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Top United Nations humanitarian official Tom Fletcher, pictured, said the consequences of cuts to humanitarian assistance are 'heartbreaking,' creating a dynamic where the UN has 'been forced into a triage of human survival.' Photograph courtesy of UN/Evan Schneider
Opinion | BY MARLEN MONDACA, MARTINEVE PAJONAS | December 10, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is preparing significant reductions in international assistance, including global health, and has stated the Feminist International Assistance Policy will no longer be the guiding policy framework. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MARLEN MONDACA, MARTINEVE PAJONAS | December 10, 2025
Opinion | BY MARLEN MONDACA, MARTINEVE PAJONAS | December 10, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is preparing significant reductions in international assistance, including global health, and has stated the Feminist International Assistance Policy will no longer be the guiding policy framework. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 24, 2025
Mark Carney
Instead of acknowledging the moral imperative of reducing global inequality, the government has chosen to further cut an already paltry foreign aid budget by $2.7-billion over the next four years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 24, 2025
Opinion | BY JOSEPH INGRAM | November 24, 2025
Mark Carney
Instead of acknowledging the moral imperative of reducing global inequality, the government has chosen to further cut an already paltry foreign aid budget by $2.7-billion over the next four years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 19, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured left at the June G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., with U.S. President Donald Trump, said at the time that the 'G7 is nothing without U.S. leadership.' Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 19, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 19, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured left at the June G7 Leaders' Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., with U.S. President Donald Trump, said at the time that the 'G7 is nothing without U.S. leadership.' Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada
In remarks before the United Nations in September, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said ‘Canada will not turn inward.’ But the budget’s cuts to foreign aid present a clear retraction from the Liberal’s election promise, write Drew-Anne Glennie, Janet Butler-McPhee, and Robin Montgomery. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
In remarks before the United Nations in September, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said ‘Canada will not turn inward.’ But the budget’s cuts to foreign aid present a clear retraction from the Liberal’s election promise, write Drew-Anne Glennie, Janet Butler-McPhee, and Robin Montgomery. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 11, 2025
Foreign Minister Anita Anand started a 'jam-packed' two-day meeting of the G7's top diplomats in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Nov. 11. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 11, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | November 11, 2025
Foreign Minister Anita Anand started a 'jam-packed' two-day meeting of the G7's top diplomats in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Nov. 11. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 21, 2018
Canada’s Bombardier Q400 has proven popular among African airlines for short-haul regional flights, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Hansueli Krapf
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 21, 2018
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | March 21, 2018
Canada’s Bombardier Q400 has proven popular among African airlines for short-haul regional flights, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Hansueli Krapf
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Canada grows 1.5 per cent of the world’s food—pretty significant for a country that has just 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, writes Sophia Murphy. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Cheney
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Opinion | BY SOPHIA MURPHY | March 21, 2018
Canada grows 1.5 per cent of the world’s food—pretty significant for a country that has just 0.5 per cent of the world’s population, writes Sophia Murphy. Photograph courtesy of Ryan Cheney
Opinion | BY MANUEL OTERO | March 19, 2018
A field of corn grows thanks to a new irrigation system that pulls water from a nearby river in Mirebalais, Haiti, in 2012. The country is one of the focuses of IICA work to help mitigate the effects of climate change to vulnerable parts of the continent. UN photograph by Logan Abassi
Opinion | BY MANUEL OTERO | March 19, 2018
Opinion | BY MANUEL OTERO | March 19, 2018
A field of corn grows thanks to a new irrigation system that pulls water from a nearby river in Mirebalais, Haiti, in 2012. The country is one of the focuses of IICA work to help mitigate the effects of climate change to vulnerable parts of the continent. UN photograph by Logan Abassi
Opinion | March 14, 2018
Opinion | March 14, 2018
Opinion | March 14, 2018
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | March 8, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured, has made it clear that Canadian aid is committed to helping first and foremost vulnerable women and girls. But UNCHR representative in Canada Jean-Nicolas Beuze ask what Canada’s new aid policy means for Rohingya women and their 33 million sisters around the world who have also been forcibly displaced? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | March 8, 2018
Opinion | BY JEAN-NICOLAS BEUZE | March 8, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, pictured, has made it clear that Canadian aid is committed to helping first and foremost vulnerable women and girls. But UNCHR representative in Canada Jean-Nicolas Beuze ask what Canada’s new aid policy means for Rohingya women and their 33 million sisters around the world who have also been forcibly displaced? The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | March 7, 2018
Opinion | March 7, 2018
Opinion | March 7, 2018
Opinion | BY PAUL LAMONTAGNE | March 7, 2018
Members of the Wanawake Kwanza (Women First) growers association in Maza, Tanzania. Canada's new development finance institution, FinDev Canada, is set to focus its work in part on supporting women in developing countries. Photograph courtesy of USAID
Opinion | BY PAUL LAMONTAGNE | March 7, 2018
Opinion | BY PAUL LAMONTAGNE | March 7, 2018
Members of the Wanawake Kwanza (Women First) growers association in Maza, Tanzania. Canada's new development finance institution, FinDev Canada, is set to focus its work in part on supporting women in developing countries. Photograph courtesy of USAID
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 21, 2018
The Lester B. Pearson Building, once home to the foreign ministry alone, now houses foreign policy, international development, and trade staff working together under a combined ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 21, 2018
The Lester B. Pearson Building, once home to the foreign ministry alone, now houses foreign policy, international development, and trade staff working together under a combined ministry. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | February 21, 2018
The last Canadians involved in the NATO training mission in Afghanistan board an American Chinook helicopter on March 12, 2014 as they leave Kabul, Afghanistan. Sakhi Naimpoor says it's time Canada commit to another advisory mission. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Patrick Blanchard
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY SAKHI NAIMPOOR | February 21, 2018
The last Canadians involved in the NATO training mission in Afghanistan board an American Chinook helicopter on March 12, 2014 as they leave Kabul, Afghanistan. Sakhi Naimpoor says it's time Canada commit to another advisory mission. Canadian Armed Forces photograph by Patrick Blanchard
Opinion | BY JENNIFER CLAPP | February 21, 2018
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in the Abu Shouk Camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | BY JENNIFER CLAPP | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER CLAPP | February 21, 2018
A nurse measures the arm of a severely malnourished child at a clinic in the Abu Shouk Camp for Internally Displaced Persons in North Darfur in 2013. UN photograph by Albert González Farran
Opinion | February 21, 2018
Opinion | February 21, 2018
Opinion | February 21, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Opinion | BY JENNIFER HENRY | February 14, 2018
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade