Hill Life & People

Liberal MP Fisher to host fundraising ‘toast’ for outgoing Halifax mayor and ex-MP Mike Savage

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, CSIS gets an interim director, Tory MP Lianne Rood is named a 'produce champion', former NDP leader Tom Mulcair gets an award, and the home of the longest-serving Privy Council clerk can be yours for nearly $6-million.

Liberal MP Fisher to host fundraising ‘toast’ for outgoing Halifax mayor and ex-MP Mike Savage

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, CSIS gets an interim director, Tory MP Lianne Rood is named a 'produce champion', former NDP leader Tom Mulcair gets an award, and the home of the longest-serving Privy Council clerk can be yours for nearly $6-million.

Bank of Canada to announce overnight rate on July 24 at 10 a.m.

Trio of staff additions, title changes in Justice Minister Virani’s shop

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

MacKinnon takes questions as new labour minister

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Herb Dhaliwal donates $50,000 to Maison Aline-Chrétien palliative care residence in Shawinigan

in-depth feature

Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual Politically Savvy Survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Telford untouchable at the top of the 21st Terrific 25 Staffers list, as Conservatives sweep Most Knowledgeable and Best Spin

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NDP sets sights on Montreal-area Liberal stronghold LaSalle-Émard-Verdun

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Craig Sauvé was an NDP regional director in the 2011 election which saw the left-of-centre party win 59 of 75 seats in Quebec, including this Montreal-area riding.

NDP sets sights on Montreal-area Liberal stronghold LaSalle-Émard-Verdun

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

• Craig Sauvé was an NDP regional director in the 2011 election which saw the left-of-centre party win 59 of 75 seats in Quebec, including this Montreal-area riding.

Global Affairs’ chef returns to National Arts Centre for Chef’s Table weekend

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

‘We’re nowhere near overcoming’ climate change issues, says Jamaican envoy in wake of Hurricane Beryl

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

New roles abound in Housing Minister Fraser’s office

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Fresh faces in the offices of ministers Anandasangaree, Khera

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

heard on the hill

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

• Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the PM's plane, Doug Ford points the way to booze, and Rob Reiner says it's time for Joe Biden to step down.

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

• Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the PM's plane, Doug Ford points the way to booze, and Rob Reiner says it's time for Joe Biden to step down.

PM formalizes Housefather as Jewish community special adviser

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Daley returns to lead Wire Report, as Leadlay takes on new HT engagement editor gig

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

It’s your last chance to vote in The Hill Times’ best of politics in 2024, make it count

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

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PHOTO GALLERY

Summer in downtown Ottawa

PHOTO GALLERY

U.S. Embassy celebrates July 4 with a few thousand friends

PHOTO GALLERY

Ottawa celebrates Canada Day

photo of the day

PHOTO OF THE DAY

Macklem addresses Bank of Canada key interest rate cut

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BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&AS

The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton

FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH

• A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.

The mainstream-ification of Andrew Lawton

FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH

• A disarmingly friendly lunch guest, Andrew Lawton is full of contradictions.

Trudeau: he eludes us still

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN

Author of Trudeau biography says he doesn’t think Trudeau will run again, but Lanthier says ‘even if he might lose, he wants to go down fighting against Pierre Poilievre’

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

War raging on Earth threatens co-operation among the stars

FeatureBY MICHAEL BYERS, AARON BOLEY

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

FeatureBY KENT ROACH

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Diplomatic Circles

U.S. envoy David Cohen navigates unaccustomed hiatus from political arena as presidential vote looms  

Uncovering Emerald Isle links a posting highlight for departing Irish envoy

Long-serving German envoy leaving post cheering ‘much stronger’ links with Canada amid global upheavals

‘We are ready’: senior Uruguayan diplomat comes to Ottawa to spotlight CPTPP bid

hill climbers

New parliamentary affairs head for Veterans Minister Petitpas Taylor

Trade Minister Mary Ng names new director of policy

Policy director Schembri exits Energy Minister Wilkinson’s team

Staff changes for ministers Vandal, Martinez Ferrada, Hutchings

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

Canada Day photos through the years

Conservatives gather at Canada Strong and Free Network conference

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

Ed Broadbent through the lens

photo of the day

Carignan takes aim at recruitment in top military role

Residents relax downtown

PSPC official gives pay system update

Pedneault steps down as Green deputy leader

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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

What makes Canada the country that it is, what should we work to preserve, and what should we try to change?

An enthralling exploration of the Petrocene Age

Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

Our neighbour is an eroding democracy

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

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

top 100 lobbyist

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

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 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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