Foreign Policy

Brazil: a catalyst of plurilateralism

OpinionBY EDWARD JACKSON

• Brazil has demonstrated its ability to mobilize states and non-state actors around specific issues and solutions, engaging partners in the global south and north, the west and the east. Canada could learn from this. 

Brazil: a catalyst of plurilateralism

OpinionBY EDWARD JACKSON

• Brazil has demonstrated its ability to mobilize states and non-state actors around specific issues and solutions, engaging partners in the global south and north, the west and the east. Canada could learn from this. 

Why all governments must follow Ontario in scrapping the ‘Canadian experience’ requirement

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

Senate’s Africa report exposes Canada’s strategic blind spot

OpinionBY SELAH GETAHUN

CUSMA must do more than protect trade—it must secure Canada’s life sciences future

OpinionBY CAMERON GROOME

A new morning for Canada-Japan economic relations

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

‘Most dangerous period that we’ve been in’: Carney urged to bolster ‘Team Canada’ approach ahead of CUSMA review

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Facing reality: Canada and the challenge of refugee protection

OpinionBY NINETTE KELLEY

Opinion

• BY KUMARAN NADESAN

Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers

Opinion

• BY KEITH JANSA

The coming CUSMA squeeze and how security policy will rewrite the trade terms

Opinion

• BY DANIEL ARAYA

Canada’s grand strategy in a multipolar world

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Bill C-16 ‘progress,’ but needs tougher language to codify femicide as a standalone crime, advocates say

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Year of sport’: SecState van Koeverden pitches Canada as ‘best host nation in the world’ ahead of 2026 World Cup

NewsBY STUART BENSON

A ‘laser-focused’ Carney and ‘embattled’ Poilievre share contrasting messages in year-end interviews

NewsBY IREM KOCA

One of the best things about Canada is we’ll never elect a Donald Trump

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Parliamentary Calendar

Decked halls of Parliament on pause until House returns on Jan. 26

Podcast

Mark Critch on Donald Trump, Canadian politics, and being TikTok famous

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

List

Take The Hill Times year-end news quiz

Podcast

Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this year.

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this year.

Trump’s trade rep targets Online Streaming Act, Online News Act, raising questions about future of Canada’s cultural exemption

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Trump’s trade rep targets Online Streaming Act, Online News Act, raising questions about future of Canada’s cultural exemption

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Ukraine-Russia: next steps

OpinionBY DAVID CARMENT, DANI BELO

Ukraine-Russia: next steps

OpinionBY DAVID CARMENT, DANI BELO

Parliamentary Calendar

Parl Sec Carlos Leitão talks globalization under pressure in Montreal on Dec. 11

Podcast

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

News

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

List

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

‘This is a process unlike any we’ve ever seen’: questions loom over Canada’s readiness for CUSMA review

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Canada is being encouraged to 'ramp up' consultations as the CUSMA review nears.

‘This is a process unlike any we’ve ever seen’: questions loom over Canada’s readiness for CUSMA review

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Canada is being encouraged to 'ramp up' consultations as the CUSMA review nears.

After America’s Genesis Mission, where is Canada’s AI North Star?

OpinionBY ALEXANDER LANDRY, BRENDAN CONWAY-SMITH

‘End our suffering’: refugees from Africa face inequity and delays resettling in Canada

OpinionBY ASMA FAIZI

‘A disturbing sign for allies’: Trump’s national security strategy raises red flags as Ottawa works on Canada’s response

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Indo-Pacific strategy a rare example of clear-eyed realism

OpinionBY HARRY H.J. TSENG

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A self-sustaining path to recovery for Ukraine

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, KATHERINE MULHERN

• Now more than ever, Canada should encourage private sector investment for Ukraine’s recovery.

A self-sustaining path to recovery for Ukraine

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, KATHERINE MULHERN

• Now more than ever, Canada should encourage private sector investment for Ukraine’s recovery.

Buckle up Canada, we’re in for an even rougher ride with Trump

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Buckle up Canada, we’re in for an even rougher ride with Trump

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Renewable energy sector adds concerns about wind-tower costs to steel industry crisis talks: ‘there’s a ton of urgency’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Renewable energy sector adds concerns about wind-tower costs to steel industry crisis talks: ‘there’s a ton of urgency’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

It’s like ‘the Monroe Doctrine on steroids’: Canadian politicos react to Trump’s new ‘very chilling’ national security strategy

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

It’s like ‘the Monroe Doctrine on steroids’: Canadian politicos react to Trump’s new ‘very chilling’ national security strategy

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Diplomatic Circles

Joint co-operation needed to tackle spread of narcotics, says Colombian defence minister 

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles 

‘I’ve had to run to keep up’: U.K. envoy trumpets ‘new energy’ in Canadian relationship, but questions loom over trade talks

trade

India eyes speedy, year-long negotiation to finalize trade pact with Canada 

Welcome to the ‘Trade War World Cup’

Sergio Marchi says he regrets Rat Pack’s contribution to loss of decorum in House

U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a repeat contact for Canada’s foreign minister, documents show

international development

Foreign aid is not charity, but an investment in stability and peace

Canada’s G7 leadership: the ambition is there, but is the budget?

Did Canada’s G7 presidency ever emerge from the Trump shadow? 

Canada’s foreign aid budget cuts hurt global health

immigration

Constituent seeking help for brother and others fleeing Sudan civil war says immigration minister ‘angry, rude, and dismissive’ in phone call

Liberal border bill returns to the House after Conservative, Bloc enhancements at committee

House Health Committee shines spotlight on foreign-funded medical residencies and feds’ role in attracting health-care workers

Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy

refugees

IRCC forecasts 30 per cent spending cut by 2028 amid lower immigration targets

Government’s border security bill draws heavy criticism from civil rights groups

‘I can’t go back and I can’t go forward’: Sudanese mothers struggle with delays to bring Canadian children home

Displaced Ukrainians in Canada need faster path to permanent residence

inside defence

In Canada’s defence: re-establishing a true militia

The rush to re-arm the Army

Between a rock and a hard place

F-35 fighter purchase takes flak

gwynne dyer

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

canada and the 21st century

Transforming Canada’s economy for a better future is an enormous challenge

Trump’s new national security strategy raises alarms, fears over threats posed to Canada’s sovereignty and prosperity

Building up Canada’s defence sector will depend on long-term homegrown support

Expanding exports to the rest of the world unlike anything Canada has tried to before

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