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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will attend a G7 meeting on critical minerals in Washington today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Champagne gathers with G7 peers in Washington

  • Plus, the PMO gears up for Carney’s visit to China.

Champagne gathers with G7 peers in Washington

  • Plus, the PMO gears up for Carney’s visit to China.
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Canada’s auto sector ‘hangs in the balance’ as CUSMA review looms in 2026: ‘there’s no sugar-coating it, this is going to be a critical year for the industry’

‘Tara was a ray of light’: Politicos across Canada show their support for Yaroslav Baran, whose wife Tara Baran, a former Conservative Hill staffer, died two weeks ago

  • Also, ex-Conservative Party president Scott Lamb is chairing the BC wing's leadership race, Diana Fox Carney gets some ice time in Nova Scotia, and
Tara Katrusiak Baran—pictured right and with her family including husband Yaroslav Baran and daughters Zoia, Emilia, Julia, and Sophia—is being remembered as a “Mother. Wife. Political analyst [who] loved with her whole heart.” She died on Dec. 31, 2025. Handout photographs

‘Tara was a ray of light’: Politicos across Canada show their support for Yaroslav Baran, whose wife Tara Baran, a former Conservative Hill staffer, died two weeks ago

  • Also, ex-Conservative Party president Scott Lamb is chairing the BC wing's leadership race, Diana Fox Carney gets some ice time in Nova Scotia, and

‘Tara was a ray of light’: Politicos across Canada show their support for Yaroslav Baran, whose wife Tara Baran, a former Conservative Hill staffer, died two weeks ago

  • Also, ex-Conservative Party president Scott Lamb is chairing the BC wing's leadership race, Diana Fox Carney gets some ice time in Nova Scotia, and
Tara Katrusiak Baran—pictured right and with her family including husband Yaroslav Baran and daughters Zoia, Emilia, Julia, and Sophia—is being remembered as a “Mother. Wife. Political analyst [who] loved with her whole heart.” She died on Dec. 31, 2025. Handout photographs

Carney’s position on Trump’s Venezuela strike ‘a little wimpy’ in tone, but likely to benefit Liberals in short term, say political players

  • The Liberals will most likely use Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump's action in attack ads in the next election,
The Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, will highlight Pierre Poilievre’s full-throated support for Donald Trump on U.S. strikes in Venezuela attack ads during the next election, says pollster Greg Lyle The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s position on Trump’s Venezuela strike ‘a little wimpy’ in tone, but likely to benefit Liberals in short term, say political players

  • The Liberals will most likely use Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump's action in attack ads in the next election,

Carney’s position on Trump’s Venezuela strike ‘a little wimpy’ in tone, but likely to benefit Liberals in short term, say political players

  • The Liberals will most likely use Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s statement backing U.S. President Donald Trump's action in attack ads in the next election,
The Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, will highlight Pierre Poilievre’s full-throated support for Donald Trump on U.S. strikes in Venezuela attack ads during the next election, says pollster Greg Lyle The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Eurasia Group says Canada to be ‘profoundly affected’ by Trump’s ‘political revolution,’ so we need to stick together to fight the good fight

  • Lloyd Axworthy is right. Canada needs to be more engaged and prepared and we need to stick together, especially right now at a time
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office with U.S. President Donald Trump and other top political players and officials. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Eurasia Group says Canada to be ‘profoundly affected’ by Trump’s ‘political revolution,’ so we need to stick together to fight the good fight

  • Lloyd Axworthy is right. Canada needs to be more engaged and prepared and we need to stick together, especially right now at a time

Eurasia Group says Canada to be ‘profoundly affected’ by Trump’s ‘political revolution,’ so we need to stick together to fight the good fight

  • Lloyd Axworthy is right. Canada needs to be more engaged and prepared and we need to stick together, especially right now at a time
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office with U.S. President Donald Trump and other top political players and officials. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

  • For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. This is the year that Trump and the GOP face a reckoning—the November mid-term elections. After a year of chaotic and calamitous governing, judgment day is fast approaching, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

  • For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way

The year of living dangerously: it’s here

  • For those who think it is over the top to even imagine that the U.S. might reduce Canada to a vassal state the way
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on May 6, 2025. This is the year that Trump and the GOP face a reckoning—the November mid-term elections. After a year of chaotic and calamitous governing, judgment day is fast approaching, writes Michael Harris. Photograph courtesy of the White House/photographer Daniel Torok

Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

  • Our test is to prove him wrong, and not sacrifice the future for the present.
U.S. President Donald Trump's pressures will aim to divide Canadians both between industries and between regions, that the U.S. seeks to dominate the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, and sees us as a vassal state. Canadian resolve will be sorely tested and there will be influential Canadians arguing for costly appeasement, writes David Crane.  Image courtesy of Pixabay/Gabriel Douglas

Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

  • Our test is to prove him wrong, and not sacrifice the future for the present.

Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

  • Our test is to prove him wrong, and not sacrifice the future for the present.
U.S. President Donald Trump's pressures will aim to divide Canadians both between industries and between regions, that the U.S. seeks to dominate the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, and sees us as a vassal state. Canadian resolve will be sorely tested and there will be influential Canadians arguing for costly appeasement, writes David Crane.  Image courtesy of Pixabay/Gabriel Douglas

‘A disturbing sign for allies’: Trump’s national security strategy raises red flags as Ottawa works on Canada’s response

  • The question of how Canada will adapt should be top of mind as Washington makes clear it's no longer interested in being a reliable
U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy vision divides the globe between America, Russia, and China while ignoring much of the world, and 'sells out NATO,' says a former American diplomat. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

‘A disturbing sign for allies’: Trump’s national security strategy raises red flags as Ottawa works on Canada’s response

  • The question of how Canada will adapt should be top of mind as Washington makes clear it's no longer interested in being a reliable

‘A disturbing sign for allies’: Trump’s national security strategy raises red flags as Ottawa works on Canada’s response

  • The question of how Canada will adapt should be top of mind as Washington makes clear it's no longer interested in being a reliable
U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign policy vision divides the globe between America, Russia, and China while ignoring much of the world, and 'sells out NATO,' says a former American diplomat. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

‘Something’s gotta give’: Liberal agenda needs a majority to make progress in 2026, says Grit strategist Joe Jordan

  • With only two substantive bills receiving royal assent since the spring, Conservative strategist Ashton Arsenault says the Liberals' legislative performance this fall would be
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Even though Prime Minister Mark Carney is inching closer to a majority government via floor crossings, the Liberals' pace this fall isn't matching the 'transformative agenda' he campaigned on, say strategists.

‘Something’s gotta give’: Liberal agenda needs a majority to make progress in 2026, says Grit strategist Joe Jordan

  • With only two substantive bills receiving royal assent since the spring, Conservative strategist Ashton Arsenault says the Liberals' legislative performance this fall would be

‘Something’s gotta give’: Liberal agenda needs a majority to make progress in 2026, says Grit strategist Joe Jordan

  • With only two substantive bills receiving royal assent since the spring, Conservative strategist Ashton Arsenault says the Liberals' legislative performance this fall would be
Mark Carney
Even though Prime Minister Mark Carney is inching closer to a majority government via floor crossings, the Liberals' pace this fall isn't matching the 'transformative agenda' he campaigned on, say strategists.

‘This is a process unlike any we’ve ever seen’: questions loom over Canada’s readiness for CUSMA review

  • Canada is being encouraged to 'ramp up' consultations as the CUSMA review nears.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc face a difficult task to keep CUSMA alive, say observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘This is a process unlike any we’ve ever seen’: questions loom over Canada’s readiness for CUSMA review

  • Canada is being encouraged to 'ramp up' consultations as the CUSMA review nears.

‘This is a process unlike any we’ve ever seen’: questions loom over Canada’s readiness for CUSMA review

  • Canada is being encouraged to 'ramp up' consultations as the CUSMA review nears.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc face a difficult task to keep CUSMA alive, say observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

  • Titles and reference numbers for memos prepared for a cabinet minister or deputy head must be proactively released by law, but are becoming 'less
Since 2019, Global Affairs Canada has fully redacted the titles of 1,933 of 9,772 memos for its ministers and deputy heads. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

  • Titles and reference numbers for memos prepared for a cabinet minister or deputy head must be proactively released by law, but are becoming 'less

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

  • Titles and reference numbers for memos prepared for a cabinet minister or deputy head must be proactively released by law, but are becoming 'less
Since 2019, Global Affairs Canada has fully redacted the titles of 1,933 of 9,772 memos for its ministers and deputy heads. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can Canadian politicians unwrap compromise this holiday season?

  • The prime minister may be angling for a majority by any means necessary, but there's another option—the art of compromise—that he may want to
The potential defection of additional Tories to the Grit benches or a snap election can’t be the only strategies to enact the kind of change Prime Minister Mark Carney says he was elected to make. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can Canadian politicians unwrap compromise this holiday season?

  • The prime minister may be angling for a majority by any means necessary, but there's another option—the art of compromise—that he may want to

Can Canadian politicians unwrap compromise this holiday season?

  • The prime minister may be angling for a majority by any means necessary, but there's another option—the art of compromise—that he may want to
The potential defection of additional Tories to the Grit benches or a snap election can’t be the only strategies to enact the kind of change Prime Minister Mark Carney says he was elected to make. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Poilievre find the right thread to pull, or will his coalition unravel in 2026?

  • OTTAWA—It was one year ago that federal politics changed dramatically. Then-deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland wrote her poison pen letter to
Ahead of Conservative Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, he has shown more pugnacity than the kind of reasonableness with which his opponent seems to be scoring well with the public, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Poilievre find the right thread to pull, or will his coalition unravel in 2026?

  • OTTAWA—It was one year ago that federal politics changed dramatically. Then-deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland wrote her poison pen letter to

Will Poilievre find the right thread to pull, or will his coalition unravel in 2026?

  • OTTAWA—It was one year ago that federal politics changed dramatically. Then-deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland wrote her poison pen letter to
Ahead of Conservative Pierre Poilievre’s leadership review, he has shown more pugnacity than the kind of reasonableness with which his opponent seems to be scoring well with the public, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to look back, and ahead

  • It ‘remains to be seen’ what will prove relevant in 2026 from this past year, but there’s plenty to from which to choose.
Among the notable moves in 2025 was Quebec Premier François Legault’s plethora of legislation targeting minorities, including a ‘constitution' to act as a bulwark against multiculturalism and bilingualism, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to look back, and ahead

  • It ‘remains to be seen’ what will prove relevant in 2026 from this past year, but there’s plenty to from which to choose.

Time to look back, and ahead

  • It ‘remains to be seen’ what will prove relevant in 2026 from this past year, but there’s plenty to from which to choose.
Among the notable moves in 2025 was Quebec Premier François Legault’s plethora of legislation targeting minorities, including a ‘constitution' to act as a bulwark against multiculturalism and bilingualism, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

2026: Another year on the edge for Carney and Canada

  • For all the Liberals’ high points since they dodged what was shaping up as certain electoral defeat, the year ahead looms as an even
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is dealing with a Rubik’s cube of provincial, financial, environmental, political, labour force, and Indigenous issues, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

2026: Another year on the edge for Carney and Canada

  • For all the Liberals’ high points since they dodged what was shaping up as certain electoral defeat, the year ahead looms as an even

2026: Another year on the edge for Carney and Canada

  • For all the Liberals’ high points since they dodged what was shaping up as certain electoral defeat, the year ahead looms as an even
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is dealing with a Rubik’s cube of provincial, financial, environmental, political, labour force, and Indigenous issues, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney is shifting the goal posts in bid to redefine voter coalition

  • The Liberals appear to have made the calculation that securing new voters from the Conservative base is far more advantageous than strictly appealing to
New Liberal MP Michael Ma, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrate Ma’s defection from the Conservatives at the annual Liberal holiday party on Dec. 11. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Carney is shifting the goal posts in bid to redefine voter coalition

  • The Liberals appear to have made the calculation that securing new voters from the Conservative base is far more advantageous than strictly appealing to

Carney is shifting the goal posts in bid to redefine voter coalition

  • The Liberals appear to have made the calculation that securing new voters from the Conservative base is far more advantageous than strictly appealing to
New Liberal MP Michael Ma, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrate Ma’s defection from the Conservatives at the annual Liberal holiday party on Dec. 11. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Decked halls of Parliament on pause until House returns on Jan. 26

  • WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 House Schedule—The House of Commons adjourned last week until Jan. 26, 2026, and is scheduled to sit for 117 days in
The House of Commons rose on Dec. 11. MPs will be back in Ottawa on Jan. 26, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Decked halls of Parliament on pause until House returns on Jan. 26

  • WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 House Schedule—The House of Commons adjourned last week until Jan. 26, 2026, and is scheduled to sit for 117 days in

Decked halls of Parliament on pause until House returns on Jan. 26

  • WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17 House Schedule—The House of Commons adjourned last week until Jan. 26, 2026, and is scheduled to sit for 117 days in
The House of Commons rose on Dec. 11. MPs will be back in Ottawa on Jan. 26, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Christmas came early for the Grits: Liberal MP Fisher

  • ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas.I still can’t hold back the smile.Even we didn’t believe we’d be back on this side of the aisle. Canada
Darren Fisher
Darren Fisher
Liberal MP Darren Fisher delivers his Christmas poem in the House of Commons on Dec. 10. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Christmas came early for the Grits: Liberal MP Fisher

  • ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas.I still can’t hold back the smile.Even we didn’t believe we’d be back on this side of the aisle. Canada

Christmas came early for the Grits: Liberal MP Fisher

  • ‘Twas two weeks before Christmas.I still can’t hold back the smile.Even we didn’t believe we’d be back on this side of the aisle. Canada
Darren Fisher
Liberal MP Darren Fisher delivers his Christmas poem in the House of Commons on Dec. 10. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Is an 88-jet fleet already out of date?

  • In 2017, 88 jets were seen as ‘just enough’ for Canada to fulfill its obligations. Now, penny pinching has been replaced by a concern
David McGuinty
David McGuinty
Defence Minister David McGuinty. The fighter jet review must recognize that the budgetary constraints that informed the limit of 88 are gone, writes Michael P.A. Murphy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is an 88-jet fleet already out of date?

  • In 2017, 88 jets were seen as ‘just enough’ for Canada to fulfill its obligations. Now, penny pinching has been replaced by a concern

Is an 88-jet fleet already out of date?

  • In 2017, 88 jets were seen as ‘just enough’ for Canada to fulfill its obligations. Now, penny pinching has been replaced by a concern
David McGuinty
Defence Minister David McGuinty. The fighter jet review must recognize that the budgetary constraints that informed the limit of 88 are gone, writes Michael P.A. Murphy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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