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Trudeau confident on NATO commitments, BMD decision, despite unpredictable U.S. administration

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been forced to restate Canada’s opposition to joining the U.S.-led ballistic missile defence system and re-entering the decades-long military
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington earlier this year, says Canada won't participate in the U.S.-led ballistic missile defence system or commit more personnel for new missions in Afghanistan. Official White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Trudeau confident on NATO commitments, BMD decision, despite unpredictable U.S. administration

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been forced to restate Canada’s opposition to joining the U.S.-led ballistic missile defence system and re-entering the decades-long military

Trudeau confident on NATO commitments, BMD decision, despite unpredictable U.S. administration

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been forced to restate Canada’s opposition to joining the U.S.-led ballistic missile defence system and re-entering the decades-long military
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington earlier this year, says Canada won't participate in the U.S.-led ballistic missile defence system or commit more personnel for new missions in Afghanistan. Official White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Public Safety Canada, CSE set to start cyber-threat sharing pact with private sector

  • With threats like cyber-espionage and ransomware targeting businesses and governments across the world, cyber-security has never been a more stark reality for Canadian businesses.
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale's department is poised to enter an agreement with an organization called the CCTX in an effort to get a better handle on cyber-security threats. The Hill Times file photograph

Public Safety Canada, CSE set to start cyber-threat sharing pact with private sector

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
  • With threats like cyber-espionage and ransomware targeting businesses and governments across the world, cyber-security has never been a more stark reality for Canadian businesses.

Public Safety Canada, CSE set to start cyber-threat sharing pact with private sector

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
  • With threats like cyber-espionage and ransomware targeting businesses and governments across the world, cyber-security has never been a more stark reality for Canadian businesses.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale's department is poised to enter an agreement with an organization called the CCTX in an effort to get a better handle on cyber-security threats. The Hill Times file photograph

Liberals’ defence policy review draws criticism for lacking consistency with foreign policy

  • The Liberal government’s defence policy review, which was released to the public this spring, has drawn a similar brand of criticism as successive government’s
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
Queen’s University's Stefanie von Hlatky says Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's foreign policy speech in the House, made days before the release of the defence policy review results, was deliberate in its timing. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Liberals’ defence policy review draws criticism for lacking consistency with foreign policy

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
  • The Liberal government’s defence policy review, which was released to the public this spring, has drawn a similar brand of criticism as successive government’s

Liberals’ defence policy review draws criticism for lacking consistency with foreign policy

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | September 11, 2017
  • The Liberal government’s defence policy review, which was released to the public this spring, has drawn a similar brand of criticism as successive government’s
Queen’s University's Stefanie von Hlatky says Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's foreign policy speech in the House, made days before the release of the defence policy review results, was deliberate in its timing. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Hundreds rally against racism outside U.S. Embassy

  • Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on Wednesday in a show of strength against racism following a deadly attack on
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 23, 2017
The RCMP estimated that some 700 people were in attendance at the peak of Wednesday's anti-racism rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Hundreds rally against racism outside U.S. Embassy

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 23, 2017
  • Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on Wednesday in a show of strength against racism following a deadly attack on

Hundreds rally against racism outside U.S. Embassy

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 23, 2017
  • Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on Wednesday in a show of strength against racism following a deadly attack on
The RCMP estimated that some 700 people were in attendance at the peak of Wednesday's anti-racism rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The nuclear threat less talked about

  • Amid regular tensions in the South Pacific between the United States and North Korea, there is one nuclear threat that often gets overlooked. That
FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
A potential threat Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale might want to look into is the prospect of a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The nuclear threat less talked about

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
  • Amid regular tensions in the South Pacific between the United States and North Korea, there is one nuclear threat that often gets overlooked. That

The nuclear threat less talked about

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
  • Amid regular tensions in the South Pacific between the United States and North Korea, there is one nuclear threat that often gets overlooked. That
A potential threat Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale might want to look into is the prospect of a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Hope and doubt expressed on B.C. LNG sector following Petronas cancellation

  • Last month, Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petronas cancelled the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project, a $36-billion venture along the British Columbia coast that
FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
Shortly after John Horgan became B.C. premier, Petronas cancelled a $36-billion LNG project in B.C., though the company says it was not related to the changing political landscape in the province. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Hope and doubt expressed on B.C. LNG sector following Petronas cancellation

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
  • Last month, Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petronas cancelled the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project, a $36-billion venture along the British Columbia coast that

Hope and doubt expressed on B.C. LNG sector following Petronas cancellation

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
  • Last month, Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petronas cancelled the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project, a $36-billion venture along the British Columbia coast that
Shortly after John Horgan became B.C. premier, Petronas cancelled a $36-billion LNG project in B.C., though the company says it was not related to the changing political landscape in the province. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canada-China energy relationship expected to widen as China pours billions into clean-tech sector

  • In a keynote speech delivered by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing this June, he proclaimed that Canada is
FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
Natural Resource Minister James Carr making a keynote speech at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing in June 2017. Photograph courtesy of Natural Resources Canada

Canada-China energy relationship expected to widen as China pours billions into clean-tech sector

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
  • In a keynote speech delivered by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing this June, he proclaimed that Canada is

Canada-China energy relationship expected to widen as China pours billions into clean-tech sector

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | August 21, 2017
  • In a keynote speech delivered by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing this June, he proclaimed that Canada is
Natural Resource Minister James Carr making a keynote speech at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing in June 2017. Photograph courtesy of Natural Resources Canada

Solar Compass Project looks to transform Canada’s roadways

  • An innovative new project from a British Columbia geography professor is threatening to change the way Canadians build roads by transforming an innocuous slab
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 17, 2017
Michael Mehta, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops,  B.C., is the brains behind an ambitious project to turn the concrete road surface outside the school's Arts and Education Building into a solar voltaic pad capable of generating 8,000 watts of clean power. Image courtesy of the Solar Compass Project/YouTube

Solar Compass Project looks to transform Canada’s roadways

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 17, 2017
  • An innovative new project from a British Columbia geography professor is threatening to change the way Canadians build roads by transforming an innocuous slab

Solar Compass Project looks to transform Canada’s roadways

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 17, 2017
  • An innovative new project from a British Columbia geography professor is threatening to change the way Canadians build roads by transforming an innocuous slab
Michael Mehta, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops,  B.C., is the brains behind an ambitious project to turn the concrete road surface outside the school's Arts and Education Building into a solar voltaic pad capable of generating 8,000 watts of clean power. Image courtesy of the Solar Compass Project/YouTube

‘Taxpayers are getting a bad deal,’ residents protest proposed nuclear waste disposal site north of Ottawa

  • Residents of a small community in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec are banding together to fight a plan to store nuclear waste along the
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 17, 2017
Auditor General Michael Ferguson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

‘Taxpayers are getting a bad deal,’ residents protest proposed nuclear waste disposal site north of Ottawa

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 17, 2017
  • Residents of a small community in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec are banding together to fight a plan to store nuclear waste along the

‘Taxpayers are getting a bad deal,’ residents protest proposed nuclear waste disposal site north of Ottawa

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 17, 2017
  • Residents of a small community in Eastern Ontario and West Quebec are banding together to fight a plan to store nuclear waste along the
Auditor General Michael Ferguson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

‘Like most politicians I am competitive and like to win:’ MP Anthony Housefather to rep Canada at Jewish Olympics

  • Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather has been hard at work this past year, not only with a long list of responsibilities on the Hill,
News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 5, 2017
Montreal Liberal MP and swimmer Anthony Housefather is heading back to the Maccabiah games after winning seven medals at the Jewish athletic competition in 2013, narrowly missing a gold medal by four-tenths of a second. Photograph courtesy of Anthony Housefather

‘Like most politicians I am competitive and like to win:’ MP Anthony Housefather to rep Canada at Jewish Olympics

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 5, 2017
  • Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather has been hard at work this past year, not only with a long list of responsibilities on the Hill,

‘Like most politicians I am competitive and like to win:’ MP Anthony Housefather to rep Canada at Jewish Olympics

News | BY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | July 5, 2017
  • Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather has been hard at work this past year, not only with a long list of responsibilities on the Hill,
Montreal Liberal MP and swimmer Anthony Housefather is heading back to the Maccabiah games after winning seven medals at the Jewish athletic competition in 2013, narrowly missing a gold medal by four-tenths of a second. Photograph courtesy of Anthony Housefather

‘There will never be a day when I do zero political cartoons,’ de Adder on cartooning and his surprising bestseller You Might Be From Canada If

  • For the past three decades, Michael de Adder has been making a name for himself as one of the most critical and hard-hitting editorial
FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | June 26, 2017
Dotted with prestigious awards, Michael de Adder’s career is widely celebrated. His work appears regularly in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, The Toronto Star, and The Hill Times.

‘There will never be a day when I do zero political cartoons,’ de Adder on cartooning and his surprising bestseller You Might Be From Canada If

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | June 26, 2017
  • For the past three decades, Michael de Adder has been making a name for himself as one of the most critical and hard-hitting editorial

‘There will never be a day when I do zero political cartoons,’ de Adder on cartooning and his surprising bestseller You Might Be From Canada If

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT | June 26, 2017
  • For the past three decades, Michael de Adder has been making a name for himself as one of the most critical and hard-hitting editorial
Dotted with prestigious awards, Michael de Adder’s career is widely celebrated. His work appears regularly in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, The Toronto Star, and The Hill Times.

‘A shifting and adapting identity is in our DNA’: MPs, Senators describe what it means to be Canadian

  • PARLIAMENT HILL—From the leafy streets of Mount Royal, Que., to the soaring, glorious mountains of Yellowhead, Alta., and everywhere else in between and beyond,
FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT, ZACH VARDA | June 26, 2017
NDP MP Richard Cannings, left, pictured March 8, 2017, at the Daughters of the Vote event on the Hill, organized by Equal Voice to encourage more women to run for public office. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

‘A shifting and adapting identity is in our DNA’: MPs, Senators describe what it means to be Canadian

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT, ZACH VARDA | June 26, 2017
  • PARLIAMENT HILL—From the leafy streets of Mount Royal, Que., to the soaring, glorious mountains of Yellowhead, Alta., and everywhere else in between and beyond,

‘A shifting and adapting identity is in our DNA’: MPs, Senators describe what it means to be Canadian

FeatureBY IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT, ZACH VARDA | June 26, 2017
  • PARLIAMENT HILL—From the leafy streets of Mount Royal, Que., to the soaring, glorious mountains of Yellowhead, Alta., and everywhere else in between and beyond,
NDP MP Richard Cannings, left, pictured March 8, 2017, at the Daughters of the Vote event on the Hill, organized by Equal Voice to encourage more women to run for public office. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
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