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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
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
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 10, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured inside the media budget lockup in the John G. Diefenbaker Building on Sussex Drive in Ottawa before holding his press conference on the budget on Nov. 4, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 10, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 10, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured inside the media budget lockup in the John G. Diefenbaker Building on Sussex Drive in Ottawa before holding his press conference on the budget on Nov. 4, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | November 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government sold the budget as 'economically transformational,' but CFIB president Dan Kelly says it was 'a pretty high bar, and I would not say we even came close to that in this budget.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | November 7, 2025
News | BY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO | November 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's government sold the budget as 'economically transformational,' but CFIB president Dan Kelly says it was 'a pretty high bar, and I would not say we even came close to that in this budget.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 7, 2025
The budget did not clarify the future of some of the climate programs that are due to sunset in Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's department in the coming years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 7, 2025
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 7, 2025
The budget did not clarify the future of some of the climate programs that are due to sunset in Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's department in the coming years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL | November 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Capital allocation is disciplined and deliberate in Prime Minister Mark Carney's budget, write Ram Mathilakath and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL | November 6, 2025
Opinion | BY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL | November 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Capital allocation is disciplined and deliberate in Prime Minister Mark Carney's budget, write Ram Mathilakath and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Budget 2025 says the government intends to introduce legislation to regulate stablecoins, with the the Bank of Canada spending $10-million over two years to administer the ensuing legislation starting in 2026-27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Budget 2025 says the government intends to introduce legislation to regulate stablecoins, with the the Bank of Canada spending $10-million over two years to administer the ensuing legislation starting in 2026-27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre, pictured alongside his House Leader Christine Normandin, right, and MP Jean-Denis Garon, left, says his party will be voting against the Liberal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 6, 2025
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre, pictured alongside his House Leader Christine Normandin, right, and MP Jean-Denis Garon, left, says his party will be voting against the Liberal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 5, 2025
'We have big things to accomplish in the country, we're going to be relying on an effective public service,' Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon said after the budget laid out thousands of job losses coming for federal bureaucrats. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 5, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | November 5, 2025
'We have big things to accomplish in the country, we're going to be relying on an effective public service,' Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon said after the budget laid out thousands of job losses coming for federal bureaucrats. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 5, 2025
Yves Giroux
Former parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says the Liberal government's 'track for spending keeps being revised upward' over the last decade. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 5, 2025
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 5, 2025
Yves Giroux
Former parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says the Liberal government's 'track for spending keeps being revised upward' over the last decade. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | November 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget represents a perfection of managerial politics: continuity disguised as change, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | November 5, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | November 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget represents a perfection of managerial politics: continuity disguised as change, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented their first federal budget on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne presented their first federal budget on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has already said that Canadians will have to sacrifice as a countermeasure to the U.S. tariff war, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 5, 2025
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | November 5, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has already said that Canadians will have to sacrifice as a countermeasure to the U.S. tariff war, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade