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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 19, 2025
Under leader Pierre Poilievre, right, the Conservatives spent more than $16-million on ads attacking the former prime minister and the carbon tax in 2024. The Liberals' 'lean, digital first' focus left enough gas in the tank for Prime Minister Mark Carney's success in 2025, say strategists. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 19, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 19, 2025
Under leader Pierre Poilievre, right, the Conservatives spent more than $16-million on ads attacking the former prime minister and the carbon tax in 2024. The Liberals' 'lean, digital first' focus left enough gas in the tank for Prime Minister Mark Carney's success in 2025, say strategists. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP interim leader Don Davies. The Liberals' and Conservatives' second-quarter fundraising totals are a 'vote of confidence' from their base, while the NDP remains afloat. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 6, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP interim leader Don Davies. The Liberals' and Conservatives' second-quarter fundraising totals are a 'vote of confidence' from their base, while the NDP remains afloat. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 4, 2025
Then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and NDP MP Don Davies on the Hill on May 21, 2024. Singh resigned as party leader after he lost his own seat and the party was reduced to seven seats from 24 seats in the House in the April 28, 2025, federal election. Davies is now the interim leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 4, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 4, 2025
Then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and NDP MP Don Davies on the Hill on May 21, 2024. Singh resigned as party leader after he lost his own seat and the party was reduced to seven seats from 24 seats in the House in the April 28, 2025, federal election. Davies is now the interim leader. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 30, 2025
As the Liberals boast of historic grassroots fundraising totals in the first half of 2025 and rumours swirl over the NDP's potential debt post-election, both parties have requested a 60-day extension to the June 30 deadline to file their 2024 financial disclosures. Photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 30, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 30, 2025
As the Liberals boast of historic grassroots fundraising totals in the first half of 2025 and rumours swirl over the NDP's potential debt post-election, both parties have requested a 60-day extension to the June 30 deadline to file their 2024 financial disclosures. Photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 10, 2025
Don Davies
After April’s election resulted in a devastating loss for the NDP, the party appointed Don Davies as interim leader. Now, New Democrats prepare for a leadership race while battling infighting among party management and grassroots supporters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 10, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 10, 2025
Don Davies
After April’s election resulted in a devastating loss for the NDP, the party appointed Don Davies as interim leader. Now, New Democrats prepare for a leadership race while battling infighting among party management and grassroots supporters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 4, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May. All major federal political parties and MPs have either suspended their fundraising or have scaled it down significantly because of COVID-19. Some MPs are now floating the idea of resurrecting the per-vote subsidy program for all parties to make up for the revenue loss and to keep it in place going forward. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 4, 2020
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 4, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May. All major federal political parties and MPs have either suspended their fundraising or have scaled it down significantly because of COVID-19. Some MPs are now floating the idea of resurrecting the per-vote subsidy program for all parties to make up for the revenue loss and to keep it in place going forward. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY, PALAK MANGAT | March 25, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to supporters at a Liberal Party fundraising event in Kanata on Aug. 21, 2019. The Liberal Party has suspended all in-person events and meetings in response to the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY, PALAK MANGAT | March 25, 2020
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY, PALAK MANGAT | March 25, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to supporters at a Liberal Party fundraising event in Kanata on Aug. 21, 2019. The Liberal Party has suspended all in-person events and meetings in response to the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2020
The federal Conservatives will elect their new leader on June 27 at the party's leadership convention in Toronto. The new leader will succeed outgoing leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Dec. 4, 2019, who announced in mid-December his intention to resign. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2020
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 13, 2020
The federal Conservatives will elect their new leader on June 27 at the party's leadership convention in Toronto. The new leader will succeed outgoing leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Dec. 4, 2019, who announced in mid-December his intention to resign. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 11, 2019
Facing pressure from supporters of the Green Party led by Elizabeth May, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suffered a blow in New Brunswick last week, with eight former provincial candidates publicly supporting the Greens. Observers say it’s likely to be a ‘boost’ for the Green Party’s standing, though not enough to win seats. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 11, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 11, 2019
Facing pressure from supporters of the Green Party led by Elizabeth May, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suffered a blow in New Brunswick last week, with eight former provincial candidates publicly supporting the Greens. Observers say it’s likely to be a ‘boost’ for the Green Party’s standing, though not enough to win seats. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | August 19, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau were among those who headlined the most political fundraisers for the Liberals in the past two years. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | August 19, 2019
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | August 19, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne, and Finance Minister Bill Morneau were among those who headlined the most political fundraisers for the Liberals in the past two years. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May all saw their party's fundraising and donor numbers increase in the second quarter of 2019 over the last. All but the NDP set historic records for second quarter fundraising. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May all saw their party's fundraising and donor numbers increase in the second quarter of 2019 over the last. All but the NDP set historic records for second quarter fundraising. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 10, 2019
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 10, 2019
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 10, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 29, 2019
In 2019's first quarter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's party doubled the fundraising haul from the Liberals, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 29, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 29, 2019
In 2019's first quarter, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's party doubled the fundraising haul from the Liberals, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | May 27, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares an embrace with his party's revenue chair, Stephen Bronfman, during a Laurier Club event for maximum-level donors to the party in 2017. Those events still make up a significant part of the party's fundraising efforts, but more and more the Liberals and other political parties and candidates are using technology to raise money from their grassroots supporters. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | May 27, 2019
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | May 27, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shares an embrace with his party's revenue chair, Stephen Bronfman, during a Laurier Club event for maximum-level donors to the party in 2017. Those events still make up a significant part of the party's fundraising efforts, but more and more the Liberals and other political parties and candidates are using technology to raise money from their grassroots supporters. The Hill Times file photograph
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 20, 2019
While they were being celebrated in the House, MPs revelled in the retelling of Mark Eyking, pictured with former Liberal MP Paddy Torsney, and Rodger Cuzner's 2009 beaver-saving escapade on Sparks Street on their way home from D'Arcy McGee's Irish Pub. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 20, 2019
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 20, 2019
While they were being celebrated in the House, MPs revelled in the retelling of Mark Eyking, pictured with former Liberal MP Paddy Torsney, and Rodger Cuzner's 2009 beaver-saving escapade on Sparks Street on their way home from D'Arcy McGee's Irish Pub. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | May 3, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals pulled in $3.9-million in the first quarter, while Conservative Leader Andrew's party outpaced its counterparts with $8-million, setting a new record. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats raked in $1.23-million. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | May 3, 2019
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | May 3, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals pulled in $3.9-million in the first quarter, while Conservative Leader Andrew's party outpaced its counterparts with $8-million, setting a new record. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats raked in $1.23-million. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY EMILY HAWS | January 9, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his Centre Block office to appeal to supporters for campaign donations in a Facebook video in December. The NDP raised ethical concerns about the party's use of parliamentary resources for partisan gain. Now, the Liberals appear to be trying to make amends. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY EMILY HAWS | January 9, 2019
News | BY EMILY HAWS | January 9, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his Centre Block office to appeal to supporters for campaign donations in a Facebook video in December. The NDP raised ethical concerns about the party's use of parliamentary resources for partisan gain. Now, the Liberals appear to be trying to make amends. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade