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Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet introduced Bill C-202 in the early days of the new Parliament after a previous version died on the Order Paper in the last one. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 23, 2025
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says his party will not attend the upcoming Speech from the Throne, saying Carney's decision to invite King Charles to open Parliament lacks a 'relevant reading of Quebec's sensibility.' The Hill Times Photograph By Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 23, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 23, 2025
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says his party will not attend the upcoming Speech from the Throne, saying Carney's decision to invite King Charles to open Parliament lacks a 'relevant reading of Quebec's sensibility.' The Hill Times Photograph By Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 30, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet’s recent comments calling Canada an ‘artificial country’ were unwelcome at a time of the country’s existential crisis, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 30, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 30, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet’s recent comments calling Canada an ‘artificial country’ were unwelcome at a time of the country’s existential crisis, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 23, 2025
Party leaders are in agreement that supply management won't be on the agenda in future trade talks. Pixabay photograph by Waldo93
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 23, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 23, 2025
Party leaders are in agreement that supply management won't be on the agenda in future trade talks. Pixabay photograph by Waldo93
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Mark Carney spar on the debate stage at the English-language debate on April 17. Pool photograph by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 17, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Mark Carney spar on the debate stage at the English-language debate on April 17. Pool photograph by Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Angus Reid's poll on April 7 found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal compared to 36 per cent who would cast their ballots for the Conservatives, but other polls are showing the gap is tightening between the two parties. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 14, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Angus Reid's poll on April 7 found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal compared to 36 per cent who would cast their ballots for the Conservatives, but other polls are showing the gap is tightening between the two parties. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | September 14, 2016
Former Parti Québécois premier Pauline Marois made the so-called values charter a centrepiece of her re-election platform and led the party back to opposition after only 18 months in power. The Hill Times photograph by Ally Foster
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | September 14, 2016
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | September 14, 2016
Former Parti Québécois premier Pauline Marois made the so-called values charter a centrepiece of her re-election platform and led the party back to opposition after only 18 months in power. The Hill Times photograph by Ally Foster
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | August 10, 2016
Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef and Isabelle Mondou, assistant secretary to the cabinet and counsel to the Clerk of the Privy Council, prepare to testify to the House Electoral Reform Committee in July. Ms. Monsef is handling the government's review of Canada's electoral system. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | August 10, 2016
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | August 10, 2016
Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef and Isabelle Mondou, assistant secretary to the cabinet and counsel to the Clerk of the Privy Council, prepare to testify to the House Electoral Reform Committee in July. Ms. Monsef is handling the government's review of Canada's electoral system. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 18, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 18, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 18, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 18, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and interim Conservative Party Leader Rona Ambrose. The Liberals raised $21.3-million last year, but the Conservatives' fundraising machine continued to reign supreme raking in $29-million, roughly $7.8-million more than the Grits in 2015 and marking an overall federal party high, according to Elections Canada's recently published annual financial reports. The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 18, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 18, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and interim Conservative Party Leader Rona Ambrose. The Liberals raised $21.3-million last year, but the Conservatives' fundraising machine continued to reign supreme raking in $29-million, roughly $7.8-million more than the Grits in 2015 and marking an overall federal party high, according to Elections Canada's recently published annual financial reports. The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 11, 2016
Interim Bloc Québécois Leader Réal Fortin says it's important for politicians to be able to address Canadians in their 'local language.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 11, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 11, 2016
Interim Bloc Québécois Leader Réal Fortin says it's important for politicians to be able to address Canadians in their 'local language.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | June 29, 2016
Concert-goers celebrate la Fête nationale du Québec. This year's party finds the sovereignty movement decapitated, with its two main parties—the PQ and the Bloc Québécois—leaderless, writes Chantal Hébert. Flickr photograph by erwan.lher
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | June 29, 2016
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | June 29, 2016
Concert-goers celebrate la Fête nationale du Québec. This year's party finds the sovereignty movement decapitated, with its two main parties—the PQ and the Bloc Québécois—leaderless, writes Chantal Hébert. Flickr photograph by erwan.lher
According to the Pembina Institute, Energy East would produce 32 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, says Monique Pauzé. This would be higher than the emissions produced by Quebec’s entire transportation industry, including large trucks. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
According to the Pembina Institute, Energy East would produce 32 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, says Monique Pauzé. This would be higher than the emissions produced by Quebec’s entire transportation industry, including large trucks. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | May 30, 2016
Royal Canadian Air Force members of Air Task Force-Iraq pictured in a training area in Kuwait on March 16, 2015. Photograph courtesy of Op Impact, DND
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | May 30, 2016
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | May 30, 2016
Royal Canadian Air Force members of Air Task Force-Iraq pictured in a training area in Kuwait on March 16, 2015. Photograph courtesy of Op Impact, DND
Opinion | BY GABRIEL STE-MARIE | May 18, 2016
Opinion | BY GABRIEL STE-MARIE | May 18, 2016
Opinion | BY GABRIEL STE-MARIE | May 18, 2016
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | May 13, 2016
House Leader Dominic LeBlanc sits on the Commons Board of Internal Economy, which has held several meetings reviewing how Bloc Québécois MPs can use their individual office funds to help support the now larger party, which is two seats shy of having official party designation. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | May 13, 2016
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | May 13, 2016
House Leader Dominic LeBlanc sits on the Commons Board of Internal Economy, which has held several meetings reviewing how Bloc Québécois MPs can use their individual office funds to help support the now larger party, which is two seats shy of having official party designation. The Hill Times Photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | April 27, 2016
Opinion | April 27, 2016
Opinion | April 27, 2016
FeatureBY DEREK ABMA | April 4, 2016
Media pundit and former politician Jean Lapierre, along with his wife, three siblings, and two pilots, were killed in a plane crash last week on the way to the funeral of his father. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
FeatureBY DEREK ABMA | April 4, 2016
FeatureBY DEREK ABMA | April 4, 2016
Media pundit and former politician Jean Lapierre, along with his wife, three siblings, and two pilots, were killed in a plane crash last week on the way to the funeral of his father. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright