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As it weighs Bill C-12, the Senate can guide Canada toward the nearest offramp rather than inch us further along the U.S.’s path, write Ketty Nivyabandi and France-Isabelle Langlois. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The prime minister and Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty promised to re-table the federal First Nations water legislation that was introduced under the previous Parliament, but it hasn’t yet materialized, writes Alvin Fiddler. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and interim NDP leader Don Davies. Lawyers for each of the political parties appeared before a Senate committee on Feb. 12 to urge them to keep the elements of Bill C-4 that touch on privacy and the Canada Elections Act. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured Jan. 27, 2026, at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the National National Holocaust Monument In Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon says the official opposition needs to 'get out of the way' to make legislative progress, but Conservatives say the Liberals are being 'contradicted by reality.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Monday, March 9, 2026