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Feature | BY ABBAS RANA | December 8, 2025
Author J.D.M. Stewart says he decided to write his book, The Prime Ministers: Canada’s Leaders and the Nation They Shaped, after meeting a group of Ontario high school students who didn’t know who Lester Pearson was. This experience alarmed him because Ontario requires students to take history in Grade 10. Photograph courtesy of Sutherland House
Feature | BY ABBAS RANA | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY ABBAS RANA | December 8, 2025
Author J.D.M. Stewart says he decided to write his book, The Prime Ministers: Canada’s Leaders and the Nation They Shaped, after meeting a group of Ontario high school students who didn’t know who Lester Pearson was. This experience alarmed him because Ontario requires students to take history in Grade 10. Photograph courtesy of Sutherland House
Feature | BY DAVID HERLE | December 8, 2025
Then-U.S. president Richard Nixon, left, and then-prime minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau inside the Prime Minister's Office in Centre Block on April 14, 1972. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Feature | BY DAVID HERLE | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY DAVID HERLE | December 8, 2025
Then-U.S. president Richard Nixon, left, and then-prime minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau inside the Prime Minister's Office in Centre Block on April 14, 1972. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 8, 2025
The Ripper; The Prime Ministers; Universal; The Darkest Nights Brings Longer Days; No I In Team; The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King; October 7th; 21 Things; The Finest Hotel in Kabul; and The Coutts Diaries are some of The Hill Times' 100 Best Books in 2025. Book covers courtesy of Biblioasis, Sutherland House, House of Anansi, Penguin Random House Canada, University of Toronto Press, Indigenous Relations Press, and McGill-Queen's University Press
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 8, 2025
The Ripper; The Prime Ministers; Universal; The Darkest Nights Brings Longer Days; No I In Team; The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King; October 7th; 21 Things; The Finest Hotel in Kabul; and The Coutts Diaries are some of The Hill Times' 100 Best Books in 2025. Book covers courtesy of Biblioasis, Sutherland House, House of Anansi, Penguin Random House Canada, University of Toronto Press, Indigenous Relations Press, and McGill-Queen's University Press
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 8, 2025
The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King is a new collection of essays edited by Patrice Dutil. The former prime minister is pictured in 1932 in Ottawa when he was opposition leader. Image courtesy of Patrice Dutil, photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada/Flickr
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | December 8, 2025
The Enduring Riddle of Mackenzie King is a new collection of essays edited by Patrice Dutil. The former prime minister is pictured in 1932 in Ottawa when he was opposition leader. Image courtesy of Patrice Dutil, photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada/Flickr
Opinion | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 8, 2025
In The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, Andrew Coyne fears and foretells the fall of Canada, not through annexation by some demented megalomaniac, but because of our self-worsening, writes Christopher Dornan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 8, 2025
Opinion | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 8, 2025
In The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, Andrew Coyne fears and foretells the fall of Canada, not through annexation by some demented megalomaniac, but because of our self-worsening, writes Christopher Dornan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY JIM CRESKEY | December 8, 2025
Alex Neve, author of Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, part of the CBC Massey Lectures series. 'I challenge myself to try not to be one more angry voice joining the multitude of other angry voices …look for where common ground offers space to open dialogue and build understanding,' he writes. Handout photograph
Feature | BY JIM CRESKEY | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY JIM CRESKEY | December 8, 2025
Alex Neve, author of Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World, part of the CBC Massey Lectures series. 'I challenge myself to try not to be one more angry voice joining the multitude of other angry voices …look for where common ground offers space to open dialogue and build understanding,' he writes. Handout photograph
Feature | BY ALEX MARLAND | December 8, 2025
The Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. Investigating the inner workings of cabinet is never easy, given that the institution is designed to operate in secret behind closed doors. Statecraft sets out to examine political leadership, the dynamics of cabinet collegiality, and the stewardship of government, writes Alex Marland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY ALEX MARLAND | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY ALEX MARLAND | December 8, 2025
The Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. Investigating the inner workings of cabinet is never easy, given that the institution is designed to operate in secret behind closed doors. Statecraft sets out to examine political leadership, the dynamics of cabinet collegiality, and the stewardship of government, writes Alex Marland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 8, 2025
Marsha Lederman is a columnist and arts correspondent for The Globe and Mail, and also author of Kiss the Red Stairs, a memoir of the Holocaust and her grandparents. She abhors what Hamas planned and executed on Oct. 7, 2023, unforgivable act of butchery. She also detests the politics of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, writes Christopher Dornan. Photograph courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 8, 2025
Marsha Lederman is a columnist and arts correspondent for The Globe and Mail, and also author of Kiss the Red Stairs, a memoir of the Holocaust and her grandparents. She abhors what Hamas planned and executed on Oct. 7, 2023, unforgivable act of butchery. She also detests the politics of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, writes Christopher Dornan. Photograph courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada
Feature | BY IREM KOCA | December 8, 2025
The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days, a memoir by author Sirous Houshmand, features his life story through 1979 Iranian revolution. Handout Photo
Feature | BY IREM KOCA | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY IREM KOCA | December 8, 2025
The Darkest Night Brings Longer Days, a memoir by author Sirous Houshmand, features his life story through 1979 Iranian revolution. Handout Photo
Feature | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | December 8, 2025
Bob Joseph
Author Bob Joseph, a Status Indian, feels Indigenous Peoples would thrive if there were more self-government agreements with Canada's over 600 First Nations. "We are totally ready. We just need to take that action," he told The Hill Times. Photograph by Nathan Smith
Feature | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | December 8, 2025
Bob Joseph
Author Bob Joseph, a Status Indian, feels Indigenous Peoples would thrive if there were more self-government agreements with Canada's over 600 First Nations. "We are totally ready. We just need to take that action," he told The Hill Times. Photograph by Nathan Smith
Feature | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 8, 2025
Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet, pictured recently at The Hill Times' office in Ottawa, lived for many years at Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel as a BBC News journalist. She's compiled the stories of the local hotel staff into a new book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul. The Hill Times photograph by Eleanor Wand
Feature | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 8, 2025
Feature | BY ELEANOR WAND | December 8, 2025
Canadian journalist Lyse Doucet, pictured recently at The Hill Times' office in Ottawa, lived for many years at Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel as a BBC News journalist. She's compiled the stories of the local hotel staff into a new book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul. The Hill Times photograph by Eleanor Wand
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 4, 2025
The prime ministers: From top left, to right, row by row: Carney, Justin Trudeau, Harper, Martin, Chrétien, Campbell; Mulroney, Turner, Clark, Pierre Trudeau, Pearson, Diefenbaker; St-Laurent, Bennett, Mackenzie King, Meighen, Borden, Laurier; Tupper, Bowell, Thompson, Abbott, Mackenzie, and Macdonald. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 4, 2025
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 4, 2025
The prime ministers: From top left, to right, row by row: Carney, Justin Trudeau, Harper, Martin, Chrétien, Campbell; Mulroney, Turner, Clark, Pierre Trudeau, Pearson, Diefenbaker; St-Laurent, Bennett, Mackenzie King, Meighen, Borden, Laurier; Tupper, Bowell, Thompson, Abbott, Mackenzie, and Macdonald. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | December 3, 2025
Comedian Mark Critch has written a new book 'Sorry Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting For.' Photograph by Duncan DeYoung, courtesy of Penguin Random House
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | December 3, 2025
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | December 3, 2025
Comedian Mark Critch has written a new book 'Sorry Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting For.' Photograph by Duncan DeYoung, courtesy of Penguin Random House
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | November 10, 2025
The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, looks at the 150 photographs taken by Castle at Vimy Ridge. Book cover courtesy of Wilfrid Laurier Press University Press
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | November 10, 2025
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | November 10, 2025
The Taking of Vimy Ridge: First World War Photographs of William Ivor Castle, by Carla-Jean Stokes, looks at the 150 photographs taken by Castle at Vimy Ridge. Book cover courtesy of Wilfrid Laurier Press University Press
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and former prime ministers Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper. We are indoctrinating our election candidates and our future elected officials to think that the party knows best, that the leader is always right, says Alex Marland. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 28, 2025
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and former prime ministers Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper. We are indoctrinating our election candidates and our future elected officials to think that the party knows best, that the leader is always right, says Alex Marland. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY PATRICE DUTIL, STEPHEN AZZI | September 29, 2025
Top left, left to right: Carney, Trudeau, Harper, Martin, Chrétien, Campbell, Mulroney, Turner, Clark, Trudeau, Pearson, Diefenbaker, St. Laurent, Bennett, King, Meighen, Borden, Laurier, Tupper, Bowell, Thompson, Abbott, Mackenzie, and Macdonald. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia, Government of Canada
Feature | BY PATRICE DUTIL, STEPHEN AZZI | September 29, 2025
Feature | BY PATRICE DUTIL, STEPHEN AZZI | September 29, 2025
Top left, left to right: Carney, Trudeau, Harper, Martin, Chrétien, Campbell, Mulroney, Turner, Clark, Trudeau, Pearson, Diefenbaker, St. Laurent, Bennett, King, Meighen, Borden, Laurier, Tupper, Bowell, Thompson, Abbott, Mackenzie, and Macdonald. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia, Government of Canada
Feature | BY SERGIO MARCHI | September 29, 2025
Anti-government protesters stand outside the West Block and on Wellington Street on the House's first day back on Sept. 15, 2025. A 2022 Angus Reid poll found that almost 60 per cent of Canadians did not trust their government, that's up from 47 per cent registered five years earlier, writes Sergio Marchi. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY SERGIO MARCHI | September 29, 2025
Feature | BY SERGIO MARCHI | September 29, 2025
Anti-government protesters stand outside the West Block and on Wellington Street on the House's first day back on Sept. 15, 2025. A 2022 Angus Reid poll found that almost 60 per cent of Canadians did not trust their government, that's up from 47 per cent registered five years earlier, writes Sergio Marchi. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | September 24, 2025
The nominees are: The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, by Stephen Maher; The Knowing, by Tanya Talaga; Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity, by Raymond Blake; Health for All, by Jane Philpott; and The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, by Alasdair Roberts. Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada, UBC Press, Harper Collins Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press and Simon & Schuster
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | September 24, 2025
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | September 24, 2025
The nominees are: The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, by Stephen Maher; The Knowing, by Tanya Talaga; Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity, by Raymond Blake; Health for All, by Jane Philpott; and The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, by Alasdair Roberts. Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada, UBC Press, Harper Collins Canada, McGill-Queen’s University Press and Simon & Schuster
Feature | BY ALICIA WANLESS | September 11, 2025
Alicia Wanless is the director of the Information Environment Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition Reality, published this year. Book cover and author photo courtesy of Hurst Publishing
Feature | BY ALICIA WANLESS | September 11, 2025
Feature | BY ALICIA WANLESS | September 11, 2025
Alicia Wanless is the director of the Information Environment Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition Reality, published this year. Book cover and author photo courtesy of Hurst Publishing
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 24, 2025
Former chief statistician Munir Sheikh has penned his second novel entitled, '2047: The Story of an American Revolution'. He spoke to The Hill Times about the book, and why he stepped away from his role as Canada's chief statistician in 2010. Photograph courtesy of Munir Sheikh
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 24, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 24, 2025
Former chief statistician Munir Sheikh has penned his second novel entitled, '2047: The Story of an American Revolution'. He spoke to The Hill Times about the book, and why he stepped away from his role as Canada's chief statistician in 2010. Photograph courtesy of Munir Sheikh
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
On June 9, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada would spend and extra $9-billion on defence this fiscal year, to finally reach the military alliance's then-two per cent of GDP spending target. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 30, 2025
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 30, 2025
Mark Carney
On June 9, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Canada would spend and extra $9-billion on defence this fiscal year, to finally reach the military alliance's then-two per cent of GDP spending target. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. In his new book, Andrew Coyne says he tries to show that centralized power is ‘worse here than in other countries.’
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 26, 2025
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. In his new book, Andrew Coyne says he tries to show that centralized power is ‘worse here than in other countries.’
Feature | BY BRYCE C. TINGLE | May 19, 2025
Author Bryce C. Tingle on why he wrote this book: 'Business corporations are among the most important and powerful institutions in our society, but most Canadians don’t actually know how they are governed and who gets a say in what they do.' Book cover and author photograph courtesy of Cambridge University Press
Feature | BY BRYCE C. TINGLE | May 19, 2025
Feature | BY BRYCE C. TINGLE | May 19, 2025
Author Bryce C. Tingle on why he wrote this book: 'Business corporations are among the most important and powerful institutions in our society, but most Canadians don’t actually know how they are governed and who gets a say in what they do.' Book cover and author photograph courtesy of Cambridge University Press
Seized By Uncertainty: The Markets, Media and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, by Kevin Quigley, Kaitlynne Lowe, Sarah Moore, and Brianna Wolfe, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Book cover and author photographs courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press
Seized By Uncertainty: The Markets, Media and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, by Kevin Quigley, Kaitlynne Lowe, Sarah Moore, and Brianna Wolfe, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Book cover and author photographs courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press
Feature | BY JAMES B. KELLY | May 5, 2025
James B. Kelly: 'This book should be read by any prime minister or premier that contemplates using Section 33 of the Charter of Rights, in a pre-emptive fashion.' Book cover and author's photo courtesy of UBC Press
Feature | BY JAMES B. KELLY | May 5, 2025
Feature | BY JAMES B. KELLY | May 5, 2025
James B. Kelly: 'This book should be read by any prime minister or premier that contemplates using Section 33 of the Charter of Rights, in a pre-emptive fashion.' Book cover and author's photo courtesy of UBC Press
Feature | BY PAMELA CROSS | April 28, 2025
Author Pamela Cross' book, And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence is one of five books on this year's Donner Prize shortlist, and considered one of the best public policy books of the year. Book cover and photograph courtesy of
Feature | BY PAMELA CROSS | April 28, 2025
Feature | BY PAMELA CROSS | April 28, 2025
Author Pamela Cross' book, And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence is one of five books on this year's Donner Prize shortlist, and considered one of the best public policy books of the year. Book cover and photograph courtesy of
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | April 21, 2025
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured April 12, 2025, making an announcement on a campaign stop at the Tomlinson Environmental Services shop in Nepean, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | April 21, 2025
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | April 21, 2025
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured April 12, 2025, making an announcement on a campaign stop at the Tomlinson Environmental Services shop in Nepean, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 21, 2020
Perhaps the biggest lesson of Norman Webster’s book is that Canada is certainly not 'dull as a snowbank, with politicians to match.' As he notes, humanity, tolerance and decency unite us. 'What is important is to run well and honestly, with as much human grace as possible—not forgetting, too, to take joy in the running, to laugh at life’s absurdities as well as weep at it’s cruelties.' Photograph handout
Feature | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 21, 2020
Feature | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | December 21, 2020
Perhaps the biggest lesson of Norman Webster’s book is that Canada is certainly not 'dull as a snowbank, with politicians to match.' As he notes, humanity, tolerance and decency unite us. 'What is important is to run well and honestly, with as much human grace as possible—not forgetting, too, to take joy in the running, to laugh at life’s absurdities as well as weep at it’s cruelties.' Photograph handout
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking at a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2020. Asked why Canadian Parliamentarians so rarely stray from party boundaries, Alex Marland says a big reason that MPs toe the line is that they perceive too many negative consequences for breaking ranks. At a minimum, someone from the leader’s office or whip’s office is going to phone to ask what’s going on, and some caucus members will probably give you an earful. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Feature | BY KATE MALLOY | December 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking at a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2020. Asked why Canadian Parliamentarians so rarely stray from party boundaries, Alex Marland says a big reason that MPs toe the line is that they perceive too many negative consequences for breaking ranks. At a minimum, someone from the leader’s office or whip’s office is going to phone to ask what’s going on, and some caucus members will probably give you an earful. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JIM CRESKEY | November 19, 2020
Doug Roche, 91, one of Canada's leading advocates for peace, just self-published another book, Recover: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era, which offers hope 'in the urgent agenda for human security.' The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
Opinion | BY JIM CRESKEY | November 19, 2020
Opinion | BY JIM CRESKEY | November 19, 2020
Doug Roche, 91, one of Canada's leading advocates for peace, just self-published another book, Recover: Peace Prospects in the Biden Era, which offers hope 'in the urgent agenda for human security.' The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
Feature | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | September 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on March 16, 2016, announcing Canada's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the seat had all the hallmarks of a partisan campaign, something that Adam Chapnick says is detrimental to Canada's success on the UNSC. Prime Minister's Office photo courtesy of Adam Scotti
Feature | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | September 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on March 16, 2016, announcing Canada's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. The ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the seat had all the hallmarks of a partisan campaign, something that Adam Chapnick says is detrimental to Canada's success on the UNSC. Prime Minister's Office photo courtesy of Adam Scotti
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Author and former lawyer Harold Johnson’s book Peace and Good Order relays his experience working in the legal system and his conclusion that it can’t bring Indigenous people justice. Photograph courtesy of Calvin Fehr
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Author and former lawyer Harold Johnson’s book Peace and Good Order relays his experience working in the legal system and his conclusion that it can’t bring Indigenous people justice. Photograph courtesy of Calvin Fehr
Feature | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
'I think that one of the most important themes from the book are the attacks and intimidation of Canadians of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Taiwanese-heritage here in Canada,' says journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda. Photographs courtesy of Jonathan Manthorpe, Cormorant Books
Feature | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 21, 2020
'I think that one of the most important themes from the book are the attacks and intimidation of Canadians of Chinese, Tibetan, Uighur, and Taiwanese-heritage here in Canada,' says journalist Jonathan Manthorpe, author of Claws of the Panda. Photographs courtesy of Jonathan Manthorpe, Cormorant Books
Feature | BY ALEX MARLAND | September 21, 2020
A sparse number of MPs, pictured May 13, 2020, in the House of Commons for a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lost on Division is a significant contribution to research about the Parliament of Canada and parliamentary parties. It is the only comprehensive study of Canadian MPs’ voting behaviour from Confederation to present day and offers a new way of tracing the evolution of party discipline. It makes a convincing argument that if MPs truly want more individual clout, they will need to band together to change the standing orders, writes Alex Marland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY ALEX MARLAND | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY ALEX MARLAND | September 21, 2020
A sparse number of MPs, pictured May 13, 2020, in the House of Commons for a meeting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lost on Division is a significant contribution to research about the Parliament of Canada and parliamentary parties. It is the only comprehensive study of Canadian MPs’ voting behaviour from Confederation to present day and offers a new way of tracing the evolution of party discipline. It makes a convincing argument that if MPs truly want more individual clout, they will need to band together to change the standing orders, writes Alex Marland. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Law professor Kent Roach offers a close legal analysis of the Gerald Stanley trial as well as the social and political backdrop in his new book Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case. Photograph courtesy of Kent Roach
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 21, 2020
Law professor Kent Roach offers a close legal analysis of the Gerald Stanley trial as well as the social and political backdrop in his new book Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case. Photograph courtesy of Kent Roach
Feature | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | September 21, 2020
The fear of hitting a ceiling and spending the rest of her career as a county court judge almost dissuaded Canada's first female chief justice of the Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin from accepting a spot on the bench. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | September 21, 2020
Feature | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | September 21, 2020
The fear of hitting a ceiling and spending the rest of her career as a county court judge almost dissuaded Canada's first female chief justice of the Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin from accepting a spot on the bench. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade