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Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2026. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrick
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 28, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Jan. 22 remarks about the Plains of Abraham were met with pure vitriol from Quebec leaders, but he’s right to push back on the idea Quebecers never supported Confederation in 1867, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 28, 2026
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 28, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Jan. 22 remarks about the Plains of Abraham were met with pure vitriol from Quebec leaders, but he’s right to push back on the idea Quebecers never supported Confederation in 1867, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 26, 2026
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
Opinion | BY CATHY ORLANDO | January 26, 2026
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 21 address at the World Economic Forum reinforced a worldview rooted in dominance, coercion, and zero-sum thinking, writes Cathy Orlando. Photograph courtesy of World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell
Opinion | BY CATHY ORLANDO | January 26, 2026
Opinion | BY CATHY ORLANDO | January 26, 2026
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Jan. 21 address at the World Economic Forum reinforced a worldview rooted in dominance, coercion, and zero-sum thinking, writes Cathy Orlando. Photograph courtesy of World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell
Opinion | BY CAM HOLMSTROM | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CAM HOLMSTROM | January 26, 2026
Opinion | BY CAM HOLMSTROM | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PETER COPELAND | August 20, 2025
The clock is already ticking on executing the government’s mandate as the coalition in Parliament is fragile, and the U.S. remains unpredictable, writes Peter Copeland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PETER COPELAND | August 20, 2025
Opinion | BY PETER COPELAND | August 20, 2025
The clock is already ticking on executing the government’s mandate as the coalition in Parliament is fragile, and the U.S. remains unpredictable, writes Peter Copeland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised that his Liberal government will table a budget this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 20, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised that his Liberal government will table a budget this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters as he leaves the Métis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | August 18, 2025
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters as he leaves the Métis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Prime Minister’s First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | August 18, 2025
Opinion | BY SHAWN MCCARTHY | August 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Prime Minister’s First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY KATHRYN MAY | August 14, 2025
Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia, the country’s top bureaucrat hand-picked by Carney, set the tone from Day One, when he said the public service is too complicated and too slow 'at a time when we need to speed up because the world is moving as fast is.'   The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY KATHRYN MAY | August 14, 2025
News | BY KATHRYN MAY | August 14, 2025
Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia, the country’s top bureaucrat hand-picked by Carney, set the tone from Day One, when he said the public service is too complicated and too slow 'at a time when we need to speed up because the world is moving as fast is.'   The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 13, 2025
Capital Pride and Liberal Party organizers are attempting to ‘lower the temperature’ ahead of Ottawa’s annual parade on Aug. 24 to avoid last year's turbulence. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 13, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 13, 2025
Capital Pride and Liberal Party organizers are attempting to ‘lower the temperature’ ahead of Ottawa’s annual parade on Aug. 24 to avoid last year's turbulence. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | August 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn’t need to reveal the blow-by-blow of his negotiations with the American president—but he does need to speak plainly about what’s guiding his decisions, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | August 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn’t need to reveal the blow-by-blow of his negotiations with the American president—but he does need to speak plainly about what’s guiding his decisions, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters The Office of the Prime Minister in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters the Prime Minister's Office in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters The Office of the Prime Minister in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney enters the Prime Minister's Office in downtown Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | August 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters before the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | August 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters before the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 19, 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Innovation Minister Mélanie Joly, second left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the Commons foyer in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 11, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 19, 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Innovation Minister Mélanie Joly, second left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the Commons foyer in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 11, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on Jan. 15, 2025, at a first ministers meeting in Ottawa, wearing a ‘Canada is Not For Sale’ hat. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 11, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on Jan. 15, 2025, at a first ministers meeting in Ottawa, wearing a ‘Canada is Not For Sale’ hat. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade