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NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis, right, raised the most money for his campaign last year, with most of his donations from British Columbia and Ontario. NDP MP Heather McPherson raised the second highest sum, thanks in large part to her support in Alberta. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney spent just shy of $3.9-million to win the Liberal Party leadership race earlier this year, including nearly $1-million on advertising and more than $261,000 on travel and hotels. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 8, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney spent just shy of $3.9-million to win the Liberal Party leadership race earlier this year, including nearly $1-million on advertising and more than $261,000 on travel and hotels. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney spent just shy of $3.9-million to win the Liberal Party leadership race earlier this year, including nearly $1-million on advertising and more than $261,000 on travel and hotels. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 2, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney spent just shy of $3.9-million to win the Liberal Party leadership race earlier this year, including nearly $1-million on advertising and more than $261,000 on travel and hotels. The Hill Times photograph 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 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
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 9, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and other senior Liberals sent out emails, late last month, to rank and file members, asking them to donate money to the party. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 9, 2018
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 9, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and other senior Liberals sent out emails, late last month, to rank and file members, asking them to donate money to the party. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 21, 2018
New rules to ‘strengthen’ laws around third-party election activity are coming, says the office of Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, left, pictured in June 2017. Treasury Board President Scott Brison is filling in for Ms. Gould while she is on maternity leave. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 21, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | March 21, 2018
New rules to ‘strengthen’ laws around third-party election activity are coming, says the office of Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, left, pictured in June 2017. Treasury Board President Scott Brison is filling in for Ms. Gould while she is on maternity leave. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY DANIEL GREEN | March 21, 2018
MP Michel Boudrias, with the breakaway Bloc Québécois caucus, has proposed a private member's bill to limit donations to political parties. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY DANIEL GREEN | March 21, 2018
Opinion | BY DANIEL GREEN | March 21, 2018
MP Michel Boudrias, with the breakaway Bloc Québécois caucus, has proposed a private member's bill to limit donations to political parties. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 17, 2018
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh greets delegates after his speech at the NDP policy convention in Ottawa on Feb. 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 17, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 17, 2018
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh greets delegates after his speech at the NDP policy convention in Ottawa on Feb. 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 14, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's ability to connect with people in the room, like at this event in Brampton, Ont., last year, has a direct impact on the dollars his campaign brings in, says his former fundraiser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 14, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 14, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's ability to connect with people in the room, like at this event in Brampton, Ont., last year, has a direct impact on the dollars his campaign brings in, says his former fundraiser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | February 12, 2018
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, former Senator Irving Gerstein, chair of the Conservative Party's fundraising arm, and former prime minister Stephen Harper, who was appointed to the fund’s six-member board in 2017. A Hill Times study of Elections Canada numbers show the Conservatives raised more money than any other party between 2015 and 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photographs
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | February 12, 2018
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | February 12, 2018
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, former Senator Irving Gerstein, chair of the Conservative Party's fundraising arm, and former prime minister Stephen Harper, who was appointed to the fund’s six-member board in 2017. A Hill Times study of Elections Canada numbers show the Conservatives raised more money than any other party between 2015 and 2017. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and file photographs
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 12, 2018
Conservative Senators Don Plett and Elizabeth Marshall chat during a committee meeting last year. The Conservative Senate caucus is up in arms over the way the National Anthem Bill was passed in the Senate at the end of last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 12, 2018
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 12, 2018
Conservative Senators Don Plett and Elizabeth Marshall chat during a committee meeting last year. The Conservative Senate caucus is up in arms over the way the National Anthem Bill was passed in the Senate at the end of last month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 7, 2018
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with the media after the January NDP caucus retreat in Ottawa. The mood in caucus is energized and positive, MPs say. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 7, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 7, 2018
Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with the media after the January NDP caucus retreat in Ottawa. The mood in caucus is energized and positive, MPs say. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade