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Chrystia Freeland, pictured at the March 2025 Liberal leadership announcement, said she would vacate her Toronto-area seat on Jan. 9, after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he had made her an economic development adviser to the country. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | December 28, 2025
Progressive Senate Group Leader Brian Francis, left, incoming-Canadian Senators Group leader Gigi Osler, current PSG Senator Peter Harder, and Independent Senator Pierre Dalphond say they want to see the continuation of the independent Senate model. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | December 28, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | December 28, 2025
Progressive Senate Group Leader Brian Francis, left, incoming-Canadian Senators Group leader Gigi Osler, current PSG Senator Peter Harder, and Independent Senator Pierre Dalphond say they want to see the continuation of the independent Senate model. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY DANIEL ARAYA | December 24, 2025
Rather than remaining a subordinate partner within a declining American empire, Canada, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, is now beginning to pursue its own grand strategy, writes Daniel Araya. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DANIEL ARAYA | December 24, 2025
Opinion | BY DANIEL ARAYA | December 24, 2025
Rather than remaining a subordinate partner within a declining American empire, Canada, under Prime Minister Mark Carney, is now beginning to pursue its own grand strategy, writes Daniel Araya. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to get Canada on a new growth path in our increasingly uncertain world by investing $1-trillion in public and private money over the next five years and a doubling of Canada’s non-U.S. exports of goods and services to $600-billion over the next 10 years, but it will not be easy, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 24, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to get Canada on a new growth path in our increasingly uncertain world by investing $1-trillion in public and private money over the next five years and a doubling of Canada’s non-U.S. exports of goods and services to $600-billion over the next 10 years, but it will not be easy, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | December 23, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, shakes hands with Conservative MP Laila Goodridge after speaking before his caucus in the West Block on Sept. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | December 23, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | December 23, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, shakes hands with Conservative MP Laila Goodridge after speaking before his caucus in the West Block on Sept. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 22, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Dec. 18, 2025, where the federal and Ontario governments signed a cooperation agreement to work together on development projects. Meanwhile, Carney said opposition MPs who choose to cross the floor are 'attracted by what we are doing,' as reported by Global News on Dec. 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 22, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | December 22, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Dec. 18, 2025, where the federal and Ontario governments signed a cooperation agreement to work together on development projects. Meanwhile, Carney said opposition MPs who choose to cross the floor are 'attracted by what we are doing,' as reported by Global News on Dec. 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 27, 2025
King Charles arrives at the Senate of Canada building on May 27 before delivering the Speech from the Throne, marking the first time in nearly 50 years that a monarch has opened Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 27, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 27, 2025
King Charles arrives at the Senate of Canada building on May 27 before delivering the Speech from the Throne, marking the first time in nearly 50 years that a monarch has opened Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 26, 2025
Francis Scarpaleggia
After a secret ballot, Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia was voted in as House Speaker for the 45th Parliament on May 26. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 26, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 26, 2025
Francis Scarpaleggia
After a secret ballot, Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia was voted in as House Speaker for the 45th Parliament on May 26. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Unlike his predecessor, Prime Minister Mark Carney is 'more crisp and precise in his answers, and he doesn't tend to give a lecture,' says former Liberal MP Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | May 26, 2025
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Unlike his predecessor, Prime Minister Mark Carney is 'more crisp and precise in his answers, and he doesn't tend to give a lecture,' says former Liberal MP Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 26, 2025
Generation X: Pierre Poilievre, left, and Mark Carney, are both technically generation Xers, people born between 1965 and 1980. Poilievre was born in 1979 and Carney was born in 1965, but Carney comes across like a boomer, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 26, 2025
Generation X: Pierre Poilievre, left, and Mark Carney, are both technically generation Xers, people born between 1965 and 1980. Poilievre was born in 1979 and Carney was born in 1965, but Carney comes across like a boomer, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 26, 2025
Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall, left, and Charles, then-Prince of Wales, on their royal visit to Ottawa on May 18, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 26, 2025
Camilla, then-Duchess of Cornwall, left, and Charles, then-Prince of Wales, on their royal visit to Ottawa on May 18, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | May 26, 2025
Newly elected MPs attend an orientation session put on by House of Commons staff on May 21, 2025. The House will be full this week when MPs return for this Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | May 26, 2025
Newly elected MPs attend an orientation session put on by House of Commons staff on May 21, 2025. The House will be full this week when MPs return for this Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | May 26, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the White House's Oval Office on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa, Ont. on May 20, 2025, to head to a cabinet forum at Meech Lake, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa on May 20 to head to a cabinet forum at Meech Lake in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa, Ont. on May 20, 2025, to head to a cabinet forum at Meech Lake, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the Prime Minister’s Office in Ottawa on May 20 to head to a cabinet forum at Meech Lake in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians have honoured him with 'a mandate to bring about big changes quickly,' and he 'will work relentlessly to fulfill that trust,' during a news conference on May 2 where he outlined his government's priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 25, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians have honoured him with 'a mandate to bring about big changes quickly,' and he 'will work relentlessly to fulfill that trust,' during a news conference on May 2 where he outlined his government's priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on May 21, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 25, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on May 21, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks down Sparks Street in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. Carney must now not only deal with national and international issues, but also the wants, hopes, and needs of 170 Liberals, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 25, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks down Sparks Street in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. Carney must now not only deal with national and international issues, but also the wants, hopes, and needs of 170 Liberals, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out priorities for his government during a news conference on May 2, which he said includes 'embarking on the biggest transformation of the economy since the Second World War.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 24, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney laid out priorities for his government during a news conference on May 2, which he said includes 'embarking on the biggest transformation of the economy since the Second World War.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade