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Liberals offer united front on Trump, but caucus split on candidate best fit to lead the party

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH
  • U.S. President Donald Trump also drops numerous bombshells for Canada in his World Economic Forum address as Liberals meet in Ottawa.
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland scrums with reporters outside the Liberal caucus retreat on Jan. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals offer united front on Trump, but caucus split on candidate best fit to lead the party

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH
  • U.S. President Donald Trump also drops numerous bombshells for Canada in his World Economic Forum address as Liberals meet in Ottawa.

Liberals offer united front on Trump, but caucus split on candidate best fit to lead the party

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH
  • U.S. President Donald Trump also drops numerous bombshells for Canada in his World Economic Forum address as Liberals meet in Ottawa.
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland scrums with reporters outside the Liberal caucus retreat on Jan. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

THE LATEST

‘Big Four’ consultants raked in $240-million in federal contracts last year, despite plans to cut spending 

The federal government spent nearly $240-million with four firms for consulting in accounting and auditing, management, information technology and telecommunications services in 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says 2024 spending on consultants seems ‘a bit high’ given the feds' commitment to curbing its reliance on external contractors.

‘Big Four’ consultants raked in $240-million in federal contracts last year, despite plans to cut spending 

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says 2024 spending on consultants seems ‘a bit high’ given the feds' commitment to curbing its reliance on external

Carney emerges as early top MP pick after caucus meeting

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly scrums with reporters outside the Liberal Party winter caucus retreat in West Block on Jan. 23, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney emerges as early top MP pick after caucus meeting

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly scrums with reporters outside the Liberal Party winter caucus retreat in West Block on Jan. 23, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds eye March decision on replacing problem-plagued Phoenix payroll system

NewsBY IREM KOCA
  • The government could replace the Phoenix payroll system in 2026-27, with officials deciding by March whether to greenlight the new Dayforce system depending on the outcome of testing.
  • The government could replace the Phoenix payroll system in 2026-27, with officials deciding by March whether to greenlight the new Dayforce system depending on

Who’s backing the Liberal leadership contenders?

NewsBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF
  • Mark Carney is out in front with Liberal caucus endorsements, with Chrystia Freeland a close second compared to the handful of names supporting the other candidates.
  • Mark Carney is out in front with Liberal caucus endorsements, with Chrystia Freeland a close second compared to the handful of names supporting the
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President Donald Trump

Trump amplifies trade threats

  • Plus, an ‘election convoy’ plans to ‘slow roll’ into Ottawa this weekend.

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

The Liberal race is on, so where’s Poilievre?

  • Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre appears stuck in a twilight zone, locked in a bubble with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal leadership candidates silence his talking points and ‘axe the tax’ on their own.
Opinion

Time to proudly fly our flag, and invite the U.S. to join Canada as our 11th province, eh?

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NEWS

Mélanie Joly
Reporters and cameras scrum with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly ahead of the Liberal caucus meeting on Jan. 8. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Newsroom racial and gender diversity on the decline in 2024: CAJ survey

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH
  • The Canadian Association of Journalists' annual diversity survey reveals news interns are more likely to be female, Indigenous, or a visible minority, while ‘white people are overrepresented in supervisor and leadership roles.’
Mélanie Joly

Newsroom racial and gender diversity on the decline in 2024: CAJ survey

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH
  • The Canadian Association of Journalists' annual diversity survey reveals news interns are more likely to be female, Indigenous, or a visible minority, while ‘white people are overrepresented in supervisor and leadership roles.’
22Advertising

Vying for viral: Liberals need authenticity to bridge digital divide with Tories, says online marketing strategist

NewsBY STUART BENSON
Justin Trudeau

Rising tithes lifts all boats? Hiked leadership entry fee, party cut will buoy Grits’ coffers: politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON
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HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

Parliamentary Calendar

Decision day: candidates must declare entry to Liberal leadership contest by Jan. 23

Podcast

‘Amateur hour on the Rideau,’ with Sheila Copps

Health Policy in the 44th Parliament

HILL LIFE & PEOPLE

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POLITICS

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

OPINION & COLUMNISTS

Let Bluesky soar, says letter writer

Opinion
Instead of leaving us with a legacy of a safer future or cleaner economy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stuck Canadians with the bill for a pipeline, writes Sven Biggs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The Trudeau legacy: ‘sunny ways’ in a smoky haze

OpinionBY SVEN BIGGS
  • Never again can any prime minister of any political stripe be allowed to give the nation's credit card to the Big Oil corporations. 

The Trudeau legacy: ‘sunny ways’ in a smoky haze

OpinionBY SVEN BIGGS
  • Never again can any prime minister of any political stripe be allowed to give the nation's credit card to the Big Oil corporations. 
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EDITORIAL CARTOON BY DE ADDER

  • de Adder’s Take: 01-22-2025
  • de Adder’s Take: 01-20-2025
  • de Adder’s Take: 01-15-2025

Environment & Climate Change

Welcome to ‘uncharted territory’

  • If we’re already 'in uncharted territory,' then what do we do next? There is no realistic short-term way to boost our emissions cuts: even if the will were there, the alternative energy sources take much time to build.

FOREIGN POLICY

Supply chain strategy must go beyond transportation, says Supply Chain Canada president

PostBY JESSE CNOCKAERT
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BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&As

NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics today.

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics today.
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Policy

Policy

Canada in the world and the war in Gaza

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN
  • Ottawa extends humanitarian aid for Palestinians, insisting it 'no money goes into the hands of Hamas.' But since Hamas controls what happens on the ground in Gaza, that’s likely hollow, a bit like Canada’s influence on the world stage.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada in the world and the war in Gaza

Justin Trudeau
OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN
  • Ottawa extends humanitarian aid for Palestinians, insisting it 'no money goes into the hands of Hamas.' But since Hamas controls what happens on the ground in Gaza, that’s likely hollow, a bit like Canada’s influence on the world stage.

Canada in the world and the war in Gaza

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN
  • Ottawa extends humanitarian aid for Palestinians, insisting it 'no money goes into the hands of Hamas.' But since Hamas controls what happens on the ground in Gaza, that’s likely hollow, a bit like Canada’s influence on the world stage.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade