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Marilou McPhedran
Senator Marilou McPhedran has made youth a primary focus since joining the Red Chamber. Her Vote 16 Act aims to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 3, 2025
MPs attend a post-election orientation session in the House of Commons Chamber on May 21. The Lower Chamber is set to return from summer recess on Sept. 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 3, 2025
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 3, 2025
MPs attend a post-election orientation session in the House of Commons Chamber on May 21. The Lower Chamber is set to return from summer recess on Sept. 15. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 25, 2025
Pierre and Anaida Poilievre at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa on April 28, 2025, after the Conservative leader lost his seat in the general election. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 25, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 25, 2025
Pierre and Anaida Poilievre at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa on April 28, 2025, after the Conservative leader lost his seat in the general election. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 25, 2025
Potential candidates have lobbed complaints about the way the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, held their nomination contests, saying they were unfair and opaque. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 25, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 25, 2025
Potential candidates have lobbed complaints about the way the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, held their nomination contests, saying they were unfair and opaque. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 19, 2025
Conservative strategist Cole Hogan says housing, crime, immigration, and the cost of living will likely play a prominent role as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, goes head to head with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House this fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 19, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | August 19, 2025
Conservative strategist Cole Hogan says housing, crime, immigration, and the cost of living will likely play a prominent role as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, goes head to head with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the House this fall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY BILL WAISER | August 14, 2025
Then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, centre, with then-Ontario premier Howard Ferguson, left, and then-Quebec premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, in Ottawa in 1927, one year after Mackenzie King's return to the House of Commons was made possible through a byelection in Prince Albert, Sask. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Opinion | BY BILL WAISER | August 14, 2025
Opinion | BY BILL WAISER | August 14, 2025
Then-prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, centre, with then-Ontario premier Howard Ferguson, left, and then-Quebec premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, in Ottawa in 1927, one year after Mackenzie King's return to the House of Commons was made possible through a byelection in Prince Albert, Sask. Photograph courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Opinion | BY JANE COOPER | September 25, 2024
The Canada Elections Act has never been amended to encourage any observers who are not candidate representatives to be part of the process, writes Jane Cooper. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JANE COOPER | September 25, 2024
Opinion | BY JANE COOPER | September 25, 2024
The Canada Elections Act has never been amended to encourage any observers who are not candidate representatives to be part of the process, writes Jane Cooper. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 25, 2024
NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on May 29, 2023, regarding being briefed by CSIS about her exposure to foreign interference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 25, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 25, 2024
NDP MP Jenny Kwan speaks with reporters in the House of Commons foyer on May 29, 2023, regarding being briefed by CSIS about her exposure to foreign interference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 25, 2024
Yves-François Blanchet
Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé, pictured right with Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre and Bloc House Leader Alain Therrien, won the LaSalle–Émard–Verdun, Que., byelection on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 25, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 25, 2024
Yves-François Blanchet
Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé, pictured right with Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, centre and Bloc House Leader Alain Therrien, won the LaSalle–Émard–Verdun, Que., byelection on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 20, 2024
Yves Robillard
Liberal MP Yves Robillard, who has represented Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Que., for three terms, is not running in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 20, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 20, 2024
Yves Robillard
Liberal MP Yves Robillard, who has represented Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Que., for three terms, is not running in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 17, 2024
The parties of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took a combined 92 per cent of the vote in the Elmwood—Transcona, Man., byelection on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 17, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 17, 2024
The parties of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre took a combined 92 per cent of the vote in the Elmwood—Transcona, Man., byelection on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | September 16, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould calls out the carbon tax stances of the Conservative and NDP leaders, as MPs return for the fall sitting of Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | September 16, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | September 16, 2024
Government House Leader Karina Gould calls out the carbon tax stances of the Conservative and NDP leaders, as MPs return for the fall sitting of Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | September 16, 2024
House of Commons
The House of Commons returns on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | September 16, 2024
Opinion | September 16, 2024
House of Commons
The House of Commons returns on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL | September 16, 2024
Top Conservatives: Pierre Poilievre, top left, Andrew Scheer, Jenni Byrne, Leo Housakos, Anaida Poilievre, Tim Uppal, Denise Batters, front row left, Pierre Paul-Hus, Melissa Lantsman, John Baird, front left, and Stephen Harper. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL | September 16, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA, IAN CAMPBELL | September 16, 2024
Top Conservatives: Pierre Poilievre, top left, Andrew Scheer, Jenni Byrne, Leo Housakos, Anaida Poilievre, Tim Uppal, Denise Batters, front row left, Pierre Paul-Hus, Melissa Lantsman, John Baird, front left, and Stephen Harper. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Jake Wright
Feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | September 16, 2024
Karina Gould
Government House Leader Karina Gould will start shepherding the Liberals through what promises to be a challenging fall session of Parliament today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | September 16, 2024
Feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | September 16, 2024
Karina Gould
Government House Leader Karina Gould will start shepherding the Liberals through what promises to be a challenging fall session of Parliament today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | September 12, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be worried about the Bloc and the NDP, his chief rivals in the riding of Lasalle-Émard-Verdun, Que., writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | September 12, 2024
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | September 12, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be worried about the Bloc and the NDP, his chief rivals in the riding of Lasalle-Émard-Verdun, Que., writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | September 12, 2024
Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault.
Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault. Elections Canada is running simulations to 'adapt our procedures to avoid unnecessary delays' in counting ballot papers with 91 candidates in LaSalle–Émard–Verdun, Que., on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | September 12, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | September 12, 2024
Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault.
Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault. Elections Canada is running simulations to 'adapt our procedures to avoid unnecessary delays' in counting ballot papers with 91 candidates in LaSalle–Émard–Verdun, Que., on Sept. 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Liberal caucus at its winter retreat in West Block on Jan. 27, 2023, before the House resumes sitting for the first time in 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal caucus held their summer retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., where provincial pollsters say the landscape is shaky for the party in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Liberal caucus at its winter retreat in West Block on Jan. 27, 2023, before the House resumes sitting for the first time in 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal caucus held their summer retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., where provincial pollsters say the landscape is shaky for the party in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade