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Susan Riley is a veteran political columnist and regular contributor to The Hill Times.

Trump, Trudeau and an ominous thunder

  • Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 11, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
The good news is that Donald Trump, pictured, will be gone for good in four years. It will be up to the next U.S. government to repair the devastation he leaves, or not, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Trump, Trudeau and an ominous thunder

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 11, 2024
  • Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold

Trump, Trudeau and an ominous thunder

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 11, 2024
  • Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold
Donald Trump
The good news is that Donald Trump, pictured, will be gone for good in four years. It will be up to the next U.S. government to repair the devastation he leaves, or not, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Trump, Trudeau and an ominous thunder

  • Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 11, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
The good news is that Donald Trump, pictured, will be gone for good in four years. It will be up to the next U.S. government to repair the devastation he leaves, or not, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Trump, Trudeau and an ominous thunder

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 11, 2024
  • Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold

Trump, Trudeau and an ominous thunder

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 11, 2024
  • Donald Trump’s return will only make things worse. He's called climate change 'a scam,' EVs useless, and boasted that America 'has more liquid gold
Donald Trump
The good news is that Donald Trump, pictured, will be gone for good in four years. It will be up to the next U.S. government to repair the devastation he leaves, or not, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Meanwhile, on a planet far, far away

  • The enemy without—climate change, of course—is scratching at the window, unheard and ignored. In one way or another it’s coming for us all.
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 28, 2024
David Eby, left, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Kamala Harris, David Rustad, Pierre Poilievre, and Danielle Smith. Politics is a thankless business, so perhaps we shouldn’t begrudge our leaders the fun they are having with issues like foreign interference, Trump’s admiration for Hitler, Rustad’s flirtations with crazy conspiracies, writes Riley. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr/British Columbia Government and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Neena Singhal

Meanwhile, on a planet far, far away

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 28, 2024
  • The enemy without—climate change, of course—is scratching at the window, unheard and ignored. In one way or another it’s coming for us all.

Meanwhile, on a planet far, far away

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 28, 2024
  • The enemy without—climate change, of course—is scratching at the window, unheard and ignored. In one way or another it’s coming for us all.
David Eby, left, Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau, Kamala Harris, David Rustad, Pierre Poilievre, and Danielle Smith. Politics is a thankless business, so perhaps we shouldn’t begrudge our leaders the fun they are having with issues like foreign interference, Trump’s admiration for Hitler, Rustad’s flirtations with crazy conspiracies, writes Riley. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Flickr/British Columbia Government and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Neena Singhal

Can we talk about Poilievre? Whether his harshness is impulsive or strategic, it’s invidious

  • Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair, who faced Poilievre in the Commons for 10 years, recalled: 'He has only one pitch: a hardball to the
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 14, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, is the latest public figure to face Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s lacerating criticism, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Can we talk about Poilievre? Whether his harshness is impulsive or strategic, it’s invidious

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 14, 2024
  • Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair, who faced Poilievre in the Commons for 10 years, recalled: 'He has only one pitch: a hardball to the

Can we talk about Poilievre? Whether his harshness is impulsive or strategic, it’s invidious

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 14, 2024
  • Former NDP leader Tom Mulcair, who faced Poilievre in the Commons for 10 years, recalled: 'He has only one pitch: a hardball to the
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, is the latest public figure to face Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s lacerating criticism, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

A diverse menu, but nothing appeals

  • The ideal prime minister would be someone with no political baggage, no embarrassing internet history, no ideological quirks, with razor-sharp debating skills, a sense
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 30, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. After years on the fringes of every consequential election in this country, perhaps the moment has finally come for 'none-of-the-above,' writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

A diverse menu, but nothing appeals

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 30, 2024
  • The ideal prime minister would be someone with no political baggage, no embarrassing internet history, no ideological quirks, with razor-sharp debating skills, a sense

A diverse menu, but nothing appeals

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 30, 2024
  • The ideal prime minister would be someone with no political baggage, no embarrassing internet history, no ideological quirks, with razor-sharp debating skills, a sense
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. After years on the fringes of every consequential election in this country, perhaps the moment has finally come for 'none-of-the-above,' writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trade policy: where ideological purity goes to die

  • Protectionism is having a moment in the face of the off-shoring of jobs, shrinking middle-class incomes, growing inequality, and soaring corporate profits.
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 26, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to follow the United States in placing a punishing tariff on affordable Chinese EVs, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trade policy: where ideological purity goes to die

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 26, 2024
  • Protectionism is having a moment in the face of the off-shoring of jobs, shrinking middle-class incomes, growing inequality, and soaring corporate profits.

Trade policy: where ideological purity goes to die

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 26, 2024
  • Protectionism is having a moment in the face of the off-shoring of jobs, shrinking middle-class incomes, growing inequality, and soaring corporate profits.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to follow the United States in placing a punishing tariff on affordable Chinese EVs, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will the Harris bounce jump the border? If only

  • Kamala Harris hasn’t just revived a fretful Democratic Party, in the opening weeks of her presidential campaign, in her own country. Her arrival has
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 12, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris is like a breath of fresh air, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Will the Harris bounce jump the border? If only

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 12, 2024
  • Kamala Harris hasn’t just revived a fretful Democratic Party, in the opening weeks of her presidential campaign, in her own country. Her arrival has

Will the Harris bounce jump the border? If only

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 12, 2024
  • Kamala Harris hasn’t just revived a fretful Democratic Party, in the opening weeks of her presidential campaign, in her own country. Her arrival has
Kamala Harris
U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris is like a breath of fresh air, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Pumping more oil while the house burns down: how long will the fantasy last?

  • Fossil fuels still hugely contribute to provincial coffers and the federal treasury, but too so would green energy alternatives if given a chance to
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 29, 2024
Last summer's forest fires in Alberta. With a few exceptions, our politicians are divided into two camps: the stout defenders of the oil and gas industry regardless of damage to the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions cause; or, those rhetorically committed to addressing climate change, but, maybe next decade, or in 2050. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND Canada

Pumping more oil while the house burns down: how long will the fantasy last?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 29, 2024
  • Fossil fuels still hugely contribute to provincial coffers and the federal treasury, but too so would green energy alternatives if given a chance to

Pumping more oil while the house burns down: how long will the fantasy last?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 29, 2024
  • Fossil fuels still hugely contribute to provincial coffers and the federal treasury, but too so would green energy alternatives if given a chance to
Last summer's forest fires in Alberta. With a few exceptions, our politicians are divided into two camps: the stout defenders of the oil and gas industry regardless of damage to the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions cause; or, those rhetorically committed to addressing climate change, but, maybe next decade, or in 2050. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND Canada

Who will be left standing in an uncertain political moment?

  • What does any leader do when the public mood is 'out with the old, in with the unthinkable'? And 'old' isn’t always a matter
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 15, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a bilateral meeting in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Who will be left standing in an uncertain political moment?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 15, 2024
  • What does any leader do when the public mood is 'out with the old, in with the unthinkable'? And 'old' isn’t always a matter

Who will be left standing in an uncertain political moment?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 15, 2024
  • What does any leader do when the public mood is 'out with the old, in with the unthinkable'? And 'old' isn’t always a matter
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a bilateral meeting in Ottawa on March 24, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Happy Canada Day, everyone! Or is it?

  • This July 1 has some Canadians worried about the future and despondent about the present. 
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 1, 2024
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, centre, pictured on the Hill on April 16, 2024, with some of his Conservative MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Happy Canada Day, everyone! Or is it?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 1, 2024
  • This July 1 has some Canadians worried about the future and despondent about the present. 

Happy Canada Day, everyone! Or is it?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 1, 2024
  • This July 1 has some Canadians worried about the future and despondent about the present. 
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, centre, pictured on the Hill on April 16, 2024, with some of his Conservative MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Colonel Mustard with the knife in the Constituency? Maybe not

  • Elizabeth May's unexpected denouement left media, opposition parties, and the dysfunctional security apparatus looking like bit players in an Inspector Clouseau farce. The whole
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 17, 2024
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May told reporters last week that 'There is no list of MPs who have shown disloyalty to Canada,' but said one former unnamed MP was a willing tool of Beijing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Colonel Mustard with the knife in the Constituency? Maybe not

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 17, 2024
  • Elizabeth May's unexpected denouement left media, opposition parties, and the dysfunctional security apparatus looking like bit players in an Inspector Clouseau farce. The whole

Colonel Mustard with the knife in the Constituency? Maybe not

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 17, 2024
  • Elizabeth May's unexpected denouement left media, opposition parties, and the dysfunctional security apparatus looking like bit players in an Inspector Clouseau farce. The whole
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May told reporters last week that 'There is no list of MPs who have shown disloyalty to Canada,' but said one former unnamed MP was a willing tool of Beijing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hey, Liberals! Why be shy? Isn’t it time to refute the disinformation?

  • Any attempts to dispute the cascade of falsehoods on X, many emanating from Pierre Poilievre, have been late, fitful and lost amid the background
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 3, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on the Hill on April 16, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hey, Liberals! Why be shy? Isn’t it time to refute the disinformation?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 3, 2024
  • Any attempts to dispute the cascade of falsehoods on X, many emanating from Pierre Poilievre, have been late, fitful and lost amid the background

Hey, Liberals! Why be shy? Isn’t it time to refute the disinformation?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 3, 2024
  • Any attempts to dispute the cascade of falsehoods on X, many emanating from Pierre Poilievre, have been late, fitful and lost amid the background
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on the Hill on April 16, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Workin’ 9 to 5, that’s no way to make a livin’

  • Sending public servants into action to save a city from decades of bad urban planning is like dispatching the military to fill sandbags, or
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 13, 2024
Public Service Alliance of Canada president Chris Aylward during PSAC's picket line in Ottawa on April 19, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Workin’ 9 to 5, that’s no way to make a livin’

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 13, 2024
  • Sending public servants into action to save a city from decades of bad urban planning is like dispatching the military to fill sandbags, or

Workin’ 9 to 5, that’s no way to make a livin’

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 13, 2024
  • Sending public servants into action to save a city from decades of bad urban planning is like dispatching the military to fill sandbags, or
Public Service Alliance of Canada president Chris Aylward during PSAC's picket line in Ottawa on April 19, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

  • Canadian politicians at all levels have a choice: continue supporting a still-lucrative but damaging fossil fuel industry, or summon the courage and foresight to
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 22, 2024
The slowing sale of EVs lends ballast to an indirect campaign by Big Oil, and its enablers, to undermine the transition away from gasoline, with torqued reports about the supposed unreliability of EVs in cold climates, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 22, 2024
  • Canadian politicians at all levels have a choice: continue supporting a still-lucrative but damaging fossil fuel industry, or summon the courage and foresight to

First they came for the carbon tax, are electric vehicles next?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 22, 2024
  • Canadian politicians at all levels have a choice: continue supporting a still-lucrative but damaging fossil fuel industry, or summon the courage and foresight to
The slowing sale of EVs lends ballast to an indirect campaign by Big Oil, and its enablers, to undermine the transition away from gasoline, with torqued reports about the supposed unreliability of EVs in cold climates, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How to navigate post-fact politics: skeptically, but attentively

  • Today’s politics is entirely personality and performances. The bickering plays out like an annoying soundtrack, and the temptation to tune it out can be
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 8, 2024
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The delivery of federal climate measures has been so bungled and half-hearted that the fact-free enemies of climate action—various premiers, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—are winning the communications war, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

How to navigate post-fact politics: skeptically, but attentively

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 8, 2024
  • Today’s politics is entirely personality and performances. The bickering plays out like an annoying soundtrack, and the temptation to tune it out can be

How to navigate post-fact politics: skeptically, but attentively

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 8, 2024
  • Today’s politics is entirely personality and performances. The bickering plays out like an annoying soundtrack, and the temptation to tune it out can be
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The delivery of federal climate measures has been so bungled and half-hearted that the fact-free enemies of climate action—various premiers, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—are winning the communications war, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

There are signs of resistance to the right-wing juggernaut, if you look hard enough

  • The election of Wab Kinew, the first modern-day Indigenous premier of Manitoba, signals a welcome departure from the usual fed-prov scenario: premiers fighting Ottawa
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 25, 2024
Wab Kinew, pictured Oct. 3, 2023, after winning the Manitoba election. In his first months, the new NDP premier has cheerfully accepted $664-million in federal money for health care and also welcomed the recent federal mini-pharmacare plan, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy of X/Twitter

There are signs of resistance to the right-wing juggernaut, if you look hard enough

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 25, 2024
  • The election of Wab Kinew, the first modern-day Indigenous premier of Manitoba, signals a welcome departure from the usual fed-prov scenario: premiers fighting Ottawa

There are signs of resistance to the right-wing juggernaut, if you look hard enough

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 25, 2024
  • The election of Wab Kinew, the first modern-day Indigenous premier of Manitoba, signals a welcome departure from the usual fed-prov scenario: premiers fighting Ottawa
Wab Kinew, pictured Oct. 3, 2023, after winning the Manitoba election. In his first months, the new NDP premier has cheerfully accepted $664-million in federal money for health care and also welcomed the recent federal mini-pharmacare plan, writes Susan Riley. Photograph courtesy of X/Twitter

‘Baby-steps’ pharmacare a test of our humanity and of our political leaders

  • If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The final argument against what's otherwise a compassionate and affordable initiative from a reluctant federal government is that paying for medication for diabetics could be a slippery slope. But isn't that a slope we want to be on, asks Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Baby-steps’ pharmacare a test of our humanity and of our political leaders

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 11, 2024
  • If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there

‘Baby-steps’ pharmacare a test of our humanity and of our political leaders

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 11, 2024
  • If the proposals survive, this national pharmacare intro-package should fill open gaps for many insulin-dependent diabetics, especially those with Type 1 diabetes. But there
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The final argument against what's otherwise a compassionate and affordable initiative from a reluctant federal government is that paying for medication for diabetics could be a slippery slope. But isn't that a slope we want to be on, asks Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

A rapidly changing climate and a glaring political disconnect

  • Climate change is on the agenda, but only sometimes, as one of several recurring issues. It might crop up when a town burns down,
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 26, 2024
Long-time NDP MP Charlie Angus introduced a private member's bill that would ban deceptive advertising from the oil and gas sector, but you'd think he had proposed legalizing child pornography, so violent and dismissive was reaction to his bill. It doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Ottawa of surviving, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A rapidly changing climate and a glaring political disconnect

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 26, 2024
  • Climate change is on the agenda, but only sometimes, as one of several recurring issues. It might crop up when a town burns down,

A rapidly changing climate and a glaring political disconnect

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 26, 2024
  • Climate change is on the agenda, but only sometimes, as one of several recurring issues. It might crop up when a town burns down,
Long-time NDP MP Charlie Angus introduced a private member's bill that would ban deceptive advertising from the oil and gas sector, but you'd think he had proposed legalizing child pornography, so violent and dismissive was reaction to his bill. It doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Ottawa of surviving, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

For climate progress, maybe the rest of Canada should join Quebec

  • Plaudits to Quebec. It is more than carrying its weight when it comes to lowering national admissions and, unlike the federal government, gaining favourable
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 12, 2024
Quebec Premier François Legault in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023. The premier is leaping to the front of a parade led by middle-class Quebecers—but it is a parade that leads away from oil and gas, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

For climate progress, maybe the rest of Canada should join Quebec

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 12, 2024
  • Plaudits to Quebec. It is more than carrying its weight when it comes to lowering national admissions and, unlike the federal government, gaining favourable

For climate progress, maybe the rest of Canada should join Quebec

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 12, 2024
  • Plaudits to Quebec. It is more than carrying its weight when it comes to lowering national admissions and, unlike the federal government, gaining favourable
Quebec Premier François Legault in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023. The premier is leaping to the front of a parade led by middle-class Quebecers—but it is a parade that leads away from oil and gas, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Trudeau’s third act include a surprise ending?

  • Absent future careless misjudgments, bureaucratic boondoggles or mishandled global, domestic, or climate emergencies, Justin Trudeau could pull off a miracle recovery. Or at least
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 29, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Will Trudeau’s third act include a surprise ending?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 29, 2024
  • Absent future careless misjudgments, bureaucratic boondoggles or mishandled global, domestic, or climate emergencies, Justin Trudeau could pull off a miracle recovery. Or at least

Will Trudeau’s third act include a surprise ending?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 29, 2024
  • Absent future careless misjudgments, bureaucratic boondoggles or mishandled global, domestic, or climate emergencies, Justin Trudeau could pull off a miracle recovery. Or at least
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

How the Liberal Party can save itself, maybe

  • It may be too late. The Liberals are never going to win over Alberta’s political class, many voters out West, many angry men. They
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 22, 2024
Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, top left, Housing Minister Sean Fraser, Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, above left, Treasury Board President Anita Anand, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne tend to get things done, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

How the Liberal Party can save itself, maybe

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 22, 2024
  • It may be too late. The Liberals are never going to win over Alberta’s political class, many voters out West, many angry men. They

How the Liberal Party can save itself, maybe

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 22, 2024
  • It may be too late. The Liberals are never going to win over Alberta’s political class, many voters out West, many angry men. They
Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, top left, Housing Minister Sean Fraser, Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, above left, Treasury Board President Anita Anand, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne tend to get things done, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

For something completely different: a little good news

  • Despite the threat of a reversal of our halting progress on climate, reconciliation and social equity under a future Conservative government, continuing worry about
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 8, 2024
Housing minister Sean Fraser offered an eye-catching proposal just before Christmas: an updated version of an 80-year old federal housing program that offered small, simple, nearly-identical housing units to returning Second World War veterans, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Photograph by Andrew Meade

For something completely different: a little good news

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 8, 2024
  • Despite the threat of a reversal of our halting progress on climate, reconciliation and social equity under a future Conservative government, continuing worry about

For something completely different: a little good news

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 8, 2024
  • Despite the threat of a reversal of our halting progress on climate, reconciliation and social equity under a future Conservative government, continuing worry about
Housing minister Sean Fraser offered an eye-catching proposal just before Christmas: an updated version of an 80-year old federal housing program that offered small, simple, nearly-identical housing units to returning Second World War veterans, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Photograph by Andrew Meade

Oil and gas industry’s fancy foot-dragging wins the day, again

  • While the Conservative leader is busy trying to 'ruin' Trudeau’s holiday with procedural hi-jinks aimed at fighting the carbon tax, oil executives and their
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 11, 2023
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. The Trudeau government has abased itself to the fossil fuel industry leaders: buying a $30-billion money-losing pipeline, sending millions of dollar to the province to clean up abandoned wells, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Oil and gas industry’s fancy foot-dragging wins the day, again

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 11, 2023
  • While the Conservative leader is busy trying to 'ruin' Trudeau’s holiday with procedural hi-jinks aimed at fighting the carbon tax, oil executives and their

Oil and gas industry’s fancy foot-dragging wins the day, again

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 11, 2023
  • While the Conservative leader is busy trying to 'ruin' Trudeau’s holiday with procedural hi-jinks aimed at fighting the carbon tax, oil executives and their
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. The Trudeau government has abased itself to the fossil fuel industry leaders: buying a $30-billion money-losing pipeline, sending millions of dollar to the province to clean up abandoned wells, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

  • While politicians hurl accusations and recycle old ideological claims, their lives are mostly untouched by current financial pressures; they, along with grocery store executives,
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 27, 2023
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill. Unfortunately for Poilievre, last week’s fall economic update was preceded by cheering news on inflation; the official rate has dropped from 3.8 per cent in September to 3.1 per cent last month and could be on its way further down, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 27, 2023
  • While politicians hurl accusations and recycle old ideological claims, their lives are mostly untouched by current financial pressures; they, along with grocery store executives,

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 27, 2023
  • While politicians hurl accusations and recycle old ideological claims, their lives are mostly untouched by current financial pressures; they, along with grocery store executives,
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill. Unfortunately for Poilievre, last week’s fall economic update was preceded by cheering news on inflation; the official rate has dropped from 3.8 per cent in September to 3.1 per cent last month and could be on its way further down, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge

  • The Liberal government seemed content to let the carbon tax do all the work until, magically, everyone buys electric vehicles, installs heat pumps, and
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 13, 2023
The saddest thing is that the Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, are probably as good as it gets on climate since Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doesn’t take climate seriously, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 13, 2023
  • The Liberal government seemed content to let the carbon tax do all the work until, magically, everyone buys electric vehicles, installs heat pumps, and

Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 13, 2023
  • The Liberal government seemed content to let the carbon tax do all the work until, magically, everyone buys electric vehicles, installs heat pumps, and
The saddest thing is that the Liberals under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, are probably as good as it gets on climate since Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doesn’t take climate seriously, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

No country for old men

  • The health of any institution requires regular renewal, encouraging newcomers while bidding a respectful farewell to those who have served long and often well.
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 30, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden, age 80, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, age 51. Canada is blessed in the health, energy and work ethic of our political leaders, especially when compared to our southern neighbours, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

No country for old men

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 30, 2023
  • The health of any institution requires regular renewal, encouraging newcomers while bidding a respectful farewell to those who have served long and often well.

No country for old men

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 30, 2023
  • The health of any institution requires regular renewal, encouraging newcomers while bidding a respectful farewell to those who have served long and often well.
U.S. President Joe Biden, age 80, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, age 51. Canada is blessed in the health, energy and work ethic of our political leaders, especially when compared to our southern neighbours, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

All our puny sorrows: plea for perspective in an anguished world

  • While Israelis and Palestinians alike reckon with the aftermath of the barbarism unleashed by Hamas last week, one Canadian leader has invoked the notwithstanding
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 16, 2023
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has invoked the notwithstanding clause to allow him to override the rights of young people questioning their gender identity, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

All our puny sorrows: plea for perspective in an anguished world

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 16, 2023
  • While Israelis and Palestinians alike reckon with the aftermath of the barbarism unleashed by Hamas last week, one Canadian leader has invoked the notwithstanding

All our puny sorrows: plea for perspective in an anguished world

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 16, 2023
  • While Israelis and Palestinians alike reckon with the aftermath of the barbarism unleashed by Hamas last week, one Canadian leader has invoked the notwithstanding
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has invoked the notwithstanding clause to allow him to override the rights of young people questioning their gender identity, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Just what we need: another national unity crisis

  • If Alberta premier Danielle Smith manifests such disregard for the rest of the country, she shouldn't be surprised if the rest of Canada reacts
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 2, 2023
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to exit the Canada Pension Plan and take more than half its assets with her. But there's the little matter of the greenhouse gas emissions emanating from Alberta's primary industry, and the costly damage they continue to cause every province and territory in the country, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Just what we need: another national unity crisis

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 2, 2023
  • If Alberta premier Danielle Smith manifests such disregard for the rest of the country, she shouldn't be surprised if the rest of Canada reacts

Just what we need: another national unity crisis

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 2, 2023
  • If Alberta premier Danielle Smith manifests such disregard for the rest of the country, she shouldn't be surprised if the rest of Canada reacts
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to exit the Canada Pension Plan and take more than half its assets with her. But there's the little matter of the greenhouse gas emissions emanating from Alberta's primary industry, and the costly damage they continue to cause every province and territory in the country, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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This changes everything, for a while, at least

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—After the virus is gone—and it will go—will life, particularly political life, be any different? Will ideology, of any stripe, look like the
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transpsort Minister Marc Garneau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

This changes everything, for a while, at least

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—After the virus is gone—and it will go—will life, particularly political life, be any different? Will ideology, of any stripe, look like the

This changes everything, for a while, at least

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—After the virus is gone—and it will go—will life, particularly political life, be any different? Will ideology, of any stripe, look like the
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transpsort Minister Marc Garneau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will anyone cut Trudeau slack in a cutthroat world? 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it is that being prime minister of Canada is a brutally hard job. Justin
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 9, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Feb. 21, 2020. If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it is that being prime minister of Canada is a brutally hard job, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will anyone cut Trudeau slack in a cutthroat world? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 9, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it is that being prime minister of Canada is a brutally hard job. Justin

Will anyone cut Trudeau slack in a cutthroat world? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 9, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it is that being prime minister of Canada is a brutally hard job. Justin
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Feb. 21, 2020. If the last few weeks have taught us anything, it is that being prime minister of Canada is a brutally hard job, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Those rascally ‘radical activists’ are everywhere

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Wild rumours circulated on Parliament Hill last week that “radical foreign activists” have taken over the federal Conservative Party. Then someone said: “Wait!
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 24, 2020
Activists, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2020, out showing their support for the Wet’suwet’en land defenders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Those rascally ‘radical activists’ are everywhere

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 24, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Wild rumours circulated on Parliament Hill last week that “radical foreign activists” have taken over the federal Conservative Party. Then someone said: “Wait!

Those rascally ‘radical activists’ are everywhere

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 24, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Wild rumours circulated on Parliament Hill last week that “radical foreign activists” have taken over the federal Conservative Party. Then someone said: “Wait!
Activists, pictured in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2020, out showing their support for the Wet’suwet’en land defenders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

When you’re in a climate hole, first you stop digging 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The groundwork is being laid for federal cabinet approval of a giant new oilsands mine in northern Alberta—perhaps with mandated emissions reductions limits,
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 10, 2020
The groundwork is being laid for federal cabinet approval of a giant new oilsands mine in northern Alberta—perhaps with mandated emissions reductions limits, perhaps with a promise from Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, pictured on May 2, 2019, on the Hill, to legislate a 100-megatonne cap on provincial emissions, and, perhaps, with the private hope that the expensive and polluting project will never be built. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

When you’re in a climate hole, first you stop digging 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 10, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The groundwork is being laid for federal cabinet approval of a giant new oilsands mine in northern Alberta—perhaps with mandated emissions reductions limits,

When you’re in a climate hole, first you stop digging 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | February 10, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The groundwork is being laid for federal cabinet approval of a giant new oilsands mine in northern Alberta—perhaps with mandated emissions reductions limits,
The groundwork is being laid for federal cabinet approval of a giant new oilsands mine in northern Alberta—perhaps with mandated emissions reductions limits, perhaps with a promise from Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, pictured on May 2, 2019, on the Hill, to legislate a 100-megatonne cap on provincial emissions, and, perhaps, with the private hope that the expensive and polluting project will never be built. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Women in politics: every party should have a few 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Will the time ever come when every leadership race does not require a “woman” candidate, primarily to make the party look inclusive? In
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 27, 2020
Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, pictured, is so far the only high-profile woman running for the Conservative Party's leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Women in politics: every party should have a few 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 27, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Will the time ever come when every leadership race does not require a “woman” candidate, primarily to make the party look inclusive? In

Women in politics: every party should have a few 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 27, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Will the time ever come when every leadership race does not require a “woman” candidate, primarily to make the party look inclusive? In
Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, pictured, is so far the only high-profile woman running for the Conservative Party's leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Conservatives follow ‘Skippy’ over the cliff? 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If Conservatives choose high-profile MP, Pierre Poilievre, as their new leader in June—and it would be rash to rule out the possibility— it
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 13, 2020
Conservative Finance Critic Pierre Poilievre, pictured on Aug. 26, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. If Conservatives choose the high-profile MP as their new leader in June—and it would be rash to rule out the possibility—it would be a victory for the worst kind of politics: divisive, negative and narrow, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Conservatives follow ‘Skippy’ over the cliff? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 13, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If Conservatives choose high-profile MP, Pierre Poilievre, as their new leader in June—and it would be rash to rule out the possibility— it

Will Conservatives follow ‘Skippy’ over the cliff? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 13, 2020
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If Conservatives choose high-profile MP, Pierre Poilievre, as their new leader in June—and it would be rash to rule out the possibility— it
Conservative Finance Critic Pierre Poilievre, pictured on Aug. 26, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. If Conservatives choose the high-profile MP as their new leader in June—and it would be rash to rule out the possibility—it would be a victory for the worst kind of politics: divisive, negative and narrow, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Frontier Mine emerges as the latest test of Trudeau’s climate credibility

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Apparently under the erroneous impression that he won the recent federal election, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney marched through the salons and wood-panelled political
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 16, 2019
This is awkward: Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney, pictured Dec. 10, 2019, meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in West Block in Ottawa on Dec. 10, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Frontier Mine emerges as the latest test of Trudeau’s climate credibility

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 16, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Apparently under the erroneous impression that he won the recent federal election, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney marched through the salons and wood-panelled political

Frontier Mine emerges as the latest test of Trudeau’s climate credibility

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 16, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Apparently under the erroneous impression that he won the recent federal election, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney marched through the salons and wood-panelled political
This is awkward: Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney, pictured Dec. 10, 2019, meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in West Block in Ottawa on Dec. 10, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Trudeau’s climate action match his rhetoric this time—or ever?

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—There are ominous signals from the new Trudeau government that federal action to curb climate change will not be accelerating any time soon—certainly
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 2, 2019
New Environment Minister John Wilkinson speaks of searching for technological innovation that will allow Canada to continue producing oil and gas, presumably indefinitely, in a way that is 'thoughtful and sensitive' to the troubled oil patch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Trudeau’s climate action match his rhetoric this time—or ever?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 2, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—There are ominous signals from the new Trudeau government that federal action to curb climate change will not be accelerating any time soon—certainly

Will Trudeau’s climate action match his rhetoric this time—or ever?

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | December 2, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—There are ominous signals from the new Trudeau government that federal action to curb climate change will not be accelerating any time soon—certainly
New Environment Minister John Wilkinson speaks of searching for technological innovation that will allow Canada to continue producing oil and gas, presumably indefinitely, in a way that is 'thoughtful and sensitive' to the troubled oil patch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time for Scheer to get another job 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results—neither humility, nor the urgent need for a different tone,
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 18, 2019
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time for Scheer to get another job 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 18, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results—neither humility, nor the urgent need for a different tone,

Time for Scheer to get another job 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 18, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results—neither humility, nor the urgent need for a different tone,
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer has apparently learned nothing from last month’s election results, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Jason Kenney is shooting off his foot, not just his mouth 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The major obstacle to Alberta’s future well-being at the moment is not Justin Trudeau. It is Jason Kenney. The Alberta premier’s belligerent and
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 4, 2019
The major obstacle to Alberta’s future well-being at the moment is not Justin Trudeau. It is Jason Kenney, pictured on May 2, 2019, in the Prime Minister's Office in the West Block. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Jason Kenney is shooting off his foot, not just his mouth 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 4, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The major obstacle to Alberta’s future well-being at the moment is not Justin Trudeau. It is Jason Kenney. The Alberta premier’s belligerent and

Jason Kenney is shooting off his foot, not just his mouth 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 4, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The major obstacle to Alberta’s future well-being at the moment is not Justin Trudeau. It is Jason Kenney. The Alberta premier’s belligerent and
The major obstacle to Alberta’s future well-being at the moment is not Justin Trudeau. It is Jason Kenney, pictured on May 2, 2019, in the Prime Minister's Office in the West Block. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A merciful end to a fractious (but not all bad) election

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Let’s take a look at the sunny side of election 2019 now that it is coming to a merciful end. This could take
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 21, 2019
In fact, candidates from all parties—notably Michelle Rempel, Catherine McKenna and Lisa Raitt, but many others—threw themselves into campaigning with gusto and good cheer. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and files

A merciful end to a fractious (but not all bad) election

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 21, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Let’s take a look at the sunny side of election 2019 now that it is coming to a merciful end. This could take

A merciful end to a fractious (but not all bad) election

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 21, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Let’s take a look at the sunny side of election 2019 now that it is coming to a merciful end. This could take
In fact, candidates from all parties—notably Michelle Rempel, Catherine McKenna and Lisa Raitt, but many others—threw themselves into campaigning with gusto and good cheer. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and files

Elizabeth May’s dilemma 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—For a while, it looked as if this election might be the breakthrough Elizabeth May and her ardent Green Party supporters have been
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 7, 2019
Listen up, earthlings: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured on Sept. 12, 2019, in Toronto after taking part in the Maclean's CityTV leaders' televised debate. Absent proportional representation, the Green Party could significantly increase its popular vote, but end up with only a handful of seats. Apart from Vancouver Island and the Guelph area, the Green vote is scattered. Greens are cautiously hoping for 12 seats, which would give them official party status, but may have to settle for four, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Elizabeth May’s dilemma 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 7, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—For a while, it looked as if this election might be the breakthrough Elizabeth May and her ardent Green Party supporters have been

Elizabeth May’s dilemma 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 7, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—For a while, it looked as if this election might be the breakthrough Elizabeth May and her ardent Green Party supporters have been
Listen up, earthlings: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured on Sept. 12, 2019, in Toronto after taking part in the Maclean's CityTV leaders' televised debate. Absent proportional representation, the Green Party could significantly increase its popular vote, but end up with only a handful of seats. Apart from Vancouver Island and the Guelph area, the Green vote is scattered. Greens are cautiously hoping for 12 seats, which would give them official party status, but may have to settle for four, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s not about abortion: if you want a green outcome, don’t be distracted 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—For many voters, the most important question in the federal election that started last week is this: which party has the best plan
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 16, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured on May 22, 2018, on Parliament Hill at a rally along with NDP MPs and activists to protest against the government's $4.5-billion bailout of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Despite Ms. May’s shaky campaign start—a Quebec candidate who favours independence; being forced to backtrack on the tricky question of whether Green MPs could advance anti-abortion motions (they can’t)—Ms. May is well-informed, consistent, and deadly serious about the need for radical action to arrest climate change. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s not about abortion: if you want a green outcome, don’t be distracted 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 16, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—For many voters, the most important question in the federal election that started last week is this: which party has the best plan

It’s not about abortion: if you want a green outcome, don’t be distracted 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 16, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—For many voters, the most important question in the federal election that started last week is this: which party has the best plan
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured on May 22, 2018, on Parliament Hill at a rally along with NDP MPs and activists to protest against the government's $4.5-billion bailout of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Despite Ms. May’s shaky campaign start—a Quebec candidate who favours independence; being forced to backtrack on the tricky question of whether Green MPs could advance anti-abortion motions (they can’t)—Ms. May is well-informed, consistent, and deadly serious about the need for radical action to arrest climate change. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If anyone sees the NDP, ask them to call home

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Maybe a cash reward would help. The RCMP might be want to employ their sniffer dogs. A plea on social media could produce
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 2, 2019
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with the media after caucus on Sept. 19, 2018. Mr. Singh and his party have struggled to force their way into the national conversation in the run up to the federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If anyone sees the NDP, ask them to call home

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 2, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Maybe a cash reward would help. The RCMP might be want to employ their sniffer dogs. A plea on social media could produce

If anyone sees the NDP, ask them to call home

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | September 2, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Maybe a cash reward would help. The RCMP might be want to employ their sniffer dogs. A plea on social media could produce
New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with the media after caucus on Sept. 19, 2018. Mr. Singh and his party have struggled to force their way into the national conversation in the run up to the federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carbon tax not the villain when gas prices spike

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The federal carbon tax—a central actor in budding pre-election drama—is actually a bit player when it comes to its impact on the economy
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 5, 2019
The federal carbon tax is not exactly much-ado about nothing, but it's hardly worthy of the angry clamour on one side and the earnest panegyrics on the other, writes columnist Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carbon tax not the villain when gas prices spike

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 5, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The federal carbon tax—a central actor in budding pre-election drama—is actually a bit player when it comes to its impact on the economy

Carbon tax not the villain when gas prices spike

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 5, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—The federal carbon tax—a central actor in budding pre-election drama—is actually a bit player when it comes to its impact on the economy
The federal carbon tax is not exactly much-ado about nothing, but it's hardly worthy of the angry clamour on one side and the earnest panegyrics on the other, writes columnist Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Foreign actors’ less threatening to elections than homegrown  

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—There is a bustling cottage industry in Ottawa intent on preventing “foreign actors” from subverting the Oct. 21 federal election. Security experts issue
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 22, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is doing a commendable job of emphasizing the threat of western Canadian separatism. Maxime Bernier is hard at work motivating xenophobes and angry white minorities. Justin Trudeau's Liberals are pouncing on, and magnifying, any whiff of social conservatism from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s followers. And Mr.Scheer routinely accuses Mr. Trudeau of corruption, betrayal, and contempt for Alberta and its primary industry. Just another day in politics. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Foreign actors’ less threatening to elections than homegrown  

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 22, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—There is a bustling cottage industry in Ottawa intent on preventing “foreign actors” from subverting the Oct. 21 federal election. Security experts issue

‘Foreign actors’ less threatening to elections than homegrown  

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 22, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—There is a bustling cottage industry in Ottawa intent on preventing “foreign actors” from subverting the Oct. 21 federal election. Security experts issue
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is doing a commendable job of emphasizing the threat of western Canadian separatism. Maxime Bernier is hard at work motivating xenophobes and angry white minorities. Justin Trudeau's Liberals are pouncing on, and magnifying, any whiff of social conservatism from Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer’s followers. And Mr.Scheer routinely accuses Mr. Trudeau of corruption, betrayal, and contempt for Alberta and its primary industry. Just another day in politics. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

How about turning off the oil taps to China? 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Why are we so eager to sell Alberta bitumen to China when that country is treating Canada with such thuggish disdain? Why share
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 8, 2019
Why are we so eager to sell Alberta bitumen to China when that country is treating Canada with such thuggish disdain? Why share our resources with people who are holding two Canadians hostage—even confiscating veteran diplomat Michael Kovrig’s reading glasses last week, in a cruel turn of the screw—and also threatening key industries? Screen capture image courtesy of Global News

How about turning off the oil taps to China? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 8, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Why are we so eager to sell Alberta bitumen to China when that country is treating Canada with such thuggish disdain? Why share

How about turning off the oil taps to China? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | July 8, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Why are we so eager to sell Alberta bitumen to China when that country is treating Canada with such thuggish disdain? Why share
Why are we so eager to sell Alberta bitumen to China when that country is treating Canada with such thuggish disdain? Why share our resources with people who are holding two Canadians hostage—even confiscating veteran diplomat Michael Kovrig’s reading glasses last week, in a cruel turn of the screw—and also threatening key industries? Screen capture image courtesy of Global News

We know what the oil patch and its powerful friends want, but what about the rest of us? 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If you’ve been following coverage of two important federal environmental bills, you can be forgiven for assuming that absolutely no one supports them.
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 17, 2019
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna does herself no favours by answering every criticism with an attack on the negligence of the Harper government, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

We know what the oil patch and its powerful friends want, but what about the rest of us? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 17, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If you’ve been following coverage of two important federal environmental bills, you can be forgiven for assuming that absolutely no one supports them.

We know what the oil patch and its powerful friends want, but what about the rest of us? 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 17, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—If you’ve been following coverage of two important federal environmental bills, you can be forgiven for assuming that absolutely no one supports them.
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna does herself no favours by answering every criticism with an attack on the negligence of the Harper government, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Dangers ahead for Trudeau, if not all his fault 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has been delivering careful, moderate-sounding policy speeches for the last couple of weeks—in the latest, he tried to defuse
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 3, 2019
U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on May 30, 2019, on the Hill shortly before holding a joint press conference on the United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Dangers ahead for Trudeau, if not all his fault 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 3, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has been delivering careful, moderate-sounding policy speeches for the last couple of weeks—in the latest, he tried to defuse

Dangers ahead for Trudeau, if not all his fault 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 3, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has been delivering careful, moderate-sounding policy speeches for the last couple of weeks—in the latest, he tried to defuse
U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on May 30, 2019, on the Hill shortly before holding a joint press conference on the United States Mexico Canada Trade Agreement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Party leaders take on climate ’emergency,’ but climate loses 

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—That wasn’t a climate emergency MPs were “debating” in the Commons last week—that was a political emergency. It wasn’t sparked by floods and
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 20, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The Liberals and NDP introduced rival motions intended to show how seriously they take the looming climate catastrophe—but both were mostly booby-traps for the other parties, containing no serious, or novel, arguments, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Party leaders take on climate ’emergency,’ but climate loses 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 20, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—That wasn’t a climate emergency MPs were “debating” in the Commons last week—that was a political emergency. It wasn’t sparked by floods and

Party leaders take on climate ’emergency,’ but climate loses 

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 20, 2019
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—That wasn’t a climate emergency MPs were “debating” in the Commons last week—that was a political emergency. It wasn’t sparked by floods and
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The Liberals and NDP introduced rival motions intended to show how seriously they take the looming climate catastrophe—but both were mostly booby-traps for the other parties, containing no serious, or novel, arguments, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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