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

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

In a wide-ranging interview, Johannes Winkel talks a renewed Canada-German relationship, Trump shocks, European security, and the future of free trade.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 4h

Opinion: The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible

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The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible

Extreme weather is already reshaping our economy, destabilizing our energy supply, weakening our ecosystems, and testing our infrastructure.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 5h

Opinion: Canada has influence—it’s time to use it to stop genocide

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Canada has influence—it’s time to use it to stop genocide

There are still so many economic and diplomatic levers that Canada can pull to pressure Israel to end the carnage in Gaza.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 5h

Party Central: A year after his death, Linkletter’s bandmates, friends, and family packed the Rainbow Bistro on Oct. 2 to raise more than $3,000 in his honour for St. Mary’s Home.

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20th Century Boys play tribute to former bandmate Peter Linkletter

A year after his death, Linkletter’s bandmates, friends, and family packed the Rainbow Bistro on Oct. 2 to raise more than $3,000 in his honour for St. Mary’s Home.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 6h

Hill Climbers: Women fill most senior staff roles in WAGE minister Valdez’s office

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Women fill most senior staff roles in WAGE minister Valdez’s office

Carina Gabriele is director of policy to the minister, while Lauriane Songuissa-Moulangou is director of operations, and Aiman Akmal runs parliamentary affairs and issues management.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 6h

Conservative MP Tako van Popta says limiting voters’ signatures to supporting one candidate could counter the ‘belligerence’ and ‘obstinacy’ of the Longest Ballot Committee, whose efforts had over 200 running in August Alberta byelection.

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Conservatives float electoral reform to combat ‘political prank’ protest group from flooding ballots with names

Conservative MP Tako Van Popta says limiting voters’ signatures to supporting one candidate could counter the ‘belligerence’ and ‘obstinacy’ of the Longest Ballot Committee, whose efforts had over…

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 7h

Gwynne Dyer: The draft Gaza peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.

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Gaza: the 20-point plan

The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 8h

Middle East experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ over Trump’s Gaza peace plan, but see little role for Canada to play

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Middle East experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ over Trump’s Gaza peace plan, but see little role for Canada to play

‘Anything that stops the war’ is a net benefit, no matter who’s involved, says former Canadian ambassador to Israel Jon Allen.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 8h

Opinion: The promise and perils of nation-building projects

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The promise and perils of nation-building projects

Getting swept up in political hype and hubris can lead to the wrong projects, poor priorities, and terrible outcomes.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 9h

Opinion: This country urgently needs to invest in skills training, take action to scale apprenticeships, and work with us to destigmatize careers in the trades.

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Nation-building starts with builders

This country urgently needs to invest in skills training, take action to scale apprenticeships, and work with us to destigmatize careers in the trades.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 9h

Infrastructure Policy Brief | Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts; Nation-building starts with builders; Why Canada must invest in public infrastructure now; and more.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 10h

Editorial: Will the fall budget cycle be the spark MPs need to actually study spending?

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Will the fall budget cycle be the spark MPs need to actually study spending?

No, most MPs aren’t forensic accountants, but that’s not the role they’re fulfilling when looking at financial plans—they’re supposed to be parsing them with a people-focused lens, and asking whether…

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 11h

Andrew Caddell: Foreign policy is all about self-interest

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Foreign policy is all about self-interest

Canada should focus on its own interest: building credibility in defence investment and alliances, and reaching out to our economic partners.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 11h

Retired colonel Chris Kilford says it is “very dangerous” to go down the path to which Pete Hegseth is alluding in recent inflammatory remarks.

“That is a gloves-off approach to future combat."

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 11h

Diplomatic Circles: How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 12h

Hill Climbers: Olga Radchenko is running policy for the secretary of state for international development, while Nathan Abdelnour is the senior-most policy aide in the sport office.

Meet the staffers supporting secretaries of state Sarai, van Koeverden

Olga Radchenko is running policy for the secretary of state for international development, while Nathan Abdelnour is the senior-most policy aide in the sport office.

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 12h

Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 13h

Calendar: Minister Joly to discuss Canada’s plan for industrial leadership in Toronto on Oct. 9

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 13h

Heard On The Hill: The Poilievres guest star on a pair of podcasts

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 14h

Carney’s $5M Liberal leadership war chest fuelled by billionaires, bankers, and Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 14h

Unlocked: Les Whittington: A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 15h

That's de Adder's take:

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 15h

Politics This Morning: Day two for debate on McGuinty’s military justice bill www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 16h

Unlocked | Hegseth’s attack on rules of engagement could limit Canadian operations with ‘lawless’ U.S. military, says former House Defence Committee chair McKay

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 16h

Unlocked | Canada’s submarine purchase has new ‘sense of urgency’ with possible selection by end of year, says German envoy

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