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Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney should proceed with caution while finding new, non-traditional allies in the face of U.S. protectionism, writes Josie Sabatino. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. This is the year that Trump and the GOP face a reckoning—the November mid-term elections. After a year of chaotic and calamitous governing, judgment day is fast approaching, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | January 12, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. This is the year that Trump and the GOP face a reckoning—the November mid-term elections. After a year of chaotic and calamitous governing, judgment day is fast approaching, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent X post complimenting the U.S.' seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro added, "Down with socialism." This statement comes from a Canadian politician who makes approximately $300,000 per year, has a guaranteed pension, publicly funded health care, and lives in free housing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 12, 2026
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's recent X post complimenting the U.S.' seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro added, "Down with socialism." This statement comes from a Canadian politician who makes approximately $300,000 per year, has a guaranteed pension, publicly funded health care, and lives in free housing, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 12, 2026
Pictured top right and clockwise: U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photographs courtesy of the Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 12, 2026
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 12, 2026
Pictured top right and clockwise: U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photographs courtesy of the Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley
News | BY DAVIS LEGREE | December 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at the White House on Oct. 7, 2025. Photograph courtesy Official White House photographer by Daniel Torok
News | BY DAVIS LEGREE | December 18, 2025
News | BY DAVIS LEGREE | December 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, speaks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at the White House on Oct. 7, 2025. Photograph courtesy Official White House photographer by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
With U.S. President Donald Trump raising the stakes for AI, it’s time for Ottawa to develop a whole-of-government plan that moves well beyond experiments with memo drafting and workflow automation, write Alexander Landry and Brendan Conway-Smith. White House photograph by Molly Riley
With U.S. President Donald Trump raising the stakes for AI, it’s time for Ottawa to develop a whole-of-government plan that moves well beyond experiments with memo drafting and workflow automation, write Alexander Landry and Brendan Conway-Smith. White House photograph by Molly Riley
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | December 17, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is dealing with a Rubik’s cube of provincial, financial, environmental, political, labour force, and Indigenous issues, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | December 17, 2025
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | December 17, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is dealing with a Rubik’s cube of provincial, financial, environmental, political, labour force, and Indigenous issues, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy vision divides the globe between America, Russia, and China while ignoring much of the world, and 'sells out NATO,' says a former American diplomat. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 17, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 17, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy vision divides the globe between America, Russia, and China while ignoring much of the world, and 'sells out NATO,' says a former American diplomat. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc face a difficult task to keep CUSMA alive, say observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 17, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc face a difficult task to keep CUSMA alive, say observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, pictured with Prime Minister Mark Carney on May 6, 2025, at the White House, has had Canada in his sights since assuming office last January. But if Canada is not to become the 51st U.S. state, then it must at least become, for him, a vassal state, subservient to U.S. interests, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 15, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, pictured with Prime Minister Mark Carney on May 6, 2025, at the White House, has had Canada in his sights since assuming office last January. But if Canada is not to become the 51st U.S. state, then it must at least become, for him, a vassal state, subservient to U.S. interests, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work on being more transparent with Canada's board of directors: its voters, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to work on being more transparent with Canada's board of directors: its voters, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 15, 2025
If U.S. President Donald Trump were Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', then he should pay close attention to the three ghosts of Christmas, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Tiburi
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 15, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 15, 2025
If U.S. President Donald Trump were Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol', then he should pay close attention to the three ghosts of Christmas, writes Michael Harris. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Tiburi
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | December 15, 2025
The office of Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, had no comment last week on the new U.S. national security strategy, but former federal Conservative minister Peter MacKay, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna, and former federal Liberal minister Lloyd Axworthy all criticize the document. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and handout courtesy Frank McKenna
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | December 15, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | December 15, 2025
The office of Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, left, had no comment last week on the new U.S. national security strategy, but former federal Conservative minister Peter MacKay, former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna, and former federal Liberal minister Lloyd Axworthy all criticize the document. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and handout courtesy Frank McKenna
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in the Oval Office, along with Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, far left, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | December 15, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | December 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in the Oval Office, along with Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, far left, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly, and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc. Photograph courtesy of the White House
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 13, 2025
Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Kumar Patnaik, left, presented his letter of credence to Governor General Mary Simon on Sept. 24. Rideau Hall photograph by MS Anne-Marie Brisson
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 13, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 13, 2025
Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh Kumar Patnaik, left, presented his letter of credence to Governor General Mary Simon on Sept. 24. Rideau Hall photograph by MS Anne-Marie Brisson