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Liberal MPs Jaime Battiste, left, and Mike Kelloway
Liberal MPs Jaime Battiste, left, says he is the incumbent for the newly-formed Sydney-Glace Bay, N.S., riding given it contains much of his current riding, while Mike Kelloway says the new electoral boundaries mean there are no incumbents. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson, photograph courtesy of X
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 23, 2024
The 2024 fall economic statement includes a number of measures related to the public service, including millions of dollars for modernizing Service Canada locations. The Hill Times photograph by Sophall Duch
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 23, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 23, 2024
The 2024 fall economic statement includes a number of measures related to the public service, including millions of dollars for modernizing Service Canada locations. The Hill Times photograph by Sophall Duch
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland arrives at a committee hearing on Dec. 9, 2024, a week before she quit as deputy prime minister and finance minister. Her bombshell resignation from Cabinet on Dec. 16 would result in renewed questions over the future of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland arrives at a committee hearing on Dec. 9, 2024, a week before she quit as deputy prime minister and finance minister. Her bombshell resignation from Cabinet on Dec. 16 would result in renewed questions over the future of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | December 9, 2024
The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
The BOIE has extended a pilot project testing new phone service management approaches, but has signalled the House-managed option being tested will become the default post-election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | December 9, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | December 9, 2024
The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
The BOIE has extended a pilot project testing new phone service management approaches, but has signalled the House-managed option being tested will become the default post-election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 29, 2024
Chrystia Freeland, deputy prime minister and finance minister, and Dominic LeBlanc, public safety and intergovernmental affairs minister, participated in a first ministers’ meeting addressing president-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all products entering the U.S. from Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 22, 2019
Former Ontario Liberal MPP Kevin Flynn, left, and University of Toronto law professor Anita Anand, centre left, are seeking Liberal nomination in Oakville, Ont. to succeed outgoing Liberal MP John Oliver, centre right. Former two-term Conservative MP Terence Young, right, has been acclaimed as his party's candidate for the October election. Photographs courtesy of Ontario legislature, University of Toronto, and House of Commons
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 22, 2019
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 22, 2019
Former Ontario Liberal MPP Kevin Flynn, left, and University of Toronto law professor Anita Anand, centre left, are seeking Liberal nomination in Oakville, Ont. to succeed outgoing Liberal MP John Oliver, centre right. Former two-term Conservative MP Terence Young, right, has been acclaimed as his party's candidate for the October election. Photographs courtesy of Ontario legislature, University of Toronto, and House of Commons
Opinion | April 15, 2019
Opinion | April 15, 2019
Opinion | April 15, 2019
FeatureBY EMILY HAWS | April 8, 2019
Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, centre, in the raft with Liberal MPs Will Amos, right, and Larry Bagnell, back right, at Camp Day on the Hill, which celebrated the work of the Tim Horton Children's Foundation April 3. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Yves Duclos' Twitter account
FeatureBY EMILY HAWS | April 8, 2019
FeatureBY EMILY HAWS | April 8, 2019
Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, centre, in the raft with Liberal MPs Will Amos, right, and Larry Bagnell, back right, at Camp Day on the Hill, which celebrated the work of the Tim Horton Children's Foundation April 3. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Yves Duclos' Twitter account
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 20, 2019
Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured in her Gatineau, Que., office on Feb. 8, says the new department formalizes work that was already being done by Status of Women. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 20, 2019
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 20, 2019
Women and Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef, pictured in her Gatineau, Que., office on Feb. 8, says the new department formalizes work that was already being done by Status of Women. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | February 6, 2019
Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan was sworn in to her newly created cabinet post on Jan. 14. Critics say her file is political cover for the Liberals’ lagging rural agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | February 6, 2019
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | February 6, 2019
Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan was sworn in to her newly created cabinet post on Jan. 14. Critics say her file is political cover for the Liberals’ lagging rural agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 5, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's office says Canada has made 'significant progress' towards achieving the targets set out in the Feminist International Assistance Policy announced last June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 5, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 5, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau's office says Canada has made 'significant progress' towards achieving the targets set out in the Feminist International Assistance Policy announced last June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | November 14, 2018
Liberal MP John McKay, left, sponsored the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act as a private member’s bill back in 2006. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | November 14, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | November 14, 2018
Liberal MP John McKay, left, sponsored the Official Development Assistance Accountability Act as a private member’s bill back in 2006. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 10, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, left, and the Liberal government are being criticized by Conservative Ziad Aboultaif, centre, and the NDP's Robert Aubin, right, who say the Liberals are not 'walking the talk' on their foreign aid policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photo, and photograph courtesy of Robert Aubin
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 10, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 10, 2018
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, left, and the Liberal government are being criticized by Conservative Ziad Aboultaif, centre, and the NDP's Robert Aubin, right, who say the Liberals are not 'walking the talk' on their foreign aid policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photo, and photograph courtesy of Robert Aubin
FeatureBY SHRUTI SHEKAR | December 4, 2017
Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS and an under-secretary general of the United Nations, pictured delivering a speech at the Nov. 29 event. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY SHRUTI SHEKAR | December 4, 2017
FeatureBY SHRUTI SHEKAR | December 4, 2017
Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS and an under-secretary general of the United Nations, pictured delivering a speech at the Nov. 29 event. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 6, 2017
The Fathers of Confederation, pictured at the Charlottetown Conference in September 1864. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 6, 2017
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 6, 2017
The Fathers of Confederation, pictured at the Charlottetown Conference in September 1864. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia
News | BY EMILY HAWS | November 1, 2017
Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi, centre, has defended the government's response to a committee report on protecting public-service whistleblowers, which Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, left, and NDP MP Erin Weir, right, said didn't go far enough. The Hill Times file photos, and photo courtesy of the House of Commons
News | BY EMILY HAWS | November 1, 2017
News | BY EMILY HAWS | November 1, 2017
Liberal MP Yasmin Ratansi, centre, has defended the government's response to a committee report on protecting public-service whistleblowers, which Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, left, and NDP MP Erin Weir, right, said didn't go far enough. The Hill Times file photos, and photo courtesy of the House of Commons
News | BY ZACH VARDA | May 31, 2017
Residents of Gatineau had to wade, paddle, and sandbag their way through the flood earlier this month, with or without help from the authorities. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ZACH VARDA | May 31, 2017
News | BY ZACH VARDA | May 31, 2017
Residents of Gatineau had to wade, paddle, and sandbag their way through the flood earlier this month, with or without help from the authorities. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright