Politics

Poilievre’s backseat drivers

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

It’s easy to say things like a campaign should change its messaging or alter its tone, but to do this during an election campaign requires a lot of work and skill and money, since it means writing and cutting new ads then quickly getting them into the mix.

Poilievre’s backseat drivers

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

It’s easy to say things like a campaign should change its messaging or alter its tone, but to do this during an election campaign requires a lot of work and skill and money, since it means writing and cutting new ads then quickly getting them into the mix.

Tories and Liberals spar over the political centre

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Day 26: Round two in Montreal

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Day 25: Leaders debate en français

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA, LAURA RYCKEWAERT

What Conservative rally crowds reveal—and why it matters

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Red-pill populism

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Housing needs industrial strategy, not ideology

Foreign interference didn’t damage our democratic institutions—our institutions did it to themselves

News

BY STUART BENSON

Election platform release a ‘pass/fail’ exercise with little reward for expedience, say politicos

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

Do Canadians really want Stephen Harper back?

Party leaders face off on Montreal debate stage April 16 and 17

Liberals’ recycled plan to fix ‘badly busted’ defence procurement can take root in Trump era, say experts

NewsBY IREM KOCA

‘I want to be the proof that the Canadian dream is alive,’ says country’s first female Turkish Canadian federal candidate

NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED April 17, 2025

Project competence, avoid silly dances: parties seek balance with social media strategies

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Ex-PC MP Bob Corbett has died

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Parliamentary Calendar

Canadian International Council co-hosts conference on ‘Liberal democracy in the rearview mirror?’ April 15 in Toronto

Podcast

Why you should believe the polls, with Frank Graves

News

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

List

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

Podcast

Hot Room explainer: The ‘third party’ advertisers filling up your screens

Welcome to ‘Gaffapalooza’

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

In one of the shortest election campaigns in our history, each of the leaders has proven to be seriously accident-prone.

Welcome to ‘Gaffapalooza’

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

In one of the shortest election campaigns in our history, each of the leaders has proven to be seriously accident-prone.

Day 24: Poilievre vs. the Charter

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Day 24: Poilievre vs. the Charter

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Day 23: Poilievre and Carney speak in Montreal; Singh targets a Liberal Toronto riding

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Day 23: Poilievre and Carney speak in Montreal; Singh targets a Liberal Toronto riding

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Poilievre: we’re just not that into him

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Poilievre: we’re just not that into him

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Parliamentary Calendar

Mayor Olivia Chow, Premier Danielle Smith among top guests at competing Progress Summit, Canada Strong and Free Network events starting April 9

Podcast

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

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

News

The federal public servants running in election 2025

Podcast

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

Pundit panel: who’s got the biggest rally?

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

Pundit panel: who’s got the biggest rally?

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

Poilievre: the biggest gatekeeper of them all

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Carney grasps a key point that Poilievre has missed in the trade war

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Despite dip in polls, Conservative path to victory remains possible, say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Day 20: Carney dons his prime ministerial hat, Poilievre rallies in Windsor

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Trump's trade war has forced Canada to rethink its economic position in the world, but David Crane says Canada's political leaders are missing the mark with talk of accelerating oil and gas projects and critical minerals. *The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration courtesy of Joey Sabourin*

Election campaign should be about creating a new economy, not extending and expanding the old one

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

So far, the politicians are letting us down. If the job of government is to represent the future to the present, they get a failing grade. But we will all be losers.

Election campaign should be about creating a new economy, not extending and expanding the old one

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

So far, the politicians are letting us down. If the job of government is to represent the future to the present, they get a failing grade. But we will all be losers.