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If data portability can unlock billions of dollars in savings for insurance, the case for extending these principles to the automotive sector is an undeniable next step, writes Emily Chung. Pexels photograph by Erik Mclean
Prime Minister Mark Carney is looking at ways to overhaul the federal public service, but he should also consider the state of employee morale at Global Affairs Canada, and Canada Security and Intelligence Service, writes Jake Cole. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Trade in the future will look very different, since digitally-delivered services trade is the fastest-growing part of global trade in every region of the world, writes Danielle Goldfarb. Photograph courtesy of Alesia Kozik, Pexels.com
The Survivors' Flag, which honours residential school survivors, flies on the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Ottawa on Sept. 30, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Team Canada flagbearers Mikaël Kingsbury, left, and Marielle Thompson enter the Milano Cortina Games on Feb. 6. The ongoing Winter Olympics serve as a healthy escape, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of the CBC
To meet its objective, the Department of National Defence will need to enlist 375,000 reserve personnel at the same time the defence industry will be hiring 125,000 skilled workers, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Master Corporal Antoine Brochu
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaking in the House of Commons before delivering remarks honouring the victims of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy on Feb. 11, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has his eye on the long game, but climate change isn’t waiting. The automotive future is electric—but, in this country, we are still mostly running on fumes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Defence Minister David McGuinty, pictured on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NDP leadership contender Rob Ashton, left, recently proved that starting a fight can lead to media coverage after he accused Avi Lewis, right, of undermining provincial NDP governments, Gerry Nicholls writes. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
During a Feb. 17 press conference in the West Block, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was asked if he had spoken to MP Jamil Jivani about his comments that Canada was having an 'anti-America hissy fit.' Poilievre repudiated Jivani's words but ever so mildly, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Wars of attrition generally end when one side cannot continue because its soldiers mutiny or because its citizens at home refuse to support it any longer. We’re not there yet, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore/World Economic Forum
Donald Trump
The ties to Jeffrey Epstein among the U.S. president’s associates represent a serious political liability for Donald Trump, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Feb. 4 remarks at a Black History Month event underscore the theme that belonging in Canada as a Black citizen requires more credits than debits in the ledger, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Sadly, politics tends to be most comfortable in reaction. It expresses grief fluently, promises reviews, announces consultations, but avoids the essential issue: whether access should be narrowed; and whether raising the minimum licensing age and tightening entry into the firearms ecosystem, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Monday, February 23, 2026