Hill Life & People

Red Passport: Trio of ex-diplomats launch a podcast

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, nominations are open for the next Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Nunavut's premier is coming to Ottawa, and former TRC commissioner Marie Wilson has a new book.

Red Passport: Trio of ex-diplomats launch a podcast

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, nominations are open for the next Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Nunavut's premier is coming to Ottawa, and former TRC commissioner Marie Wilson has a new book.

Exploring the legacy of COVID pandemic panic

FeatureBY JOANNA BARON, CHRISTINE VAN GEYN

Senator Pate, PPC Leader Bernier to talk social injustice April 27

Getting everyone a ‘front door into the health system’: Jane Philpott weighs in on fixing health care, and her future in politics

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Rally to end plastic pollution

in-depth feature

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY, STUART BENSON, JONAH GRIGNON

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STEPHEN JEFFERY

Politicians, press, and politicos pack The Mét for post-budget pints

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

• iPolitics and Earnscliffe hosted their annual post-budget day bash at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16, and it was fun.

Politicians, press, and politicos pack The Mét for post-budget pints

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

• iPolitics and Earnscliffe hosted their annual post-budget day bash at the Métropolitain Brasserie on April 16, and it was fun.

Fresh hires in offices of PM Trudeau and ministers Wilkinson, Valdez

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Spring has sprung, so have lots of books

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Ng to lead trade mission to South Korea

Immigration Minister Miller joins cabinet’s post-budget campaign with April 19 talk in Montreal

heard on the hill

Compass Rose’s recovering journalists nurture ink-stained roots with newsletter launch

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, Conservative Senator Percy Mockler retires, Bloc Québécois MP Louis Plamondon becomes longest-serving MP in Canadian history, and Annie Boudreau becomes first woman comptroller general.

Compass Rose’s recovering journalists nurture ink-stained roots with newsletter launch

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, Conservative Senator Percy Mockler retires, Bloc Québécois MP Louis Plamondon becomes longest-serving MP in Canadian history, and Annie Boudreau becomes first woman comptroller general.

Supreme Court’s Chief Justice Wagner honoured with France’s highest distinction

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Become queen—or rook, bishop, or pawn—for a day as ‘live’ chess comes to Parliament May 12

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

CPAC’s Omayra Issa recognized as young global leader by World Economic Forum

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Bloc MP Denis Trudel stars in Hey Major’s new music video

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

the hill times photo gallery

PHOTO GALLERY

Conservatives gather at Canada Strong and Free Network conference

PHOTO GALLERY

Officials gather on a snowy and frigid morning in Old Montreal for Brian Mulroney’s state funeral

PHOTO GALLERY

Ed Broadbent through the lens

photo of the day

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Chrystia Freeland takes questions about Budget 2024

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From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&AS

Ibbitson gives Diefenbaker his proper place in history without downgrading Pearson’s legacy

OpinionBY ARTHUR MILNES

• In his just-released volume, The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada, John Ibbitson gives the 13th prime minister a fair shake after the positive aspects of Diefenbaker’s legacy were dismissed by many historians.

Ibbitson gives Diefenbaker his proper place in history without downgrading Pearson’s legacy

OpinionBY ARTHUR MILNES

• In his just-released volume, The Duel: Diefenbaker, Pearson, and the Making of Modern Canada, John Ibbitson gives the 13th prime minister a fair shake after the positive aspects of Diefenbaker’s legacy were dismissed by many historians.

What shape does hope take in a world we can see is rushing to destroy itself?

OpinionBY JIM CRESKEY

MacGregor’s success is more than ‘luck’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

To learn about the future of inflation, look to lessons from the past

FeatureBY STEPHEN POLOZ

Eisler probes Saskatchewan’s political and economic change in From Left to Right

FeatureBY DALE EISLER

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Diplomatic Circles

New Saint Kitts and Nevis envoy wants to see Canada-CARICOM trade talks relaunched

New Peruvian envoy hopes for increased Canadian engagement in Latin America

‘We want Canada to be on the ground’: Cypriot envoy calls for Ottawa to reopen high commission

‘I think they can do it again’: Taiwanese rep cautions against persistent China interference

hill climbers

One staffer in, one out for ministers Freeland, Joly

Director-level changes for ministers Ien, Petitpas Taylor

Who’s who in Conservative whip, House leader shops

Champagne, Vandal, LeBlanc add to their teams

party central

End of an era: Van Dusen signs off with a song

Poilievre a ‘Nerd Prom’ no-show, Trudeau’s jokes more funny in ‘original German’

Party on the Hill, one party of the year

Party Central: happy Liberals squeeze in some down time post-strategy session at the Métropolitain

civil circles

PM’s shuffle of deputy ministers gears government up for challenges of 2023, 2024, and possible ‘Trump round two,’ says former PCO clerk

Federal departments eyeing mid-September return to office, but unions pushing back

‘A churn that never stops’: Trudeau shuffles nine senior bureaucrats

Amnesty International backs Black public servants’ proposed class action suit

photo gallery

Best photos of 2023

Remembrance Day ceremony takes place at the National War Memorial in Ottawa

Canada hosts CARICOM

Greg Fergus elected Speaker of the House

photo of the day

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tries on new shoes in preparation for the federal budget

Solar eclipse comes to Parliament Hill

The sons of former PM Mulroney speak to reporters after hearing tributes to their late father

Canadian and provincial flags fly at half mast to honour former PM Mulroney

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From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

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From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

book review

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

We are on the path to legal singularity

Globe reporter dishes up sensational book about Rogers’ family dynasty and feuds

Martin Baron digs into The Washington Post

top 100 best political books

Bill Fox digs into how social media, online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

The Political Party in Canada fills a crucial gap for a comprehensive, updated study of Canadian political parties 

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

politically savvy survey

Poilievre sweeps a suite of categories in the 27th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Freeland, LeBlanc, Morneau voted most influential ministers in 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Goodale voted Best Cabinet Minister in QP, Scrums in The Hill Times’ 25th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Moore voted best Cabinet minister, but Kenney still most influential: The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual Politically Savvy Survey

100 most influential in government and politics

Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

Post-election heavy hitters: the top 100 most influential people to watch in federal politics in 2022

Pandemic edition: Top 100 most influential people to watch in 2021

Where were all the MPs on Top 100 Most Influential?

top 25 staffer survey

Telford tops 19th annual Terrific 25 Staffer list, NDP’s Salloum voted Best All-Round

Kurusamy sweeps three categories and ranks as the top Terrific Staffer

PMO stalwarts Butts, Telford claim top spots in The Hill Times’ 17th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey

Telford top staffer, Salloum ranked one of best in The Hill Times’ 16th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey

top 100 lobbyist

Top 100 Lobbyists 2022: Hybrid model is new norm for lobbyists tired of virtual meetings

Top 100 Lobbyists: Pandemic ushers in explosion of lobbying activity

Lobbying the money man: Morneau draws interest from wide range of government-relations practitioners

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists: elite players know how to ‘align interests’ with government

the insiders guide to parliament

Government should be ‘pretty pleased’ with first session of Parliament, but summer will be ‘the calm before the storm,’ say observers

Winter House sitting will be like ‘political hunger games’ between O’Toole and Trudeau, say pollsters

A parliamentary session like no other

Into the unknowns of the 44th Parliament

all politics poll: best and worst in politics

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

Trudeau voted most valuable politician in 2017, Morneau ranked top news story in 21st Annual All Politics Poll: Best & Worst in Politics

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