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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Little has been said by party leaders about Canada’s role in responding to the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges, writes Sana Bég. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 14, 2025
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, pictured, and six other top diplomats joined Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly in La Malbaie, Que., for a three-day gathering March 12-14. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 14, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 14, 2025
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, pictured, and six other top diplomats joined Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly in La Malbaie, Que., for a three-day gathering March 12-14. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 13, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, is pictured with German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 13, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 13, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, is pictured with German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 12, 2025
Liberal MP Robert Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the foreign affairs minister, unveiled Canada's Africa strategy in Toronto on March 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 12, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 12, 2025
Liberal MP Robert Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the foreign affairs minister, unveiled Canada's Africa strategy in Toronto on March 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 12, 2025
Ahmed Hussen
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen and Global Affairs Canada are currently 'assessing the situation' following the USAID freeze. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 12, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 12, 2025
Ahmed Hussen
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen and Global Affairs Canada are currently 'assessing the situation' following the USAID freeze. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CARDOZO | November 16, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in the Vancouver Convention Centre Nov. 15. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Cardozo
Opinion | BY ANDREW CARDOZO | November 16, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CARDOZO | November 16, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in the Vancouver Convention Centre Nov. 15. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Cardozo
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | November 15, 2017
United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to troops serving in NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan on Sept. 28. Photograph courtesy of NATO
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | November 15, 2017
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | November 15, 2017
United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to troops serving in NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan on Sept. 28. Photograph courtesy of NATO
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS COGHLAN | October 25, 2017
Nuer children are seen at a UN protection-of-civilians site. Two million people have fled South Sudan since civil war broke out in 2013. Photograph courtesy of Nicholas Coghlan
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS COGHLAN | October 25, 2017
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS COGHLAN | October 25, 2017
Nuer children are seen at a UN protection-of-civilians site. Two million people have fled South Sudan since civil war broke out in 2013. Photograph courtesy of Nicholas Coghlan
Opinion | BY BEN OFORI | October 18, 2017
A severe drought is threatening famine in countries like Somalia, where the UN estimates 5.5 million people are at risk. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations.
Opinion | BY BEN OFORI | October 18, 2017
Opinion | BY BEN OFORI | October 18, 2017
A severe drought is threatening famine in countries like Somalia, where the UN estimates 5.5 million people are at risk. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations.
Opinion | BY JEN MOORE | October 18, 2017
Liberal MP Michael Levitt is chair of the House Subcommittee on International Human Rights. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY JEN MOORE | October 18, 2017
Opinion | BY JEN MOORE | October 18, 2017
Liberal MP Michael Levitt is chair of the House Subcommittee on International Human Rights. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY JOEL SPICER | October 11, 2017
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in an internally displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | BY JOEL SPICER | October 11, 2017
Opinion | BY JOEL SPICER | October 11, 2017
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in an internally displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 4, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy in May. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 4, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 4, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy in May. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti
Opinion | BY ALICE ALBRIGHT, CASSANDRA HALLETT | October 2, 2017
Students at Mkunazini primary school in Zanzibar. Alice Albright and Cassandra Hallett write that while education is one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future, without increased and sustained investments in education in less affluent countries, we 'won’t see much progress.' GPE/Chantal Rigaud photograph
Opinion | BY ALICE ALBRIGHT, CASSANDRA HALLETT | October 2, 2017
Opinion | BY ALICE ALBRIGHT, CASSANDRA HALLETT | October 2, 2017
Students at Mkunazini primary school in Zanzibar. Alice Albright and Cassandra Hallett write that while education is one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future, without increased and sustained investments in education in less affluent countries, we 'won’t see much progress.' GPE/Chantal Rigaud photograph
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 27, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has refused to commit to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid. Maybe that shouldn't be the goal anyway, argues Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 27, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 27, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has refused to commit to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid. Maybe that shouldn't be the goal anyway, argues Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT | September 20, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Aung San Suu Kyi, state counsellor of Myanmar, on June 7 on Parliament Hill. Since then, upwards of 400,000 minority Rohingya Muslim people have fled Myanmar amid violence. Mr. Trudeau has said Ms. Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen, must publicly condemn 'the brutal oppression of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT | September 20, 2017
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT | September 20, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Aung San Suu Kyi, state counsellor of Myanmar, on June 7 on Parliament Hill. Since then, upwards of 400,000 minority Rohingya Muslim people have fled Myanmar amid violence. Mr. Trudeau has said Ms. Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen, must publicly condemn 'the brutal oppression of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GISèLE YASMEEN, VILUPTI LOK BARRINEAU | September 12, 2017
APEC Ministerial Meeting Plenary Opening Session in 2013. A four-year project, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership is a 'demonstration of Canada's renewed investment' in the MSME space, designed to 'build and grow' the MSME community in the region, write Vilupti Lok Barrineau and Gisèle Yasmeen. U.S. State Department photo by William Ng
Opinion | BY GISèLE YASMEEN, VILUPTI LOK BARRINEAU | September 12, 2017
Opinion | BY GISèLE YASMEEN, VILUPTI LOK BARRINEAU | September 12, 2017
APEC Ministerial Meeting Plenary Opening Session in 2013. A four-year project, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership is a 'demonstration of Canada's renewed investment' in the MSME space, designed to 'build and grow' the MSME community in the region, write Vilupti Lok Barrineau and Gisèle Yasmeen. U.S. State Department photo by William Ng
Opinion | August 16, 2017
Opinion | August 16, 2017
Opinion | August 16, 2017