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Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• In the first three days after the election call, the Liberals spent $301,000 on Meta ads for the party and their leader, outpacing the Conservatives' combined $150,000.

Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• In the first three days after the election call, the Liberals spent $301,000 on Meta ads for the party and their leader, outpacing the Conservatives' combined $150,000.

Anti-Black racism complaint bound for Canadian Human Rights Commission after court denies public service class action

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Grits go-getters in digital election ads, overtaking Tory pre-writ lead on Meta spending

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Carney takeover top reason for Liberal revival: poll

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Poilievre needs to ‘put some new material in the window’ as polls narrow and Carney gains ground, say strategists

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Liberals to push ahead with pharmacare, but program’s fate under Conservatives is unclear

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Stretch between potential April 2 U.S. tariffs and voting day will be ‘critical’ to the election outcome, say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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• BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Change is in the air: number of MPs not reoffering highest in last 25 years

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• BY STUART BENSON

Barring access to Tory leader’s tour will limit coverage, but the press gallery will find a way, say journos

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• BY KATHRYN MAY

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

Carney’s ‘decisive’ first week as prime minister may determine if he gets to stay post-election, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Mark Carney's first nine days as prime minister were jam-packed, but he can't keep coasting on the quick and easy decisions or cribbing from the Conservatives, says Tory pundit Andrea Sarkic.

Carney’s ‘decisive’ first week as prime minister may determine if he gets to stay post-election, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• Mark Carney's first nine days as prime minister were jam-packed, but he can't keep coasting on the quick and easy decisions or cribbing from the Conservatives, says Tory pundit Andrea Sarkic.

Election process ‘robust,’ but security partners will be ‘on the lookout’ as Canada heads to the polls, says chief electoral officer

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

This federal election could cost $570-million: Elections Canada

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | UPDATED March 24, 2025

Surging in the polls, PM Carney calls general election for April 28

NewsBY STUART BENSON, ABBAS RANA

Federal election one of ‘most consequential’ in Canadian history, say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canadian Medical Association digs into ‘politics of change’ at three-day summit March 26-28

Podcast

‘No magic math’—Why cutting waste won’t fund election promises

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

Podcast

Carney’s cabinet, Trump in trouble: Peter Mazereeuw gets you up to speed

Ford-Carney relationship could provide federal Liberals with crucial boost in Ontario, says Coletto

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s positive remarks about Prime Minister Mark Carney weaken Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s change narrative, says pollster Greg Lyle.

Ford-Carney relationship could provide federal Liberals with crucial boost in Ontario, says Coletto

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s positive remarks about Prime Minister Mark Carney weaken Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s change narrative, says pollster Greg Lyle.

‘Don’t make us compare you to Elon Musk’: public sector unions want job security assurances from feds as election looms

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Liberal lead ‘built on toothpicks and very dry sand’ as party’s fortunes tied to perceptions of Carney rather than policy, polls suggest

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Cancelling the F-35 deal would be ‘cutting our nose off to spite our face,’ says former senior military official

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Critics say new PM Carney ‘failed to turn the page’ with cabinet picks, but narrative link necessary, say Liberals

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Incoming senator Tony Ince talks liberation from party apparatus, ‘whirlwind’ first days

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Parliamentary Calendar

Mexico’s ambassador to Canada to speak at Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on March 25

Podcast

How to win the trade war, with Flavio Volpe

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

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Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns

Podcast

Local leaders fighting the trade war

In Charlevoix, G7 ministers chose domestic audiences over taking message to the world

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was the lone top diplomat to take the stage at the press theatre at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting as she took the strongest stand in defence of Canada's sovereignty.

In Charlevoix, G7 ministers chose domestic audiences over taking message to the world

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was the lone top diplomat to take the stage at the press theatre at the G7 foreign ministers' meeting as she took the strongest stand in defence of Canada's sovereignty.

Trade war could ‘upend’ EV sector, Canada must argue for integrated market, says CEO of vehicle manufacturing group

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

New graduate programs to boost pool of potential federal government interpreters amid ongoing shortage, but hurdles remain

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘If you’ve got the money, spend it’: three major parties boost digital ad buys to define Prime Minister Carney’s brand

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Trump’s pick for top diplomat in Ottawa ‘may be in trouble’ after Senate hearing, says former Canadian diplomat

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Carney Liberals reach out to prominent Tories and New Democrats to recruit ‘star’ candidates for next election

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Sources told The Hill Times that Priti Obhrai-Martin, daughter of the late Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai, is seeking the Liberal nomination in Calgary East, Alta., the same riding her father represented as a Conservative for nearly two decades.

Carney Liberals reach out to prominent Tories and New Democrats to recruit ‘star’ candidates for next election

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Sources told The Hill Times that Priti Obhrai-Martin, daughter of the late Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai, is seeking the Liberal nomination in Calgary East, Alta., the same riding her father represented as a Conservative for nearly two decades.

Disclosure, transparency rules part of new federal public service AI strategy

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Disclosure, transparency rules part of new federal public service AI strategy

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Italy’s top diplomat says ‘not my job’ to condemn Trump’s annexation threats as Germany takes tougher stand 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Italy’s top diplomat says ‘not my job’ to condemn Trump’s annexation threats as Germany takes tougher stand 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

New PM Carney unveils his election cabinet, cutting team to 23 ministers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

New PM Carney unveils his election cabinet, cutting team to 23 ministers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Politics This Morning

Day six: Tories and Greens fight for Nanaimo

Day five: Carney gets his chance

Day four: Poilievre tackles his Quebec problem

Day three: Carney tours Nova Scotia, Poilievre in the GTA

COVID-19

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings

A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

Election

Pundit panel: what policies will get parties votes?

Gaming out the first period

Trump’s most despised adversary has an election

Election a chance for party leaders to be the adults in the room

Politics

Liberal and Conservative safe seats likely to stay, but NDP less certain, say pollsters

Will Canada emerge stronger and more united? Here’s hoping

Pen to paper: recent letter of intent formalizes plan to create Indigenous Peoples Space

From compassion to complacency: Canada’s dangerous retreat from global aid

Foreign Policy

Canadians can no longer afford to be complacent

Trump’s treaty blunder to blame as Iran bolsters nuclear program

Beyond Trump’s tariffs: return of geoeconomics and Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

Tech versus traffickers: closing Canada’s border security gaps

Finance and Budget

Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan

Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

Carney’s right to make investment top economic priority

Lobbying

Mexico and the U.S. play rough with public records and information regulators. What about Canada?

Trade tensions with U.S. motivate economic lobbying in January

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

Legislation

Time for Canada to strengthen its digital sovereignty

MP Serré reups call for extra funds, legislation to address northern Ontario seat loss

Why Indigenous rights must be integrated into Canada’s regulatory process

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

Public Service

Phoenix pay system: the real story of a public servant

Fisher to lead new water agency, while ministers announce raft of new Crown corp board chairs

Unions seek government to fix Phoenix problems ‘once and for all’

‘Don’t go in with a sledgehammer’: public service caps or cuts should be rational, targeted, says Savoie

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