact preclude any chance of a lasting peace in the region, writes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

It’s on all of us to curb anti-democratic trends

  • Programs and initiatives that are context-dependent, local, and plentiful provide alternatives to the digital divide and our growing polarization through action and collective power.
Opinion | BY SAMANTHA REUSCH, HABON ALI | March 6, 2023
Without substantial and ongoing domestic investment in democracy here, we remain vulnerable to the same threats at home that we fight abroad and limit our credibility in supporting international efforts, write Samantha Reusch and Habon Ali. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s on all of us to curb anti-democratic trends

Opinion | BY SAMANTHA REUSCH, HABON ALI | March 6, 2023
  • Programs and initiatives that are context-dependent, local, and plentiful provide alternatives to the digital divide and our growing polarization through action and collective power.

It’s on all of us to curb anti-democratic trends

Opinion | BY SAMANTHA REUSCH, HABON ALI | March 6, 2023
  • Programs and initiatives that are context-dependent, local, and plentiful provide alternatives to the digital divide and our growing polarization through action and collective power.
Without substantial and ongoing domestic investment in democracy here, we remain vulnerable to the same threats at home that we fight abroad and limit our credibility in supporting international efforts, write Samantha Reusch and Habon Ali. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

  • While Canada has had a Feminist International Assistance Policy since 2017, little attention has been paid to elevating the voices of women and girls
Opinion | BY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE | March 6, 2023
A new generation of leaders is stepping up to the challenge to increase diversity in sustainable water management for equitable decisions that leave no one behind and protect those most vulnerable to water-related extremes, write Andrea May Rowe and Corinne Schuster-Wallace. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

Opinion | BY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE | March 6, 2023
  • While Canada has had a Feminist International Assistance Policy since 2017, little attention has been paid to elevating the voices of women and girls

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

Opinion | BY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE | March 6, 2023
  • While Canada has had a Feminist International Assistance Policy since 2017, little attention has been paid to elevating the voices of women and girls
A new generation of leaders is stepping up to the challenge to increase diversity in sustainable water management for equitable decisions that leave no one behind and protect those most vulnerable to water-related extremes, write Andrea May Rowe and Corinne Schuster-Wallace. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

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