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The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
Following a decision by the BOIE, the House of Commons will now cover travel expense claims from any individual who is called to the bar of the Chamber and lives outside the National Capital Region. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 4, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould said the Liberal government has provided thousands of pages of documents already, 'in a way that complies with its obligations under the Charter,' in an emailed statement to The Hill Times on Oct. 31. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 4, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 4, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould said the Liberal government has provided thousands of pages of documents already, 'in a way that complies with its obligations under the Charter,' in an emailed statement to The Hill Times on Oct. 31. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 2, 2024
The chair's gavel at the the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs— the committee to which MPs have suggested the SDTC documents issue be referred. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 2, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 2, 2024
The chair's gavel at the the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs— the committee to which MPs have suggested the SDTC documents issue be referred. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2024
The Centre Block building
The Centre Block building, as seen across Wellington Street from the site of the future Block 2 office complex on June 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2024
The Centre Block building
The Centre Block building, as seen across Wellington Street from the site of the future Block 2 office complex on June 25. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 21, 2024
Karina Gould
Government House Leader Karina Gould says the 'Conservatives are filibustering their own motion,' as the privilege debate stretches to two weeks. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 21, 2024
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 21, 2024
Karina Gould
Government House Leader Karina Gould says the 'Conservatives are filibustering their own motion,' as the privilege debate stretches to two weeks. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
Despite the privilege-debate hurdle, the current dysfunction still hasn't reached the levels of toxicity that spurred the 2021 election call, says Government House Leader Karina Gould. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and photo illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 16, 2024
Despite the privilege-debate hurdle, the current dysfunction still hasn't reached the levels of toxicity that spurred the 2021 election call, says Government House Leader Karina Gould. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and photo illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 11, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould, left, said the Liberals want to see the debate come to an end. Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer says Parliament can get back to work if the government hands over all unredacted documents related to the controversial cleantech fund. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 11, 2024
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 11, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould, left, said the Liberals want to see the debate come to an end. Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer says Parliament can get back to work if the government hands over all unredacted documents related to the controversial cleantech fund. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
In an Oct. 8 scrum, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on the comments made the day before that earned him a rebuke from the House Speaker. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 8, 2024
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
In an Oct. 8 scrum, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on the comments made the day before that earned him a rebuke from the House Speaker. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 4, 2024
Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer's privilege motion on the government's failure to comply with an order to release documents related to the Sustainable Development Technology Canada fund has brought Parliament to a standstill. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 4, 2024
News | BY IREM KOCA | October 4, 2024
Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer's privilege motion on the government's failure to comply with an order to release documents related to the Sustainable Development Technology Canada fund has brought Parliament to a standstill. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2024
Conservative MP Scott Reid tabled M-109 in the House in February, but says the idea behind the motion has been on his mind 'for years.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2024
Conservative MP Scott Reid tabled M-109 in the House in February, but says the idea behind the motion has been on his mind 'for years.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 8, 2024
MPs who declared sponsored travel in the first half of 2024 include Stephanie Kusie, top left, Omar Alghabra, Salma Zahid, Shafqat Ali, Heather McPherson, Peter Fonseca, Judy Sgro, Chandra Arya, Brendan Hanley, Kevin Vuong, Arielle Kayabaga, and Lindsay Mathyssen. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 8, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 8, 2024
MPs who declared sponsored travel in the first half of 2024 include Stephanie Kusie, top left, Omar Alghabra, Salma Zahid, Shafqat Ali, Heather McPherson, Peter Fonseca, Judy Sgro, Chandra Arya, Brendan Hanley, Kevin Vuong, Arielle Kayabaga, and Lindsay Mathyssen. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 3, 2024
Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, and NDP MPs Lindsay Mathyssen, Heather McPherson, and Matthew Green say they want to see the House codify a policy addressing MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 3, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 3, 2024
Liberal MP Sherry Romanado, left, and NDP MPs Lindsay Mathyssen, Heather McPherson, and Matthew Green say they want to see the House codify a policy addressing MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | June 27, 2024
Senator Marilou McPhedran, left, and NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen are the co-chairs of the Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | June 27, 2024
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | June 27, 2024
Senator Marilou McPhedran, left, and NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen are the co-chairs of the Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 10, 2024
An interpreter at work in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in February 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 10, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 10, 2024
An interpreter at work in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in February 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 7, 2024
Conservative MP Ryan Williams talks on the phone while leaving a caucus meeting in October 2021. Among the benefits of switching to VoIP constituency phone services highlighted by the House chief information officer is the ability for MPs and their staff to make and receive calls from ‘any internet-connected device.’ The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 7, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 7, 2024
Conservative MP Ryan Williams talks on the phone while leaving a caucus meeting in October 2021. Among the benefits of switching to VoIP constituency phone services highlighted by the House chief information officer is the ability for MPs and their staff to make and receive calls from ‘any internet-connected device.’ The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 22, 2024
Conservative MP Marty Morantz makes his way past Parliamentary Protective Service officers to get to the West Block on Jan. 31, 2022, amid the so-called Freedom Convoy's occupation of Wellington Street. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 22, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 22, 2024
Conservative MP Marty Morantz makes his way past Parliamentary Protective Service officers to get to the West Block on Jan. 31, 2022, amid the so-called Freedom Convoy's occupation of Wellington Street. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 22, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus in West Block on April 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 22, 2024
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 22, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus in West Block on April 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 17, 2024
An electric vehicle is plugged in to a charging station west of the West Block on May 1, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 17, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 17, 2024
An electric vehicle is plugged in to a charging station west of the West Block on May 1, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade