Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 | Latest Paper

Climate Change

Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in a Hill scrum on Dec. 10, 2025. Judging by the MOU signed by Carney and the Alberta premier, climate change has fallen off the political agenda, writes Doreen Barrie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 5, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin did not answer questions about whether a new pipeline would increase emissions in a recent parliamentary committee appearance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 5, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 5, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin did not answer questions about whether a new pipeline would increase emissions in a recent parliamentary committee appearance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | December 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is being pulled in myriad political challenges that may conflict with aggressive action on climate change. Stir in the fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump who is openly hostile to climate change policy, and, all told, these other agendas could overwhelm the government's climate agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | December 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is being pulled in myriad political challenges that may conflict with aggressive action on climate change. Stir in the fraught relations with U.S. President Donald Trump who is openly hostile to climate change policy, and, all told, these other agendas could overwhelm the government's climate agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, with Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a welcome ceremony on the Hill on Nov. 18, 2025. Carney could purchase the next fighter jets from Sweden, an odd way of reassuring progressive voters, but this is an odd moment in our history, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, with Queen Silvia and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a welcome ceremony on the Hill on Nov. 18, 2025. Carney could purchase the next fighter jets from Sweden, an odd way of reassuring progressive voters, but this is an odd moment in our history, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND, STUART BENSON | November 28, 2025
Former Canadian identity minister and Quebec lieutenant Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet hours after the prime minister signed a new energy deal with Alberta, which paves the way for a pipeline running from the oilsands to B.C.’s coast. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND, STUART BENSON | November 28, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND, STUART BENSON | November 28, 2025
Former Canadian identity minister and Quebec lieutenant Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet hours after the prime minister signed a new energy deal with Alberta, which paves the way for a pipeline running from the oilsands to B.C.’s coast. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 24, 2025
Mark Carney
Instead of acknowledging the moral imperative of reducing global inequality, the government has chosen to further cut an already paltry foreign aid budget by $2.7-billion over the next four years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 24, 2025
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 24, 2025
Mark Carney
Instead of acknowledging the moral imperative of reducing global inequality, the government has chosen to further cut an already paltry foreign aid budget by $2.7-billion over the next four years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BRUCE CAMPBELL | June 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 6, 2025, to speak about his government’s One Canadian Economy: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BRUCE CAMPBELL | June 11, 2025
Opinion | BY BRUCE CAMPBELL | June 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 6, 2025, to speak about his government’s One Canadian Economy: An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 10, 2025
Jerry DeMarco
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco's report on the government's National Adaptation Strategy found that progress is slow and unfocused. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 10, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 10, 2025
Jerry DeMarco
Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Jerry DeMarco's report on the government's National Adaptation Strategy found that progress is slow and unfocused. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 9, 2025
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski speaks with reporters in the House foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2025, about the government’s response to the wildfires in Western Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 9, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 9, 2025
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski speaks with reporters in the House foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2025, about the government’s response to the wildfires in Western Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa during the royals' visit on May 26, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 5, 2025
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | June 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa during the royals' visit on May 26, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 4, 2025
Eleanor Olszewski
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski urged MPs not to let wildfires ‘become partisan flashpoints,’ saying that she is ‘working closely’ with provinces to manage the federal government’s response. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 4, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 4, 2025
Eleanor Olszewski
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski urged MPs not to let wildfires ‘become partisan flashpoints,’ saying that she is ‘working closely’ with provinces to manage the federal government’s response. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER | June 4, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin, right. There is no room for backsliding on climate policy, write Sarah Houde and Simon Donner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER | June 4, 2025
Opinion | BY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER | June 4, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin, right. There is no room for backsliding on climate policy, write Sarah Houde and Simon Donner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LEAH TEMPER | June 3, 2025
Mark Carney
The overlapping crises demand more than nudges and voluntary commitments from Prime Minister Mark Carney—they require structural change, writes Leah Temper. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LEAH TEMPER | June 3, 2025
Opinion | BY LEAH TEMPER | June 3, 2025
Mark Carney
The overlapping crises demand more than nudges and voluntary commitments from Prime Minister Mark Carney—they require structural change, writes Leah Temper. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2025
The inability to hold the warming down means more and bigger forest fires, floods, droughts, cyclones, and killer heatwaves, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2025
The inability to hold the warming down means more and bigger forest fires, floods, droughts, cyclones, and killer heatwaves, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM GRAY | May 26, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Julie Dabrusin was appointed minister of environment and climate change after serving as parliamentary secretary for the file for more than three years. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM GRAY | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM GRAY | May 26, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Julie Dabrusin was appointed minister of environment and climate change after serving as parliamentary secretary for the file for more than three years. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | May 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada's current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in the country, writes Dr. Mili Roy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | May 8, 2025
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | May 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada's current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in the country, writes Dr. Mili Roy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman
Opinion | BY JAMES OLSON | May 7, 2025
It’s imperative we change how we educate engineers to prepare them to serve Canada for today’s many increasingly complex challenges, writes James Olson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Ted McGrath
Opinion | BY JAMES OLSON | May 7, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMES OLSON | May 7, 2025
It’s imperative we change how we educate engineers to prepare them to serve Canada for today’s many increasingly complex challenges, writes James Olson. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Ted McGrath