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Take it from me: advice to the new Conservative leader

Whoever wins will not be party members’ overwhelming first choice. They will need to signal they will work hard to build trust with party members and the broader public, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

By TIM POWERS

Remember: how you start your leadership is as important as how you finish the race. Do it right.


Columnists

COPPS' CORNER

It’s back to the future on free trade

By SHEILA COPPS

THE WAR ROOM

For the record, Ladurantaye is a good, decent and tolerant man

By WARREN KINSELLA

POST PARTISAN PUNDIT

Sorting out the Conservative leadership race

By GERRY NICHOLLS

INSIDE POLITICS 1

With sovereignty on the backburner, how relevant is the Parti Québécois?

By CHANTAL HÉBERT

Opinion

Opinion

How terrorists justify targeting children

By PHIL GURSKI

They are convinced the West is at war with Islam, and doesn't value Muslim lives either.

Opinion

Trudeau and the disruptor at the G7 table

By JOHN SINCLAIR

If Canada’s PM finds the right G7 allies, he could emerge in a room of wary leaders as the timely conciliator between Trump and the others.

Opinion

Canada should flatly refuse to return troops to Afghanistan

By SCOTT TAYLOR

NATO-trained and equipped Afghan security forces are losing the war to a resurgent Taliban.

Opinion

Don’t blame Twitter for an atomic president

By LISA VAN DUSEN

Barack Obama was also on Twitter, and chose not to use it to troll American democracy.

Opinion

Shark fin soup: a recipe for extinction

By SENATOR MICHAEL L. MACDONALD

Although Canada is a relatively small player in the market compared to Hong Kong and mainland China, Canada is the largest importer of shark fins outside of Asia, according to the United Nations.

Spin Doctors


SPIN DOCTORS

KATE PURCHASE, CORY HANN, IAN WAYNE, MATHIEU R. ST-AMAND, AND DAN PALMER

“The Liberal government is seeking to create a new Canada Infrastructure Bank. Is this a good move? Why or why not?”

By LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Opinion

Ottawa taking carbon pricing cues from provinces

By ERIN FLANAGAN, SARA HASTINGS-SIMON

New details show Ottawa learning from provinces as it designs federal approach to carbon pricing.

Japan-India axis first step to larger Indo-Pacific grouping of like-minded states 

By BRIAN LEE CROWLEY

Such a grouping would not necessarily displace American leadership. But it could help entice the United States into being more engaged—by showing Washington that countries in the Indo-Pacific are taking greater responsibility and shouldering the burden of maintaining the liberal world order.


For the rest of us, we’re still left on the outside looking in

By CHARELLE EVELYN

I wasn’t surprised, like some of my white colleagues were, to see titans of the industry advocating for 'free speech' while entirely dismissing the possibility they’re missing something important. Why would they?

Opinion

Bill C-16 and the future of trans kids

By KIMBERLEY ENS MANNING

Transgender children and youth, especially racialized and impoverished transgender children and youth, are among the most vulnerable people living in Canada today. At this moment of rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, sexism, and transphobia, the Senate has an opportunity to offer not just my kid, but all kids in Canada, a chance to expand their understanding of and appreciation for the diversity of human experience. As Florence herself says, passing this bill is 'just being respectful.'



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The Hill Times’ List of The Best Books in 2016

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PBO again at odds with feds over budget details

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All you need to know about marijuana legalization in Canada

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People are better haters than forgivers

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Spouses of Canadians to get permanent residency immediately: McCallum

Columnists

INSIDE POLITICS 2

Cultural appropriation is ultimately about the cash

By THOMAS WALKOM

IMPOLITIC

Stuck in heckle-town, apparently forever 

By SUSAN RILEY

PLAIN SPEAK

Five lessons the next Conservative leader ought to learn from Rona Ambrose

By TIM POWERS

WHAT FRESH HELL

Wait for it: nobody knew Middle East peace could be so complicated

By LISA VAN DUSEN

Editorial

Editorial

New Conservative leader has their work cut out for them

Opinion

NAFTA renegotiation will be ultimate test of Trudeau government

Editorial

Making Madeleine Meilleur languages commissioner hurts Trudeau’s ‘merit-based’ brand

Opinion

Opening BOIE right move, but shouldn’t be buried in omnibus bill

Editorial

Conservatives are hitting the Liberals where it hurts

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Equalization, official languages policies need review

Letter to the Editor

Public addictions services must be better funded; I need them to save my son

Letter to the Editor

Recognize indigenous peoples at heart of government

Letter to the Editor

Canada 150 perfect time to recognize indigenous peoples’ part in Canada’s origins

Letter to the Editor

Education is the strongest tool to change health, poverty outcomes

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DIGITAL POLITICS

Strong privacy laws needed in digital age

By MICHAEL GEIST

Rather than weakening or abandoning consent models, Canadian law needs to upgrade its approach by making consent more effective in the digital environment.

CANADA & THE 21ST CENTURY

Canada must seize opportunity for jobs, exports in looming global market

By DAVID CRANE

By 2050, an estimated 6.3 billion people worldwide will be living in cities, compared to about 3.6 billion now. Making them liveable cities is one of the great global challenges for the next several decades and this will be a huge potential market for smart city technologies.

NEW COMMUNICATIONS

Values, sure, but why does Leitch get to decide what they are?

By ANDREW CARDOZO

Kellie Leitch has a point about building a cohesive society, but how do you test immigrants for values?

       
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    Columnists

    INSIDE DEFENCE

    In Latvia, boredom will become our soldiers’ worst enemy

    By SCOTT TAYLOR

    JIM CRESKEY

    Wrestling with war and peace at the Vimy Ridge memorial

    By JIM CRESKEY

    GWYNNE DYER

    Iranians vote in the shadow of the nuclear deal and its consequences

    By GWYNNE DYER

    NEED TO KNOW

    Old-style conservatism on the way out

    By LES WHITTINGTON

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    How the secret ballot to certify a union really works 

    By PAT BRUCE, PAUL YSSELMUIDEN

    That is why you will hear no complaints from us about the recent vote. ALPA won fair and square and we wish them all the best in representing WestJet pilots. Now it is up to Senators to ensure workers in all federally regulated sectors get to maintain the secret ballot rights our pilots recently exercised.

    Quebec is no great hurdle to Singh’s leadership bid

    By CHANTAL HÉBERT

    No one should presume that an NDP leader who can otherwise connect in French with Quebecers would automatically lose the party's audience in the province on grounds of religious diversity.

    Opinion

    B.C. had highest percentage of women candidates ever, but it only increased by a modest one point

    By NANCY PECKFORD

    We can’t rely on surprise elections to deliver more women to politics. Women need to be in competitive ridings, and even better, in party strongholds.

    Opinion

    NAFTA renegotiation will be ultimate test of Trudeau government

    By DEREK ABMA

    Why is Canada still subsidizing fossil fuels, asks Toronto reader

    Opinion

    Is the Pope turning blind eye to a brutal regime?

    By ANGELO PERSICHILLI

    There is some increasing resentment against the Vatican and Pope Francis, who’s considered close to Maduro, or at least not sympathetic to the cause of the Venezuelan people in this difficult moment.

    Canadians should be able to buy European cheeses at fair prices: RCC

    Should Canada send anti-terrorist forces to Mali?

    By PHIL GURSKI

    It is hard to imagine how the government could dedicate sufficient resources to counter terrorism when there are so many much more fundamental problems demanding attention. My experience was limited to the capital and I can only imagine how much worse conditions are outside Bamako.

    Opinion

    Green infrastructure saves communities and dollars

    By LARA ELLIS

    With flood risks increasing and the societal costs mounting in Canada, an investment in both green and grey infrastructure, both the built and the natural, would help save countless Canadian basements and sleepless nights—not to mention taxpayer dollars.

    Opinion

    Why the fundamental science review is good news for Canada’s smaller universities

    By KENT MACDONALD

    Whether located in Antigonish, Lennoxville, Sackville, Wolfville, or dozens of other small communities across Canada, our students and early-career researchers need and deserve the increased support called for by the Fundamental Science Review.

    Opinion

    The competing storylines to explain Donald Trump

    For Donald Trump's many critics, it is easy to dismiss the Breitbart view of the world. But doing so obscures the fact that, for many Americans, this particular storyline seems more plausible than the alternative, which presupposes that the elected U.S. president is a Russian stooge.

    Opinion

    We live in preposterous times

    By GWYNNE DYER

    Would Saudi Arabia attack Iran directly? Would the U.S. encourage it, or would Russia join on the other side? Never say never. Especially these days.

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