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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called for increasing the number of signatures required for candidates to run for office and limiting voters’ signatures to one candidate's nomination form. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 5, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
More than half of the 19 bills Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his House caucus have introduced so far in the 45th Parliament have focused on crime and public safety. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 1, 2025
More than half of the 19 bills Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his House caucus have introduced so far in the 45th Parliament have focused on crime and public safety. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KATE HARRISON | September 15, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his MPs have an opportunity heading into the fall parliamentary session as recent polling data that shows many Canadians believe the Liberals are too focused on Trump, writes Kate Harrison, vice-chair and partner at Summa Strategies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KATE HARRISON | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY KATE HARRISON | September 15, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his MPs have an opportunity heading into the fall parliamentary session as recent polling data that shows many Canadians believe the Liberals are too focused on Trump, writes Kate Harrison, vice-chair and partner at Summa Strategies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY YAROSLAV BARAN | September 15, 2025
The October federal budget will be the policy focal point of the season, and programs that no longer deliver will be pared back, writes Yaroslav Baran, co-founder of Pendulum. 15BacktoParliament.Baran
Opinion | BY YAROSLAV BARAN | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY YAROSLAV BARAN | September 15, 2025
The October federal budget will be the policy focal point of the season, and programs that no longer deliver will be pared back, writes Yaroslav Baran, co-founder of Pendulum. 15BacktoParliament.Baran
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters as he leaves the Metis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters as he leaves the Metis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa on Aug. 7, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 5, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, U.S. Vice-president Kamala Harris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 5, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 5, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, U.S. Vice-president Kamala Harris, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 2, 2024
On July 18, Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan announced he planned to finish his term as an MP, but would leave cabinet immediately and not seek re-election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 2, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | August 2, 2024
On July 18, Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan announced he planned to finish his term as an MP, but would leave cabinet immediately and not seek re-election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 29, 2024
Former Hill staffer Ryan Telford, left, Senate staffer Jennifer Jennekens, House staffer Ashti Waissi and former CJOH news anchor Carol Anne Meehan are seeking the Conservative nomination in the Liberal-held riding of Ottawa West-Nepean. Photographs courtesy of Ryan Telford, Jennifer Jennekens, ashtiwaissi.ca and twitter Photographs courtesy of Ryan Telford, Jennifer Jennekens and ashtiwaissi.ca
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 29, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 29, 2024
Former Hill staffer Ryan Telford, left, Senate staffer Jennifer Jennekens, House staffer Ashti Waissi and former CJOH news anchor Carol Anne Meehan are seeking the Conservative nomination in the Liberal-held riding of Ottawa West-Nepean. Photographs courtesy of Ryan Telford, Jennifer Jennekens, ashtiwaissi.ca and twitter Photographs courtesy of Ryan Telford, Jennifer Jennekens and ashtiwaissi.ca
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | July 22, 2024
The Conservative leader's wife, Anaida Poilievre, has a great deal of control over the party paraphernalia available for sale, writes Éric Blais. Screenshot courtesy of bringithome.ca
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | July 22, 2024
Opinion | BY ÉRIC BLAIS | July 22, 2024
The Conservative leader's wife, Anaida Poilievre, has a great deal of control over the party paraphernalia available for sale, writes Éric Blais. Screenshot courtesy of bringithome.ca
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 15, 2024
Survey respondents noted Pierre Poilievre, Kristina Michaud, Sean Fraser, Chrystia Freeland, Anita Anand, Dominic LeBlanc, Marc Miller, Yves-François Blanchet, François-Philippe Champagne, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Justin Trudeau, Peter Fragiskatos, Heather McPherson, Michael Barrett, Melissa Lantsman, Lori Idlout, Michael Chong and Charlie Angus. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 15, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 15, 2024
Survey respondents noted Pierre Poilievre, Kristina Michaud, Sean Fraser, Chrystia Freeland, Anita Anand, Dominic LeBlanc, Marc Miller, Yves-François Blanchet, François-Philippe Champagne, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Justin Trudeau, Peter Fragiskatos, Heather McPherson, Michael Barrett, Melissa Lantsman, Lori Idlout, Michael Chong and Charlie Angus. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 12, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre applies 'equally his view on good policies and causes to support, regardless of where they come from,' according to a lobbyist interviewed by The Hill Times. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 12, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 12, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre applies 'equally his view on good policies and causes to support, regardless of where they come from,' according to a lobbyist interviewed by The Hill Times. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre, left, who has dismissed suggestions that he is embracing populism, often frames his party as ‘common sense Conservatives,’ in contrast to the ‘ivory tower elites’ who support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre, left, who has dismissed suggestions that he is embracing populism, often frames his party as ‘common sense Conservatives,’ in contrast to the ‘ivory tower elites’ who support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 5, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is 'committed' to staying on as prime minister in an interview with CBC News on July 1. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 5, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | July 5, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he is 'committed' to staying on as prime minister in an interview with CBC News on July 1. The Hill TImes photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 4, 2024
Donald Trump, left, British Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer, and Pierre Poilievre. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 4, 2024
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 4, 2024
Donald Trump, left, British Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer, and Pierre Poilievre. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | July 4, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has committed to launching a tax reform task force within 60 days of a Conservative government coming to power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | July 4, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | July 4, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has committed to launching a tax reform task force within 60 days of a Conservative government coming to power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | July 3, 2024
Upcoming byelections in Quebec, Manitoba, B.C., and Nova Scotia could further test voter and caucus support for Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, as well as the durability of his supply-and-confidence agreement with the NDP. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | July 3, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | July 3, 2024
Upcoming byelections in Quebec, Manitoba, B.C., and Nova Scotia could further test voter and caucus support for Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, as well as the durability of his supply-and-confidence agreement with the NDP. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 1, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Freeland's recent attacks on Poilievre miss the mark, argues Gerry Nicholls, who says Polievre has jumped on the populist bandwagon, meaning he's not a Reaganite, or a Thatcherite, or a Fraser Institute devotee.   The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 1, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 1, 2024
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Freeland's recent attacks on Poilievre miss the mark, argues Gerry Nicholls, who says Polievre has jumped on the populist bandwagon, meaning he's not a Reaganite, or a Thatcherite, or a Fraser Institute devotee.   The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade