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David Morrison, pictured, was named Prime Minister Mark Carney's senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser as part of a wide-ranging March 4 shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Major public service shakeup taps David Morrison to ‘elevated’ key foreign policy role in the centre

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, NEIL MOSS
  • The announcement names 15 senior civil servants who are stepping into new roles, and brings in one person from the private sector as Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to reshape the federal bureaucracy, from Foreign Affairs to Fisheries and Oceans.

Major public service shakeup taps David Morrison to ‘elevated’ key foreign policy role in the centre

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, NEIL MOSS
  • The announcement names 15 senior civil servants who are stepping into new roles, and brings in one person from the private sector as Prime Minister Mark Carney continues to reshape the federal bureaucracy, from Foreign Affairs to Fisheries and Oceans.
Japan’s Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Japan is Canada’s anchor in the Indo-Pacific

OpinionBY JONATHAN BERKSHIRE MILLER

Japan not expecting ‘major shift’ in Canada’s posture in the Indo-Pacific: official 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS
Opinion

In a fractured world, women peacebuilders are essential 

The U.S./Israel war on Iran has put Prime Minister Mark Carney on a tightrope: his Davos speech championed international co-operation and soft power diplomacy; yet his quick declaration of support for the war on Iran showed his continued tolerance of the hard power of military action, write Douglas Roche and Ernie Regehr. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can Carney reconcile his Davos goals with complicity in the Iran war?

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE, ERNIE REGEHR
  • The prime minister is a highly accomplished man and has already established himself in world leadership ranks. He now needs to elevate the soft power of diplomacy over the hard power of militarism.

Can Carney reconcile his Davos goals with complicity in the Iran war?

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE, ERNIE REGEHR
  • The prime minister is a highly accomplished man and has already established himself in world leadership ranks. He now needs to elevate the soft power of diplomacy over the hard power of militarism.

‘We need guardrails’: Senators look to get ‘ahead of the curve’ on AI regulation as feds eye legislative gaps

NewsBY STUART BENSON
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NDP MPs Gazan, Idlout taking part in Broadbent Institute Progress Summit in Ottawa March 4-6

It was probably Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, who talked U.S. President Donald Trump into attacking Iran for a second time by exploiting the older man’s ignorance of strategic and technological realities, writes Gwynne Dyer.  Photograph courtesy of the White House

Netanyahu makes a sucker out of Trump with Iran attack

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Last June, America launched one-day air strikes on Iran, but this time it could be the start of a forever war.

Netanyahu makes a sucker out of Trump with Iran attack

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Last June, America launched one-day air strikes on Iran, but this time it could be the start of a forever war.

Failed asylum-seeker motion shows Conservatives ‘smelled blood in the water’ with minister, immigration as wedge issue, say politicos

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Failed asylum-seeker motion shows Conservatives ‘smelled blood in the water’ with minister, immigration as wedge issue, say politicos

NewsBY IREM KOCA
At a recent press conference, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he has offered to 'broker a bridge' between the European Union and the Indo-Pacific nations that make up the CPTPP trading bloc. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why Canada can bridge the EU and CPTPP trading blocs

OpinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN
  • Connecting the European Union and the Indo-Pacific nations would put Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for middle powers to work together into action.

Why Canada can bridge the EU and CPTPP trading blocs

OpinionBY KUMARAN NADESAN
  • Connecting the European Union and the Indo-Pacific nations would put Prime Minister Mark Carney's call for middle powers to work together into action.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, right, has been arrested for ‘misconduct in public office,’ and is among the few mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files who face arrest, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The fallout from Epstein

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Some in the convicted pedophile’s vast network wanted free holidays, some of them wanted to rub shoulders with other famous people, some of them wanted to have sex with under-age girls. Whatever their tastes, Jeffrey Epstein satisfied them.

The fallout from Epstein

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER
  • Some in the convicted pedophile’s vast network wanted free holidays, some of them wanted to rub shoulders with other famous people, some of them wanted to have sex with under-age girls. Whatever their tastes, Jeffrey Epstein satisfied them.

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