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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has led the Liberal Party to a reversal of fortunes in fundraising this year, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's three-quarter total is just shy of his party's historic 2024 total. 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
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 9, 2025
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
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 9, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 9, 2025
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 | May 6, 2025
The Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre, centre, had another massive first-quarter fundraising total, but their war chest was outnumbered by the Liberals' haul from small donors led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, as the NDP under Jagmeet Singh lagged behind. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 6, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 6, 2025
The Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre, centre, had another massive first-quarter fundraising total, but their war chest was outnumbered by the Liberals' haul from small donors led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, as the NDP under Jagmeet Singh lagged behind. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin
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
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 9, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party lagged behind the Conservative Party, led by Andrew Scheer, in fundraising for the second year in a row in 2017. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 9, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 9, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party lagged behind the Conservative Party, led by Andrew Scheer, in fundraising for the second year in a row in 2017. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
Liberal Senator Serge Joyal, right, who served as parliamentary secretary from 1980 to 1981, says MPs serving in that role should be regulated by rules in the political financing bill, C-50. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | June 13, 2018
Liberal Senator Serge Joyal, right, who served as parliamentary secretary from 1980 to 1981, says MPs serving in that role should be regulated by rules in the political financing bill, C-50. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | April 23, 2018
New Liberal Party president Suzanne Cowan speaks to a crowded room of party delegates at the Liberal convention in her hometown of Halifax. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Munster
News | BY JOLSON LIM | April 23, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | April 23, 2018
New Liberal Party president Suzanne Cowan speaks to a crowded room of party delegates at the Liberal convention in her hometown of Halifax. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Munster
News | BY JOLSON LIM | April 21, 2018
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured at the Liberals' policy convention in Halifax. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Munster
News | BY JOLSON LIM | April 21, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | April 21, 2018
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured at the Liberals' policy convention in Halifax. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Munster