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Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty, left, and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty are among seven ministers scheduled to speak today at an AFN conference in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House. Ahead of the 2026 CUSMA review, the Canada–U.S. diplomatic engagement is becoming openly transactional, focusing on national self-interest rather than historic precedent, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. Photograph courtesy of The White House
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney signed their new energy framework in Calgary on Nov. 27. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre roasts and toasts the Parliamentary Press Gallery for keeping all of those pesky 'anonymous sources' employed while attending his first PPG gala dinner as party leader in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building ballroom on Nov. 29. Screenshot courtesy of X
Terry Teegee, regional chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations, said First Nations from his province were not involved in the discussions around the energy deal signed between Ottawa and Alberta, nor were they advised of its contents. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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