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Donald J. Trump
Due to his position, even U.S. President Trump’s most glib and offhand threats need to be addressed with diplomacy and tact, but they also need to be countered with some hard truths, writes Scott Taylor. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Pushing back on Donald Trump

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • Perhaps the most effective way to alleviate the fears Trump is trying to stoke would be to simply provide facts and context to his wild claims.
Donald J. Trump

Pushing back on Donald Trump

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • Perhaps the most effective way to alleviate the fears Trump is trying to stoke would be to simply provide facts and context to his wild claims.
Trump, Freeland, Poilievre

Friend or faux? Managing the end of the ‘special relationship’

OpinionBY DAVID CARMENT

Canada’s energy expertise: a strategic asset for North American security

OpinionBY ROBERT DIMITRIEFF
Chrystia Freeland

Liberals offer united front on Trump, but caucus split on candidate best fit to lead the party

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH
Opinion

It’s going to be a long four years

Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Canada, once a beacon of coexistence and modesty, now grapples to assert its sovereignty, writes Narendra Pachkhédé. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Dregs of empire and Cold War decadence leave Canada at a crossroads

OpinionBY NARENDRA PACHKHéDé
  • To reclaim our identity, Canada must cast off the illusions of middle-power exceptionalism and rise to the challenge of genuine independence, solidarity, and vision.
Justin Trudeau

Dregs of empire and Cold War decadence leave Canada at a crossroads

OpinionBY NARENDRA PACHKHéDé
  • To reclaim our identity, Canada must cast off the illusions of middle-power exceptionalism and rise to the challenge of genuine independence, solidarity, and vision.

Carney makes ‘the right moves’ with quick launch, as leadership hopefuls aim to ‘bring alienated Liberals home,’ says pollster Lyle

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL | UPDATED January 27, 2025
Commissioner Justice Marie-Josée Hogue presides over the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2024.
Parliamentary Calendar

Foreign Interference Commission to release report on Jan. 28

Podcast

‘Amateur hour on the Rideau,’ with Sheila Copps

To mark the 60th anniversary of the maple leaf flag's adoption, Canada should celebrate February as Flag Month, writes Senator Andrew Cardozo. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Time to proudly fly our flag, and invite the U.S. to join Canada as our 11th province, eh?

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR ANDREW CARDOZO
  • This as a wake-up call to re-establish our national purpose, and to stand up for our country, the most unusual and amazing nation on Earth.

Time to proudly fly our flag, and invite the U.S. to join Canada as our 11th province, eh?

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR ANDREW CARDOZO
  • This as a wake-up call to re-establish our national purpose, and to stand up for our country, the most unusual and amazing nation on Earth.

We need a new Massey Report

OpinionBY ZAINUB VERJEE

We need a new Massey Report

OpinionBY ZAINUB VERJEE
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2022, said he planned to make good on his threat of imposing a 25-per-cent levy on Canadian goods, suggesting they could come on Feb. 1. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr

Time for Canada to ‘get our act together’ amid Trump tariff threats, say foreign policy experts

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN
  • Donald Trump’s inauguration speech offered few surprises with the new U.S. president sticking close to his campaign promises, says former Quebec diplomat John Parisella.
Donald Trump

Time for Canada to ‘get our act together’ amid Trump tariff threats, say foreign policy experts

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN
  • Donald Trump’s inauguration speech offered few surprises with the new U.S. president sticking close to his campaign promises, says former Quebec diplomat John Parisella.
Greenpeace activists paint ‘peace not oil’ on the side of a tanker transporting oil from Russia to Poland in March 2022. Recent U.S. sanctions on Russian oil exports are having a big impact, writes Gwynne Dyer. Greenpeace photograph courtesy of Flickr

Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers stalled by U.S. sanctions

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Is Donald Trump really going to maintain the U.S. sanctions on Russian oil sales when he’s in power? Meanwhile, Russia’s ‘shadow fleet' of second-hand oil tankers is in limbo.

Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers stalled by U.S. sanctions

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Is Donald Trump really going to maintain the U.S. sanctions on Russian oil sales when he’s in power? Meanwhile, Russia’s ‘shadow fleet' of second-hand oil tankers is in limbo.

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