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The Nov. 22 protest-turned-riot in Montreal attracted international attention. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 9, 2024
Protesters march during a pro-Palestine rally on Nov. 25, 2023. The weaponization of safety is actively being used to limit our Charter rights, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 9, 2024
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 9, 2024
Protesters march during a pro-Palestine rally on Nov. 25, 2023. The weaponization of safety is actively being used to limit our Charter rights, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | October 7, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has given his caucus the green light to speak to CTV News after his party boycotted the network for airing an altered clip of his words. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | October 7, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | October 7, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre has given his caucus the green light to speak to CTV News after his party boycotted the network for airing an altered clip of his words. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID MATAS | October 3, 2024
Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Galicia Division in May 1944. Otto Wächter is in the background. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY DAVID MATAS | October 3, 2024
Opinion | BY DAVID MATAS | October 3, 2024
Heinrich Himmler inspecting the Galicia Division in May 1944. Otto Wächter is in the background. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 2, 2024
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis speaks in the House on Sept. 26. Parliament is meant to be passionate, but the personal attacks need to stop, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 2, 2024
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 2, 2024
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis speaks in the House on Sept. 26. Parliament is meant to be passionate, but the personal attacks need to stop, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2024
Senator Frances Lankin
Oct. 11 will be Ontario ISG Senator Frances Lankin's last day sitting in the Red Chamber before her early retirement date of Oct. 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2024
Senator Frances Lankin
Oct. 11 will be Ontario ISG Senator Frances Lankin's last day sitting in the Red Chamber before her early retirement date of Oct. 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 25, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has reduced the immensely complicated business of government to a few dozen words in several simplistic slogans that sound almost like a parody of a political con artist, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 25, 2024
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 25, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has reduced the immensely complicated business of government to a few dozen words in several simplistic slogans that sound almost like a parody of a political con artist, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Two staff from Russia's state propaganda platform RT were indicted in the United States for paying $10-million to a Canadian-owned firm to create and amplify Kremlin-aligned content in Canada and the U.S. Image courtesy of RT
Two staff from Russia's state propaganda platform RT were indicted in the United States for paying $10-million to a Canadian-owned firm to create and amplify Kremlin-aligned content in Canada and the U.S. Image courtesy of RT
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 19, 2024
Parliamentary Protective Service officers stationed at the foot of the stairs leading to the West Block's southern entrance on Sept. 19. Hill pass holders currently have to show ID in order to use the stairs and access the building's immediate vicinity, with the public barred from the area. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 19, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 19, 2024
Parliamentary Protective Service officers stationed at the foot of the stairs leading to the West Block's southern entrance on Sept. 19. Hill pass holders currently have to show ID in order to use the stairs and access the building's immediate vicinity, with the public barred from the area. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
Opinion | BY JESS BURKE, DANIEL MIKELBERG, JESSE SAMUELS | September 12, 2024
Participants in the Capital Pride parade in Ottawa on Aug. 25. Our rallying cry is: 'No human is illegal, Black lives matter, science is real, queer and trans youth homelessness is a policy failure, and there is no Pride in antisemitism,' write Jess Burke, Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg, and Jesse Samuels. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
Opinion | BY JESS BURKE, DANIEL MIKELBERG, JESSE SAMUELS | September 12, 2024
Opinion | BY JESS BURKE, DANIEL MIKELBERG, JESSE SAMUELS | September 12, 2024
Participants in the Capital Pride parade in Ottawa on Aug. 25. Our rallying cry is: 'No human is illegal, Black lives matter, science is real, queer and trans youth homelessness is a policy failure, and there is no Pride in antisemitism,' write Jess Burke, Rabbi Daniel Mikelberg, and Jesse Samuels. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
List | BY CHELSEA NASH | August 5, 2024
Members of the Parliamentary Protective Service prevent protesters bearing large wooden flagpoles from entering Parliament Hill grounds on Jan. 28, 2023, the anniversary of the Freedom Convoy protest. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
List | BY CHELSEA NASH | August 5, 2024
List | BY CHELSEA NASH | August 5, 2024
Members of the Parliamentary Protective Service prevent protesters bearing large wooden flagpoles from entering Parliament Hill grounds on Jan. 28, 2023, the anniversary of the Freedom Convoy protest. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 22, 2024
Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, who was the public safety minister from 2021-2023, was spat on by a protester in Ottawa in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 22, 2024
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 22, 2024
Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, who was the public safety minister from 2021-2023, was spat on by a protester in Ottawa in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured in June, was shot on July 13 at a rally near Butler, Penn., in an attack that killed one in the crowd, and critically injured two more people. Photograph courtesy Gage Skidmore/ Flickr
Former President of the United States Donald Trump
Former U.S. president Donald Trump, pictured in June, was shot on July 13 at a rally near Butler, Penn., in an attack that killed one in the crowd, and critically injured two more people. Photograph courtesy Gage Skidmore/ Flickr
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 17, 2024
Liberal MP Anthony Housefathe
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather was formally named the government's special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism on July 5 after weeks of delay following questions raised about whether the three-term MP would remain in caucus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 17, 2024
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 17, 2024
Liberal MP Anthony Housefathe
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather was formally named the government's special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism on July 5 after weeks of delay following questions raised about whether the three-term MP would remain in caucus. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 17, 2024
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president Donald Trump survived a shooting at a July 13 rally. So what does that mean in Canada? Screenshot courtesy of CBC News
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 17, 2024
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 17, 2024
Donald Trump
Former U.S. president Donald Trump survived a shooting at a July 13 rally. So what does that mean in Canada? Screenshot courtesy of CBC News
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 17, 2024
Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau
The calls from parties led by Conservative Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for ending violence and it having no place in our democracies will take likely take a back seat to whatever appears to be the best electoral strategy of the moment, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 17, 2024
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 17, 2024
Pierre Poilievre and Justin Trudeau
The calls from parties led by Conservative Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for ending violence and it having no place in our democracies will take likely take a back seat to whatever appears to be the best electoral strategy of the moment, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre, left, who has dismissed suggestions that he is embracing populism, often frames his party as ‘common sense Conservatives,’ in contrast to the ‘ivory tower elites’ who support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre, left, who has dismissed suggestions that he is embracing populism, often frames his party as ‘common sense Conservatives,’ in contrast to the ‘ivory tower elites’ who support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 3, 2024
Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, and NDP MPs Lindsay Mathyssen, Heather McPherson, and Matthew Green say they want to see the House codify a policy addressing MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 3, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 3, 2024
Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, and NDP MPs Lindsay Mathyssen, Heather McPherson, and Matthew Green say they want to see the House codify a policy addressing MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade