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Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on Feb. 11, 2026. Right now Cuba is on the menu, and Canada, in its first real test after the Davos speech, has to decide whether it will stand by and watch the situation in Cuba worsen even more, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has decisions to make about the Senate. De-politicized by design a decade ago, it never regained a shared parliamentary purpose with the House of Commons, and is now an institution some describe as adrift, write Richard Nolan and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN | February 9, 2026
Opinion | BY GREG MACDOUGALL, RICHARD NOLAN | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has decisions to make about the Senate. De-politicized by design a decade ago, it never regained a shared parliamentary purpose with the House of Commons, and is now an institution some describe as adrift, write Richard Nolan and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | February 9, 2026
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured Jan. 27, 2026, at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the National National Holocaust Monument In Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | February 9, 2026
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | February 9, 2026
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured Jan. 27, 2026, at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the National National Holocaust Monument In Ottawa. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for Question Period on Feb. 3, 2026. As Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin put it, 'The prime minister is now seen as leading the resistance among middle powers of the world to American subjugation.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 9, 2026
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for Question Period on Feb. 3, 2026. As Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin put it, 'The prime minister is now seen as leading the resistance among middle powers of the world to American subjugation.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference with Canada’s premiers after the first ministers’ meeting in the West Block on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 9, 2026
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a press conference with Canada’s premiers after the first ministers’ meeting in the West Block on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has not appointed members to an advisory board that makes recommendations on Senate appointments. The board is nearly empty after the terms of most members expired. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | February 9, 2026
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | February 9, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has not appointed members to an advisory board that makes recommendations on Senate appointments. The board is nearly empty after the terms of most members expired. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 30, 2025
Provincial and federal Liberal sources say Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie's problems in Ottawa could expand well beyond any potential challenger's leadership aspirations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 30, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 30, 2025
Provincial and federal Liberal sources say Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie's problems in Ottawa could expand well beyond any potential challenger's leadership aspirations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | July 28, 2025
Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on July 21, 2025, ahead of a meeting with a bipartisan delegation of United States Senators. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | July 28, 2025
Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on July 21, 2025, ahead of a meeting with a bipartisan delegation of United States Senators. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | July 28, 2025
Sean Fraser
Justice Minister Sean Fraser said back in June that the duty to consult does not give Indigenous leaders a 'blanket veto' on proposed projects. He walked the comment back the next day, acknowledging that his words could undermine trust, but that doesn’t mean that he didn’t mean what he said when he said it, writes Lori Turnbull. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | July 28, 2025
Sean Fraser
Justice Minister Sean Fraser said back in June that the duty to consult does not give Indigenous leaders a 'blanket veto' on proposed projects. He walked the comment back the next day, acknowledging that his words could undermine trust, but that doesn’t mean that he didn’t mean what he said when he said it, writes Lori Turnbull. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 28, 2025
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
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, in Gatineau, Que. The credibility of the upcoming budget will be test number one for the building an economy for the future. Implementation will be test number two. Success is urgent. And some early deliverables are vital for ongoing public support. It’s all about our future, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 28, 2025
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
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, in Gatineau, Que. The credibility of the upcoming budget will be test number one for the building an economy for the future. Implementation will be test number two. Success is urgent. And some early deliverables are vital for ongoing public support. It’s all about our future, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, at the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 28, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured July 17, 2025, at the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on April 10, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 21, 2025
B.C. NDP MP Don Davies is currently serving as the interim leader. The new party leader will be elected in March. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 21, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 21, 2025
B.C. NDP MP Don Davies is currently serving as the interim leader. The new party leader will be elected in March. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney gives opening remarks at the Prime Minister’s First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 21, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney gives opening remarks at the Prime Minister’s First Nations Summit on Bill C-5 at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Both Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, national chief of the Assemby of First Nations, were in Gatineau, Que. for the Bill C-5 summit on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Both Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, national chief of the Assemby of First Nations, were in Gatineau, Que. for the Bill C-5 summit on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 21, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa on July 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 21, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 21, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a press conference in the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa on July 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the 2025 Calgary Stampede. Photograph courtesy of X/Mark Carney
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 21, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney at the 2025 Calgary Stampede. Photograph courtesy of X/Mark Carney
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 18, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants to work in partnership with First Nations communities to advance nation-building projects, but there is still ‘staunch opposition’ to his One Canadian Economy Act from some chiefs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 18, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 18, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wants to work in partnership with First Nations communities to advance nation-building projects, but there is still ‘staunch opposition’ to his One Canadian Economy Act from some chiefs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade