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Kate Malloy is the editor-in-chief of The Hill Times. Under her editorial leadership, The Hill Times has become an award-winning newspaper that blazes trails and breaks exclusive stories in federal politics every week. She got her first reporting job in Yellowknife, N.W.T., for Northern News Services, and is a Carleton University journalism school graduate. She has been with The Hill Times since its very first issue in 1989 and has led the newsroom for almost 35 years. You can reach her at kmalloy@hilltimes.com.

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

Focus on pharmacare

  • Plus, Marc Miller announces new measures for temporary residents.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, IAN CAMPBELL, KATE MALLOY | September 18, 2024
Mark Holland
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland will appear before a Senate committee to answer questions on the pharmacare bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Focus on pharmacare

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, IAN CAMPBELL, KATE MALLOY | September 18, 2024
  • Plus, Marc Miller announces new measures for temporary residents.

Focus on pharmacare

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, IAN CAMPBELL, KATE MALLOY | September 18, 2024
  • Plus, Marc Miller announces new measures for temporary residents.
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland will appear before a Senate committee to answer questions on the pharmacare bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Greenspon to leave top job at Public Policy Forum

  • Ed Greenspon, The Globe and Mail's former editor-in-chief, talks about his top job at the Public Policy Forum, and why he will be moving
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 8, 2024
Ed Greenspon is waiting for his third act to unfold: 'I don’t entirely know what’s next. It’s exciting, it’s terrifying, it’s invigorating; it’s all the things that come with leaving something great and having confidence other great things will come around.' Photograph courtesy of Josh Fee

Greenspon to leave top job at Public Policy Forum

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 8, 2024
  • Ed Greenspon, The Globe and Mail's former editor-in-chief, talks about his top job at the Public Policy Forum, and why he will be moving

Greenspon to leave top job at Public Policy Forum

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 8, 2024
  • Ed Greenspon, The Globe and Mail's former editor-in-chief, talks about his top job at the Public Policy Forum, and why he will be moving
Ed Greenspon is waiting for his third act to unfold: 'I don’t entirely know what’s next. It’s exciting, it’s terrifying, it’s invigorating; it’s all the things that come with leaving something great and having confidence other great things will come around.' Photograph courtesy of Josh Fee

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

  • In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2024
Justin Trudeau: 'The contrast between the vision that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward and what we continue to work for every single day couldn't be clearer, couldn't be crisper. As a competitor, as a leader, as someone committed to this country, being there for that conversation with Canadians touches me at the ore of what I feel my purpose is.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2024
  • In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2024
  • In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
Justin Trudeau: 'The contrast between the vision that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward and what we continue to work for every single day couldn't be clearer, couldn't be crisper. As a competitor, as a leader, as someone committed to this country, being there for that conversation with Canadians touches me at the ore of what I feel my purpose is.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

  • 1. Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism, by Huda Mukbil, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 238 pp., $34.95. 2. A Healthy
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 18, 2023
Some of the best books published in 2023. Book covers courtesy of publishers, design by Naomi Wildeboer

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 18, 2023
  • 1. Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism, by Huda Mukbil, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 238 pp., $34.95. 2. A Healthy

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 18, 2023
  • 1. Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism, by Huda Mukbil, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 238 pp., $34.95. 2. A Healthy
Some of the best books published in 2023. Book covers courtesy of publishers, design by Naomi Wildeboer

MacGregor’s success is more than ‘luck’

  • Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | September 18, 2023
Roy MacGregor: 'There have, over that half-century of journalism, been blown jet engines, threatening weapons at Oka, a snowstorm on James Bay that forced us to take shelter for three days on a barren island, physical threats from unhappy athletes—and more fun than I ever should have imagined.' Photograph courtesy of Random House Canada/Fred Lum

MacGregor’s success is more than ‘luck’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | September 18, 2023
  • Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story

MacGregor’s success is more than ‘luck’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | September 18, 2023
  • Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story
Roy MacGregor: 'There have, over that half-century of journalism, been blown jet engines, threatening weapons at Oka, a snowstorm on James Bay that forced us to take shelter for three days on a barren island, physical threats from unhappy athletes—and more fun than I ever should have imagined.' Photograph courtesy of Random House Canada/Fred Lum

Politics This Morning: Guilbeault to make climate change announcement in Montreal; federal byelection in Calgary Heritage, Alta.; and Ng, Tassi, Freeland in Toronto

  • Carolyn Bennett will make an announcement in Toronto, Randy Boissonnault will make an announcement in Edmonton, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is meeting Northwest Territories
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will make an announcement about Canada's climate commitment at 11 a.m. EDT in Montreal today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Guilbeault to make climate change announcement in Montreal; federal byelection in Calgary Heritage, Alta.; and Ng, Tassi, Freeland in Toronto

  • Carolyn Bennett will make an announcement in Toronto, Randy Boissonnault will make an announcement in Edmonton, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is meeting Northwest Territories

Politics This Morning: Guilbeault to make climate change announcement in Montreal; federal byelection in Calgary Heritage, Alta.; and Ng, Tassi, Freeland in Toronto

  • Carolyn Bennett will make an announcement in Toronto, Randy Boissonnault will make an announcement in Edmonton, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is meeting Northwest Territories
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault will make an announcement about Canada's climate commitment at 11 a.m. EDT in Montreal today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Jack Austin talks about his memoir, Unlikely Insider

  • Former Liberal Senator Jack Austin, aged 91, who was a member of Pierre Trudeau's and Paul Martin's cabinets, talks about politics, China, and how
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 15, 2023
Former Senator Jack Austin says he hopes his book will serve as a 'reminder of the value of public service as a force for economic progress, social justice, and nation-building, and of the importance of fostering trust and an ability to negotiate differences among Canadians.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Jack Austin talks about his memoir, Unlikely Insider

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 15, 2023
  • Former Liberal Senator Jack Austin, aged 91, who was a member of Pierre Trudeau's and Paul Martin's cabinets, talks about politics, China, and how

Jack Austin talks about his memoir, Unlikely Insider

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 15, 2023
  • Former Liberal Senator Jack Austin, aged 91, who was a member of Pierre Trudeau's and Paul Martin's cabinets, talks about politics, China, and how
Former Senator Jack Austin says he hopes his book will serve as a 'reminder of the value of public service as a force for economic progress, social justice, and nation-building, and of the importance of fostering trust and an ability to negotiate differences among Canadians.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Public servants concerned about Ottawa’s ‘unreliable’ transit system, lack of functional office workspace, lingering COVID, as they prepare to return to workplace

  • With public servants 'operating under a wide variety of hybrid models' throughout the pandemic, Treasury Board spokesperson Martin Potvin says 'such a wide range
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE, KATE MALLOY | January 16, 2023
Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is getting criticized by the public service unions, but she says a 'hybrid-by-design' model provides an opportunity to bring 'both remote work and in-person work' together for the sake of collaboration, cohesion and in-person teamwork. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Public servants concerned about Ottawa’s ‘unreliable’ transit system, lack of functional office workspace, lingering COVID, as they prepare to return to workplace

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE, KATE MALLOY | January 16, 2023
  • With public servants 'operating under a wide variety of hybrid models' throughout the pandemic, Treasury Board spokesperson Martin Potvin says 'such a wide range

Public servants concerned about Ottawa’s ‘unreliable’ transit system, lack of functional office workspace, lingering COVID, as they prepare to return to workplace

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE, KATE MALLOY | January 16, 2023
  • With public servants 'operating under a wide variety of hybrid models' throughout the pandemic, Treasury Board spokesperson Martin Potvin says 'such a wide range
Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is getting criticized by the public service unions, but she says a 'hybrid-by-design' model provides an opportunity to bring 'both remote work and in-person work' together for the sake of collaboration, cohesion and in-person teamwork. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

  • Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star, by John Honderich, Penguin Random House Canada, $35. 2. A Cooperative Disagreement: Canada-United States Relations
List | BY KATE MALLOY | December 19, 2022

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

List | BY KATE MALLOY | December 19, 2022
  • Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star, by John Honderich, Penguin Random House Canada, $35. 2. A Cooperative Disagreement: Canada-United States Relations

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

List | BY KATE MALLOY | December 19, 2022
  • Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star, by John Honderich, Penguin Random House Canada, $35. 2. A Cooperative Disagreement: Canada-United States Relations

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

  • 1. Across Boundaries: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young, edited by André Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment and Ronald Wintrobe, McGill-Queen’s
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 20, 2021
This year's list of 100 best books includes an eclectic mix of books about Canadian politics, the machinery of government, Indigenous issues, anti-Black racism, public affairs, reconciliation, Canadian history, memoirs, national security, Canadian foreign policy, the pandemic, and much more. Image compilation by Serena Masonde/photographs from The Hill Times files and handouts

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 20, 2021
  • 1. Across Boundaries: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young, edited by André Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment and Ronald Wintrobe, McGill-Queen’s

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 20, 2021
  • 1. Across Boundaries: Essays in Honour of Robert A. Young, edited by André Blais, Cristine de Clercy, Anna Lennox Esselment and Ronald Wintrobe, McGill-Queen’s
This year's list of 100 best books includes an eclectic mix of books about Canadian politics, the machinery of government, Indigenous issues, anti-Black racism, public affairs, reconciliation, Canadian history, memoirs, national security, Canadian foreign policy, the pandemic, and much more. Image compilation by Serena Masonde/photographs from The Hill Times files and handouts

Politics This Morning: O’Toole faces an open revolt; Trudeau holds a cabinet meeting; Joly in Mexico City; Singh in Iqaluit

  • Good Tuesday morning to everyone, It’s probably not a great morning for Conservative Leader ERIN O’TOOLE who’s now facing an open revolt in his party
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has some rough waters to navigate today over internal party infighting and an open revolt against his leadership. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, will be holding a cabinet meeting in Ottawa and is preparing to leave for the North American Leaders' Summit on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: O’Toole faces an open revolt; Trudeau holds a cabinet meeting; Joly in Mexico City; Singh in Iqaluit

  • Good Tuesday morning to everyone, It’s probably not a great morning for Conservative Leader ERIN O’TOOLE who’s now facing an open revolt in his party

Politics This Morning: O’Toole faces an open revolt; Trudeau holds a cabinet meeting; Joly in Mexico City; Singh in Iqaluit

  • Good Tuesday morning to everyone, It’s probably not a great morning for Conservative Leader ERIN O’TOOLE who’s now facing an open revolt in his party
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has some rough waters to navigate today over internal party infighting and an open revolt against his leadership. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, meanwhile, will be holding a cabinet meeting in Ottawa and is preparing to leave for the North American Leaders' Summit on Thursday in Washington, D.C. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Don Oliver, on his life as Canada’s first Black man appointed to the Senate

  • Former Conservative Senator Donald Oliver, 82, who was the first Black man appointed to the Upper Chamber in 1990, grew up in the only Black
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 5, 2021
Former Senator Don Oliver, who is also a former deputy Senate Speaker, pictured Feb. 9, 2012, in the Senate Chamber. Sen. Oliver retired on Nov. 16, 2013, and has recently written a book about his life. 'I wanted to write a short book about some of my life’s experiences and how I dealt with anti-Black systemic racism in Canada. I outlined some specific steps I took through lived experiences of turning anger into action to attempt to bring racism to an end. My hope is that the book can become a call to action for our leadership in all levels of our society.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Don Oliver, on his life as Canada’s first Black man appointed to the Senate

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 5, 2021
  • Former Conservative Senator Donald Oliver, 82, who was the first Black man appointed to the Upper Chamber in 1990, grew up in the only Black

Don Oliver, on his life as Canada’s first Black man appointed to the Senate

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 5, 2021
  • Former Conservative Senator Donald Oliver, 82, who was the first Black man appointed to the Upper Chamber in 1990, grew up in the only Black
Former Senator Don Oliver, who is also a former deputy Senate Speaker, pictured Feb. 9, 2012, in the Senate Chamber. Sen. Oliver retired on Nov. 16, 2013, and has recently written a book about his life. 'I wanted to write a short book about some of my life’s experiences and how I dealt with anti-Black systemic racism in Canada. I outlined some specific steps I took through lived experiences of turning anger into action to attempt to bring racism to an end. My hope is that the book can become a call to action for our leadership in all levels of our society.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Whipped takes a deep dive into political party culture and, yes, Marland thinks parties need whips

  • Alex Marland, the award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an expert in political communications, political
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | September 27, 2021
Alex Marland: 'Party discipline is much stricter for government-side backbenchers for all sorts of reasons, in particular, the confidence convention.' Photograph courtesy of Alex Marland

Whipped takes a deep dive into political party culture and, yes, Marland thinks parties need whips

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | September 27, 2021
  • Alex Marland, the award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an expert in political communications, political

Whipped takes a deep dive into political party culture and, yes, Marland thinks parties need whips

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | September 27, 2021
  • Alex Marland, the award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an expert in political communications, political
Alex Marland: 'Party discipline is much stricter for government-side backbenchers for all sorts of reasons, in particular, the confidence convention.' Photograph courtesy of Alex Marland

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to get his second COVID-19 vaccine this morning and to hold Incident Response Group cabinet meeting later today to talk about extreme weather-related conditions in B.C., and wildfires in Western Canada

  • Good Friday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has been polling at about 38 per cent in public opinion polls, while the Conservatives have
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on June 30, 2021, will be getting his second COVID-19 vaccine on Monday morning and will visit the COVID-19 clinic at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park with Mr. Watson at 10:40 a.m. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to get his second COVID-19 vaccine this morning and to hold Incident Response Group cabinet meeting later today to talk about extreme weather-related conditions in B.C., and wildfires in Western Canada

  • Good Friday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has been polling at about 38 per cent in public opinion polls, while the Conservatives have

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to get his second COVID-19 vaccine this morning and to hold Incident Response Group cabinet meeting later today to talk about extreme weather-related conditions in B.C., and wildfires in Western Canada

  • Good Friday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has been polling at about 38 per cent in public opinion polls, while the Conservatives have
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on June 30, 2021, will be getting his second COVID-19 vaccine on Monday morning and will visit the COVID-19 clinic at the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park with Mr. Watson at 10:40 a.m. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to speak with O’Toole, Blanchet in advance of next week’s budget; House Defence, Health, Canada-China Relations committees all meeting today

  • Good Monday morning, The House, which is sitting in a hybrid format during the pandemic, is sitting this week and will for the next
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is holding a cabinet meeting today, is scheduled to speak with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole at 11:45 a.m. today in advance of the federal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to speak with O’Toole, Blanchet in advance of next week’s budget; House Defence, Health, Canada-China Relations committees all meeting today

  • Good Monday morning, The House, which is sitting in a hybrid format during the pandemic, is sitting this week and will for the next

Politics This Morning: Trudeau to speak with O’Toole, Blanchet in advance of next week’s budget; House Defence, Health, Canada-China Relations committees all meeting today

  • Good Monday morning, The House, which is sitting in a hybrid format during the pandemic, is sitting this week and will for the next
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is holding a cabinet meeting today, is scheduled to speak with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole at 11:45 a.m. today in advance of the federal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Ford expected to announce 28-day Ontario lockdown today; Canada suspends flights to U.K. for 72 hours; prisoners’ rights advocates to hold presser outside Toronto South Detention Centre about danger of COVID in jails

  • Good Monday morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce today a 28-day, province-wide lockdown beginning on Christmas Eve, Global News reported yesterday before multiple
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on Sept. 18, 2020, in Ottawa after a meeting of Canada’s premiers, is expected to hold a press conference today at Queen's Park to announce a 28-day, province-wide lockdown. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Ford expected to announce 28-day Ontario lockdown today; Canada suspends flights to U.K. for 72 hours; prisoners’ rights advocates to hold presser outside Toronto South Detention Centre about danger of COVID in jails

  • Good Monday morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce today a 28-day, province-wide lockdown beginning on Christmas Eve, Global News reported yesterday before multiple

Politics This Morning: Ford expected to announce 28-day Ontario lockdown today; Canada suspends flights to U.K. for 72 hours; prisoners’ rights advocates to hold presser outside Toronto South Detention Centre about danger of COVID in jails

  • Good Monday morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce today a 28-day, province-wide lockdown beginning on Christmas Eve, Global News reported yesterday before multiple
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on Sept. 18, 2020, in Ottawa after a meeting of Canada’s premiers, is expected to hold a press conference today at Queen's Park to announce a 28-day, province-wide lockdown. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

  • Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion, by Tyler LeBlanc, Goose Lane Editions, 184pp., $19.95 A History of My Brief Body, by Billy-Ray
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
  • Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion, by Tyler LeBlanc, Goose Lane Editions, 184pp., $19.95 A History of My Brief Body, by Billy-Ray

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
  • Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion, by Tyler LeBlanc, Goose Lane Editions, 184pp., $19.95 A History of My Brief Body, by Billy-Ray

‘By far the most powerful hidden element of party discipline is the social pressure on MPs to toe the party line’: Alex Marland on his book Whipped

  • Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking at a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2020. Asked why Canadian Parliamentarians so rarely stray from party boundaries, Alex Marland says a big reason that MPs toe the line is that they perceive too many negative consequences for breaking ranks. At a minimum, someone from the leader’s office or whip’s office is going to phone to ask what’s going on, and some caucus members will probably give you an earful. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘By far the most powerful hidden element of party discipline is the social pressure on MPs to toe the party line’: Alex Marland on his book Whipped

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
  • Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an

‘By far the most powerful hidden element of party discipline is the social pressure on MPs to toe the party line’: Alex Marland on his book Whipped

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
  • Alex Marland has delivered another banger of a book. The award-winning author and Memorial University political science professor, who has carved out a niche as an
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking at a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2020. Asked why Canadian Parliamentarians so rarely stray from party boundaries, Alex Marland says a big reason that MPs toe the line is that they perceive too many negative consequences for breaking ranks. At a minimum, someone from the leader’s office or whip’s office is going to phone to ask what’s going on, and some caucus members will probably give you an earful. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives to hold national caucus meeting; environmental activists to target key ministers; Trudeau announces some changes to senior ranks of public service

  • Good Wednesday morning, The Conservatives will hold a national caucus this morning, the first in-person meeting since Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole won the party’s
New Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured, will host his first in-person national caucus meeting as leader on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives to hold national caucus meeting; environmental activists to target key ministers; Trudeau announces some changes to senior ranks of public service

  • Good Wednesday morning, The Conservatives will hold a national caucus this morning, the first in-person meeting since Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole won the party’s

Conservatives to hold national caucus meeting; environmental activists to target key ministers; Trudeau announces some changes to senior ranks of public service

  • Good Wednesday morning, The Conservatives will hold a national caucus this morning, the first in-person meeting since Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole won the party’s
New Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured, will host his first in-person national caucus meeting as leader on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Editor’s Note: apology to our readers

  • On April 6, 2020, The Hill Times published an op-ed headlined, “Iraq deserves to be free from Iranian meddling,” both online and on page six of
Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | July 20, 2020

Editor’s Note: apology to our readers

Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | July 20, 2020
  • On April 6, 2020, The Hill Times published an op-ed headlined, “Iraq deserves to be free from Iranian meddling,” both online and on page six of

Editor’s Note: apology to our readers

Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | July 20, 2020
  • On April 6, 2020, The Hill Times published an op-ed headlined, “Iraq deserves to be free from Iranian meddling,” both online and on page six of

Politics This Morning: USMCA now law; COVID-19 cases on rise in U.S.; New Yorker runs column headlined ‘Make America Canada Again’

  • Good Thursday morning, North America’s new trade agreement became law on Wednesday and U.S. trade ambassador Robert Lighthizer warned that Canada and Mexico must
A person, pictured recently in Major's Hill Park in Ottawa, soaking up the sun, the blue sky, and the view of the Parliament Buildings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: USMCA now law; COVID-19 cases on rise in U.S.; New Yorker runs column headlined ‘Make America Canada Again’

  • Good Thursday morning, North America’s new trade agreement became law on Wednesday and U.S. trade ambassador Robert Lighthizer warned that Canada and Mexico must

Politics This Morning: USMCA now law; COVID-19 cases on rise in U.S.; New Yorker runs column headlined ‘Make America Canada Again’

  • Good Thursday morning, North America’s new trade agreement became law on Wednesday and U.S. trade ambassador Robert Lighthizer warned that Canada and Mexico must
A person, pictured recently in Major's Hill Park in Ottawa, soaking up the sun, the blue sky, and the view of the Parliament Buildings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Wiseman surveys history of Canada’s political parties in engaging new book, Partisan Odysseys

  • Nelson Wiseman, director of the Canadian studies program at the University of Toronto and a longtime political science professor, says he realized Canadians weren’t
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | June 3, 2020
Nelson Wiseman, pictured in this file photo in Ottawa. 'The book offers readers a broad factual synthetic picture of the parties as historical and legal organizations. A point that could have been made more explicit in the book is how, in one respect, party operation has come full circle.' The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Wiseman surveys history of Canada’s political parties in engaging new book, Partisan Odysseys

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | June 3, 2020
  • Nelson Wiseman, director of the Canadian studies program at the University of Toronto and a longtime political science professor, says he realized Canadians weren’t

Wiseman surveys history of Canada’s political parties in engaging new book, Partisan Odysseys

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | June 3, 2020
  • Nelson Wiseman, director of the Canadian studies program at the University of Toronto and a longtime political science professor, says he realized Canadians weren’t
Nelson Wiseman, pictured in this file photo in Ottawa. 'The book offers readers a broad factual synthetic picture of the parties as historical and legal organizations. A point that could have been made more explicit in the book is how, in one respect, party operation has come full circle.' The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Editor’s note: how the coronavirus global pandemic will affect The Hill Times

  • OTTAWA—These are extraordinary times and the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has affected The Hill Times, just like it has everyone else in the world. At
Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | March 30, 2020
Strong political leadership is critically important right now and it can save lives. We are here to cover that story and the biggest story in the world, from our corner of the world. We want to shine a light specifically on how this is affecting Canadian democracy, Parliament, and federal government policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Editor’s note: how the coronavirus global pandemic will affect The Hill Times

Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | March 30, 2020
  • OTTAWA—These are extraordinary times and the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has affected The Hill Times, just like it has everyone else in the world. At

Editor’s note: how the coronavirus global pandemic will affect The Hill Times

Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | March 30, 2020
  • OTTAWA—These are extraordinary times and the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has affected The Hill Times, just like it has everyone else in the world. At
Strong political leadership is critically important right now and it can save lives. We are here to cover that story and the biggest story in the world, from our corner of the world. We want to shine a light specifically on how this is affecting Canadian democracy, Parliament, and federal government policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘I wrote The Imperilled Ocean to show that the ocean’s story is also our own’

  • Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist on a noble mission: she wants to know how people can save the oceans. So she wrote her
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | March 11, 2020
Author Laura Trethewey, pictured in Ladysmith, B.C., in 2015. 'I would encourage people to find others who care about the future of the ocean and create the most impact as a collective. Right now, the ocean needs humanity’s collaboration and imagination.' Photograph courtesy of Chloe Ellingson

‘I wrote The Imperilled Ocean to show that the ocean’s story is also our own’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | March 11, 2020
  • Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist on a noble mission: she wants to know how people can save the oceans. So she wrote her

‘I wrote The Imperilled Ocean to show that the ocean’s story is also our own’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | March 11, 2020
  • Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist on a noble mission: she wants to know how people can save the oceans. So she wrote her
Author Laura Trethewey, pictured in Ladysmith, B.C., in 2015. 'I would encourage people to find others who care about the future of the ocean and create the most impact as a collective. Right now, the ocean needs humanity’s collaboration and imagination.' Photograph courtesy of Chloe Ellingson

Bourrie brings New France explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s story to life in Bush Runner

  • Mark Bourrie has written 14 books, but his most recent book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a groundbreaking biography of the adventurous
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 27, 2020
Author Mark Bourrie, a former Hill journalist, said he looked up Pierre-Esprit Radisson about 15 years go and couldn't believe his story. 'Radisson had an amazing life, and it stayed interesting all the way through. And he lived that life in a world that vaguely resembles ours, yet is alien.' Photographs courtesy of RBC Taylor Prize

Bourrie brings New France explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s story to life in Bush Runner

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 27, 2020
  • Mark Bourrie has written 14 books, but his most recent book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a groundbreaking biography of the adventurous

Bourrie brings New France explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson’s story to life in Bush Runner

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 27, 2020
  • Mark Bourrie has written 14 books, but his most recent book, Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, a groundbreaking biography of the adventurous
Author Mark Bourrie, a former Hill journalist, said he looked up Pierre-Esprit Radisson about 15 years go and couldn't believe his story. 'Radisson had an amazing life, and it stayed interesting all the way through. And he lived that life in a world that vaguely resembles ours, yet is alien.' Photographs courtesy of RBC Taylor Prize

‘There has never been an ethnographer-activist the likes of James Teit’

  • While doing research in the 1970s on ethnographic work on Indigenous singers and songs in British Columbia’s south central interior, University of Victoria history
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2020
Chief John Tetlanetza, left, (Pekaist Band, Nlaka’pamux), James Teit, Chief Paul David (Tobacco Plains Band, Ktunaxa), and Chief Thomas Adoph (Fountain Band, St’at’imc). 'Every once in a while, an important figure makes an appearance, makes a difference, and then disappears from the public record. James Teit (1864-1922) was such a figure,' says Wendy Wickwire. Photographs courtesy of Sigurd Teit

‘There has never been an ethnographer-activist the likes of James Teit’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2020
  • While doing research in the 1970s on ethnographic work on Indigenous singers and songs in British Columbia’s south central interior, University of Victoria history

‘There has never been an ethnographer-activist the likes of James Teit’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2020
  • While doing research in the 1970s on ethnographic work on Indigenous singers and songs in British Columbia’s south central interior, University of Victoria history
Chief John Tetlanetza, left, (Pekaist Band, Nlaka’pamux), James Teit, Chief Paul David (Tobacco Plains Band, Ktunaxa), and Chief Thomas Adoph (Fountain Band, St’at’imc). 'Every once in a while, an important figure makes an appearance, makes a difference, and then disappears from the public record. James Teit (1864-1922) was such a figure,' says Wendy Wickwire. Photographs courtesy of Sigurd Teit
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Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires

  • Good Monday morning, Just in case you forgot, there is no print issue of The Hill Times today, but there will be a fresh
Loadmaster, Warrant Officer Annie Boisjoly, centre, and traffic technician, aviator Danielle Green, right, pictured on Dec. 29, 2019, loading Canadian bound freight on to a CC-177 Globemaster aircraft at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT. Photograph courtesy of DND/Combat Camera: Cpl. Jerome Lessard

Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires

  • Good Monday morning, Just in case you forgot, there is no print issue of The Hill Times today, but there will be a fresh

Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires

  • Good Monday morning, Just in case you forgot, there is no print issue of The Hill Times today, but there will be a fresh
Loadmaster, Warrant Officer Annie Boisjoly, centre, and traffic technician, aviator Danielle Green, right, pictured on Dec. 29, 2019, loading Canadian bound freight on to a CC-177 Globemaster aircraft at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT. Photograph courtesy of DND/Combat Camera: Cpl. Jerome Lessard

Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires

  • Good Monday morning, Just in case you forgot, there is no print issue of The Hill Times today, but there will be a fresh
Loadmaster, Warrant Officer Annie Boisjoly, centre, and traffic technician, aviator Danielle Green, right, pictured on Dec. 29, 2019, loading Canadian bound freight on to a CC-177 Globemaster aircraft at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT. Photograph courtesy of DND/Combat Camera: Cpl. Jerome Lessard

Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires

  • Good Monday morning, Just in case you forgot, there is no print issue of The Hill Times today, but there will be a fresh

Politics This Morning: Prime Minister Trudeau’s in private meetings in Ottawa; Freeland meets Edmonton mayor; Mideast tensions escalate; and Australia battles 150 forest fires

  • Good Monday morning, Just in case you forgot, there is no print issue of The Hill Times today, but there will be a fresh
Loadmaster, Warrant Officer Annie Boisjoly, centre, and traffic technician, aviator Danielle Green, right, pictured on Dec. 29, 2019, loading Canadian bound freight on to a CC-177 Globemaster aircraft at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait during Operation IMPACT. Photograph courtesy of DND/Combat Camera: Cpl. Jerome Lessard

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Non-Fiction Canadian Books in 2019

  • Absent Mandate: Strategies and Choices in Canadian Elections, by Harold D. Clarke, Jane Jenson, Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett, University of Toronto Press,
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 16, 2019
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Non-Fiction Canadian Books in 2019

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 16, 2019
  • Absent Mandate: Strategies and Choices in Canadian Elections, by Harold D. Clarke, Jane Jenson, Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett, University of Toronto Press,

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Non-Fiction Canadian Books in 2019

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 16, 2019
  • Absent Mandate: Strategies and Choices in Canadian Elections, by Harold D. Clarke, Jane Jenson, Lawrence LeDuc and Jon H. Pammett, University of Toronto Press,
The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Burnaby and Surrey; Scheer’s in Thorold, Cambridge, and London; Singh’s in Winnipeg and Burnaby; May’s in Sackville and Halifax; Bernier’s in Toronto and Bruce Grey-Owen Sound

  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s day No. 14 in this 40-day, unpredictable election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will be in Burnaby,
News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 24, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 23, 2019, was in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls, Ont., yesterday, and will be in Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., today. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Twitter handle

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Burnaby and Surrey; Scheer’s in Thorold, Cambridge, and London; Singh’s in Winnipeg and Burnaby; May’s in Sackville and Halifax; Bernier’s in Toronto and Bruce Grey-Owen Sound

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 24, 2019
  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s day No. 14 in this 40-day, unpredictable election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will be in Burnaby,

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Burnaby and Surrey; Scheer’s in Thorold, Cambridge, and London; Singh’s in Winnipeg and Burnaby; May’s in Sackville and Halifax; Bernier’s in Toronto and Bruce Grey-Owen Sound

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 24, 2019
  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s day No. 14 in this 40-day, unpredictable election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) will be in Burnaby,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 23, 2019, was in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls, Ont., yesterday, and will be in Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., today. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Twitter handle

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls; Scheer’s in Vaughan, Markham, and St. Catharines; Singh’s in Bathurst and Halifax; May’s in Fredericton, Moncton, and Charlottetown

  • Good Monday morning, It’s day No. 13 of the 40-day election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now appears to be in the fight of his
News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 23, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Sept. 20, 2019, campaigning with Liberal MPs Julie Dabrusin and Nate Erskine-Smith on the Danforth in Toronto. Photograph courtesy of Nate Erskine-Smith's Twitter

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls; Scheer’s in Vaughan, Markham, and St. Catharines; Singh’s in Bathurst and Halifax; May’s in Fredericton, Moncton, and Charlottetown

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 23, 2019
  • Good Monday morning, It’s day No. 13 of the 40-day election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now appears to be in the fight of his

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and Niagara Falls; Scheer’s in Vaughan, Markham, and St. Catharines; Singh’s in Bathurst and Halifax; May’s in Fredericton, Moncton, and Charlottetown

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 23, 2019
  • Good Monday morning, It’s day No. 13 of the 40-day election campaign and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now appears to be in the fight of his
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Sept. 20, 2019, campaigning with Liberal MPs Julie Dabrusin and Nate Erskine-Smith on the Danforth in Toronto. Photograph courtesy of Nate Erskine-Smith's Twitter

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in St. John’s, and St. Peter’s Bay; Scheer’s in Winnipeg; Singh’s in Ottawa-Centre and Sudbury; and May’s in Waterloo and Parry-Sound Muskoka

  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s lucky day No. 7 in this 40-day election campaign and, as pollster Nik Nanos said, it’s “like a knife fight
News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 17, 2019
Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, pictured in this short video, released on Twitter yesterday for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Markham, Ont. Screen capture of Liberal Party of Canada

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in St. John’s, and St. Peter’s Bay; Scheer’s in Winnipeg; Singh’s in Ottawa-Centre and Sudbury; and May’s in Waterloo and Parry-Sound Muskoka

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 17, 2019
  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s lucky day No. 7 in this 40-day election campaign and, as pollster Nik Nanos said, it’s “like a knife fight

Politics This Morning: Trudeau’s in St. John’s, and St. Peter’s Bay; Scheer’s in Winnipeg; Singh’s in Ottawa-Centre and Sudbury; and May’s in Waterloo and Parry-Sound Muskoka

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 17, 2019
  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s lucky day No. 7 in this 40-day election campaign and, as pollster Nik Nanos said, it’s “like a knife fight
Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, pictured in this short video, released on Twitter yesterday for the Mid-Autumn Festival in Markham, Ont. Screen capture of Liberal Party of Canada

Politics This Morning: Trudeau in Kitchener, London, Windsor; Scheer in Kelowna and Calgary; Singh expected to announce ‘star’ candidate Longueuil, Que.; May to launch Green Party platform in Toronto

  • Good Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), who got to meet Canada’s 2019 U.S. Open tennis champion Bianca Andreescu at a rally for
News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 16, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Cobourg, Ont., yesterday campaigning for Liberal MP Kim Rudd who is running for re-election in Northumberland-Peterborough South. Photo courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter handle

Politics This Morning: Trudeau in Kitchener, London, Windsor; Scheer in Kelowna and Calgary; Singh expected to announce ‘star’ candidate Longueuil, Que.; May to launch Green Party platform in Toronto

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 16, 2019
  • Good Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), who got to meet Canada’s 2019 U.S. Open tennis champion Bianca Andreescu at a rally for

Politics This Morning: Trudeau in Kitchener, London, Windsor; Scheer in Kelowna and Calgary; Singh expected to announce ‘star’ candidate Longueuil, Que.; May to launch Green Party platform in Toronto

News | BY KATE MALLOY | September 16, 2019
  • Good Monday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), who got to meet Canada’s 2019 U.S. Open tennis champion Bianca Andreescu at a rally for
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Cobourg, Ont., yesterday campaigning for Liberal MP Kim Rudd who is running for re-election in Northumberland-Peterborough South. Photo courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter handle

World Trade Organization should abolish fisheries subsidies, stop crisis

  • The world’s fisheries are in a crisis, but there is a way forward, says one of Canada’s leading experts, Daniel Pauly, author of the
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 29, 2019
UBC professor and author Daniel Pauly, is also director of the Sea Around Us, which studies and mitigates the impact of fisheries. 'I write about what is, and fight for what I think ought to be—whether or not I will be successful in the end is irrelevant. The same applies to anyone fighting, whether against climate change or for the health of our oceans. Nothing will change without action.' Photograph courtesy of the Sea Around Us & the University of British Columbia

World Trade Organization should abolish fisheries subsidies, stop crisis

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 29, 2019
  • The world’s fisheries are in a crisis, but there is a way forward, says one of Canada’s leading experts, Daniel Pauly, author of the

World Trade Organization should abolish fisheries subsidies, stop crisis

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 29, 2019
  • The world’s fisheries are in a crisis, but there is a way forward, says one of Canada’s leading experts, Daniel Pauly, author of the
UBC professor and author Daniel Pauly, is also director of the Sea Around Us, which studies and mitigates the impact of fisheries. 'I write about what is, and fight for what I think ought to be—whether or not I will be successful in the end is irrelevant. The same applies to anyone fighting, whether against climate change or for the health of our oceans. Nothing will change without action.' Photograph courtesy of the Sea Around Us & the University of British Columbia

Hot Room used to run ‘biggest bootlegging joint in Canada’

  • Back in the old days, clerks in the Parliamentary Press Gallery operated a “blind pig” out of the Hot Room in Centre Block, known
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | June 10, 2019
Reporters pictured in April 1965. Built in the 1920s after the fire destroyed most of Centre Block in 1916, the Hot Room was supposed to accommodate 35 members. But there were 130 people in the Hot Room at one point. It was so crowded the excess of reporters had desks, files, and piles of newspapers out in the hallway. The fire marshal warned the gallery once a year about the fire hazard, according to Peter Dempson's Assignment Ottawa: Seventeen Years in the Press Gallery. Photograph courtesy of Don Newlands/KixPix

Hot Room used to run ‘biggest bootlegging joint in Canada’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | June 10, 2019
  • Back in the old days, clerks in the Parliamentary Press Gallery operated a “blind pig” out of the Hot Room in Centre Block, known

Hot Room used to run ‘biggest bootlegging joint in Canada’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | June 10, 2019
  • Back in the old days, clerks in the Parliamentary Press Gallery operated a “blind pig” out of the Hot Room in Centre Block, known
Reporters pictured in April 1965. Built in the 1920s after the fire destroyed most of Centre Block in 1916, the Hot Room was supposed to accommodate 35 members. But there were 130 people in the Hot Room at one point. It was so crowded the excess of reporters had desks, files, and piles of newspapers out in the hallway. The fire marshal warned the gallery once a year about the fire hazard, according to Peter Dempson's Assignment Ottawa: Seventeen Years in the Press Gallery. Photograph courtesy of Don Newlands/KixPix

Changes in the newsroom: Evelyn takes over as managing editor, Ryckewaert now Wednesday’s deputy editor

  • There are changes happening in the newsroom. Charelle Evelyn, who was deputy editor of the Wednesday issue, takes over on Monday, May 27, as
Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2019
Laura Ryckewaert and Aidan Chamandy, pictured in The Hill Times' newsroom. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Changes in the newsroom: Evelyn takes over as managing editor, Ryckewaert now Wednesday’s deputy editor

Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2019
  • There are changes happening in the newsroom. Charelle Evelyn, who was deputy editor of the Wednesday issue, takes over on Monday, May 27, as

Changes in the newsroom: Evelyn takes over as managing editor, Ryckewaert now Wednesday’s deputy editor

Opinion | BY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2019
  • There are changes happening in the newsroom. Charelle Evelyn, who was deputy editor of the Wednesday issue, takes over on Monday, May 27, as
Laura Ryckewaert and Aidan Chamandy, pictured in The Hill Times' newsroom. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Croatian president visits Ottawa; GG hosts state dinner at Rideau Hall; McGuinty, Goodale appear before Public Safety Committee; and Conservatives, NDP want emergency meeting on government’s conduct in Mark Norman’s trial

  • Good Monday morning, There’s a whole lot going on today in Ottawa. Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who arrived in Ottawa on Sunday with her
News | BY KATE MALLOY | May 13, 2019
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will appear before the House Public Safety Committee on Monday, May 13, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. to brief MPs on the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Croatian president visits Ottawa; GG hosts state dinner at Rideau Hall; McGuinty, Goodale appear before Public Safety Committee; and Conservatives, NDP want emergency meeting on government’s conduct in Mark Norman’s trial

News | BY KATE MALLOY | May 13, 2019
  • Good Monday morning, There’s a whole lot going on today in Ottawa. Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who arrived in Ottawa on Sunday with her

Politics This Morning: Croatian president visits Ottawa; GG hosts state dinner at Rideau Hall; McGuinty, Goodale appear before Public Safety Committee; and Conservatives, NDP want emergency meeting on government’s conduct in Mark Norman’s trial

News | BY KATE MALLOY | May 13, 2019
  • Good Monday morning, There’s a whole lot going on today in Ottawa. Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, who arrived in Ottawa on Sunday with her
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale will appear before the House Public Safety Committee on Monday, May 13, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. to brief MPs on the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Thirty years in print: from The Hill Times’ photo archives

  • Comedian Rick Mercer and then-Reform Party MP Deb Grey, pictured in the late 1990s on Parliament Hill doing a shoot for CBC’s This Hour
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | April 1, 2019
Comedian Rick Mercer and then-Reform Party MP Deb Grey, pictured in the late 1990s on Parliament Hill doing a shoot for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which Mr. Mercer hosted at the time. The Hill Times photograph by Terry McDonald

Thirty years in print: from The Hill Times’ photo archives

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | April 1, 2019
  • Comedian Rick Mercer and then-Reform Party MP Deb Grey, pictured in the late 1990s on Parliament Hill doing a shoot for CBC’s This Hour

Thirty years in print: from The Hill Times’ photo archives

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | April 1, 2019
  • Comedian Rick Mercer and then-Reform Party MP Deb Grey, pictured in the late 1990s on Parliament Hill doing a shoot for CBC’s This Hour
Comedian Rick Mercer and then-Reform Party MP Deb Grey, pictured in the late 1990s on Parliament Hill doing a shoot for CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, which Mr. Mercer hosted at the time. The Hill Times photograph by Terry McDonald

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th Year in Print

  • Then-Quebec Liberal Senator Philippe Gigantès, pictured in his Victoria Building office in Ottawa in 1990, may go down in Canadian political history books as
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 14, 2019
The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th Year in Print

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 14, 2019
  • Then-Quebec Liberal Senator Philippe Gigantès, pictured in his Victoria Building office in Ottawa in 1990, may go down in Canadian political history books as

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th Year in Print

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 14, 2019
  • Then-Quebec Liberal Senator Philippe Gigantès, pictured in his Victoria Building office in Ottawa in 1990, may go down in Canadian political history books as
The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Political, History, Public Policy Books in 2018

  • A Conviction in Question: The First Trial at the International Criminal Court, by Jim Freedman, University of Toronto Press, 208 pp., $32.95. All Our
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 17, 2018

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Political, History, Public Policy Books in 2018

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 17, 2018
  • A Conviction in Question: The First Trial at the International Criminal Court, by Jim Freedman, University of Toronto Press, 208 pp., $32.95. All Our

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Political, History, Public Policy Books in 2018

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 17, 2018
  • A Conviction in Question: The First Trial at the International Criminal Court, by Jim Freedman, University of Toronto Press, 208 pp., $32.95. All Our

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th Year in Print

  • Then Progressive Conservative MP Felix Holtmann, pictured in his Parliament Hill office in April 1990. Mr. Holtmann became a household name when the Manitoba
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 19, 2018
Felix Holtmann, pictured in his Hill office in April 1990, became a household name when he added fuel to the national firestorm after the National Gallery of Canada announced it had bought a $1.8-million abstract painting, Voice of Fire, by American painter Barnett Newman, as the country was slipping into a recession. Mr. Holtmann, a Progressive Conservative MP at the time, told one interviewer that the painting ‘looks like two cans of paint and two rollers and about 10 minutes would do the trick.’ The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th Year in Print

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 19, 2018
  • Then Progressive Conservative MP Felix Holtmann, pictured in his Parliament Hill office in April 1990. Mr. Holtmann became a household name when the Manitoba

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th Year in Print

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 19, 2018
  • Then Progressive Conservative MP Felix Holtmann, pictured in his Parliament Hill office in April 1990. Mr. Holtmann became a household name when the Manitoba
Felix Holtmann, pictured in his Hill office in April 1990, became a household name when he added fuel to the national firestorm after the National Gallery of Canada announced it had bought a $1.8-million abstract painting, Voice of Fire, by American painter Barnett Newman, as the country was slipping into a recession. Mr. Holtmann, a Progressive Conservative MP at the time, told one interviewer that the painting ‘looks like two cans of paint and two rollers and about 10 minutes would do the trick.’ The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Politics This Morning: Ng at Startup Canada Day; McKenna to announce new asbestos regulations; Wilson-Raybould to talk about animal cruelty; Gould and Carr before Senate committees

  • Good Thursday morning, There’s a whole lot cooking today. Small Business and Export Promotion Minister Mary Ng will be at the fifth annual Startup Canada
News | BY KATE MALLOY | October 18, 2018
Canada's federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will make an announcement regarding the criminal justice system and cruelty to animals at 10:30 a.m. in the Commons foyer.  The Hill Times file photograph

Politics This Morning: Ng at Startup Canada Day; McKenna to announce new asbestos regulations; Wilson-Raybould to talk about animal cruelty; Gould and Carr before Senate committees

News | BY KATE MALLOY | October 18, 2018
  • Good Thursday morning, There’s a whole lot cooking today. Small Business and Export Promotion Minister Mary Ng will be at the fifth annual Startup Canada

Politics This Morning: Ng at Startup Canada Day; McKenna to announce new asbestos regulations; Wilson-Raybould to talk about animal cruelty; Gould and Carr before Senate committees

News | BY KATE MALLOY | October 18, 2018
  • Good Thursday morning, There’s a whole lot cooking today. Small Business and Export Promotion Minister Mary Ng will be at the fifth annual Startup Canada
Canada's federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould will make an announcement regarding the criminal justice system and cruelty to animals at 10:30 a.m. in the Commons foyer.  The Hill Times file photograph

Politics This Morning: House is back; Trudeau hosts roundtable with Canada’s Building Trades Union on the Hill, then he’s at Fortune Global Forum in Toronto

  • Good Monday morning, The House is back and it’s going to be busy. If you’re wondering what to wear today in the nation’s capital, it’s
News | BY KATE MALLOY | October 15, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Oct. 1, after holding a press conference to discuss the new NAFTA. The USMCA is expected to be a hot topic in Question Period on Monday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: House is back; Trudeau hosts roundtable with Canada’s Building Trades Union on the Hill, then he’s at Fortune Global Forum in Toronto

News | BY KATE MALLOY | October 15, 2018
  • Good Monday morning, The House is back and it’s going to be busy. If you’re wondering what to wear today in the nation’s capital, it’s

Politics This Morning: House is back; Trudeau hosts roundtable with Canada’s Building Trades Union on the Hill, then he’s at Fortune Global Forum in Toronto

News | BY KATE MALLOY | October 15, 2018
  • Good Monday morning, The House is back and it’s going to be busy. If you’re wondering what to wear today in the nation’s capital, it’s
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Oct. 1, after holding a press conference to discuss the new NAFTA. The USMCA is expected to be a hot topic in Question Period on Monday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th year in print

  • NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 8, 2018
NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung Skeena, B.C., riding from 1979 to 1993, and was one of the most effective NDP MPs ever to sit in the House. The former probation officer was a star in Question Period and in media scrums. He was smart, funny, and knew what he was talking about, plus he believed in what he did. A big bulk of a man who stood at more than six feet tall, he was known as outrageously controversial and passionate about the environment and First Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th year in print

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 8, 2018
  • NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives: Hill Life & People, 30th year in print

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 8, 2018
  • NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung
NDP MP Jim Fulton, pictured in this undated photograph during the 34th Parliament in his Confederation Building office on the Hill, represented the far-flung Skeena, B.C., riding from 1979 to 1993, and was one of the most effective NDP MPs ever to sit in the House. The former probation officer was a star in Question Period and in media scrums. He was smart, funny, and knew what he was talking about, plus he believed in what he did. A big bulk of a man who stood at more than six feet tall, he was known as outrageously controversial and passionate about the environment and First Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Be ‘honest about how difficult it is and try to keep the bullshit to a minimum’: Graham Steele, on how to be an effective politician

  • When Graham Steele was Nova Scotia’s finance minister and in charge of $10-billion a year in government spending, a lot of people wanted to
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 30, 2018
Graham Steele, author of the bestselling What I Learned About Politics, talks about his second book The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politicians Work for You. 'Being a politician's a very difficult job, and the ones I admire I guess are the ones who are honest about how difficult it is and how challenging it is, and try to keep the bullshit to a minimum,' he said. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Be ‘honest about how difficult it is and try to keep the bullshit to a minimum’: Graham Steele, on how to be an effective politician

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 30, 2018
  • When Graham Steele was Nova Scotia’s finance minister and in charge of $10-billion a year in government spending, a lot of people wanted to

Be ‘honest about how difficult it is and try to keep the bullshit to a minimum’: Graham Steele, on how to be an effective politician

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | July 30, 2018
  • When Graham Steele was Nova Scotia’s finance minister and in charge of $10-billion a year in government spending, a lot of people wanted to
Graham Steele, author of the bestselling What I Learned About Politics, talks about his second book The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politicians Work for You. 'Being a politician's a very difficult job, and the ones I admire I guess are the ones who are honest about how difficult it is and how challenging it is, and try to keep the bullshit to a minimum,' he said. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: AFN chiefs meet for special assembly on federal legislation; Trudeau to hold cabinet meeting; Poilievre to hold presser; Freeland at Senate committee

  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s a busy day, so you might want to buckle up. The Assembly of First Nations is holding a two-day special
News | BY KATE MALLOY | May 1, 2018
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde, pictured in this file photograph, will be speaking this morning at the AFN's special chiefs assembly on federal legislation at the Hotel Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: AFN chiefs meet for special assembly on federal legislation; Trudeau to hold cabinet meeting; Poilievre to hold presser; Freeland at Senate committee

News | BY KATE MALLOY | May 1, 2018
  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s a busy day, so you might want to buckle up. The Assembly of First Nations is holding a two-day special

Politics This Morning: AFN chiefs meet for special assembly on federal legislation; Trudeau to hold cabinet meeting; Poilievre to hold presser; Freeland at Senate committee

News | BY KATE MALLOY | May 1, 2018
  • Good Tuesday morning, It’s a busy day, so you might want to buckle up. The Assembly of First Nations is holding a two-day special
AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde, pictured in this file photograph, will be speaking this morning at the AFN's special chiefs assembly on federal legislation at the Hotel Lac Leamy in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Patrick Brazeau is on the long road to redemption

  • Patrick Brazeau wants to redeem himself, and he has 32 years left in the Senate to do it. After facing a charge of sexual
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 8, 2018
Independent Quebec Sen. Patrick Brazeau, pictured in his Wellington Building office in Ottawa. 'I’m cognizant that I have a second chance here. I have time before me and I’m going to take advantage of it and try to do the best job I can.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Patrick Brazeau is on the long road to redemption

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 8, 2018
  • Patrick Brazeau wants to redeem himself, and he has 32 years left in the Senate to do it. After facing a charge of sexual

Patrick Brazeau is on the long road to redemption

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | January 8, 2018
  • Patrick Brazeau wants to redeem himself, and he has 32 years left in the Senate to do it. After facing a charge of sexual
Independent Quebec Sen. Patrick Brazeau, pictured in his Wellington Building office in Ottawa. 'I’m cognizant that I have a second chance here. I have time before me and I’m going to take advantage of it and try to do the best job I can.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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