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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

‘Never say never’: NDP MPs Kwan and McPherson won’t rule out leadership bids, but say that’s not the focus right now

  • With the fewest seats ever won, the NDP is destined for a leadership race—something some political players say presents a chance for the party
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 30, 2025
NDP MPs Jenny Kwan, left, and Heather McPherson will be returning to Parliament alongside five others in the shrunken New Democrat caucus. Kwan says the party will continue to fight for Canadians in Parliament 'no matter our number.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Never say never’: NDP MPs Kwan and McPherson won’t rule out leadership bids, but say that’s not the focus right now

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 30, 2025
  • With the fewest seats ever won, the NDP is destined for a leadership race—something some political players say presents a chance for the party

‘Never say never’: NDP MPs Kwan and McPherson won’t rule out leadership bids, but say that’s not the focus right now

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 30, 2025
  • With the fewest seats ever won, the NDP is destined for a leadership race—something some political players say presents a chance for the party
NDP MPs Jenny Kwan, left, and Heather McPherson will be returning to Parliament alongside five others in the shrunken New Democrat caucus. Kwan says the party will continue to fight for Canadians in Parliament 'no matter our number.' The Hill Times photographs 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

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

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

  • Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 30, 2025
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will all have some things to take away from this campaign, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 30, 2025
  • Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.

Will anyone learn anything from the election that was?

Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 30, 2025
  • Don’t give up, relationships matter, hubris is still a killer, and be careful what you wish for.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will all have some things to take away from this campaign, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

  • Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 30, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can’t seem to get through a day in the Oval Office without reverting to his accusations about those freeloaders in Canada, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 30, 2025
  • Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 30, 2025
  • Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can’t seem to get through a day in the Oval Office without reverting to his accusations about those freeloaders in Canada, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump, tariffs, and the economy ‘crushed’ other election issues that can’t be ignored by the government, say politicos

  • The environment, climate change, public transit, Indigenous reconciliation, and Big Tech took a back seat during the campaign, but governing will mandate their attention,
News | BY STUART BENSON | April 30, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump's views on Canada crushed any attempt by Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, or Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to steer the election away from anything not focused on Canada-U.S. relations. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

Trump, tariffs, and the economy ‘crushed’ other election issues that can’t be ignored by the government, say politicos

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 30, 2025
  • The environment, climate change, public transit, Indigenous reconciliation, and Big Tech took a back seat during the campaign, but governing will mandate their attention,

Trump, tariffs, and the economy ‘crushed’ other election issues that can’t be ignored by the government, say politicos

News | BY STUART BENSON | April 30, 2025
  • The environment, climate change, public transit, Indigenous reconciliation, and Big Tech took a back seat during the campaign, but governing will mandate their attention,
U.S. President Donald Trump's views on Canada crushed any attempt by Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, or Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to steer the election away from anything not focused on Canada-U.S. relations. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Wikimedia Commons, and Pixabay, and illustration by Joey Sabourin

‘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

Economic Club talks Canada vs. Trump on May 1

  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 CANIC 2025—The Canadian Military Intelligence Association hosts CANIC 2025, the Canadian Intelligence Conference. Participants include Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
United States President Donald Trump's approach to Canada is the focus of an Economic Club of Canada event taking place in Toronto on May 1. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Economic Club talks Canada vs. Trump on May 1

  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 CANIC 2025—The Canadian Military Intelligence Association hosts CANIC 2025, the Canadian Intelligence Conference. Participants include Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence

Economic Club talks Canada vs. Trump on May 1

  • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 CANIC 2025—The Canadian Military Intelligence Association hosts CANIC 2025, the Canadian Intelligence Conference. Participants include Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence
Donald Trump
United States President Donald Trump's approach to Canada is the focus of an Economic Club of Canada event taking place in Toronto on May 1. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

  • Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.
Opinion | BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA | April 30, 2025
The need to build trust in AI and ensure the technology is used for good are key factors in increasing business adoption. Clear rules for data privacy and security would help, writes Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

Opinion | BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA | April 30, 2025
  • Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

Opinion | BY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA | April 30, 2025
  • Achieving a healthy balance between innovation and regulation is key as Canada continues to pursue more digital transformation initiatives.
The need to build trust in AI and ensure the technology is used for good are key factors in increasing business adoption. Clear rules for data privacy and security would help, writes Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

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

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

Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump

  • Mark Carney’s moment in leading world affairs has come. As a pragmatist, he knows how to beat the bully Trump. In facing outward, the
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | April 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, takes to the stage after winning the federal election early in the morning on April 29, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | April 29, 2025
  • Mark Carney’s moment in leading world affairs has come. As a pragmatist, he knows how to beat the bully Trump. In facing outward, the

Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump

Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | April 29, 2025
  • Mark Carney’s moment in leading world affairs has come. As a pragmatist, he knows how to beat the bully Trump. In facing outward, the
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, takes to the stage after winning the federal election early in the morning on April 29, 2025. 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 AND STUART BENSON | April 29, 2025 | UPDATED April 29, 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 AND STUART BENSON | April 29, 2025 | UPDATED April 29, 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 AND STUART BENSON | April 29, 2025 | UPDATED April 29, 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

Carney revives Liberal fortunes as party secures historic fourth consecutive election victory 

  • Malek-Michel Jamali, one of Carney’s speechwriters, who was at the TD Place Monday night watching the night unfold, said Canadians are feeling 'anxiety' as
News | BY NEIL MOSS, IREM KOCA, ELEANOR WAND | April 29, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured after winning the election in the early hours of the morning on April 29, 2025, warned in his winning speech that the upcoming months may be challenging and will require sacrifices, but emphasized the importance of Canadian unity in the face of threats from the U.S. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney revives Liberal fortunes as party secures historic fourth consecutive election victory 

News | BY NEIL MOSS, IREM KOCA, ELEANOR WAND | April 29, 2025
  • Malek-Michel Jamali, one of Carney’s speechwriters, who was at the TD Place Monday night watching the night unfold, said Canadians are feeling 'anxiety' as

Carney revives Liberal fortunes as party secures historic fourth consecutive election victory 

News | BY NEIL MOSS, IREM KOCA, ELEANOR WAND | April 29, 2025
  • Malek-Michel Jamali, one of Carney’s speechwriters, who was at the TD Place Monday night watching the night unfold, said Canadians are feeling 'anxiety' as
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured after winning the election in the early hours of the morning on April 29, 2025, warned in his winning speech that the upcoming months may be challenging and will require sacrifices, but emphasized the importance of Canadian unity in the face of threats from the U.S. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

‘Historic’ election campaign a referendum on Trump tariffs and cost-of-living crisis, say political players

  • Pollster Greg Lyle says this election will likely be remembered as the greatest turnaround in Canadian political history.
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 28, 2025
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. If the Liberals were to win, it would signal that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats are the top concern for most Canadians, says pollster David Coletto. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Historic’ election campaign a referendum on Trump tariffs and cost-of-living crisis, say political players

News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 28, 2025
  • Pollster Greg Lyle says this election will likely be remembered as the greatest turnaround in Canadian political history.

‘Historic’ election campaign a referendum on Trump tariffs and cost-of-living crisis, say political players

News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 28, 2025
  • Pollster Greg Lyle says this election will likely be remembered as the greatest turnaround in Canadian political history.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Liberal Leader Mark Carney, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. If the Liberals were to win, it would signal that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats are the top concern for most Canadians, says pollster David Coletto. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Political players predict Carney to win, but questions linger about minority or majority outcome

  • Stephen Carter called the Liberal lead in the polls 'a comeback for the ages,' and Jaime Watt said if the Liberals don’t win, 'the
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 28, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, did such a good job last year of attacking the Liberal Party—now led by Mark Carney, centre—and the NDP led by Jagmeet Singh, right, that he’s laid the foundations for his own election difficulty, said pollster Nik Nanos. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Political players predict Carney to win, but questions linger about minority or majority outcome

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 28, 2025
  • Stephen Carter called the Liberal lead in the polls 'a comeback for the ages,' and Jaime Watt said if the Liberals don’t win, 'the

Political players predict Carney to win, but questions linger about minority or majority outcome

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | April 28, 2025
  • Stephen Carter called the Liberal lead in the polls 'a comeback for the ages,' and Jaime Watt said if the Liberals don’t win, 'the
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, did such a good job last year of attacking the Liberal Party—now led by Mark Carney, centre—and the NDP led by Jagmeet Singh, right, that he’s laid the foundations for his own election difficulty, said pollster Nik Nanos. The Hill Times photographs 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

Gratitude for Pope Francis’ witness to the world

  • At a time when the world seems fractured and uncertain, there are voices that rise above the noise—voices calling us back to what is
Opinion | April 28, 2025
Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. More than 60,000 people came to St. Peter's Basilica last week to view the late pontiff's body and to pay their final respects before the funeral mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis, who died of a stroke, was the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Wikimedia

Gratitude for Pope Francis’ witness to the world

Opinion | April 28, 2025
  • At a time when the world seems fractured and uncertain, there are voices that rise above the noise—voices calling us back to what is

Gratitude for Pope Francis’ witness to the world

Opinion | April 28, 2025
  • At a time when the world seems fractured and uncertain, there are voices that rise above the noise—voices calling us back to what is
Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. More than 60,000 people came to St. Peter's Basilica last week to view the late pontiff's body and to pay their final respects before the funeral mass on Saturday in St. Peter's Square. Pope Francis, who died of a stroke, was the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Wikimedia

How to face defeat

  • People vote for parties because they believe in ideas, not because they want Parliament to work better, and fighting to the end is always
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | April 28, 2025
Green co-Leader Elizabeth May in a Hill scrum on Dec. 3, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How to face defeat

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | April 28, 2025
  • People vote for parties because they believe in ideas, not because they want Parliament to work better, and fighting to the end is always

How to face defeat

Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | April 28, 2025
  • People vote for parties because they believe in ideas, not because they want Parliament to work better, and fighting to the end is always
Green co-Leader Elizabeth May in a Hill scrum on Dec. 3, 2024. The Hill Times photograph 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

No matter what, it will be a ‘change’ election for the federal public service

  • All in all, both Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre promise fiscal restraint, but they have very expensive priorities and are planning to run deficits.
Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | April 28, 2025
The 10-year relationship between the public service and the government of Justin Trudeau has come to an end and both Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, can legitimately claim to be 'change' candidates, writes Lori Turnbull. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

No matter what, it will be a ‘change’ election for the federal public service

Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | April 28, 2025
  • All in all, both Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre promise fiscal restraint, but they have very expensive priorities and are planning to run deficits.

No matter what, it will be a ‘change’ election for the federal public service

Opinion | BY LORI TURNBULL | April 28, 2025
  • All in all, both Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre promise fiscal restraint, but they have very expensive priorities and are planning to run deficits.
The 10-year relationship between the public service and the government of Justin Trudeau has come to an end and both Liberal Leader Mark Carney, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, right, can legitimately claim to be 'change' candidates, writes Lori Turnbull. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
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Translation Bureau to hire new interpreter well-being director

  • The new director is part of the bureau's response to a Feb. 1 ruling by the federal Labour Program that it failed to protect
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 20, 2023
An interpreter works during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Feb. 16, 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Translation Bureau to hire new interpreter well-being director

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 20, 2023
  • The new director is part of the bureau's response to a Feb. 1 ruling by the federal Labour Program that it failed to protect

Translation Bureau to hire new interpreter well-being director

News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 20, 2023
  • The new director is part of the bureau's response to a Feb. 1 ruling by the federal Labour Program that it failed to protect
An interpreter works during a press conference with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Feb. 16, 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

  • If the government is going to provide billions of dollars in tax incentives to the private sector to meet a net-zero carbon-based energy economy,
Opinion | BY SEAN STRICKLAND | March 20, 2023
Chrystia Freeland
Chrystia Freeland
The investment tax credits Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland proposed in her fall economic statement will need to be strengthened to remain competitive with the tax credits contained in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, writes Sean Strickland. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

Opinion | BY SEAN STRICKLAND | March 20, 2023
  • If the government is going to provide billions of dollars in tax incentives to the private sector to meet a net-zero carbon-based energy economy,

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

Opinion | BY SEAN STRICKLAND | March 20, 2023
  • If the government is going to provide billions of dollars in tax incentives to the private sector to meet a net-zero carbon-based energy economy,
Chrystia Freeland
The investment tax credits Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland proposed in her fall economic statement will need to be strengthened to remain competitive with the tax credits contained in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, writes Sean Strickland. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

  • David Angus, Capital Hill Group: 238 communications Dan Lovell, Sussex Strategy: 194 communications Marc Desmarais, National Public Relations: 156 communications Kevin Bosch, Sandstone Group:
List | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | March 20, 2023
The Politics and the Pen gala held inside the Fairmont Château Laurier Hotel ballroom in May 2022. The annual event brings out loads of lobbyists. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

List | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | March 20, 2023
  • David Angus, Capital Hill Group: 238 communications Dan Lovell, Sussex Strategy: 194 communications Marc Desmarais, National Public Relations: 156 communications Kevin Bosch, Sandstone Group:

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

List | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | March 20, 2023
  • David Angus, Capital Hill Group: 238 communications Dan Lovell, Sussex Strategy: 194 communications Marc Desmarais, National Public Relations: 156 communications Kevin Bosch, Sandstone Group:
The Politics and the Pen gala held inside the Fairmont Château Laurier Hotel ballroom in May 2022. The annual event brings out loads of lobbyists. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster

This ain’t no party, but populism is destroying our federal politics

  • Something fundamental, and dangerous, has happened to the normally partisan world of politics, with all it warts. Populism has arrived like an 18-wheeler crashing into
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 20, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Incumbent governments are not just incompetent boobs who are mucking things up and ought to be shown the door. They are now the 'enemy,' who must not only be replaced, but wiped out, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and illustration by Neena Singhal

This ain’t no party, but populism is destroying our federal politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 20, 2023
  • Something fundamental, and dangerous, has happened to the normally partisan world of politics, with all it warts. Populism has arrived like an 18-wheeler crashing into

This ain’t no party, but populism is destroying our federal politics

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | March 20, 2023
  • Something fundamental, and dangerous, has happened to the normally partisan world of politics, with all it warts. Populism has arrived like an 18-wheeler crashing into
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Incumbent governments are not just incompetent boobs who are mucking things up and ought to be shown the door. They are now the 'enemy,' who must not only be replaced, but wiped out, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and illustration by Neena Singhal

Liberals’ filibuster at House Affairs ‘ugly to watch,’ but it’s a ‘survival technique,’ say pollsters and politicos

  • The Liberals' ongoing filibuster at the House Affairs Committee is ‘ridiculous,’ but Grit pundit Scott Reid says as hard as it might be to
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | March 20, 2023
Liberal MP Bardish Chagger, left, chair of the House Affairs Committee, and Liberal MP Greg Fergus, pictured March 14, 2023, at committee meeting on the Hill. The Liberals have been filibustering against a Conservative motion to call the PM's chief of staff, Katie Telford, before the committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals’ filibuster at House Affairs ‘ugly to watch,’ but it’s a ‘survival technique,’ say pollsters and politicos

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | March 20, 2023
  • The Liberals' ongoing filibuster at the House Affairs Committee is ‘ridiculous,’ but Grit pundit Scott Reid says as hard as it might be to

Liberals’ filibuster at House Affairs ‘ugly to watch,’ but it’s a ‘survival technique,’ say pollsters and politicos

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | March 20, 2023
  • The Liberals' ongoing filibuster at the House Affairs Committee is ‘ridiculous,’ but Grit pundit Scott Reid says as hard as it might be to
Liberal MP Bardish Chagger, left, chair of the House Affairs Committee, and Liberal MP Greg Fergus, pictured March 14, 2023, at committee meeting on the Hill. The Liberals have been filibustering against a Conservative motion to call the PM's chief of staff, Katie Telford, before the committee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

No holds barred: Samara Centre for Democracy launches new podcast featuring former MPs ‘to hear in their own words what this job is really like’

  • Plus, the Canadian Airports Council hosted Parliamentarians and their staff at the Métropolitain Brasserie, and Canada’s first deputy minister for Public Service Accessibility to
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
Sabreena Delhon, executive director of the Samara Centre of Democracy, Humans of the House, the centre's new podcast, is set to launch on March 21. Photograph, image courtesy of Samara Centre for Democracy

No holds barred: Samara Centre for Democracy launches new podcast featuring former MPs ‘to hear in their own words what this job is really like’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
  • Plus, the Canadian Airports Council hosted Parliamentarians and their staff at the Métropolitain Brasserie, and Canada’s first deputy minister for Public Service Accessibility to

No holds barred: Samara Centre for Democracy launches new podcast featuring former MPs ‘to hear in their own words what this job is really like’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
  • Plus, the Canadian Airports Council hosted Parliamentarians and their staff at the Métropolitain Brasserie, and Canada’s first deputy minister for Public Service Accessibility to
Sabreena Delhon, executive director of the Samara Centre of Democracy, Humans of the House, the centre's new podcast, is set to launch on March 21. Photograph, image courtesy of Samara Centre for Democracy

‘Really unfortunate that NSICOP has been so politicized,’ says PM’s former national security adviser amid China’s election interference concerns

  • 'The prime minister knew full well that the practical, obvious solution to this problem was one that that wasn’t going to fly on its
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
Top, from left to right: Liberal MP and chair of NSICOP David McGuinty, Liberal MPs Iqra Khalid, Patricia Lattanzio, and James Maloney, as well as Senator Frances Larkin. Above, from left to right, Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron, NDP MP Don Davies, and Conservative MPs Rob Morrison and Alex Ruff. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn

‘Really unfortunate that NSICOP has been so politicized,’ says PM’s former national security adviser amid China’s election interference concerns

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
  • 'The prime minister knew full well that the practical, obvious solution to this problem was one that that wasn’t going to fly on its

‘Really unfortunate that NSICOP has been so politicized,’ says PM’s former national security adviser amid China’s election interference concerns

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
  • 'The prime minister knew full well that the practical, obvious solution to this problem was one that that wasn’t going to fly on its
Top, from left to right: Liberal MP and chair of NSICOP David McGuinty, Liberal MPs Iqra Khalid, Patricia Lattanzio, and James Maloney, as well as Senator Frances Larkin. Above, from left to right, Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron, NDP MP Don Davies, and Conservative MPs Rob Morrison and Alex Ruff. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

  • OTTAWA—Picture Canada in 1958: the time of the baby boom, the Dodge Regent, growing influence of unions, the new unemployment insurance, and first version
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 20, 2023
Chief Marcia Brown Martel, the lead plaintiff in an Ontario class-action lawsuit, pictured on Oct. 6, 2017, singing and drumming on the Hill, on the day the government announced $800-million in restitution for the survivors of the '60s Scoop. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 20, 2023
  • OTTAWA—Picture Canada in 1958: the time of the baby boom, the Dodge Regent, growing influence of unions, the new unemployment insurance, and first version

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 20, 2023
  • OTTAWA—Picture Canada in 1958: the time of the baby boom, the Dodge Regent, growing influence of unions, the new unemployment insurance, and first version
Chief Marcia Brown Martel, the lead plaintiff in an Ontario class-action lawsuit, pictured on Oct. 6, 2017, singing and drumming on the Hill, on the day the government announced $800-million in restitution for the survivors of the '60s Scoop. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Foreign influence transparency registry needs to be more than ‘political theatre,’ says Wark

  • National security expert Wesley Wark says the proposed foreign influence transparency registry should list 'foreign states of concern,' including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran,
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 20, 2023
On March 10, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino launched a public consultation to gather input for the proposed registry—a process that will conclude on May 9. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Foreign influence transparency registry needs to be more than ‘political theatre,’ says Wark

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 20, 2023
  • National security expert Wesley Wark says the proposed foreign influence transparency registry should list 'foreign states of concern,' including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran,

Foreign influence transparency registry needs to be more than ‘political theatre,’ says Wark

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 20, 2023
  • National security expert Wesley Wark says the proposed foreign influence transparency registry should list 'foreign states of concern,' including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran,
On March 10, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino launched a public consultation to gather input for the proposed registry—a process that will conclude on May 9. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

While fake scandals roil Ottawa politics, the real ones continue

  • A tailings pond full of toxic effluent has been leaking out of Imperial Oil’s Kearl project since last May and the company never bothered
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 20, 2023
Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault, pictured recently in a Hill scrum. The recent leak at Imperial's Kearl site, located about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, is only the tip of a much larger scandal: the power the fossil fuel industry continues to wield over the country’s governments and regulators, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

While fake scandals roil Ottawa politics, the real ones continue

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 20, 2023
  • A tailings pond full of toxic effluent has been leaking out of Imperial Oil’s Kearl project since last May and the company never bothered

While fake scandals roil Ottawa politics, the real ones continue

Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 20, 2023
  • A tailings pond full of toxic effluent has been leaking out of Imperial Oil’s Kearl project since last May and the company never bothered
Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault, pictured recently in a Hill scrum. The recent leak at Imperial's Kearl site, located about 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray, is only the tip of a much larger scandal: the power the fossil fuel industry continues to wield over the country’s governments and regulators, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Johnston has his work cut out for him

  • Foreign interference allegations are not limited to China. Recent reports of Russian interference have also surfaced. Politics is always a messy business. With identity
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 20, 2023
David Johnston, pictured in the Centre Block on the Hill in 2018. The PM appointed Johnston the last week special rapporteur to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two federal elections. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Johnston has his work cut out for him

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 20, 2023
  • Foreign interference allegations are not limited to China. Recent reports of Russian interference have also surfaced. Politics is always a messy business. With identity

Johnston has his work cut out for him

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 20, 2023
  • Foreign interference allegations are not limited to China. Recent reports of Russian interference have also surfaced. Politics is always a messy business. With identity
David Johnston, pictured in the Centre Block on the Hill in 2018. The PM appointed Johnston the last week special rapporteur to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two federal elections. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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

  • Lobbyists anticipate this year's federal budget could be the last before the next election.
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STEPHEN JEFFERY | March 20, 2023
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the top-lobbied cabinet minister in 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STEPHEN JEFFERY | March 20, 2023
  • Lobbyists anticipate this year's federal budget could be the last before the next election.

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

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STEPHEN JEFFERY | March 20, 2023
  • Lobbyists anticipate this year's federal budget could be the last before the next election.
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne was the top-lobbied cabinet minister in 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

  • The federal government received a draft of the code in late 2022, following more than a year of negotiations between industry groups representing farmers,
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 20, 2023
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude-Bibeau, pictured on the Hill, said a grocery code of conduct will help make Canada’s food supply chain more resilient by enhancing transparency and predictability. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 20, 2023
  • The federal government received a draft of the code in late 2022, following more than a year of negotiations between industry groups representing farmers,

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | March 20, 2023
  • The federal government received a draft of the code in late 2022, following more than a year of negotiations between industry groups representing farmers,
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude-Bibeau, pictured on the Hill, said a grocery code of conduct will help make Canada’s food supply chain more resilient by enhancing transparency and predictability. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the Liberals’ House Affairs Committee filibuster a crack in this minority Parliament?

  • A dysfunctional Parliament that gets bogged down in games of parliamentary procedure doesn't likely have a long lifespan.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 20, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggered the last election nearly two years ago, citing Parliament becoming toxic and dysfunctional as one of the reasons to do so. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the Liberals’ House Affairs Committee filibuster a crack in this minority Parliament?

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 20, 2023
  • A dysfunctional Parliament that gets bogged down in games of parliamentary procedure doesn't likely have a long lifespan.

Is the Liberals’ House Affairs Committee filibuster a crack in this minority Parliament?

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 20, 2023
  • A dysfunctional Parliament that gets bogged down in games of parliamentary procedure doesn't likely have a long lifespan.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau triggered the last election nearly two years ago, citing Parliament becoming toxic and dysfunctional as one of the reasons to do so. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What the world needs now is multilateral reform

  • Chrystia Freeland should pay attention to the warnings of Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and now Australian ambassador to the United States. 'We have
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 20, 2023
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in a Hill scrum. In her much-publicized Washington speech on Oct. 11, 2022, she endorsed the misguided and dangerous American policy that would divide the world into competing blocs—democracies versus autocracies—as the organizing system for the future, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

What the world needs now is multilateral reform

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 20, 2023
  • Chrystia Freeland should pay attention to the warnings of Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and now Australian ambassador to the United States. 'We have

What the world needs now is multilateral reform

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | March 20, 2023
  • Chrystia Freeland should pay attention to the warnings of Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and now Australian ambassador to the United States. 'We have
Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in a Hill scrum. In her much-publicized Washington speech on Oct. 11, 2022, she endorsed the misguided and dangerous American policy that would divide the world into competing blocs—democracies versus autocracies—as the organizing system for the future, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the uncertain economic climate a threat to Canada’s immigration targets?

  • As we welcome more immigrants in the coming years, Canada must remain a desirable destination for skilled workers around the world. We have much
Opinion | BY OUMAR DICKO | March 20, 2023
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser, pictured in a Hill scrum on Dec. 7, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the uncertain economic climate a threat to Canada’s immigration targets?

Opinion | BY OUMAR DICKO | March 20, 2023
  • As we welcome more immigrants in the coming years, Canada must remain a desirable destination for skilled workers around the world. We have much

Is the uncertain economic climate a threat to Canada’s immigration targets?

Opinion | BY OUMAR DICKO | March 20, 2023
  • As we welcome more immigrants in the coming years, Canada must remain a desirable destination for skilled workers around the world. We have much
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser, pictured in a Hill scrum on Dec. 7, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Employee ownership trusts a promising new model to keep businesses and property in Canada

  • The benefits of legislating EOTs into our Income Tax Act are plentiful. When businesses are sold to their employees, it helps support local economies and
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR TONY LOFFREDA | March 20, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Dec. 7, 2022, will release the federal budget on March 28 at 4 p.m. in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Employee ownership trusts a promising new model to keep businesses and property in Canada

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR TONY LOFFREDA | March 20, 2023
  • The benefits of legislating EOTs into our Income Tax Act are plentiful. When businesses are sold to their employees, it helps support local economies and

Employee ownership trusts a promising new model to keep businesses and property in Canada

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR TONY LOFFREDA | March 20, 2023
  • The benefits of legislating EOTs into our Income Tax Act are plentiful. When businesses are sold to their employees, it helps support local economies and
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Dec. 7, 2022, will release the federal budget on March 28 at 4 p.m. in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Toronto police and the illusion of safety

  • It is inconceivable that the department implicated in the deaths of many Black and Brown people with mental health issues is the same one
Opinion | BY EBERECHUKWU PEACE AKADINMA AND CECILIA AMOAKOHENE | March 20, 2023
On Jan. 9, 2023, the Toronto Police Service approved an additional $48-million to the police budget after a 14 per cent increase in the total budget within the past five years, but the budget increase is more of an attempt to restore its tarnished image, argue Eberechukwu Peace Akadinma and Cecilia Amoakohene. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Toronto police and the illusion of safety

Opinion | BY EBERECHUKWU PEACE AKADINMA AND CECILIA AMOAKOHENE | March 20, 2023
  • It is inconceivable that the department implicated in the deaths of many Black and Brown people with mental health issues is the same one

Toronto police and the illusion of safety

Opinion | BY EBERECHUKWU PEACE AKADINMA AND CECILIA AMOAKOHENE | March 20, 2023
  • It is inconceivable that the department implicated in the deaths of many Black and Brown people with mental health issues is the same one
On Jan. 9, 2023, the Toronto Police Service approved an additional $48-million to the police budget after a 14 per cent increase in the total budget within the past five years, but the budget increase is more of an attempt to restore its tarnished image, argue Eberechukwu Peace Akadinma and Cecilia Amoakohene. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Time to put a stop to workplace injuries plaguing interpreters

  • While the Translation Bureau has committed to implementing the recommended measures and to exercising more vigilance when it comes to protecting their interpreters’ health
Opinion | BY GREG PHILLIPS | March 20, 2023
Since the appointment of Helena Jaczek as minister of public services and procurement, pictured June 16, 2022, which oversees the Translation Bureau, there has been some movement, but trust needs to be restored between interpreters and the Translation Bureau, writes CAPE president Greg Phillips. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time to put a stop to workplace injuries plaguing interpreters

Opinion | BY GREG PHILLIPS | March 20, 2023
  • While the Translation Bureau has committed to implementing the recommended measures and to exercising more vigilance when it comes to protecting their interpreters’ health

Time to put a stop to workplace injuries plaguing interpreters

Opinion | BY GREG PHILLIPS | March 20, 2023
  • While the Translation Bureau has committed to implementing the recommended measures and to exercising more vigilance when it comes to protecting their interpreters’ health
Since the appointment of Helena Jaczek as minister of public services and procurement, pictured June 16, 2022, which oversees the Translation Bureau, there has been some movement, but trust needs to be restored between interpreters and the Translation Bureau, writes CAPE president Greg Phillips. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

  • Over the next five years, the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will drive $3.5-billion in federal-provincial-territorial investments.
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN | March 20, 2023
Sustainability is at the heart of the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which will build on farmers’ efforts to tackle climate change, targeting a three- to five-megatonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, writes Liberal MP Francis Drouin. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN | March 20, 2023
  • Over the next five years, the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will drive $3.5-billion in federal-provincial-territorial investments.

Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN | March 20, 2023
  • Over the next five years, the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership will drive $3.5-billion in federal-provincial-territorial investments.
Sustainability is at the heart of the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, which will build on farmers’ efforts to tackle climate change, targeting a three- to five-megatonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, writes Liberal MP Francis Drouin. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

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