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Carney holds his first post-election presser

  • Plus, a chief of staff to a former prime minister says disgruntled Tories would be best suited to cross the floor to the Liberals.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will speak to reporters at his first press conference since winning the election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney holds his first post-election presser

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
  • Plus, a chief of staff to a former prime minister says disgruntled Tories would be best suited to cross the floor to the Liberals.

Carney holds his first post-election presser

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, STUART BENSON | May 2, 2025
  • Plus, a chief of staff to a former prime minister says disgruntled Tories would be best suited to cross the floor to the Liberals.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney will speak to reporters at his first press conference since winning the election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tories strip five Ontario ridings of bellwether status, while 29 seats remain

  • Just under one in 10 ridings have elected MPs from the governing party since at least 2011.
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | May 1, 2025
Liberal MPs, top row from left, Karina Gould, Terry Duguid, and Chris Bittle continued their riding's historic bellwether status, while Conservatives, bottom from left, Connie Cody, Sandra Cobena, and Roman Baber flipped seats that have long stuck with the governing party. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and courtesy of the Conservative Party

Tories strip five Ontario ridings of bellwether status, while 29 seats remain

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | May 1, 2025
  • Just under one in 10 ridings have elected MPs from the governing party since at least 2011.

Tories strip five Ontario ridings of bellwether status, while 29 seats remain

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | May 1, 2025
  • Just under one in 10 ridings have elected MPs from the governing party since at least 2011.
Liberal MPs, top row from left, Karina Gould, Terry Duguid, and Chris Bittle continued their riding's historic bellwether status, while Conservatives, bottom from left, Connie Cody, Sandra Cobena, and Roman Baber flipped seats that have long stuck with the governing party. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and courtesy of the Conservative Party

Efforts underway to bury Pope Francis’ legacy as a climate radical

  • The late pope's commitment was relentless, weaving environmental justice into the heart of Catholic thought.
Opinion | BY NATHANIEL MONG’ARE | May 1, 2025
Barely days after the death of Pope Francis, his legacy is already being whitewashed. Don’t let the coming Conclave bury his work, writes  Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Efforts underway to bury Pope Francis’ legacy as a climate radical

Opinion | BY NATHANIEL MONG’ARE | May 1, 2025
  • The late pope's commitment was relentless, weaving environmental justice into the heart of Catholic thought.

Efforts underway to bury Pope Francis’ legacy as a climate radical

Opinion | BY NATHANIEL MONG’ARE | May 1, 2025
  • The late pope's commitment was relentless, weaving environmental justice into the heart of Catholic thought.
Barely days after the death of Pope Francis, his legacy is already being whitewashed. Don’t let the coming Conclave bury his work, writes  Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bolsonaro, Trump, and democratic takeover attempts

  • America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries. 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2025
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro could go to jail for more than 40 years if he is found guilty of plotting to reverse his electoral defeat in 2022 by a military coup, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bolsonaro, Trump, and democratic takeover attempts

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2025
  • America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries. 

Bolsonaro, Trump, and democratic takeover attempts

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2025
  • America’s President and Brazil’s former leader—who is in intensive care—once were tied to failed coup attempts in their respective countries. 
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro could go to jail for more than 40 years if he is found guilty of plotting to reverse his electoral defeat in 2022 by a military coup, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

New Democrats regroup

  • Plus, the ‘sprint’ to prepare for the new Parliament is on.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 1, 2025
Heather McPherson and the other six remaining NDP MPs will meet today to plan for the return of Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New Democrats regroup

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 1, 2025
  • Plus, the ‘sprint’ to prepare for the new Parliament is on.

New Democrats regroup

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 1, 2025
  • Plus, the ‘sprint’ to prepare for the new Parliament is on.
Heather McPherson and the other six remaining NDP MPs will meet today to plan for the return of Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election outcomes for Mark Carney’s first cabinet

  • All but four of Prime Minister Mark Carney's ministers won by margins greater than 20 points over their second-place contenders.
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 30, 2025
Some of the re-elected members of Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet, from bottom right: Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, David McGuinty, Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree, and Steven Guilbeault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Joey Sabourin

The election outcomes for Mark Carney’s first cabinet

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 30, 2025
  • All but four of Prime Minister Mark Carney's ministers won by margins greater than 20 points over their second-place contenders.

The election outcomes for Mark Carney’s first cabinet

News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 30, 2025
  • All but four of Prime Minister Mark Carney's ministers won by margins greater than 20 points over their second-place contenders.
Some of the re-elected members of Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet, from bottom right: Dominic LeBlanc, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, David McGuinty, Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree, and Steven Guilbeault. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, illustration by Joey Sabourin

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

  • This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future
Opinion | BY RYAN SYDOR | April 30, 2025
If we want to protect elections, we have to protect identity, writes Ryan Sydor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

Opinion | BY RYAN SYDOR | April 30, 2025
  • This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

Opinion | BY RYAN SYDOR | April 30, 2025
  • This past election offers a chance for Canada to consider establishing broader standards for digital identity verification across public and private sectors for future
If we want to protect elections, we have to protect identity, writes Ryan Sydor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles
News | BY IREM KOCA | April 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says after speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump, the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 30, 2025
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles

Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

News | BY IREM KOCA | April 30, 2025
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles
Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says after speaking with U.S. President Donald Trump, the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

An Indo-Pakistan nuclear war would hit the whole world

  • India has also worked to keep the level of violence down, even though the basic relationship is one of mutual hatred with religious overtones.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 30, 2025
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The relationship between the two nations is fundamentally unstable because Pakistan has only one-sixth of India’s population and one-10th of its wealth, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

An Indo-Pakistan nuclear war would hit the whole world

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 30, 2025
  • India has also worked to keep the level of violence down, even though the basic relationship is one of mutual hatred with religious overtones.

An Indo-Pakistan nuclear war would hit the whole world

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 30, 2025
  • India has also worked to keep the level of violence down, even though the basic relationship is one of mutual hatred with religious overtones.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The relationship between the two nations is fundamentally unstable because Pakistan has only one-sixth of India’s population and one-10th of its wealth, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

  • There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly during then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Ottawa in 2022. For many cabinet ministers, their first stop during a trip to Washington, D.C., was to the Wilson Center's Canada Institute to give an address. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
  • There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

News | BY NEIL MOSS | April 30, 2025
  • There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won't be attached to the Wilson Center.
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly during then-U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Ottawa in 2022. For many cabinet ministers, their first stop during a trip to Washington, D.C., was to the Wilson Center's Canada Institute to give an address. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here’s hoping MPs return with a sense of respect for Parliament

  • Rookies and returning incumbents would both be well served by understanding the rules and intended functioning of our federal legislature. 
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 30, 2025
The House of Commons Chamber is pictured on Sept. 12, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Here’s hoping MPs return with a sense of respect for Parliament

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 30, 2025
  • Rookies and returning incumbents would both be well served by understanding the rules and intended functioning of our federal legislature. 

Here’s hoping MPs return with a sense of respect for Parliament

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 30, 2025
  • Rookies and returning incumbents would both be well served by understanding the rules and intended functioning of our federal legislature. 
The House of Commons Chamber is pictured on Sept. 12, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Blanchet’s Bloc doesn’t add value to Parliament

  • In this moment of great strain on Canada, hardline separatists like the Bloc Québécois leader and his caucus now hold the balance of power.
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 30, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet’s recent comments calling Canada an ‘artificial country’ were unwelcome at a time of the country’s existential crisis, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Blanchet’s Bloc doesn’t add value to Parliament

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 30, 2025
  • In this moment of great strain on Canada, hardline separatists like the Bloc Québécois leader and his caucus now hold the balance of power.

Blanchet’s Bloc doesn’t add value to Parliament

Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | April 30, 2025
  • In this moment of great strain on Canada, hardline separatists like the Bloc Québécois leader and his caucus now hold the balance of power.
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet’s recent comments calling Canada an ‘artificial country’ were unwelcome at a time of the country’s existential crisis, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

  • Re: “Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights,” (The Hill Times, April 23, p. 8). The war in
Opinion | April 30, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

Opinion | April 30, 2025
  • Re: “Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights,” (The Hill Times, April 23, p. 8). The war in

Trump and Putin are violating the UN charter to which both of their countries signed on: Toronto reader

Opinion | April 30, 2025
  • Re: “Future MPs should stand up for the rule of law and human rights,” (The Hill Times, April 23, p. 8). The war in
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

It was an election campaign unlike any other

  • Heard on the Hill looks back on the highs and lows of this election campaign which took a sombre tone in its final days
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | April 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, top right, and Green co-Leader Elizabeth May did the Hip Flip with the irreverent journalist Nardwuar earlier this month Screenshots courtesy of YouTube

It was an election campaign unlike any other

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | April 30, 2025
  • Heard on the Hill looks back on the highs and lows of this election campaign which took a sombre tone in its final days

It was an election campaign unlike any other

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | April 30, 2025
  • Heard on the Hill looks back on the highs and lows of this election campaign which took a sombre tone in its final days
Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, top right, and Green co-Leader Elizabeth May did the Hip Flip with the irreverent journalist Nardwuar earlier this month Screenshots courtesy of YouTube

What now?

  • Plus, the government is once again running out of cash.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 30, 2025
With the election behind them, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre face a series of new challenges. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

What now?

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 30, 2025
  • Plus, the government is once again running out of cash.

What now?

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 30, 2025
  • Plus, the government is once again running out of cash.
With the election behind them, Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre face a series of new challenges. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

  • Recent elections suggest voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots in advanced polls. This means they need the full details of platforms that
Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
Conservative and Liberal supporters in Montreal ahead of the April 17 English-language leaders' debate. It is a major disservice to voters if party platforms are released mere days before ballots are cast, writes Andrew Tzembelicos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
  • Recent elections suggest voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots in advanced polls. This means they need the full details of platforms that

Change is needed when it comes to costed party platforms

Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
  • Recent elections suggest voters are increasingly choosing to cast their ballots in advanced polls. This means they need the full details of platforms that
Conservative and Liberal supporters in Montreal ahead of the April 17 English-language leaders' debate. It is a major disservice to voters if party platforms are released mere days before ballots are cast, writes Andrew Tzembelicos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must not join the deregulation race to the bottom

  • Long-term forestry-based employment can only be sustained if forests are managed to ensure their continued ecological integrity.
Opinion | BY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN, MICHAEL POLANYI | April 30, 2025
Trees
Trees
Canada must recognize that forest degradation is occurring and move to redress it, write Rachel Plotkin, Julee Boan, and Michael Polanyi. Photograph courtesy of Pexels/Felix Mittermeier

Canada must not join the deregulation race to the bottom

Opinion | BY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN, MICHAEL POLANYI | April 30, 2025
  • Long-term forestry-based employment can only be sustained if forests are managed to ensure their continued ecological integrity.

Canada must not join the deregulation race to the bottom

Opinion | BY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN, MICHAEL POLANYI | April 30, 2025
  • Long-term forestry-based employment can only be sustained if forests are managed to ensure their continued ecological integrity.
Trees
Canada must recognize that forest degradation is occurring and move to redress it, write Rachel Plotkin, Julee Boan, and Michael Polanyi. Photograph courtesy of Pexels/Felix Mittermeier

Let’s support a Canada that cares beyond our borders: letter writer

  • Since the federal election was called on March 23, like many Canadians, I’ve been asking myself: who am I voting for, and what do
Opinion | April 30, 2025
typewriter
typewriter
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Let’s support a Canada that cares beyond our borders: letter writer

Opinion | April 30, 2025
  • Since the federal election was called on March 23, like many Canadians, I’ve been asking myself: who am I voting for, and what do

Let’s support a Canada that cares beyond our borders: letter writer

Opinion | April 30, 2025
  • Since the federal election was called on March 23, like many Canadians, I’ve been asking myself: who am I voting for, and what do
typewriter
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Carney, Poilievre address supporters in late-night election speeches

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | April 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney grins before he takes to the stage to give his victory speech at the Liberals' election night event at Ottawa's TD Place Arena on April 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney, Poilievre address supporters in late-night election speeches

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | April 29, 2025

Carney, Poilievre address supporters in late-night election speeches

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | April 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney grins before he takes to the stage to give his victory speech at the Liberals' election night event at Ottawa's TD Place Arena on April 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Comeback complete

  • Plus, Riddhi Kachhela asked voters in Nepean and Carleton why they cast their ballot.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 29, 2025
Mark Carney has won his first election and his first mandate from voters to serve as prime minister. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Comeback complete

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 29, 2025
  • Plus, Riddhi Kachhela asked voters in Nepean and Carleton why they cast their ballot.

Comeback complete

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | April 29, 2025
  • Plus, Riddhi Kachhela asked voters in Nepean and Carleton why they cast their ballot.
Mark Carney has won his first election and his first mandate from voters to serve as prime minister. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Change takes time’: Poilievre praises ‘major’ Conservative breakthroughs in future-focused concession speech

  • Early results had the Conservatives achieving 41.7 per cent of the total vote, exceeding the 33.7 per cent of the popular vote reached by
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STUART BENSON | April 29, 2025 | UPDATED May 1, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, shown here with his wife, Anaida, delivered a concession speech at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa early in April 29. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Change takes time’: Poilievre praises ‘major’ Conservative breakthroughs in future-focused concession speech

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STUART BENSON | April 29, 2025 | UPDATED May 1, 2025
  • Early results had the Conservatives achieving 41.7 per cent of the total vote, exceeding the 33.7 per cent of the popular vote reached by

‘Change takes time’: Poilievre praises ‘major’ Conservative breakthroughs in future-focused concession speech

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STUART BENSON | April 29, 2025 | UPDATED May 1, 2025
  • Early results had the Conservatives achieving 41.7 per cent of the total vote, exceeding the 33.7 per cent of the popular vote reached by
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, shown here with his wife, Anaida, delivered a concession speech at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa early in April 29. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canada’s sub-standard submarines

  • Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn't actually possess?
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 28, 2025
HMCS Windsor takes part in Exercise Cutlass Fury on Sept. 18, 2016. It is the only one of Canada's four Victoria-class submarines that has been to sea since 2021, notes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of DND/Cpl. Chris Ringius

Canada’s sub-standard submarines

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 28, 2025
  • Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn't actually possess?

Canada’s sub-standard submarines

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 28, 2025
  • Can the Royal Canadian Navy really lose a capability that it doesn't actually possess?
HMCS Windsor takes part in Exercise Cutlass Fury on Sept. 18, 2016. It is the only one of Canada's four Victoria-class submarines that has been to sea since 2021, notes Scott Taylor. Photograph courtesy of DND/Cpl. Chris Ringius

How many questions did federal leaders take at their daily campaign press events?

  • Pierre Poilievre took an average of four questions a day, Mark Carney took nine, Jagmeet Singh took 12, and Yves-François Blanchet took 13.
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 28, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

How many questions did federal leaders take at their daily campaign press events?

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 28, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre took an average of four questions a day, Mark Carney took nine, Jagmeet Singh took 12, and Yves-François Blanchet took 13.

How many questions did federal leaders take at their daily campaign press events?

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 28, 2025
  • Pierre Poilievre took an average of four questions a day, Mark Carney took nine, Jagmeet Singh took 12, and Yves-François Blanchet took 13.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

In one week, I voted in two elections, three ballot papers, but had zero democracy sausages in Canada

  • Voting traditions in both Canada and Australia fill one's heart with civic pride, but only one country also fills an elector's stomach.
Opinion | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
The sausage sandwich—or democracy sausage—has become a ubiquitous part of election day in Australia. The Hill Times photograph by Stephen Jeffery

In one week, I voted in two elections, three ballot papers, but had zero democracy sausages in Canada

Opinion | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Voting traditions in both Canada and Australia fill one's heart with civic pride, but only one country also fills an elector's stomach.

In one week, I voted in two elections, three ballot papers, but had zero democracy sausages in Canada

Opinion | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Voting traditions in both Canada and Australia fill one's heart with civic pride, but only one country also fills an elector's stomach.
The sausage sandwich—or democracy sausage—has become a ubiquitous part of election day in Australia. The Hill Times photograph by Stephen Jeffery

Voting is only the beginning of the democratic conversation

  • Scrutiny, vigilance, and accountability are also important for all other days of the electoral cycle.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 28, 2025
Elections Canada said last week that approximately 7.3 million people cast their ballots during the four days of advance polling, a 25 per cent increase from 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Voting is only the beginning of the democratic conversation

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 28, 2025
  • Scrutiny, vigilance, and accountability are also important for all other days of the electoral cycle.

Voting is only the beginning of the democratic conversation

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 28, 2025
  • Scrutiny, vigilance, and accountability are also important for all other days of the electoral cycle.
Elections Canada said last week that approximately 7.3 million people cast their ballots during the four days of advance polling, a 25 per cent increase from 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tackling Trump or offering change: competing priorities to determine this election

  • Polling last week showed the Conservatives led among those who saw a change in direction as the key election issue, but Abacus Data’s David
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are seeking votes from an electorate interested in a change in direction and standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump, according to polls published last week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Tackling Trump or offering change: competing priorities to determine this election

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Polling last week showed the Conservatives led among those who saw a change in direction as the key election issue, but Abacus Data’s David

Tackling Trump or offering change: competing priorities to determine this election

News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Polling last week showed the Conservatives led among those who saw a change in direction as the key election issue, but Abacus Data’s David
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are seeking votes from an electorate interested in a change in direction and standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump, according to polls published last week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

  • Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
Pope Francis
Pope Francis
The late Pope Francis. 'He humanized the papacy, jettisoned much of the silly and encrusted protocols and habits that made the Vatican a kingdom of princelings, and attached priority to the pastoral over the cerebral, people over concepts, in the exercise of his ministry as the Successor of Peter,' says author Michael W. Higgins. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Catholic Church in England and Wales

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.

Pope Francis was one of the most ‘electrifying papacies in centuries,’ says author of book on pontiff’s life and influences

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY | April 28, 2025
  • Michael W. Higgins uses his understanding of the Jesuit order to provide insights on the traditions that guided Francis through his reform agenda.
Pope Francis
The late Pope Francis. 'He humanized the papacy, jettisoned much of the silly and encrusted protocols and habits that made the Vatican a kingdom of princelings, and attached priority to the pastoral over the cerebral, people over concepts, in the exercise of his ministry as the Successor of Peter,' says author Michael W. Higgins. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Catholic Church in England and Wales
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Uganda’s loss is Canada’s gain

  • On Aug. 5, 1972, within two years of overthrowing the elected Ugandan government of Milton Obote, General Idi Amin Dada made the following decree:
Opinion | BY MICHAEL MOLLOY AND SALIM FAKIRANI | July 28, 2022
Today, the Ugandan South Asians who fled their homeland are well represented in all walks of Canadian life, including by Parliamentarians like Senator Mobina Jaffer, left, and Liberal MP Arif Virani. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Uganda’s loss is Canada’s gain

Opinion | BY MICHAEL MOLLOY AND SALIM FAKIRANI | July 28, 2022
  • On Aug. 5, 1972, within two years of overthrowing the elected Ugandan government of Milton Obote, General Idi Amin Dada made the following decree:

Uganda’s loss is Canada’s gain

Opinion | BY MICHAEL MOLLOY AND SALIM FAKIRANI | July 28, 2022
  • On Aug. 5, 1972, within two years of overthrowing the elected Ugandan government of Milton Obote, General Idi Amin Dada made the following decree:
Today, the Ugandan South Asians who fled their homeland are well represented in all walks of Canadian life, including by Parliamentarians like Senator Mobina Jaffer, left, and Liberal MP Arif Virani. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Immigration ministers meet

  • Good Thursday morning, Immigration Minister SEAN FRASER is meeting with his provincial peers in New Brunswick today for the annual “forum of ministers responsible
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is meeting today with his provincial counterparts, who are calling for more say over who the government brings into the country. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Immigration ministers meet

  • Good Thursday morning, Immigration Minister SEAN FRASER is meeting with his provincial peers in New Brunswick today for the annual “forum of ministers responsible

Politics This Morning: Immigration ministers meet

  • Good Thursday morning, Immigration Minister SEAN FRASER is meeting with his provincial peers in New Brunswick today for the annual “forum of ministers responsible
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser is meeting today with his provincial counterparts, who are calling for more say over who the government brings into the country. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada can do more at the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons  

  • The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 1970 and is designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to promote
Opinion | BY ROBIN COLLINS AND SYLVIE LEMIEUX | July 27, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 6, 2022, in Ottawa. After two years of delay due to the COVID pandemic, the NPT review conference is being held in New York in August. Divisions have worsened between nuclear-weapon-possessing states and those allies supporting NATO nuclear deterrence policy on the one hand, and states supporting the TPNW on the other. . The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada can do more at the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons  

Opinion | BY ROBIN COLLINS AND SYLVIE LEMIEUX | July 27, 2022
  • The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 1970 and is designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to promote

Canada can do more at the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons  

Opinion | BY ROBIN COLLINS AND SYLVIE LEMIEUX | July 27, 2022
  • The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 1970 and is designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, to promote
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 6, 2022, in Ottawa. After two years of delay due to the COVID pandemic, the NPT review conference is being held in New York in August. Divisions have worsened between nuclear-weapon-possessing states and those allies supporting NATO nuclear deterrence policy on the one hand, and states supporting the TPNW on the other. . The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On trade with Northern Mexico, Canada is late to the party

  • There is opportunity for Canada to expand upon its trade relationship with Arizona and Northern Mexico. In 2009 I became a naturalized U.S. citizen,
Opinion | BY GLENN WILLIAMSON | July 27, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured, should act now to open up all of Mexico to Canadian diplomacy, culture, trade, and foreign direct investment, argues Glenn Williamson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

On trade with Northern Mexico, Canada is late to the party

Opinion | BY GLENN WILLIAMSON | July 27, 2022
  • There is opportunity for Canada to expand upon its trade relationship with Arizona and Northern Mexico. In 2009 I became a naturalized U.S. citizen,

On trade with Northern Mexico, Canada is late to the party

Opinion | BY GLENN WILLIAMSON | July 27, 2022
  • There is opportunity for Canada to expand upon its trade relationship with Arizona and Northern Mexico. In 2009 I became a naturalized U.S. citizen,
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured, should act now to open up all of Mexico to Canadian diplomacy, culture, trade, and foreign direct investment, argues Glenn Williamson. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau launches hair war

  • OAKVILLE, ONT.—I want to talk about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new haircut, because, believe it or not, I actually think there’s a political angle
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 27, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently sporting his new haircut. It is surprising that Trudeau would make such a radical change to his appearance, especially since his thick and magnificent coiffure was such an integral part of his image, writes Gerry Nicholls. Image courtesy of Twitter

Trudeau launches hair war

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 27, 2022
  • OAKVILLE, ONT.—I want to talk about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new haircut, because, believe it or not, I actually think there’s a political angle

Trudeau launches hair war

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 27, 2022
  • OAKVILLE, ONT.—I want to talk about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new haircut, because, believe it or not, I actually think there’s a political angle
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently sporting his new haircut. It is surprising that Trudeau would make such a radical change to his appearance, especially since his thick and magnificent coiffure was such an integral part of his image, writes Gerry Nicholls. Image courtesy of Twitter

All eyes on Canada as world gathers for AIDS 2022: will the prime minister measure up?

  • This week the world will look to Canada as 15,000 people arrive in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference, the most important global gathering
Opinion | BY CAROL NAWINA KACHENGA, CHRISTINA DENDYS, ELISE LEGAULT, ROSEMARY MBURU | July 27, 2022
The International AIDS Conference provides the perfect platform for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured, to show that he is truly committed to finishing the fight against AIDS—in the same city where, in 2016, he hosted the Global Fund Summit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

All eyes on Canada as world gathers for AIDS 2022: will the prime minister measure up?

Opinion | BY CAROL NAWINA KACHENGA, CHRISTINA DENDYS, ELISE LEGAULT, ROSEMARY MBURU | July 27, 2022
  • This week the world will look to Canada as 15,000 people arrive in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference, the most important global gathering

All eyes on Canada as world gathers for AIDS 2022: will the prime minister measure up?

Opinion | BY CAROL NAWINA KACHENGA, CHRISTINA DENDYS, ELISE LEGAULT, ROSEMARY MBURU | July 27, 2022
  • This week the world will look to Canada as 15,000 people arrive in Montreal for the International AIDS Conference, the most important global gathering
The International AIDS Conference provides the perfect platform for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured, to show that he is truly committed to finishing the fight against AIDS—in the same city where, in 2016, he hosted the Global Fund Summit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Remove ideology from drug-price debate, writes health coalition board member

  • Re: “Is drug price policy evidence-based or evidence-deficient?” (The Hill Times, July 4). Brett Skinner’s recent opinion piece is a rehash of arguments that
Opinion | July 27, 2022

Remove ideology from drug-price debate, writes health coalition board member

Opinion | July 27, 2022
  • Re: “Is drug price policy evidence-based or evidence-deficient?” (The Hill Times, July 4). Brett Skinner’s recent opinion piece is a rehash of arguments that

Remove ideology from drug-price debate, writes health coalition board member

Opinion | July 27, 2022
  • Re: “Is drug price policy evidence-based or evidence-deficient?” (The Hill Times, July 4). Brett Skinner’s recent opinion piece is a rehash of arguments that

Extreme summer heat doesn’t appear to be lighting a fire under the feds on climate action

  • In the immortal of words Santana (featuring Rob Thomas): man, it’s a hot one. Locales across the globe are recording record-high temperatures, with heat
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 27, 2022
Tourists walk past sprinklers on the Parliament Hill lawn on July 21, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Extreme summer heat doesn’t appear to be lighting a fire under the feds on climate action

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 27, 2022
  • In the immortal of words Santana (featuring Rob Thomas): man, it’s a hot one. Locales across the globe are recording record-high temperatures, with heat

Extreme summer heat doesn’t appear to be lighting a fire under the feds on climate action

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 27, 2022
  • In the immortal of words Santana (featuring Rob Thomas): man, it’s a hot one. Locales across the globe are recording record-high temperatures, with heat
Tourists walk past sprinklers on the Parliament Hill lawn on July 21, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative Party moves into new headquarters

  • The Conservative Party of Canada has a new home, just a few minutes walk from the Varette Building in downtown Ottawa, where the core
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2022
End of an era: The Conservative Party has moved out of its 25-year home in the Varette Building in downtown Ottawa. Ian Brodie, current chair of the CPC's Leadership Election Organizing Committee, is pictured in those halcyon days in 2004, decorating the CIMS server for Christmas. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Conservative Party moves into new headquarters

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2022
  • The Conservative Party of Canada has a new home, just a few minutes walk from the Varette Building in downtown Ottawa, where the core

Conservative Party moves into new headquarters

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2022
  • The Conservative Party of Canada has a new home, just a few minutes walk from the Varette Building in downtown Ottawa, where the core
End of an era: The Conservative Party has moved out of its 25-year home in the Varette Building in downtown Ottawa. Ian Brodie, current chair of the CPC's Leadership Election Organizing Committee, is pictured in those halcyon days in 2004, decorating the CIMS server for Christmas. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Politics This Morning: MPs to grill Hockey Canada, Korean veterans pay respects

  • Good Wednesday morning, The House Heritage Committee and Pope FRANCIS are the most likely candidates to take the news spotlight today. We’ll get to
The National War Memorial, pictured during a memorial on the anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 2018. Veterans and dignitaries will once again pay tribute to the Canadians who served and died in the Cold War conflict today. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: MPs to grill Hockey Canada, Korean veterans pay respects

  • Good Wednesday morning, The House Heritage Committee and Pope FRANCIS are the most likely candidates to take the news spotlight today. We’ll get to

Politics This Morning: MPs to grill Hockey Canada, Korean veterans pay respects

  • Good Wednesday morning, The House Heritage Committee and Pope FRANCIS are the most likely candidates to take the news spotlight today. We’ll get to
The National War Memorial, pictured during a memorial on the anniversary of the end of the Korean War in 2018. Veterans and dignitaries will once again pay tribute to the Canadians who served and died in the Cold War conflict today. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Tory House leader rails against interpreter pilot project defended as necessary amid service strain

  • A union and an association representing Hill interpreters are lambasting the House of Commons’ decision to launch a pilot project testing the use of
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 27, 2022
Conservative House Leader John Brassard, left, is critical of the House of Commons' interpretation pilot project, which has been branded as a threat to quality, but Liberal counterpart Mark Holland says it’s about 'going from no service to service.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Tory House leader rails against interpreter pilot project defended as necessary amid service strain

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 27, 2022
  • A union and an association representing Hill interpreters are lambasting the House of Commons’ decision to launch a pilot project testing the use of

Tory House leader rails against interpreter pilot project defended as necessary amid service strain

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 27, 2022
  • A union and an association representing Hill interpreters are lambasting the House of Commons’ decision to launch a pilot project testing the use of
Conservative House Leader John Brassard, left, is critical of the House of Commons' interpretation pilot project, which has been branded as a threat to quality, but Liberal counterpart Mark Holland says it’s about 'going from no service to service.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

  • OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 27, 2022
Caribana is usually celebrated on the August long weekend, which this year coincides with Aug. 1, or Emancipation Day, a celebration of the end of slavery in the West Indies. Flickr photograph by Roberto Baca

Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 27, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see

Jump and wave: Carnival is a living, breathing gyration of confrontation

Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 27, 2022
  • OTTAWA—It’s Caribana weekend. And lord knows we need the jump-up and oy after two-and-a-half years of epic hell that refuses abatement. Posse, lemme see
Caribana is usually celebrated on the August long weekend, which this year coincides with Aug. 1, or Emancipation Day, a celebration of the end of slavery in the West Indies. Flickr photograph by Roberto Baca

As food inflation hits 8.8 per cent, experts expect market volatility, continued high prices in fall

  • With food price inflation outpacing Canada’s annual inflation rate, experts say everything from high fuel and fertilizer costs, to labour shortages in manufacturing and
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2022
Food inflation hit 8.8 per cent last month, according to the June Consumer Price Index, outpacing Canada’s annual inflation rate, which hit 8.1 per cent. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

As food inflation hits 8.8 per cent, experts expect market volatility, continued high prices in fall

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2022
  • With food price inflation outpacing Canada’s annual inflation rate, experts say everything from high fuel and fertilizer costs, to labour shortages in manufacturing and

As food inflation hits 8.8 per cent, experts expect market volatility, continued high prices in fall

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2022
  • With food price inflation outpacing Canada’s annual inflation rate, experts say everything from high fuel and fertilizer costs, to labour shortages in manufacturing and
Food inflation hit 8.8 per cent last month, according to the June Consumer Price Index, outpacing Canada’s annual inflation rate, which hit 8.1 per cent. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Canadian Greens concerned federal party establishment ‘disenfranchising’ potential new leaders and hurting its chances to grow

  • With just a little more than a week before the application deadline to run in the Green Party of Canada’s leadership election, strict bilingualism
News | BY STUART BENSON | July 27, 2022
Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May looks on as then-Green Party leader Annamie Paul speaks in Ottawa in October 2020. The race to replace Paul, who officially resigned in November 2021 after an acrimonious tenure, opened at the end of June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadian Greens concerned federal party establishment ‘disenfranchising’ potential new leaders and hurting its chances to grow

News | BY STUART BENSON | July 27, 2022
  • With just a little more than a week before the application deadline to run in the Green Party of Canada’s leadership election, strict bilingualism

Canadian Greens concerned federal party establishment ‘disenfranchising’ potential new leaders and hurting its chances to grow

News | BY STUART BENSON | July 27, 2022
  • With just a little more than a week before the application deadline to run in the Green Party of Canada’s leadership election, strict bilingualism
Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May looks on as then-Green Party leader Annamie Paul speaks in Ottawa in October 2020. The race to replace Paul, who officially resigned in November 2021 after an acrimonious tenure, opened at the end of June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

IHRA anti-Semitism definition too vague, argues reader

  • Re: “IHRA definition no smokescreen: HonestReporting,” (The Hill Times, July 13, p. 8). It is ironic that, in a recent letter, the executive director of
Opinion | July 27, 2022

IHRA anti-Semitism definition too vague, argues reader

Opinion | July 27, 2022
  • Re: “IHRA definition no smokescreen: HonestReporting,” (The Hill Times, July 13, p. 8). It is ironic that, in a recent letter, the executive director of

IHRA anti-Semitism definition too vague, argues reader

Opinion | July 27, 2022
  • Re: “IHRA definition no smokescreen: HonestReporting,” (The Hill Times, July 13, p. 8). It is ironic that, in a recent letter, the executive director of

Four years in, Canada-Saudi diplomatic impasse shows no signs of resolution, but trade continues

  • After a now-infamous tweet criticizing Saudi Arabia’s human rights record in 2018 led to the fracturing of relations between Ottawa and Riyadh, a Middle
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 27, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have shown seemingly little interest in normalizing Canada's diplomatic relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Four years in, Canada-Saudi diplomatic impasse shows no signs of resolution, but trade continues

News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 27, 2022
  • After a now-infamous tweet criticizing Saudi Arabia’s human rights record in 2018 led to the fracturing of relations between Ottawa and Riyadh, a Middle

Four years in, Canada-Saudi diplomatic impasse shows no signs of resolution, but trade continues

News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 27, 2022
  • After a now-infamous tweet criticizing Saudi Arabia’s human rights record in 2018 led to the fracturing of relations between Ottawa and Riyadh, a Middle
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have shown seemingly little interest in normalizing Canada's diplomatic relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

What the heck is happening with the economy? The Pearson Centre digs in on July 27

  • SUNDAY, JULY 24—FRIDAY, JULY 29 Pope’s Visit to Canada—Pope Francis will visit Canada to apologize to Indigenous people for the Catholic Church’s role in
Inflation, labour shortages, interest rates, wages, house prices, COVID, the war in Ukraine—what’s going on? Prominent economists will hash it out at an event hosted by The Pearson Centre on Wednesday, July 27. Unsplash photograph by Andre Taissin

What the heck is happening with the economy? The Pearson Centre digs in on July 27

  • SUNDAY, JULY 24—FRIDAY, JULY 29 Pope’s Visit to Canada—Pope Francis will visit Canada to apologize to Indigenous people for the Catholic Church’s role in

What the heck is happening with the economy? The Pearson Centre digs in on July 27

  • SUNDAY, JULY 24—FRIDAY, JULY 29 Pope’s Visit to Canada—Pope Francis will visit Canada to apologize to Indigenous people for the Catholic Church’s role in
Inflation, labour shortages, interest rates, wages, house prices, COVID, the war in Ukraine—what’s going on? Prominent economists will hash it out at an event hosted by The Pearson Centre on Wednesday, July 27. Unsplash photograph by Andre Taissin

Committee hearing exposes rift within RCMP, but observer says political interference claims in mass shooting investigation a red herring

  • Recent testimony from current and former RCMP employees before the House Public Safety Committee has shed light on tensions between “downtown” command in Ottawa
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 26, 2022
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, right, and Deputy Commissioner Brian Brennan appear before the House Public Safety Committee on July 25 to discuss allegations of political interference in the RCMP investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Committee hearing exposes rift within RCMP, but observer says political interference claims in mass shooting investigation a red herring

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 26, 2022
  • Recent testimony from current and former RCMP employees before the House Public Safety Committee has shed light on tensions between “downtown” command in Ottawa

Committee hearing exposes rift within RCMP, but observer says political interference claims in mass shooting investigation a red herring

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 26, 2022
  • Recent testimony from current and former RCMP employees before the House Public Safety Committee has shed light on tensions between “downtown” command in Ottawa
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, right, and Deputy Commissioner Brian Brennan appear before the House Public Safety Committee on July 25 to discuss allegations of political interference in the RCMP investigation of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Official visits to the Hill

  • Canadian and American flags frame then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a press conference during Pence’s visit to Ottawa to

Official visits to the Hill

  • Canadian and American flags frame then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a press conference during Pence’s visit to Ottawa to

Official visits to the Hill

  • Canadian and American flags frame then-U.S. vice-president Mike Pence and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a press conference during Pence’s visit to Ottawa to

Politics This Morning: RCMP, Hockey Canada under the microscope

  • Good Tuesday morning, It could be an uncomfortable day for higher-ups in the RCMP, not to mention Hockey Canada. Canada’s defence minister, meanwhile, is
Liberal MP Hedy Fry chairs the House Heritage Committee, which will be digging into Hockey Canada's history of dealing with sexual assault claims today. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Politics This Morning: RCMP, Hockey Canada under the microscope

  • Good Tuesday morning, It could be an uncomfortable day for higher-ups in the RCMP, not to mention Hockey Canada. Canada’s defence minister, meanwhile, is

Politics This Morning: RCMP, Hockey Canada under the microscope

  • Good Tuesday morning, It could be an uncomfortable day for higher-ups in the RCMP, not to mention Hockey Canada. Canada’s defence minister, meanwhile, is
Liberal MP Hedy Fry chairs the House Heritage Committee, which will be digging into Hockey Canada's history of dealing with sexual assault claims today. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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