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As Prime Minister Mark Carney's visits to France and the U.K. reminded us, Canada’s society and institutions have non-American roots. In a period of dislocation, we should rediscover them, writes Michael W. Manulak. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney visits the campaign office in his home riding of Nepean, Ont., on March 29, 2025. A number of smart observers have commented that they are pleased to see the return of the Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Mark Carney, writes Jamie Carroll. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | April 7, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney visits the campaign office in his home riding of Nepean, Ont., on March 29, 2025. A number of smart observers have commented that they are pleased to see the return of the Progressive Conservatives under their new leader, Mark Carney, writes Jamie Carroll. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | April 7, 2025
Ken Ng, left, chair of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Markham, and then-Liberal MP Paul Chiang at a Lunar New Year reception on the Hill on Feb. 4, 2025. Chiang stepped down last week after he suggested that a Chinese-Canadian political rival be handed over to the Chinese government, which has a bounty out for his arrest. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | April 7, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | April 7, 2025
Ken Ng, left, chair of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Markham, and then-Liberal MP Paul Chiang at a Lunar New Year reception on the Hill on Feb. 4, 2025. Chiang stepped down last week after he suggested that a Chinese-Canadian political rival be handed over to the Chinese government, which has a bounty out for his arrest. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have both lost candidates from their teams in the past week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 7, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have both lost candidates from their teams in the past week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | April 4, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | April 4, 2025
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | April 4, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh all made pre-election campaign-style stops in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and offered promises related to their respective parties' plans for Arctic security. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | April 3, 2025
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh all made pre-election campaign-style stops in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and offered promises related to their respective parties' plans for Arctic security. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 13, 2025
Chrystia Freeland, left, and Mark Carney.
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland, left, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are seen as the front-runners in the upcoming Liberal leadership race. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 13, 2025
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | January 13, 2025
Chrystia Freeland, left, and Mark Carney.
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland, left, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are seen as the front-runners in the upcoming Liberal leadership race. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
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
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 10, 2025
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
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 10, 2025
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark, left, former finance minister Chyrstia Freeland, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are considered potential Liberal leadership candidates. A Jan. 9 Abacus Data poll found 45, 57, and 52 per cent of respondents, respectively, perceived them as similar to outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 10, 2025
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 10, 2025
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark, left, former finance minister Chyrstia Freeland, and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney are considered potential Liberal leadership candidates. A Jan. 9 Abacus Data poll found 45, 57, and 52 per cent of respondents, respectively, perceived them as similar to outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | January 9, 2025
Justin Trudeau
The refusal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 8, 2025, to leave has put the party and the country in a position where there’s no longer time to do anything before Trump’s inauguration, except pray that he finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | January 9, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | January 9, 2025
Justin Trudeau
The refusal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Jan. 8, 2025, to leave has put the party and the country in a position where there’s no longer time to do anything before Trump’s inauguration, except pray that he finds the Panama Canal more interesting than the Rideau, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
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
Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
Opinion | BY NICK VLAHOS | January 9, 2025
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
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 8, 2025
Dominic LeBlanc
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Wednesday that he does not plan to run to become the next Liberal leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 8, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 8, 2025
Dominic LeBlanc
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Wednesday that he does not plan to run to become the next Liberal leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
Justin Trudeau
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
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
Opinion | BY GEORGE SOULE | January 8, 2025
Justin Trudeau
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
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2025
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, has mockingly called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘governor,’ and says Canada should be an American state. His taunts and tariff threats helped push Trudeau to resign, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 7, 2025
Justin Trudeau
On Jan. 6, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to step down once a new Liberal leader has been found. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 7, 2025
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 7, 2025
Justin Trudeau
On Jan. 6, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to step down once a new Liberal leader has been found. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 7, 2025
The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
With Parliament now prorogued, the House of Commons will remain empty until March 24. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the development on Jan. 6 when he said he would be stepping down once a new Liberal leader had been elected. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 7, 2025
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 7, 2025
The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
With Parliament now prorogued, the House of Commons will remain empty until March 24. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the development on Jan. 6 when he said he would be stepping down once a new Liberal leader had been elected. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 6, 2025
Frank Baylis
Liberal MP Frank Baylis, pictured in May 2019, says he plans to run to become the next Liberal leader. The Hill Times photographs by Peter Mazereeuw, Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 6, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 6, 2025
Frank Baylis
Liberal MP Frank Baylis, pictured in May 2019, says he plans to run to become the next Liberal leader. The Hill Times photographs by Peter Mazereeuw, Sam Garcia
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 6, 2025
Justin Trudeau
A few dozen reporters, photographers, and camera operators waited outside Rideau Cottage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement on Jan. 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 6, 2025
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 6, 2025
Justin Trudeau
A few dozen reporters, photographers, and camera operators waited outside Rideau Cottage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation announcement on Jan. 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade