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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has led the Liberal Party to a reversal of fortunes in fundraising this year, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's three-quarter total is just shy of his party's historic 2024 total. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 25, 2025
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 NEIL MOSS | June 25, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 25, 2025
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
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet's supply management bill quickly passed through both the House and Senate. 'We won,' he declared on June 18 as the bill awaits royal assent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet's supply management bill quickly passed through both the House and Senate. 'We won,' he declared on June 18 as the bill awaits royal assent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 16, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
The Bloc Québécois, led by Yves-François Blanchet, have criticized Bill C-5 as an attempt at governmental overreach that risks violating provincial jurisdiction in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 16, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 16, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
The Bloc Québécois, led by Yves-François Blanchet, have criticized Bill C-5 as an attempt at governmental overreach that risks violating provincial jurisdiction in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 5, 2025
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet tabled his party's newest version of a bill to bar supply management concessions in trade negotiations on May 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 5, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 5, 2025
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet tabled his party's newest version of a bill to bar supply management concessions in trade negotiations on May 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | May 26, 2025
Newly elected MPs attend an orientation session put on by House of Commons staff on May 21, 2025. The House will be full this week when MPs return for this Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | May 26, 2025
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | May 26, 2025
Newly elected MPs attend an orientation session put on by House of Commons staff on May 21, 2025. The House will be full this week when MPs return for this Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOE JORDAN | October 28, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY JOE JORDAN | October 28, 2019
Opinion | BY JOE JORDAN | October 28, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 23, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau greet supporters in Montreal on Oct. 21. The Liberals suffered a rebuke at the hands of voters disillusioned with Mr. Trudeau in the wake of the blackface mess and the SNC-Lavalin affair, but managed to survive and achieve a strong minority government because of strategic voting designed to keep Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer out of power, writes Les Whittington The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 23, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 23, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau greet supporters in Montreal on Oct. 21. The Liberals suffered a rebuke at the hands of voters disillusioned with Mr. Trudeau in the wake of the blackface mess and the SNC-Lavalin affair, but managed to survive and achieve a strong minority government because of strategic voting designed to keep Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer out of power, writes Les Whittington The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 23, 2019
While Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, right, and his competent campaign manager Hamish Marshall deserve credit for holding Justin Trudeau, left, to a minority, it is time for Conservatives to take some risks, embrace big ideas, be counter-intuitive, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 23, 2019
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 23, 2019
While Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, right, and his competent campaign manager Hamish Marshall deserve credit for holding Justin Trudeau, left, to a minority, it is time for Conservatives to take some risks, embrace big ideas, be counter-intuitive, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, AIDAN CHAMANDY | October 23, 2019
A re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivering his victory speech in Montreal. The Liberals won 157 seats, down from 184 in 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, AIDAN CHAMANDY | October 23, 2019
News | BY ABBAS RANA, AIDAN CHAMANDY | October 23, 2019
A re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivering his victory speech in Montreal. The Liberals won 157 seats, down from 184 in 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2019
A third of the 60 MPs representing ridings that flipped were won with less than five per cent of the vote. From clockwise top left, are some of those who eked out close wins, including Liberal MPs-elect Irek Kusmierczyk, Élisabeth Brière, and Tim Louis, Conservative MPs-elect Nelly Shin, Chris d’Entremont, and Tamara Jansen, Green Party MP-elect Jenica Atwin, and Bloc MP-elect Andréanne Larouche. Photographs courtesy of Facebook and candidate websites
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 23, 2019
A third of the 60 MPs representing ridings that flipped were won with less than five per cent of the vote. From clockwise top left, are some of those who eked out close wins, including Liberal MPs-elect Irek Kusmierczyk, Élisabeth Brière, and Tim Louis, Conservative MPs-elect Nelly Shin, Chris d’Entremont, and Tamara Jansen, Green Party MP-elect Jenica Atwin, and Bloc MP-elect Andréanne Larouche. Photographs courtesy of Facebook and candidate websites
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 23, 2019
PIPSC president Debi Daviau, left, and PSAC president Chris Aylward, right, both expressed their relief with the outcome of the Oct. 21 election, which saw a Liberal minority government elected over the Conservatives. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 23, 2019
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 23, 2019
PIPSC president Debi Daviau, left, and PSAC president Chris Aylward, right, both expressed their relief with the outcome of the Oct. 21 election, which saw a Liberal minority government elected over the Conservatives. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS, MIKE LAPOINTE | October 14, 2019
MPs, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, along with all the clerks, posed for a group photo in the House Chamber on Dec. 12, 2018, before the Centre Block closed for 10 years. The new House of Commons could remain empty as late as December, as the parties negotiate how a minority government could receive confidence in the elected Chamber. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
News | BY NEIL MOSS, MIKE LAPOINTE | October 14, 2019
News | BY NEIL MOSS, MIKE LAPOINTE | October 14, 2019
MPs, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, along with all the clerks, posed for a group photo in the House Chamber on Dec. 12, 2018, before the Centre Block closed for 10 years. The new House of Commons could remain empty as late as December, as the parties negotiate how a minority government could receive confidence in the elected Chamber. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 9, 2019
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier are pictured arriving at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., for the English-language debate on Oct. 7. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 9, 2019
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | October 9, 2019
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier are pictured arriving at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., for the English-language debate on Oct. 7. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | October 8, 2019
Six federal party leaders—Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet, and Maxime Bernier—sparred over issues related to the environment, immigration, Indigenous rights, affordability, and provincial jurisdiction The Hill Times file photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | October 8, 2019
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | October 8, 2019
Six federal party leaders—Justin Trudeau, Andrew Scheer, Jagmeet Singh, Elizabeth May, Yves-François Blanchet, and Maxime Bernier—sparred over issues related to the environment, immigration, Indigenous rights, affordability, and provincial jurisdiction The Hill Times file photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | September 26, 2019
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters Thursday morning in Sudbury, Ont., where he confirmed he'll be attending Montreal's climate rally on Friday. The demonstration is expected to draw some 300,000 protesters. Screen capture courtesy of CPAC
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | September 26, 2019
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | September 26, 2019
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters Thursday morning in Sudbury, Ont., where he confirmed he'll be attending Montreal's climate rally on Friday. The demonstration is expected to draw some 300,000 protesters. Screen capture courtesy of CPAC
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 16, 2019
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet pictured making an announcement in Gatineau, Que., in August. The leader has spent the summer touring Quebec, and has announced his party will run a carbon neutral campaign this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 16, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 16, 2019
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet pictured making an announcement in Gatineau, Que., in August. The leader has spent the summer touring Quebec, and has announced his party will run a carbon neutral campaign this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 2, 2019
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 2, 2019
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 2, 2019