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European Council President Antonio Costa, left, Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba, Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s PM Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.K. PM Keir Starmer, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 16, 2025. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in the hot seat when he chairs his first G7 summit as leader amid Canada's presidency. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 11, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in the hot seat when he chairs his first G7 summit as leader amid Canada's presidency. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA | June 11, 2025
Observers say Prime Minister Mark Carney's foreign policy legacy could be a major one as he navigates the country's response to moves made by U.S. President Donald Trump. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
News | BY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA | June 11, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA | June 11, 2025
Observers say Prime Minister Mark Carney's foreign policy legacy could be a major one as he navigates the country's response to moves made by U.S. President Donald Trump. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 4, 2025
Canada only deployed 26 personnel on peacekeeping missions, according to the latest United Nations numbers as of Feb. 28. DND photograph by MCpl Jennifer Kusche
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 4, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 4, 2025
Canada only deployed 26 personnel on peacekeeping missions, according to the latest United Nations numbers as of Feb. 28. DND photograph by MCpl Jennifer Kusche
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged a new foreign policy and a boost to Canada's diplomatic presence abroad in the Liberal campaign platform. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged a new foreign policy and a boost to Canada's diplomatic presence abroad in the Liberal campaign platform. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SANA BéG | April 16, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Little has been said by party leaders about Canada’s role in responding to the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges, writes Sana Bég. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY SANA BéG | April 16, 2025
Opinion | BY SANA BéG | April 16, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Little has been said by party leaders about Canada’s role in responding to the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges, writes Sana Bég. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
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
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