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Prime Minister Mark Carney has found his own centre ground, formed on voter repudiation of Trump and the imperative to harness the government to achieve huge economic reforms, writes Ken Polk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still doing well in public opinion polls, despite some of his controversial and contentious moves, so far, Susan Riley writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still doing well in public opinion polls, despite some of his controversial and contentious moves, so far, Susan Riley writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and cabinet ministers Steven MacKinnon, Dominic LeBlanc, Shafqat Ali, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Tim Hodgson, bottom left, Anita Anand, David McGuinty, Sean Fraser, Steven Guilbeault, and Gregor Robertson make up Carney's 12-member Priorities, Planning and Strategy Cabinet Committee. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 6, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and cabinet ministers Steven MacKinnon, Dominic LeBlanc, Shafqat Ali, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Tim Hodgson, bottom left, Anita Anand, David McGuinty, Sean Fraser, Steven Guilbeault, and Gregor Robertson make up Carney's 12-member Priorities, Planning and Strategy Cabinet Committee. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is the most influential figure in the new Liberal government. His leadership will be judged largely by how effectively he tackles the two issues foremost on Canadians’ minds: Canada-U.S. trade relations and the rising cost of living. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is the most influential figure in the new Liberal government. His leadership will be judged largely by how effectively he tackles the two issues foremost on Canadians’ minds: Canada-U.S. trade relations and the rising cost of living. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 7, 2022
Hundreds of protesters jam the intersection of Wellington St. and Metcalfe St., in front of the Prime Minister's Office on Jan. 29, 2022 during the 'Freedom Convoy' that descended upon downtown Ottawa in protest of vaccine mandates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 7, 2022
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 7, 2022
Hundreds of protesters jam the intersection of Wellington St. and Metcalfe St., in front of the Prime Minister's Office on Jan. 29, 2022 during the 'Freedom Convoy' that descended upon downtown Ottawa in protest of vaccine mandates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 17, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured during a presser on affordable housing on June 30, 2021, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. Daniele Medlej, director of communications in Minister Hussen’s office, said that in the government’s approach to address the housing needs of Canadians, it 'must be focused on addressing issues on both the supply and management sides of the housing market.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 17, 2022
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 17, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured during a presser on affordable housing on June 30, 2021, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. Daniele Medlej, director of communications in Minister Hussen’s office, said that in the government’s approach to address the housing needs of Canadians, it 'must be focused on addressing issues on both the supply and management sides of the housing market.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 13, 2022
Ch-ch-changes in the PMO: There have been some key changes to the policy team in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office, with executive director Marci Surkes' upcoming exit, a new director and deputy director promoted, and four new advisers hired. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 13, 2022
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 13, 2022
Ch-ch-changes in the PMO: There have been some key changes to the policy team in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office, with executive director Marci Surkes' upcoming exit, a new director and deputy director promoted, and four new advisers hired. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 7, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured on his way to a press conference in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa on Jan. 5. His lead pollster of the last six years, Dan Arnold, recently left the PMO. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 7, 2022
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 7, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured on his way to a press conference in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa on Jan. 5. His lead pollster of the last six years, Dan Arnold, recently left the PMO. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 30, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's PMO spending increased by 6.9 per cent to $10.05-million during the 2020-21 fiscal year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 30, 2021
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 30, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's PMO spending increased by 6.9 per cent to $10.05-million during the 2020-21 fiscal year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | December 9, 2021
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured arriving at 111 Sussex Dr., for a cabinet meeting on Oct. 27 alongside her acting chief of staff and operations director Olivier Cullen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | December 9, 2021
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | December 9, 2021
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured arriving at 111 Sussex Dr., for a cabinet meeting on Oct. 27 alongside her acting chief of staff and operations director Olivier Cullen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 1, 2021
National Defence Anita Anand, pictured Oct. 27, 2021, leaving a cabinet meeting held at 111 Sussex Dr., followed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 1, 2021
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 1, 2021
National Defence Anita Anand, pictured Oct. 27, 2021, leaving a cabinet meeting held at 111 Sussex Dr., followed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 25, 2021
Brian Clow and Marjorie Michel have been appointed as deputy chiefs of staff in the PMO. The Hill Times file photograph and courtesy of Marjorie Michel
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 25, 2021
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 25, 2021
Brian Clow and Marjorie Michel have been appointed as deputy chiefs of staff in the PMO. The Hill Times file photograph and courtesy of Marjorie Michel
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 30, 2021
Nicholas Marcus Thompson, left, one of the representative proposed class members in a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, Kofi Achampong, principal lawyer and government relations adviser with Achampong Law, and Courtney Betty, the lawyer leading the class action. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Courtney Betty
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 30, 2021
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 30, 2021
Nicholas Marcus Thompson, left, one of the representative proposed class members in a class-action lawsuit against the federal government, Kofi Achampong, principal lawyer and government relations adviser with Achampong Law, and Courtney Betty, the lawyer leading the class action. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Courtney Betty
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | July 26, 2021
Liberal MP Wayne Easter, pictured Nov. 7, 2019, arriving at the Liberal caucus meeting at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. 'I think there's far, far, far too much control in the Prime Minister's Office, right throughout the whole system,' said Mr. Easter, 72, during a July 8 interview on The Hill Times’ Hot Room podcast. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | July 26, 2021
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | July 26, 2021
Liberal MP Wayne Easter, pictured Nov. 7, 2019, arriving at the Liberal caucus meeting at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa. 'I think there's far, far, far too much control in the Prime Minister's Office, right throughout the whole system,' said Mr. Easter, 72, during a July 8 interview on The Hill Times’ Hot Room podcast. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 15, 2021
Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Feb. 6, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 15, 2021
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 15, 2021
Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Feb. 6, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 12, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson during an affordable housing announcement in the city on June 30. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 12, 2021
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 12, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson during an affordable housing announcement in the city on June 30. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia