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If compassion alone no longer motivates action, perhaps enlightened self-interest will. Unchecked global hunger and malnutrition threaten Canada's security and economic interests through increased migration pressures, instability, disease outbreaks, and weakened international partnerships, writes Onome Ako. Photograph courtesy of Waseem Lazknai/Pixabay
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 12, 2025
Liberal MP Robert Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the foreign affairs minister, unveiled Canada's Africa strategy in Toronto on March 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 12, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | March 12, 2025
Liberal MP Robert Oliphant, parliamentary secretary to the foreign affairs minister, unveiled Canada's Africa strategy in Toronto on March 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 12, 2025
Ahmed Hussen
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen and Global Affairs Canada are currently 'assessing the situation' following the USAID freeze. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 12, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | February 12, 2025
Ahmed Hussen
International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen and Global Affairs Canada are currently 'assessing the situation' following the USAID freeze. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TAHA GHAYYUR | February 10, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly need not wait for a committee study to join the more than 140 countries that have already recognized Palestine as a sovereign state, writes Taha Ghayyur. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TAHA GHAYYUR | February 10, 2025
Opinion | BY TAHA GHAYYUR | February 10, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly need not wait for a committee study to join the more than 140 countries that have already recognized Palestine as a sovereign state, writes Taha Ghayyur. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LLOYD AXWORTHY AND ALLAN ROCK | January 6, 2025
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 LLOYD AXWORTHY AND ALLAN ROCK | January 6, 2025
Opinion | BY LLOYD AXWORTHY AND ALLAN ROCK | January 6, 2025
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
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 10, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, left, and the Liberal government are being criticized by Conservative Ziad Aboultaif, centre, and the NDP's Robert Aubin, right, who say the Liberals are not 'walking the talk' on their foreign aid policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photo, and photograph courtesy of Robert Aubin
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 10, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 10, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, left, and the Liberal government are being criticized by Conservative Ziad Aboultaif, centre, and the NDP's Robert Aubin, right, who say the Liberals are not 'walking the talk' on their foreign aid policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photo, and photograph courtesy of Robert Aubin
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 10, 2018
Why haven't governments intervened to force down the prices of painkillers for lower-income countries in the same way they've done for antiretrovirals to control AIDS? 'I don’t think we have cared enough about poor people who have pain,' says researcher Felicia Knaul. Photograph courtesy of Eric Norris
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 10, 2018
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 10, 2018
Why haven't governments intervened to force down the prices of painkillers for lower-income countries in the same way they've done for antiretrovirals to control AIDS? 'I don’t think we have cared enough about poor people who have pain,' says researcher Felicia Knaul. Photograph courtesy of Eric Norris
Opinion | BY SAM COOLEY | December 13, 2017
People participate in a ceremony to open a church on the outskirts of Myitkyina, a city in northern Myanmar. The country is home to more than 135 distinct minorities. Photograph courtesy of Sam Cooley
Opinion | BY SAM COOLEY | December 13, 2017
Opinion | BY SAM COOLEY | December 13, 2017
People participate in a ceremony to open a church on the outskirts of Myitkyina, a city in northern Myanmar. The country is home to more than 135 distinct minorities. Photograph courtesy of Sam Cooley
Opinion | BY JIM DAVIS | December 6, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau ought to boost aid spending and focus it on grassroots women's groups to help facilitate sustainable and equitable peace, says KAIROS' Jim Davis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JIM DAVIS | December 6, 2017
Opinion | BY JIM DAVIS | December 6, 2017
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau ought to boost aid spending and focus it on grassroots women's groups to help facilitate sustainable and equitable peace, says KAIROS' Jim Davis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | December 4, 2017
Opinion | December 4, 2017
Opinion | December 4, 2017
Opinion | BY PRATEEK AWASTHI | November 29, 2017
Canada’s Development Finance Institution was first announced in Budget 2017, and in May, Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured during an Ottawa press conference in October, said it would be headquartered in Montreal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PRATEEK AWASTHI | November 29, 2017
Opinion | BY PRATEEK AWASTHI | November 29, 2017
Canada’s Development Finance Institution was first announced in Budget 2017, and in May, Minister of International Development Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured during an Ottawa press conference in October, said it would be headquartered in Montreal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | November 29, 2017
Opinion | November 29, 2017
Opinion | November 29, 2017
Opinion | BY DONALD H. OLIVER | November 27, 2017
Senator Donald Oliver writes that overseas volunteers are 'among the most motivated citizens in the country,' who bring new skills to our communities and workplaces and 'act as cultural bridges between the communities where we served internationally and our own, a critical resource in an era of suspicion, ignorance, and division.' The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Opinion | BY DONALD H. OLIVER | November 27, 2017
Opinion | BY DONALD H. OLIVER | November 27, 2017
Senator Donald Oliver writes that overseas volunteers are 'among the most motivated citizens in the country,' who bring new skills to our communities and workplaces and 'act as cultural bridges between the communities where we served internationally and our own, a critical resource in an era of suspicion, ignorance, and division.' The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
Opinion | BY DAVID MORLEY | November 23, 2017
More than half the children in South Sudan no longer go to school, writes David Morley, unlike these young people pictured at the Upper Nile primary school in the Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu, South Sudan, in May. Phil Hatcher-Moore photograph courtesy of UNICEF
Opinion | BY DAVID MORLEY | November 23, 2017
Opinion | BY DAVID MORLEY | November 23, 2017
More than half the children in South Sudan no longer go to school, writes David Morley, unlike these young people pictured at the Upper Nile primary school in the Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu, South Sudan, in May. Phil Hatcher-Moore photograph courtesy of UNICEF
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