By cultivating leadership at home, we’re shaping a generation ready to engage with the world.
FIFA and Canadian governments have priced out regular people from this tournament in the middle of an affordability crisis.
If you are the government offering this dosh, there is a better-than-average chance you might collect some new supporters or reinforce existing ones.
Sports constitute a vital foundation of friendship between Japan and Canada, and represent an increasingly important driver of future growth in bilateral relations.
Instead of creating a Crown corporation, the minister of sport should work with national sport organizations to secure a massive funding increase to support better coaching oversight. That is how perverted coaches and abusive practices should be eliminated, not by the creation of another bureaucracy.
Canada has no long‑term federal strategy for sport and recreation infrastructure, the physical backbone that makes participation possible and high performance sustainable.
MPs and Senators celebrated sport, and addressed concerns raised by Canadian Olympic officials who called for more funding as the nation closed the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games with 21 medals.
During the Olympics, sports fans can find space to recognize, celebrate, and suffer with competitors from other countries whose politics are not our cup of tea.
As Canada faces threats to its sovereignty, Ontario Senator Marnie McBean says hosting an Olympics is a surefire way to create national unity and demonstrate Canadian strength.
The Crave television sensation about two closeted male hockey players has reached viewers across the globe—but MPs say they think the show’s most important effects will be felt close to home.
Athletics ‘are a great way to open doors,’ says Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden. But although the World Cup excitement is ‘undeniable,’ human rights concerns, and hockey’s ‘reckoning’ in 2025 have left Canadian fans feeling ‘deeply conflicted,’ counters NDP critic Gord Johns.
All the countries sending athletes to next year’s event have been struggling with the damage caused by Donald Trump’s tariffs.
It’s hard to believe something beneficial could be so controversial.
‘I’m delighted that we’re all swept up in it because we need some positivity in Canada right now,’ says former Conservative strategist Tim Powers.
As Canada’s senior women’s rugby squad heads into a World Cup final, the country can take a lesson from their passionate and disciplined approach.
Every September, for the past several years, I have been getting together with women who played on my high school basketball team a half-century ago.
Given his pedigree, Ken Dryden was arguably the smartest person in every room he ever entered, but he never behaved that way.
He will be remembered as a decent, humble, thoughtful person, and a role model for all Canadians.
Senator Chantal Petitclerc, a former Paralympian, says it’s important the system doesn’t ‘sacrifice’ the drive of high-performance athletes as the government looks to improve the Canadian sport system.
Just as Canadians pull together in the midst of an exciting match, we should be equally fervent about protecting everyone involved in sport.
The feds have seen the opportunity global sports performances provide to advance the country’s reputation, open doors for diplomacy and trade, and boost our global status.
Although the Montreal Canadiens have fewer Quebecers than in the past, it continues to be the standard-bearer of French Canada.
I wish Wayne Gretzky would say something. And we can judge people when they don’t. I am disappointed in Gretzky’s silence. But that’s where I leave it.
The results of The Hill Times’ 2024 year-end poll are in. Liberal MP Sean Fraser scores a hat trick and takes the ‘Most Valuable Politician’ title for the second year in a row, while Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre divides respondents.
The deaths of hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau give us all the chance to reflect on how they brought people together during their lives, and how important that is to emulate.
