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As it weighs Bill C-12, the Senate can guide Canada toward the nearest offramp rather than inch us further along the U.S.’s path, write Ketty Nivyabandi and France-Isabelle Langlois. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has decisions to make about the Senate. De-politicized by design a decade ago, it never regained a shared parliamentary purpose with the House of Commons, and is now an institution some describe as adrift, write Richard Nolan and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN | February 9, 2026
Opinion | BY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has decisions to make about the Senate. De-politicized by design a decade ago, it never regained a shared parliamentary purpose with the House of Commons, and is now an institution some describe as adrift, write Richard Nolan and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | February 9, 2026
Senators Pierre Moreau, left, Lucie Moncion, Flordeliz Osler, and Brian Francis are the leaders of their respective groups. Osler says members of the Canadian Senators Group see the 'new' balance between moving quickly and analyzing legislation as a 'positive.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | February 9, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | February 9, 2026
Senators Pierre Moreau, left, Lucie Moncion, Flordeliz Osler, and Brian Francis are the leaders of their respective groups. Osler says members of the Canadian Senators Group see the 'new' balance between moving quickly and analyzing legislation as a 'positive.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO | January 12, 2026
Mark Carney
Critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to re-establish Canada-China relations are trotting out the same misdirections. While China is not the solution to Canada's problems, it can be part of a solution to many of them, writes Senator Yuen Pau Woo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO | January 12, 2026
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO | January 12, 2026
Mark Carney
Critics of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to re-establish Canada-China relations are trotting out the same misdirections. While China is not the solution to Canada's problems, it can be part of a solution to many of them, writes Senator Yuen Pau Woo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | December 31, 2025
Peter Boehm
ISG Senator Peter Boehm, left, and PSG Senator Peter Harder, are chair and vice-chair, respectfully, of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The committee this month released a report entitled, "Canada-Africa: seizing a strategic opportunity." The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | December 31, 2025
Opinion | BY SELAH GETAHUN | December 31, 2025
Peter Boehm
ISG Senator Peter Boehm, left, and PSG Senator Peter Harder, are chair and vice-chair, respectfully, of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The committee this month released a report entitled, "Canada-Africa: seizing a strategic opportunity." The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade