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Ukraine juggling the balance between democracy and corruption

Ukraine juggling the balance between democracy and corruption

LONDON, U.K.—“Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Mykhailo Fedorov, who was until recently Ukraine’s defence minister. “We...

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Gwynne Dyer

Poilievre’s fundraising loss

Poilievre’s fundraising loss

OAKVILLE, ONT.—You've got to feel a bit sorry for Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievere these days because it seems even when he wins, he...

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Gerry Nicholls

Feds should bring in national law forcing stores to visibly advertise origin of products

Feds should bring in national law forcing stores to visibly advertise origin of products

OTTAWA—Buy local: it used to be an environmental imperative. The closer a product is to market, the less carbon has been used to deliver it.  To...

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Sheila Copps

PCO Clerk Sabia challenges his 50 deputy ministers to come up with bold ideas, and he’s given them a deadline

PCO Clerk Sabia challenges his 50 deputy ministers to come up with bold ideas, and he’s given them a deadline

OTTAWA—It is hard to imagine what the deputy ministers thought when they received their unusual directive from their new boss.  To keep reading,...

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Campbell Morrison

Leaving our Armed Forces without a prayer—literally

Leaving our Armed Forces without a prayer—literally

OTTAWA—On July 29, the Canadian Armed Forces issued Military Instruction 03/26, which detailed the new guidelines for “spiritual reflection in...

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Scott Taylor

How big a fleet of water bombers does Canada actually need?

How big a fleet of water bombers does Canada actually need?

Josie Sabatino is right about the big thing (“Canada’s wildfire strategy comes with a price tag,” Aug. 12). The pages of The Hill Ti... To keep...

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John Gradek

Opposition leaders should get those PMO briefings now

Opposition leaders should get those PMO briefings now

In a dramatic move on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and top trade negotiator Janice Charette...

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Editorial

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?

TORONTO—As Canada walks away from trade negotiations with the United States, there is a truth that has to be acknowledged more seriously if we wish...

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David Crane

Carney must be grateful for at least one bit of runway: a delay on next Quebec referendum

Carney must be grateful for at least one bit of runway: a delay on next Quebec referendum

TORONTO—With the ultimate state of the U.S.-Canada trade relationship still very much in flux, with no one really sure what will happen from here,...

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Matt Gurney

West Coast pipeline is not a sound investment in the future, says letter writer

West Coast pipeline is not a sound investment in the future, says letter writer

As global warming worsens, each year brings a more severe wildfire season. Yet, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith want to...

20.08.2026 5

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Gwynne Dyer

Curious about the Governor General?

Curious about the Governor General?

TORONTO—Curious About the Governor General? To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for an annual subscription....

20.08.2026 4

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Nelson Wiseman

Slavery: getting history wrong

Slavery: getting history wrong

LONDON, U.K.—“I think that there's a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion,” said Samuel Okudzeto...

20.08.2026 9

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Gwynne Dyer

I agree: Ottawa’s transit failures don’t belong to one mayor

I agree: Ottawa’s transit failures don’t belong to one mayor

I only recently came across Walter Robinson's June 10 response to my To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week...

20.08.2026 9

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Jacob Beaulieu

Premier Smith should consider the expanded benefits of international students: B.C. reader

Premier Smith should consider the expanded benefits of international students: B.C. reader

International post-secondary students pay significantly higher tuition fees than domestic students. In Canada, international undergraduate tuition...

20.08.2026 10

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Jacob Beaulieu

Canada foreshadows the hidden economic dangers of a U.K. Tory-Reform deal

Canada foreshadows the hidden economic dangers of a U.K. Tory-Reform deal

Andy Burnham's arrival as the United Kingdom’s prime minister has breathed new life into the Labour Party. This will intensify debate on...

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Michael Huenefeld

Carney’s summit for CEOs has a guest list problem

Carney’s summit for CEOs has a guest list problem

OTTAWA—There is a long-held principle by the Haudenosaunee that any major decision should be weighed by its impact seven generations into the...

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Bhagwant Sandhu

The 18-minute problem: time spent on administrative tasks adding up to hours of lost access to health care

The 18-minute problem: time spent on administrative tasks adding up to hours of lost access to health care

Canada’s primary-care crisis is usually described as a shortage of doctors. To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a...

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Paulo Meneghel

Accountable for what? Measured by whom?

Accountable for what? Measured by whom?

Canada's premiers spent their July meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I., talking about the economy, internal trade, and nation-building projects. The...

19.08.2026 6

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Ivy Oandasan

Arday tragedy the latest example of how white supremacy kills

Arday tragedy the latest example of how white supremacy kills

CALGARY—There will be a reckoning for elite western universities and media in their complicity with the rise in fascism and coddling of white...

19.08.2026 9

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Erica Ifill

Canada needs a taxonomy, not a fossil fuel exception

Canada needs a taxonomy, not a fossil fuel exception

Eight years of talk. Five years of drafting a taxonomy meant to steer capital toward a net-zero economy. Since 2018, governments have convened expert...

19.08.2026 5

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Isg Senator Rosa Galvez

Registry rules for journalists need more clarity

Registry rules for journalists need more clarity

Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman has been busy in the last couple of weeks since his office’s official launch doing...

19.08.2026 20

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Editorial

New book offers insight on developing the next batch of Pearsons

New book offers insight on developing the next batch of Pearsons

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—I have always been a Pearsonian. Lester B. “Mike” Pearson was prime minister in the 1960s when I developed an interest in...

19.08.2026 20

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Andrew Caddell

Where should Canada turn, in turning away from Trump?

Where should Canada turn, in turning away from Trump?

Canadians owe United States President Donald Trump a debt of gratitude for stripping us of our delusion that diversifying our international trade...

19.08.2026 10

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Akaash Maharaj

Latest budget a big step for Canada’s financial services ecosystem

Latest budget a big step for Canada’s financial services ecosystem

More than six years ago, the government announced in the 2018 federal budget its intention to design and implement an open finance regime in Canada....

18.08.2026 10

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Steve Boms

Indigenous consent: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built

Indigenous consent: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built

The  recent suite of poorly conceived and hastily passed laws in Canada (Bill 5 in Ontario, Bill 15 in British Columbia, and the federal Bill C-5)...

18.08.2026 10

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Tim Gray

Trump’s political mythology is colliding with reality, and some of the rats are jumping ship

Trump’s political mythology is colliding with reality, and some of the rats are jumping ship

SCARBOROUGH, ONT.—The rats are leaving the ship. To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for an annual...

18.08.2026 20

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John McKay

Canadian leadership can ease Sudan’s devastating humanitarian crisis

Canadian leadership can ease Sudan’s devastating humanitarian crisis

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...

17.08.2026 10

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Allison Alley

A climate grand jeté

A climate grand jeté

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...

17.08.2026 10

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Gwynne Dyer

Carney government relies on energy ‘transition’ myth at our peril

Carney government relies on energy ‘transition’ myth at our peril

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,...

17.08.2026 20

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Kenneth Green

Missionaries vs. mercenaries

Missionaries vs. mercenaries

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...

17.08.2026 10

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Gerry Nicholls

Early departure of 13 MPs since April 2025 will cost taxpayers millions in byelections

Early departure of 13 MPs since April 2025 will cost taxpayers millions in byelections

This year is expected to see one of the highest numbers of federal byelections in Canadian history. Three byelections have already taken place, three...

17.08.2026 10

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Editorial

Caving to the U.S. ambassador

Caving to the U.S. ambassador

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...

17.08.2026 10

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Scott Taylor

Canada’s wildfire response infrastructure is failing when lives depend on it

Canada’s wildfire response infrastructure is failing when lives depend on it

Over 33,000 Canadians have been forced from their homes by wildfires raging across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. But there's a crisis...

17.08.2026 10

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Kevin Fernandes

Canada’s AI future: Listen well to lead well

Canada’s AI future: Listen well to lead well

The federal government’s current public consultation on artificial intelligence transparency is a welcome continuation of what must become a broader...

17.08.2026 20

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Alexander Landry

Nine days in Beaches-East York: when an open nomination becomes a de facto appointment

Nine days in Beaches-East York: when an open nomination becomes a de facto appointment

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....

17.08.2026 20

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Guri Pannu

Canada must get creative to retain homegrown innovators

Canada must get creative to retain homegrown innovators

Almost every week we learn of yet another Canadian tech company being sold to a foreign—usually American—multinational or private equity group...

17.08.2026 20

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David Crane

What Canada can learn from Australia’s floundering social media ban

What Canada can learn from Australia’s floundering social media ban

With more than 40 countries following Australia’s example to ban social media for youth, their eSafety commissioner has released a To keep reading,...

17.08.2026 20

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Trevor Potts

Prime Minister Carney is convinced oil and gas revenues will save us from U.S. President Trump, but at what cost?

Prime Minister Carney is convinced oil and gas revenues will save us from U.S. President Trump, but at what cost?

CHELSEA, QUE.—Someone in the federal government owes us a detailed explanation of how oil and gas revenues—and the jobs and prosperity they...

17.08.2026 20

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Susan Riley

Canada is banking on our banker-prime minister

Canada is banking on our banker-prime minister

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...

17.08.2026 20

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Michael Harris

Hoekstra petition is a message to Washington—if anyone is listening

Hoekstra petition is a message to Washington—if anyone is listening

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...

17.08.2026 20

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Sheila Copps

The prime minister wants to build a stronger and faster clean economy. What’s holding it back?

The prime minister wants to build a stronger and faster clean economy. What’s holding it back?

Canada has a rare and powerful opportunity to dramatically scale up its clean industrial economy, create high-quality jobs, and attract global...

14.08.2026 20

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Jud Whiteside

Canada can help shape a world worth investing in, says letter writer

As International Youth Day approaches on Aug. 12, I often find myself reflecting on global inequality while walking through local grocery stores....

13.08.2026 10

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Adam Froman

Getting growing tech businesses out of Canada’s ‘valley of death’

Canada’s scale-up problem isn’t just about capital. It’s about the impossible math founders face every single quarter. To keep reading,...

13.08.2026 10

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Adam Froman

Canada is not for sale—except for its airports?

“Canada is not for sale.”  To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only $7.76 a week for an annual subscription. Enjoy...

13.08.2026 10

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William Morrison

AI may advance productivity, but will it give us more time?

When technology allows us to produce more value in less time, who should benefit? To keep reading, subscribe and become a political insider. Only...

12.08.2026 10

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Jacob Beaulieu

Upcoming byelections and extractive politics

OTTAWA—On the surface, the Aug. 31 federal byelections look like regular democratic business: three seats vacated, three writs issued. The real...

12.08.2026 10

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Bhagwant Sandhu

Canada’s unions and AI: meet the future, don’t duck it

The federal government’s announcement that it will roll out artificial intelligence in some public service departments has caused understandable...

12.08.2026 10

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Adam Froman

What’s an ounce of peacekeeping prevention worth?

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...

12.08.2026 20

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Editorial

The Gaza charade

LONDON, U.K.—Last month, United States President Donald Trump announced “a monumental step toward lasting peace and security” in Gaza. Mediators...

12.08.2026 20

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Gwynne Dyer

Putting a personal touch on proposed access-to-information fixes

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...

12.08.2026 20

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Ken Rubin