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Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

  • Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 'because someone needed to.' He also had the help
News | BY IREM KOCA | May 1, 2025
Newly elected Liberal MP for Carleton Bruce Fanjoy says he doesn't consider himself 'special,' but said his win was partly the product of listening to constituents, and said the election in Carleton was a 'referendum' on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who was defeated after 21 years in the riding. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 1, 2025
  • Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 'because someone needed to.' He also had the help

Bruce Fanjoy, the man who broke Poilievre’s spell on Carleton, Ont., says he won by door knocking and listening

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 1, 2025
  • Rookie Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy says he decided to run against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre 'because someone needed to.' He also had the help
Newly elected Liberal MP for Carleton Bruce Fanjoy says he doesn't consider himself 'special,' but said his win was partly the product of listening to constituents, and said the election in Carleton was a 'referendum' on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who was defeated after 21 years in the riding. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

  • Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
Pope Francis
Pope Francis
The late Pope Francis. 'He humanized the papacy, jettisoned much of the silly and encrusted protocols and habits that made the Vatican a kingdom of princelings, and attached priority to the pastoral over the cerebral, people over concepts, in the exercise of his ministry as the Successor of Peter,' says author Michael W. Higgins. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Catholic Church in England and Wales

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
Pope Francis
The late Pope Francis. 'He humanized the papacy, jettisoned much of the silly and encrusted protocols and habits that made the Vatican a kingdom of princelings, and attached priority to the pastoral over the cerebral, people over concepts, in the exercise of his ministry as the Successor of Peter,' says author Michael W. Higgins. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Catholic Church in England and Wales

Poilievre is a ‘classic political ripper,’ says author of new bestselling biography

  • Mark Bourrie says Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre is as much about the failings of modern political parties and the Canadian media as
FeatureBY 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

Poilievre is a ‘classic political ripper,’ says author of new bestselling biography

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | April 21, 2025
  • Mark Bourrie says Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre is as much about the failings of modern political parties and the Canadian media as

Poilievre is a ‘classic political ripper,’ says author of new bestselling biography

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | April 21, 2025
  • Mark Bourrie says Ripper: The Making of Pierre Poilievre is as much about the failings of modern political parties and the Canadian media as
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

Reconciliation starts local, says author of guide book for non-Indigenous allies

  • Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 21, 2025
Rose LeMay is the author of Ally Is a Verb. Book cover courtesy of Page Two and handout photograph

Reconciliation starts local, says author of guide book for non-Indigenous allies

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 21, 2025
  • Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'

Reconciliation starts local, says author of guide book for non-Indigenous allies

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 21, 2025
  • Rose LeMay says it's 'up to non-Indigenous people to change these systems so that Indigenous Peoples are not treated worse than others.'
Rose LeMay is the author of Ally Is a Verb. Book cover courtesy of Page Two and handout photograph

Q&A | Unpacking the ‘astonishing’ swing in federal polls with Frank Graves

  • ‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on April 3. Since January, the Liberals' polling numbers have enjoyed a 'Lazarus-like ascent,' says pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | Unpacking the ‘astonishing’ swing in federal polls with Frank Graves

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 14, 2025
  • ‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.

Q&A | Unpacking the ‘astonishing’ swing in federal polls with Frank Graves

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 14, 2025
  • ‘The stakes are very high’ this election says Ekos Research’s Frank Graves, and voter ‘emotions are very important’ in driving how campaigns take shape.
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on April 3. Since January, the Liberals' polling numbers have enjoyed a 'Lazarus-like ascent,' says pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan

  • ‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | March 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to use artificial intelligence to make the federal public service more productive. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | March 26, 2025
  • ‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.

Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | March 26, 2025
  • ‘No magic math’: an expert in government finances addresses why cutting waste won’t fund election promises.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to use artificial intelligence to make the federal public service more productive. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump wants Canada economically weak and politically divided, says author of ‘The Adaptable Country’

  • Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | March 1, 2025
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts, author of 'The Adaptable Country,' says 'this is a book about the capacity of all Canadians to determine the future of their country. In other words, it is a book for Canadians who want to take back control.' Book cover and author photograph courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Trump wants Canada economically weak and politically divided, says author of ‘The Adaptable Country’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | March 1, 2025
  • Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump

Trump wants Canada economically weak and politically divided, says author of ‘The Adaptable Country’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | March 1, 2025
  • Alasdair Roberts, author of The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, offers advice on how Canada can get through the Trump
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts, author of 'The Adaptable Country,' says 'this is a book about the capacity of all Canadians to determine the future of their country. In other words, it is a book for Canadians who want to take back control.' Book cover and author photograph courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Q&A | Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ pivot with Gerry Nicholls

  • ‘Nationalism has become the key message of the day,’ says Conservative strategist and Hill Times columnist Gerry Nicholls. 
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 18, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses the crowd at his Feb. 15 'Canada First' rally in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ pivot with Gerry Nicholls

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 18, 2025
  • ‘Nationalism has become the key message of the day,’ says Conservative strategist and Hill Times columnist Gerry Nicholls. 

Q&A | Poilievre’s ‘Canada First’ pivot with Gerry Nicholls

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 18, 2025
  • ‘Nationalism has become the key message of the day,’ says Conservative strategist and Hill Times columnist Gerry Nicholls. 
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses the crowd at his Feb. 15 'Canada First' rally in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | Tariffs, retaliation, and free trade with consultant Eric Miller

  • A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 4, 2025
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, holds a press conference in West Block on Feb. 1 to announce tariffs on $30-billion of American imports starting on Feb. 4. Those tariffs did not come into effect after the United States agreed to delay its levies by 30 days. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | Tariffs, retaliation, and free trade with consultant Eric Miller

News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 4, 2025
  • A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.

Q&A | Tariffs, retaliation, and free trade with consultant Eric Miller

News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 4, 2025
  • A belief in tariffs has been ‘the one true animating force’ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s political life, says Washington, D.C.-based trade expert.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, holds a press conference in West Block on Feb. 1 to announce tariffs on $30-billion of American imports starting on Feb. 4. Those tariffs did not come into effect after the United States agreed to delay its levies by 30 days. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

  • Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 13, 2025
Frank Baylis
Frank Baylis
An electrical engineer by training, Frank Baylis is currently the executive chairman of Baylis Medical Technologies. The Hill Times photograph by Peter Mazereeuw

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 13, 2025
  • Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | January 13, 2025
  • Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 
Frank Baylis
An electrical engineer by training, Frank Baylis is currently the executive chairman of Baylis Medical Technologies. The Hill Times photograph by Peter Mazereeuw

Are we fascist yet?

  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
In his new book, Shadows of Tyranny, left, Ken McGoogan argues we're at a historical juncture, where an ascendant right—personified by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, right—is fed up with this system of laws, regulations, and institutions and means to rewrite them, writes Christopher Dornan. Book cover courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre and Trump photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | January 9, 2025
  • Ken McGoogan’s Shadows of Tyranny is a calm work born of panic, written before Trump was re-elected. If you’ve ever wondered how you would have behaved
In his new book, Shadows of Tyranny, left, Ken McGoogan argues we're at a historical juncture, where an ascendant right—personified by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, right—is fed up with this system of laws, regulations, and institutions and means to rewrite them, writes Christopher Dornan. Book cover courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre and Trump photo courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

New biography warns against underestimating Chrystia Freeland

  • Chrystia is an origin story. Author Catherine Tsalikis presents Freeland’s past to assist readers with understanding her present and speculating on her future.
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 2, 2025
Chrystia Freeland
Chrystia Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, with Chrystia Freeland prior to her resignation from cabinet. A new biography on Freeland details the former finance minister and deputy prime minister's past. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New biography warns against underestimating Chrystia Freeland

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 2, 2025
  • Chrystia is an origin story. Author Catherine Tsalikis presents Freeland’s past to assist readers with understanding her present and speculating on her future.

New biography warns against underestimating Chrystia Freeland

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 2, 2025
  • Chrystia is an origin story. Author Catherine Tsalikis presents Freeland’s past to assist readers with understanding her present and speculating on her future.
Chrystia Freeland
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, with Chrystia Freeland prior to her resignation from cabinet. A new biography on Freeland details the former finance minister and deputy prime minister's past. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book

  • Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland's life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 17, 2024
Chrystia Freeland
Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Dec. 3, 2024, resigned from cabinet on Dec. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 17, 2024
  • Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland's life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime

‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 17, 2024
  • Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland's life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime
Chrystia Freeland
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Dec. 3, 2024, resigned from cabinet on Dec. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carol Off’s timely warning on the use—and misuse—of words

  • Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 16, 2024
Carol Off's At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage is a worthwhile assessment of the world we face, taking a step back from the daily news and examining why we're divided, how this has happened, and who stands to benefit the most from a polity that cannot find a common ground on basic reality. Photographs courtesy of Penguin Random House

Carol Off’s timely warning on the use—and misuse—of words

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 16, 2024
  • Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as

Carol Off’s timely warning on the use—and misuse—of words

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 16, 2024
  • Author and journalist Carol Off pulls no punches in describing the great strain democracy and the dissemination of factual reality are currently under, as
Carol Off's At a Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage is a worthwhile assessment of the world we face, taking a step back from the daily news and examining why we're divided, how this has happened, and who stands to benefit the most from a polity that cannot find a common ground on basic reality. Photographs courtesy of Penguin Random House

Q&A | How foreign actors and criminals use dirty money in Canada

  • ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 11, 2024
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears before the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference on Oct. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | How foreign actors and criminals use dirty money in Canada

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 11, 2024
  • ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.

Q&A | How foreign actors and criminals use dirty money in Canada

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 11, 2024
  • ‘If we're not looking at how those activities are financed, we're missing a whole piece of the puzzle,’ says national security expert Jessica Davis.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears before the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference on Oct. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | DeMarco dissects Net Zero Accelerator fund’s flaws

  • Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 4, 2024
Jerry DeMarco
Jerry DeMarco
Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco’s spring audit found many of the businesses getting cash under the Net Zero Accelerator Initiative were under no obligation to reduce their emissions by any specific amount. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | DeMarco dissects Net Zero Accelerator fund’s flaws

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 4, 2024
  • Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.

Q&A | DeMarco dissects Net Zero Accelerator fund’s flaws

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 4, 2024
  • Canada's environment commissioner audit found the $8-billion program was not attracting the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters.
Jerry DeMarco
Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco’s spring audit found many of the businesses getting cash under the Net Zero Accelerator Initiative were under no obligation to reduce their emissions by any specific amount. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | November 4, 2024
  • Charlie Angus talks about his new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, and about the state of federal politics
NDP MP Charlie Angus just released a new book, Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, his ninth book: 'I don’t think I would have been able to keep doing the political work if I didn’t nurture space for musical creativity and research.' Photograph courtesy of Paul Rincon and House of Anansi Press

What’s so wrong with Canada that we best snap out of our complacency?

  • Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | October 30, 2024
Justin Trudeau, left, Pierre Poilievre, and Jagmeet Singh. Author Jonathan Manthorpe insists our representative democracy is crucially misrepresentative. The first-past-the-post electoral system skews the outcome, so the governments we get are a triple distortion of voters’ political will, writes Chris Dornan. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

What’s so wrong with Canada that we best snap out of our complacency?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | October 30, 2024
  • Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to

What’s so wrong with Canada that we best snap out of our complacency?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | October 30, 2024
  • Through nine persuasive yet demoralizing chapters, Jonathan Manthorpe leads us through his rational report card on our nation’s prospects. If we don't attend to
Justin Trudeau, left, Pierre Poilievre, and Jagmeet Singh. Author Jonathan Manthorpe insists our representative democracy is crucially misrepresentative. The first-past-the-post electoral system skews the outcome, so the governments we get are a triple distortion of voters’ political will, writes Chris Dornan. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade

Q&A | Immigration reversal and a system ‘in chaos’

  • Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 28, 2024
Marc Miller
Marc Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a U-turn in the government’s immigration policy on Oct. 24, scaling back plans for the number of new permanent residents from 500,000 to 395,000 in 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | Immigration reversal and a system ‘in chaos’

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 28, 2024
  • Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'

Q&A | Immigration reversal and a system ‘in chaos’

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 28, 2024
  • Immigration lawyer Elizabeth Long says immigrants, foreign workers, and foreign students shouldn’t ‘be scapegoated for all of the problems that the government has created.'
Marc Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a U-turn in the government’s immigration policy on Oct. 24, scaling back plans for the number of new permanent residents from 500,000 to 395,000 in 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | What the heck is HERC, with Mark Holland

  • ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 7, 2024
Mark Holland
Mark Holland
On Sept. 24, Health Minister Mark Holland jointly announced the creation of a new government body focused on advancing Canada's life sciences capacity ahead of a future pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | What the heck is HERC, with Mark Holland

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 7, 2024
  • ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build

Q&A | What the heck is HERC, with Mark Holland

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 7, 2024
  • ‘We're putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build
Mark Holland
On Sept. 24, Health Minister Mark Holland jointly announced the creation of a new government body focused on advancing Canada's life sciences capacity ahead of a future pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | The procedure and politics that feed confidence motions 

  • Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 30, 2024
Opposition day motions—like the two used last week by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for votes of non-confidence—can be used by parties to frame themselves, says Yaroslav Baran. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Q&A | The procedure and politics that feed confidence motions 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 30, 2024
  • Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy

Q&A | The procedure and politics that feed confidence motions 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | September 30, 2024
  • Yaroslav Baran, former chief of staff to a Conservative government House leader, offers a crash course on how confidence motions work, and the strategy
Opposition day motions—like the two used last week by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for votes of non-confidence—can be used by parties to frame themselves, says Yaroslav Baran. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton

  • A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH | June 16, 2024
Andrew Lawton is a right-wing media personality and the author of the first biography written about current Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton

FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH | June 16, 2024
  • A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.

The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton

FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH | June 16, 2024
  • A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.
Andrew Lawton is a right-wing media personality and the author of the first biography written about current Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau: he eludes us still

  • Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | June 10, 2024
Hot tickets: Stephen Maher's The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, and Paul Wells' Justin Trudeau on the Ropes are must-reads this spring. Images courtesy of Simon & Schuster, Sutherland House, and The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

Trudeau: he eludes us still

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | June 10, 2024
  • Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever

Trudeau: he eludes us still

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | June 10, 2024
  • Stephen Maher and Paul Wells both offer insights into who Justin Trudeau is and what makes him tick. But one wonders if we’ll ever
Hot tickets: Stephen Maher's The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, and Paul Wells' Justin Trudeau on the Ropes are must-reads this spring. Images courtesy of Simon & Schuster, Sutherland House, and The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

  • In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2024
Justin Trudeau: 'The contrast between the vision that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward and what we continue to work for every single day couldn't be clearer, couldn't be crisper. As a competitor, as a leader, as someone committed to this country, being there for that conversation with Canadians touches me at the ore of what I feel my purpose is.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2024
  • In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 27, 2024
  • In a sensational new book, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's looking forward to running against Pierre Poilievre because he doesn't want Poilievre to
Justin Trudeau: 'The contrast between the vision that Mr. Poilievre is putting forward and what we continue to work for every single day couldn't be clearer, couldn't be crisper. As a competitor, as a leader, as someone committed to this country, being there for that conversation with Canadians touches me at the ore of what I feel my purpose is.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

War raging on Earth threatens co-operation among the stars

  • The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
FeatureBY MICHAEL BYERS, AARON BOLEY | May 1, 2024
Who Owns Outer Space? draws attention to the many risks that are linked to the deployment of very large numbers of new satellites, and the growing rivalries among leading spacefaring nations and corporations, writes the Donner Prize Foundation. Image courtesy of Cambridge University Press

War raging on Earth threatens co-operation among the stars

FeatureBY MICHAEL BYERS, AARON BOLEY | May 1, 2024
  • The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for

War raging on Earth threatens co-operation among the stars

FeatureBY MICHAEL BYERS, AARON BOLEY | May 1, 2024
  • The following is an excerpt from Who Owns Outer Space? International Law, Astrophysics, and the Sustainable Development of Space, one of five finalists for
Who Owns Outer Space? draws attention to the many risks that are linked to the deployment of very large numbers of new satellites, and the growing rivalries among leading spacefaring nations and corporations, writes the Donner Prize Foundation. Image courtesy of Cambridge University Press

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

  • The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
FeatureBY KENT ROACH | April 24, 2024
The uncertainty surrounding the full implementation of LaForme/Westmoreland Traore report is one reason why I agreed to write this book. New legislation to establish a new commission has the potential to be the most important law reform with respect to wrongful convictions in a generation, writes Kent Roach. Book cover courtesy of Simon & Schuster, 2023

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

FeatureBY KENT ROACH | April 24, 2024
  • The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

FeatureBY KENT ROACH | April 24, 2024
  • The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon
The uncertainty surrounding the full implementation of LaForme/Westmoreland Traore report is one reason why I agreed to write this book. New legislation to establish a new commission has the potential to be the most important law reform with respect to wrongful convictions in a generation, writes Kent Roach. Book cover courtesy of Simon & Schuster, 2023

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

  • ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 24, 2024
Jane Philpott, the former federal health minister and current dean of health sciences at Queen's University, spoke to The Hill Times about how to fix Canada's ailing family health systems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 24, 2024
  • ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | April 24, 2024
  • ‘I feel that it is a fundamental responsibility of anyone who is an elected official... to collaborate with other orders of government to be
Jane Philpott, the former federal health minister and current dean of health sciences at Queen's University, spoke to The Hill Times about how to fix Canada's ailing family health systems. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Garneau to roll out major federal transportation policy changes

  • The government is taking the first steps towards implementing its recently announced strategy for the future of transportation in Canada—known as Transportation 2030—by moving
FeatureBY MICAAL AHMED | February 27, 2017
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has a plan for getting around in this country, and it's called Transportation 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Garneau to roll out major federal transportation policy changes

FeatureBY MICAAL AHMED | February 27, 2017
  • The government is taking the first steps towards implementing its recently announced strategy for the future of transportation in Canada—known as Transportation 2030—by moving

Garneau to roll out major federal transportation policy changes

FeatureBY MICAAL AHMED | February 27, 2017
  • The government is taking the first steps towards implementing its recently announced strategy for the future of transportation in Canada—known as Transportation 2030—by moving
Transport Minister Marc Garneau has a plan for getting around in this country, and it's called Transportation 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

After shootings, more questions than answers about care for veterans

  • As the daughter of a Second World War veteran, I listen to the horrifying reports of mass shootings perpetrated by current veterans and wonder
Opinion | January 11, 2017

After shootings, more questions than answers about care for veterans

Opinion | January 11, 2017
  • As the daughter of a Second World War veteran, I listen to the horrifying reports of mass shootings perpetrated by current veterans and wonder

After shootings, more questions than answers about care for veterans

Opinion | January 11, 2017
  • As the daughter of a Second World War veteran, I listen to the horrifying reports of mass shootings perpetrated by current veterans and wonder

Dallaire’s Child Soldiers Initiative a worthy mission

  • Roméo Dallaire, the retired lieutenant-general, former Liberal Senator, and former force commander for UNAMIR in 1993 who tried unsuccessfully to get the world to
Opinion | January 9, 2017

Dallaire’s Child Soldiers Initiative a worthy mission

Opinion | January 9, 2017
  • Roméo Dallaire, the retired lieutenant-general, former Liberal Senator, and former force commander for UNAMIR in 1993 who tried unsuccessfully to get the world to

Dallaire’s Child Soldiers Initiative a worthy mission

Opinion | January 9, 2017
  • Roméo Dallaire, the retired lieutenant-general, former Liberal Senator, and former force commander for UNAMIR in 1993 who tried unsuccessfully to get the world to

Dallaire’s on a mission and it’s not impossible

  • OTTAWA—At the end of his powerful and painfully honest memoir, Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle With PTSD, Roméo Dallaire says he was
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 19, 2016
Roméo Dallaire, one of the world's leading humanitarians, pictured recently in Ottawa, talks about his Child Soldiers Initiative and his new book Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Dallaire’s on a mission and it’s not impossible

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 19, 2016
  • OTTAWA—At the end of his powerful and painfully honest memoir, Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle With PTSD, Roméo Dallaire says he was

Dallaire’s on a mission and it’s not impossible

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | December 19, 2016
  • OTTAWA—At the end of his powerful and painfully honest memoir, Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle With PTSD, Roméo Dallaire says he was
Roméo Dallaire, one of the world's leading humanitarians, pictured recently in Ottawa, talks about his Child Soldiers Initiative and his new book Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle with PTSD. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Exercise must be key to any strategy aimed at making Canadians healthier

  • The Oct. 24 announcement by the health minister of her new Vision for a Healthy Canada was an important one for all Canadians and,
Opinion | BY ELIO ANTUNES | November 16, 2016
Participants sweat it out at a summer yoga class on Parliament Hill. The benefits of regular, heart-pumping physical activity include reduced risk of chronic disease, healthy body weight, self-confidence, new skills, and better mental health, says Elio Antunes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Exercise must be key to any strategy aimed at making Canadians healthier

Opinion | BY ELIO ANTUNES | November 16, 2016
  • The Oct. 24 announcement by the health minister of her new Vision for a Healthy Canada was an important one for all Canadians and,

Exercise must be key to any strategy aimed at making Canadians healthier

Opinion | BY ELIO ANTUNES | November 16, 2016
  • The Oct. 24 announcement by the health minister of her new Vision for a Healthy Canada was an important one for all Canadians and,
Participants sweat it out at a summer yoga class on Parliament Hill. The benefits of regular, heart-pumping physical activity include reduced risk of chronic disease, healthy body weight, self-confidence, new skills, and better mental health, says Elio Antunes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘I was less interested in the man than the mania,’ says Litt of new book on Pierre Trudeau

  • OTTAWA—It’s been more than 48 years since Pierre Elliott Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party way back in April 1968 and swept the
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 24, 2016

‘I was less interested in the man than the mania,’ says Litt of new book on Pierre Trudeau

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 24, 2016
  • OTTAWA—It’s been more than 48 years since Pierre Elliott Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party way back in April 1968 and swept the

‘I was less interested in the man than the mania,’ says Litt of new book on Pierre Trudeau

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | October 24, 2016
  • OTTAWA—It’s been more than 48 years since Pierre Elliott Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party way back in April 1968 and swept the

History has chosen different path for a country Hurtig so loved

  • OTTAWA—Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig, one of the lions of Canadian nationalism and a true gentleman, died on Wednesday at 84. It is awful news,
Opinion | BY PAUL WELLS | August 8, 2016
Mel Hurtig, pictured in Ottawa in 2008 on book tour for The Truth About Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

History has chosen different path for a country Hurtig so loved

Opinion | BY PAUL WELLS | August 8, 2016
  • OTTAWA—Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig, one of the lions of Canadian nationalism and a true gentleman, died on Wednesday at 84. It is awful news,

History has chosen different path for a country Hurtig so loved

Opinion | BY PAUL WELLS | August 8, 2016
  • OTTAWA—Edmonton publisher Mel Hurtig, one of the lions of Canadian nationalism and a true gentleman, died on Wednesday at 84. It is awful news,
Mel Hurtig, pictured in Ottawa in 2008 on book tour for The Truth About Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Off Script: Yann Martel on being a concerned Canadian citizen, and a hypocrite

  • Yann Martel wants to be a minimalist. He wants it the way some of us want to look like Gisele Bündchen, but enjoy a
FeatureBY ALLY FOSTER | July 11, 2016
Yann Martel stands with his son in his backyard. Although he says he wants to live a more localized, environmentally-responsible lifestyle, he notes: 'I have two cars, four kids, a family of six… I live in a big house.' P&I Photograph courtesy of Emma Love

Off Script: Yann Martel on being a concerned Canadian citizen, and a hypocrite

FeatureBY ALLY FOSTER | July 11, 2016
  • Yann Martel wants to be a minimalist. He wants it the way some of us want to look like Gisele Bündchen, but enjoy a

Off Script: Yann Martel on being a concerned Canadian citizen, and a hypocrite

FeatureBY ALLY FOSTER | July 11, 2016
  • Yann Martel wants to be a minimalist. He wants it the way some of us want to look like Gisele Bündchen, but enjoy a
Yann Martel stands with his son in his backyard. Although he says he wants to live a more localized, environmentally-responsible lifestyle, he notes: 'I have two cars, four kids, a family of six… I live in a big house.' P&I Photograph courtesy of Emma Love

Sharp Wits & Busy Pens takes a ‘sober-minded look’ at history of press gallery on Parliament Hill

  • OTTAWA—When Bloomberg Hill reporter Josh Wingrove volunteered to co-edit a coffee table book on the 150-year history of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, he had no
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 23, 2016
Bloomberg Hill reporter Josh Wingrove, co-editor of Sharp Wits & Busy Pens. 'You can see the same qualities in gallery journalists a century ago that I admire in colleagues these days. Rabble-rousers all.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Sharp Wits & Busy Pens takes a ‘sober-minded look’ at history of press gallery on Parliament Hill

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 23, 2016
  • OTTAWA—When Bloomberg Hill reporter Josh Wingrove volunteered to co-edit a coffee table book on the 150-year history of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, he had no

Sharp Wits & Busy Pens takes a ‘sober-minded look’ at history of press gallery on Parliament Hill

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 23, 2016
  • OTTAWA—When Bloomberg Hill reporter Josh Wingrove volunteered to co-edit a coffee table book on the 150-year history of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, he had no
Bloomberg Hill reporter Josh Wingrove, co-editor of Sharp Wits & Busy Pens. 'You can see the same qualities in gallery journalists a century ago that I admire in colleagues these days. Rabble-rousers all.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

PMO ‘central control deepening far more than people know or seem to care about’

  • OTTAWA—The pursuit of political power is more strategic than ever and political parties and governments are using the same brand control as the world’s largest corporations
FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 23, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a caucus meeting on the Hill. Alex Marland argues that the more that the media’s glare is on the prime minister, the more power that individual has. 'I believe that central control is deepening far more than people know or seem to care about. The creation of delivery units in the centre of the Liberal government are an excellent example of PMO control.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

PMO ‘central control deepening far more than people know or seem to care about’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 23, 2016
  • OTTAWA—The pursuit of political power is more strategic than ever and political parties and governments are using the same brand control as the world’s largest corporations

PMO ‘central control deepening far more than people know or seem to care about’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY | May 23, 2016
  • OTTAWA—The pursuit of political power is more strategic than ever and political parties and governments are using the same brand control as the world’s largest corporations
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a caucus meeting on the Hill. Alex Marland argues that the more that the media’s glare is on the prime minister, the more power that individual has. 'I believe that central control is deepening far more than people know or seem to care about. The creation of delivery units in the centre of the Liberal government are an excellent example of PMO control.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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