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Liberal MP and doctor Marcus Powlowski continues to practice medicine in his riding of Thunder Bay-Rainy River, Ont. ‘I don’t spend a lot of time talking politics when I’m practising medicine. People are happy to see a doctor and I think the lack of primary health care has become so chronic, people don’t usually bother mentioning it,’ he says. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | December 2, 2025
Kelly Block
Conservative MP Kelly Block moved a motion at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to compel departments to respond to the Parliamentary Budget Office's information request on Dec. 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | December 2, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | December 2, 2025
Kelly Block
Conservative MP Kelly Block moved a motion at the House Government Operations and Estimates Committee to compel departments to respond to the Parliamentary Budget Office's information request on Dec. 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 30, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, is looked upon favourably by 34 per cent of Canadians, while Prime Minister Mark Carney is approved by 52 per cent of Canadians, according to data from the Angus Reid Institute released on Nov. 17. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 30, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 30, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, is looked upon favourably by 34 per cent of Canadians, while Prime Minister Mark Carney is approved by 52 per cent of Canadians, according to data from the Angus Reid Institute released on Nov. 17. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DANIEL ESCOTT | November 27, 2025
AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. The funding for artificial intelligence is historic and necessary, but the current conversation around AI sovereignty in Canada is dangerously myopic, writes Daniel Escott. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DANIEL ESCOTT | November 27, 2025
Opinion | BY DANIEL ESCOTT | November 27, 2025
AI and Digital Innovation Minister Evan Solomon. The funding for artificial intelligence is historic and necessary, but the current conversation around AI sovereignty in Canada is dangerously myopic, writes Daniel Escott. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 26, 2025
Opinion | BY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN | November 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, pictured Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM | November 26, 2025
Excluding women from AI planning will risk slowing down AI adoption nationwide, write Rebecca Bailey and Sarah Hashem. Unsplash photograph by Christina @ wocintechchat.com
Opinion | BY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM | November 26, 2025
Opinion | BY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM | November 26, 2025
Excluding women from AI planning will risk slowing down AI adoption nationwide, write Rebecca Bailey and Sarah Hashem. Unsplash photograph by Christina @ wocintechchat.com
Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters in the House of Commons foyer on Nov. 17, after the vote on the 2025 federal budget passed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters in the House of Commons foyer on Nov. 17, after the vote on the 2025 federal budget passed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 17, 2025
Evan Solomon
After the federal budget laid out billions in cost savings via tech-fuelled efficiency, Digital Minister Minister Evan Solomon was pressed to explain how AI will increase efficiency in the federal public service without cutting jobs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 17, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 17, 2025
Evan Solomon
After the federal budget laid out billions in cost savings via tech-fuelled efficiency, Digital Minister Minister Evan Solomon was pressed to explain how AI will increase efficiency in the federal public service without cutting jobs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 17, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured holding up the budget document on Nov. 4, 2025, before heading into the House to table it. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 17, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | November 17, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured holding up the budget document on Nov. 4, 2025, before heading into the House to table it. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne prepare to present the 2025 budget in the House of Commons on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 17, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 17, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne prepare to present the 2025 budget in the House of Commons on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SECRETARY OF STATE STEPHEN FUHR | November 14, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne. Our budget is a plan that invests in Canadians, protects what we value, and positions our country to thrive in a changing world, writes Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SECRETARY OF STATE STEPHEN FUHR | November 14, 2025
Opinion | BY SECRETARY OF STATE STEPHEN FUHR | November 14, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne. Our budget is a plan that invests in Canadians, protects what we value, and positions our country to thrive in a changing world, writes Secretary of State Stephen Fuhr. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
In remarks before the United Nations in September, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said ‘Canada will not turn inward.’ But the budget’s cuts to foreign aid present a clear retraction from the Liberal’s election promise, write Drew-Anne Glennie, Janet Butler-McPhee, and Robin Montgomery. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
In remarks before the United Nations in September, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said ‘Canada will not turn inward.’ But the budget’s cuts to foreign aid present a clear retraction from the Liberal’s election promise, write Drew-Anne Glennie, Janet Butler-McPhee, and Robin Montgomery. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSEPHINE GREY, SHEILA REGEHR | November 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget priorities reveal a dangerous miscalculation of what a nation needs to grow strong, writes Josephine Grey and Sheila Regehr. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY JOSEPHINE GREY, SHEILA REGEHR | November 12, 2025
Opinion | BY JOSEPHINE GREY, SHEILA REGEHR | November 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget priorities reveal a dangerous miscalculation of what a nation needs to grow strong, writes Josephine Grey and Sheila Regehr. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have already set in motion the events that will decide the fate of his government's first budget in the weeks prior to the document being tabled in the House, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have already set in motion the events that will decide the fate of his government's first budget in the weeks prior to the document being tabled in the House, say strategists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
Mark Carney
With the budget proposing spending cuts to the Privy Council Office, experts say Prime Minister Mark Carney should be expanding his access to relevant analysis rather than shrinking from the standards set by Canada's partners. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 12, 2025
Mark Carney
With the budget proposing spending cuts to the Privy Council Office, experts say Prime Minister Mark Carney should be expanding his access to relevant analysis rather than shrinking from the standards set by Canada's partners. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 11, 2025
Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali’s second supplementary estimates for 2025-26, tabled on Nov. 7, outline $10.8-billion in spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 11, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 11, 2025
Shafqat Ali
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali’s second supplementary estimates for 2025-26, tabled on Nov. 7, outline $10.8-billion in spending. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 10, 2025
Treasury Board Secretariat President Shafqat Ali. The federal government has signalled changes could be coming to legislation that controls collective bargaining with public servants, which could take into account the country’s financial situation during negotiations with unions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 10, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 10, 2025
Treasury Board Secretariat President Shafqat Ali. The federal government has signalled changes could be coming to legislation that controls collective bargaining with public servants, which could take into account the country’s financial situation during negotiations with unions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | November 10, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel at an announcement in Ottawa on Oct. 2, 2025. "We are focusing on streamlining some programs,” said Michel about the absence of new mental health and addictions support program money in the budget. “But, if you look, we protected health care [through the] transfers.” The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | November 10, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | November 10, 2025
Health Minister Marjorie Michel at an announcement in Ottawa on Oct. 2, 2025. "We are focusing on streamlining some programs,” said Michel about the absence of new mental health and addictions support program money in the budget. “But, if you look, we protected health care [through the] transfers.” The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade