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The Liberals and Conservatives are spending big on competing ads to paint either Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, or Liberal hopeful Mark Carney, centre, as the worst foil against the U.S. president, while NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, right, is fighting by himself to remind Canadians he's still a contender. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 30, 2025
From top left: Premier and Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, and Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. From bottom left: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Leader Elizabeth May. Photos courtesy of Ontario Liberals, Ontario Greens, and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 30, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 30, 2025
From top left: Premier and Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie, Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles, and Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner. From bottom left: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Leader Elizabeth May. Photos courtesy of Ontario Liberals, Ontario Greens, and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2025
Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Frank Baylis, Ruby Dhalla, and Jaime Battiste.
Pictured from top left and clockwise: Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Jaime Battiste, Ruby Dhalla, and Frank Baylis have all made it to the starting blocks for the Liberal leadership race. The deadline for a non-refundable $50,000 deposit with the party could narrow the field of candidates. Battiste dropped out of the race yesterday. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and handouts
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2025
Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Frank Baylis, Ruby Dhalla, and Jaime Battiste.
Pictured from top left and clockwise: Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, Jaime Battiste, Ruby Dhalla, and Frank Baylis have all made it to the starting blocks for the Liberal leadership race. The deadline for a non-refundable $50,000 deposit with the party could narrow the field of candidates. Battiste dropped out of the race yesterday. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and handouts
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterates his calls for an ‘axe the tax’ federal election while at a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 29, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterates his calls for an ‘axe the tax’ federal election while at a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 9. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 27, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the Liberals' national caucus retreat on the Hill on Jan. 23, 2025. He will step down on March 9 after the party elect its new leader. Some Liberals are advocating internally for the new leader to call an election before the House reconvenes on March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 27, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 27, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at the Liberals' national caucus retreat on the Hill on Jan. 23, 2025. He will step down on March 9 after the party elect its new leader. Some Liberals are advocating internally for the new leader to call an election before the House reconvenes on March 24. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 29, 2018
Conservative national campaign manager Hamish Marshall, pictured in Ottawa in February, says candidates in 2019 don't need to have a long history with the party to be considered viable options. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 29, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 29, 2018
Conservative national campaign manager Hamish Marshall, pictured in Ottawa in February, says candidates in 2019 don't need to have a long history with the party to be considered viable options. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 27, 2018
With Maxime Bernier, left, out of the Conservative Party, Tory caucus members said they weren’t concerned party members would abandon the leadership of Andrew Scheer, right. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 27, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 27, 2018
With Maxime Bernier, left, out of the Conservative Party, Tory caucus members said they weren’t concerned party members would abandon the leadership of Andrew Scheer, right. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party delegates voted on 30 policy resolutions on the third and final day of the party's national convention in Halifax on Saturday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 25, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party delegates voted on 30 policy resolutions on the third and final day of the party's national convention in Halifax on Saturday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
From left, Toronto Conservative convention delegate William Luke, president of the Saskatchewan Party Youth Tye Hapke, University of Waterloo student Alexander Corelli, and University of Lethbridge student Emily Gilroy. The Hill Times photographs by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
From left, Toronto Conservative convention delegate William Luke, president of the Saskatchewan Party Youth Tye Hapke, University of Waterloo student Alexander Corelli, and University of Lethbridge student Emily Gilroy. The Hill Times photographs by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, centre, with wife Jill and former Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, centre, with wife Jill and former Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 24, 2018
Conservative Party delegates sat down to cast their votes in the first round of policy debate at their national convention in Halifax Friday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 24, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 24, 2018
Conservative Party delegates sat down to cast their votes in the first round of policy debate at their national convention in Halifax Friday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 24, 2018
Montreal-area delegate Tanya Eickhoff supported former Tory Maxime Bernier's ideas, but said she was angered by 'gadfly' actions that serve to distract the Conservative Party. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 24, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 24, 2018
Montreal-area delegate Tanya Eickhoff supported former Tory Maxime Bernier's ideas, but said she was angered by 'gadfly' actions that serve to distract the Conservative Party. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in a Parliament Hill press conference that he is leaving the Conservative Party Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Beatrice Paez
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in a Parliament Hill press conference that he is leaving the Conservative Party Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Beatrice Paez
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
Conservatives will be hashing out items that may make it on the party’s 2019 election platform at their convention in Halifax this weekend. Pictured, delegates vote during a plenary session in Calgary in 2013. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
Conservatives will be hashing out items that may make it on the party’s 2019 election platform at their convention in Halifax this weekend. Pictured, delegates vote during a plenary session in Calgary in 2013. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 22, 2018
If party leader Andrew Scheer wants the Conservatives to succeed in 2019, he has to step outside the Tory base and find a small foothold among other voters, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 22, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 22, 2018
If party leader Andrew Scheer wants the Conservatives to succeed in 2019, he has to step outside the Tory base and find a small foothold among other voters, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
After stirring up controversy on Twitter, Tory MP Maxime Bernier, left, is pulling focus from Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s, right, first policy convention as leader. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
After stirring up controversy on Twitter, Tory MP Maxime Bernier, left, is pulling focus from Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s, right, first policy convention as leader. The Hill Times file photograph