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Christopher Guly

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‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada

‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada

The world is watching U.S. President Donald Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada's former UN ambassador Bob Rae. Given the United States has used military force to remove Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s president, and U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to claim Greenland, to annex Canada...

  • 2026-01-12
  • — Hill Times
Poilievre’s future rests on what he tells delegates at leadership review convention next month, says senior party veteran Brodie

Poilievre’s future rests on what he tells delegates at leadership review convention next month, says senior party veteran Brodie

When Pierre Poilievre takes to the stage at the Calgary Telus Convention Centre late next month, his position at the helm of the federal Conservative Party will mainly rest on what he tells delegates attending the three-day leadership review convention. “The speech that he gives, just before people vote, fucking matters. It will be his last opportunity to persuade people...

  • 2025-12-19
  • — Hill Times
It’s like ‘the Monroe Doctrine on steroids’: Canadian politicos react to Trump’s new ‘very chilling’ national security strategy

It’s like ‘the Monroe Doctrine on steroids’: Canadian politicos react to Trump’s new ‘very chilling’ national security strategy

A new national security strategy by United States President Donald Trump’s Republican administration threatens to make Canada “a vassal state” and “needs to be put on the reading list” of every MP, says Lloyd Axworthy, who served as foreign affairs minister in then-prime minister Jean Chrétien’s Liberal government from 1996 to 2000. According to the 33-page document, released on Dec...

  • 2025-12-15
  • — Hill Times
Trump terminates trade talks with Canada, U.S. tariffs creating turmoil in Canadian economy, say analysts

Trump terminates trade talks with Canada, U.S. tariffs creating turmoil in Canadian economy, say analysts

United States President Donald Trump said trade talks with Canada were “terminated” on Oct. 23, after Ontario launched anti-tariff ads in America featuring the voice of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, but even before that, Trump’s tariffs against Canada have impacted this country’s economy in job losses, higher prices on goods, and business and consumer confidence as talk of a...

  • 2025-10-26
  • — Hill Times
Liberals’ lead shrinks as Canadian mood plummets to historic lows

Liberals’ lead shrinks as Canadian mood plummets to historic lows

When Donald Trump says something about Canada, it favours the Liberals, and when he's not focused on Canada, it favours the Conservatives, says pollster Nik Nanos. Meanwhile, pollster Frank Graves says he's seeing the worst level of despair since he began polling in the 1990s and says the challenge for the government is to provide optimism, security, and prosperity.

  • 2025-10-05
  • — Hill Times
Managing the Trump-tariff file a major challenge for Carney government, polls show

Managing the Trump-tariff file a major challenge for Carney government, polls show

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to ease his elbows-up approach with United States President Donald Trump’s administration and remove tariffs on American goods last month has found Carney getting elbowed out of the high approval ratings he has been receiving since March 24, 10 days after he was sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister. The results of an Angus...

  • 2025-09-14
  • — Hill Times
Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos

Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos

Expect the fall federal budget to be “very consequential” and “quite major” given the “unprecedented challenge” Canada faces from United States President Donald Trump’s volatile and often hostile administration, says Perrin Beatty, former Canadian Chamber of Commerce president and chief executive officer. “The government needs to give a clear indication to business as to what its plans are, and that...

  • 2025-08-11
  • — Hill Times
Trump ‘a potential risk’ for Carney and his ‘full-throttle government,’ says Nanos, but he’s still preferred PM

Trump ‘a potential risk’ for Carney and his ‘full-throttle government,’ says Nanos, but he’s still preferred PM

In the recent Nanos survey, 49 per cent of respondents chose Mark Carney as their preferred prime minister, compared to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, at 24 per cent. But Carney will soon have to deliver results, Nik Nanos says. While nearly half of Canadians view him as the choice for “preferred prime minister,” and the governing Liberal Party that he...

  • 2025-08-04
  • — Hill Times
Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada, 'support the Republicans in the U.S.' and have been 'favourable' to Donald Trump. But the source also noted that almost all Conservatives do not support Trump’s idea of annexing Canada as the 51st state.

  • 2025-03-25
  • — Hill Times
‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week

‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week

When the man whose brand was built on “the art of the deal” slapped Canada with sweeping tariffs on Feb. 1, he inadvertently crafted a consolidated reply from the Confederation. U.S. President Donald Trump has become the domestic unifier of Canadians, crossing partisan and geographic lines in a unique historical way at an unprecedented fractious time in the country’s relationship...

  • 2025-02-10
  • — Hill Times
Prorogation? Resignation? Liberals vow to push through House impasse as speculation swirls on the Hill

Prorogation? Resignation? Liberals vow to push through House impasse as speculation swirls on the Hill

The Thanksgiving break week has granted the Liberal Party breathing room on a privilege motion that has ground House business to a standstill, but questions remain over what—if anything—the governing party can do to reverse static polling showing a catastrophic defeat at the next election.

  • 2024-10-14
  • — Hill Times
Conservatives’ path to victory propelled by women, young voters, and a deep desire for change, say pollsters

Conservatives’ path to victory propelled by women, young voters, and a deep desire for change, say pollsters

The federal Conservatives are poised to form one of the largest majority governments in Canadian history, and push the governing Liberals into third—if not fourth place—in the House following the next general election, say pollsters. Whether the national win will eclipse Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative victory in the 1984 federal election that resulted in a 211-seat majority in the then-282-seat...

  • 2024-09-30
  • — Hill Times
‘Period of labour turmoil’ not over with end to rail shutdown, observers warn

‘Period of labour turmoil’ not over with end to rail shutdown, observers warn

The shutdown of Canada’s two major railways might have ended a week before Labour Day, but other work stoppages are on the near horizon, including one involving Air Canada pilots next month as part of what a former federal cabinet minister and outgoing head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce characterize as “a period of labour turmoil.”

  • 2024-08-29
  • — Hill Times
Trudeau, Singh no-shows at Calgary Stampede where Poilievre rails against their ‘woke’ agenda

Trudeau, Singh no-shows at Calgary Stampede where Poilievre rails against their ‘woke’ agenda

As the only federal leader attending this year’s Calgary Stampede, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre enjoyed his own political rodeo by showcasing an election-style speech in which he took shots at his two main rivals—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh—both of whom missed the 2024 “Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth,” and Poilievre’s rant targeting them.

  • 2024-07-11
  • — Hill Times
‘No hope’ for Liberals winning next federal election with Trudeau as leader, say pollsters

‘No hope’ for Liberals winning next federal election with Trudeau as leader, say pollsters

Whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leads the Liberals in the next federal election, or his party’s members choose a successor should he step down from the helm before the federal vote, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is likely headed to forming a majority government, say pollsters.

  • 2024-06-10
  • — Hill Times