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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government deserves credit for adopting a more pragmatic approach. It has not gone unnoticed in Beijing, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 12, 2026
Pictured top right and clockwise: U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photographs courtesy of the Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 12, 2026
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 12, 2026
Pictured top right and clockwise: U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and French President Emmanuel Macron. Photographs courtesy of the Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | January 9, 2026
Chrystia Freeland, centre, at the March 2025 Liberal leadership announcement, said she would vacate her Toronto seat on Jan. 9, after being appointed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's economic development adviser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | January 9, 2026
News | BY MARLO GLASS | January 9, 2026
Chrystia Freeland, centre, at the March 2025 Liberal leadership announcement, said she would vacate her Toronto seat on Jan. 9, after being appointed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's economic development adviser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 9, 2026
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin
The only direction Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin has given the advisory body in the months after April’s federal election was to work on an annual report, which covers activities from the year before the election, according to current and former members. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 9, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 9, 2026
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin
The only direction Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin has given the advisory body in the months after April’s federal election was to work on an annual report, which covers activities from the year before the election, according to current and former members. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in New York. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in New York. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
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
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | October 27, 2025
It is likely that Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is one of just a few people in Canada's Parliament who know anything about U.S. President Donald's Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defence system. That needs to change. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | October 27, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | October 27, 2025
It is likely that Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is one of just a few people in Canada's Parliament who know anything about U.S. President Donald's Trump's proposed Golden Dome missile defence system. That needs to change. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 22, 2025
Mark Carney
In his first budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney has on his shoulders a collective task that surpasses the long-term challenges undertaken by a single prime minister in decades, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 22, 2025
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 22, 2025
Mark Carney
In his first budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney has on his shoulders a collective task that surpasses the long-term challenges undertaken by a single prime minister in decades, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 22, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has seemingly prioritized diversification through Europe over the Indo-Pacific given his tour itinerary. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 22, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 22, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has seemingly prioritized diversification through Europe over the Indo-Pacific given his tour itinerary. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 10, 2025. It is pretty much a political platitude these days to say that Canada must diversify its trading partners, rather than continue with a dangerous economic reliance on the United States, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in Ottawa on Oct. 10, 2025. It is pretty much a political platitude these days to say that Canada must diversify its trading partners, rather than continue with a dangerous economic reliance on the United States, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 20, 2025
Mark Carney
This spring, Prime Minister Mark Carney was able to present himself as a new face in Parliament, with plenty of experience in the business and international communities, but more attention needs to be paid to rural regions that have been painted a deep swath of blue for the past two decades, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 20, 2025
Mark Carney
This spring, Prime Minister Mark Carney was able to present himself as a new face in Parliament, with plenty of experience in the business and international communities, but more attention needs to be paid to rural regions that have been painted a deep swath of blue for the past two decades, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 20, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the House of Commons for Question Period on Oct. 1, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | October 20, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the House of Commons for Question Period on Oct. 1, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney. While Canada has potential, the World Intellectual Property Organization's 2025 Global Innovation Report says it lags badly on high-tech exports, creative outputs from the business sector, industrial designs, trade marks, and other forms of intellectual property, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 20, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney. While Canada has potential, the World Intellectual Property Organization's 2025 Global Innovation Report says it lags badly on high-tech exports, creative outputs from the business sector, industrial designs, trade marks, and other forms of intellectual property, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have had a good meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, but there is a restiveness forming at home, writes Tim Powers. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 15, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have had a good meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, but there is a restiveness forming at home, writes Tim Powers. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | October 13, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to welcome Indonesian President Prabowo Sugianto to Parliament Hill's West Block on Sept. 24, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | October 13, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | October 13, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to welcome Indonesian President Prabowo Sugianto to Parliament Hill's West Block on Sept. 24, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 13, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the West Wing entrance of the White House on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 13, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | October 13, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the West Wing entrance of the White House on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of White House photographer Daniel Torok