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Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali shouldn’t sign on to his officials’ disastrous draft discussion paper that would make for a more dysfunctional access-to-information system, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Nicolás Maduro
With the U.S. capture of Venezuela's authoritarian Nicolás Maduro, what may appear as a decisive blow against a brutal and corrupt government carries consequences that extend far beyond Caracas, write Liberal MP Marcus Polowski, and former MP John McKay. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Survivor Keith Cheifmoon speaks at the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on Parliament Hill on Sept. 30, 2024. How about we fundamentally increase the speed of reconciliation? Prioritize it as a strategic goal for 10 years with funding and intent to close the gap in 75 per cent of the inequities facing Indigenous Peoples?  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Angus Topshee
Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, commander of the Royal Canadian Navy, recently spoke to CBC News about the value of acquiring an amphibious ship for the North. DND photograph by Corporal Connor Bennett
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, shakes hands with Conservative MP Laila Goodridge after speaking before his caucus in the West Block on Sept. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NDP leadership candidates Avi Lewis, left, Tony McQuail, Heather McPherson, Tanille Johnston, and Rob Ashton pose for a photo before a forum hosted by the Canadian Labour Congress in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to get Canada on a new growth path in our increasingly uncertain world by investing $1-trillion in public and private money over the next five years and a doubling of Canada’s non-U.S. exports of goods and services to $600-billion over the next 10 years, but it will not be easy, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured on the Hill. No matter how many punches Poilievre throws at the Liberal government, nothing seems to change; he doesn’t seem to be having any impact. The reason for that, I’d argue, is that Prime Minister Mark Carney has basically adopted Conservative-style policies, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from members of the media aboard Air Force One en route to Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, for a rally on the economy on Dec. 9, 2025. Official White House photograph by Molly Riley
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is dealing with a Rubik’s cube of provincial, financial, environmental, political, labour force, and Indigenous issues, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Thanks to Trump's recent capture of the Venezuelan president, Canada is massively effed, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
U.S. President Donald Trump’s anti-drug rationale for attacking Venezuela is not a legal premise but a moral narrative, historically deployed to sanitize illegal interventions in Latin America, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
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