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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.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, deliver opening remarks at the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First ministers meet to talk Trump

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Two-nation partnership that was a beacon of trust in a fractious world goes down Trump’s drain

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU
Opinion

Enhancing and protecting the historic Canada-U.S. relationship

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, will be inaugurated as Liberals campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the outgoing leader still has mechanisms to stand up to the incoming administration south of the border, say experts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains the head of government and holds a variety of trade mechanisms to counter Trump, while Liberal MP John McKay says the leadership challenge gives the executive the ability of 'not having to respond to everything that Donald Trump thinks or says that is actually advantageous.'

Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains the head of government and holds a variety of trade mechanisms to counter Trump, while Liberal MP John McKay says the leadership challenge gives the executive the ability of 'not having to respond to everything that Donald Trump thinks or says that is actually advantageous.'

Procurement watchdog calls PSPC’s handling of interpreters’ contracts ‘unreasonable’

NewsBY IREM KOCA
Chrystia Freeland
Parliamentary Calendar

UofT hosts launch for Catherine Tsalikis’ new book on Chrystia Freeland on Jan. 21

Podcast

‘Amateur hour on the Rideau,’ with Sheila Copps

Donald Trump
Like any bully, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump needs someone to pick on for the sake of his audience, and for that role he seems to have chosen Canada. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

Staring down the barrel of 2025

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON
  • The current uncertainty and lack of a well-anchored, unifying voice will put Canada at a severe disadvantage in the onrushing showdown with Donald Trump.
Donald Trump

Staring down the barrel of 2025

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON
  • The current uncertainty and lack of a well-anchored, unifying voice will put Canada at a severe disadvantage in the onrushing showdown with Donald Trump.

Canadians ‘Russian to conclusions’ on Tenet Media worsens effects of foreign interference, say digital media researchers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canadians ‘Russian to conclusions’ on Tenet Media worsens effects of foreign interference, say digital media researchers

NewsBY STUART BENSON
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trudeau bites the dust

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Justin Trudeau’s resignation is the delayed consequence of a row with then-deputy Chrystia Freeland over the weak response to Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Trudeau bites the dust

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Justin Trudeau’s resignation is the delayed consequence of a row with then-deputy Chrystia Freeland over the weak response to Donald Trump's threat to slap a 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian exports to the United States.
Canada could and should commit to constructing northern transportation hubs, and labelling all of it an investment in the country’s defence, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by MCpl Louis Brunet

A defence budget that tops the two-per-cent goal? Look north

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • Whoever is running Canada in the months to come should be able to convince Donald Trump that an investment in Arctic infrastructure counts towards our defence budget.

A defence budget that tops the two-per-cent goal? Look north

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR
  • Whoever is running Canada in the months to come should be able to convince Donald Trump that an investment in Arctic infrastructure counts towards our defence budget.

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