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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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Hill-union contract talks to pick up over summer, fall

  • As the core public service tries to nail down new contracts with the federal government, many of Parliament Hill’s unionized employees are also getting
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
Speaker of the House Geoff Regan is responsible for House of Commons staff, who will be negotiating new collective agreements over the next few months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hill-union contract talks to pick up over summer, fall

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
  • As the core public service tries to nail down new contracts with the federal government, many of Parliament Hill’s unionized employees are also getting

Hill-union contract talks to pick up over summer, fall

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
  • As the core public service tries to nail down new contracts with the federal government, many of Parliament Hill’s unionized employees are also getting
Speaker of the House Geoff Regan is responsible for House of Commons staff, who will be negotiating new collective agreements over the next few months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fix ‘disconnect’ that leaves parliamentary secretaries out of political-fundraising rules, say Senators

  • Despite their proximity to decision-making, parliamentary secretaries aren’t covered by the government’s bill regulating political fundraisers—a “loophole” a Liberal Senator who is a former
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
Liberal Senator Serge Joyal, right, who served as parliamentary secretary from 1980 to 1981, says MPs serving in that role should be regulated by rules in the political financing bill, C-50. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fix ‘disconnect’ that leaves parliamentary secretaries out of political-fundraising rules, say Senators

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
  • Despite their proximity to decision-making, parliamentary secretaries aren’t covered by the government’s bill regulating political fundraisers—a “loophole” a Liberal Senator who is a former

Fix ‘disconnect’ that leaves parliamentary secretaries out of political-fundraising rules, say Senators

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
  • Despite their proximity to decision-making, parliamentary secretaries aren’t covered by the government’s bill regulating political fundraisers—a “loophole” a Liberal Senator who is a former
Liberal Senator Serge Joyal, right, who served as parliamentary secretary from 1980 to 1981, says MPs serving in that role should be regulated by rules in the political financing bill, C-50. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trans Mountain buy adds to Liberals’ betrayal of Indigenous voters, say activists, NDP

  • The backlash to the federal government’s decision to purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project could cost the Liberals in 2019, as some Indigenous,
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, could be in for a fight from some Indigenous organizations unhappy with the Liberals’ reconciliation record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trans Mountain buy adds to Liberals’ betrayal of Indigenous voters, say activists, NDP

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
  • The backlash to the federal government’s decision to purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project could cost the Liberals in 2019, as some Indigenous,

Trans Mountain buy adds to Liberals’ betrayal of Indigenous voters, say activists, NDP

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
  • The backlash to the federal government’s decision to purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project could cost the Liberals in 2019, as some Indigenous,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, could be in for a fight from some Indigenous organizations unhappy with the Liberals’ reconciliation record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senators rein in committee travel costs Sen. Campbell says have ‘grown astronomically’

  • Senate committees that go on the road are being asked to explain their actual spending, as the Red Chamber moves to get a handle
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
Conservative Sen. Scott Tannas, left, says better post-trip accounting will help committees submit tighter budgets for approval to the subcommittee chaired by ISG Sen. Josée Verner, middle. ISG Sen. Larry Campbell, right, says he’s never seen committee travel-budget asks so large. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Senators rein in committee travel costs Sen. Campbell says have ‘grown astronomically’

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
  • Senate committees that go on the road are being asked to explain their actual spending, as the Red Chamber moves to get a handle

Senators rein in committee travel costs Sen. Campbell says have ‘grown astronomically’

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 6, 2018
  • Senate committees that go on the road are being asked to explain their actual spending, as the Red Chamber moves to get a handle
Conservative Sen. Scott Tannas, left, says better post-trip accounting will help committees submit tighter budgets for approval to the subcommittee chaired by ISG Sen. Josée Verner, middle. ISG Sen. Larry Campbell, right, says he’s never seen committee travel-budget asks so large. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Senate committee reviewing harassment policy hearing from staff, Senators in private

  • Senators and their staffers are able to air their harassment-related grievances behind closed doors over the next month, as a group tasked with overhauling
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
Conservative Senator Scott Tannas, left, and Independent Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain, right, are deputy chair and chair, respectively, of a Senate subcommittee tasked with overhauling the Chamber’s harassment policy. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Senate committee reviewing harassment policy hearing from staff, Senators in private

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
  • Senators and their staffers are able to air their harassment-related grievances behind closed doors over the next month, as a group tasked with overhauling

Senate committee reviewing harassment policy hearing from staff, Senators in private

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
  • Senators and their staffers are able to air their harassment-related grievances behind closed doors over the next month, as a group tasked with overhauling
Conservative Senator Scott Tannas, left, and Independent Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain, right, are deputy chair and chair, respectively, of a Senate subcommittee tasked with overhauling the Chamber’s harassment policy. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Time to rethink Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country deal in face of U.S. immigration sweeps: Amnesty International researcher

  • Canada and a leading human rights organization may be on the same page when it comes to helping out Rohingya refugees from Myanmar more
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
Anna Neistat, senior director of research for Amnesty International, says Canada should be paying more attention to human rights abuses in the U.S. and Ukraine. Photograph courtesy of Amnesty International

Time to rethink Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country deal in face of U.S. immigration sweeps: Amnesty International researcher

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
  • Canada and a leading human rights organization may be on the same page when it comes to helping out Rohingya refugees from Myanmar more

Time to rethink Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country deal in face of U.S. immigration sweeps: Amnesty International researcher

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
  • Canada and a leading human rights organization may be on the same page when it comes to helping out Rohingya refugees from Myanmar more
Anna Neistat, senior director of research for Amnesty International, says Canada should be paying more attention to human rights abuses in the U.S. and Ukraine. Photograph courtesy of Amnesty International

MP travel rules relaxed, but family costs make them a target for ‘media scrutiny,’ says Tory whip

  • Changes made last week to the MP travel policy are aimed at making the Hill more “family friendly,” according to the House of Commons
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
Conservative whip Mark Strahl says that when MP spending disclosures are reported, those whose children travelled more often become targets for media scrutiny. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MP travel rules relaxed, but family costs make them a target for ‘media scrutiny,’ says Tory whip

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
  • Changes made last week to the MP travel policy are aimed at making the Hill more “family friendly,” according to the House of Commons

MP travel rules relaxed, but family costs make them a target for ‘media scrutiny,’ says Tory whip

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 30, 2018
  • Changes made last week to the MP travel policy are aimed at making the Hill more “family friendly,” according to the House of Commons
Conservative whip Mark Strahl says that when MP spending disclosures are reported, those whose children travelled more often become targets for media scrutiny. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PMO, PCO should stay out of appointing parliamentary watchdogs: think-tank report

  • Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office and its non-partisan support branch shouldn’t control the appointment of parliamentary watchdogs. The decision ought to rest with
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
The Liberals’ approach to filling parliamentary watchdog roles—such as those left vacant by former ethics commissioner Mary Dawson, left, chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand, middle, and lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd, right—leaves much to be desired, says a new Public Policy Forum report. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

PMO, PCO should stay out of appointing parliamentary watchdogs: think-tank report

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
  • Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office and its non-partisan support branch shouldn’t control the appointment of parliamentary watchdogs. The decision ought to rest with

PMO, PCO should stay out of appointing parliamentary watchdogs: think-tank report

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
  • Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office and its non-partisan support branch shouldn’t control the appointment of parliamentary watchdogs. The decision ought to rest with
The Liberals’ approach to filling parliamentary watchdog roles—such as those left vacant by former ethics commissioner Mary Dawson, left, chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand, middle, and lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd, right—leaves much to be desired, says a new Public Policy Forum report. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Feds assembling Indigenous advisory team ahead of Indian Act reform

  • The federal government is putting together an Indigenous advisory panel to help it navigate what are sure to be complicated discussions over how to
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
In a recent report to Parliament, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says work has started to establish a group to lead the government through its consultations about removing gender discrimination from the Indian Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds assembling Indigenous advisory team ahead of Indian Act reform

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
  • The federal government is putting together an Indigenous advisory panel to help it navigate what are sure to be complicated discussions over how to

Feds assembling Indigenous advisory team ahead of Indian Act reform

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
  • The federal government is putting together an Indigenous advisory panel to help it navigate what are sure to be complicated discussions over how to
In a recent report to Parliament, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says work has started to establish a group to lead the government through its consultations about removing gender discrimination from the Indian Act. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fix Indigenous issues, racial discrimination, countries tell Canada in UN human rights review

  • Indigenous issues continue to be a major blemish on Canada’s human rights record, according to countries reviewing Canada this month as part of a
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould led the Canadian delegation that appeared in Geneva for the United Nations’ third cycle of Universal Periodic Review of human rights on May 11. The Hill Times file photograph

Fix Indigenous issues, racial discrimination, countries tell Canada in UN human rights review

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
  • Indigenous issues continue to be a major blemish on Canada’s human rights record, according to countries reviewing Canada this month as part of a

Fix Indigenous issues, racial discrimination, countries tell Canada in UN human rights review

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 23, 2018
  • Indigenous issues continue to be a major blemish on Canada’s human rights record, according to countries reviewing Canada this month as part of a
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould led the Canadian delegation that appeared in Geneva for the United Nations’ third cycle of Universal Periodic Review of human rights on May 11. The Hill Times file photograph

Senators want more control in clerk selection, PMO to butt out

  • Senators are looking to send a message to the prime minister that if he truly believes in an independent Senate, he ought to give them
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 16, 2018
A motion in the Senate, introduced by Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, is calling for the government to get the Chamber’s endorsement for the next clerk of the Senate, a role that’s been filled on an interim basis for more than three years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senators want more control in clerk selection, PMO to butt out

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 16, 2018
  • Senators are looking to send a message to the prime minister that if he truly believes in an independent Senate, he ought to give them

Senators want more control in clerk selection, PMO to butt out

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 16, 2018
  • Senators are looking to send a message to the prime minister that if he truly believes in an independent Senate, he ought to give them
A motion in the Senate, introduced by Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos, is calling for the government to get the Chamber’s endorsement for the next clerk of the Senate, a role that’s been filled on an interim basis for more than three years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As ISG numbers swell, Senate grapples with how to divvy up caucus budgets

  • The Independent Senators Group—the largest collective in the Red Chamber—will have some extra money to work with this year, but not as much as
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 9, 2018
Independent Sen. Raymonde Saint-Germain, left, says the Independent Senators Group has outgrown the rules governing how Senate groups are funded, while Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk, right, says changes to the Chamber’s funding model should be drawn from the hefty government representative purse. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

As ISG numbers swell, Senate grapples with how to divvy up caucus budgets

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 9, 2018
  • The Independent Senators Group—the largest collective in the Red Chamber—will have some extra money to work with this year, but not as much as

As ISG numbers swell, Senate grapples with how to divvy up caucus budgets

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 9, 2018
  • The Independent Senators Group—the largest collective in the Red Chamber—will have some extra money to work with this year, but not as much as
Independent Sen. Raymonde Saint-Germain, left, says the Independent Senators Group has outgrown the rules governing how Senate groups are funded, while Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk, right, says changes to the Chamber’s funding model should be drawn from the hefty government representative purse. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Questions abound on drug-impaired driving bill as clock ticks down to cannabis legalization

  • With the Liberals’ summer deadline for legalization of marijuana seemingly set in stone, a bill setting out rules around drug-impaired driving is still raising
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 9, 2018
Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu says there should be zero tolerance for those who smoke weed and get behind the wheel in the new drug-impaired driving law. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Questions abound on drug-impaired driving bill as clock ticks down to cannabis legalization

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 9, 2018
  • With the Liberals’ summer deadline for legalization of marijuana seemingly set in stone, a bill setting out rules around drug-impaired driving is still raising

Questions abound on drug-impaired driving bill as clock ticks down to cannabis legalization

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 9, 2018
  • With the Liberals’ summer deadline for legalization of marijuana seemingly set in stone, a bill setting out rules around drug-impaired driving is still raising
Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu says there should be zero tolerance for those who smoke weed and get behind the wheel in the new drug-impaired driving law. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Portuguese PM gets military welcome, northern premiers descend on capital, NDP leader to address harassment allegations against MP Weir

  • Good Thursday morning, Things on the Hill are inching back to normal today, after Wednesday’s upheaval following the sudden death of Conservative MP Gord
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 3, 2018
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver, pictured in 2016, is in Ottawa Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and participate in an announcement with Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Portuguese PM gets military welcome, northern premiers descend on capital, NDP leader to address harassment allegations against MP Weir

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 3, 2018
  • Good Thursday morning, Things on the Hill are inching back to normal today, after Wednesday’s upheaval following the sudden death of Conservative MP Gord

Politics This Morning: Portuguese PM gets military welcome, northern premiers descend on capital, NDP leader to address harassment allegations against MP Weir

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 3, 2018
  • Good Thursday morning, Things on the Hill are inching back to normal today, after Wednesday’s upheaval following the sudden death of Conservative MP Gord
Yukon Premier Sandy Silver, pictured in 2016, is in Ottawa Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and participate in an announcement with Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Universally liked on the Hill, Tory MP Gord Brown never let partisanship overtake decency

  • Shock and sadness rippled through Parliament Hill Wednesday following the news that Conservative MP Gord Brown had died suddenly at the age of 57. Mr. Brown
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM | May 2, 2018
Conservative hockey team captain and nearly 14-year MP Gord Brown died suddenly Wednesday morning, prompting waves of tributes from colleagues about him being a passionate ‘team player.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Universally liked on the Hill, Tory MP Gord Brown never let partisanship overtake decency

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM | May 2, 2018
  • Shock and sadness rippled through Parliament Hill Wednesday following the news that Conservative MP Gord Brown had died suddenly at the age of 57. Mr. Brown

Universally liked on the Hill, Tory MP Gord Brown never let partisanship overtake decency

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM | May 2, 2018
  • Shock and sadness rippled through Parliament Hill Wednesday following the news that Conservative MP Gord Brown had died suddenly at the age of 57. Mr. Brown
Conservative hockey team captain and nearly 14-year MP Gord Brown died suddenly Wednesday morning, prompting waves of tributes from colleagues about him being a passionate ‘team player.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Too many unknowns’ to decide on summer move, Senators told, waiting could cost $11-million per month

  • Senators are as unsure as their House of Commons counterparts whether their temporary new home will be ready in time for a planned summer
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 2, 2018
Work is being finished on the Senate's interim home at the Government Conference Centre on Wellington Street. Pictured is an artist's rendering of the completed Senate Chamber. Photograph courtesy of PSPC

‘Too many unknowns’ to decide on summer move, Senators told, waiting could cost $11-million per month

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 2, 2018
  • Senators are as unsure as their House of Commons counterparts whether their temporary new home will be ready in time for a planned summer

‘Too many unknowns’ to decide on summer move, Senators told, waiting could cost $11-million per month

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | May 2, 2018
  • Senators are as unsure as their House of Commons counterparts whether their temporary new home will be ready in time for a planned summer
Work is being finished on the Senate's interim home at the Government Conference Centre on Wellington Street. Pictured is an artist's rendering of the completed Senate Chamber. Photograph courtesy of PSPC

Senate urged to expand bill to clear more LGBTQ criminal convictions

  • After getting rushed through the House, advocates are calling for the Senate to pump the brakes on the government’s bill wiping out historical unjust
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 25, 2018
Tom Hooper, a historian of the bathhouse raids in Canada, says the prime minister’s November apology to the LGBTQ community was just ‘eloquent words’ unless Bill C-66 allows for the elimination of more historically unjust convictions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senate urged to expand bill to clear more LGBTQ criminal convictions

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 25, 2018
  • After getting rushed through the House, advocates are calling for the Senate to pump the brakes on the government’s bill wiping out historical unjust

Senate urged to expand bill to clear more LGBTQ criminal convictions

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 25, 2018
  • After getting rushed through the House, advocates are calling for the Senate to pump the brakes on the government’s bill wiping out historical unjust
Tom Hooper, a historian of the bathhouse raids in Canada, says the prime minister’s November apology to the LGBTQ community was just ‘eloquent words’ unless Bill C-66 allows for the elimination of more historically unjust convictions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Freeland goes to Washington; Trudeau meets with Commonwealth leaders; Supreme Court cracks open free-the-beer case

  • Good Thursday morning, A highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada ruling will be handed down in Ottawa this morning, as justices unveil their decision
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 19, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is making her second trip to Washington, D.C., this month, presumably to again meet with her Mexican and United States counterparts as they hash out the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Freeland goes to Washington; Trudeau meets with Commonwealth leaders; Supreme Court cracks open free-the-beer case

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 19, 2018
  • Good Thursday morning, A highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada ruling will be handed down in Ottawa this morning, as justices unveil their decision

Politics This Morning: Freeland goes to Washington; Trudeau meets with Commonwealth leaders; Supreme Court cracks open free-the-beer case

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 19, 2018
  • Good Thursday morning, A highly anticipated Supreme Court of Canada ruling will be handed down in Ottawa this morning, as justices unveil their decision
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is making her second trip to Washington, D.C., this month, presumably to again meet with her Mexican and United States counterparts as they hash out the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opposition MPs seek to add teeth to workplace harassment bill

  • A definition of harassment is among the changes a House committee agreed to Monday as it works its way through amending a government bill
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 18, 2018
Conservative MP Steven Blaney, left, and NDP MP Anne Minh-Thu Quach, right, argued in favour of having a stricter definition of harassment in Bill C-65 at an April 16 House Human Resources Committee meeting, while Liberal MP Mona Fortier, centre, advocated for a broader approach. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opposition MPs seek to add teeth to workplace harassment bill

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 18, 2018
  • A definition of harassment is among the changes a House committee agreed to Monday as it works its way through amending a government bill

Opposition MPs seek to add teeth to workplace harassment bill

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 18, 2018
  • A definition of harassment is among the changes a House committee agreed to Monday as it works its way through amending a government bill
Conservative MP Steven Blaney, left, and NDP MP Anne Minh-Thu Quach, right, argued in favour of having a stricter definition of harassment in Bill C-65 at an April 16 House Human Resources Committee meeting, while Liberal MP Mona Fortier, centre, advocated for a broader approach. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘We’re not immune’ on the Hill: Sen. Bernard launches Senate debate on anti-Black racism

  • An Independent Senator launching a debate in the Senate on anti-Black racism nationally and on Parliament Hill says recent accusations of racism against a
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 18, 2018
Independent Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard gave notice of an inquiry to call the attention of the Senate to anti-Black racism, citing a need for greater education to the experience of Black Canadians across Canada and on Parliament Hill. Photograph courtesy of the office of Wanda Thomas Bernard

‘We’re not immune’ on the Hill: Sen. Bernard launches Senate debate on anti-Black racism

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 18, 2018
  • An Independent Senator launching a debate in the Senate on anti-Black racism nationally and on Parliament Hill says recent accusations of racism against a

‘We’re not immune’ on the Hill: Sen. Bernard launches Senate debate on anti-Black racism

News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | April 18, 2018
  • An Independent Senator launching a debate in the Senate on anti-Black racism nationally and on Parliament Hill says recent accusations of racism against a
Independent Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard gave notice of an inquiry to call the attention of the Senate to anti-Black racism, citing a need for greater education to the experience of Black Canadians across Canada and on Parliament Hill. Photograph courtesy of the office of Wanda Thomas Bernard

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