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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
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | December 6, 2023
Quebec Premier François Legault was never a skilled politician, and doesn’t have the kind of objectivity to look at the track record and fix what’s broken, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | December 6, 2023
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | December 6, 2023
Quebec Premier François Legault was never a skilled politician, and doesn’t have the kind of objectivity to look at the track record and fix what’s broken, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 22, 2023
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is one of the provincial leaders who has accused the Trudeau government of jurisdictional creep. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 22, 2023
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 22, 2023
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is one of the provincial leaders who has accused the Trudeau government of jurisdictional creep. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 15, 2023
The price on carbon has emerged as a major symbolic liability for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 15, 2023
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 15, 2023
The price on carbon has emerged as a major symbolic liability for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 23, 2023
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s willing to lead the charge with other premiers opposing the federal government’s environmental and energy policies, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 23, 2023
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 23, 2023
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she’s willing to lead the charge with other premiers opposing the federal government’s environmental and energy policies, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 27, 2023
The furor over the questionable Greenbelt land deal is only likely to get louder, despite Ontario Premier Doug Ford trying to change the channel, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 27, 2023
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 27, 2023
The furor over the questionable Greenbelt land deal is only likely to get louder, despite Ontario Premier Doug Ford trying to change the channel, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 27, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 14, 2020, says Ottawa will share principles 'in the coming days' that provinces and the feds have both agreed to uphold, as jurisdictions share plans to reopen their economies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 27, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 27, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 14, 2020, says Ottawa will share principles 'in the coming days' that provinces and the feds have both agreed to uphold, as jurisdictions share plans to reopen their economies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | April 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. 'This crisis has had the effect of collapsing a huge amount of the partisanship between parties and the sniping between different levels of government,' said Geoff Norquay, principal at Earnscliffe and former senior adviser to both Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper. 'Six months ago in the federal election, the prime minister essentially campaigned against Doug Ford and Jason Kenney, and that will never happen again.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | April 13, 2020
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | April 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. 'This crisis has had the effect of collapsing a huge amount of the partisanship between parties and the sniping between different levels of government,' said Geoff Norquay, principal at Earnscliffe and former senior adviser to both Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper. 'Six months ago in the federal election, the prime minister essentially campaigned against Doug Ford and Jason Kenney, and that will never happen again.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 8, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The efforts of the premiers, the prime minister’s managed public utterances, and backroom diplomacy must have helped in resolving the log jam around 3M's masks, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 8, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 8, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The efforts of the premiers, the prime minister’s managed public utterances, and backroom diplomacy must have helped in resolving the log jam around 3M's masks, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S.' demand that companies like 3M halt exports of N95 masks to Canada will 'hurt' both economies, which still engage in cross-border trade, even as the border has been sealed to non-essential travel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 3, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S.' demand that companies like 3M halt exports of N95 masks to Canada will 'hurt' both economies, which still engage in cross-border trade, even as the border has been sealed to non-essential travel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transpsort Minister Marc Garneau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transpsort Minister Marc Garneau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT MCMANUS | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY MATT MCMANUS | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY MATT MCMANUS | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | February 12, 2020
Education Minister Stephen Lecce, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in December at the site of the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital that's currently under construction. To date, no full-on strike has occurred, but neither has a negotiated settlement been reached between the government and Ontario's teachers, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | February 12, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | February 12, 2020
Education Minister Stephen Lecce, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in December at the site of the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital that's currently under construction. To date, no full-on strike has occurred, but neither has a negotiated settlement been reached between the government and Ontario's teachers, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 16, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured. Forget about predictions; the only thing you can really expect in 2020 is the unexpected, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 16, 2019
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 16, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured. Forget about predictions; the only thing you can really expect in 2020 is the unexpected, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | December 11, 2019
An aerial shot of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont., taken in March 2006. Nuclear power generation accounted for 15 per cent of Canada's electricity in 2017, according to Natural Resources Canada. Photograph courtesy of Chuck Szmurlo
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | December 11, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | December 11, 2019
An aerial shot of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station near Kincardine, Ont., taken in March 2006. Nuclear power generation accounted for 15 per cent of Canada's electricity in 2017, according to Natural Resources Canada. Photograph courtesy of Chuck Szmurlo
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 27, 2019
It’s hard to set aside the surprising outpouring of criticism and warnings about Andrew Scheer’s leadership from within his own party, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 27, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 27, 2019
It’s hard to set aside the surprising outpouring of criticism and warnings about Andrew Scheer’s leadership from within his own party, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | November 18, 2019
Opinion | November 18, 2019
Opinion | November 18, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 30, 2019
Incited by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, right, Prairie residents have been encouraged to see the federal Liberals as a scapegoat for all their problems, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 30, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 30, 2019
Incited by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, right, Prairie residents have been encouraged to see the federal Liberals as a scapegoat for all their problems, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade