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Charelle Evelyn is managing editor of The Hill Times. Raised in British Columbia, she graduated with a bachelor’s of journalism from Carleton University in 2008. Formerly a reporter with the Prince George Citizen, she joined Hill Times Publishing in 2016, where previous roles include reporter and associate editor of The Wire Report, and deputy editor of The Hill Times. Charelle regularly appears as a panellist on CBC’s Power and Politics and CTV’s Question Period, and teaches journalism at Carleton University. You can reach her at cevelyn@hilltimes.com.

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 8, 2024
NDP MPs Heather McPherson, front left, and Peter Julian, front right, along with other members of the community, gathered on Parliament Hill on April 8, 2024, to observe the solar eclipse. The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 8, 2024

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 8, 2024
NDP MPs Heather McPherson, front left, and Peter Julian, front right, along with other members of the community, gathered on Parliament Hill on April 8, 2024, to observe the solar eclipse. The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 8, 2024
NDP MPs Heather McPherson, front left, and Peter Julian, front right, along with other members of the community, gathered on Parliament Hill on April 8, 2024, to observe the solar eclipse. The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 8, 2024

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 8, 2024
NDP MPs Heather McPherson, front left, and Peter Julian, front right, along with other members of the community, gathered on Parliament Hill on April 8, 2024, to observe the solar eclipse. The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn

Politics This Morning: Showing Scholz the sights

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. Again. In case there were any doubts that summer is creeping to a close and back-to-school season is on the
After touching down in Montreal on Sunday night, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his home city. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Adam Scotti

Politics This Morning: Showing Scholz the sights

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. Again. In case there were any doubts that summer is creeping to a close and back-to-school season is on the

Politics This Morning: Showing Scholz the sights

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. Again. In case there were any doubts that summer is creeping to a close and back-to-school season is on the
After touching down in Montreal on Sunday night, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his home city. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Adam Scotti

Court orders new hearing for fired Senate HR director who alleged racial discrimination

  • A former Senate employee who said he was fired from his senior position “without cause” will get a brand-new hearing, nearly six years after
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 9, 2022
Conservative Senator Leo Housakos was the Speaker of the Senate in 2015. ‘Having decided that the allegations of discrimination were serious enough to investigate, the Speaker was bound to respect the basic principles of fairness,’ according to the Federal Court. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Court orders new hearing for fired Senate HR director who alleged racial discrimination

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 9, 2022
  • A former Senate employee who said he was fired from his senior position “without cause” will get a brand-new hearing, nearly six years after

Court orders new hearing for fired Senate HR director who alleged racial discrimination

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 9, 2022
  • A former Senate employee who said he was fired from his senior position “without cause” will get a brand-new hearing, nearly six years after
Conservative Senator Leo Housakos was the Speaker of the Senate in 2015. ‘Having decided that the allegations of discrimination were serious enough to investigate, the Speaker was bound to respect the basic principles of fairness,’ according to the Federal Court. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Finance Committee ready to crunch the numbers

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. Again. Unlike the Mondays of the past few months, this one contains something relatively novel these days: a House standing
Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre has a motion on today’s notice paper calling for the House Finance Committee, underway as of today, to have the ability to split the pandemic support bill, C-2, into two separate pieces of legislation. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Finance Committee ready to crunch the numbers

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. Again. Unlike the Mondays of the past few months, this one contains something relatively novel these days: a House standing

Politics This Morning: Finance Committee ready to crunch the numbers

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. Again. Unlike the Mondays of the past few months, this one contains something relatively novel these days: a House standing
Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre has a motion on today’s notice paper calling for the House Finance Committee, underway as of today, to have the ability to split the pandemic support bill, C-2, into two separate pieces of legislation. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Conversations about conversion therapy

  • Good Monday morning. As Parliament swoops into its second week, the Liberal government is firing off another piece of legislation the party promised would
Justice Minister David Lametti will table a new bill to outlaw conversion therapy in the House on Monday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Conversations about conversion therapy

  • Good Monday morning. As Parliament swoops into its second week, the Liberal government is firing off another piece of legislation the party promised would

Politics This Morning: Conversations about conversion therapy

  • Good Monday morning. As Parliament swoops into its second week, the Liberal government is firing off another piece of legislation the party promised would
Justice Minister David Lametti will table a new bill to outlaw conversion therapy in the House on Monday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Speaker now, or forever hold your peace

  • Hello. Is it Monday you’re looking for? Well, this is it. The wait is over. The 44th Parliament kicks off this afternoon, bringing to
The race for House Speaker is on, with MPs casting secret ballots at 1 p.m. to select from incumbent Liberal Anthony Rota, centre, or (clockwise from top right) NDP MP Carol Hughes, Green MP Elizabeth May, Liberal MP Alexandra Mendès, Conservative MPs Joël Godin and ChriS d’Entremont, or Liberal MP Marc Dalton. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Cynthia Münster, and photographs courtesy of the House of Commons

Politics This Morning: Speaker now, or forever hold your peace

  • Hello. Is it Monday you’re looking for? Well, this is it. The wait is over. The 44th Parliament kicks off this afternoon, bringing to

Politics This Morning: Speaker now, or forever hold your peace

  • Hello. Is it Monday you’re looking for? Well, this is it. The wait is over. The 44th Parliament kicks off this afternoon, bringing to
The race for House Speaker is on, with MPs casting secret ballots at 1 p.m. to select from incumbent Liberal Anthony Rota, centre, or (clockwise from top right) NDP MP Carol Hughes, Green MP Elizabeth May, Liberal MP Alexandra Mendès, Conservative MPs Joël Godin and ChriS d’Entremont, or Liberal MP Marc Dalton. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Cynthia Münster, and photographs courtesy of the House of Commons

Politics This Morning: In Alberta, the kids are alright

  • Good morning. It’s Monday again. It looks like Calgary Mayor JYOTI GONDEK can strike one thing off of her first 100 days to-do list.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will seal the affordable childcare deal this morning in Edmonton, with Alberta becoming the ninth jurisdiction to sign an agreement with the feds for $10 per day childcare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: In Alberta, the kids are alright

  • Good morning. It’s Monday again. It looks like Calgary Mayor JYOTI GONDEK can strike one thing off of her first 100 days to-do list.

Politics This Morning: In Alberta, the kids are alright

  • Good morning. It’s Monday again. It looks like Calgary Mayor JYOTI GONDEK can strike one thing off of her first 100 days to-do list.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will seal the affordable childcare deal this morning in Edmonton, with Alberta becoming the ninth jurisdiction to sign an agreement with the feds for $10 per day childcare. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Erin O’Toole meets the press and the Liberals finally meet with each other

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. After a week of headlines he’d probably rather not have to contend with, Conservative Party Leader ERIN O’TOOLE will hold
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will hold a press conference in Ottawa on Monday morning. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Erin O’Toole meets the press and the Liberals finally meet with each other

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. After a week of headlines he’d probably rather not have to contend with, Conservative Party Leader ERIN O’TOOLE will hold

Politics This Morning: Erin O’Toole meets the press and the Liberals finally meet with each other

  • Good morning. It’s Monday. After a week of headlines he’d probably rather not have to contend with, Conservative Party Leader ERIN O’TOOLE will hold
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole will hold a press conference in Ottawa on Monday morning. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Everybody was climate-change fighting

  • Happy Monday. Halloween may be over, but that doesn’t mean the frights have abated—at least not for the anti-climate change crowd or those with
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, will be accompanied by cabinet colleagues such as Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, right, as COP26 kicks off in Scotland today. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Everybody was climate-change fighting

  • Happy Monday. Halloween may be over, but that doesn’t mean the frights have abated—at least not for the anti-climate change crowd or those with

Politics This Morning: Everybody was climate-change fighting

  • Happy Monday. Halloween may be over, but that doesn’t mean the frights have abated—at least not for the anti-climate change crowd or those with
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, will be accompanied by cabinet colleagues such as Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, right, as COP26 kicks off in Scotland today. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to meet with B.C. premier as Chrétien, caucus wonder about room in Grit leadership schedule

  • Good Monday morning, It’s the last day to truly dig into any cabinet speculation, so make your final predictions for your office shuffle pool.
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 25, 2021
B.C. Premier John Horgan, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are pictured in Centre Block on July 25, 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to meet with B.C. premier as Chrétien, caucus wonder about room in Grit leadership schedule

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 25, 2021
  • Good Monday morning, It’s the last day to truly dig into any cabinet speculation, so make your final predictions for your office shuffle pool.

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to meet with B.C. premier as Chrétien, caucus wonder about room in Grit leadership schedule

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 25, 2021
  • Good Monday morning, It’s the last day to truly dig into any cabinet speculation, so make your final predictions for your office shuffle pool.
B.C. Premier John Horgan, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are pictured in Centre Block on July 25, 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Caesar-Chavannes offers a ‘breathtakingly candid’ look at life in politics

  • In her memoir Can You Hear Me Now?: How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose, which was one
FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 27, 2021
Former Liberal-turned-Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes' memoir was described by the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize jury members Peter Dauvergne, Adrian Harewood, and Heather Scoffield as a 'memoir like no other in the history of Canadian politics. Breathtakingly candid, she takes us on a rollercoaster ride through her childhood, relations, mental health struggles, and time in public office. Along the way she exposes deep-seated racism and sexism in Canadian society and on Parliament Hill and reminds us that our politicians are real people: vulnerable, caring, resilient. Her dry sense of humour, sparkling intellect, and courage in speaking her mind leave the reader reeling in admiration. Such a powerful voice cannot be silenced." Photograph courtesy of Celina Caesar-Chavannes

Caesar-Chavannes offers a ‘breathtakingly candid’ look at life in politics

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 27, 2021
  • In her memoir Can You Hear Me Now?: How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose, which was one

Caesar-Chavannes offers a ‘breathtakingly candid’ look at life in politics

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 27, 2021
  • In her memoir Can You Hear Me Now?: How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose, which was one
Former Liberal-turned-Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes' memoir was described by the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize jury members Peter Dauvergne, Adrian Harewood, and Heather Scoffield as a 'memoir like no other in the history of Canadian politics. Breathtakingly candid, she takes us on a rollercoaster ride through her childhood, relations, mental health struggles, and time in public office. Along the way she exposes deep-seated racism and sexism in Canadian society and on Parliament Hill and reminds us that our politicians are real people: vulnerable, caring, resilient. Her dry sense of humour, sparkling intellect, and courage in speaking her mind leave the reader reeling in admiration. Such a powerful voice cannot be silenced." Photograph courtesy of Celina Caesar-Chavannes

Politics This Morning: RoseAnne Archibald elected new AFN national chief, first woman to hold post

  • Oh, is it Friday already? The week ends in celebration for RoseAnne Archibald, who was named the new Assembly of First Nations national chief
After five rounds of voting, RoseAnne Archibald was named as the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, becoming the first woman to lead the organization in its nearly 40-year history. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Politics This Morning: RoseAnne Archibald elected new AFN national chief, first woman to hold post

  • Oh, is it Friday already? The week ends in celebration for RoseAnne Archibald, who was named the new Assembly of First Nations national chief

Politics This Morning: RoseAnne Archibald elected new AFN national chief, first woman to hold post

  • Oh, is it Friday already? The week ends in celebration for RoseAnne Archibald, who was named the new Assembly of First Nations national chief
After five rounds of voting, RoseAnne Archibald was named as the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, becoming the first woman to lead the organization in its nearly 40-year history. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Feds brushing ‘crumbs’ to Black Canadians, says former Liberal MP Caesar-Chavannes

  • When former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes heard the news that the prime minister had a new parliamentary secretary, it was “a little bit of
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 12, 2021
Celina Caesar-Chavannes was appointed as the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary in December 2015. When she left the role in January 2017, it remained unfilled, until the March 19 announcement that Quebec MP Greg Fergus would take on the role, a move she says ‘seems like one more window-dressing piece.’ Photograph courtesy of Celina Caesar-Chavannes

Feds brushing ‘crumbs’ to Black Canadians, says former Liberal MP Caesar-Chavannes

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 12, 2021
  • When former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes heard the news that the prime minister had a new parliamentary secretary, it was “a little bit of

Feds brushing ‘crumbs’ to Black Canadians, says former Liberal MP Caesar-Chavannes

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 12, 2021
  • When former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes heard the news that the prime minister had a new parliamentary secretary, it was “a little bit of
Celina Caesar-Chavannes was appointed as the prime minister’s parliamentary secretary in December 2015. When she left the role in January 2017, it remained unfilled, until the March 19 announcement that Quebec MP Greg Fergus would take on the role, a move she says ‘seems like one more window-dressing piece.’ Photograph courtesy of Celina Caesar-Chavannes

‘Canadian-style systemic racism’: Black public servants file suit against federal government

  • The Canadian government has failed to uphold the Charter rights of Black employees in the federal public service, shirking its responsibility to create discrimination-
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | December 3, 2020
Nicholas Marcus Thompson, left, is one of the representative plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal government. Former senator Donald Oliver, middle, has long championed the idea of a new federal government Department of Diversity headed by a Black deputy minister, and before leaving politics former MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, right, introduced a bill in the last Parliament to change the Employment Equity Act. Photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times file photograph and photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Canadian-style systemic racism’: Black public servants file suit against federal government

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | December 3, 2020
  • The Canadian government has failed to uphold the Charter rights of Black employees in the federal public service, shirking its responsibility to create discrimination-

‘Canadian-style systemic racism’: Black public servants file suit against federal government

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | December 3, 2020
  • The Canadian government has failed to uphold the Charter rights of Black employees in the federal public service, shirking its responsibility to create discrimination-
Nicholas Marcus Thompson, left, is one of the representative plaintiffs in a proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal government. Former senator Donald Oliver, middle, has long championed the idea of a new federal government Department of Diversity headed by a Black deputy minister, and before leaving politics former MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, right, introduced a bill in the last Parliament to change the Employment Equity Act. Photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times file photograph and photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: WE won’t rest, as opposition parties continue push for pandemic payout probe

  • Good Monday morning, After a week off to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday, MPs return to both the physical and virtual House of Commons
Conservative critics Michael Barrett, left, and Pierre Poilievre, pictured at an Aug. 19 press conference, will return to a West Block podium at 9:15 a.m. to ‘call on the Trudeau Liberals to end their WE Scandal cover-up at the Finance and Ethics committees.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: WE won’t rest, as opposition parties continue push for pandemic payout probe

  • Good Monday morning, After a week off to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday, MPs return to both the physical and virtual House of Commons

Politics This Morning: WE won’t rest, as opposition parties continue push for pandemic payout probe

  • Good Monday morning, After a week off to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday, MPs return to both the physical and virtual House of Commons
Conservative critics Michael Barrett, left, and Pierre Poilievre, pictured at an Aug. 19 press conference, will return to a West Block podium at 9:15 a.m. to ‘call on the Trudeau Liberals to end their WE Scandal cover-up at the Finance and Ethics committees.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Halloween is a go, but Liberals less enthused about Conservative committee pitch

  • Good Wednesday morning, There’s some good news for October candy collectors. Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said Tuesday that Halloween didn’t have
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam speak to reporters in the West Block on Oct. 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Halloween is a go, but Liberals less enthused about Conservative committee pitch

  • Good Wednesday morning, There’s some good news for October candy collectors. Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said Tuesday that Halloween didn’t have

Politics This Morning: Halloween is a go, but Liberals less enthused about Conservative committee pitch

  • Good Wednesday morning, There’s some good news for October candy collectors. Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said Tuesday that Halloween didn’t have
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam speak to reporters in the West Block on Oct. 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Morneau resigns finance post, looks to international gig

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first finance minister is stepping down. Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), who has been in charge of the Liberal’s financial
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 18, 2020
Bill Morneau announced on Aug. 17 in West Block that he had resigned as both finance minister and the MP for Toronto Centre. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Morneau resigns finance post, looks to international gig

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 18, 2020
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first finance minister is stepping down. Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), who has been in charge of the Liberal’s financial

Morneau resigns finance post, looks to international gig

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 18, 2020
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first finance minister is stepping down. Bill Morneau (Toronto Centre, Ont.), who has been in charge of the Liberal’s financial
Bill Morneau announced on Aug. 17 in West Block that he had resigned as both finance minister and the MP for Toronto Centre. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau ending daily Rideau Cottage updates as new modelling shows positive COVID-19 trend, virus hot spots

  • Good Tuesday morning, Canadians will see less of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the summer—at least framed by his front door. On Monday, the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in front of Rideau Cottage on June 18, will be scaling back his daily COVID-19 press briefings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau ending daily Rideau Cottage updates as new modelling shows positive COVID-19 trend, virus hot spots

  • Good Tuesday morning, Canadians will see less of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the summer—at least framed by his front door. On Monday, the

Politics This Morning: Trudeau ending daily Rideau Cottage updates as new modelling shows positive COVID-19 trend, virus hot spots

  • Good Tuesday morning, Canadians will see less of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the summer—at least framed by his front door. On Monday, the
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in front of Rideau Cottage on June 18, will be scaling back his daily COVID-19 press briefings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Conservatives want auditor general to probe choice to outsource student grant to WE charity

  • Good Monday morning, All is expected to be relatively quiet on the Parliament Hill front this week, with both the House and Senate adjourned
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, pictured with Margaret Trudeau, is an ambassador for the WE Well-being program. Photograph courtesy of Instagram

Politics This Morning: Conservatives want auditor general to probe choice to outsource student grant to WE charity

  • Good Monday morning, All is expected to be relatively quiet on the Parliament Hill front this week, with both the House and Senate adjourned

Politics This Morning: Conservatives want auditor general to probe choice to outsource student grant to WE charity

  • Good Monday morning, All is expected to be relatively quiet on the Parliament Hill front this week, with both the House and Senate adjourned
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, pictured with Margaret Trudeau, is an ambassador for the WE Well-being program. Photograph courtesy of Instagram

‘It’s a lot of lip service’: Black federal public servants hope ‘Floyd effect’ will finally drive change as anti-racism movement grips Canada

  • Black public servants, already more likely to report being victims of racial discrimination than the rest of the federal bureaucracy, are hoping the “Floyd
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 15, 2020
Richard Sharpe, founder of the Federal Black Employee Caucus, is pictured in February, 2019. Mr. Sharpe says he’s hoping for faster progress on work to improve working conditions for Black federal public servants that has been years in the making. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘It’s a lot of lip service’: Black federal public servants hope ‘Floyd effect’ will finally drive change as anti-racism movement grips Canada

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 15, 2020
  • Black public servants, already more likely to report being victims of racial discrimination than the rest of the federal bureaucracy, are hoping the “Floyd

‘It’s a lot of lip service’: Black federal public servants hope ‘Floyd effect’ will finally drive change as anti-racism movement grips Canada

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 15, 2020
  • Black public servants, already more likely to report being victims of racial discrimination than the rest of the federal bureaucracy, are hoping the “Floyd
Richard Sharpe, founder of the Federal Black Employee Caucus, is pictured in February, 2019. Mr. Sharpe says he’s hoping for faster progress on work to improve working conditions for Black federal public servants that has been years in the making. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Liberals widen COVID-19 support net for fish, seafood industry

  • Good Monday morning, With concerns about the country’s food supply spiking, as Canadian meat processing facilities report COVID-19 outbreaks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan is pictured in the West Block in May 2019. Over the weekend, the government announced new money to support fish and seafood processors. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Liberals widen COVID-19 support net for fish, seafood industry

  • Good Monday morning, With concerns about the country’s food supply spiking, as Canadian meat processing facilities report COVID-19 outbreaks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced

Politics This Morning: Liberals widen COVID-19 support net for fish, seafood industry

  • Good Monday morning, With concerns about the country’s food supply spiking, as Canadian meat processing facilities report COVID-19 outbreaks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan is pictured in the West Block in May 2019. Over the weekend, the government announced new money to support fish and seafood processors. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau huddles with defence bigwigs to talk Iraq, as Champagne doubles down on de-escalation talk

  • Good Tuesday morning, As the fate of the Canadian-led NATO mission in Iraq remains in up in the air, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent
National Defence deputy minister Jody Thomas, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Monday morning to talk about the ongoing situation in Iraq following the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani last week. Twitter photograph by Adam Scotti

Politics This Morning: Trudeau huddles with defence bigwigs to talk Iraq, as Champagne doubles down on de-escalation talk

  • Good Tuesday morning, As the fate of the Canadian-led NATO mission in Iraq remains in up in the air, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent

Politics This Morning: Trudeau huddles with defence bigwigs to talk Iraq, as Champagne doubles down on de-escalation talk

  • Good Tuesday morning, As the fate of the Canadian-led NATO mission in Iraq remains in up in the air, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent
National Defence deputy minister Jody Thomas, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Monday morning to talk about the ongoing situation in Iraq following the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani last week. Twitter photograph by Adam Scotti

For whom will the bell toll in Peterborough-Kawartha?

  • PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—In a red coat and matching Doc Marten-style boots, Liberal MP Maryam Monsef jokingly implores a Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont., resident with an eye-catching wetlands
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 17, 2019
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a rally in Peterborough on Sept. 26, to boost local candidates Kim Rudd, Maryam Monsef, and Judi Forbes. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

For whom will the bell toll in Peterborough-Kawartha?

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 17, 2019
  • PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—In a red coat and matching Doc Marten-style boots, Liberal MP Maryam Monsef jokingly implores a Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont., resident with an eye-catching wetlands

For whom will the bell toll in Peterborough-Kawartha?

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 17, 2019
  • PETERBOROUGH, ONT.—In a red coat and matching Doc Marten-style boots, Liberal MP Maryam Monsef jokingly implores a Peterborough-Kawartha, Ont., resident with an eye-catching wetlands
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a rally in Peterborough on Sept. 26, to boost local candidates Kim Rudd, Maryam Monsef, and Judi Forbes. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East

  • BRAMPTON, ONT.—New Democrats in a Toronto-adjacent riding are hoping that their hometown political superstars will help to translate provincial gains into a federal breakthrough
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 9, 2019
Brampton East NDP MPP Gurratan Singh, centre left, and NDP federal Brampton East candidate Saranjit Singh, centre right, are pictured at Saranjit Singh’s campaign office launch. The party is hoping its ‘bold’ platform and NDP pedigree will help push the riding orange on Oct. 21. Photograph courtesy of Saranjit Singh’s Twitter

NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 9, 2019
  • BRAMPTON, ONT.—New Democrats in a Toronto-adjacent riding are hoping that their hometown political superstars will help to translate provincial gains into a federal breakthrough

NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | October 9, 2019
  • BRAMPTON, ONT.—New Democrats in a Toronto-adjacent riding are hoping that their hometown political superstars will help to translate provincial gains into a federal breakthrough
Brampton East NDP MPP Gurratan Singh, centre left, and NDP federal Brampton East candidate Saranjit Singh, centre right, are pictured at Saranjit Singh’s campaign office launch. The party is hoping its ‘bold’ platform and NDP pedigree will help push the riding orange on Oct. 21. Photograph courtesy of Saranjit Singh’s Twitter

Riding to watch: Liberals, NDP face off on affordable housing battlefield in wavering Parkdale-High Park

  • TORONTO—As he walks down Queen Street West on the second day of the election campaign, Arif Virani is hailed by a honking minivan carrying
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 17, 2019
Liberal MP Arif Virani, centre, pictured on Sept. 15, 2019, at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival in Parkdale-High Park. Mr. Virani, who was first elected in 2015 with 42 per cent of the vote, is in a tough battle against the NDP candidate. He beat NDP incumbent Peggy Nash in 2015 by only 1,057 votes. Ms. Nash garnered 40 per cent of the vote in that election. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Riding to watch: Liberals, NDP face off on affordable housing battlefield in wavering Parkdale-High Park

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 17, 2019
  • TORONTO—As he walks down Queen Street West on the second day of the election campaign, Arif Virani is hailed by a honking minivan carrying

Riding to watch: Liberals, NDP face off on affordable housing battlefield in wavering Parkdale-High Park

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 17, 2019
  • TORONTO—As he walks down Queen Street West on the second day of the election campaign, Arif Virani is hailed by a honking minivan carrying
Liberal MP Arif Virani, centre, pictured on Sept. 15, 2019, at the Toronto Ukrainian Festival in Parkdale-High Park. Mr. Virani, who was first elected in 2015 with 42 per cent of the vote, is in a tough battle against the NDP candidate. He beat NDP incumbent Peggy Nash in 2015 by only 1,057 votes. Ms. Nash garnered 40 per cent of the vote in that election. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Senators’ anti-harassment training a ‘success,’ says Sen. Saint-Germain, as new policy steams ahead in Upper Chamber

  • Nearly every Senator has completed anti-harassment training, along with the majority of the Chamber’s administration heads and staffers, well before the Senate rises this
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 29, 2019
Independent Senator Raymonde Saint-Germaine, pictured speaking to reporters in 2018, chairs the Human Resources Subcommittee. The group recommended the Upper Chamber participate in anti-harassment training, which is now almost fully complete. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senators’ anti-harassment training a ‘success,’ says Sen. Saint-Germain, as new policy steams ahead in Upper Chamber

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 29, 2019
  • Nearly every Senator has completed anti-harassment training, along with the majority of the Chamber’s administration heads and staffers, well before the Senate rises this

Senators’ anti-harassment training a ‘success,’ says Sen. Saint-Germain, as new policy steams ahead in Upper Chamber

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 29, 2019
  • Nearly every Senator has completed anti-harassment training, along with the majority of the Chamber’s administration heads and staffers, well before the Senate rises this
Independent Senator Raymonde Saint-Germaine, pictured speaking to reporters in 2018, chairs the Human Resources Subcommittee. The group recommended the Upper Chamber participate in anti-harassment training, which is now almost fully complete. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

All eyes on Red Chamber, as Senators push back on key government bills

  • A Senate committee tasked with studying the government’s new rules around solitary confinement doesn’t have enough time to properly do its job, says a
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 22, 2019
Independent Sen. Kim Pate, left, says more work needs to be done on the prisoner-segregation bill, C-83. Independent Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, centre, says committees shouldn’t reject government legislation, like the tanker-ban bill, C-48. Meanwhile, Conservative Sen. Don Plett, right, says he’s frustrated by the government’s ‘heavy-handedness’ in dealing with the gun bill, C-71. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

All eyes on Red Chamber, as Senators push back on key government bills

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 22, 2019
  • A Senate committee tasked with studying the government’s new rules around solitary confinement doesn’t have enough time to properly do its job, says a

All eyes on Red Chamber, as Senators push back on key government bills

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 22, 2019
  • A Senate committee tasked with studying the government’s new rules around solitary confinement doesn’t have enough time to properly do its job, says a
Independent Sen. Kim Pate, left, says more work needs to be done on the prisoner-segregation bill, C-83. Independent Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, centre, says committees shouldn’t reject government legislation, like the tanker-ban bill, C-48. Meanwhile, Conservative Sen. Don Plett, right, says he’s frustrated by the government’s ‘heavy-handedness’ in dealing with the gun bill, C-71. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
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Maxime Bernier’s explosive exit from Conservative Party has ‘no impact’ on Tory Halifax huddle, say MPs

  • HALIFAX/PARLIAMENT HILL—Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in Ottawa on Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Party, saying that he is in “politics to
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in a Parliament Hill press conference that he is leaving the Conservative Party Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Beatrice Paez

Maxime Bernier’s explosive exit from Conservative Party has ‘no impact’ on Tory Halifax huddle, say MPs

News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
  • HALIFAX/PARLIAMENT HILL—Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in Ottawa on Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Party, saying that he is in “politics to

Maxime Bernier’s explosive exit from Conservative Party has ‘no impact’ on Tory Halifax huddle, say MPs

News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
  • HALIFAX/PARLIAMENT HILL—Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in Ottawa on Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative Party, saying that he is in “politics to
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in a Parliament Hill press conference that he is leaving the Conservative Party Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Beatrice Paez

Divisive riding-refund clawback pulled from agenda, as Tories set to talk policy in Halifax

  • A proposed change to the federal Conservative Party’s constitution aimed at stopping the national body from clawing back money from its riding associations has
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
Conservatives will be hashing out items that may make it on the party’s 2019 election platform at their convention in Halifax this weekend. Pictured, delegates vote during a plenary session in Calgary in 2013. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez

Divisive riding-refund clawback pulled from agenda, as Tories set to talk policy in Halifax

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
  • A proposed change to the federal Conservative Party’s constitution aimed at stopping the national body from clawing back money from its riding associations has

Divisive riding-refund clawback pulled from agenda, as Tories set to talk policy in Halifax

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
  • A proposed change to the federal Conservative Party’s constitution aimed at stopping the national body from clawing back money from its riding associations has
Conservatives will be hashing out items that may make it on the party’s 2019 election platform at their convention in Halifax this weekend. Pictured, delegates vote during a plenary session in Calgary in 2013. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez

Tories must ‘find a way to manage Max,’ but Bernier’s ‘selfish gesture’ won’t cast too dark a shadow over convention: strategists, MPs

  • As Conservatives huddle in Halifax this week to hash out their plan to topple the Liberal government next year, Tory MPs and politicos say
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
After stirring up controversy on Twitter, Tory MP Maxime Bernier, left, is pulling focus from Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s, right, first policy convention as leader. The Hill Times file photograph

Tories must ‘find a way to manage Max,’ but Bernier’s ‘selfish gesture’ won’t cast too dark a shadow over convention: strategists, MPs

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
  • As Conservatives huddle in Halifax this week to hash out their plan to topple the Liberal government next year, Tory MPs and politicos say

Tories must ‘find a way to manage Max,’ but Bernier’s ‘selfish gesture’ won’t cast too dark a shadow over convention: strategists, MPs

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
  • As Conservatives huddle in Halifax this week to hash out their plan to topple the Liberal government next year, Tory MPs and politicos say
After stirring up controversy on Twitter, Tory MP Maxime Bernier, left, is pulling focus from Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s, right, first policy convention as leader. The Hill Times file photograph

Defunct industry group too heavy on advocacy, light on regulation: pollsters

  • Although a complete lack of oversight could pose problems for the polling industry, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) served more to defend
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 15, 2018
Abacus Data head David Coletto says membership in the polling industry’s recently shuttered professional association wasn’t exactly a big draw for his clientele. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Defunct industry group too heavy on advocacy, light on regulation: pollsters

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 15, 2018
  • Although a complete lack of oversight could pose problems for the polling industry, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) served more to defend

Defunct industry group too heavy on advocacy, light on regulation: pollsters

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 15, 2018
  • Although a complete lack of oversight could pose problems for the polling industry, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA) served more to defend
Abacus Data head David Coletto says membership in the polling industry’s recently shuttered professional association wasn’t exactly a big draw for his clientele. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parties boosting internal security in face of foreign interference fears

  • Although they won’t get into specifics, the country’s main national political parties all say they’re boosting their internal security to protect against foreign interference
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 15, 2018
The political parties, headed by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, say they’re working to improve their internal security ahead of next year’s election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Parties boosting internal security in face of foreign interference fears

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 15, 2018
  • Although they won’t get into specifics, the country’s main national political parties all say they’re boosting their internal security to protect against foreign interference

Parties boosting internal security in face of foreign interference fears

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 15, 2018
  • Although they won’t get into specifics, the country’s main national political parties all say they’re boosting their internal security to protect against foreign interference
The political parties, headed by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, say they’re working to improve their internal security ahead of next year’s election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Someone took their eye off the ball’: pollsters plan pinch-hitter as industry association closes doors

  • The association charged with holding the country’s pollsters and market researchers to high standards of transparency and accountability didn’t live up to the same
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 8, 2018
Pollsters such as Corporate Research Associates CEO Don Mills, left, Campaign Research principal Richard Ciano, centre, and Insights West president Steve Mossop, right, say something has to fill the void left behind by the MRIA going out of business. Photographs courtesy of Don Mills, Richard Ciano and Steve Mossop

‘Someone took their eye off the ball’: pollsters plan pinch-hitter as industry association closes doors

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 8, 2018
  • The association charged with holding the country’s pollsters and market researchers to high standards of transparency and accountability didn’t live up to the same

‘Someone took their eye off the ball’: pollsters plan pinch-hitter as industry association closes doors

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 8, 2018
  • The association charged with holding the country’s pollsters and market researchers to high standards of transparency and accountability didn’t live up to the same
Pollsters such as Corporate Research Associates CEO Don Mills, left, Campaign Research principal Richard Ciano, centre, and Insights West president Steve Mossop, right, say something has to fill the void left behind by the MRIA going out of business. Photographs courtesy of Don Mills, Richard Ciano and Steve Mossop

The more the merrier, says Equal Voice head, as party-specific programs sprout to boost women in politics

  • Party-specific initiatives to draw women into politics are necessary and welcome, especially by members of the Conservative Party, which has fallen behind other major
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 1, 2018
From left, NDP MP Niki Ashton is behind an online campaign school, while Conservative bigwigs Laureen Harper and Rona Ambrose have thrown their hats in with a new non-profit called She Leads to boost Alberta's female conservative ranks. The Hill Times file photograph and photographs by Andrew Meade

The more the merrier, says Equal Voice head, as party-specific programs sprout to boost women in politics

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 1, 2018
  • Party-specific initiatives to draw women into politics are necessary and welcome, especially by members of the Conservative Party, which has fallen behind other major

The more the merrier, says Equal Voice head, as party-specific programs sprout to boost women in politics

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 1, 2018
  • Party-specific initiatives to draw women into politics are necessary and welcome, especially by members of the Conservative Party, which has fallen behind other major
From left, NDP MP Niki Ashton is behind an online campaign school, while Conservative bigwigs Laureen Harper and Rona Ambrose have thrown their hats in with a new non-profit called She Leads to boost Alberta's female conservative ranks. The Hill Times file photograph and photographs by Andrew Meade

Manning Centre’s training pullback disappointing, but conservative movement still healthy: Tory MPs

  • The Manning Centre’s retreat from training political operatives, while disappointing, doesn’t mean the conservative movement in Canada is any less strong, say Conservative MPs
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 1, 2018
Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning founded the Manning Centre in 2005 and stepped away from his direct management job last year. The Hill Times file photograph

Manning Centre’s training pullback disappointing, but conservative movement still healthy: Tory MPs

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 1, 2018
  • The Manning Centre’s retreat from training political operatives, while disappointing, doesn’t mean the conservative movement in Canada is any less strong, say Conservative MPs

Manning Centre’s training pullback disappointing, but conservative movement still healthy: Tory MPs

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 1, 2018
  • The Manning Centre’s retreat from training political operatives, while disappointing, doesn’t mean the conservative movement in Canada is any less strong, say Conservative MPs
Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning founded the Manning Centre in 2005 and stepped away from his direct management job last year. The Hill Times file photograph

Individual Senators’ votes aren’t recorded on nearly two-thirds of government bills

  • Senators’ individual votes in the Upper Chamber on nearly two-thirds of government bills to date are not part of the public record, but Independent Senator Marilou
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 25, 2018
Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran says she plans to call for more standing votes when the Red Chamber returns in September, so the record better reflects where individuals sided on legislation. How Senators voted on 32 pieces of legislation isn't recorded, out of 51 government bills that have achieved royal assent this Parliament The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Individual Senators’ votes aren’t recorded on nearly two-thirds of government bills

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 25, 2018
  • Senators’ individual votes in the Upper Chamber on nearly two-thirds of government bills to date are not part of the public record, but Independent Senator Marilou

Individual Senators’ votes aren’t recorded on nearly two-thirds of government bills

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 25, 2018
  • Senators’ individual votes in the Upper Chamber on nearly two-thirds of government bills to date are not part of the public record, but Independent Senator Marilou
Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran says she plans to call for more standing votes when the Red Chamber returns in September, so the record better reflects where individuals sided on legislation. How Senators voted on 32 pieces of legislation isn't recorded, out of 51 government bills that have achieved royal assent this Parliament The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Independent Senators still most likely to vote with government, but less and less

  • Independent Senators, who make up the largest group in the Red Chamber, are the collective most likely to vote in step with the Liberal
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 25, 2018
As the largest group among the 97 Senators, the support of the Independent Senators Group, which has 46 members, is essential for government bills to pass. The Hill Times file photograph

Independent Senators still most likely to vote with government, but less and less

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 25, 2018
  • Independent Senators, who make up the largest group in the Red Chamber, are the collective most likely to vote in step with the Liberal

Independent Senators still most likely to vote with government, but less and less

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 25, 2018
  • Independent Senators, who make up the largest group in the Red Chamber, are the collective most likely to vote in step with the Liberal
As the largest group among the 97 Senators, the support of the Independent Senators Group, which has 46 members, is essential for government bills to pass. The Hill Times file photograph

Centre Block occupants prepare for summer clear-out

  • Plans are underway for those who call Centre Block their second home to start the long goodbye. As part of the phased-move approach that
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 18, 2018
Although the shiny new West Block won’t be the House of Commons’ full-time home until 2019, MPs are already making moves out of Centre Block in anticipation of its decade-long shut down. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Centre Block occupants prepare for summer clear-out

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 18, 2018
  • Plans are underway for those who call Centre Block their second home to start the long goodbye. As part of the phased-move approach that

Centre Block occupants prepare for summer clear-out

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 18, 2018
  • Plans are underway for those who call Centre Block their second home to start the long goodbye. As part of the phased-move approach that
Although the shiny new West Block won’t be the House of Commons’ full-time home until 2019, MPs are already making moves out of Centre Block in anticipation of its decade-long shut down. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tories building on ‘large bedrock of support’ ahead of August convention: party president

  • As the Conservative Party prepares to huddle in Halifax at its end-of-summer policy convention, the party president is feeling buoyed by polling patterns and
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
Delegates participate in a plenary session at the Conservative convention in Calgary in 2013. Organizers of this August's convention hope to match the record number of delegates, about 2,300, who attended the last one in 2016 in Vancouver. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez

Tories building on ‘large bedrock of support’ ahead of August convention: party president

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
  • As the Conservative Party prepares to huddle in Halifax at its end-of-summer policy convention, the party president is feeling buoyed by polling patterns and

Tories building on ‘large bedrock of support’ ahead of August convention: party president

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
  • As the Conservative Party prepares to huddle in Halifax at its end-of-summer policy convention, the party president is feeling buoyed by polling patterns and
Delegates participate in a plenary session at the Conservative convention in Calgary in 2013. Organizers of this August's convention hope to match the record number of delegates, about 2,300, who attended the last one in 2016 in Vancouver. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez

Improve, then use, name-blind recruitment to boost Senate staff diversity: committee

  • A name-blind recruitment project could help improve Senate staff diversity, but only if done properly, according to the head of a Senate group studying
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 4, 2018
Getting the Senate administration to the workforce availability benchmark for women and minority groups isn’t good enough, says Liberal Sen. Mobina Jaffer, chair of an Internal Economy Committee group studying diversity among Senate staff. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Improve, then use, name-blind recruitment to boost Senate staff diversity: committee

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 4, 2018
  • A name-blind recruitment project could help improve Senate staff diversity, but only if done properly, according to the head of a Senate group studying

Improve, then use, name-blind recruitment to boost Senate staff diversity: committee

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 4, 2018
  • A name-blind recruitment project could help improve Senate staff diversity, but only if done properly, according to the head of a Senate group studying
Getting the Senate administration to the workforce availability benchmark for women and minority groups isn’t good enough, says Liberal Sen. Mobina Jaffer, chair of an Internal Economy Committee group studying diversity among Senate staff. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senate law clerk leaving Red Chamber

  • Two of the top three Senate administrative posts will be without permanent occupants following the coming departure of law clerk Jacqueline Kuehl. Ms. Kuehl
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 4, 2018
Senate law clerk Jacqueline Kuehl, left, will leave her post on July 6. Principal clerk Heather Lank, right, left the Senate last month to become the new Parliamentary Librarian. Photographs courtesy of the Senate of Canada and Heather Lank

Senate law clerk leaving Red Chamber

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 4, 2018
  • Two of the top three Senate administrative posts will be without permanent occupants following the coming departure of law clerk Jacqueline Kuehl. Ms. Kuehl

Senate law clerk leaving Red Chamber

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 4, 2018
  • Two of the top three Senate administrative posts will be without permanent occupants following the coming departure of law clerk Jacqueline Kuehl. Ms. Kuehl
Senate law clerk Jacqueline Kuehl, left, will leave her post on July 6. Principal clerk Heather Lank, right, left the Senate last month to become the new Parliamentary Librarian. Photographs courtesy of the Senate of Canada and Heather Lank

Last of a dying breed: Liberal Senators to maintain budget as group shrinks

  • The remaining Senate Liberals won’t have to pinch pennies to finish out the fiscal year, after the Upper Chamber’s Internal Economy Committee agreed to
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 27, 2018
Liberal Senator Jim Munson is among 11 Senators remaining in the group that numbered 32 when booted from the national Liberal caucus in 2014. The issue of how the fund the Senate Liberals, whose numbers are dwindling, will have to be addressed in the fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Last of a dying breed: Liberal Senators to maintain budget as group shrinks

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 27, 2018
  • The remaining Senate Liberals won’t have to pinch pennies to finish out the fiscal year, after the Upper Chamber’s Internal Economy Committee agreed to

Last of a dying breed: Liberal Senators to maintain budget as group shrinks

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 27, 2018
  • The remaining Senate Liberals won’t have to pinch pennies to finish out the fiscal year, after the Upper Chamber’s Internal Economy Committee agreed to
Liberal Senator Jim Munson is among 11 Senators remaining in the group that numbered 32 when booted from the national Liberal caucus in 2014. The issue of how the fund the Senate Liberals, whose numbers are dwindling, will have to be addressed in the fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

ISG chief of staff named, membership charter to be developed in fall

  • The Red Chamber’s nascent Independent Senators Group is formalizing its structure with the recent hiring of a chief of staff and the development of a
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 27, 2018
As the Independent Senators Group continues to grow, facilitator Yuen Pau Woo, left, and deputy facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain, right, say they’re managing any growing pains and are looking to further coalesce the group with a charter in the fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

ISG chief of staff named, membership charter to be developed in fall

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 27, 2018
  • The Red Chamber’s nascent Independent Senators Group is formalizing its structure with the recent hiring of a chief of staff and the development of a

ISG chief of staff named, membership charter to be developed in fall

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 27, 2018
  • The Red Chamber’s nascent Independent Senators Group is formalizing its structure with the recent hiring of a chief of staff and the development of a
As the Independent Senators Group continues to grow, facilitator Yuen Pau Woo, left, and deputy facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain, right, say they’re managing any growing pains and are looking to further coalesce the group with a charter in the fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

House officers spent $18-million last year, first spending tallies reveal

  • The offices of the top players in the House of Commons spent $18.3-million last year, according to the first public report on their expenses,
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
Expense reports released by the House of Commons on June 12 disclosed spending by, from left, Government House leader Bardish Chagger, lowest-spending MP Liberal Terry Sheehan, highest-spending MP Liberal Bob Nault, and Conservative national caucus chair David Sweet, among others. The Hill Times file photograph and photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

House officers spent $18-million last year, first spending tallies reveal

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
  • The offices of the top players in the House of Commons spent $18.3-million last year, according to the first public report on their expenses,

House officers spent $18-million last year, first spending tallies reveal

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
  • The offices of the top players in the House of Commons spent $18.3-million last year, according to the first public report on their expenses,
Expense reports released by the House of Commons on June 12 disclosed spending by, from left, Government House leader Bardish Chagger, lowest-spending MP Liberal Terry Sheehan, highest-spending MP Liberal Bob Nault, and Conservative national caucus chair David Sweet, among others. The Hill Times file photograph and photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

St. Kitts and Nevis foreign minister pushes for visa waiver in Ottawa visit

  • Nearly four years after losing visa-free access to Canada, the government of a two-island Eastern Caribbean state is engaging in a full-court press to
FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
Mark Brantley, the foreign minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, was in Ottawa on June 14 to press Canadian officials to lift the visa requirement imposed in 2014. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

St. Kitts and Nevis foreign minister pushes for visa waiver in Ottawa visit

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
  • Nearly four years after losing visa-free access to Canada, the government of a two-island Eastern Caribbean state is engaging in a full-court press to

St. Kitts and Nevis foreign minister pushes for visa waiver in Ottawa visit

FeatureBY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
  • Nearly four years after losing visa-free access to Canada, the government of a two-island Eastern Caribbean state is engaging in a full-court press to
Mark Brantley, the foreign minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, was in Ottawa on June 14 to press Canadian officials to lift the visa requirement imposed in 2014. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

More than 95 per cent of MPs finish anti-harassment training, all Senators to start in fall

  • The Senate is set to follow in the House of Commons’ footsteps and make it mandatory for all Senators and staff to take in-person
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
Independent Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain says the group studying the Senate’s harassment policy heard that not enough people were aware of what constitutes harassment. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

More than 95 per cent of MPs finish anti-harassment training, all Senators to start in fall

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
  • The Senate is set to follow in the House of Commons’ footsteps and make it mandatory for all Senators and staff to take in-person

More than 95 per cent of MPs finish anti-harassment training, all Senators to start in fall

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 20, 2018
  • The Senate is set to follow in the House of Commons’ footsteps and make it mandatory for all Senators and staff to take in-person
Independent Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain says the group studying the Senate’s harassment policy heard that not enough people were aware of what constitutes harassment. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Centre Block closure, renos delayed until after summer

  • After months of uncertainty, it was made official today that Centre Block would be open for business this summer after all, delaying until January
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 14, 2018
Centre Block's rotunda will be open to visitors this summer, as planned decade-long renovations expected to begin after Parliament rises this month will be delayed until January. The Hill Times file photograph

Centre Block closure, renos delayed until after summer

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 14, 2018
  • After months of uncertainty, it was made official today that Centre Block would be open for business this summer after all, delaying until January

Centre Block closure, renos delayed until after summer

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 14, 2018
  • After months of uncertainty, it was made official today that Centre Block would be open for business this summer after all, delaying until January
Centre Block's rotunda will be open to visitors this summer, as planned decade-long renovations expected to begin after Parliament rises this month will be delayed until January. The Hill Times file photograph

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