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Prime Minister Mark Carney visits China this week, marking the first time a Canadian prime minister has visited the country since 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Alberta Senator Paula Simons, left, and Elon Musk. Simons says she would like to see the federal government stop using the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. 'Like, why is Mark Carney posting statements on there? Why are we subsidizing it with government intellectual property?' she told The Hill Times. Photographs courtesy of the Senate of Canada and Commons Wikimedia
Then-MP Belinda Stronach, left, and then-prime minister Paul Martin, pictured in May 2005, after announcing that Stronach would be joining the Liberals right before a critical vote in the House of Commons. Stronach also joined Martin's cabinet. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger has been pushing for a review of the Lobbying Act since she was appointed to her role in 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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