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.
Historically, U.S. Republicans have been the party of free trade and the Democrats have endorsed protectionism.
While Prime Minister Mark Carney has embarked on a swath of new trade negotiations, talks with the United Kingdom remain idle.
In 2024, Canada announced that it would procure a submarine fleet with ‘under-ice’ capabilities, but Arctic experts say they believe the vessels will actually be operating in the near-ice or ice-edge waters.
With the number of Afghan missions of the former government dwindling, its Canadian embassy—with no ties to Afghanistan’s current Taliban-led regime—hangs on.
‘A bald statement of ongoing ‘tensions’ between Canada and the United States is not a sufficient basis to refuse disclosure of very specific information,’ the Federal Court ruled.
Canada has been seeking to link discussions on critical minerals to broader conversations about its relationship with the U.S., but that may not bear fruit, say observers.
The U.S. demand would seemingly halt Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for trade diversification as Canada seeks a swath of new deals.
Canada’s embassy in Tripoli has been shuttered since 2014, and it could be down to a matter of priorities, which differ from our G7 allies who’ve returned to their Libya missions, say observers.
‘This will be the moment when North American disintegration really was confirmed on some level,’ says consultant Eric Miller after Canada walks away from the negotiating table following what Prime Minister Mark Carney called ‘last-minute changes in the U.S.-proposed terms’ and new tariffs.
UN special rapporteurs are urging Canada to protect a Sikh activist who has been subject to ‘credible and imminent threats to his life.’
‘If the government tries to be too accommodating, there will be a political price’ for the governing Liberals when voters go to the polls, says Cameron Holmstrom.
In a wide-ranging interview, Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Patnaik talks Canada trade, Modi’s looming visit, and defence procurement.
Former ambassadors have questions about what Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has suggested is a ‘new way’ of doing diplomacy.
South Sudan joins neighbouring Sudan as the two East African nations where Canada has suspended operations of its embassies.
Canada has been hesitant to confront the U.S., and should instead be using ‘every tool’ to protect the International Criminal Court and a sanctioned Canadian jurist, say observers.
Canada’s fiscal commitment to United Nations peace operations has dropped by 45 per cent since 2015-16.
