Neil Moss is a reporter with The Hill Times who covers federal politics, foreign policy, international trade, Canada-U.S. relations, and defence, as well as leading the newspaper's annual Top 50 list of foreign policy influencers. He has been with The Hill Times since 2018. You can reach him at nmoss@hilltimes.com.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has suggested that the new world order will be built out of Europe, but analysts have their doubts.
The U.S. announced on May 18 that it is pausing participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, alleging Canada hasn’t made ‘credible’ progress on defence investments.
Conservative Whip Chris Warkentin says it ‘seems’ that the budget of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group will be slashed by 40 per cent.
A May 1 decision found the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act is sound, but in her dissent, Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Côté questioned the restrictions.
The House Subcommittee on International Human Rights’ May 7 report was 780 words long, and didn’t declare whether a genocide is unfolding in Sudan, disappointing some past witnesses.
Thirty-one per cent of government bills during this Parliament had a recorded vote at third reading in the House, compared to 66 per cent in the 44th Parliament and 47 per cent in the 43rd Parliament.
In a wide-ranging interview, Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Edvinas Grikšas talks growing trade, work with the EU, the push for diversification, and boosting domestic defence industries.
The increase in Canada’s exports to the United Kingdom has amounted to 67 per cent of all non-U.S. export gains since 2024.
In a broad ranging interview, a delegation of visiting Latvian MPs talk friendship with Canada, a continued deployment on NATO’s eastern flank, and the future of the military alliance.
Canada was one of the few U.S. allies not to strike a deal after the Trump administration enacted emergency tariffs that were later struck down by the top American court.
The spring fiscal update also proposed $103.8-million over five years for the implementation of a stand-alone Defence Investment Agency.
The 2025-26 deficit is down $11.4-billion compared to the 2025 budget’s forecast, but will reach nearly the same level projected for 2026-27, with an anticipated deficit of $65.3-billion.
Plus, Lisa Raitt joins Minister Hodgson for a discussion on energy policy and major projects.
A 2023 House motion called for Canada to accept 10,000 Uyghur refugees by the end of 2026. But a senior departmental official told the House Immigration Committee last month that fewer than 300 people have arrived in Canada.
In a wide-ranging interview, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand discusses a new foreign policy strategy, GAC’s budget cuts, its mission network, and international law and the Iran war.
The Liberal government has avoided making direct statements about potential violations of international law by the Trump administration, despite weighing in on other conflicts.
