Canada needs a unity government to get us through Trump’s chaos

A successful unity government spanning the political centre, uniting the Liberal and Conservative parties of Canada into the next administration, is not without precedent.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney. There should be a coalition between the Liberal and Conservative parties in the next government. Such a coalition would demonstrate national solidarity and better position Canada to defend its economy, way of life, and sovereignty, writes Timothy Veale. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY TIMOTHY VEALE

February 27, 2025

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—More than a century ago, Canadians feared the war against an overseas threat would never end. Voluntary enlistment for the First World War had fallen so sharply that Conservative Party prime minister Robert Borden sought bi-partisan support for conscrip...

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