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ISG Senator Éric Forest arrives for the Senate sitting on June 25, 2025. Senators need to find the courage to question the government in responsible and responsive ways, writes Senator Marilou McPhedran. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | September 1, 2025
MPs will return to their seats in the House of Commons for the fall session on Sept. 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | September 1, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | September 1, 2025
MPs will return to their seats in the House of Commons for the fall session on Sept. 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, MARLO GLASS | September 1, 2025
Jenni Byrne, who managed the Conservatives' 2024 election campaign, has yet to speak directly to the national council or the national caucus about the party’s election loss or her future plans. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, MARLO GLASS | September 1, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA, MARLO GLASS | September 1, 2025
Jenni Byrne, who managed the Conservatives' 2024 election campaign, has yet to speak directly to the national council or the national caucus about the party’s election loss or her future plans. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 27, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, with his wife, Anaida. Conservative strategists say time is on Poilievre’s side to determine what’s next and where he’ll stand in the next election. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 27, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 27, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, with his wife, Anaida. Conservative strategists say time is on Poilievre’s side to determine what’s next and where he’ll stand in the next election. Photograph courtesy of X
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | August 25, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won an August byelection in Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., and returns to the House this fall leading the official opposition in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | August 25, 2025
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | August 25, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won an August byelection in Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., and returns to the House this fall leading the official opposition in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | August 25, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, will return to the House of Commons this September where he will face a different prime minister in Mark Carney, not pictured. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies leads a much smaller caucus of seven members after his party lost more than half of its MPs in the 2025 election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | August 25, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, will return to the House of Commons this September where he will face a different prime minister in Mark Carney, not pictured. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies leads a much smaller caucus of seven members after his party lost more than half of its MPs in the 2025 election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 25, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and wife Anaida, left, celebrate winning the byelection in Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., on Aug. 18. Screenshot courtesy of X
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 25, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and wife Anaida, left, celebrate winning the byelection in Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta., on Aug. 18. Screenshot courtesy of X
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 25, 2025
Pierre and Anaida Poilievre at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa on April 28, 2025, after the Conservative leader lost his seat in the general election. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 25, 2025
Pierre and Anaida Poilievre at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa on April 28, 2025, after the Conservative leader lost his seat in the general election. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 25, 2025
Potential candidates have lobbed complaints about the way the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, held their nomination contests, saying they were unfair and opaque. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 25, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 25, 2025
Potential candidates have lobbed complaints about the way the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, held their nomination contests, saying they were unfair and opaque. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 25, 2025
Canadians are best served when MPs across all party lines focus on meaningful questions and answers in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 25, 2025
Canadians are best served when MPs across all party lines focus on meaningful questions and answers in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | August 20, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won the Aug. 18 Alberta byelection which will send him back to the House of Commons this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | August 20, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | August 20, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won the Aug. 18 Alberta byelection which will send him back to the House of Commons this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 19, 2025
Conservative strategist Cole Hogan says housing, crime, immigration, and the cost of living will likely play a prominent role as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, goes head to head with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House this fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 19, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 19, 2025
Conservative strategist Cole Hogan says housing, crime, immigration, and the cost of living will likely play a prominent role as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, goes head to head with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House this fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY BILL WAISER | August 14, 2025
Then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, centre, with then-Ontario premier Howard Ferguson, left, and then-Quebec premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, in Ottawa in 1927, one year after Mackenzie King's return to the House of Commons was made possible through a byelection in Prince Albert, Sask. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Opinion | BY BILL WAISER | August 14, 2025
Opinion | BY BILL WAISER | August 14, 2025
Then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, centre, with then-Ontario premier Howard Ferguson, left, and then-Quebec premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, in Ottawa in 1927, one year after Mackenzie King's return to the House of Commons was made possible through a byelection in Prince Albert, Sask. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 13, 2025
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
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 13, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 13, 2025
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
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | August 11, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Ford continues to stake out policy positions that contrast with those of Poilievre. He weighed in at the most recent meeting of the premiers and territorial leaders, joining a consensus that called for an 'increase to economic immigration levels' to meet their labour needs. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | August 11, 2025
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | August 11, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Ford continues to stake out policy positions that contrast with those of Poilievre. He weighed in at the most recent meeting of the premiers and territorial leaders, joining a consensus that called for an 'increase to economic immigration levels' to meet their labour needs. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 9, 2025
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber
The Crown is seeking sentences of seven years for Tamara Lich, left, and eight years for Chris Barber, organizers of the Freedom Convoy, who were convicted of mischief in April. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 9, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 9, 2025
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber
The Crown is seeking sentences of seven years for Tamara Lich, left, and eight years for Chris Barber, organizers of the Freedom Convoy, who were convicted of mischief in April. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 7, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at the opening of the Calgary Stampede on July 4, 2025. Photograph courtesy of X/Pierre Poilievre
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 7, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 7, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at the opening of the Calgary Stampede on July 4, 2025. Photograph courtesy of X/Pierre Poilievre
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 4, 2025
Pollster Nik Nanos said Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, 'running a full-throttle government that is much more business-like, very focused and results-oriented. I don’t think we’ve seen this level of pace of effort and speed. This is a high-intensity government that is extremely focused and wants results. The big question is, can he deliver?' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 4, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 4, 2025
Pollster Nik Nanos said Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, 'running a full-throttle government that is much more business-like, very focused and results-oriented. I don’t think we’ve seen this level of pace of effort and speed. This is a high-intensity government that is extremely focused and wants results. The big question is, can he deliver?' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade