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Thomas S. Axworthy

Dr. Thomas S. Axworthy is a senior fellow at both the Munk School of Global Affairs and Massey College in the University of Toronto.

U.S. demands action on Canada’s failure to use International Joint Commission to prevent transboundary water pollution

  • TORONTO—On June 7, 2022, senior officials from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey met with Indigenous
Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | August 1, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 30, 2022, on the Hill. The United States is Canada’s No. 1 foreign policy priority. But now we have a self-induced conflict over water because Canada refuses to use a bi-national international institution that is the envy of the world, writes Thomas Axworthy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

U.S. demands action on Canada’s failure to use International Joint Commission to prevent transboundary water pollution

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | August 1, 2022
  • TORONTO—On June 7, 2022, senior officials from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey met with Indigenous

U.S. demands action on Canada’s failure to use International Joint Commission to prevent transboundary water pollution

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | August 1, 2022
  • TORONTO—On June 7, 2022, senior officials from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey met with Indigenous
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 30, 2022, on the Hill. The United States is Canada’s No. 1 foreign policy priority. But now we have a self-induced conflict over water because Canada refuses to use a bi-national international institution that is the envy of the world, writes Thomas Axworthy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Canada Water Agency must be created now

  • The state of emergency recently declared over water quality in Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, demonstrates once again that safe, clean water is one of
Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | October 22, 2021
The city of Iqaluit, Nunavut, pictured in 2011. Iqaluit’s plight shows that we need, at the national level, a strong water advocate fighting the good fight every day for better research, increased quality measures, flood protection, groundwater mapping, and more water infrastructure, writes Thomas Axworthy. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Canada Water Agency must be created now

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | October 22, 2021
  • The state of emergency recently declared over water quality in Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, demonstrates once again that safe, clean water is one of

The Canada Water Agency must be created now

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | October 22, 2021
  • The state of emergency recently declared over water quality in Iqaluit, capital of Nunavut, demonstrates once again that safe, clean water is one of
The city of Iqaluit, Nunavut, pictured in 2011. Iqaluit’s plight shows that we need, at the national level, a strong water advocate fighting the good fight every day for better research, increased quality measures, flood protection, groundwater mapping, and more water infrastructure, writes Thomas Axworthy. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Liberal Party at 150: the centre still holds

  • Even as Canada was being born, diversity was recognized as our pre-eminent distinguishing characteristic. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, a member of Parti Rouge, and
Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | July 3, 2017
Quebec, the bedrock of Liberal support, has seen its proportion of Canada’s population fall from 30 per cent to 24 per cent, while the West, where Liberal support is weakest, has grown so that now one in three Canadians lives in Western Canada, the highest share ever recorded. If current Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spends a lot of time in British Columbia and the cities of the Prairies, he does so with good reason. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The Liberal Party at 150: the centre still holds

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | July 3, 2017
  • Even as Canada was being born, diversity was recognized as our pre-eminent distinguishing characteristic. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, a member of Parti Rouge, and

The Liberal Party at 150: the centre still holds

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | July 3, 2017
  • Even as Canada was being born, diversity was recognized as our pre-eminent distinguishing characteristic. Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, a member of Parti Rouge, and
Quebec, the bedrock of Liberal support, has seen its proportion of Canada’s population fall from 30 per cent to 24 per cent, while the West, where Liberal support is weakest, has grown so that now one in three Canadians lives in Western Canada, the highest share ever recorded. If current Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spends a lot of time in British Columbia and the cities of the Prairies, he does so with good reason. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Justin Trudeau, and ‘sunny ways’

  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Justin Trudeau began his victory night address on Oct. 19, 2015, by invoking Wilfrid Laurier, that most iconic of Liberals: “Sunny ways, my
Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | October 17, 2016
Veteran Hill Times political history columnist Arthur Milnes presented a copy of his new book, Canada Always: The Defining Speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia, on Thanksgiving weekend. Mr. Milnes dedicated his book to Mr. Carter. He was joined in Plains by Thomas S. Harrison, left, of Queen’s University’s Law School. Photo credit: Jill Stuckey, Plains, Georgia

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Justin Trudeau, and ‘sunny ways’

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | October 17, 2016
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Justin Trudeau began his victory night address on Oct. 19, 2015, by invoking Wilfrid Laurier, that most iconic of Liberals: “Sunny ways, my

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Justin Trudeau, and ‘sunny ways’

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | October 17, 2016
  • KINGSTON, ONT.—Justin Trudeau began his victory night address on Oct. 19, 2015, by invoking Wilfrid Laurier, that most iconic of Liberals: “Sunny ways, my
Veteran Hill Times political history columnist Arthur Milnes presented a copy of his new book, Canada Always: The Defining Speeches of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, to former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia, on Thanksgiving weekend. Mr. Milnes dedicated his book to Mr. Carter. He was joined in Plains by Thomas S. Harrison, left, of Queen’s University’s Law School. Photo credit: Jill Stuckey, Plains, Georgia
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