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Carney to meet Alberta’s Danielle Smith

  • Plus, an examination of two of Pierre Poilievre’s recent policy promises.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | March 20, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will meet this morning with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Edmonton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney to meet Alberta’s Danielle Smith

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | March 20, 2025
  • Plus, an examination of two of Pierre Poilievre’s recent policy promises.

Carney to meet Alberta’s Danielle Smith

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | March 20, 2025
  • Plus, an examination of two of Pierre Poilievre’s recent policy promises.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will meet this morning with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Edmonton. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can Poilievre capitalize on Carney’s weak spots?

  • To derail Prime Minister Mark Carney’s upsurge, Conservatives must adjust their strategy—focusing on unity, the social safety net, and practical policies that confront America
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | March 19, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s team should adopt an approach that takes stock of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s strengths and why he is clicking with Canadians, and then adjust their strategy, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia

Can Poilievre capitalize on Carney’s weak spots?

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | March 19, 2025
  • To derail Prime Minister Mark Carney’s upsurge, Conservatives must adjust their strategy—focusing on unity, the social safety net, and practical policies that confront America

Can Poilievre capitalize on Carney’s weak spots?

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | March 19, 2025
  • To derail Prime Minister Mark Carney’s upsurge, Conservatives must adjust their strategy—focusing on unity, the social safety net, and practical policies that confront America
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s team should adopt an approach that takes stock of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s strengths and why he is clicking with Canadians, and then adjust their strategy, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia

Prime Minister Carney’s ascension brings lots of change for cabinet staff

  • Among those currently working in Mark Carney’s office as prime minister is Emily Williams as media relations lead.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 19, 2025
Newly elected party leader Mark Carney arrives for the Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on March 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Newly elected party leader Mark Carney arrives for the Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on March 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Now-Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, arrives for his first caucus meeting as Liberal leader in the West Block on March 10 alongside press secretary Audrey Champoux. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Prime Minister Carney’s ascension brings lots of change for cabinet staff

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 19, 2025
  • Among those currently working in Mark Carney’s office as prime minister is Emily Williams as media relations lead.

Prime Minister Carney’s ascension brings lots of change for cabinet staff

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 19, 2025
  • Among those currently working in Mark Carney’s office as prime minister is Emily Williams as media relations lead.
Newly elected party leader Mark Carney arrives for the Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on March 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Now-Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, arrives for his first caucus meeting as Liberal leader in the West Block on March 10 alongside press secretary Audrey Champoux. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Prime Minister Carney’s first decision is a tough one

  • The June G7 meeting couldn’t be happening at a more consequential moment, both for the planet, and for Canada and its economic and political
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 19, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
New Prime Minister Mark Carney no doubt realizes that the June G7 meeting could provide him with a unique opportunity to demonstrate his mastery of the policy options, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Prime Minister Carney’s first decision is a tough one

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 19, 2025
  • The June G7 meeting couldn’t be happening at a more consequential moment, both for the planet, and for Canada and its economic and political

Prime Minister Carney’s first decision is a tough one

Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | March 19, 2025
  • The June G7 meeting couldn’t be happening at a more consequential moment, both for the planet, and for Canada and its economic and political
Mark Carney
New Prime Minister Mark Carney no doubt realizes that the June G7 meeting could provide him with a unique opportunity to demonstrate his mastery of the policy options, writes Joseph Ingram. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal majority in play

  • Plus, what cancelling the carbon tax might do—or not do—for your pocketbook.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | March 19, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, is expected to trigger an electoral faceoff with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sometime soon. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Liberal majority in play

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | March 19, 2025
  • Plus, what cancelling the carbon tax might do—or not do—for your pocketbook.

Liberal majority in play

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | March 19, 2025
  • Plus, what cancelling the carbon tax might do—or not do—for your pocketbook.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, is expected to trigger an electoral faceoff with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sometime soon. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada running aground with friendshoring

  • The problem with electing a clown is that everyone thinks their actions are a joke. While that statement may allow partisans of all stripes
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 19, 2025
During his first foreign visit, new Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on March 17. Photograph by Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street

Canada running aground with friendshoring

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 19, 2025
  • The problem with electing a clown is that everyone thinks their actions are a joke. While that statement may allow partisans of all stripes

Canada running aground with friendshoring

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 19, 2025
  • The problem with electing a clown is that everyone thinks their actions are a joke. While that statement may allow partisans of all stripes
During his first foreign visit, new Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, met with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on March 17. Photograph by Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street

The real message from the Ford-initiated meeting in D.C.? Canada has no chance of dodging Trump’s trade war for now

  • As relieved as the Canadian contingent was to be engaged in an adult conversation, the March 13 discussion yielded nothing in the way of immediate
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 19, 2025
Doug Ford
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the March 13 meeting with the U.S. commerce secretary was ‘productive,’ but he could be grasping at straws, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The real message from the Ford-initiated meeting in D.C.? Canada has no chance of dodging Trump’s trade war for now

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 19, 2025
  • As relieved as the Canadian contingent was to be engaged in an adult conversation, the March 13 discussion yielded nothing in the way of immediate

The real message from the Ford-initiated meeting in D.C.? Canada has no chance of dodging Trump’s trade war for now

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | March 19, 2025
  • As relieved as the Canadian contingent was to be engaged in an adult conversation, the March 13 discussion yielded nothing in the way of immediate
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the March 13 meeting with the U.S. commerce secretary was ‘productive,’ but he could be grasping at straws, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As the pendulum swings, Tories should be ready to pivot

  • The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 19, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a skilled politician with smart, able advisers who must see that the field they set to win the 2025 election is not the one where the current game is being played, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As the pendulum swings, Tories should be ready to pivot

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 19, 2025
  • The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada

As the pendulum swings, Tories should be ready to pivot

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 19, 2025
  • The Conservative leader need not be who he isn’t, but he might want to show and talk more about where he would take Canada
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is a skilled politician with smart, able advisers who must see that the field they set to win the 2025 election is not the one where the current game is being played, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trade war could ‘upend’ EV sector, Canada must argue for integrated market, says CEO of vehicle manufacturing group

  • There are signs of pushback against measures by the Trump administration that threaten clean energy development, according to Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association head Flavio
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 19, 2025
Now-Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne described Canadian steel and aluminum as essential for the manufacturing industry, and as crucial for North America’s energy future, economic security, and national security in a March 12 press release while he was serving as innovation minister. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trade war could ‘upend’ EV sector, Canada must argue for integrated market, says CEO of vehicle manufacturing group

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 19, 2025
  • There are signs of pushback against measures by the Trump administration that threaten clean energy development, according to Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association head Flavio

Trade war could ‘upend’ EV sector, Canada must argue for integrated market, says CEO of vehicle manufacturing group

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 19, 2025
  • There are signs of pushback against measures by the Trump administration that threaten clean energy development, according to Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association head Flavio
Now-Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne described Canadian steel and aluminum as essential for the manufacturing industry, and as crucial for North America’s energy future, economic security, and national security in a March 12 press release while he was serving as innovation minister. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

In Charlevoix, G7 ministers chose domestic audiences over taking message to the world

  • German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was the lone top diplomat to take the stage at the press theatre at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 19, 2025
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is surrounded by journalists as she speaks with an offsite Christiane Amanpour from CNN during the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Quebec on March 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In Charlevoix, G7 ministers chose domestic audiences over taking message to the world

News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 19, 2025
  • German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was the lone top diplomat to take the stage at the press theatre at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting

In Charlevoix, G7 ministers chose domestic audiences over taking message to the world

News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 19, 2025
  • German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was the lone top diplomat to take the stage at the press theatre at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is surrounded by journalists as she speaks with an offsite Christiane Amanpour from CNN during the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Quebec on March 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Canadians are so upset at the moment’: how the German ambassador explained the mood of the nation 

  • 'Sometimes [Europeans] don’t appreciate how deep this goes,' German Ambassador Tjorven Bellmann says of Canada's reaction to the American threats.
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | March 19, 2025
German Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann was previously a political director in her foreign ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Canadians are so upset at the moment’: how the German ambassador explained the mood of the nation 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | March 19, 2025
  • 'Sometimes [Europeans] don’t appreciate how deep this goes,' German Ambassador Tjorven Bellmann says of Canada's reaction to the American threats.

‘Canadians are so upset at the moment’: how the German ambassador explained the mood of the nation 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | March 19, 2025
  • 'Sometimes [Europeans] don’t appreciate how deep this goes,' German Ambassador Tjorven Bellmann says of Canada's reaction to the American threats.
German Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann was previously a political director in her foreign ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Assembly of First Nations hosts forum on advancing Calls for Justice for MMIWG2S+ on March 20

  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 Senator Patterson to Speak on DEI in the Military—CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson will deliver the keynote address at this day-long conference,
A woman hands out roses at the 18th Annual Ottawa Sisters in Spirit Vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people on Parliament Hill on Oct. 4, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Assembly of First Nations hosts forum on advancing Calls for Justice for MMIWG2S+ on March 20

  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 Senator Patterson to Speak on DEI in the Military—CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson will deliver the keynote address at this day-long conference,

Assembly of First Nations hosts forum on advancing Calls for Justice for MMIWG2S+ on March 20

  • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19 Senator Patterson to Speak on DEI in the Military—CSG Senator Rebecca Patterson will deliver the keynote address at this day-long conference,
A woman hands out roses at the 18th Annual Ottawa Sisters in Spirit Vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people on Parliament Hill on Oct. 4, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As the U.S. drives backwards, Canada must pull ahead

  • Despite today’s turmoil, smart EV policies will create jobs, investment, and long-term growth.
Opinion | BY HONGYU XIAO | March 19, 2025
A stronger domestic EV industry will create stable, well-paying jobs across the supply chain, from mining and battery production to manufacturing and maintenance, writes Hongyu Xiao. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As the U.S. drives backwards, Canada must pull ahead

Opinion | BY HONGYU XIAO | March 19, 2025
  • Despite today’s turmoil, smart EV policies will create jobs, investment, and long-term growth.

As the U.S. drives backwards, Canada must pull ahead

Opinion | BY HONGYU XIAO | March 19, 2025
  • Despite today’s turmoil, smart EV policies will create jobs, investment, and long-term growth.
A stronger domestic EV industry will create stable, well-paying jobs across the supply chain, from mining and battery production to manufacturing and maintenance, writes Hongyu Xiao. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Moving forward with Canada’s EV transition requires a holistic approach

  • The path to broader EV adoption needs to balance infrastructure development, trade strategy, policy incentives, and regional equity.
Opinion | BY SHELDON WILLIAMSON | March 19, 2025
While Canada has made notable progress in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, significant gaps remain, particularly in rural and northern regions, writes Sheldon Williamson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Moving forward with Canada’s EV transition requires a holistic approach

Opinion | BY SHELDON WILLIAMSON | March 19, 2025
  • The path to broader EV adoption needs to balance infrastructure development, trade strategy, policy incentives, and regional equity.

Moving forward with Canada’s EV transition requires a holistic approach

Opinion | BY SHELDON WILLIAMSON | March 19, 2025
  • The path to broader EV adoption needs to balance infrastructure development, trade strategy, policy incentives, and regional equity.
While Canada has made notable progress in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, significant gaps remain, particularly in rural and northern regions, writes Sheldon Williamson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Critical mineral processing will protect Canada’s EV industry

  • The lack of processing capabilities in the ‘mine-to-mobility’ EV supply chain leaves us further exposed to trade risk.
Opinion | BY TRAVIS SOUTHIN, DEREK EATON, SOSTHèNE UNG | March 19, 2025
The benefits of processing our underground wealth go beyond this moment of crisis wrought by tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, and beyond the auto sector alone, write Travis Southin, Derek Eaton, and Sosthène Ung. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Owantana

Critical mineral processing will protect Canada’s EV industry

Opinion | BY TRAVIS SOUTHIN, DEREK EATON, SOSTHèNE UNG | March 19, 2025
  • The lack of processing capabilities in the ‘mine-to-mobility’ EV supply chain leaves us further exposed to trade risk.

Critical mineral processing will protect Canada’s EV industry

Opinion | BY TRAVIS SOUTHIN, DEREK EATON, SOSTHèNE UNG | March 19, 2025
  • The lack of processing capabilities in the ‘mine-to-mobility’ EV supply chain leaves us further exposed to trade risk.
The benefits of processing our underground wealth go beyond this moment of crisis wrought by tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, and beyond the auto sector alone, write Travis Southin, Derek Eaton, and Sosthène Ung. Image courtesy of Pixabay/Owantana

Trump’s tariff barrage roils Canadian energy world

  • Donald Trump represents a poisonous addition to this country’s often-rancorous, decades-old debate over pipelines and the oil and gas industry’s environmental impacts. Any appeal
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | March 17, 2025
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, speaks with Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly after a press conference after the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, speaks with Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly after a press conference after the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, picture at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump’s tariff barrage roils Canadian energy world

Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | March 17, 2025
  • Donald Trump represents a poisonous addition to this country’s often-rancorous, decades-old debate over pipelines and the oil and gas industry’s environmental impacts. Any appeal

Trump’s tariff barrage roils Canadian energy world

Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | March 17, 2025
  • Donald Trump represents a poisonous addition to this country’s often-rancorous, decades-old debate over pipelines and the oil and gas industry’s environmental impacts. Any appeal
Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, speaks with Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly after a press conference after the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
International Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, picture at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A free, mobile, and caring Canada, you say?  

  • Our inaction on internal trade and information barriers, and climate-change strategies hinders our future survival and development.
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | March 17, 2025
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives demonstrate that provincial governments want even more regressive amendments to their freedom of information acts, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A free, mobile, and caring Canada, you say?  

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | March 17, 2025
  • Our inaction on internal trade and information barriers, and climate-change strategies hinders our future survival and development.

A free, mobile, and caring Canada, you say?  

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | March 17, 2025
  • Our inaction on internal trade and information barriers, and climate-change strategies hinders our future survival and development.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives demonstrate that provincial governments want even more regressive amendments to their freedom of information acts, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The missing ministers: Carney squanders an opportunity 

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to dim the focus on gender equality reflects a troubling trend that will erode Canada’s leadership in equal rights.
Opinion | BY REBECCA BAILEY | March 17, 2025
New Health Minister Kamal Khera, left, was diversity, inclusion, and persons with disabilities minister from July 2023 until last week. Former women and gender equality minister Marci Ien is no longer in cabinet after leading the file since October 2021. Both roles no longer exist in cabinet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

The missing ministers: Carney squanders an opportunity 

Opinion | BY REBECCA BAILEY | March 17, 2025
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to dim the focus on gender equality reflects a troubling trend that will erode Canada’s leadership in equal rights.

The missing ministers: Carney squanders an opportunity 

Opinion | BY REBECCA BAILEY | March 17, 2025
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to dim the focus on gender equality reflects a troubling trend that will erode Canada’s leadership in equal rights.
New Health Minister Kamal Khera, left, was diversity, inclusion, and persons with disabilities minister from July 2023 until last week. Former women and gender equality minister Marci Ien is no longer in cabinet after leading the file since October 2021. Both roles no longer exist in cabinet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Another major procurement project FUBAR

  • Buried in the fine print of the Canadian Surface Combatant announcement was the fact that the total cost to build these three warships is expected
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 17, 2025
Bill Blair
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair’s March 8 shipbuilding contract announcement was unsurprisingly dropped into a media void, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Another major procurement project FUBAR

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 17, 2025
  • Buried in the fine print of the Canadian Surface Combatant announcement was the fact that the total cost to build these three warships is expected

Another major procurement project FUBAR

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | March 17, 2025
  • Buried in the fine print of the Canadian Surface Combatant announcement was the fact that the total cost to build these three warships is expected
Bill Blair
Defence Minister Bill Blair’s March 8 shipbuilding contract announcement was unsurprisingly dropped into a media void, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Urgent: let’s be bold about our national identity

  • We have the building blocks to define a Canadian identity, but they need to be reviewed, reformed, and rebuilt.
Opinion | BY PSG SENATOR ANDREW CARDOZO | March 17, 2025
Steven Guilbeault
Steven Guilbeault
This is an opportunity for Canadian Culture and Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault to do something bold as is demanded by these existential times, writes Sen. Andrew Cardozo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Urgent: let’s be bold about our national identity

Opinion | BY PSG SENATOR ANDREW CARDOZO | March 17, 2025
  • We have the building blocks to define a Canadian identity, but they need to be reviewed, reformed, and rebuilt.

Urgent: let’s be bold about our national identity

Opinion | BY PSG SENATOR ANDREW CARDOZO | March 17, 2025
  • We have the building blocks to define a Canadian identity, but they need to be reviewed, reformed, and rebuilt.
Steven Guilbeault
This is an opportunity for Canadian Culture and Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault to do something bold as is demanded by these existential times, writes Sen. Andrew Cardozo. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Filipino family feud leads to Duterte’s ICC arrest

  • Rodrigo Duterte finished his single permitted term as Philippines president in 2022, leaving 30,000 police murders in his wake and a popular approval rating
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Duterte
Last week’s arrest of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for the ‘crime against humanity’ of mass murder was long overdue, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Filipino family feud leads to Duterte’s ICC arrest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2025
  • Rodrigo Duterte finished his single permitted term as Philippines president in 2022, leaving 30,000 police murders in his wake and a popular approval rating

Filipino family feud leads to Duterte’s ICC arrest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2025
  • Rodrigo Duterte finished his single permitted term as Philippines president in 2022, leaving 30,000 police murders in his wake and a popular approval rating
Rodrigo Duterte
Last week’s arrest of former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court for the ‘crime against humanity’ of mass murder was long overdue, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Liberals, Conservatives gripped in a tie, next election will be ‘like a knife fight in a telephone booth,’ with Trump as disruptor: Nanos

  • In the March 9 Liberal leadership election, Prime Minister Carney secured a ‘crushing victory,’ winning all 343 ridings.
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 17, 2025
In the March 9 Liberal leadership election, Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured with his wife Diana Fox Carney, secured 29,456 points out of a maximum of 34,300. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals, Conservatives gripped in a tie, next election will be ‘like a knife fight in a telephone booth,’ with Trump as disruptor: Nanos

News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 17, 2025
  • In the March 9 Liberal leadership election, Prime Minister Carney secured a ‘crushing victory,’ winning all 343 ridings.

Liberals, Conservatives gripped in a tie, next election will be ‘like a knife fight in a telephone booth,’ with Trump as disruptor: Nanos

News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 17, 2025
  • In the March 9 Liberal leadership election, Prime Minister Carney secured a ‘crushing victory,’ winning all 343 ridings.
In the March 9 Liberal leadership election, Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured with his wife Diana Fox Carney, secured 29,456 points out of a maximum of 34,300. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must stay united for this fight of our lives

  • Trump has given us a massive wake-up call to the future. It's up to us to keep our country together.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada must stay united for this fight of our lives

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 17, 2025
  • Trump has given us a massive wake-up call to the future. It's up to us to keep our country together.

Canada must stay united for this fight of our lives

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 17, 2025
  • Trump has given us a massive wake-up call to the future. It's up to us to keep our country together.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

In a nuclear-armed world, any conflict can turn into a nuclear war: Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

  • Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards
Opinion | March 17, 2025

In a nuclear-armed world, any conflict can turn into a nuclear war: Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

Opinion | March 17, 2025
  • Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards

In a nuclear-armed world, any conflict can turn into a nuclear war: Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

Opinion | March 17, 2025
  • Re: “Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent,” (The Hill Times, March 10). Responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punitive behaviour towards

Trade anxiety creates ‘unprecedented’ risk to agriculture, requires bold advocacy, says sector experts

  • Tariffs and the threat of tariffs from the U.S. and China could have devastating effects on Canada’s agriculture sector, say agriculture industry insiders.
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 17, 2025
To support Canada's farmers, Lawrence MacAulay announced on March 7 that Ottawa will set the interest-free limit of the Advance Payments Program at $250,000 for the 2025 program year. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trade anxiety creates ‘unprecedented’ risk to agriculture, requires bold advocacy, says sector experts

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 17, 2025
  • Tariffs and the threat of tariffs from the U.S. and China could have devastating effects on Canada’s agriculture sector, say agriculture industry insiders.

Trade anxiety creates ‘unprecedented’ risk to agriculture, requires bold advocacy, says sector experts

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 17, 2025
  • Tariffs and the threat of tariffs from the U.S. and China could have devastating effects on Canada’s agriculture sector, say agriculture industry insiders.
To support Canada's farmers, Lawrence MacAulay announced on March 7 that Ottawa will set the interest-free limit of the Advance Payments Program at $250,000 for the 2025 program year. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Who has the best economic plan to build a prosperous and sovereign Canada: Carney or Poilievre?

  • So far, neither party has presented such a plan. Yet the need is urgent. While we must retaliate in the face of U.S. tariffs and
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration courtesy of The Hill Times' Neena Singhal

Who has the best economic plan to build a prosperous and sovereign Canada: Carney or Poilievre?

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 17, 2025
  • So far, neither party has presented such a plan. Yet the need is urgent. While we must retaliate in the face of U.S. tariffs and

Who has the best economic plan to build a prosperous and sovereign Canada: Carney or Poilievre?

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 17, 2025
  • So far, neither party has presented such a plan. Yet the need is urgent. While we must retaliate in the face of U.S. tariffs and
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration courtesy of The Hill Times' Neena Singhal

Canada needs all elbows up!

  • If this fight continues, the federal government may have to consider overriding Danielle Smith's objections. The pain of tariffs needs to be shared across
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 17, 2025
Mike Myers, pictured recently on Saturday Night Live, gestured, moved his left elbow up, pointing to it and mouthed the words, 'Elbows up!' The phrase is inspired by Canadian hockey legend Gordie Howe, who was known for throwing his elbows up to defend himself, and is now Canada's rallying cry against U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen shot courtesy of Saturday Night Live/YouTube

Canada needs all elbows up!

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 17, 2025
  • If this fight continues, the federal government may have to consider overriding Danielle Smith's objections. The pain of tariffs needs to be shared across

Canada needs all elbows up!

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 17, 2025
  • If this fight continues, the federal government may have to consider overriding Danielle Smith's objections. The pain of tariffs needs to be shared across
Mike Myers, pictured recently on Saturday Night Live, gestured, moved his left elbow up, pointing to it and mouthed the words, 'Elbows up!' The phrase is inspired by Canadian hockey legend Gordie Howe, who was known for throwing his elbows up to defend himself, and is now Canada's rallying cry against U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen shot courtesy of Saturday Night Live/YouTube
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Jan. 30 deadline for $50,000 non-refundable deposit narrowed Liberal leadership field, Battiste drops out, backs Carney

  • After the Jan. 30 deadline, leadership candidates must pay an additional non-refundable $250,000 to the party, as required by leadership election rules.
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2025
Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Frank Baylis, Ruby Dhalla, and Jaime Battiste.
Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Frank Baylis, Ruby Dhalla, and Jaime Battiste.
Pictured from top left and clockwise: Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Jaime Battiste, Ruby Dhalla, and Frank Baylis have all made it to the starting blocks for the Liberal leadership race. The deadline for a non-refundable $50,000 deposit with the party could narrow the field of candidates. Battiste dropped out of the race yesterday. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and handouts

Jan. 30 deadline for $50,000 non-refundable deposit narrowed Liberal leadership field, Battiste drops out, backs Carney

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2025
  • After the Jan. 30 deadline, leadership candidates must pay an additional non-refundable $250,000 to the party, as required by leadership election rules.

Jan. 30 deadline for $50,000 non-refundable deposit narrowed Liberal leadership field, Battiste drops out, backs Carney

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2025
  • After the Jan. 30 deadline, leadership candidates must pay an additional non-refundable $250,000 to the party, as required by leadership election rules.
Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Frank Baylis, Ruby Dhalla, and Jaime Battiste.
Pictured from top left and clockwise: Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Jaime Battiste, Ruby Dhalla, and Frank Baylis have all made it to the starting blocks for the Liberal leadership race. The deadline for a non-refundable $50,000 deposit with the party could narrow the field of candidates. Battiste dropped out of the race yesterday. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and handouts

Holland meets the health ministers

  • Good Thursday morning, In today’s Politics This Morning: Canada’s health ministers have gathered in Halifax, where today they’ll sit down to hash out some
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 30, 2025
Minister of Health Mark Holland
Minister of Health Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland will meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Halifax today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Holland meets the health ministers

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 30, 2025
  • Good Thursday morning, In today’s Politics This Morning: Canada’s health ministers have gathered in Halifax, where today they’ll sit down to hash out some

Holland meets the health ministers

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 30, 2025
  • Good Thursday morning, In today’s Politics This Morning: Canada’s health ministers have gathered in Halifax, where today they’ll sit down to hash out some
Minister of Health Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland will meet with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Halifax today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Macklem lays out hypothetical repercussions of Trump tariffs 

  • A monetary policy report released by the Bank of Canada on Jan. 29 laid out the likely ramifications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s potential
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 29, 2025
Tiff Macklem
Tiff Macklem
On Jan. 29, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem announces a key interest rate cut to three per cent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Macklem lays out hypothetical repercussions of Trump tariffs 

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 29, 2025
  • A monetary policy report released by the Bank of Canada on Jan. 29 laid out the likely ramifications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s potential

Macklem lays out hypothetical repercussions of Trump tariffs 

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 29, 2025
  • A monetary policy report released by the Bank of Canada on Jan. 29 laid out the likely ramifications of U.S. President Donald Trump’s potential
Tiff Macklem
On Jan. 29, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem announces a key interest rate cut to three per cent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Three possible scenarios if Trump really does invade Greenland, and none end well

  • There is a genuine possibility that the U.S. Armed Forces (assuming they obey a clearly illegal order) will invade and seize the territory of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Most people treated Donald Trump's rambling on about seizing Greenland as a passing fantasy—until Trump had a 45-minute telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark on Saturday, Jan. 25, writes Gwynne Dyer. One senior European official said the call was 'horrendous,' and that she was shaken by his manner. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Three possible scenarios if Trump really does invade Greenland, and none end well

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2025
  • There is a genuine possibility that the U.S. Armed Forces (assuming they obey a clearly illegal order) will invade and seize the territory of

Three possible scenarios if Trump really does invade Greenland, and none end well

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2025
  • There is a genuine possibility that the U.S. Armed Forces (assuming they obey a clearly illegal order) will invade and seize the territory of
Donald Trump
Most people treated Donald Trump's rambling on about seizing Greenland as a passing fantasy—until Trump had a 45-minute telephone conversation with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark on Saturday, Jan. 25, writes Gwynne Dyer. One senior European official said the call was 'horrendous,' and that she was shaken by his manner. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Conservative politicos say carbon tax still a ballot-box issue in next election, despite Liberals’ proposed policy flip-flop

  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre indicates he won’t change his ‘axe the tax’ messaging in light of some Liberal leadership candidates planning to drop the
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterates his calls for an ‘axe the tax’ federal election while at a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Conservative politicos say carbon tax still a ballot-box issue in next election, despite Liberals’ proposed policy flip-flop

News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre indicates he won’t change his ‘axe the tax’ messaging in light of some Liberal leadership candidates planning to drop the

Conservative politicos say carbon tax still a ballot-box issue in next election, despite Liberals’ proposed policy flip-flop

News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre indicates he won’t change his ‘axe the tax’ messaging in light of some Liberal leadership candidates planning to drop the
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterates his calls for an ‘axe the tax’ federal election while at a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

New Revenue Minister Brière gets her office in shape

  • Plus, Hill Climbers catches up on some recent staffing changes in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including special adviser Sean Mullin's exit.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 29, 2025
National Revenue Minister Élisabeth Brière at Rideau Hall for her cabinet swearing in on Dec. 20, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New Revenue Minister Brière gets her office in shape

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 29, 2025
  • Plus, Hill Climbers catches up on some recent staffing changes in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including special adviser Sean Mullin's exit.

New Revenue Minister Brière gets her office in shape

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 29, 2025
  • Plus, Hill Climbers catches up on some recent staffing changes in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including special adviser Sean Mullin's exit.
National Revenue Minister Élisabeth Brière at Rideau Hall for her cabinet swearing in on Dec. 20, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What about a 2026 election instead?

  • If the Liberals and the NDP can seal a deal on electoral reform, the new prime minister would have a longer runway to the
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 29, 2025
Whether the election is held this year or next, we will most like be right back in the box of first-past-the-post, writes Nelson Wiseman. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Can Pac Swire

What about a 2026 election instead?

Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 29, 2025
  • If the Liberals and the NDP can seal a deal on electoral reform, the new prime minister would have a longer runway to the

What about a 2026 election instead?

Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 29, 2025
  • If the Liberals and the NDP can seal a deal on electoral reform, the new prime minister would have a longer runway to the
Whether the election is held this year or next, we will most like be right back in the box of first-past-the-post, writes Nelson Wiseman. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Can Pac Swire

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

  • Scrapping supply management would allow Trump to deliver more access to the Canadian market for the farmers that overwhelmingly supported him.
Opinion | BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS | January 29, 2025
Any party looking to strengthen Canada’s trade position and to benefit consumers here should reject Bill C-282 if it comes back to Parliament, write Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

Opinion | BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS | January 29, 2025
  • Scrapping supply management would allow Trump to deliver more access to the Canadian market for the farmers that overwhelmingly supported him.

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

Opinion | BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS | January 29, 2025
  • Scrapping supply management would allow Trump to deliver more access to the Canadian market for the farmers that overwhelmingly supported him.
Any party looking to strengthen Canada’s trade position and to benefit consumers here should reject Bill C-282 if it comes back to Parliament, write Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Words won’t eliminate Islamophobia—we need action from everyone

  • Canada remains one of the deadliest places for Muslims dealing with Islamophobic hate amongst G7 countries. To change that, we cannot just simply say that
Opinion | BY GINELLA MASSA | January 29, 2025
Eight years after the deadly Quebec mosque attack, this National Day of Action against Islamophobia feels like déjà vu with Donald Trump back in the White House, and the rhetoric of hate once again creeping across the border, writes Ginella Massa. Pexels photograph by Dhivakaran S

Words won’t eliminate Islamophobia—we need action from everyone

Opinion | BY GINELLA MASSA | January 29, 2025
  • Canada remains one of the deadliest places for Muslims dealing with Islamophobic hate amongst G7 countries. To change that, we cannot just simply say that

Words won’t eliminate Islamophobia—we need action from everyone

Opinion | BY GINELLA MASSA | January 29, 2025
  • Canada remains one of the deadliest places for Muslims dealing with Islamophobic hate amongst G7 countries. To change that, we cannot just simply say that
Eight years after the deadly Quebec mosque attack, this National Day of Action against Islamophobia feels like déjà vu with Donald Trump back in the White House, and the rhetoric of hate once again creeping across the border, writes Ginella Massa. Pexels photograph by Dhivakaran S

Canada’s ‘short-sighted’ immigration cuts will hurt the economy, say critics

  • 'It was really was a political calculus, by the Liberals to scapegoat newcomers, for their failures in their policies,' says NDP MP Jenny Kwan.
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 29, 2025
Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced the government’s new immigration plans last October, in an effort to slow down population growth and relieve pressure on the housing market. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s ‘short-sighted’ immigration cuts will hurt the economy, say critics

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 29, 2025
  • 'It was really was a political calculus, by the Liberals to scapegoat newcomers, for their failures in their policies,' says NDP MP Jenny Kwan.

Canada’s ‘short-sighted’ immigration cuts will hurt the economy, say critics

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 29, 2025
  • 'It was really was a political calculus, by the Liberals to scapegoat newcomers, for their failures in their policies,' says NDP MP Jenny Kwan.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced the government’s new immigration plans last October, in an effort to slow down population growth and relieve pressure on the housing market. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Joly meets Rubio

  • Plus, the Bank of Canada makes its latest move on interest rates.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 29, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will meet today with her counterpart in the Trump government in Washington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Joly meets Rubio

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 29, 2025
  • Plus, the Bank of Canada makes its latest move on interest rates.

Joly meets Rubio

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 29, 2025
  • Plus, the Bank of Canada makes its latest move on interest rates.
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will meet today with her counterpart in the Trump government in Washington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump’s threat is a wake-up call for Canada

  • We cannot rely on American friendship for our economy to function, so it’s time for interprovincial barriers to come down.
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 29, 2025
First ministers' meeting
First ministers' meeting
It is only now—thanks to threats from the U.S. president—that our federal and provincial leaders are giving more than lip service to the idea of breaking down internal trade barriers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump’s threat is a wake-up call for Canada

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 29, 2025
  • We cannot rely on American friendship for our economy to function, so it’s time for interprovincial barriers to come down.

Trump’s threat is a wake-up call for Canada

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 29, 2025
  • We cannot rely on American friendship for our economy to function, so it’s time for interprovincial barriers to come down.
First ministers' meeting
It is only now—thanks to threats from the U.S. president—that our federal and provincial leaders are giving more than lip service to the idea of breaking down internal trade barriers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lessons ignored, voices silenced

  • Judging from today’s political and social environment, we’ve failed to learn the critical lessons from the Holocaust and the hateful Islamophobic attacks on Canadian
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 29, 2025
This week marked both International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. Unsplash photograph by Carly Hendrickson

Lessons ignored, voices silenced

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 29, 2025
  • Judging from today’s political and social environment, we’ve failed to learn the critical lessons from the Holocaust and the hateful Islamophobic attacks on Canadian

Lessons ignored, voices silenced

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | January 29, 2025
  • Judging from today’s political and social environment, we’ve failed to learn the critical lessons from the Holocaust and the hateful Islamophobic attacks on Canadian
This week marked both International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. Unsplash photograph by Carly Hendrickson

Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste

  • Long-term goals like reconciliation and fighting climate change can't get drowned out by tariff threats and other day-to-day concerns for Liberal leadership contenders, says
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
Jamie Battiste
Jamie Battiste
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he doesn't want to see the issue of reconciliation continue to take backseat in the Liberal leadership race as has been the case in the first week since the entry deadline. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste

News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
  • Long-term goals like reconciliation and fighting climate change can't get drowned out by tariff threats and other day-to-day concerns for Liberal leadership contenders, says

Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste

News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
  • Long-term goals like reconciliation and fighting climate change can't get drowned out by tariff threats and other day-to-day concerns for Liberal leadership contenders, says
Jamie Battiste
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he doesn't want to see the issue of reconciliation continue to take backseat in the Liberal leadership race as has been the case in the first week since the entry deadline. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

President’s threat to rules-based world order is no joke

  • As Trump continues his shakedown of Canada, it is becoming apparent that his talk about using 'economic force' to annex this country needs to
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 29, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
By re-electing Donald Trump, Americans have opened the way to the end of a world order centred on rules-based trade and democratic alliances that western countries have promoted and benefitted from throughout the postwar era, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore

President’s threat to rules-based world order is no joke

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 29, 2025
  • As Trump continues his shakedown of Canada, it is becoming apparent that his talk about using 'economic force' to annex this country needs to

President’s threat to rules-based world order is no joke

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 29, 2025
  • As Trump continues his shakedown of Canada, it is becoming apparent that his talk about using 'economic force' to annex this country needs to
Donald Trump
By re-electing Donald Trump, Americans have opened the way to the end of a world order centred on rules-based trade and democratic alliances that western countries have promoted and benefitted from throughout the postwar era, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Gage Skidmore

The inconceivable transformation of Chrystia Freeland

  • With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 29, 2025
Chrystia Freeland's rebrand may be liberating for her and her supporters, but for a politician whose cornerstone was credibility, her political currency is evaporating, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The inconceivable transformation of Chrystia Freeland

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 29, 2025
  • With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.

The inconceivable transformation of Chrystia Freeland

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 29, 2025
  • With revolutionary zeal, or poor driving skills, Freeland has done what other politicians rarely do: she has driven the bus over herself.
Chrystia Freeland's rebrand may be liberating for her and her supporters, but for a politician whose cornerstone was credibility, her political currency is evaporating, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Third-party Protecting Canada goes on $4M TV ad attack targeting Conservative leader’s record on pensions, dental care

  • Spokesperson Megana Ramaswami says the third-party campaign hopes to ‘open voters’ eyes’ to what a Poilievre led-government may bring as federal progressive parties dither.
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
Alongside purchasing $4-million in advertising scheduled during major television events, Protecting Canada has also returned with a renewed Meta ad budget, and a multi-part YouTube series. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube

Third-party Protecting Canada goes on $4M TV ad attack targeting Conservative leader’s record on pensions, dental care

News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
  • Spokesperson Megana Ramaswami says the third-party campaign hopes to ‘open voters’ eyes’ to what a Poilievre led-government may bring as federal progressive parties dither.

Third-party Protecting Canada goes on $4M TV ad attack targeting Conservative leader’s record on pensions, dental care

News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
  • Spokesperson Megana Ramaswami says the third-party campaign hopes to ‘open voters’ eyes’ to what a Poilievre led-government may bring as federal progressive parties dither.
Alongside purchasing $4-million in advertising scheduled during major television events, Protecting Canada has also returned with a renewed Meta ad budget, and a multi-part YouTube series. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube

Remembering the path to which anger leads

  • Two events this week serve as important reminders of the real-world consequences of hate; hate that may start as words, but can lead to
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 29, 2025
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. Photograph by Chrissie Sternschnuppe courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Remembering the path to which anger leads

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 29, 2025
  • Two events this week serve as important reminders of the real-world consequences of hate; hate that may start as words, but can lead to

Remembering the path to which anger leads

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 29, 2025
  • Two events this week serve as important reminders of the real-world consequences of hate; hate that may start as words, but can lead to
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. Photograph by Chrissie Sternschnuppe courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Liberals need middle-class housing plan to match Conservatives, says housing expert

  • The Tories' plan to scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1-million doesn't have a comparable Liberal counterproposal, says
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 29, 2025
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith released a video on Jan. 20 in which he said obstacles to affordable housing include 'too much red tape, too many different restrictive planning and zoning rules, and too many administrative delays.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals need middle-class housing plan to match Conservatives, says housing expert

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 29, 2025
  • The Tories' plan to scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1-million doesn't have a comparable Liberal counterproposal, says

Liberals need middle-class housing plan to match Conservatives, says housing expert

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 29, 2025
  • The Tories' plan to scrap the federal sales tax on new homes sold for less than $1-million doesn't have a comparable Liberal counterproposal, says
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith released a video on Jan. 20 in which he said obstacles to affordable housing include 'too much red tape, too many different restrictive planning and zoning rules, and too many administrative delays.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why do mice vote for cats?

  • I wonder how the late Tommy Douglas would have responded to a character like Donald Trump? Canada once boasted a bold politician who understood
Opinion | January 29, 2025
Cat
Cat
Unsplash photograph by Lodewijk Hertog

Why do mice vote for cats?

Opinion | January 29, 2025
  • I wonder how the late Tommy Douglas would have responded to a character like Donald Trump? Canada once boasted a bold politician who understood

Why do mice vote for cats?

Opinion | January 29, 2025
  • I wonder how the late Tommy Douglas would have responded to a character like Donald Trump? Canada once boasted a bold politician who understood
Cat
Unsplash photograph by Lodewijk Hertog

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