Hill Life & People

Prison investigator to make final plea for reforms

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Carney raises cash in Vancouver.

Prison investigator to make final plea for reforms

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Carney raises cash in Vancouver.

A moment of reflection: Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

‘It’s none of their business’: Senators hit the brakes on new staff ethics code after political-disclosure rules make waves

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Former Liberal MP Ken Hardie is back on the air in B.C.

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Michaëlle Jean and her eponymous foundation to be fêted at the National Gallery on Nov. 12

in-depth feature

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual Politically Savvy Survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Emergency Management Minister Olszewski to take part in post-budget talk on Nov. 10 in Edmonton

Emergency Management Minister Olszewski to take part in post-budget talk on Nov. 10 in Edmonton

Lest we forget

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

COP30 summit minus the climate change ambassador

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

A look at Seniors Secretary McLean’s four-person shop

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Confidence vote: Take two

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

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heard on the hill

Cutest Pets on the Hill assembles its Team Canada for global contest

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Senator Gwen Boniface bows out early from the Senate

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

‘Trump can’t see Canada from his house when it comes to his net popularity,’ says CNN on new Pew Research poll

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Tim Cook remembered as ‘a great historian and a finer human’

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

‘Despite 21 years having gone by, the Expos still have an incredible fandom’: Netflix Canada celebrates new film, Who Killed the Montreal Expos? in Ottawa, Oct. 28

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

the hill times photo gallery

PHOTO GALLERY

Carney Liberals table long-awaited budget

PHOTO GALLERY

Veterans raise inaugural poppy flag on Parliament Hill

PHOTO GALLERY

Taiwan celebrates 114

photo of the day

PHOTO OF THE DAY

MP Genuis pitches youth jobs plan

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&AS

Canadian war photography historian looks into Vimy Ridge

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

• Carla-Jean Stokes' book about William Ivor Castle's work tells the stories behind the famous photographer's First World War photos, including the ones he manipulated.

Canadian war photography historian looks into Vimy Ridge

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

• Carla-Jean Stokes' book about William Ivor Castle's work tells the stories behind the famous photographer's First World War photos, including the ones he manipulated.

‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Q&A | ‘Treachery’ and ‘troublemaker’ MPs: why going against party leaders is verboten in Canadian politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Q&A | NDP leadership contender Heather McPherson on rebuilding the ‘party of big ideas’

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Q&A | Reviving a ‘bold and unapologetic’ NDP after a ‘timid’ 2025 platform, with Peter Julian

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Diplomatic Circles

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles 

‘I’ve had to run to keep up’: U.K. envoy trumpets ‘new energy’ in Canadian relationship, but questions loom over trade talks

Rules being replaced by deals on the international stage, says past Bundestag president 

hill climbers

Fresh faces among Public Works Minister Lightbound’s 16-member team

Breaking down the staff behind Mark Carney’s PMO: part 2

Breaking down the staff behind Mark Carney’s PMO: part 1

A look at the staff labouring in the offices of secretaries of state Zerucelli, Belanger

party central

Champagne’s budget and ‘Prosecco Prudence’ at The Met

McPherson, Ashton, Lewis pitch anti-cat credentials in Mouseland

From pen to paper to permanent record: Highway, Kaur, Ramadan, MacMillan, and Boulianne-Tremblay head to the Archives

Broadcasters on the Hill enjoy chill fall vibes at the National Arts Centre

civil circles

Large shuffle to public service expected once Sabia takes PCO reins

The federal public servants running in election 2025

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

PacifiCan has new president after Jones departs

photo gallery

South Korea party draws crowd to Sir John A.

Chile raises flag for national day

Japan marks Self-Defense Forces Day with song

Champagne unveils plan for new financial crimes agency 

photo of the day

Convoy protest organizers Lich, Barber sentenced to house arrest

Michel confirms national dental program to be spared from cuts

Carney convenes cabinet forum

Canada’s health-care system ‘in a tough spot,’ says Singh

from the hill times archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

book review

The impossible office: why Canadian prime ministers fail

For democracy, we have to make public life appealing again

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize finalists talk about their books

Is Finland a model for Canada to counter disinformation?

top 100 best political books

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

politically savvy survey

Poilievre sweeps a suite of categories in the 27th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Freeland, LeBlanc, Morneau voted most influential ministers in 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Goodale voted Best Cabinet Minister in QP, Scrums in The Hill Times’ 25th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Moore voted best Cabinet minister, but Kenney still most influential: The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual Politically Savvy Survey

100 most influential in government and politics

The 100 most influential people in federal politics and government to watch in 2024

Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

Post-election heavy hitters: the top 100 most influential people to watch in federal politics in 2022

Pandemic edition: Top 100 most influential people to watch in 2021

top 25 staffer survey

Telford untouchable at the top of the 21st Terrific 25 Staffers list, as Conservatives sweep Most Knowledgeable and Best Spin

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford tops 19th annual Terrific 25 Staffer list, NDP’s Salloum voted Best All-Round

Kurusamy sweeps three categories and ranks as the top Terrific Staffer

top 100 lobbyist

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

Top 100 Lobbyists 2022: Hybrid model is new norm for lobbyists tired of virtual meetings

Top 100 Lobbyists: Pandemic ushers in explosion of lobbying activity

Lobbying the money man: Morneau draws interest from wide range of government-relations practitioners

the insiders guide to parliament

Government should be ‘pretty pleased’ with first session of Parliament, but summer will be ‘the calm before the storm,’ say observers

Winter House sitting will be like ‘political hunger games’ between O’Toole and Trudeau, say pollsters

A parliamentary session like no other

Into the unknowns of the 44th Parliament

all politics poll: best and worst in politics

Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

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