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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Housing Minister Gregor Robertson, pictured April 23, 2026 in Ottawa. Carne’s newly assembled Canada-U.S. economic relations committee has 24 members, including former Conservative politicians, representatives from this country's auto, lumber, and steel sectors, unions and more. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s new cross-partisan Canada-U.S. council a good strategic move, say political players

newsBY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS

Prime Minister Mark Carney is a ‘better political practitioner’ than he’s given credit for, and the committee’s makeup could be another ‘proof point’ of that, says Conservative strategist Cole Hogan.

No ‘fast solution’ to CUSMA review, cautions Canada’s chief negotiator Charette, calling July 1 ‘a checkpoint’

newsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

A Kenyan president’s misstep, and speaking English badly

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The 25 people on Carney’s Canada-U.S. Economic Advisory Council

featureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

As Mexico and U.S. are set to start the CUSMA review, Canada continues waiting game

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Why joining the EU would undermine Canada’s global autonomy

opinionBY LUTHFI DHOFIER

Visiting MPs hope to see a permanent military presence for Canada in Latvia 

featureBY NEIL MOSS

Anand to convene envoys in June as feds prepare new foreign policy paper

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Plan to bring 10,000 Uyghur refugees to Canada has little progress amid China détente

newsBY NEIL MOSS
Left: Olympic figure skaters Riku Miura, left, and Ryuichi Kihara recorded a welcome message for the Canadian prime minister’s recent trip to Japan. Right: New Toronto Blue Jay Kazuma Okamoto is adding to the team’s growing popularity in Japan. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/MLB

A new dimension in Japan-Canada relations: sports exchange

opinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

Sports constitute a vital foundation of friendship between Japan and Canada, and represent an increasingly important driver of future growth in bilateral relations.

As Mexico and U.S. are set to start the CUSMA review, Canada continues waiting game

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Prime Minister Carney’s question protection program?

newsBY STUART BENSON

‘I hope I’ve had an impact’: PrimeTime Politics’ Michael Serapio signs off, for now

newsBY STUART BENSON
Parliamentary Calendar

Chief of Defence Staff Carignan to deliver remarks at C.D. Howe Institute on April 28

Podcast

30 by 30: Can we do it? Megan Leslie weighs in

news

What makes a ‘good’ lobbyist? A lot

list

Top takeaways from the spring financial update

Podcast

How Carney’s majority will change things on the Hill

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The January 2026 Canada-China strategic partnership illustrates how pragmatism can operate in practice, writes Michael Harvey. Photograph courtesy of X

What ‘pragmatic’ foreign policy means for a trading middle power 

opinionBY MICHAEL HARVEY

When market access becomes uncertain, Canada’s strategic advantage weakens regardless of production strength.

Middle powers have ‘a lot of agency, as long as we take it,’ says Finnish president

newsBY SARAH J. HARB

Death rattle of a superpower?

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo have far-reaching consequences, and put spotlight on question of morality of war today

opinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

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Parliamentary Calendar

Marci Ien to take part in panel with women leaders, ‘Confessions of a Leader: What I Wish I Knew,’ in Toronto on April 21

Podcast

‘Constituents don’t matter, and that’s a problem’: Alex Marland weighs in on floor crossing, and more.

news

Lobbying under Carney: ‘it is a very different Liberal government’

news

Prime Minister Carney’s question protection program?

Donald Trump
The sum of deaths in recent wars, including recent escalating conflicts spurred on by U.S. President Donald Trump, don’t remotely compare with the threat of climate change, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Climate change is more dangerous than Trump. Pay attention

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

We are entering a period where some major changes in climate policy will need to happen quite fast—a decade or two—if we are to avoid ending up on full ‘Hothouse Earth’ by the end of the century.

Carney urged to offer clear Canadian position on legality of U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and Lebanon

newsBY NEIL MOSS

Orban’s Hungary and declining populist regimes

opinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Carney’s trade diversification agenda facing little opposition in Parliament

newsBY NEIL MOSS

U.S. quietly signals acceptance of CUSMA as basis for North American free trade

opinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Diplomatic Circles

EU putting pressure on laggard members to fully ratify trade pact with Canada 

Canada has a role to play in linking global democracy movements, says activist 

Joint co-operation needed to tackle spread of narcotics, says Colombian defence minister 

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

Trade

A golden opportunity for interprovincial trade

Canada has made big gains on internal trade, now we have to finish the job

Canada must maintain momentum on internal trade reform

Internal trade reform is finally moving and Canada cannot squander the momentum

International development

Canada’s campaign for a seat on UN’s human rights body continuing on back burner

Canada should join global push for a free education treaty 

Feds’ plan to slash foreign ministry budget by 20 per cent ‘ill-timed and short-sighted’: observers

In a fractured world, women peacebuilders are essential 

Immigration

‘Forward guidance’ a chance to reassure concerned Canadians, says pollster of Carney’s new video series

LeBlanc ‘reassured’ audiovisual groups that cultural exemption won’t be part of CUSMA review: sources

New Canada-Ecuador trade deal contradicts Prime Minister Carney’s human rights vision

Trade, trust, and traceability: securing Canada’s food sovereignty

Refugees

NDP presses Diab over two-year study permit delays for Gazan students accepted to Canadian universities

Mark Carney

Health-care access is not only a social program. It is an economic foundation

Senate must reject U.S.-style asylum rules and power grabs with Bill C-12 vote

Canada can no longer pretend the U.S. is ‘safe’ for refugees

Inside defence

Canada’s military is past the point of a quick fix

Money for nothing?

Cleaning out the closet won’t keep military’s bare morale shelves stocked

Military masters should carefully pick our battles before buying weapons

Gwynne Dyer

New Caledonia: pragmatism 3, nationalism 0

In Ukraine, the generals are not the problem

Ukraine war and international law

Benjamin Netanyahu

Yet another election in Israel

Canada and the 21st century

Carney takes first critical steps with India and China

Feds’ defence industrial strategy promises much potential for Canada, but it will need public and private-sector champions

Feds’ new defence industrial strategy is powerful, but it faces serious challenges before it can succeed

Trump wants to squeeze us hard enough so we come begging

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