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Procurement watchdog calls PSPC’s handling of interpreters’ contracts ‘unreasonable’

  • Ombud's review of complaints says proposed changes would cut freelance interpreters' number of billable hours, leading to less compensation for the same amount of
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 14, 2025
An interpreter at work in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in February 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Procurement watchdog calls PSPC’s handling of interpreters’ contracts ‘unreasonable’

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 14, 2025
  • Ombud's review of complaints says proposed changes would cut freelance interpreters' number of billable hours, leading to less compensation for the same amount of

Procurement watchdog calls PSPC’s handling of interpreters’ contracts ‘unreasonable’

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 14, 2025
  • Ombud's review of complaints says proposed changes would cut freelance interpreters' number of billable hours, leading to less compensation for the same amount of
An interpreter at work in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in February 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Israel happy to wait for potential Conservative government, says former Canadian envoy

  • 'I do hope that some of the policies will change, and the sooner the better,' Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed says of Ottawa's
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 14, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to implement policies that align with the Israeli government if he becomes prime minister. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Israel happy to wait for potential Conservative government, says former Canadian envoy

News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 14, 2025
  • 'I do hope that some of the policies will change, and the sooner the better,' Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed says of Ottawa's

Israel happy to wait for potential Conservative government, says former Canadian envoy

News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 14, 2025
  • 'I do hope that some of the policies will change, and the sooner the better,' Israeli Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed says of Ottawa's
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to implement policies that align with the Israeli government if he becomes prime minister. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Communities deserve more support as the global economy changes

  • The uncertainty facing Canada’s goods and energy producers is dizzying. They were already dealing with daunting challenges from an accelerating energy transition, domestic regulations,
Opinion | BY RACHEL SAMSON | January 14, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald trump has threatened to pull the rug out from Canada’s goods and energy producers. Dozens of communities will be susceptible to workforce disruption from the energy transition in the coming decades, writes Rachel Samson. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

Communities deserve more support as the global economy changes

Opinion | BY RACHEL SAMSON | January 14, 2025
  • The uncertainty facing Canada’s goods and energy producers is dizzying. They were already dealing with daunting challenges from an accelerating energy transition, domestic regulations,

Communities deserve more support as the global economy changes

Opinion | BY RACHEL SAMSON | January 14, 2025
  • The uncertainty facing Canada’s goods and energy producers is dizzying. They were already dealing with daunting challenges from an accelerating energy transition, domestic regulations,
U.S. president-elect Donald trump has threatened to pull the rug out from Canada’s goods and energy producers. Dozens of communities will be susceptible to workforce disruption from the energy transition in the coming decades, writes Rachel Samson. Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

Carney expected to launch Liberal leadership bid in Edmonton Thursday: sources

  • Mark Carney’s father Bob Carney ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in Edmonton-South, Alta., in the 1980 federal election.
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2025 | UPDATED January 14, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to launch his leadership campaign to succeed outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday. The winner of that contest will be declared on March 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Carney expected to launch Liberal leadership bid in Edmonton Thursday: sources

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2025 | UPDATED January 14, 2025
  • Mark Carney’s father Bob Carney ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in Edmonton-South, Alta., in the 1980 federal election.

Carney expected to launch Liberal leadership bid in Edmonton Thursday: sources

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2025 | UPDATED January 14, 2025
  • Mark Carney’s father Bob Carney ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in Edmonton-South, Alta., in the 1980 federal election.
Mark Carney
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to launch his leadership campaign to succeed outgoing prime minister Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday. The winner of that contest will be declared on March 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

  • Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 13, 2025
Frank Baylis
Frank Baylis
An electrical engineer by training, Frank Baylis is currently the executive chairman of Baylis Medical Technologies. The Hill Times photograph by Peter Mazereeuw

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 13, 2025
  • Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 13, 2025
  • Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 
Frank Baylis
An electrical engineer by training, Frank Baylis is currently the executive chairman of Baylis Medical Technologies. The Hill Times photograph by Peter Mazereeuw

Minister MacAulay’s longtime chief of staff exits, new one named

  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay is entering the new year with a new chief of staff in his office, with his longtime aide
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 13, 2025
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, left, with his now-former chief of staff Matthew Mann at the Liberal Party convention in Ottawa in May 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Minister MacAulay’s longtime chief of staff exits, new one named

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 13, 2025
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay is entering the new year with a new chief of staff in his office, with his longtime aide

Minister MacAulay’s longtime chief of staff exits, new one named

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 13, 2025
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Lawrence MacAulay is entering the new year with a new chief of staff in his office, with his longtime aide
Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay, left, with his now-former chief of staff Matthew Mann at the Liberal Party convention in Ottawa in May 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Anything’s possible now’: Liberal MPs shift from ‘hopelessness to optimism’ after Trudeau bows out, though this could fade without the ‘right’ leader

  • Liberal MPs say they're feeling bullish about the party's electoral prospects, but also say Justin Trudeau's delayed departure leaves little time for a proper
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 6 outside Rideau Cottage, told MPs at last week's national caucus meeting that he would remain neutral in the leadership race, but that he would provide support for the new leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Anything’s possible now’: Liberal MPs shift from ‘hopelessness to optimism’ after Trudeau bows out, though this could fade without the ‘right’ leader

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2025
  • Liberal MPs say they're feeling bullish about the party's electoral prospects, but also say Justin Trudeau's delayed departure leaves little time for a proper

‘Anything’s possible now’: Liberal MPs shift from ‘hopelessness to optimism’ after Trudeau bows out, though this could fade without the ‘right’ leader

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2025
  • Liberal MPs say they're feeling bullish about the party's electoral prospects, but also say Justin Trudeau's delayed departure leaves little time for a proper
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 6 outside Rideau Cottage, told MPs at last week's national caucus meeting that he would remain neutral in the leadership race, but that he would provide support for the new leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fragile governance is among the threats facing this country

  • What if we've all let this happen by allowing the staggering growth of the shadow cabinet of political insiders in the Prime Minister’s Office,
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 13, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured, and his chief of staff have set up the type of autocracy in Parliament that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump could only dream of achieving, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fragile governance is among the threats facing this country

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 13, 2025
  • What if we've all let this happen by allowing the staggering growth of the shadow cabinet of political insiders in the Prime Minister’s Office,

Fragile governance is among the threats facing this country

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | January 13, 2025
  • What if we've all let this happen by allowing the staggering growth of the shadow cabinet of political insiders in the Prime Minister’s Office,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured, and his chief of staff have set up the type of autocracy in Parliament that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump could only dream of achieving, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The race is on! Let it be merciful

  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Here is the choice facing the federal Liberal Party in this moment of national peril—and it needs to decide, pronto. In broad strokes:
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 13, 2025
The Liberals' placeholder candidate cannot be the genial Dominic LeBlanc, newly-minted finance minister and beloved party veteran, who has taken himself out of contention so he can attend to the business of the nation, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The race is on! Let it be merciful

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 13, 2025
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Here is the choice facing the federal Liberal Party in this moment of national peril—and it needs to decide, pronto. In broad strokes:

The race is on! Let it be merciful

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 13, 2025
  • CHELSEA, QUE.—Here is the choice facing the federal Liberal Party in this moment of national peril—and it needs to decide, pronto. In broad strokes:
The Liberals' placeholder candidate cannot be the genial Dominic LeBlanc, newly-minted finance minister and beloved party veteran, who has taken himself out of contention so he can attend to the business of the nation, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal leadership race and upcoming election ‘vital time’ for advocacy, say lobbyists

  • The Trudeau government will be around for another two-and-a-half more months, and lobbyists say they are stepping on the gas to get their work
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 13, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party on Jan. 6, and prorogued Parliament until March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal leadership race and upcoming election ‘vital time’ for advocacy, say lobbyists

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 13, 2025
  • The Trudeau government will be around for another two-and-a-half more months, and lobbyists say they are stepping on the gas to get their work

Liberal leadership race and upcoming election ‘vital time’ for advocacy, say lobbyists

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | January 13, 2025
  • The Trudeau government will be around for another two-and-a-half more months, and lobbyists say they are stepping on the gas to get their work
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party on Jan. 6, and prorogued Parliament until March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains the head of government and holds a variety of trade mechanisms to counter Trump, while Liberal MP John McKay
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 13, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, will be inaugurated as Liberals campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the outgoing leader still has mechanisms to stand up to the incoming administration south of the border, say experts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 13, 2025
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains the head of government and holds a variety of trade mechanisms to counter Trump, while Liberal MP John McKay

Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 13, 2025
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains the head of government and holds a variety of trade mechanisms to counter Trump, while Liberal MP John McKay
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, will be inaugurated as Liberals campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the outgoing leader still has mechanisms to stand up to the incoming administration south of the border, say experts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump: enemy of the state

  • Trump must be taken seriously. It is time to fight a bully by destroying his bully pulpit. 
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 13, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's joke about Canada joining the United States is turning deadly serious, writes Sheila Copps. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Trump: enemy of the state

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 13, 2025
  • Trump must be taken seriously. It is time to fight a bully by destroying his bully pulpit. 

Trump: enemy of the state

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 13, 2025
  • Trump must be taken seriously. It is time to fight a bully by destroying his bully pulpit. 
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's joke about Canada joining the United States is turning deadly serious, writes Sheila Copps. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Trump won the U.S. election by promising to bring down cost of groceries, but he’s not talking about that anymore, is he?

  • U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn on Jan. 20 as the leader of the most powerful country in the world, won the
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 13, 2025
Trump's negotiating strategy is to make threats and create chaos, so Canada should fight back. It's time for our premiers—along with the outgoing prime minister—to work together for the sake of Canada's future because Trump's not talking about the cost of living anymore. This is about the future of our country. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Trump won the U.S. election by promising to bring down cost of groceries, but he’s not talking about that anymore, is he?

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 13, 2025
  • U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn on Jan. 20 as the leader of the most powerful country in the world, won the

Trump won the U.S. election by promising to bring down cost of groceries, but he’s not talking about that anymore, is he?

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | January 13, 2025
  • U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn on Jan. 20 as the leader of the most powerful country in the world, won the
Trump's negotiating strategy is to make threats and create chaos, so Canada should fight back. It's time for our premiers—along with the outgoing prime minister—to work together for the sake of Canada's future because Trump's not talking about the cost of living anymore. This is about the future of our country. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Where were international groups for Israeli women, asks letter writer

  • Re: “Women are essential to the peace process” (Dec. 22, The Hill Times). Author María Wong is correct to point out that women are
Opinion | January 13, 2025
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Where were international groups for Israeli women, asks letter writer

Opinion | January 13, 2025
  • Re: “Women are essential to the peace process” (Dec. 22, The Hill Times). Author María Wong is correct to point out that women are

Where were international groups for Israeli women, asks letter writer

Opinion | January 13, 2025
  • Re: “Women are essential to the peace process” (Dec. 22, The Hill Times). Author María Wong is correct to point out that women are
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Wong’s opinion piece offers one-sided narrative: letter writer

  • María Wong’s column, “Women are essential to the peace process” (Dec. 22, The Hill Times), presents a one-sided narrative that distorts facts and omits
Opinion | January 13, 2025
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Wong’s opinion piece offers one-sided narrative: letter writer

Opinion | January 13, 2025
  • María Wong’s column, “Women are essential to the peace process” (Dec. 22, The Hill Times), presents a one-sided narrative that distorts facts and omits

Wong’s opinion piece offers one-sided narrative: letter writer

Opinion | January 13, 2025
  • María Wong’s column, “Women are essential to the peace process” (Dec. 22, The Hill Times), presents a one-sided narrative that distorts facts and omits
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Liberal leadership candidates can pay $350,000 entry fee in instalments, but unclear if any portion is refundable

  • The Prime Minister’s Office and the Liberal Party still won't say whether ministers can participate in the leadership election without resigning from cabinet.
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 11, 2025 | UPDATED January 13, 2025
The federal Liberals will elect outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's successor on March 9. The entry fee to enter the leadership election is $350,000, the highest of any party in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberal leadership candidates can pay $350,000 entry fee in instalments, but unclear if any portion is refundable

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 11, 2025 | UPDATED January 13, 2025
  • The Prime Minister’s Office and the Liberal Party still won't say whether ministers can participate in the leadership election without resigning from cabinet.

Liberal leadership candidates can pay $350,000 entry fee in instalments, but unclear if any portion is refundable

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 11, 2025 | UPDATED January 13, 2025
  • The Prime Minister’s Office and the Liberal Party still won't say whether ministers can participate in the leadership election without resigning from cabinet.
The federal Liberals will elect outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's successor on March 9. The entry fee to enter the leadership election is $350,000, the highest of any party in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

  • The federal government spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year, despite calls to cut back on spending, criticism over its reliance
News | BY IREM KOCA | January 11, 2025
Jean-Yves Duclos
Jean-Yves Duclos
Last May, Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos addressed the need for stronger oversight and integrity in federal procurement, especially in professional services. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 11, 2025
  • The federal government spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year, despite calls to cut back on spending, criticism over its reliance

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

News | BY IREM KOCA | January 11, 2025
  • The federal government spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year, despite calls to cut back on spending, criticism over its reliance
Jean-Yves Duclos
Last May, Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos addressed the need for stronger oversight and integrity in federal procurement, especially in professional services. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

  • Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
By invoking U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has raised the stakes for the Liberal leadership race, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
  • Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.

Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
  • Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
By invoking U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has raised the stakes for the Liberal leadership race, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Beyond Trudeau: a chance to rethink Canadian democracy

  • In this pivotal moment, Canada can redefine a vision for civic engagement, rebuild trust in government, and transform division into dialogue.
Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his coming resignation as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party has found his successor at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Beyond Trudeau: a chance to rethink Canadian democracy

Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
  • In this pivotal moment, Canada can redefine a vision for civic engagement, rebuild trust in government, and transform division into dialogue.

Beyond Trudeau: a chance to rethink Canadian democracy

Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
  • In this pivotal moment, Canada can redefine a vision for civic engagement, rebuild trust in government, and transform division into dialogue.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his coming resignation as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party has found his successor at a press conference in Ottawa on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

  • As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON | January 9, 2025
Mark Holland
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland. The federal government has not done enough to respond to recommendations from a report it commissioned on Canada's pandemic response, write Senator Stan Kutcher, John Bergeron, and Kathleen Dickson.

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON | January 9, 2025
  • As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON | January 9, 2025
  • As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.
Mark Holland
Health Minister Mark Holland. The federal government has not done enough to respond to recommendations from a report it commissioned on Canada's pandemic response, write Senator Stan Kutcher, John Bergeron, and Kathleen Dickson.

Are we fascist yet?

  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
In his new book, Shadows of Tyranny, left, Ken McGoogan argues we're at a historical juncture, where an ascendant right—personified by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, right—is fed up with this system of laws, regulations, and institutions and means to rewrite them, writes Christopher Dornan. Book cover courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre and Trump photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
In his new book, Shadows of Tyranny, left, Ken McGoogan argues we're at a historical juncture, where an ascendant right—personified by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, right—is fed up with this system of laws, regulations, and institutions and means to rewrite them, writes Christopher Dornan. Book cover courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre and Trump photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

  • The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
The House of Commons has been prorogued until March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
  • The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin

A spring election may push budget to fall 2025, says former PBO Page

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | January 8, 2025
  • The lengthy prorogation will also 'complicate and put at risk' the approval of supply funds—spending money, essentially—for the government, says ex-parliamentary budget officer Kevin
The House of Commons has been prorogued until March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

  • How do you tell a mother needing life-saving cancer treatment that you can’t help her because the funding simply isn’t there? Or the young
Opinion | BY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER | January 8, 2025
Our government health and social care systems do not fully cover some essential prescription drugs and innovative therapies, home care, travel-related expenses to receive treatments, and more, write Kathleen Barnard and Louise Binder. Unsplash photograph by the National Cancer Institute

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

Opinion | BY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER | January 8, 2025
  • How do you tell a mother needing life-saving cancer treatment that you can’t help her because the funding simply isn’t there? Or the young

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

Opinion | BY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER | January 8, 2025
  • How do you tell a mother needing life-saving cancer treatment that you can’t help her because the funding simply isn’t there? Or the young
Our government health and social care systems do not fully cover some essential prescription drugs and innovative therapies, home care, travel-related expenses to receive treatments, and more, write Kathleen Barnard and Louise Binder. Unsplash photograph by the National Cancer Institute

Justin Trudeau’s final act: a tragedy of his own making

  • History won’t only remember Justin Trudeau for the early triumphs or the transformative programs like pharmacare and dental care that Jagmeet Singh squeezed out
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party once a new leader is elected at t press conference outside Rideau Cottage on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Justin Trudeau’s final act: a tragedy of his own making

Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
  • History won’t only remember Justin Trudeau for the early triumphs or the transformative programs like pharmacare and dental care that Jagmeet Singh squeezed out

Justin Trudeau’s final act: a tragedy of his own making

Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
  • History won’t only remember Justin Trudeau for the early triumphs or the transformative programs like pharmacare and dental care that Jagmeet Singh squeezed out
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party once a new leader is elected at t press conference outside Rideau Cottage on Jan. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

  • This fragmented structure overseeing our borders—reminiscent of the systemic failures America faced pre-9/11—seriously impedes effective intelligence-gathering and law enforcement. 
Opinion | BY KELLY SUNDBERG | January 7, 2025
Longtime Liberal MP David McGuinty became the new public safety minister on Dec. 20, 2024. Our government’s inability to secure the border has put Canadians at needless risk, writes Kelly Sundberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

Opinion | BY KELLY SUNDBERG | January 7, 2025
  • This fragmented structure overseeing our borders—reminiscent of the systemic failures America faced pre-9/11—seriously impedes effective intelligence-gathering and law enforcement. 

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

Opinion | BY KELLY SUNDBERG | January 7, 2025
  • This fragmented structure overseeing our borders—reminiscent of the systemic failures America faced pre-9/11—seriously impedes effective intelligence-gathering and law enforcement. 
Longtime Liberal MP David McGuinty became the new public safety minister on Dec. 20, 2024. Our government’s inability to secure the border has put Canadians at needless risk, writes Kelly Sundberg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

  • Cabinet ministers should resign before entering a leadership race since they must solicit donations and memberships, says former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 7, 2025
The federal Liberal caucus will gather on the Hill for a six-hour meeting on Jan. 8 where it's expected they'll get a presentation from party headquarters about the rules for the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 7, 2025
  • Cabinet ministers should resign before entering a leadership race since they must solicit donations and memberships, says former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate

PM Trudeau, Liberal HQ undecided on whether sitting cabinet ministers can run for leadership

News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 7, 2025
  • Cabinet ministers should resign before entering a leadership race since they must solicit donations and memberships, says former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate
The federal Liberal caucus will gather on the Hill for a six-hour meeting on Jan. 8 where it's expected they'll get a presentation from party headquarters about the rules for the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

  • Strategic investments in innovation and a supportive policy context could build on a proven made-in-Canada model to position us at the forefront of geothermal.
Opinion | BY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL | January 7, 2025
Jonathan Wilkinson
Jonathan Wilkinson
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Canada has the natural advantages that could help it catch up and lead with next-generation geothermal power, write Peter Massie and Emily Smejkal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

Opinion | BY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL | January 7, 2025
  • Strategic investments in innovation and a supportive policy context could build on a proven made-in-Canada model to position us at the forefront of geothermal.

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

Opinion | BY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL | January 7, 2025
  • Strategic investments in innovation and a supportive policy context could build on a proven made-in-Canada model to position us at the forefront of geothermal.
Jonathan Wilkinson
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Canada has the natural advantages that could help it catch up and lead with next-generation geothermal power, write Peter Massie and Emily Smejkal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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B.C., N.B. elections forecast tough road for incumbents, with many Canadians ‘struggling’

  • Premiers of all political stripes that once looked ‘invincible’ are struggling to get re-elected across the country, says pollster Dan Arnold.
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | October 24, 2024
British Columbia Premier David Eby, left, and outgoing New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs both faced electorates that were looking for change in recent provincial elections. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

B.C., N.B. elections forecast tough road for incumbents, with many Canadians ‘struggling’

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | October 24, 2024
  • Premiers of all political stripes that once looked ‘invincible’ are struggling to get re-elected across the country, says pollster Dan Arnold.

B.C., N.B. elections forecast tough road for incumbents, with many Canadians ‘struggling’

News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | October 24, 2024
  • Premiers of all political stripes that once looked ‘invincible’ are struggling to get re-elected across the country, says pollster Dan Arnold.
British Columbia Premier David Eby, left, and outgoing New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs both faced electorates that were looking for change in recent provincial elections. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trust in politicians: will 2025 be the year to rebuild it?

  • Less than one-fifth of Canadians trust politicians for reliable information—putting them at the bottom of our national trust landscape.
Opinion | BY BRUCE MACLELLAN | October 24, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. We are living in a crisis of trust, and our politicians are coming from a position of weakness. It’s time they cared, writes Bruce MacLellan. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Trust in politicians: will 2025 be the year to rebuild it?

Opinion | BY BRUCE MACLELLAN | October 24, 2024
  • Less than one-fifth of Canadians trust politicians for reliable information—putting them at the bottom of our national trust landscape.

Trust in politicians: will 2025 be the year to rebuild it?

Opinion | BY BRUCE MACLELLAN | October 24, 2024
  • Less than one-fifth of Canadians trust politicians for reliable information—putting them at the bottom of our national trust landscape.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. We are living in a crisis of trust, and our politicians are coming from a position of weakness. It’s time they cared, writes Bruce MacLellan. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Bipartisan palate cleanser at Parliamentary Centre’s Democracy Awards

  • Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney and former NDP leader Ed Broadbent were honoured at the annual awards reception on Oct. 23 at
FeatureBY STUART BENSON | October 24, 2024
Ben Mulroney accepts the 2024 Democracy Award on behalf of his late-father, Brian Mulroney on Oct. 23, at the annual reception hosted by The Parliamentary Centre and the British High Commission.
Ben Mulroney accepts the 2024 Democracy Award on behalf of his late-father, Brian Mulroney on Oct. 23, at the annual reception hosted by The Parliamentary Centre and the British High Commission.
Ben Mulroney accepts the 2024 Democracy Award on behalf of his late-father, Brian Mulroney on Oct. 23, at the annual reception hosted by The Parliamentary Centre and the British High Commission. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Bipartisan palate cleanser at Parliamentary Centre’s Democracy Awards

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | October 24, 2024
  • Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney and former NDP leader Ed Broadbent were honoured at the annual awards reception on Oct. 23 at

Bipartisan palate cleanser at Parliamentary Centre’s Democracy Awards

FeatureBY STUART BENSON | October 24, 2024
  • Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney and former NDP leader Ed Broadbent were honoured at the annual awards reception on Oct. 23 at
Ben Mulroney accepts the 2024 Democracy Award on behalf of his late-father, Brian Mulroney on Oct. 23, at the annual reception hosted by The Parliamentary Centre and the British High Commission.
Ben Mulroney accepts the 2024 Democracy Award on behalf of his late-father, Brian Mulroney on Oct. 23, at the annual reception hosted by The Parliamentary Centre and the British High Commission. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Ottawa’s stance in court on clean water for First Nations is appalling 

  • After relegating First Nations to reserves and opening their traditional territories to resource exploitation, the Crown surely faces a moral duty to ensure the
Opinion | BY LYNNE GROULX | October 24, 2024
Patty Hajdu
Patty Hajdu
Even as Ottawa argues it has no legal duty on the matter, politicians have said the government has a role. In April 2022, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said ‘Canada accepts the role that the government has played in First Nations' lack of access to clean drinking water.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ottawa’s stance in court on clean water for First Nations is appalling 

Opinion | BY LYNNE GROULX | October 24, 2024
  • After relegating First Nations to reserves and opening their traditional territories to resource exploitation, the Crown surely faces a moral duty to ensure the

Ottawa’s stance in court on clean water for First Nations is appalling 

Opinion | BY LYNNE GROULX | October 24, 2024
  • After relegating First Nations to reserves and opening their traditional territories to resource exploitation, the Crown surely faces a moral duty to ensure the
Patty Hajdu
Even as Ottawa argues it has no legal duty on the matter, politicians have said the government has a role. In April 2022, Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu said ‘Canada accepts the role that the government has played in First Nations' lack of access to clean drinking water.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Citizen-centred innovation the way forward for Canada

  • By recognizing that technology is not an end in itself, but rather only a means to assist in satisfying citizen needs, we can begin
Opinion | BY DAVID WATTERS | October 24, 2024
François-Philippe Champagne
François-Philippe Champagne
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne. Citizen-centered innovation means designing and implementing innovation programs to satisfy human needs, writes David Watters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Citizen-centred innovation the way forward for Canada

Opinion | BY DAVID WATTERS | October 24, 2024
  • By recognizing that technology is not an end in itself, but rather only a means to assist in satisfying citizen needs, we can begin

Citizen-centred innovation the way forward for Canada

Opinion | BY DAVID WATTERS | October 24, 2024
  • By recognizing that technology is not an end in itself, but rather only a means to assist in satisfying citizen needs, we can begin
François-Philippe Champagne
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne. Citizen-centered innovation means designing and implementing innovation programs to satisfy human needs, writes David Watters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nepal’s foreign minister joins national day fun

Nepalese Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba delivers remarks at the Nepal Constitution and National Day reception at the Westin Hotel on Sept. 18. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Nepal’s foreign minister joins national day fun

Nepal’s foreign minister joins national day fun

Nepalese Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba delivers remarks at the Nepal Constitution and National Day reception at the Westin Hotel on Sept. 18. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

U.S. election offers Liberals a glimmer of hope

  • In short, the U.S. election results may help the Liberals, but it won’t be their political salvation. 
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 24, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, U.S. Vice-president Kamala Harris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

U.S. election offers Liberals a glimmer of hope

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 24, 2024
  • In short, the U.S. election results may help the Liberals, but it won’t be their political salvation. 

U.S. election offers Liberals a glimmer of hope

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 24, 2024
  • In short, the U.S. election results may help the Liberals, but it won’t be their political salvation. 
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, U.S. Vice-president Kamala Harris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Still standing

  • Plus, a former prime minister testifies on the miscarriage of justice bill.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 24, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will carry on today with a major announcement about immigration policy, following a challenge to his leadership at the Liberal caucus meeting yesterday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Still standing

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 24, 2024
  • Plus, a former prime minister testifies on the miscarriage of justice bill.

Still standing

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 24, 2024
  • Plus, a former prime minister testifies on the miscarriage of justice bill.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will carry on today with a major announcement about immigration policy, following a challenge to his leadership at the Liberal caucus meeting yesterday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

B.C. Liberal MP Weiler read a letter to Trudeau and caucus on behalf of dissenting MPs, calling for the prime minister’s resignation

  • One Liberal MP described the meeting as ‘the first time we've had a caucus meeting where people actually spoke their mind.’
News | BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL | October 23, 2024
At the Oct. 23 Liberal national caucus meeting, Liberal MP Patrick Weiler read out a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, according to Liberal sources. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

B.C. Liberal MP Weiler read a letter to Trudeau and caucus on behalf of dissenting MPs, calling for the prime minister’s resignation

News | BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL | October 23, 2024
  • One Liberal MP described the meeting as ‘the first time we've had a caucus meeting where people actually spoke their mind.’

B.C. Liberal MP Weiler read a letter to Trudeau and caucus on behalf of dissenting MPs, calling for the prime minister’s resignation

News | BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL | October 23, 2024
  • One Liberal MP described the meeting as ‘the first time we've had a caucus meeting where people actually spoke their mind.’
At the Oct. 23 Liberal national caucus meeting, Liberal MP Patrick Weiler read out a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, according to Liberal sources. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away

  • As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But
Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 23, 2024
Forest fires in Alberta in 2023. This mitigation failure and regression is happening as the climate science is telling us that climate change is accelerating. Climate change is now an existential crisis, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 23, 2024
  • As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But

Mitigation failure: slip-sliding away

Opinion | BY BILL HENDERSON | October 23, 2024
  • As things worsen and slip-sliding away gets impossible, real mitigation will eventually be considered and then—if the disaster chaos doesn’t make it impossible—implemented. But
Forest fires in Alberta in 2023. This mitigation failure and regression is happening as the climate science is telling us that climate change is accelerating. Climate change is now an existential crisis, writes Bill Henderson. Photograph courtesy of Cpl. Marc-André Leclerc, DND

Knives out? Liberals grapple with leadership question

  • Liberal MPs gathered for a national caucus meeting on Oct. 23 where some called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down
FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2024
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith scrums with reporters after the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on Oct. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Knives out? Liberals grapple with leadership question

FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2024
  • Liberal MPs gathered for a national caucus meeting on Oct. 23 where some called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down

Knives out? Liberals grapple with leadership question

FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2024
  • Liberal MPs gathered for a national caucus meeting on Oct. 23 where some called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith scrums with reporters after the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on Oct. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Liberals’ greatest communication failure

  • How poor messaging on carbon pricing undermined Justin Trudeau's climate agenda.
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | October 23, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s team failed to translate their long-term environmental objectives into tangible, short-term benefits that Canadians could feel in their everyday lives, writes Éric Blais. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Liberals’ greatest communication failure

Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | October 23, 2024
  • How poor messaging on carbon pricing undermined Justin Trudeau's climate agenda.

The Liberals’ greatest communication failure

Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | October 23, 2024
  • How poor messaging on carbon pricing undermined Justin Trudeau's climate agenda.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s team failed to translate their long-term environmental objectives into tangible, short-term benefits that Canadians could feel in their everyday lives, writes Éric Blais. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

No happy ending for the Chagos Islands

  • Britain is handing the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, but Chagossians are banned from returning to Diego Garcia where many of their ancestors originally
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 23, 2024
Under the U.K.-Mauritius deal, Chagossians are banned from returning to their original homeland, the island of Diego Garcia, pictured, which was turned into a giant American airbase in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/European Space Agency

No happy ending for the Chagos Islands

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 23, 2024
  • Britain is handing the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, but Chagossians are banned from returning to Diego Garcia where many of their ancestors originally

No happy ending for the Chagos Islands

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 23, 2024
  • Britain is handing the Chagos Islands over to Mauritius, but Chagossians are banned from returning to Diego Garcia where many of their ancestors originally
Under the U.K.-Mauritius deal, Chagossians are banned from returning to their original homeland, the island of Diego Garcia, pictured, which was turned into a giant American airbase in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/European Space Agency

‘We stand on the shoulders of giants’: MPs pay homage to Cirillo, Vincent 10 years after Hill attack

  • On the 10th anniversary of that fateful day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP MP Charlie Angus, Bloc MP Louis Plamondon,
FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2024
Wreaths lay at the foot of the National War Memorial on Oct. 23, 2014, where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was gunned down the day before while standing sentry. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

‘We stand on the shoulders of giants’: MPs pay homage to Cirillo, Vincent 10 years after Hill attack

FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2024
  • On the 10th anniversary of that fateful day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP MP Charlie Angus, Bloc MP Louis Plamondon,

‘We stand on the shoulders of giants’: MPs pay homage to Cirillo, Vincent 10 years after Hill attack

FeatureBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2024
  • On the 10th anniversary of that fateful day, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP MP Charlie Angus, Bloc MP Louis Plamondon,
Wreaths lay at the foot of the National War Memorial on Oct. 23, 2014, where Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was gunned down the day before while standing sentry. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Chile hosts boisterous bash

Clockwise from back left: Sébastien Carrière, chief of protocol of Canada; International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen; Liberal MP Terry Sheehan; Chilean Ambassador Juan Carlos García Pérez De Arce; and Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Chile hosts boisterous bash

Chile hosts boisterous bash

Clockwise from back left: Sébastien Carrière, chief of protocol of Canada; International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen; Liberal MP Terry Sheehan; Chilean Ambassador Juan Carlos García Pérez De Arce; and Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Why the Bank of Canada cut the key interest rate

  • The 50-basis-point cut, reducing the rate to 3.75. per cent, is 'to support economic growth and keep inflation close to the middle' of the
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 23, 2024
Tiff Macklem
Tiff Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, pictured on July 24, announced Wednesday that the central bank has again cut the interest rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why the Bank of Canada cut the key interest rate

News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 23, 2024
  • The 50-basis-point cut, reducing the rate to 3.75. per cent, is 'to support economic growth and keep inflation close to the middle' of the

Why the Bank of Canada cut the key interest rate

News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 23, 2024
  • The 50-basis-point cut, reducing the rate to 3.75. per cent, is 'to support economic growth and keep inflation close to the middle' of the
Tiff Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, pictured on July 24, announced Wednesday that the central bank has again cut the interest rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Environment Minister Guilbeault hires a new press secretary

  • Plus, an update on the transport team now under Minister Anita Anand, including Anson Duran’s exit as chief of staff.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2024
Steven Guilbeault speaks with reporters in the West Block.
Steven Guilbeault speaks with reporters in the West Block.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault has added two communications aides to his team, including a new press secretary. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Environment Minister Guilbeault hires a new press secretary

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2024
  • Plus, an update on the transport team now under Minister Anita Anand, including Anson Duran’s exit as chief of staff.

Environment Minister Guilbeault hires a new press secretary

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2024
  • Plus, an update on the transport team now under Minister Anita Anand, including Anson Duran’s exit as chief of staff.
Steven Guilbeault speaks with reporters in the West Block.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault has added two communications aides to his team, including a new press secretary. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau faces the pitchforks—but how many?

  • Plus, the leaders of China, Russia, India, and Iran have gathered to talk strategy.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 23, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to face calls to step down during today's Liberal caucus meeting on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau faces the pitchforks—but how many?

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 23, 2024
  • Plus, the leaders of China, Russia, India, and Iran have gathered to talk strategy.

Trudeau faces the pitchforks—but how many?

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 23, 2024
  • Plus, the leaders of China, Russia, India, and Iran have gathered to talk strategy.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to face calls to step down during today's Liberal caucus meeting on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parties need to look inward before trying to present united front against Modi

  • The House of Commons’ return from Thanksgiving break was predictably consumed by reaction to the bombshell news dropped during the adjournment: that the diplomatic
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | October 23, 2024
Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe correctly forecast that the emergency debate on Oct. 21 would feature Conservatives and Liberals blaming each other for foreign interference. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Parties need to look inward before trying to present united front against Modi

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | October 23, 2024
  • The House of Commons’ return from Thanksgiving break was predictably consumed by reaction to the bombshell news dropped during the adjournment: that the diplomatic

Parties need to look inward before trying to present united front against Modi

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | October 23, 2024
  • The House of Commons’ return from Thanksgiving break was predictably consumed by reaction to the bombshell news dropped during the adjournment: that the diplomatic
Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe correctly forecast that the emergency debate on Oct. 21 would feature Conservatives and Liberals blaming each other for foreign interference. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

India interference allegations exposing who’s not ride-or-die for Canada

  • There are too many ops in the Canadian media and the political class, and they need to be flushed out into the septic tank
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 23, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—and some members of the media—have been playing fast and loose with the need to consistently dunk on the Liberals, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

India interference allegations exposing who’s not ride-or-die for Canada

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 23, 2024
  • There are too many ops in the Canadian media and the political class, and they need to be flushed out into the septic tank

India interference allegations exposing who’s not ride-or-die for Canada

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 23, 2024
  • There are too many ops in the Canadian media and the political class, and they need to be flushed out into the septic tank
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre—and some members of the media—have been playing fast and loose with the need to consistently dunk on the Liberals, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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