Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
  • Menu
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Archives
  • Politics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Lobbying
  • Legislation
  • Policy
  • Hill Life & People
  • Public Service
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Archives
  • Politics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Lobbying
  • Legislation
  • Policy
  • Hill Life & People
  • Public Service
  • Free Trial
  • Get free News Updates
  • SIGN IN
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Free Trial
  • Get free News Updates
  • SIGN IN
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Get free News Updates
  • {email}
    • Administration
    • Account Settings
    • Logout
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • Get free News Updates
  • {email}
    • Administration
    • Account Settings
    • Logout
  • SUBSCRIBE
Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
  • Menu
  • Home Page
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Foreign Policy
  • Politics
  • Policy
  • Legislation
  • Lobbying
  • Procurement
  • Public Service
  • Hill Life & People
  • Hill Climbers
  • Heard On The Hill
  • Civil Circles
  • Podcast: The Hot Room
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Home Page
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Foreign Policy
  • Politics
  • Policy
  • Legislation
  • Lobbying
  • Procurement
  • Public Service
  • Hill Life & People
  • Hill Climbers
  • Heard On The Hill
  • Civil Circles
  • Podcast: The Hot Room
  • Calendar
  • Archives
My Account
  • Free Trial
  • Sign in
  • Free Trial
  • Sign in
  • Free Trial
  • Sign in
  • Free Trial
  • Sign in
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Latest Paper
Saturday, August 16, 2025 | Latest Paper
Subscribe Now

TRENDING:

  • Polievre’s comeback
  • Canada-U.S. parliamentary group
  • Defence
  • Kathryn May
  • GAC dissent
  • Forest bans
  • LGBT pride
  • Polievre’s comeback
  • Canada-U.S. parliamentary group
  • Defence
  • Kathryn May
  • GAC dissent
  • Forest bans
  • LGBT pride

Canadians conflicted on Indigenous issues and Trudeau’s handling of the file, poll shows

About 53 per cent of respondents said that 'in modern Canada, Indigenous people should have no special status that other Canadians don’t have;' yet in a separate question, about 60 per cent of respondents said the treaties with Indigenous peoples have been 'too often ignored and disregarded by Canada.'

Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott told The Hill Times that in her experience, Canadians are very engaged on the Indigenous file. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News
BY EMILY HAWS
June 18, 2018
News | BY EMILY HAWS | June 18, 2018

Sponsored content

sponsored content

Get The Policy Briefings Newsletter

Get into the weeds on hot policy issues and the players shaping them.

By entering your email address you consent to receive email from The Hill Times containing news, analysis, updates and offers. You may unsubscribe at any time. See our privacy policy

FOLLOW THE HILL TIMES:

LICENSING

PODCAST

ALERTS

LICENSING

PODCAST

ALERTS

Want to make sure your whole office has the full Hill Times experience?

We have team plans available for companies, organizations, classes, Parliament Hill offices and more. Fill out this form and find out if your team is eligible for a discount.

More News

Canada-U.S. parliamentary group has been without a Commons co-chair since election: ‘very concerning’ 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Carney’s 15-per-cent challenge: cutting and rewiring Canada’s federal public service

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

‘We don’t have a choice here’: SecState for defence procurement Fuhr pledges to move ‘quicker,’ take more risks

NewsBY IREM KOCA

The $25,000 fine for violating Nova Scotia woods ban ‘not high enough,’ says Grit MP Fancy-Landry: ‘people really need to wake the hell up’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Pride attendance may no longer be a litmus test for LGBTQ support, but absence still sends a message, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON
Now-former Conservative MP Damien Kurek, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigning in Battle River-Crowfoot, Alta., on June 22, 2025.
Now-former Conservative MP Damien Kurek, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigning in Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., on June 22. Photograph courtesy of X

‘Everybody loves a comeback’: Pollsters say Conservative Leader Poilievre needs to keep his focus forward, show what he’s learned

NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • As Poilievre cruises to a likely uneventful victory in the upcoming Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., byelection, Abacus Data’s David Coletto says his party faces an uphill battle in opposition so long as focus remains south of the border.
Now-former Conservative MP Damien Kurek, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre campaigning in Battle River-Crowfoot, Alta., on June 22, 2025.

‘Everybody loves a comeback’: Pollsters say Conservative Leader Poilievre needs to keep his focus forward, show what he’s learned

NewsBY STUART BENSON
  • As Poilievre cruises to a likely uneventful victory in the upcoming Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., byelection, Abacus Data’s David Coletto says his party faces an uphill battle in opposition so long as focus remains south of the border.

GAC’s dissent channel offers partial anonymity, forbids undermining leadership: memo 

CRA complaints on the rise as deep job cuts forecast: ‘I’ll be honest, we’re swamped’

Feds spent at least $1.7-billion on defence contracts in the first half of 2025, about 16 per cent of which went to U.S. companies: data

Most POPULAR

  • 1

    CRA complaints on the rise as deep job cuts forecast: ‘I’ll be honest, we’re swamped’
    CRA complaints on the rise as deep job cuts forecast: ‘I’ll be honest, we’re swamped’
  • 2

    Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos
    Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos
  • 3

    It’s time to strike back at Trump’s tactics
    It’s time to strike back at Trump’s tactics
  • 4

    GAC’s dissent channel offers partial anonymity, forbids undermining leadership: memo 
    GAC’s dissent channel offers partial anonymity, forbids undermining leadership: memo 
  • 5

    Carney will need to prove he can actually stand up to Trump, he campaigned on it
    Carney will need to prove he can actually stand up to Trump, he campaigned on it
  • 6

    Will Poilievre vs. Ford define the CPC leadership review?
    Will Poilievre vs. Ford define the CPC leadership review?
  • 7

    ‘Everybody loves a comeback’: Pollsters say Conservative Leader Poilievre needs to keep his focus forward, show what he’s learned
    ‘Everybody loves a comeback’: Pollsters say Conservative Leader Poilievre needs to keep his focus forward, show what he’s learned
  • 8

    Canada ‘should not relent’ in trade talks, say industry reps who say auto sector needs zero tariffs
    Canada ‘should not relent’ in trade talks, say industry reps who say auto sector needs zero tariffs
  • 9

    Poilievre expands his message playbook as party preps for Parliament’s return
    Poilievre expands his message playbook as party preps for Parliament’s return
  • 10

    Feds need to ‘rethink’ industrial benefits policy and refocus on defence capabilities, say former senior officials: it ‘needs to evolve’
    Feds need to ‘rethink’ industrial benefits policy and refocus on defence capabilities, say former senior officials: it ‘needs to evolve’

Related Stories

A defence industrial policy is a good offence

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

Billions spent, little delivered: we need results-based budgeting

OpinionBY RAM MATHILAKATH

Battle River—Crowfoot byelection parallels a defeated prime minister’s attempt to return to House nearly 100 years ago

OpinionBY BILL WAISER
Pierre Poilievre

Poilievre speaks in Saskatchewan

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

What happens to the people of the occupied territories of Ukraine? It could be up to Canada

OpinionBY JON UNRUH, MICHAEL CHOLOD
In the absence of rapid diagnostic information, clinicians often prescribe antibiotics ‘just in case, even when a viral cause is more likely, writes Frédéric Dubé. Pexels photograph courtesy of Artem Podrez

How rapid diagnostics can help curb antimicrobial resistance

OpinionBY FRéDéRIC DUBé
  • Having reliable diagnostics at the point of care supports earlier detection of illnesses or other emerging threats, therefore reinforcing national response capacity.

How rapid diagnostics can help curb antimicrobial resistance

OpinionBY FRéDéRIC DUBé
  • Having reliable diagnostics at the point of care supports earlier detection of illnesses or other emerging threats, therefore reinforcing national response capacity.

News

  • Politics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Lobbying
  • Legislation
  • Policy Briefings
  • Politics This Morning
  • Hill Climbers
  • Civil Circles
  • Heard On The Hill
  • Election
  • Finance and Budget
  • Public Service
  • Exclusive Lists
  • Parliamentary Calendar
  • Top 100 Lists and Exclusive Features
  • Podcasts
  • This Week's Paper
  • Search
  • Archives
  • Digital Newspaper Archives

Get free news updates

Opinion

  • Andrew Caddell
  • Sheila Copps
  • David Crane
  • Jim Creskey
  • Gwynne Dyer
  • Matt Gurney
  • Michael Harris
  • Erica Ifill
  • Scott Taylor
  • Joe Jordan
  • Rose LeMay
  • Alex Marland
  • Gerry Nicholls
  • Gar Pardy
  • Tim Powers
  • Susan Riley
  • Douglas Roche
  • Ken Rubin
  • Josie Sabatino
  • Bhagwant Sandhu
  • Les Whittington
  • Nelson Wiseman

Submit a guest opinion article

resources

  • The Wire Report
  • Hill Times Research Health
  • The Lobby Monitor
  • Parliament Now
  • Inside Ottawa Directory
  • Hill Times Careers
  • The Hill Times Store
  • Digital Newspaper Archives

Follow us

  • X
  • BlueSky
  • LinkedIn
  • Flipboard

Advertise

  • Media Kit

subscribe

  • Group subscriptions
  • Reuse and permissions

get help

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Reset Password
  • Account settings
  • © The Hill Times 2025
  • Politics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Lobbying
  • Legislation
  • Policy Briefings
  • Politics This Morning
  • Hill Climbers
  • Civil Circles
  • Heard On The Hill
  • Election
  • Finance and Budget
  • Public Service
  • Exclusive Lists
  • Parliamentary Calendar
  • Top 100 Lists and Exclusive Features
  • Podcasts
  • This Week's Paper
  • Search
  • Archives
  • Digital Newspaper Archives
  • Get free news updates

  • Andrew Caddell
  • Sheila Copps
  • David Crane
  • Jim Creskey
  • Gwynne Dyer
  • Michael Harris
  • Erica Ifill
  • Scott Taylor
  • Joe Jordan
  • Rose LeMay
  • Alex Marland
  • Gerry Nicholls
  • Gar Pardy
  • Tim Powers
  • Susan Riley
  • Douglas Roche
  • Ken Rubin
  • Bhagwant Sandhu
  • Les Whittington
  • Submit a guest opinion article

  • The Wire Report
  • Hill Times Research Health
  • The Lobby Monitor
  • Parliament Now
  • Inside Ottawa Directory
  • Hill Times Careers
  • The Hill Times Store
  • Digital Newspaper Archives
  • Media Kit
  • Group subscriptions
  • Reuse and permissions
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Reset Password
  • Account settings
  • © The Hill Times 2024
  • X
  • BlueSky
  • LinkedIn
  • Flipboard
Subscribe
  • Home Page
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Foreign Policy
  • Politics
  • Policy
  • Legislation
  • Lobbying
  • Procurement
  • Public Service
  • Hill Life & People
  • Hill Climbers
  • Heard On The Hill
  • Civil Circles
  • Podcast: The Hot Room
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Home Page
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Foreign Policy
  • Politics
  • Policy
  • Legislation
  • Lobbying
  • Procurement
  • Public Service
  • Hill Life & People
  • Hill Climbers
  • Heard On The Hill
  • Civil Circles
  • Podcast: The Hot Room
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Inside Ottawa Directory
  • Hill Times Store
  • Hill Times Careers
  • The Wire Report
  • The Lobby Monitor
  • Parliament Now
  • Inside Ottawa Directory
  • Hill Times Store
  • Hill Times Careers
  • The Wire Report
  • The Lobby Monitor
  • Parliament Now
  • Reuse & Permissions
  • Advertising
  • Reuse & Permissions
  • Advertising
  • Contact Us
  • Log In
  • Logout
  • Contact Us
  • Log In
  • Logout
CloseMenu
  • {email}
  • Account Settings
  • Logout
  • {email}
  • Account Settings
  • Logout