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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an event celebrating Olympians at an event in Ottawa celebrating Team Canada’s accomplishments at the 2024 Paris Summer Games on Dec. 4, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 9, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Change in the United States and the prospect of tariffs imposed by Canada's largest trading partner have done little to shift the voting intentions in this country, say pollsters. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 9, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 9, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Change in the United States and the prospect of tariffs imposed by Canada's largest trading partner have done little to shift the voting intentions in this country, say pollsters. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 6, 2024
The late-night debate on Nov. 28 over the temporary GST/HST holiday bill has resulted in allegations of intimidation and drunkenness in the House. Clockwise (L-R): NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP MP Jenny Kwan, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, House Speaker Greg Fergus, and CPC MP Tracy Gray. The Hill Times photographys by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia.
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 6, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 6, 2024
The late-night debate on Nov. 28 over the temporary GST/HST holiday bill has resulted in allegations of intimidation and drunkenness in the House. Clockwise (L-R): NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP MP Jenny Kwan, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, House Speaker Greg Fergus, and CPC MP Tracy Gray. The Hill Times photographys by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia.
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 5, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
On Dec. 3, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government has not yet released its fall economic statement because 'business of the house is being filibustered.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 5, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 5, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
On Dec. 3, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government has not yet released its fall economic statement because 'business of the house is being filibustered.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | November 28, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould. The Liberals are bogged down in their latest scandal, while the Conservatives seem more focused on measuring the drapes in the Prime Minister’s Office than on making Parliament work, writes George Soule. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | November 28, 2024
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | November 28, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould. The Liberals are bogged down in their latest scandal, while the Conservatives seem more focused on measuring the drapes in the Prime Minister’s Office than on making Parliament work, writes George Soule. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 16, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. It's going to be a tense few months in the House. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 16, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 16, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. It's going to be a tense few months in the House. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 11, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Poilievre is benefiting from a common logical fallacy, specifically the one referred to as 'causation implying correlation,' writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 11, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 11, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Poilievre is benefiting from a common logical fallacy, specifically the one referred to as 'causation implying correlation,' writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 11, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
An Aug. 28 McGill University report found 'no evidence' that any political party was behind a series of bot posts about a rally held by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Northern Ontario this summer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 11, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 11, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
An Aug. 28 McGill University report found 'no evidence' that any political party was behind a series of bot posts about a rally held by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Northern Ontario this summer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Liberal caucus at its winter retreat in West Block on Jan. 27, 2023, before the House resumes sitting for the first time in 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal caucus held their summer retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., where provincial pollsters say the landscape is shaky for the party in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Liberal caucus at its winter retreat in West Block on Jan. 27, 2023, before the House resumes sitting for the first time in 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal caucus held their summer retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., where provincial pollsters say the landscape is shaky for the party in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 6, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus in West Block on April 17, 2024. Top party officials benefit from having a high degree of control over nominations, say veteran political insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 6, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 6, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus in West Block on April 17, 2024. Top party officials benefit from having a high degree of control over nominations, say veteran political insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2024
Party leaders like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have too many MPs who owe their positions to them because the nomination process gives too much control to the central party, say former nomination candidates. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2024
Party leaders like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have too many MPs who owe their positions to them because the nomination process gives too much control to the central party, say former nomination candidates. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 29, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
As long as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre keeps on that he's the only guy capable of mending a 'broken' Canada, then—lovable or not—he has a clear path to victory, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 29, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 29, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
As long as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre keeps on that he's the only guy capable of mending a 'broken' Canada, then—lovable or not—he has a clear path to victory, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 28, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet gathered for a retreat in Halifax, N.S., from Aug. 25-27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 28, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 28, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet gathered for a retreat in Halifax, N.S., from Aug. 25-27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 26, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's team appears to be 'really interested in getting these sorts of viral clips of Poilievre ‘owning’ reporters or owning people who oppose him,' says Sudbury.com editor Mark Gentili. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 26, 2024
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 26, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's team appears to be 'really interested in getting these sorts of viral clips of Poilievre ‘owning’ reporters or owning people who oppose him,' says Sudbury.com editor Mark Gentili. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | August 26, 2024
Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. Donald Savoie has recommended 'an open process that involves and interests Canadians into the public service.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | August 26, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | August 26, 2024
Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos. Donald Savoie has recommended 'an open process that involves and interests Canadians into the public service.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 23, 2024
On Aug. 22, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon referred a dispute between the Teamsters Union and Canada’s two largest railways to the Canada Industrial Relations Board for binding arbitration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 23, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 23, 2024
On Aug. 22, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon referred a dispute between the Teamsters Union and Canada’s two largest railways to the Canada Industrial Relations Board for binding arbitration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 22, 2024
The Conservative Party has spent millions of dollars on building up the image of their leader, Pierre Poilievre, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 22, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 22, 2024
The Conservative Party has spent millions of dollars on building up the image of their leader, Pierre Poilievre, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade