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CUSMA review approaching, but mechanism remains murky

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The CUSMA document itself offers little information about how its mandated review is supposed to unfold, leaving stakeholders clamouring for more details about the process.

CUSMA review approaching, but mechanism remains murky

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The CUSMA document itself offers little information about how its mandated review is supposed to unfold, leaving stakeholders clamouring for more details about the process.

Questions loom over future of Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy after China détente 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Do Conservatives want the best for the West, or not?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Warming Canada-China relations shouldn’t extend to Huawei ban, say security experts, parliamentarians

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

‘If not now, when?’ Canada should ‘stand up’ to U.S. threats against Greenland, say Senators, ex-MP McKay

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS

Canada will have to expand trade with undemocratic countries to fight losses in U.S. trade war, say foreign policy experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

After decades of progress on smoking, Canada faces new nicotine challenges

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Opinion

• BY DORIS GRINSPUN

Far-right ideology is a prescription for bad health

Opinion

• BY GWYNNE DYER

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion

• BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, ZENON POTICHNY

Trump, Putin, and Ukraine: democracy on trial

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY TIMOTHY CHAN

• At a moment when Canadian values are threatened, universities can be counted on as a key partner in the journey to secure a future of our own design.

Elbow patches up: universities and Canadian sovereignty

OpinionBY TIMOTHY CHAN

• At a moment when Canadian values are threatened, universities can be counted on as a key partner in the journey to secure a future of our own design.

Senators renew push to see their pensions become funded

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Big-name staffers steal candidate spotlight as B.C. Conservative leadership race takes shape

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘Stark contrast’ between Carney and Trudeau’s approach to Indigenous relations, says ITK president Obed

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Carney needs a much stronger communications strategy with Canadians at this hinge moment

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Parliamentary Calendar

Carleton University hosts lecture on President Trump’s trade policies and upcoming CUSMA review on Jan. 22

Podcast

Re-engaging with China, with Senator Yuen Pau Woo

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

List

Take The Hill Times year-end news quiz

Podcast

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

Depicting ‘Dad’ Carney, ‘angry face’ Poilievre, and Trump’s ‘bizarre’ brand of ‘chaos’: de Adder’s top cartoons of 2025

FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

• ‘For a cartoonist, when the world burns we are at our most successful,’ says Michael de Adder, who rounds up his top picks of political cartoons for The Hill Times.

Depicting ‘Dad’ Carney, ‘angry face’ Poilievre, and Trump’s ‘bizarre’ brand of ‘chaos’: de Adder’s top cartoons of 2025

FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

• ‘For a cartoonist, when the world burns we are at our most successful,’ says Michael de Adder, who rounds up his top picks of political cartoons for The Hill Times.

Pope Leo is pouring old-fashioned sauce over the venomous Trump: it’s called diplomacy

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

Pope Leo is pouring old-fashioned sauce over the venomous Trump: it’s called diplomacy

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

OpinionBY TIM GRAY

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

OpinionBY TIM GRAY

Trump is reviving China’s Arctic ambitions

OpinionBY ADAM LAJEUNESSE

Trump is reviving China’s Arctic ambitions

OpinionBY ADAM LAJEUNESSE

Parliamentary Calendar

Former CSIS director Vigneault to talk about national defence, economic security at CDAI roundtable on Jan. 28 in Montreal

Podcast

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

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

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Building a stronger maritime defence industry partnership with Poland 

OpinionBY JEFFREY F. COLLINS, PAWEł MARKIEWICZ

Time for Team Canada 2.0

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

On China, Carney practices statecraft

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

‘Too weak, too vague, too slow’: PM Carney accused of ‘dragging his feet’ on foreign interference in pursuit of economic reset with China

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The Africa strategy was released last March without any new funding or timelines attached. In the months since its release, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee still has questions about how that's viable.

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• The Africa strategy was released last March without any new funding or timelines attached. In the months since its release, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee still has questions about how that's viable.

Trump exposed the risk of complacency. Will Canada learn from its mistakes?

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Trump exposed the risk of complacency. Will Canada learn from its mistakes?

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

The American Imperium, MMXXVI

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The American Imperium, MMXXVI

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Mexico takes firm stance on U.S. incursion in Venezuela as Canada walks cautious line ahead of CUSMA review

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Mexico takes firm stance on U.S. incursion in Venezuela as Canada walks cautious line ahead of CUSMA review

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

Scrap the Indo-Pacific Strategy: a pragmatic path for Canadian sovereignty

Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

Canada’s auto sector ‘hangs in the balance’ as CUSMA review looms in 2026: ‘there’s no sugar-coating it, this is going to be a critical year for the industry’

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

international development

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

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? 

immigration

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

Canada is falling behind in the global race for skilled workers

Facing reality: Canada and the challenge of refugee protection

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

refugees

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

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

inside defence

New helicopters on the horizon

How to foil Trump’s annexation of Greenland

All eyes on the Arctic

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

gwynne dyer

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

canada and the 21st century

Canada now needs a backup plan for our auto industry

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

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