Kirsten Hillman

• Canada-U.S. relationship ‘will not go back to what it was,’ Hillman says

  Throughout her 30-year career with the Canadian government, Kirsten Hillman has also held various senior diplomatic, policy and legal positions in Canada and abroad.

  Canada

  Feb 2
  
• Carney protegé eyed to succeed Hillman as Canada’s U.S. ambassador: sources

  Kirsten Hillman, who became ambassador in 2020, has helped lead the on-and-off, sometimes tense negotiations for a new trade deal with the Trump administration this year.

  Politics

  Dec 9, 2025
  
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• Canada, U.S. still talking despite Trump ending trade negotiations: envoy

  Kirsten Hillman, who also serves as Canada's top negotiator with the U.S., said her people have spoken with officials in the White House and other departments since last week.

  Politics

  Oct 29, 2025
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• Canada’s ambassador to U.S. will take the lead on trade talks: PMO

  Prime Minister Mark Carney's office confirmED Hillman has been named to the position, making her U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer's opposite in the bilateral trade talks.

  Canada

  Jun 23, 2025
• The West Block – Episode 22, Season 13

  Governments, police and auto experts brainstorming ways out of a Canada wide crisis. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc on the strategy to crack down on auto theft.

  Politics

  Feb 11, 2024
• The West Block – Episode 26, Season 12

  U.S. President Joe Biden heads to Ottawa for an official visit -- what’s on the agenda and can the prime minister deliver? Also, can the U.S. avert another banking crisis?

  Canada

  Mar 19, 2023
• EV tax credit ‘not good news’ for Canada, ambassador to U.S. says

  The tax provision is currently under debate at the House of Representatives and has not been passed yet.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2021
• Feds laying groundwork to ensure Biden hears Canada’s priorities, ambassador says

  'We have been spending months getting ready for that,' Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman told 'The West Block''s Mercedes Stephenson.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2021
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• Keystone XL not the same pipeline project John Kerry nixed in 2015: Canada’s U.S. envoy

  The Keystone XL pipeline expansion project has evolved significantly over the years, Canada's U.S. ambassador said Tuesday.

  Economy

  Nov 25, 2020
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• Kirsten Hillman to be officially named Canada’s ambassador to U.S.

  She is no stranger to difficult negotiations with the U.S., having played a central role in the 13-month effort to negotiate a replacement for NAFTA.

  Politics

  Mar 26, 2020