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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 17, 2017
The 54-member Liberal rural caucus elected, from the left, T.J. Harvey as chair, William Amos and Marc Serré as vice-chairs, and David Graham as treasurer. Photographs courtesy of T.J. Harvey, William Amos, and Marc Serré/The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 17, 2017
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 17, 2017
The 54-member Liberal rural caucus elected, from the left, T.J. Harvey as chair, William Amos and Marc Serré as vice-chairs, and David Graham as treasurer. Photographs courtesy of T.J. Harvey, William Amos, and Marc Serré/The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 3, 2017
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale is expected to table the firearms legislation this spring. Mr. Goodale met with the Liberal caucus on Feb. 21 for an ‘update and consult’ session on the legislation and now opposition MPs want to meet with the minister to offer their input. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 3, 2017
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 3, 2017
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale is expected to table the firearms legislation this spring. Mr. Goodale met with the Liberal caucus on Feb. 21 for an ‘update and consult’ session on the legislation and now opposition MPs want to meet with the minister to offer their input. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2017
All 10 candidates seeking Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier, top to bottom, left to right: Khatera Akbari, Mona Fortier, Nicolas Moyer, Ainsley Malhotra, Véronique Soucy, Francis LeBlanc, Eric Khaiat, Jean Claude Dubuisson, Abdourahman Kahin and Persévérance Mayer. Photographs courtesy of candidates
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2017
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2017
All 10 candidates seeking Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier, top to bottom, left to right: Khatera Akbari, Mona Fortier, Nicolas Moyer, Ainsley Malhotra, Véronique Soucy, Francis LeBlanc, Eric Khaiat, Jean Claude Dubuisson, Abdourahman Kahin and Persévérance Mayer. Photographs courtesy of candidates
Opinion | BY WILL AMOS | December 7, 2016
Forty-nine MPs representing all parties recently wrote to Finance Minister Bill Morneau urging the government to fund the National Indigenous Guardians Network in the next federal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY WILL AMOS | December 7, 2016
Opinion | BY WILL AMOS | December 7, 2016
Forty-nine MPs representing all parties recently wrote to Finance Minister Bill Morneau urging the government to fund the National Indigenous Guardians Network in the next federal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 31, 2016
Longtime roommates and Conservative MPs Kevin Sorenson, left, and David Anderson, pictured in Mr. Sorenson's Hill office in the Justice Building. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 31, 2016
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 31, 2016
Longtime roommates and Conservative MPs Kevin Sorenson, left, and David Anderson, pictured in Mr. Sorenson's Hill office in the Justice Building. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
Opinion | October 26, 2016
Opinion | October 26, 2016
Opinion | October 26, 2016
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT, PAUL S. HILLIER | October 19, 2016
Conservative MP John Barlow speaks to a lobbyist in his Hill office last year. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT, PAUL S. HILLIER | October 19, 2016
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT, PAUL S. HILLIER | October 19, 2016
Conservative MP John Barlow speaks to a lobbyist in his Hill office last year. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 3, 2016
A peek at one of the private dining spaces in the Parliamentary Restaurant on the sixth floor of Centre Block, where only those in the Hill family, including MPs, Senators, staff, media, and their guests, are allowed in. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 3, 2016
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 3, 2016
A peek at one of the private dining spaces in the Parliamentary Restaurant on the sixth floor of Centre Block, where only those in the Hill family, including MPs, Senators, staff, media, and their guests, are allowed in. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 26, 2016
David de Burgh Graham, a member of the Liberal rural caucus, says if rural MPs don't work together, their concerns won't be heard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 26, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 26, 2016
David de Burgh Graham, a member of the Liberal rural caucus, says if rural MPs don't work together, their concerns won't be heard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
Liberal MPs Ruby Sahota and Matt DeCourcey pictured at the House Electoral Reform Committee on the Hill recently. Behind them sit Liberal MP staffers keeping an eye on committee work. The Hill Times photograph Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
Liberal MPs Ruby Sahota and Matt DeCourcey pictured at the House Electoral Reform Committee on the Hill recently. Behind them sit Liberal MP staffers keeping an eye on committee work. The Hill Times photograph Jake Wright
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | June 24, 2016
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, who stood firmly against the idea of the U.K. leaving the European Union, said he will step down by October. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | June 24, 2016
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | June 24, 2016
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, who stood firmly against the idea of the U.K. leaving the European Union, said he will step down by October. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
FeatureBY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | June 15, 2016
Muslim Liberal MPs break bread with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for iftar on June 6, the first day of Ramadan in Ottawa. Arif Virani Twitter photo
FeatureBY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | June 15, 2016
FeatureBY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | June 15, 2016
Muslim Liberal MPs break bread with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for iftar on June 6, the first day of Ramadan in Ottawa. Arif Virani Twitter photo