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Canadians have been asked by Prime Minister Mark Carney to accept “the world as it is, not wait for a world we wish to be,” if we are to navigate...
LONDON, U.K.—The first hurricane to hit Hawaii in 34 years. The Mediterranean on fire from Spain to Greece. Heat domes one after another for months...
Canadian discourse on all things energy is locked into a false narrative, about how this country has been and will be powered. Canada, we often hear,...
OAKVILLE, ONT.—The players who help make the world of politics spin can be divided into two categories. To keep reading, subscribe and become a...
This year is expected to see one of the highest numbers of federal byelections in Canadian history. Three byelections have already taken place, three...
OTTAWA—I was at home in Ottawa on July 4, and witnessed firsthand the flypast of two United States F-35s and two Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18...
Over 33,000 Canadians have been forced from their homes by wildfires raging across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. But there's a crisis...
The federal government’s current public consultation on artificial intelligence transparency is a welcome continuation of what must become a broader...
TORONTO—When I was 12 years old, my father took me to my first political meeting. I don't remember the speeches or the policies being debated....
Almost every week we learn of yet another Canadian tech company being sold to a foreign—usually American—multinational or private equity group...
With more than 40 countries following Australia’s example to ban social media for youth, their eSafety commissioner has released a To keep reading,...
CHELSEA, QUE.—Someone in the federal government owes us a detailed explanation of how oil and gas revenues—and the jobs and prosperity they...
HALIFAX—Donald Trump is the master of the dumb public declaration. To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for...
The call to dump American Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is growing. E-7531 is a House of Commons online petition, which had more than 106,000...
Canada has a rare and powerful opportunity to dramatically scale up its clean industrial economy, create high-quality jobs, and attract global...
As International Youth Day approaches on Aug. 12, I often find myself reflecting on global inequality while walking through local grocery stores....
Canada’s scale-up problem isn’t just about capital. It’s about the impossible math founders face every single quarter. To keep reading,...
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When technology allows us to produce more value in less time, who should benefit? To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only...
OTTAWA—On the surface, the Aug. 31 federal byelections look like regular democratic business: three seats vacated, three writs issued. The real...
The federal government’s announcement that it will roll out artificial intelligence in some public service departments has caused understandable...
As Canada’s National Peacekeepers’ Day approached on Aug. 9, there was little to celebrate about the future of the effort with the news that...
LONDON, U.K.—Last month, United States President Donald Trump announced “a monumental step toward lasting peace and security” in Gaza. Mediators...
In the 43 years of the Access to Information Act, users have rarely met face-to-face with top officials on how to better access processes. To keep...
For more than a year, Canadian governments have hammered the same message: shop Canadian, support local, elbows up. To keep reading, subscribe and...
KAMOURASKA, QUE.—My father never considered himself a hero, although in enlisting in the first days of the Second World War and serving as an...
OTTAWA—Wildfire season is once again driving headlines and dominating public discourse. From Ontario to the British Columbia Interior, fires have...
As Canada embarks on its largest military expansion in a generation, an uncomfortable question hangs over our foreign policy: what kind of leaders do...
Re: “Canada can be a food superpower,” (The Hill Times, June 17). Celiac Canada wholeheartedly supports the argument made in this opinion column....
LONDON, U.K.— Artificial intelligence based on large language models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea...
This opinion piece is a collaborative initiative among Canadian mediators, peace practitioners, academics, human rights experts, former ministers and...
TORONTO—As United States President Donald Trump muses about hitting Canada with some kind of retaliatory measure in response to our wildfire smoke,...
Politicians, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, have acknowledged that antisemitism is surging in Canada. Data from... To keep reading, subscribe...
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SCARBOROUGH, ONT.—The latest round of United States President Donald Trump’s baseless tariffs is about to land, pushing the U.S. into the ranks of...
OTTAWA—Sixty years in broadcasting was a Canadian record. Lloyd Robertson, who died last week at 92, had spent 35 years as CTV’s chief anchor. To...
OTTAWA—On July 17, the Department of National Defence issued a press release stating that Canada was phasing out a number of United Nations...
TORONTO—Twice now, Canada has had to surrender on key policies to keep Canada-United States trade negotiations alive. First, we rescinded the...
OAKVILLE, ONT.—Sometimes filling out a survey or answering a pollster's questions can be an exercise in futility. To keep reading, subscribe...
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon recently said the proposed $90-billion Alto high-speed rail will "redefine travel among and in between"...
OTTAWA—The word of the day is klimaangst. It translates into climate anxiety, but the German term just has more panache. The English word seems a...
HALIFAX—Who would have thought that a hate-driven, white supremacist movement would spring up in Canada? In a country that is famously colour-blind,...
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To quote British Columbia Premier David Eby: “There is not a chance in hell that U.S. alcohol is going back on the shelf" in this province. To...
Ottawa's artificial intelligence conversation has a workforce problem hiding in plain sight, and it is not the one getting the attention. To keep...
There was a beleaguered air to former federal justice minister Irwin Cotler when he addressed reporters about the ongoing genocide in Sudan on...
As the world watches numerous global crises unfold, the ongoing humanitarian situation in Sudan remains one of the most urgent and yet under-reported...
The major Sudanese city of El Obeid has been dark for a month. Drone strikes have knocked out the power station, the water supply, an... To keep...
LONDON, U.K.—The ceasefire in Gaza, however shaky, is freeing up some bandwidth for the world’s media to fret about other ongoing massacres, and...
LONDON, U.K.—There are wars in the world worse than those in Ukraine and Gaza. The war in Sudan is insanely cruel and stupid, but you hardly hear...