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Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has a record of being outspoken on climate change, but since being elected, he has been quiet on the subject, which is cause for concern among some environment groups and leaders, but not others. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
In a press conference on June 20, 2025, in the West Block, Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, said his government would organize full-day summits with Indigenous rights holders, leadership and experts, that will take place this summer, to discuss Bill C-5. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, left, also spoke at the press conference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
In a press conference on June 20, 2025, in the West Block, Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, said his government would organize full-day summits with Indigenous rights holders, leadership and experts, that will take place this summer, to discuss Bill C-5. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, left, also spoke at the press conference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still doing well in public opinion polls, despite some of his controversial and contentious moves, so far, Susan Riley writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still doing well in public opinion polls, despite some of his controversial and contentious moves, so far, Susan Riley writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | February 6, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, left, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Ruby Dhalla, and Frank Baylis. Robust leadership races are normally a good thing, but these aren't normal times, writes Jamie Carroll, former national director of the Liberal Party of Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and handouts
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | February 6, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | February 6, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, left, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Ruby Dhalla, and Frank Baylis. Robust leadership races are normally a good thing, but these aren't normal times, writes Jamie Carroll, former national director of the Liberal Party of Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and handouts
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | February 3, 2025
Liberal-turned-Independent MP Han Dong was completely exonerated by the final report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference headed by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, writes Sheila Copps. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | February 3, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | February 3, 2025
Liberal-turned-Independent MP Han Dong was completely exonerated by the final report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference headed by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, writes Sheila Copps. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Canadians will soon be voting in a federal election, but will they get the chance to cast an informed vote, or merely support the party that most successfully denigrates its rival, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | February 3, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Canadians will soon be voting in a federal election, but will they get the chance to cast an informed vote, or merely support the party that most successfully denigrates its rival, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 30, 2025
Liberal leadership contendera
Liberal leadership contenders Chrystia Freeland, left, Mark Carney, and Karina Gould. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 30, 2025
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 30, 2025
Liberal leadership contendera
Liberal leadership contenders Chrystia Freeland, left, Mark Carney, and Karina Gould. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 30, 2025
From top left: Premier and Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, and Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. From bottom left: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Leader Elizabeth May. Photos courtesy of Ontario Liberals, Ontario Greens, and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 30, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 30, 2025
From top left: Premier and Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, and Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. From bottom left: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Leader Elizabeth May. Photos courtesy of Ontario Liberals, Ontario Greens, and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterates his calls for an ‘axe the tax’ federal election while at a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterates his calls for an ‘axe the tax’ federal election while at a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 29, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates
Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland, left, Karina Gould, and Mark Carney have called for strong responses to threats emanating from the Trump administration. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 29, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | January 29, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates
Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland, left, Karina Gould, and Mark Carney have called for strong responses to threats emanating from the Trump administration. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 29, 2025
Chrystia Freeland's rebrand may be liberating for her and her supporters, but for a politician whose cornerstone was credibility, her political currency is evaporating, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 29, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 29, 2025
Chrystia Freeland's rebrand may be liberating for her and her supporters, but for a politician whose cornerstone was credibility, her political currency is evaporating, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
Jamie Battiste
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he doesn't want to see the issue of reconciliation continue to take backseat in the Liberal leadership race as has been the case in the first week since the entry deadline. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 29, 2025
Jamie Battiste
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste says he doesn't want to see the issue of reconciliation continue to take backseat in the Liberal leadership race as has been the case in the first week since the entry deadline. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 27, 2025
Former Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault, in Ottawa on Jan. 27, says he’s returning to politics and plans to again be co-leader alongside current leader Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 27, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 27, 2025
Former Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault, in Ottawa on Jan. 27, says he’s returning to politics and plans to again be co-leader alongside current leader Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 27, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates
Chrystia Freeland, left, Mark Carney, Karina Gould, Chandra Arya, Ruby Dhalla, Frank Baylis, and Jaime Battiste all made it to the starting blocks for the Liberal leadership race. Arya's application was rejected, Battiste pulled out on Jan. 30, and Dhalla was kicked out of the race on Feb. 21. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Twitter, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 27, 2025
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | January 27, 2025
Liberal leadership candidates
Chrystia Freeland, left, Mark Carney, Karina Gould, Chandra Arya, Ruby Dhalla, Frank Baylis, and Jaime Battiste all made it to the starting blocks for the Liberal leadership race. Arya's application was rejected, Battiste pulled out on Jan. 30, and Dhalla was kicked out of the race on Feb. 21. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Twitter, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 27, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the Liberals' national caucus retreat on the Hill on Jan. 23, 2025. He will step down on March 9 after the party elect its new leader. Some Liberals are advocating internally for the new leader to call an election before the House reconvenes on March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 27, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 27, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the Liberals' national caucus retreat on the Hill on Jan. 23, 2025. He will step down on March 9 after the party elect its new leader. Some Liberals are advocating internally for the new leader to call an election before the House reconvenes on March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade