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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
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
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | January 31, 2018
The federal Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, pictured, raised more money than the governing Liberals in all four quarters of 2017. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | January 31, 2018
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | January 31, 2018
The federal Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, pictured, raised more money than the governing Liberals in all four quarters of 2017. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | January 30, 2018
A new report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, headed by Jean-Denis Fréchette, pictured, projects that a private member’s bill reintroducing public financing for political parties and slashing the maximum limit on individual donations will cost taxpayers around $45-million each year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | January 30, 2018
News | BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI | January 30, 2018
A new report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, headed by Jean-Denis Fréchette, pictured, projects that a private member’s bill reintroducing public financing for political parties and slashing the maximum limit on individual donations will cost taxpayers around $45-million each year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 17, 2018
Proof Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has a pulse and a chance comes from following the money, writes Tim Powers. The Conservatives have been out-fundraising the Liberals. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 17, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 17, 2018
Proof Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has a pulse and a chance comes from following the money, writes Tim Powers. The Conservatives have been out-fundraising the Liberals. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | November 20, 2017
Opinion | November 20, 2017
Opinion | November 20, 2017