Foreign Policy

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has only to ask: the treaty says it can have an unlimited number of bases and troops in the territory.

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has only to ask: the treaty says it can have an unlimited number of bases and troops in the territory.

Maduro, Trump, and the politics of timing

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Keep pace with great: NATO’s race for survival began in Ukraine long ago

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, JOZEF HRABINA

Trump’s hit on Venezuela just gave Canada a bruise

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Legislation corner: unpacking the bill bringing Britain into the Pacific trade pact

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

It’s ‘back to the darkest days of United States imperialism’ says NDP critic Boulerice as MPs celebrate, decry Venezuela attack

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Opinion

• BY SHAWN MCCARTHY

U.S. capture of Maduro raises geopolitical stakes for global oil trade, Chinese influence in the Western Hemisphere, and Canada’s own strategic economic interests

Opinion

• BY LIBERAL MP MARCUS POLOWSKI, JOHN MCKAY

With Maduro’s capture, be careful what you celebrate

Opinion

• BY GWYNNE DYER

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Carney government showing a ‘clear reluctance’ to criticize Trump with lack of direct condemnation over Venezuela raid, says past Liberal foreign minister Axworthy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Neither Prime Minister Mark Carney nor Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand mentioned the United States when responding to the Jan. 3 raid in Venezuela that saw President Nicolás Maduro apprehended and brought to New York.

Carney government showing a ‘clear reluctance’ to criticize Trump with lack of direct condemnation over Venezuela raid, says past Liberal foreign minister Axworthy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• Neither Prime Minister Mark Carney nor Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand mentioned the United States when responding to the Jan. 3 raid in Venezuela that saw President Nicolás Maduro apprehended and brought to New York.

Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Disgraceful and indefensible’: feds’ failure to release new Defence Industrial Strategy by deadline sparks backlash

NewsBY IREM KOCA

‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

New GAC report on ‘game-changing’ Canada-Indonesia deal reduces projected export growth by more than half 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

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

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

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

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

OpinionBY CAMERON GROOME

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

A new morning for Canada-Japan economic relations

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

• Japan’s largest business organization paid an early-December visit to Canada, underscoring the strong determination to deepen economic ties between the two countries.

A new morning for Canada-Japan economic relations

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

• Japan’s largest business organization paid an early-December visit to Canada, underscoring the strong determination to deepen economic ties between the two countries.

‘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

Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers

OpinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN

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

OpinionBY KEITH JANSA

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Canada’s grand strategy in a multipolar world

OpinionBY DANIEL ARAYA

• The hard reality is that United States is no longer the centrepiece of global trade, and its internal volatility has exposed Canada to a precarious dance of 'trade talks' with no obvious solution.

Canada’s grand strategy in a multipolar world

OpinionBY DANIEL ARAYA

• The hard reality is that United States is no longer the centrepiece of global trade, and its internal volatility has exposed Canada to a precarious dance of 'trade talks' with no obvious solution.

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All eyes on the Arctic

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

The rush to re-arm the Army

Between a rock and a hard place

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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