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‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

  • The potential impact of these projects is up for debate as many are located in individual provinces or territories, and were previously approved by
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 24, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has thus far announced two tranches of what his government is calling ‘nation-building’ projects. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 24, 2025
  • The potential impact of these projects is up for debate as many are located in individual provinces or territories, and were previously approved by

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 24, 2025
  • The potential impact of these projects is up for debate as many are located in individual provinces or territories, and were previously approved by
Prime Minister Mark Carney has thus far announced two tranches of what his government is calling ‘nation-building’ projects. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’

  • And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he's also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.'
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 10, 2025
A woman walks past the Bank of Canada Building on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2025. 'Polarization and disinformation and the things which are fuelling it are extraordinarily bad and unhealthy for the country, and we really need a strategy to deal with it and which we’re not coming up with,' says Ekos pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 10, 2025
  • And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he's also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.'

High anxiety: Ekos poll finds Canadians most concerned about ‘growing political and ideological polarization’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 10, 2025
  • And Abacus Data pollster David Coletto says he's also finding high anxiety among Canadians. ‘There’s not a lot of optimism out there.'
A woman walks past the Bank of Canada Building on Wellington Street in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2025. 'Polarization and disinformation and the things which are fuelling it are extraordinarily bad and unhealthy for the country, and we really need a strategy to deal with it and which we’re not coming up with,' says Ekos pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

  • As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, needs to start acting more like a prime minister and less like a chief executive officer to protect Canada from crises generated by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
  • As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | November 3, 2025
  • As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, needs to start acting more like a prime minister and less like a chief executive officer to protect Canada from crises generated by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

  • In beefing up cybersecurity, Bill C-8 ‘does not authorize warrantless access to Canadians’ personal data,’ says Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
Gary Anandasangaree
Gary Anandasangaree
There are ‘significant constitutional deficiencies that need to be rectified’ in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-8, says researcher Kate Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
  • In beefing up cybersecurity, Bill C-8 ‘does not authorize warrantless access to Canadians’ personal data,’ says Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 29, 2025
  • In beefing up cybersecurity, Bill C-8 ‘does not authorize warrantless access to Canadians’ personal data,’ says Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree.
Gary Anandasangaree
There are ‘significant constitutional deficiencies that need to be rectified’ in Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree’s Bill C-8, says researcher Kate Robertson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump terminates trade talks with Canada, U.S. tariffs creating turmoil in Canadian economy, say analysts

  • Guy Gellatly, chief economic adviser at Statistics Canada, said it’s 'too early' to determine whether Canada is approaching a recession, but it's had a
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 26, 2025
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will release the federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump terminates trade talks with Canada, U.S. tariffs creating turmoil in Canadian economy, say analysts

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 26, 2025
  • Guy Gellatly, chief economic adviser at Statistics Canada, said it’s 'too early' to determine whether Canada is approaching a recession, but it's had a

Trump terminates trade talks with Canada, U.S. tariffs creating turmoil in Canadian economy, say analysts

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 26, 2025
  • Guy Gellatly, chief economic adviser at Statistics Canada, said it’s 'too early' to determine whether Canada is approaching a recession, but it's had a
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will release the federal budget on Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ lead shrinks as Canadian mood plummets to historic lows

  • When Donald Trump says something about Canada, it favours the Liberals, and when he's not focused on Canada, it favours the Conservatives, says pollster
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 5, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Liberals’ lead shrinks as Canadian mood plummets to historic lows

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 5, 2025
  • When Donald Trump says something about Canada, it favours the Liberals, and when he's not focused on Canada, it favours the Conservatives, says pollster

Liberals’ lead shrinks as Canadian mood plummets to historic lows

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 5, 2025
  • When Donald Trump says something about Canada, it favours the Liberals, and when he's not focused on Canada, it favours the Conservatives, says pollster
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Trump’s silencing of critics a warning for Canada, say prominent Canadians

  • Perrin Beatty and David Suzuki say they are worried the chilling effect on free speech in the United States will cross the border into
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 29, 2025
Perrin Beatty, left, David Suzuki, U.S. late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Kimmel's late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, was temporarily cancelled by ABC and Stephen Colbert's show, The Late Show, will be cancelled in 2026 by CBS. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, handout, and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia, X

Trump’s silencing of critics a warning for Canada, say prominent Canadians

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 29, 2025
  • Perrin Beatty and David Suzuki say they are worried the chilling effect on free speech in the United States will cross the border into

Trump’s silencing of critics a warning for Canada, say prominent Canadians

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 29, 2025
  • Perrin Beatty and David Suzuki say they are worried the chilling effect on free speech in the United States will cross the border into
Perrin Beatty, left, David Suzuki, U.S. late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Kimmel's late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, was temporarily cancelled by ABC and Stephen Colbert's show, The Late Show, will be cancelled in 2026 by CBS. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, handout, and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia, X

Gilmore says she received a ‘tsunami’ of hate following social media post about Charlie Kirk’s murder

  • NDP MP Heather McPherson calls out former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer for allegedly fuelling rage.
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 22, 2025
Rachel Gilmore
Rachel Gilmore
Rachel Gilmore, pictured on Dec. 1, 2022, taking part in a panel discussion hosted by Carleton University's school of journalism about online hate targeted at women journalists. Today, Gilmore describes herself as 'your least favourite person’s least favourite journalist.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Gilmore says she received a ‘tsunami’ of hate following social media post about Charlie Kirk’s murder

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 22, 2025
  • NDP MP Heather McPherson calls out former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer for allegedly fuelling rage.

Gilmore says she received a ‘tsunami’ of hate following social media post about Charlie Kirk’s murder

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 22, 2025
  • NDP MP Heather McPherson calls out former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer for allegedly fuelling rage.
Rachel Gilmore
Rachel Gilmore, pictured on Dec. 1, 2022, taking part in a panel discussion hosted by Carleton University's school of journalism about online hate targeted at women journalists. Today, Gilmore describes herself as 'your least favourite person’s least favourite journalist.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Managing the Trump-tariff file a major challenge for Carney government, polls show

  • Thirty-five per cent of respondents were dissatisfied that the Carney government dropped all tariffs on goods from the CUSMA as of Sept. 1. And,
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 14, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney will be facing off in the House this week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Managing the Trump-tariff file a major challenge for Carney government, polls show

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 14, 2025
  • Thirty-five per cent of respondents were dissatisfied that the Carney government dropped all tariffs on goods from the CUSMA as of Sept. 1. And,

Managing the Trump-tariff file a major challenge for Carney government, polls show

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 14, 2025
  • Thirty-five per cent of respondents were dissatisfied that the Carney government dropped all tariffs on goods from the CUSMA as of Sept. 1. And,
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney will be facing off in the House this week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Tariff export quotas could spare Canada pain from U.S. and serve as negotiating tactic with Trump, says Hampson

  • Fen Hampson says Canadian negotiators should consider redirecting talks towards tariff rate quota-based trade, but others say Donald Trump likely has little interest in
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 18, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy Official White House photographer Daniel Torok

Tariff export quotas could spare Canada pain from U.S. and serve as negotiating tactic with Trump, says Hampson

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 18, 2025
  • Fen Hampson says Canadian negotiators should consider redirecting talks towards tariff rate quota-based trade, but others say Donald Trump likely has little interest in

Tariff export quotas could spare Canada pain from U.S. and serve as negotiating tactic with Trump, says Hampson

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 18, 2025
  • Fen Hampson says Canadian negotiators should consider redirecting talks towards tariff rate quota-based trade, but others say Donald Trump likely has little interest in
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy Official White House photographer Daniel Torok

Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos

  • Perrin Beatty, former president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says the government needs to give a clear indication to businesses what its plans
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 11, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 19, 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 19, 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Innovation Minister Mélanie Joly, second left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the Commons foyer in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 11, 2025
  • Perrin Beatty, former president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says the government needs to give a clear indication to businesses what its plans

Carney’s budget expected to be ‘consequential,’ as Canada faces unprecedented challenges from a volatile Trump, say politicos

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 11, 2025
  • Perrin Beatty, former president of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, says the government needs to give a clear indication to businesses what its plans
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on June 19, 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, left, Innovation Minister Mélanie Joly, second left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the Commons foyer in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump ‘a potential risk’ for Carney and his ‘full-throttle government,’ says Nanos, but he’s still preferred PM

  • While nearly half of Canadians view him as the choice for “preferred prime minister,” and the governing Liberal Party that he leads is 10
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 4, 2025
Pollster Nik Nanos said Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, 'running a full-throttle government that is much more business-like, very focused and results-oriented. I don’t think we’ve seen this level of pace of effort and speed. This is a high-intensity government that is extremely focused and wants results. The big question is, can he deliver?' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump ‘a potential risk’ for Carney and his ‘full-throttle government,’ says Nanos, but he’s still preferred PM

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 4, 2025
  • While nearly half of Canadians view him as the choice for “preferred prime minister,” and the governing Liberal Party that he leads is 10

Trump ‘a potential risk’ for Carney and his ‘full-throttle government,’ says Nanos, but he’s still preferred PM

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 4, 2025
  • While nearly half of Canadians view him as the choice for “preferred prime minister,” and the governing Liberal Party that he leads is 10
Pollster Nik Nanos said Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured, 'running a full-throttle government that is much more business-like, very focused and results-oriented. I don’t think we’ve seen this level of pace of effort and speed. This is a high-intensity government that is extremely focused and wants results. The big question is, can he deliver?' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

  • The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. has performed ‘heroically’ as she works to deliver the country’s message to a White House set on upending
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 11, 2025
Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump, second left, as ministers Mélanie Joly, right, and David McGuinty look on during a May 6 visit to the White House. PMO photograph by Lars Hagberg

The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 11, 2025
  • The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. has performed ‘heroically’ as she works to deliver the country’s message to a White House set on upending

The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 11, 2025
  • The Canadian ambassador to the U.S. has performed ‘heroically’ as she works to deliver the country’s message to a White House set on upending
Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, right, greets U.S. President Donald Trump, second left, as ministers Mélanie Joly, right, and David McGuinty look on during a May 6 visit to the White House. PMO photograph by Lars Hagberg

Carney trails predecessors in initial approval ratings, but Angus Reid says it’s a good start: ‘six months ago, very few Canadians even knew who he was’

  • Mark Carney's first approval rating (57 per cent) falls six points behind his predecessor Justin Trudeau's (63 per cent) and four points below Stephen
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 9, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters outside the Liberal party caucus meeting in the West Block on June 4, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney trails predecessors in initial approval ratings, but Angus Reid says it’s a good start: ‘six months ago, very few Canadians even knew who he was’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 9, 2025
  • Mark Carney's first approval rating (57 per cent) falls six points behind his predecessor Justin Trudeau's (63 per cent) and four points below Stephen

Carney trails predecessors in initial approval ratings, but Angus Reid says it’s a good start: ‘six months ago, very few Canadians even knew who he was’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 9, 2025
  • Mark Carney's first approval rating (57 per cent) falls six points behind his predecessor Justin Trudeau's (63 per cent) and four points below Stephen
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters outside the Liberal party caucus meeting in the West Block on June 4, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders lay out major asks for re-elected Liberal government

  • Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Métis National Council leaders urge the new Liberal government to address clean drinking water, community policing,
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 26, 2025
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin, pictured in her office in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders lay out major asks for re-elected Liberal government

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 26, 2025
  • Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Métis National Council leaders urge the new Liberal government to address clean drinking water, community policing,

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders lay out major asks for re-elected Liberal government

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 26, 2025
  • Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Métis National Council leaders urge the new Liberal government to address clean drinking water, community policing,
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinakin, pictured in her office in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MacKinnon steps into key post in minority Parliament

  • Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon will be a key player in this Parliament. He's the guy in charge of getting Carney's legislative agenda through
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 19, 2025
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon has a challenging job in this Parliament. MacKinnon's job will be to keep the government's legislative agenda on track. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MacKinnon steps into key post in minority Parliament

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 19, 2025
  • Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon will be a key player in this Parliament. He's the guy in charge of getting Carney's legislative agenda through

MacKinnon steps into key post in minority Parliament

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 19, 2025
  • Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon will be a key player in this Parliament. He's the guy in charge of getting Carney's legislative agenda through
Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon has a challenging job in this Parliament. MacKinnon's job will be to keep the government's legislative agenda on track. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

CADSI paying Pompeo to headline CANSEC in Ottawa, hopes he can shed light on defence and security ‘from the American side’

  • CADSI's Nicholas Todd told The Hill Times that Mike Pompeo is expected to provide his personal insights into what defence and security in Canada's
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
Mike Pompeo, pictured when he was U.S. Secretary of State in Ottawa for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 22, 2019, will be back in town to headline CANSEC on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

CADSI paying Pompeo to headline CANSEC in Ottawa, hopes he can shed light on defence and security ‘from the American side’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
  • CADSI's Nicholas Todd told The Hill Times that Mike Pompeo is expected to provide his personal insights into what defence and security in Canada's

CADSI paying Pompeo to headline CANSEC in Ottawa, hopes he can shed light on defence and security ‘from the American side’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
  • CADSI's Nicholas Todd told The Hill Times that Mike Pompeo is expected to provide his personal insights into what defence and security in Canada's
Mike Pompeo, pictured when he was U.S. Secretary of State in Ottawa for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 22, 2019, will be back in town to headline CANSEC on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’

  • Elizabeth May's says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 5, 2025
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says Prime Minister Mark Carney should make clear to U.S. President Donald Trump that he 'is wrong when he says there’s nothing he needs from Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 5, 2025
  • Elizabeth May's says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on

May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 5, 2025
  • Elizabeth May's says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says Prime Minister Mark Carney should make clear to U.S. President Donald Trump that he 'is wrong when he says there’s nothing he needs from Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Leaders’ Debates Commission’s future queried after Montreal scrum cancelled

  • The commission told The Hill Times that it 'is doing an assessment of its federal election experience for its final report and will not be commenting
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 28, 2025
Michel Cormier, executive director of the Leaders Debate Commission Secretariat announced that the leaders' post-debate scrums were cancelled on April 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Leaders’ Debates Commission’s future queried after Montreal scrum cancelled

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 28, 2025
  • The commission told The Hill Times that it 'is doing an assessment of its federal election experience for its final report and will not be commenting

Leaders’ Debates Commission’s future queried after Montreal scrum cancelled

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 28, 2025
  • The commission told The Hill Times that it 'is doing an assessment of its federal election experience for its final report and will not be commenting
Michel Cormier, executive director of the Leaders Debate Commission Secretariat announced that the leaders' post-debate scrums were cancelled on April 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Among riding races for political leaders, Carney ‘safe’ bet to win; Singh likely to ‘lose,’ says 338Canada’s Fournier  

  • Mark Carney is expected to win Nepean, Pierre Poilievre will likely win Carleton, but Jagmeet Singh is expected to lose his seat, Yves-François Blanchet's
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 21, 2025
Pictured top left and clockwise: Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Co-Leaders Jonathan Pedneault and Elizabeth May, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Among riding races for political leaders, Carney ‘safe’ bet to win; Singh likely to ‘lose,’ says 338Canada’s Fournier  

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 21, 2025
  • Mark Carney is expected to win Nepean, Pierre Poilievre will likely win Carleton, but Jagmeet Singh is expected to lose his seat, Yves-François Blanchet's

Among riding races for political leaders, Carney ‘safe’ bet to win; Singh likely to ‘lose,’ says 338Canada’s Fournier  

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 21, 2025
  • Mark Carney is expected to win Nepean, Pierre Poilievre will likely win Carleton, but Jagmeet Singh is expected to lose his seat, Yves-François Blanchet's
Pictured top left and clockwise: Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Co-Leaders Jonathan Pedneault and Elizabeth May, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney’s driving Grits’ momentum, but polls suggest Tories hold upper hand in ‘commitment gap’

  • Angus Reid's poll released last week found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal and 36 per cent planned to vote
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Angus Reid's poll on April 7 found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal compared to 36 per cent who would cast their ballots for the Conservatives, but other polls are showing the gap is tightening between the two parties. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney’s driving Grits’ momentum, but polls suggest Tories hold upper hand in ‘commitment gap’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 14, 2025
  • Angus Reid's poll released last week found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal and 36 per cent planned to vote

Carney’s driving Grits’ momentum, but polls suggest Tories hold upper hand in ‘commitment gap’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 14, 2025
  • Angus Reid's poll released last week found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal and 36 per cent planned to vote
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Angus Reid's poll on April 7 found that 46 per cent of respondents planned to vote Liberal compared to 36 per cent who would cast their ballots for the Conservatives, but other polls are showing the gap is tightening between the two parties. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Trump-led U.S. an ‘unreliable partner’ for Canada, says expert group: ‘we’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe our country has a right to exist’

  • The Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations says the dramatic shift in U.S. behaviour requires a Canadian strategy based on three principles: diversifying Canada’s trade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 7, 2025
As the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations concluded in its report, 'the world was a dangerous place before Donald Trump’s election' as president, and 'has been made more perilous by his … replacement of the rule of law with the rule of power.' Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Trump-led U.S. an ‘unreliable partner’ for Canada, says expert group: ‘we’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe our country has a right to exist’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 7, 2025
  • The Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations says the dramatic shift in U.S. behaviour requires a Canadian strategy based on three principles: diversifying Canada’s trade

Trump-led U.S. an ‘unreliable partner’ for Canada, says expert group: ‘we’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe our country has a right to exist’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | April 7, 2025
  • The Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations says the dramatic shift in U.S. behaviour requires a Canadian strategy based on three principles: diversifying Canada’s trade
As the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations concluded in its report, 'the world was a dangerous place before Donald Trump’s election' as president, and 'has been made more perilous by his … replacement of the rule of law with the rule of power.' Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr

Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

  • A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada, 'support the Republicans in the U.S.'
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured holding a presser on the Hill on March 4, 2025. If the American vote was held between March 7 and 10, when the Leger survey was conducted, 33 per cent of Conservative supporters still chose the Republican president, despite his constant attacks against Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 24, 2025
  • A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada, 'support the Republicans in the U.S.'

Poilievre faces ‘balancing act’ between Conservative MAGA support and anti-Trump Canadian sentiment: ‘they’re definitely not going to do interviews talking about why they like Donald Trump’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 24, 2025
  • A Conservative source told The Hill Times that 'at least 75 per cent' of Conservative MPs, most from Western Canada, 'support the Republicans in the U.S.'
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured holding a presser on the Hill on March 4, 2025. If the American vote was held between March 7 and 10, when the Leger survey was conducted, 33 per cent of Conservative supporters still chose the Republican president, despite his constant attacks against Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week

  • Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Donald Trump’s '51st state' pitch for Canada as 'incredibly insulting' and an 'assault on our democratic institutions
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Donald Trump’s '51st state' pitch for Canada as 'incredibly insulting' and an 'assault on our democratic institutions

‘Canadians are meeting the moment of the existential threat to our identity,’ says Furey as premiers head to Washington, D.C., this week

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey says Donald Trump’s '51st state' pitch for Canada as 'incredibly insulting' and an 'assault on our democratic institutions
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Duelling polls put Conservatives in ‘super majority’ or minority government position in next election

  • Pollster Nik Nanos says the next election is 'the Conservatives' to lose,' with surveys speaking 'as much to the disarray within the Liberal Party
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 27, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's attempt to pitch the next election as hinging on the carbon tax may be at risk from the U.S. president's threats to Canada, according to Ekos Research Associates' Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Duelling polls put Conservatives in ‘super majority’ or minority government position in next election

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 27, 2025
  • Pollster Nik Nanos says the next election is 'the Conservatives' to lose,' with surveys speaking 'as much to the disarray within the Liberal Party

Duelling polls put Conservatives in ‘super majority’ or minority government position in next election

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | January 27, 2025
  • Pollster Nik Nanos says the next election is 'the Conservatives' to lose,' with surveys speaking 'as much to the disarray within the Liberal Party
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's attempt to pitch the next election as hinging on the carbon tax may be at risk from the U.S. president's threats to Canada, according to Ekos Research Associates' Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

May calls for full-blown public inquiry a decade after Hill shooting

  • It’s ‘a uniquely Canadian thing that something that significant would happen and there’d never be an inquiry,’ says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, while
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 28, 2024
People try to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo after he was shot and later died while on sentry duty at Ottawa's National War Memorial on Oct. 22, 2014. The gunman subsequently stormed Centre Block where he was shot and killed outside the Library of Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Mark Burgess

May calls for full-blown public inquiry a decade after Hill shooting

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 28, 2024
  • It’s ‘a uniquely Canadian thing that something that significant would happen and there’d never be an inquiry,’ says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, while

May calls for full-blown public inquiry a decade after Hill shooting

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 28, 2024
  • It’s ‘a uniquely Canadian thing that something that significant would happen and there’d never be an inquiry,’ says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, while
People try to save Cpl. Nathan Cirillo after he was shot and later died while on sentry duty at Ottawa's National War Memorial on Oct. 22, 2014. The gunman subsequently stormed Centre Block where he was shot and killed outside the Library of Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Mark Burgess

Prorogation? Resignation? Liberals vow to push through House impasse as speculation swirls on the Hill

  • Liberals are pouring cold water on speculation that Parliament will be prorogued. However, such a measure, combined with a prime ministerial resignation won't save
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 14, 2024
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In an online survey conducted by Innovative Research Group last month, the only 'leader attribute' in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scored highest among his party leader counterparts was dishonesty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Prorogation? Resignation? Liberals vow to push through House impasse as speculation swirls on the Hill

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 14, 2024
  • Liberals are pouring cold water on speculation that Parliament will be prorogued. However, such a measure, combined with a prime ministerial resignation won't save

Prorogation? Resignation? Liberals vow to push through House impasse as speculation swirls on the Hill

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | October 14, 2024
  • Liberals are pouring cold water on speculation that Parliament will be prorogued. However, such a measure, combined with a prime ministerial resignation won't save
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In an online survey conducted by Innovative Research Group last month, the only 'leader attribute' in which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scored highest among his party leader counterparts was dishonesty. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Live, from Facebook and YouTube: it’s pandemic 2.0 Politics and the Pen

  • For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 22, 2021
Guests, pictured May 9, 2018, at the Politics and the Pen gala at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Live, from Facebook and YouTube: it’s pandemic 2.0 Politics and the Pen

Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 22, 2021
  • For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober

Live, from Facebook and YouTube: it’s pandemic 2.0 Politics and the Pen

Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 22, 2021
  • For the second consecutive year, the pandemic has parlayed the party for the annual Politics and the Pen event into a literally more sober
Guests, pictured May 9, 2018, at the Politics and the Pen gala at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Election#44 ‘most interesting, complex, unpredictable’ campaign in decades

  • More than halfway to the finish line of the 44th federal election, Canadian voters ponder their ballot choices. Their decision will be set against
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 13, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 9, 2021, arriving at the English-language leaders' debate in Gatineau, Que. 'What we have in 2021 is a government that thought it would steamroll the opposition parties with a double-digit lead and 170 seats in the bag; a victory lap on the pandemic; and economic confidence was on the uptick. All of those assumptions the Liberals had for calling an election have been knocked out from underneath them,' says pollster Nik Nanos. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Election#44 ‘most interesting, complex, unpredictable’ campaign in decades

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 13, 2021
  • More than halfway to the finish line of the 44th federal election, Canadian voters ponder their ballot choices. Their decision will be set against

Election#44 ‘most interesting, complex, unpredictable’ campaign in decades

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 13, 2021
  • More than halfway to the finish line of the 44th federal election, Canadian voters ponder their ballot choices. Their decision will be set against
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 9, 2021, arriving at the English-language leaders' debate in Gatineau, Que. 'What we have in 2021 is a government that thought it would steamroll the opposition parties with a double-digit lead and 170 seats in the bag; a victory lap on the pandemic; and economic confidence was on the uptick. All of those assumptions the Liberals had for calling an election have been knocked out from underneath them,' says pollster Nik Nanos. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Party leaders head into highly anticipated English-televised leaders’ debate tonight, Trudeau had ‘good night’ in French leaders’ debate, says Turnbull

  • With the Liberal Party he leads tied at 33 per cent with the Conservative Party in a Postmedia-Léger poll, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 9, 2021
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured on Sept. 8, 2021, at the French-language televised leaders' debate. Screen capture image photograph courtesy of CPAC

Party leaders head into highly anticipated English-televised leaders’ debate tonight, Trudeau had ‘good night’ in French leaders’ debate, says Turnbull

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 9, 2021
  • With the Liberal Party he leads tied at 33 per cent with the Conservative Party in a Postmedia-Léger poll, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had

Party leaders head into highly anticipated English-televised leaders’ debate tonight, Trudeau had ‘good night’ in French leaders’ debate, says Turnbull

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 9, 2021
  • With the Liberal Party he leads tied at 33 per cent with the Conservative Party in a Postmedia-Léger poll, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured on Sept. 8, 2021, at the French-language televised leaders' debate. Screen capture image photograph courtesy of CPAC

On a day of firsts and in a scaled-back installation ceremony, Mary Simon becomes Canada’s 30th and first Indigenous Governor General: ‘I’ve always viewed Canada as a metaphor for family’

  • SENATE CHAMBER—In a tightly scripted ceremony, laden with tradition but limited in attendance by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Jeannie May Simon—a consequential Inuit leader
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 27, 2021
Mary Simon with her spouse Whit Fraser, left, and Usher of the Black Rod Greg Peters, pictured July 26, 2021, arriving at the Senate Building for her installation as Canada's 30th governor general of Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

On a day of firsts and in a scaled-back installation ceremony, Mary Simon becomes Canada’s 30th and first Indigenous Governor General: ‘I’ve always viewed Canada as a metaphor for family’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 27, 2021
  • SENATE CHAMBER—In a tightly scripted ceremony, laden with tradition but limited in attendance by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Jeannie May Simon—a consequential Inuit leader

On a day of firsts and in a scaled-back installation ceremony, Mary Simon becomes Canada’s 30th and first Indigenous Governor General: ‘I’ve always viewed Canada as a metaphor for family’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 27, 2021
  • SENATE CHAMBER—In a tightly scripted ceremony, laden with tradition but limited in attendance by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mary Jeannie May Simon—a consequential Inuit leader
Mary Simon with her spouse Whit Fraser, left, and Usher of the Black Rod Greg Peters, pictured July 26, 2021, arriving at the Senate Building for her installation as Canada's 30th governor general of Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

McKenna set to dive into new, post-politics pool to combat climate change

  • The day after she announced her intention to not seek re-election, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna went for a morning swim at Ottawa’s
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 14, 2021
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna cycled along Rideau Canal Western Pathway to meet reporters on June 28, where she announced she would not be running for re-election in Ottawa-Centre, Ont. Ms. McKenna was first elected in 2015, after which she soon became environment minister, a post she held until 2019 when she switched to the infrastructure file. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

McKenna set to dive into new, post-politics pool to combat climate change

Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 14, 2021
  • The day after she announced her intention to not seek re-election, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna went for a morning swim at Ottawa’s

McKenna set to dive into new, post-politics pool to combat climate change

Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 14, 2021
  • The day after she announced her intention to not seek re-election, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna went for a morning swim at Ottawa’s
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna cycled along Rideau Canal Western Pathway to meet reporters on June 28, where she announced she would not be running for re-election in Ottawa-Centre, Ont. Ms. McKenna was first elected in 2015, after which she soon became environment minister, a post she held until 2019 when she switched to the infrastructure file. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Road to recovery and lessons from the pandemic

  • As Canada slowly slides toward some form of normalcy during the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, deep assessments will commence on how the federal government has
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 12, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 9, 2020, walking to the Sir John A. Macdonald Building for a press conference on the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Road to recovery and lessons from the pandemic

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 12, 2021
  • As Canada slowly slides toward some form of normalcy during the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, deep assessments will commence on how the federal government has

Road to recovery and lessons from the pandemic

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 12, 2021
  • As Canada slowly slides toward some form of normalcy during the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, deep assessments will commence on how the federal government has
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 9, 2020, walking to the Sir John A. Macdonald Building for a press conference on the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Inuit leader Simon makes history, becomes Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, promises to promote ‘healing and wellness across Canadian society’

  • At a consequential time in Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday morning that Inuit leader and former
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 6, 2021
Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon, answered questions during the July 6 announcement at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Inuit leader Simon makes history, becomes Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, promises to promote ‘healing and wellness across Canadian society’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 6, 2021
  • At a consequential time in Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday morning that Inuit leader and former

Inuit leader Simon makes history, becomes Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, promises to promote ‘healing and wellness across Canadian society’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 6, 2021
  • At a consequential time in Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous peoples, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday morning that Inuit leader and former
Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, Mary Simon, answered questions during the July 6 announcement at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘They haven’t got a competitor who’s even remotely close’: Liberals on track to win majority in expected September election, but still a few wild cards

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on track to win a third mandate and form his second Liberal majority government if he triggers a federal
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 5, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, speaking to people who live at Hope Living Residence in Kanata. The prime minister toured the supportive housing facility which is undergoing a renovation.  The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘They haven’t got a competitor who’s even remotely close’: Liberals on track to win majority in expected September election, but still a few wild cards

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 5, 2021
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on track to win a third mandate and form his second Liberal majority government if he triggers a federal

‘They haven’t got a competitor who’s even remotely close’: Liberals on track to win majority in expected September election, but still a few wild cards

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 5, 2021
  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on track to win a third mandate and form his second Liberal majority government if he triggers a federal
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, speaking to people who live at Hope Living Residence in Kanata. The prime minister toured the supportive housing facility which is undergoing a renovation.  The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Liberals challenge ‘their own Speaker’ in Federal Court over information on fired scientists, ‘trying to cover up something bad,’ say Chong, Davies

  • By filing an application in the Federal Court to prevent the disclosure of Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) documents as ordered by the
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 28, 2021
House Speaker Anthony Rota, pictured June 21, 2021, is defending the autonomy of Canada's legislature against a legal challenge launched by the government. Screen capture image courtesy of ParlVu

Liberals challenge ‘their own Speaker’ in Federal Court over information on fired scientists, ‘trying to cover up something bad,’ say Chong, Davies

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 28, 2021
  • By filing an application in the Federal Court to prevent the disclosure of Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) documents as ordered by the

Liberals challenge ‘their own Speaker’ in Federal Court over information on fired scientists, ‘trying to cover up something bad,’ say Chong, Davies

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 28, 2021
  • By filing an application in the Federal Court to prevent the disclosure of Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) documents as ordered by the
House Speaker Anthony Rota, pictured June 21, 2021, is defending the autonomy of Canada's legislature against a legal challenge launched by the government. Screen capture image courtesy of ParlVu

No friction with May, but Paul needs distance from former adviser, says former federal Green interim leader

  • There is no power struggle between Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul and her predecessor, Elizabeth May, but the leader could have better
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 25, 2021
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, pictured June 1, 2021, at a press conference on the Hill. Jo-Ann Roberts says Ms. Paul has been confronted with 'a dysfunction that was in the party' prior to her Oct. 3, 2020, election and the 'distraction' caused by Noah Zatzman and Ms. Paul’s silence on the issue did not help. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

No friction with May, but Paul needs distance from former adviser, says former federal Green interim leader

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 25, 2021
  • There is no power struggle between Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul and her predecessor, Elizabeth May, but the leader could have better

No friction with May, but Paul needs distance from former adviser, says former federal Green interim leader

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 25, 2021
  • There is no power struggle between Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul and her predecessor, Elizabeth May, but the leader could have better
Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, pictured June 1, 2021, at a press conference on the Hill. Jo-Ann Roberts says Ms. Paul has been confronted with 'a dysfunction that was in the party' prior to her Oct. 3, 2020, election and the 'distraction' caused by Noah Zatzman and Ms. Paul’s silence on the issue did not help. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Open defiance’: Opposition slams feds for failure to produce Winnipeg lab documents amid formal rebuke of PHAC head

  • During a rare parliamentary occurrence on Monday, Iain Stewart, president of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), was admonished in the House for
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 22, 2021
Public Health Agency of Canada’s president Iain Stewart is pictured June 21 in the House of Commons, where House Speaker Anthony Rota admonished him for failing to turnover unredacted documents in compliance with a House order. While Mr. Stewart appeared, he did not provide the requested documents. Photograph courtesy of ParlVu

‘Open defiance’: Opposition slams feds for failure to produce Winnipeg lab documents amid formal rebuke of PHAC head

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 22, 2021
  • During a rare parliamentary occurrence on Monday, Iain Stewart, president of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), was admonished in the House for

‘Open defiance’: Opposition slams feds for failure to produce Winnipeg lab documents amid formal rebuke of PHAC head

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 22, 2021
  • During a rare parliamentary occurrence on Monday, Iain Stewart, president of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), was admonished in the House for
Public Health Agency of Canada’s president Iain Stewart is pictured June 21 in the House of Commons, where House Speaker Anthony Rota admonished him for failing to turnover unredacted documents in compliance with a House order. While Mr. Stewart appeared, he did not provide the requested documents. Photograph courtesy of ParlVu

O’Regan will need energy to tackle challenges in ‘super-sensitive’ natural resources portfolio

  • On the natural resources file, Canada’s Green Party parts ways with the federal Liberal government on several key issues, from promoting pipelines to pursuing
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 16, 2021
Replenishing forests, balancing competing interests in energy sources and keeping Canada on a path to reduce carbon emissions is a formidable task that Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan seems to handling well, says former Liberal adviser Scott Reid. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

O’Regan will need energy to tackle challenges in ‘super-sensitive’ natural resources portfolio

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 16, 2021
  • On the natural resources file, Canada’s Green Party parts ways with the federal Liberal government on several key issues, from promoting pipelines to pursuing

O’Regan will need energy to tackle challenges in ‘super-sensitive’ natural resources portfolio

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 16, 2021
  • On the natural resources file, Canada’s Green Party parts ways with the federal Liberal government on several key issues, from promoting pipelines to pursuing
Replenishing forests, balancing competing interests in energy sources and keeping Canada on a path to reduce carbon emissions is a formidable task that Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan seems to handling well, says former Liberal adviser Scott Reid. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Temperature rising on Wilkinson to get Canada back on track on climate file

  • While the sweeping effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have dominated Canadians’ attention over the past year, another looming crisis—climate change—has slipped below the national
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 7, 2021
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured Feb. 25, 2020, in the Hill. The Trudeau government introduced a national climate strategy, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, in 2016, and allocated a $15-billion in this year’s federal budget toward Canada’s climate plan, but Canada's oil and gas emissions continue to rise. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Temperature rising on Wilkinson to get Canada back on track on climate file

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 7, 2021
  • While the sweeping effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have dominated Canadians’ attention over the past year, another looming crisis—climate change—has slipped below the national

Temperature rising on Wilkinson to get Canada back on track on climate file

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 7, 2021
  • While the sweeping effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have dominated Canadians’ attention over the past year, another looming crisis—climate change—has slipped below the national
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured Feb. 25, 2020, in the Hill. The Trudeau government introduced a national climate strategy, the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, in 2016, and allocated a $15-billion in this year’s federal budget toward Canada’s climate plan, but Canada's oil and gas emissions continue to rise. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Two new opposition leaders armed with multiple issues prepare for fall face-off with the PM

  • From the ongoing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the continuing debate over the proposed legislation to legalize and regulate
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at Toronto's gay pride parade on June 25, 2017. Political players say Mr. Trudeau and his party will have to get busy on Parliament Hill to bring results to voters this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Two new opposition leaders armed with multiple issues prepare for fall face-off with the PM

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
  • From the ongoing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the continuing debate over the proposed legislation to legalize and regulate

Two new opposition leaders armed with multiple issues prepare for fall face-off with the PM

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
  • From the ongoing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to the continuing debate over the proposed legislation to legalize and regulate
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at Toronto's gay pride parade on June 25, 2017. Political players say Mr. Trudeau and his party will have to get busy on Parliament Hill to bring results to voters this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau vs. Singh? NDP frontrunner’s ‘dynamism’ makes him party’s best hope in 2019, say supporters

  • By the numbers, Jagmeet Singh is the front-runner in the current federal NDP leadership race. The 38-year-old Ontario MPP, who recently served as deputy
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
Jagmeet Singh has racked up a lead in donations, memberships, volunteers, and endorsements from active politicians, over his competitors for the NDP leadership. Party members start voting Sept. 18 for the winner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau vs. Singh? NDP frontrunner’s ‘dynamism’ makes him party’s best hope in 2019, say supporters

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
  • By the numbers, Jagmeet Singh is the front-runner in the current federal NDP leadership race. The 38-year-old Ontario MPP, who recently served as deputy

Trudeau vs. Singh? NDP frontrunner’s ‘dynamism’ makes him party’s best hope in 2019, say supporters

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
  • By the numbers, Jagmeet Singh is the front-runner in the current federal NDP leadership race. The 38-year-old Ontario MPP, who recently served as deputy
Jagmeet Singh has racked up a lead in donations, memberships, volunteers, and endorsements from active politicians, over his competitors for the NDP leadership. Party members start voting Sept. 18 for the winner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Payette has the right stuff to be the next GG, say fellow astronauts

  • Robert Thirsk first met Julie Payette 25 years ago. Dr. Thirsk, a physician who holds master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration and
Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
Two weeks from today, Julie Payette will become the chief representative of the Queen in Canada when she will be sworn in as Canada’s 29th governor general. The Hill Times file photograph

Payette has the right stuff to be the next GG, say fellow astronauts

Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
  • Robert Thirsk first met Julie Payette 25 years ago. Dr. Thirsk, a physician who holds master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration and

Payette has the right stuff to be the next GG, say fellow astronauts

Feature | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 18, 2017
  • Robert Thirsk first met Julie Payette 25 years ago. Dr. Thirsk, a physician who holds master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration and
Two weeks from today, Julie Payette will become the chief representative of the Queen in Canada when she will be sworn in as Canada’s 29th governor general. The Hill Times file photograph

New health minister praised by rivals and Liberals, but has a steep learning curve ahead, says critic

  • Canada’s new health minister has a personal connection to one of the first items on her to-do list: implementing a national strategy for Alzheimer’s
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 6, 2017
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, third from right, has been praised for her people skills and ability to communicate on complex issues, from politicos in multiple parties. She is pictured here at a House committee meeting with, from right, Liberal MPs Anita Vandenbeld, David Graham, Ruby Sahota, and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

New health minister praised by rivals and Liberals, but has a steep learning curve ahead, says critic

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 6, 2017
  • Canada’s new health minister has a personal connection to one of the first items on her to-do list: implementing a national strategy for Alzheimer’s

New health minister praised by rivals and Liberals, but has a steep learning curve ahead, says critic

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 6, 2017
  • Canada’s new health minister has a personal connection to one of the first items on her to-do list: implementing a national strategy for Alzheimer’s
Ginette Petitpas Taylor, third from right, has been praised for her people skills and ability to communicate on complex issues, from politicos in multiple parties. She is pictured here at a House committee meeting with, from right, Liberal MPs Anita Vandenbeld, David Graham, Ruby Sahota, and Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Veterans advocates hope for change from O’Regan at Veterans Affairs

  • Veterans-rights advocates hope the appointment last week of Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, N.L.) as Veterans Affairs minister will breathe new
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 4, 2017
Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan at the ceremony on Aug. 28 in which he was sworn in as Veterans Affairs Minister. Veterans advocates hopes he does more for former military personnel than his predecessor, including fulfilling the Liberal campaign promise of bringing back lifelong disability pensions. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Veterans advocates hope for change from O’Regan at Veterans Affairs

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 4, 2017
  • Veterans-rights advocates hope the appointment last week of Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, N.L.) as Veterans Affairs minister will breathe new

Veterans advocates hope for change from O’Regan at Veterans Affairs

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 4, 2017
  • Veterans-rights advocates hope the appointment last week of Liberal MP Seamus O’Regan (St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, N.L.) as Veterans Affairs minister will breathe new
Liberal MP Seamus O'Regan at the ceremony on Aug. 28 in which he was sworn in as Veterans Affairs Minister. Veterans advocates hopes he does more for former military personnel than his predecessor, including fulfilling the Liberal campaign promise of bringing back lifelong disability pensions. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Liberal MPs consider pushing for government apology to black Canadians

  • Liberal MPs who are part of the federal black caucus of Parliamentarians say there has been talk about pushing the government to issue an
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 28, 2017
Hundreds protested against racism last week in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. Some Liberal MPs are discussing the possibility of pushing the government to apologize to black Canadians for historical injustices. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Liberal MPs consider pushing for government apology to black Canadians

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 28, 2017
  • Liberal MPs who are part of the federal black caucus of Parliamentarians say there has been talk about pushing the government to issue an

Liberal MPs consider pushing for government apology to black Canadians

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 28, 2017
  • Liberal MPs who are part of the federal black caucus of Parliamentarians say there has been talk about pushing the government to issue an
Hundreds protested against racism last week in front of the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa. Some Liberal MPs are discussing the possibility of pushing the government to apologize to black Canadians for historical injustices. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Liberals take civics-in-action approach with youth councils

  • Nearly 90 per cent of Liberal MPs have established youth councils in their ridings. They say they’re a way to get young people involved
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 16, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with members of the youth council of his parliamentary secretary for youth, Peter Schiefke, in the House of Commons in June. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

Liberals take civics-in-action approach with youth councils

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 16, 2017
  • Nearly 90 per cent of Liberal MPs have established youth councils in their ridings. They say they’re a way to get young people involved

Liberals take civics-in-action approach with youth councils

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 16, 2017
  • Nearly 90 per cent of Liberal MPs have established youth councils in their ridings. They say they’re a way to get young people involved
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with members of the youth council of his parliamentary secretary for youth, Peter Schiefke, in the House of Commons in June. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti

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