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The protocol is supported by children’s rights experts, scholars, child activists, and more than 500,000 global citizens who’ve signed an open letter from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, pictured, calling on world leaders to act, write Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY CAROL THIESSEN | November 20, 2024
Flooding has carved deep gullies at the bottom of these slopes in southern Ethiopia. A community effort to rehabilitate degraded watersheds is ongoing in the region as part of Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Nature+ program. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Opinion | BY CAROL THIESSEN | November 20, 2024
Opinion | BY CAROL THIESSEN | November 20, 2024
Flooding has carved deep gullies at the bottom of these slopes in southern Ethiopia. A community effort to rehabilitate degraded watersheds is ongoing in the region as part of Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s Nature+ program. Photograph courtesy of Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Opinion | BY DAVID BOROTO | November 18, 2024
Mary Ng, Albert Muchanga
Albert Muchanga, the African Union's commissioner for economic development, trade, tourism, industry, and minerals, left, and International Trade Minister Mary Ng at the Lester B. Pearson Building on May 17, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID BOROTO | November 18, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID BOROTO | November 18, 2024
Mary Ng, Albert Muchanga
Albert Muchanga, the African Union's commissioner for economic development, trade, tourism, industry, and minerals, left, and International Trade Minister Mary Ng at the Lester B. Pearson Building on May 17, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 13, 2024
African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki, pictured left in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2022, met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Nov. 7 during the second High-Level Dialogue between Canada and the commission in Toronto. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 13, 2024
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 13, 2024
African Union Commission Chair Moussa Faki, pictured left in Ottawa on Oct. 26, 2022, met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Nov. 7 during the second High-Level Dialogue between Canada and the commission in Toronto. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KATRINA MILLER, DEREJE ALEMAYEHU | October 30, 2024
After voting in opposition at the United Nations, Canada can still change its position and act as a leader for inclusive, effective international tax co-operation, write Katrina Miller and Dereje Alemayehu. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY KATRINA MILLER, DEREJE ALEMAYEHU | October 30, 2024
Opinion | BY KATRINA MILLER, DEREJE ALEMAYEHU | October 30, 2024
After voting in opposition at the United Nations, Canada can still change its position and act as a leader for inclusive, effective international tax co-operation, write Katrina Miller and Dereje Alemayehu. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY AMIT KUMAR SHARMA | October 25, 2024
Discussions at the United Nations General Assembly reaffirmed that rebuilding tourism and business travel is crucial for economic recovery for countries still emerging from the pandemic, writes Amit Kumar Sharma. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY AMIT KUMAR SHARMA | October 25, 2024
Opinion | BY AMIT KUMAR SHARMA | October 25, 2024
Discussions at the United Nations General Assembly reaffirmed that rebuilding tourism and business travel is crucial for economic recovery for countries still emerging from the pandemic, writes Amit Kumar Sharma. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | November 22, 2017
Opinion | November 22, 2017
Opinion | November 22, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CARDOZO | November 16, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in the Vancouver Convention Centre Nov. 15. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Cardozo
Opinion | BY ANDREW CARDOZO | November 16, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CARDOZO | November 16, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial in the Vancouver Convention Centre Nov. 15. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Cardozo
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | November 15, 2017
United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to troops serving in NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan on Sept. 28. Photograph courtesy of NATO
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | November 15, 2017
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | November 15, 2017
United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks to troops serving in NATO's Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan on Sept. 28. Photograph courtesy of NATO
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS COGHLAN | October 25, 2017
Nuer children are seen at a UN protection-of-civilians site. Two million people have fled South Sudan since civil war broke out in 2013. Photograph courtesy of Nicholas Coghlan
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS COGHLAN | October 25, 2017
Opinion | BY NICHOLAS COGHLAN | October 25, 2017
Nuer children are seen at a UN protection-of-civilians site. Two million people have fled South Sudan since civil war broke out in 2013. Photograph courtesy of Nicholas Coghlan
Opinion | BY BEN OFORI | October 18, 2017
A severe drought is threatening famine in countries like Somalia, where the UN estimates 5.5 million people are at risk. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations.
Opinion | BY BEN OFORI | October 18, 2017
Opinion | BY BEN OFORI | October 18, 2017
A severe drought is threatening famine in countries like Somalia, where the UN estimates 5.5 million people are at risk. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations.
Opinion | BY JEN MOORE | October 18, 2017
Liberal MP Michael Levitt is chair of the House Subcommittee on International Human Rights. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY JEN MOORE | October 18, 2017
Opinion | BY JEN MOORE | October 18, 2017
Liberal MP Michael Levitt is chair of the House Subcommittee on International Human Rights. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY JOEL SPICER | October 11, 2017
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in an internally displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | BY JOEL SPICER | October 11, 2017
Opinion | BY JOEL SPICER | October 11, 2017
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in an internally displaced persons camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 4, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy in May. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 4, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | October 4, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the G7 Summit in Taormina, Italy in May. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti
Opinion | BY ALICE ALBRIGHT, CASSANDRA HALLETT | October 2, 2017
Students at Mkunazini primary school in Zanzibar. Alice Albright and Cassandra Hallett write that while education is one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future, without increased and sustained investments in education in less affluent countries, we 'won’t see much progress.' GPE/Chantal Rigaud photograph
Opinion | BY ALICE ALBRIGHT, CASSANDRA HALLETT | October 2, 2017
Opinion | BY ALICE ALBRIGHT, CASSANDRA HALLETT | October 2, 2017
Students at Mkunazini primary school in Zanzibar. Alice Albright and Cassandra Hallett write that while education is one of the most important investments a country can make in its people and its future, without increased and sustained investments in education in less affluent countries, we 'won’t see much progress.' GPE/Chantal Rigaud photograph
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 27, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has refused to commit to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid. Maybe that shouldn't be the goal anyway, argues Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 27, 2017
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 27, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has refused to commit to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid. Maybe that shouldn't be the goal anyway, argues Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT | September 20, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Aung San Suu Kyi, state counsellor of Myanmar, on June 7 on Parliament Hill. Since then, upwards of 400,000 minority Rohingya Muslim people have fled Myanmar amid violence. Mr. Trudeau has said Ms. Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen, must publicly condemn 'the brutal oppression of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT | September 20, 2017
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT | September 20, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Aung San Suu Kyi, state counsellor of Myanmar, on June 7 on Parliament Hill. Since then, upwards of 400,000 minority Rohingya Muslim people have fled Myanmar amid violence. Mr. Trudeau has said Ms. Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen, must publicly condemn 'the brutal oppression of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GISèLE YASMEEN, VILUPTI LOK BARRINEAU | September 12, 2017
APEC Ministerial Meeting Plenary Opening Session in 2013. A four-year project, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership is a 'demonstration of Canada's renewed investment' in the MSME space, designed to 'build and grow' the MSME community in the region, write Vilupti Lok Barrineau and Gisèle Yasmeen. U.S. State Department photo by William Ng
Opinion | BY GISèLE YASMEEN, VILUPTI LOK BARRINEAU | September 12, 2017
Opinion | BY GISèLE YASMEEN, VILUPTI LOK BARRINEAU | September 12, 2017
APEC Ministerial Meeting Plenary Opening Session in 2013. A four-year project, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership is a 'demonstration of Canada's renewed investment' in the MSME space, designed to 'build and grow' the MSME community in the region, write Vilupti Lok Barrineau and Gisèle Yasmeen. U.S. State Department photo by William Ng