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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. Political parties may have their differences, but when it comes to fundraising, they all share the same principles, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 22, 2025
Justin Trudeau
The price of entry into the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has more than quadrupled since the last race in 2013, which strategists say will provide a needed boost to the party's war chest and keep any frivolous candidates out of consideration. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 22, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 22, 2025
Justin Trudeau
The price of entry into the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has more than quadrupled since the last race in 2013, which strategists say will provide a needed boost to the party's war chest and keep any frivolous candidates out of consideration. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 6, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Since he became leader in late 2022, the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre has raised more than $73.9-million in donations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 6, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 6, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Since he became leader in late 2022, the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre has raised more than $73.9-million in donations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 26, 2024
Election signs posted in Ottawa Centre, Ont., during the 2019 election. Political parties don't need to have a registered electoral district association in order to run a candidate in a riding, but they do if they want local campaigns to be able to fundraise or undertake other activities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 26, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 26, 2024
Election signs posted in Ottawa Centre, Ont., during the 2019 election. Political parties don't need to have a registered electoral district association in order to run a candidate in a riding, but they do if they want local campaigns to be able to fundraise or undertake other activities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 22, 2024
The Conservative Party has spent millions of dollars on building up the image of their leader, Pierre Poilievre, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 22, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 22, 2024
The Conservative Party has spent millions of dollars on building up the image of their leader, Pierre Poilievre, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 6, 2024
The Conservative Party has raised more than $65-million since Pierre Poilievre, second left, became leader in September 2022, including more than $20-million in the first half of 2024, which is $9-million more than the parties of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Neena Singhal
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 6, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 6, 2024
The Conservative Party has raised more than $65-million since Pierre Poilievre, second left, became leader in September 2022, including more than $20-million in the first half of 2024, which is $9-million more than the parties of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Neena Singhal
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
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 9, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads into a year-end press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Dec. 19, 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 9, 2019
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 9, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads into a year-end press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Dec. 19, 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 7, 2018
The latest quarterly fundraising results show Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, right, maintaining the lead while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, centre, tightened the gap. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, has yet to see his party's lagging numbers turn around. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 7, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 7, 2018
The latest quarterly fundraising results show Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, right, maintaining the lead while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, centre, tightened the gap. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, has yet to see his party's lagging numbers turn around. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | November 5, 2018
NDP MP Hélène Laverdière, middle, met with Ensaf Haidar, second to the right, the wife of jailed Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, and their three children on the Hill on Oct. 31. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | November 5, 2018
FeatureBY NEIL MOSS | November 5, 2018
NDP MP Hélène Laverdière, middle, met with Ensaf Haidar, second to the right, the wife of jailed Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, and their three children on the Hill on Oct. 31. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 19, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced the name of his new party, the People’s Party of Canada, during an Ottawa press conference on Sept. 14. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 19, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | September 19, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced the name of his new party, the People’s Party of Canada, during an Ottawa press conference on Sept. 14. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | September 13, 2018
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has become persona non grata in party circles in Saskatchewan, the provincial cradle of the NDP, writes columnist Chantal Hébert. The Hill Times file photo by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | September 13, 2018
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | September 13, 2018
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has become persona non grata in party circles in Saskatchewan, the provincial cradle of the NDP, writes columnist Chantal Hébert. The Hill Times file photo by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 5, 2018
The NDP raised $4.87-million in 2017, down from $5.42-million the year before and the lowest in the last seven years. Jagmeet Singh won the party's leadership late in the year, in October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 5, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 5, 2018
The NDP raised $4.87-million in 2017, down from $5.42-million the year before and the lowest in the last seven years. Jagmeet Singh won the party's leadership late in the year, in October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW AND JOLSON LIM | August 27, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a collection of senior Liberal Party members. Mr. Trudeau's party has struggled to match the Conservatives in fundraising at the national level, but Liberal electoral district associations handily out-raised Conservative EDAs in 2016 and 2017. Pictured: former party lawyer Craig Munroe, top left, beside Mr. Trudeau and Christina Topp, the party's senior fundraising director, and, clockwise from right, party president Suzanne Cowan (in red); Rob Silver, husband to Mr. Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, and a former Liberal pundit; Ontario chapter president Tyler Banham; Sachit Mehra, Winnipeg Liberal board member; middle left, Liberal spokesman Braeden Caley. Photograph by Tyler Banham, courtesy of Facebook
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW AND JOLSON LIM | August 27, 2018
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW AND JOLSON LIM | August 27, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a collection of senior Liberal Party members. Mr. Trudeau's party has struggled to match the Conservatives in fundraising at the national level, but Liberal electoral district associations handily out-raised Conservative EDAs in 2016 and 2017. Pictured: former party lawyer Craig Munroe, top left, beside Mr. Trudeau and Christina Topp, the party's senior fundraising director, and, clockwise from right, party president Suzanne Cowan (in red); Rob Silver, husband to Mr. Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, and a former Liberal pundit; Ontario chapter president Tyler Banham; Sachit Mehra, Winnipeg Liberal board member; middle left, Liberal spokesman Braeden Caley. Photograph by Tyler Banham, courtesy of Facebook
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | August 13, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's party has decided to recoup some of the money lost when it moved to eliminate the per-vote subsidy for all political parties by dipping into campaign expense reimbursements from the government to its MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | August 13, 2018
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | August 13, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's party has decided to recoup some of the money lost when it moved to eliminate the per-vote subsidy for all political parties by dipping into campaign expense reimbursements from the government to its MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | July 31, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking to reporters in the House foyer, on May 29. With 16 months or so left before the next election, the party has been slow to increase its fundraising. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | July 31, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | July 31, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking to reporters in the House foyer, on May 29. With 16 months or so left before the next election, the party has been slow to increase its fundraising. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
Delegates participate in a plenary session at the Conservative convention in Calgary in 2013. Organizers of this August's convention hope to match the record number of delegates, about 2,300, who attended the last one in 2016 in Vancouver. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
Delegates participate in a plenary session at the Conservative convention in Calgary in 2013. Organizers of this August's convention hope to match the record number of delegates, about 2,300, who attended the last one in 2016 in Vancouver. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez