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Assembly of First National National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney take questions from delegates at the AFN's Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Dec. 2, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, RIDDHI KACHHELA | December 8, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov. 27, outlining a shared commitment to establish Canada as 'a global energy superpower.' The HIll Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, RIDDHI KACHHELA | December 8, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, RIDDHI KACHHELA | December 8, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov. 27, outlining a shared commitment to establish Canada as 'a global energy superpower.' The HIll Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak met with First Nations chiefs at a summit in Ottawa on Dec. 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 6, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak met with First Nations chiefs at a summit in Ottawa on Dec. 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 5, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin did not answer questions about whether a new pipeline would increase emissions in a recent parliamentary committee appearance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 5, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 5, 2025
Julie Dabrusin
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin did not answer questions about whether a new pipeline would increase emissions in a recent parliamentary committee appearance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has also made commitments to Britain, the European Union, various European countries including France, Germany, Poland and Sweden, Mexico, Korea, India, Indonesia, and other ASEAN nations, Brazil, and China.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | December 1, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has also made commitments to Britain, the European Union, various European countries including France, Germany, Poland and Sweden, Mexico, Korea, India, Indonesia, and other ASEAN nations, Brazil, and China.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | December 1, 2025
At the rate things are turning weird out there, it’s far from clear that Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 17, 2025, knows what our foreign policy is going to look like under Prime Minister Mark Carney, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | December 1, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | December 1, 2025
At the rate things are turning weird out there, it’s far from clear that Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 17, 2025, knows what our foreign policy is going to look like under Prime Minister Mark Carney, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced six additional projects and one concept that will be referred to the Major Projects Office, including the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project, on Nov. 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 14, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced six additional projects and one concept that will be referred to the Major Projects Office, including the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project, on Nov. 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have already set in motion the events that will decide the fate of his government's first budget in the weeks prior to the document being tabled in the House, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have already set in motion the events that will decide the fate of his government's first budget in the weeks prior to the document being tabled in the House, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 11, 2025
Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali’s second supplementary estimates for 2025-26, tabled on Nov. 7, outline $10.8-billion in spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 11, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 11, 2025
Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali’s second supplementary estimates for 2025-26, tabled on Nov. 7, outline $10.8-billion in spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, pictured Oct. 20, 2025, at the Senate National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs Committee, have committed to hiring additional officers in the RCMP, which is currently experiencing a 7.7 per cent total vacancy rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, left, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme, pictured Oct. 20, 2025, at the Senate National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs Committee, have committed to hiring additional officers in the RCMP, which is currently experiencing a 7.7 per cent total vacancy rate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | November 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget represents a perfection of managerial politics: continuity disguised as change, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | November 5, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | November 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget represents a perfection of managerial politics: continuity disguised as change, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, top right, and interim NDP leader Don Davies. Despite quarterly fundraising falling to levels unseen since 2022, the Liberals’ and Conservatives’ three-quarter totals already represent historic records for their respective parties. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustrations by Joey Sabourin
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 5, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, top right, and interim NDP leader Don Davies. Despite quarterly fundraising falling to levels unseen since 2022, the Liberals’ and Conservatives’ three-quarter totals already represent historic records for their respective parties. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustrations by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | November 3, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters before the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Oct. 8, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | November 3, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters before the House of Commons foyer before Question Period on Oct. 8, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. If Carney is lucky, the opposition parties will defeat the budget and we will be plunged into a Christmas election, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. If Carney is lucky, the opposition parties will defeat the budget and we will be plunged into a Christmas election, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | November 3, 2025
The decision by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured, to run ads in the United States using former president Ronald Reagan's words about his dislike of tariffs motivated current President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | November 3, 2025
The decision by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured, to run ads in the United States using former president Ronald Reagan's words about his dislike of tariffs motivated current President Donald Trump to end trade talks with Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has led the Liberal Party to a reversal of fortunes in fundraising this year, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's three-quarter total is just shy of his party's historic 2024 total. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 31, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has led the Liberal Party to a reversal of fortunes in fundraising this year, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's three-quarter total is just shy of his party's historic 2024 total. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | October 30, 2025
So far, Prime Minister Mark Carney has fixated on investor sentiment: walking back the capital gains tax hike, hinting at 'builder-friendly' tax cuts and capital access tools.
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | October 30, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | October 30, 2025
So far, Prime Minister Mark Carney has fixated on investor sentiment: walking back the capital gains tax hike, hinting at 'builder-friendly' tax cuts and capital access tools.
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's biggest challenge is to win Canadians' trust, to convince them that he's on the right track, and that he's pursuing a short-term-pain-for-long-term-gain strategy that is in Canada’s best interests, David Crane writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 27, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's biggest challenge is to win Canadians' trust, to convince them that he's on the right track, and that he's pursuing a short-term-pain-for-long-term-gain strategy that is in Canada’s best interests, David Crane writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade