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Wojtek Gwiazda is a journalist, photographer and videographer based in Montreal.

Cuba: Canada’s first foreign policy challenge after PM’s Davos speech

  • Given the long-standing relationship Canadians have had with Cuba and our own belief in fairness, when will Canada act on Prime Minister Carney’s words
Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | February 19, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on Feb. 11, 2026. Right now Cuba is on the menu, and Canada, in its first real test after the Davos speech, has to decide whether it will stand by and watch the situation in Cuba worsen even more, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Cuba: Canada’s first foreign policy challenge after PM’s Davos speech

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | February 19, 2026
  • Given the long-standing relationship Canadians have had with Cuba and our own belief in fairness, when will Canada act on Prime Minister Carney’s words

Cuba: Canada’s first foreign policy challenge after PM’s Davos speech

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | February 19, 2026
  • Given the long-standing relationship Canadians have had with Cuba and our own belief in fairness, when will Canada act on Prime Minister Carney’s words
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on Feb. 11, 2026. Right now Cuba is on the menu, and Canada, in its first real test after the Davos speech, has to decide whether it will stand by and watch the situation in Cuba worsen even more, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Let’s not forget Canada Post is a public service

  • Bottom line is that we must return to thinking of Canada Post as a public service that serves Canadians and not profits, and that
Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | October 20, 2025
Bloc Québécois MP Marilène Gill speaks to Canadian Union of Postal Workers members protesting the government’s recently announced cuts to the postal service at a rally on Parliament Hill on Oct. 1, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Let’s not forget Canada Post is a public service

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | October 20, 2025
  • Bottom line is that we must return to thinking of Canada Post as a public service that serves Canadians and not profits, and that

Let’s not forget Canada Post is a public service

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | October 20, 2025
  • Bottom line is that we must return to thinking of Canada Post as a public service that serves Canadians and not profits, and that
Bloc Québécois MP Marilène Gill speaks to Canadian Union of Postal Workers members protesting the government’s recently announced cuts to the postal service at a rally on Parliament Hill on Oct. 1, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to restore Radio Canada International or Canada’s world service

  • Canada, Canadians, and our federal government have to step up and restore RCI because it comes down to whether we are enough of a
Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | March 31, 2025
A CBC Radio Canada International poster from 1956. Restoring and reimagining RCI is not only possible, it’s necessary, and would have an incredible impact globally, with minimal cost. In the past, before the serious budget cuts of the 1990s, RCI with a budget only a fraction of that of the BBC World Service, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. Image courtesy of Gary Stevens/Wikimedia Commons

Time to restore Radio Canada International or Canada’s world service

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | March 31, 2025
  • Canada, Canadians, and our federal government have to step up and restore RCI because it comes down to whether we are enough of a

Time to restore Radio Canada International or Canada’s world service

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | March 31, 2025
  • Canada, Canadians, and our federal government have to step up and restore RCI because it comes down to whether we are enough of a
A CBC Radio Canada International poster from 1956. Restoring and reimagining RCI is not only possible, it’s necessary, and would have an incredible impact globally, with minimal cost. In the past, before the serious budget cuts of the 1990s, RCI with a budget only a fraction of that of the BBC World Service, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. Image courtesy of Gary Stevens/Wikimedia Commons

RCI a bridge between Canada and the world

  • MONTREAL—One of the amazing advantages of working at Radio Canada International (RCI) was having international experts just steps away from me. I knew I
Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | March 29, 2021
Wojtek Gwiazda, who is the spokesperson of the RCI Action Committee, was a host-producer with the English section of Radio Canada International for 35 years and retired in 2015. He says the new RCI will be reduced to a translation service of CBC and Radio-Canada web texts to be translated by the few remaining survivors of a 30-year campaign to destroy RCI. Photograph courtesy of Wojtek Gwiazda

RCI a bridge between Canada and the world

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | March 29, 2021
  • MONTREAL—One of the amazing advantages of working at Radio Canada International (RCI) was having international experts just steps away from me. I knew I

RCI a bridge between Canada and the world

Opinion | BY WOJTEK GWIAZDA | March 29, 2021
  • MONTREAL—One of the amazing advantages of working at Radio Canada International (RCI) was having international experts just steps away from me. I knew I
Wojtek Gwiazda, who is the spokesperson of the RCI Action Committee, was a host-producer with the English section of Radio Canada International for 35 years and retired in 2015. He says the new RCI will be reduced to a translation service of CBC and Radio-Canada web texts to be translated by the few remaining survivors of a 30-year campaign to destroy RCI. Photograph courtesy of Wojtek Gwiazda
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