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The future of Canada’s economy will depend not only on whether its young people have the right skills, but also on whether they are resilient enough to use them, writes Zahid Salman. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 4, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured with a copy of the 2025 budget before he heads into the House of Commons on Nov. 4, 2025. 'This is a message to all businesses across the country, Canada will be the most competitive country, and we are making sure that we empower you to do that,' Champagne said at his presser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 4, 2025
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | November 4, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, pictured with a copy of the 2025 budget before he heads into the House of Commons on Nov. 4, 2025. 'This is a message to all businesses across the country, Canada will be the most competitive country, and we are making sure that we empower you to do that,' Champagne said at his presser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 4, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne released his first budget on Nov. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 4, 2025
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | November 4, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne released his first budget on Nov. 4. 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
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, needs to start acting more like a prime minister and less like a chief executive officer to protect Canada from crises generated by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, needs to start acting more like a prime minister and less like a chief executive officer to protect Canada from crises generated by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 29, 2025
Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai told a parliamentary committee Canada plans to do more development work in countries where it is also looking to increase trade. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 29, 2025
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 29, 2025
Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai told a parliamentary committee Canada plans to do more development work in countries where it is also looking to increase trade. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 29, 2025
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty speaks with reporters after the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 29, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 29, 2025
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Rebecca Alty speaks with reporters after the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BUCKLEY BELANGER | September 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney said with Bill C-5, 'we are removing trade barriers, expediting nation-building projects, and unleashing economic growth, in close cooperation with Indigenous Peoples,' in a press statement in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BUCKLEY BELANGER | September 29, 2025
Opinion | BY BUCKLEY BELANGER | September 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney said with Bill C-5, 'we are removing trade barriers, expediting nation-building projects, and unleashing economic growth, in close cooperation with Indigenous Peoples,' in a press statement in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 29, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Build Canada Homes project in Nepean, Ont., on Sept. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 29, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 29, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Build Canada Homes project in Nepean, Ont., on Sept. 14, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | September 24, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 15, 2025, recently said: 'AI is a tool that’s embedded in all manufacturing. It is not a silo. AI is the DNA of manufacturing,' which is how we get economic and social value out of technologies, writes Jayson Myers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | September 24, 2025
Opinion | BY JAYSON MYERS | September 24, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 15, 2025, recently said: 'AI is a tool that’s embedded in all manufacturing. It is not a silo. AI is the DNA of manufacturing,' which is how we get economic and social value out of technologies, writes Jayson Myers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BETH BUCKMASTER, DAVID BILLEDEAU | September 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, with then-minister Chrystia Freeland and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson during a June 6 press conference. Hydrogen can drive our clean energy transition while creating prosperity nationwide, write Beth Buckmaster and David Billedeau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BETH BUCKMASTER, DAVID BILLEDEAU | September 24, 2025
Opinion | BY BETH BUCKMASTER, DAVID BILLEDEAU | September 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, with then-minister Chrystia Freeland and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson during a June 6 press conference. Hydrogen can drive our clean energy transition while creating prosperity nationwide, write Beth Buckmaster and David Billedeau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads into the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The seven government priorities listed in Carney's mandate letter to his cabinet ministers are worthwhile, yet insufficient. They fail to address Canada’s terrible productivity performance, writes David Crane.   The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 18, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | September 18, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads into the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The seven government priorities listed in Carney's mandate letter to his cabinet ministers are worthwhile, yet insufficient. They fail to address Canada’s terrible productivity performance, writes David Crane.   The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SENATOR DANIèLE HENKEL | September 11, 2025
People pictured crossing O’Connor Street across from the West Block in downtown Ottawa, on Aug. 26, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SENATOR DANIèLE HENKEL | September 11, 2025
Opinion | BY SENATOR DANIèLE HENKEL | September 11, 2025
People pictured crossing O’Connor Street across from the West Block in downtown Ottawa, on Aug. 26, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 8, 2025
In an Aug. 29 press release, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, 'We are moving at a speed not seen in generations to build ports, railways, energy grids—the major projects that will unlock Canada’s full economic potential and build Canada strong.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 8, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 8, 2025
In an Aug. 29 press release, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, 'We are moving at a speed not seen in generations to build ports, railways, energy grids—the major projects that will unlock Canada’s full economic potential and build Canada strong.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY CARLO FANELLI | September 1, 2025
Patty Hajdu
Job Minister Patty Hajdu on Aug. 16 ordered binding arbitration to end the labour conflict between Air Canada and its flight attendants. "I am exercising this authority because it is critical to maintaining and securing industrial peace, protecting Canadians and promoting conditions to resolve the dispute," Hajdu said in a statement that day. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CARLO FANELLI | September 1, 2025
Opinion | BY CARLO FANELLI | September 1, 2025
Patty Hajdu
Job Minister Patty Hajdu on Aug. 16 ordered binding arbitration to end the labour conflict between Air Canada and its flight attendants. "I am exercising this authority because it is critical to maintaining and securing industrial peace, protecting Canadians and promoting conditions to resolve the dispute," Hajdu said in a statement that day. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 1, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 22 that Canada will remove all tariffs on goods from the U.S. covered by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement by Sept. 1, although existing tariffs will remain on steel, aluminum and autos. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 1, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 1, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Aug. 22 that Canada will remove all tariffs on goods from the U.S. covered by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement by Sept. 1, although existing tariffs will remain on steel, aluminum and autos. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney said through an X post on Aug. 14 that Ottawa will 'advance a constructive dialogue with Chinese officials to address our respective trade concerns, while diversifying our trade abroad and supporting our canola producers at home.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 31, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney said through an X post on Aug. 14 that Ottawa will 'advance a constructive dialogue with Chinese officials to address our respective trade concerns, while diversifying our trade abroad and supporting our canola producers at home.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 25, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on April 15 a six-month relief period from counter-tariffs for goods imported from the U.S. that are used in Canadian manufacturing, processing and food and beverage packaging, and for those used to support public health, health care, public safety, and national security. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 25, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 25, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on April 15 a six-month relief period from counter-tariffs for goods imported from the U.S. that are used in Canadian manufacturing, processing and food and beverage packaging, and for those used to support public health, health care, public safety, and national security. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade