Foreign Policy

Canada’s global leadership, the ‘coalition of the willing,’ and Ukraine

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, KSENIA ZUBRIY

• It’s time to demonstrate to those deploying the ‘might makes right’ approach to geopolitics that the rule of international law can be supported by collective action of middle power democratic states.  

Canada’s global leadership, the ‘coalition of the willing,’ and Ukraine

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, KSENIA ZUBRIY

• It’s time to demonstrate to those deploying the ‘might makes right’ approach to geopolitics that the rule of international law can be supported by collective action of middle power democratic states.  

A diaspora caught between Ottawa’s Iran policy and Iran’s street protests

OpinionBY SASAN ISSARI

Canada has a role to play in linking global democracy movements, says activist 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

Carney’s ‘bridge’ between the EU and the Pacific Rim trade deal likely to stop short of merging blocs, say observers  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

U.S.-proposed critical minerals trading bloc a ‘difficult sell,’ say natural resources experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Stories from the past should not help separatists

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The Year of Resilience: What 2026 Will Demand From Canada’s Cyber Leaders

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Opinion

• BY PHILIP CROSS

In a tariff war, Canada’s resources are our strategic advantage

News

• BY NEIL MOSS

Carney breaks with tradition in selecting Charette as chief negotiator for U.S. trade

Opinion

• BY RATNA OMIDVAR, ALLAN ROCK

Sober second thought is needed on C-12

‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The bill's proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.

‘Dangerous’ Bill C-12’s immigration changes give too much power to cabinet and department: Sen. McPhedran and legal rights groups

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

• The bill's proposal for a new timeline for refugee applications that would be in effect starting in 2020—more than five years prior to the bill even being passed—and the power to cancel large numbers of immigration documents at once are causing concerns.

Sole Quebec NDP MP Boulerice says potential provincial run has ‘absolutely nothing to do with’ party’s status

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Liberals ride wave in federal polls as widening gender, age gaps squeeze Conservatives’ coalition

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘This is our home, so we need to be part of the solution’: Inuit-led university to strengthen Canada’s Arctic, say Senators

NewsBY JUSTIN S. CAMPBELL

Canadian sovereignty is at risk if we don’t act decisively on the economy  

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Liberal MP Kayabaga to talk unlocking growth in Africa and the Caribbean during Empire Club event on Feb. 26

Podcast

The ‘ambitious’ Defence Industrial Strategy, with Mark Norman

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

News

Who’s backing the NDP leadership contenders?

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Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy – Time to Build.

Canada needs informed diversification to navigate in a turbulent world

OpinionBY GEORGE ABONYI, DAVID ABONYI

• Effective diversification must rest on rigorous ongoing analysis of the global economy and Canada’s role within it.

Canada needs informed diversification to navigate in a turbulent world

OpinionBY GEORGE ABONYI, DAVID ABONYI

• Effective diversification must rest on rigorous ongoing analysis of the global economy and Canada’s role within it.

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy needs an Indo-Pacific gear

OpinionBY VINA NADJIBULLA

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy needs an Indo-Pacific gear

OpinionBY VINA NADJIBULLA

Pierre Poilievre is in a pickle: he’s a weak leader with a strong mandate

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Pierre Poilievre is in a pickle: he’s a weak leader with a strong mandate

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

It’s a matter of time before Cuba’s regime collapses

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

It’s a matter of time before Cuba’s regime collapses

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Parliamentary Calendar

SecState Fuhr to talk about Canada’s new era in defence investment on Monday, Feb. 23, in Montreal

Podcast

Tumbler Ridge shooting upends the agenda: The week in review

News

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

News

Tracking job cuts in the federal public service

Podcast

‘Hang tight’: Why Quebec sovereignty and separatism are in the headlines again

It looks like Trump will try cheat in elections this fall and in 2028

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

• By accusing Democrats of cheating in past elections, it’s basically a guarantee that the U.S. president is planning to cheat now and in 2028 (at least). 

It looks like Trump will try cheat in elections this fall and in 2028

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

• By accusing Democrats of cheating in past elections, it’s basically a guarantee that the U.S. president is planning to cheat now and in 2028 (at least). 

Sudanese refugees waiting to come to Canada face deportation risk from Egypt

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Diversifying Canada’s trade and ensuring Indigenous Peoples’ share in the opportunity

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP JUDY SGRO

Cuba: Canada’s first foreign policy challenge after PM’s Davos speech

OpinionBY WOJTEK GWIAZDA

The grass is greener where you water it

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

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NATO 1.0 is dead. Long live NATO 2.0

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• The existing NATO is an ideal template for a successor alliance that includes most or all of the existing members except the United States.

NATO 1.0 is dead. Long live NATO 2.0

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

• The existing NATO is an ideal template for a successor alliance that includes most or all of the existing members except the United States.

Foreign aid by triage, with human survival at stake

OpinionBY ONOME AKO

Foreign aid by triage, with human survival at stake

OpinionBY ONOME AKO

Canada can’t trade on hope

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Canada can’t trade on hope

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Canada’s trade wake-up call could become a dream come true: diversification is no longer optional

OpinionBY PATRICK DINE

Canada’s trade wake-up call could become a dream come true: diversification is no longer optional

OpinionBY PATRICK DINE

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

Trade diversification always failed, this time could be different

To diversify trade, ditch the ideological baggage

Canada’s trade diversification challenge: navigating a monumental shift

Infrastructure is the missing link in Canada’s diversification strategy 

international development

Why Canada must act now to uphold refugee protection and stability

‘Diseases do not recognize borders’: U.S. decision to leave WHO ignores reality of how diseases spread, says Liberal MP Powlowski

Senate committee casts doubt on feds’ ability to move on Africa strategy without new funds, calls for action plan

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

immigration

Surviving the population crash

‘We ask the government not to send us back to the ruins’: Turkish earthquake survivors call on feds to ease path to permanent residency

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

Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers

refugees

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

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

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

inside defence

New defence strategy unveils big numbers and contradictions

What will it take to re-arm the Army?

Will we actually see the new Arctic vehicles on order?

U.S. envoy is making Canada’s F-35 decision a no-brainer

gwynne dyer

Four years and counting in Ukraine

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

canada and the 21st century

Feds’ new defence industrial strategy is powerful, but it faces serious challenges before it can succeed

Building a more innovative Canadian economy won’t be easy, but it will be worth it

What price will Trump demand and where will Carney draw the line?

U.S. pressures Canada to roll back on data sovereignty, a high-priority issue in CUSMA renegotiation

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