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At the close of the most recent gathering of G7 foreign ministers, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand outlined what she saw as the parameters of her job. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 10, 2025
Conservative MP Richard Bragdon, pictured May 7, 2024, at a National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa, secured a significant internal victory on Oct. 29, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Terry Duguid as co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 10, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 10, 2025
Conservative MP Richard Bragdon, pictured May 7, 2024, at a National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa, secured a significant internal victory on Oct. 29, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Terry Duguid as co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | November 3, 2025
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, pictured on May 22, 2025, speaks bluntly and awfully plainly. Good. Let’s all make a habit of listening to him, thanking him for his time—and then believing him, and acting accordingly, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | November 3, 2025
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, pictured on May 22, 2025, speaks bluntly and awfully plainly. Good. Let’s all make a habit of listening to him, thanking him for his time—and then believing him, and acting accordingly, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, pictured on Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and other top Canadian and American politicians and officials in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | November 3, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, pictured on Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and other top Canadian and American politicians and officials in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured in 1987 in his anti-tariff address which was used in Doug Ford's ad, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen images courtesy NBC News
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | November 3, 2025
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, pictured in 1987 in his anti-tariff address which was used in Doug Ford's ad, and U.S. President Donald Trump. Screen images courtesy NBC News
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 14, 2025
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney understands that Canada needs to reinvent itself as a self-sufficient country, allied to new trading partners who share our values, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 14, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | April 14, 2025
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney understands that Canada needs to reinvent itself as a self-sufficient country, allied to new trading partners who share our values, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Trump's trade war has forced Canada to rethink its economic position in the world, but David Crane says Canada's political leaders are missing the mark with talk of accelerating oil and gas projects and critical minerals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration courtesy of Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 14, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | April 14, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, centre, Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Trump's trade war has forced Canada to rethink its economic position in the world, but David Crane says Canada's political leaders are missing the mark with talk of accelerating oil and gas projects and critical minerals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration courtesy of Joey Sabourin
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 12, 2025
Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May, left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 12, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 12, 2025
Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May, left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 11, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, are fighting in a campaign where the electorate is focused on who can best handle U.S. President Donald Trump. But that's not the chief concern for young voters, according to a new poll. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration by Neena Singhal
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 11, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 11, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, are fighting in a campaign where the electorate is focused on who can best handle U.S. President Donald Trump. But that's not the chief concern for young voters, according to a new poll. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons, illustration by Neena Singhal
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 10, 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith
Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith spoke in Ottawa on April 10 at a conference hosted by the Canada Strong and Free Network. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 10, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 10, 2025
Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith
Alberta Premiere Danielle Smith spoke in Ottawa on April 10 at a conference hosted by the Canada Strong and Free Network. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL W. MANULAK | April 10, 2025
As Prime Minister Mark Carney's visits to France and the U.K. reminded us, Canada’s society and institutions have non-American roots. In a period of dislocation, we should rediscover them, writes Michael W. Manulak. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL W. MANULAK | April 10, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL W. MANULAK | April 10, 2025
As Prime Minister Mark Carney's visits to France and the U.K. reminded us, Canada’s society and institutions have non-American roots. In a period of dislocation, we should rediscover them, writes Michael W. Manulak. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | April 10, 2025
Trump
After studying Trump's dramatic tariff measures, Mark Carney’s first major reaction was that the U.S. president has fundamentally changed the international trading system while at the same time asserting that Trump officials had professed to preserve a number of key elements of the commercial relationships between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, The Hill Times, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | April 10, 2025
Opinion | BY ERROL MENDES | April 10, 2025
Trump
After studying Trump's dramatic tariff measures, Mark Carney’s first major reaction was that the U.S. president has fundamentally changed the international trading system while at the same time asserting that Trump officials had professed to preserve a number of key elements of the commercial relationships between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, The Hill Times, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY ALIONKA SKUP | April 10, 2025
interpreters
Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, left, welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the Centre Block, pictured in the background on June 7, 2018, and the interpreters in the foreground. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALIONKA SKUP | April 10, 2025
Opinion | BY ALIONKA SKUP | April 10, 2025
interpreters
Then-prime minister Justin Trudeau, left, welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron to the Centre Block, pictured in the background on June 7, 2018, and the interpreters in the foreground. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 10, 2025
Steve Verheul was widely considered an architect of Canada's trade policy during his time in the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 10, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 10, 2025
Steve Verheul was widely considered an architect of Canada's trade policy during his time in the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 9, 2025
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau's many foreign policy failures represent a Liberal record that his successor, Mark Carney, should be forced to defend, and which Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre can expose as part of his 'Canada First' strategy, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 9, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | April 9, 2025
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau's many foreign policy failures represent a Liberal record that his successor, Mark Carney, should be forced to defend, and which Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre can expose as part of his 'Canada First' strategy, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 9, 2025
Canadian Association of Professional Employees president Nathan Prier called for the Public Sector Investment Review Board to divest all Tesla stocks outside a Tesla dealership in Ottawa on April 9. The Hill Times photograph by Stephen Jeffery
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 9, 2025
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 9, 2025
Canadian Association of Professional Employees president Nathan Prier called for the Public Sector Investment Review Board to divest all Tesla stocks outside a Tesla dealership in Ottawa on April 9. The Hill Times photograph by Stephen Jeffery
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 9, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called for a quick renegotiation of Canada's North American trade pact. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 9, 2025
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 9, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called for a quick renegotiation of Canada's North American trade pact. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade