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Less talking, more listening: rookies say grassroots campaigns helped unseat high-profile incumbents

  • 'That’s what we were known for: being kind, being there, and helping people,' says incoming Ontario Liberal MP Emma Harrison.
News | BY IREM KOCA | May 10, 2025
Bloc Québécois MP-elect Alexis Deschênes, left, Liberal MP-elect, Emma Harrison, and Liberal MP-elect Rebecca Chartrand unseated high-profile incumbents in their respective ridings. Photographs courtesy of the Liberal Party and Bloc Québécois

Less talking, more listening: rookies say grassroots campaigns helped unseat high-profile incumbents

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 10, 2025
  • 'That’s what we were known for: being kind, being there, and helping people,' says incoming Ontario Liberal MP Emma Harrison.

Less talking, more listening: rookies say grassroots campaigns helped unseat high-profile incumbents

News | BY IREM KOCA | May 10, 2025
  • 'That’s what we were known for: being kind, being there, and helping people,' says incoming Ontario Liberal MP Emma Harrison.
Bloc Québécois MP-elect Alexis Deschênes, left, Liberal MP-elect, Emma Harrison, and Liberal MP-elect Rebecca Chartrand unseated high-profile incumbents in their respective ridings. Photographs courtesy of the Liberal Party and Bloc Québécois

Will Carney’s cabinet shuffle favour high-profile rookies or veteran MPs?

  • Stalwart ministers who recently travelled with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a high-profile meeting with the American president are seen as likely to remain
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
These rookie Liberal MPs are favoured to be tapped for a cabinet position in the upcoming shuffle. Clockwise from top left: Tim Hodgson, Evan Solomon, Carlos Leitão, Gregor Robertson, Nathalie Provost, Buckley Belanger, Eleanor Olszewski, and Rebecca Chartrand. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn and the Liberal Party of Canada, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Will Carney’s cabinet shuffle favour high-profile rookies or veteran MPs?

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • Stalwart ministers who recently travelled with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a high-profile meeting with the American president are seen as likely to remain

Will Carney’s cabinet shuffle favour high-profile rookies or veteran MPs?

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • Stalwart ministers who recently travelled with Prime Minister Mark Carney for a high-profile meeting with the American president are seen as likely to remain
These rookie Liberal MPs are favoured to be tapped for a cabinet position in the upcoming shuffle. Clockwise from top left: Tim Hodgson, Evan Solomon, Carlos Leitão, Gregor Robertson, Nathalie Provost, Buckley Belanger, Eleanor Olszewski, and Rebecca Chartrand. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn and the Liberal Party of Canada, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

  • From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
John Hannaford
John Hannaford
Privy Council Clerk John Hannaford accompanied Prime Minister Mark Carney to Washington, D.C., on May 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the

From first impressions to policy planning, public servants await new cabinet, new Parliament

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 9, 2025
  • From dusting off financial documents to preparing to welcome new ministers, there’s plenty of work to be done before King Charles III delivers the
John Hannaford
Privy Council Clerk John Hannaford accompanied Prime Minister Mark Carney to Washington, D.C., on May 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

  • The current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in Canada today.  
Opinion | BY MILI ROY | May 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada's current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in the country, writes Dr. Mili Roy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

Opinion | BY MILI ROY | May 8, 2025
  • The current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in Canada today.  

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

Opinion | BY MILI ROY | May 8, 2025
  • The current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in Canada today.  
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. Canada's current industrial carbon price is the most important policy driving emissions reductions in the country, writes Dr. Mili Roy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

  • The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
News | BY KATHRYN MAY | May 8, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
At Prime Minister Mark Carney's first press conference on May 2, he zeroed in on a handful of sweeping priorities aimed at making Canada and its economy more resilient and independent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

News | BY KATHRYN MAY | May 8, 2025
  • The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?

Could ‘mission government’ solve Ottawa’s delivery problems?

News | BY KATHRYN MAY | May 8, 2025
  • The U.K.’s latest management model may help Carney break through Ottawa’s implementation gridlock. Or will it be another deliverology?
Mark Carney
At Prime Minister Mark Carney's first press conference on May 2, he zeroed in on a handful of sweeping priorities aimed at making Canada and its economy more resilient and independent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies

  • Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped
Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | May 8, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks along Sparks Street to attend his first press conference after the 45th general election in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies

Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | May 8, 2025
  • Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped

Canada’s opportunity to redefine its defence, and its value to allies

Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | May 8, 2025
  • Canada will not lead through mass or hard power. But we can lead through strategic utility and differentiation. This starts with geography—our greatest untapped
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks along Sparks Street to attend his first press conference after the 45th general election in the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks 

  • The future of Canada's North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.
News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time in the Oval Office on May 6. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks 

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • The future of Canada's North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.

‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks 

News | BY NEIL MOSS | May 7, 2025
  • The future of Canada's North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time in the Oval Office on May 6. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.

Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | May 7, 2025
  • Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

  • I'll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I'd been the pundits' favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I
Opinion | BY JOHN WESTON | May 7, 2025
Former Conservative MP John Weston, pictured on the Hill in 2014, represented West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, B.C., from 2008 to 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

Opinion | BY JOHN WESTON | May 7, 2025
  • I'll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I'd been the pundits' favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I

Ode to losers: in praise of the election’s unsung heroes

Opinion | BY JOHN WESTON | May 7, 2025
  • I'll never forget losing to Blair Wilson in 2006. I'd been the pundits' favourite, with media postulating a cabinet role. When he won, I
Former Conservative MP John Weston, pictured on the Hill in 2014, represented West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, B.C., from 2008 to 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs

  • Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 7, 2025
Newly elected Liberal MPs Chi Nguyen, left; Leslie Church, centre; and Marianne Dandurand sit down for a House of Commons orientation session in the Wellington Building on May 5. All three are former Liberal staffers. The Hill Times photograph Sam Garcia

At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 7, 2025
  • Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.

At least seven ex-staffers will soon be taking seats as first-time MPs

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 7, 2025
  • Among those who celebrated victories on April 28 are former senior PMO staffers John Zerucelli and Marjorie Michel.
Newly elected Liberal MPs Chi Nguyen, left; Leslie Church, centre; and Marianne Dandurand sit down for a House of Commons orientation session in the Wellington Building on May 5. All three are former Liberal staffers. The Hill Times photograph Sam Garcia

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact

Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
  • As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold on Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

  • Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has kept the Canadian media at a comfortable distance since announcing his intention to run for the Liberal leadership this past January, making his May 2 visit to the press gallery's home turf a refreshing change, say journalists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

News | BY STUART BENSON | May 7, 2025
  • Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.

Carney’s first post-election presser ‘a rare olive branch’ to Canadian media after election night slight: former gallery journalist

News | BY STUART BENSON | May 7, 2025
  • Navigating media politics is more challenging than strategically worthwhile, and sometimes fairness means equal disappointment, says former PMO comms director Cameron Ahmad.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has kept the Canadian media at a comfortable distance since announcing his intention to run for the Liberal leadership this past January, making his May 2 visit to the press gallery's home turf a refreshing change, say journalists. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

  • If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 7, 2025
Don Davies
Don Davies
Vancouver NDP MP Don Davies was selected as his party's interim leader on May 5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 7, 2025
  • If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 7, 2025
  • If the NDP is going to move forward in a constructive way and play its necessary role in Parliament, part of the process of
Don Davies
Vancouver NDP MP Don Davies was selected as his party's interim leader on May 5. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada shouldn’t break all bonds with U.S., writes American reader

  • I am saddened to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that: “Our old relationship with the U.S., a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,
Opinion | May 7, 2025

Canada shouldn’t break all bonds with U.S., writes American reader

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • I am saddened to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that: “Our old relationship with the U.S., a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,

Canada shouldn’t break all bonds with U.S., writes American reader

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • I am saddened to hear Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that: “Our old relationship with the U.S., a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

  • Since 2000, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has changed hands 18 times, often with ministers serving barely a year, sometimes even less. Just three of
Opinion | May 7, 2025
Élisabeth Brière
Élisabeth Brière
Élisabeth Brière was named the minister responsible for veterans affairs during the March 14 cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • Since 2000, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has changed hands 18 times, often with ministers serving barely a year, sometimes even less. Just three of

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

Opinion | May 7, 2025
  • Since 2000, the Veterans Affairs portfolio has changed hands 18 times, often with ministers serving barely a year, sometimes even less. Just three of
Élisabeth Brière
Élisabeth Brière was named the minister responsible for veterans affairs during the March 14 cabinet shuffle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election was a win for nature, but now comes the real work

  • This next stage must be about implementation, removing politics, and ignoring misinformation, and that requires a new approach to how government functions.
Opinion | BY MEGAN LESLIE | May 7, 2025
Terry Duguid
Terry Duguid
Terry Duguid was named environment and climate change minister before the election. Protecting nature can’t just be the job of one department, writes Megan Leslie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The election was a win for nature, but now comes the real work

Opinion | BY MEGAN LESLIE | May 7, 2025
  • This next stage must be about implementation, removing politics, and ignoring misinformation, and that requires a new approach to how government functions.

The election was a win for nature, but now comes the real work

Opinion | BY MEGAN LESLIE | May 7, 2025
  • This next stage must be about implementation, removing politics, and ignoring misinformation, and that requires a new approach to how government functions.
Terry Duguid
Terry Duguid was named environment and climate change minister before the election. Protecting nature can’t just be the job of one department, writes Megan Leslie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

  • By harvesting responsibly and regenerating diligently, we ensure that future generations will inherit a greener planet.
Opinion | BY KATE LINDSAY, ÉTIENNE BéLANGER, DARREN SLEEP | May 7, 2025
Canada must continue to invest in research, innovation, and Indigenous-led forestry solutions to maintain our great forest heritage, write Kate Lindsay, Étienne Bélanger, and Darren Sleep. Unsplash photograph by Markus Spiske

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

Opinion | BY KATE LINDSAY, ÉTIENNE BéLANGER, DARREN SLEEP | May 7, 2025
  • By harvesting responsibly and regenerating diligently, we ensure that future generations will inherit a greener planet.

Sustaining Canada’s forests: a model for responsible management

Opinion | BY KATE LINDSAY, ÉTIENNE BéLANGER, DARREN SLEEP | May 7, 2025
  • By harvesting responsibly and regenerating diligently, we ensure that future generations will inherit a greener planet.
Canada must continue to invest in research, innovation, and Indigenous-led forestry solutions to maintain our great forest heritage, write Kate Lindsay, Étienne Bélanger, and Darren Sleep. Unsplash photograph by Markus Spiske

Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8

  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation,
Michel Miraillet
Michel Miraillet
French Ambassador to Canada Michel Miraillet will host Canada's foreign minister to discuss 80 years of relations between the two countries at the French Embassy on May 8. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8

  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation,

Minister Joly, Ambassador Miraillet to discuss Canada-France relations in Ottawa on May 8

  • WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 Webinar: ‘Western Alienation, Quebec Sovereignty, and the Future of Canadian Unity’—The Institute for Research on Public Policy hosts a webinar: “Western Alienation,
Michel Miraillet
French Ambassador to Canada Michel Miraillet will host Canada's foreign minister to discuss 80 years of relations between the two countries at the French Embassy on May 8. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

  • A long-term reindustrialization strategy will provide clarity of focus, and allow Canada to leverage our well-developed mining and manufacturing sectors.
Opinion | BY MARILYN SPINK | May 7, 2025
We must not squander this multi-generational opportunity by treating critical minerals as just another commodity boom, writes Marilyn Spink. Unsplash photograph by Tobias Kleeb

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

Opinion | BY MARILYN SPINK | May 7, 2025
  • A long-term reindustrialization strategy will provide clarity of focus, and allow Canada to leverage our well-developed mining and manufacturing sectors.

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

Opinion | BY MARILYN SPINK | May 7, 2025
  • A long-term reindustrialization strategy will provide clarity of focus, and allow Canada to leverage our well-developed mining and manufacturing sectors.
We must not squander this multi-generational opportunity by treating critical minerals as just another commodity boom, writes Marilyn Spink. Unsplash photograph by Tobias Kleeb

As the climate changes, so does my world

  • Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR NANCY KARETAK-LINDELL | May 7, 2025
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman

As the climate changes, so does my world

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR NANCY KARETAK-LINDELL | May 7, 2025
  • Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.

As the climate changes, so does my world

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR NANCY KARETAK-LINDELL | May 7, 2025
  • Inuit are very seasonal people, and with climate change and the Arctic warming at an alarming rate, we are facing many environmental challenges.
There are now so many polar bears around Arviat, Nunavut, writes ISG Senator Nancy Karetak-Lindell, that residents can no longer enjoy the safety she did as a child. DND photograph by Caporal David Veldman

Canada should act decisively to modernize industrial carbon pricing

  • Moving firmly on industrial carbon pricing can actually increase certainty for business, break down an interprovincial trade barrier, and support export diversification.
Opinion | BY DALE BEUGIN | May 7, 2025
Linking carbon markets only works if provincial systems are harmonized around critical design elements, and federal efforts to help harmonize provincial systems can create the conditions for linkage, writes Dale Beugin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should act decisively to modernize industrial carbon pricing

Opinion | BY DALE BEUGIN | May 7, 2025
  • Moving firmly on industrial carbon pricing can actually increase certainty for business, break down an interprovincial trade barrier, and support export diversification.

Canada should act decisively to modernize industrial carbon pricing

Opinion | BY DALE BEUGIN | May 7, 2025
  • Moving firmly on industrial carbon pricing can actually increase certainty for business, break down an interprovincial trade barrier, and support export diversification.
Linking carbon markets only works if provincial systems are harmonized around critical design elements, and federal efforts to help harmonize provincial systems can create the conditions for linkage, writes Dale Beugin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye

  • Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre's new CEO, and PM Carney's cat gets kudos
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 7, 2025
After 15 years in the Red Chamber, Conservative Senator Don Plett will be retiring on May 14. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube

Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 7, 2025
  • Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre's new CEO, and PM Carney's cat gets kudos

Senator Don Plett gets special event to say goodbye

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 7, 2025
  • Plus: Hill Times alumni Tim Naumetz has died, ex-Liberal MP Pam Damoff is the Pearson Centre's new CEO, and PM Carney's cat gets kudos
After 15 years in the Red Chamber, Conservative Senator Don Plett will be retiring on May 14. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube

‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting

  • Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump was full of praise for Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington yesterday. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 7, 2025
  • Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.

‘I love Canada’: making sense of Trump/Carney meeting

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 7, 2025
  • Plus, Andrew Scheer to fill in for Poilievre in the House.
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump was full of praise for Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington yesterday. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

  • The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 6, 2025
At the first caucus meeting since the election on May 6, Conservatives elected longtime MP Andrew Scheer to lead their party in Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 6, 2025
  • The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.

Andrew Scheer to lead Conservatives in Parliament until Poilievre regains a seat

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 6, 2025
  • The 143-member caucus opted to enact the Reform Act rules, according to media reports, giving Conservative MPs the power to trigger a leadership review.
At the first caucus meeting since the election on May 6, Conservatives elected longtime MP Andrew Scheer to lead their party in Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction

  • Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at The White House on April 7. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2025
  • Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.

Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2025
  • Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet at The White House on April 7. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Carney faces Trump

  • Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.
FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 6, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, and three of his cabinet ministers are in Washington, D.C., to talk trade and tariffs with the U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney faces Trump

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 6, 2025
  • Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.

Carney faces Trump

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 6, 2025
  • Plus, the Conservative caucus assembles on the Hill to chart a way forward.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, and three of his cabinet ministers are in Washington, D.C., to talk trade and tariffs with the U.S. President Donald Trump. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

  • One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 5, 2025
Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith, left, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Immigration Minister Rachel Bendayan, and Conservative MPs Blaine Calkins, Shannon Stubbs, and Chris Warkentin were among those with the best results for their respective parties in the country. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and Stuart Benson, courtesy of Rachel Bendayan and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 5, 2025
  • One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 5, 2025
  • One-quarter of the ridings across the country were won by margins greater than 25 percentage points, and Conservatives swept the 50-plus point category.
Housing Minister Nate Erskine-Smith, left, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Immigration Minister Rachel Bendayan, and Conservative MPs Blaine Calkins, Shannon Stubbs, and Chris Warkentin were among those with the best results for their respective parties in the country. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Jake Wright, and Stuart Benson, courtesy of Rachel Bendayan and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
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New Brunswick Liberal leadership convention happens Aug. 6

  • MONDAY, AUGUST 1 House Not Sitting—The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It will break for one week, Oct. 10-14,
The New Brunswick Liberal Party will announce a new leader at the Fredericton Convention Centre on Aug. 6, 2022. The candidates are: Donald Arsenault, left, Susan Holt, TJ Harvey, and Robert Gauvin. Voting began on July 30 and runs until 2 p.m. local time on convention day, Aug. 6. Photographs courtesy of Liberal Party of New Brunswick

New Brunswick Liberal leadership convention happens Aug. 6

  • MONDAY, AUGUST 1 House Not Sitting—The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It will break for one week, Oct. 10-14,

New Brunswick Liberal leadership convention happens Aug. 6

  • MONDAY, AUGUST 1 House Not Sitting—The House will return on Sept. 19, sitting until Oct. 7. It will break for one week, Oct. 10-14,
The New Brunswick Liberal Party will announce a new leader at the Fredericton Convention Centre on Aug. 6, 2022. The candidates are: Donald Arsenault, left, Susan Holt, TJ Harvey, and Robert Gauvin. Voting began on July 30 and runs until 2 p.m. local time on convention day, Aug. 6. Photographs courtesy of Liberal Party of New Brunswick

Hockey culture is Canadian culture, for better or for worse

  • To be a hockey player in Canada is to be, in some ways, infallible. As football is to the U.S.A., hockey is our ‘all-Canadian’
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 1, 2022
Canada's Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge, centre, appears at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on July 26, 2022, with Michel Ruest, Senior Director, Programs, Sport Canada Branch, left, and Deputy Minister of Heritage Isabelle Mondou to answer questions about the investigation of sexual misconduct scandal plaguing Hockey Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hockey culture is Canadian culture, for better or for worse

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 1, 2022
  • To be a hockey player in Canada is to be, in some ways, infallible. As football is to the U.S.A., hockey is our ‘all-Canadian’

Hockey culture is Canadian culture, for better or for worse

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 1, 2022
  • To be a hockey player in Canada is to be, in some ways, infallible. As football is to the U.S.A., hockey is our ‘all-Canadian’
Canada's Minister of Sport Pascale St-Onge, centre, appears at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on July 26, 2022, with Michel Ruest, Senior Director, Programs, Sport Canada Branch, left, and Deputy Minister of Heritage Isabelle Mondou to answer questions about the investigation of sexual misconduct scandal plaguing Hockey Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives need to vote wisely this time around

  • Back in 2020, I had my letter to the editor published in The Hill Times, titled “O’Toole leadership win would be victory for Trudeau.”
Opinion | August 1, 2022
Leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, right, will ensure that the Trudeau Liberals win the next election by default if he becomes the next Conservative leader, writes Gila Kibner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives need to vote wisely this time around

Opinion | August 1, 2022
  • Back in 2020, I had my letter to the editor published in The Hill Times, titled “O’Toole leadership win would be victory for Trudeau.”

Conservatives need to vote wisely this time around

Opinion | August 1, 2022
  • Back in 2020, I had my letter to the editor published in The Hill Times, titled “O’Toole leadership win would be victory for Trudeau.”
Leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre, right, will ensure that the Trudeau Liberals win the next election by default if he becomes the next Conservative leader, writes Gila Kibner. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pope Francis’ apology was a long time coming

  • OTTAWA—Mission accomplished. Pope Francis’ apology tour was a long time coming. Former Assembly of First Nations’ national chief Phil Fontaine first broached the subject
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 1, 2022
First Nations people, pictured July 25, 2022, reacting to Pope Francis' official apology at the former site of the Ermineskin Residential School in Maskwacîs, Alta. The Pope visited Canada and officially apologized to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit for the Catholic Church's role in running the residential schools in Canada for more than 100 years. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister's Office/Adam Scotti

Pope Francis’ apology was a long time coming

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 1, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Mission accomplished. Pope Francis’ apology tour was a long time coming. Former Assembly of First Nations’ national chief Phil Fontaine first broached the subject

Pope Francis’ apology was a long time coming

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 1, 2022
  • OTTAWA—Mission accomplished. Pope Francis’ apology tour was a long time coming. Former Assembly of First Nations’ national chief Phil Fontaine first broached the subject
First Nations people, pictured July 25, 2022, reacting to Pope Francis' official apology at the former site of the Ermineskin Residential School in Maskwacîs, Alta. The Pope visited Canada and officially apologized to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit for the Catholic Church's role in running the residential schools in Canada for more than 100 years. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister's Office/Adam Scotti

CTV’s McGregor gets into shoving match after cameraman pushed by Lich supporters outside Ottawa courthouse

  • In his ongoing coverage of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ and the fallout from the event that dominated life in downtown Ottawa back in February, CTV
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 1, 2022
CTV's Glen McGregor, pictured in these screen shots, gets into a scuffle with 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich's supporters outside the downtown Ottawa courthouse following her release on bail on July 26. Screenshots courtesy of @613_Me Twitter

CTV’s McGregor gets into shoving match after cameraman pushed by Lich supporters outside Ottawa courthouse

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 1, 2022
  • In his ongoing coverage of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ and the fallout from the event that dominated life in downtown Ottawa back in February, CTV

CTV’s McGregor gets into shoving match after cameraman pushed by Lich supporters outside Ottawa courthouse

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 1, 2022
  • In his ongoing coverage of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ and the fallout from the event that dominated life in downtown Ottawa back in February, CTV
CTV's Glen McGregor, pictured in these screen shots, gets into a scuffle with 'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich's supporters outside the downtown Ottawa courthouse following her release on bail on July 26. Screenshots courtesy of @613_Me Twitter

Will Trump finally be held accountable for his deeds?

  • HALIFAX, N.S.—Donald Trump has always been too rich, too powerful, and too lawyered up to ever get the comeuppance he richly deserves for a
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 1, 2022
People died during the Capitol Building riot and several police officers were seriously injured. Their trauma will last a lifetime. The constitutional operation of the government came to a temporary halt. But all Donald Trump, pictured, could think about was how Mike Pence had spoiled his plans. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Will Trump finally be held accountable for his deeds?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 1, 2022
  • HALIFAX, N.S.—Donald Trump has always been too rich, too powerful, and too lawyered up to ever get the comeuppance he richly deserves for a

Will Trump finally be held accountable for his deeds?

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 1, 2022
  • HALIFAX, N.S.—Donald Trump has always been too rich, too powerful, and too lawyered up to ever get the comeuppance he richly deserves for a
People died during the Capitol Building riot and several police officers were seriously injured. Their trauma will last a lifetime. The constitutional operation of the government came to a temporary halt. But all Donald Trump, pictured, could think about was how Mike Pence had spoiled his plans. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

If Brown pursues legal challenge, it’s unclear how much damage it could cause Conservative Party, say strategists

  • Damage could be dealt to the Conservative Party’s reputation if ousted-leadership candidate Patrick Brown continues to speak out against the party and follows through
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 1, 2022
Patrick Brown's campaign office released a statement on July 22 which said that Brown will continue to pursue legal action regarding his disqualification as a candidate in the Conservative leadership race. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

If Brown pursues legal challenge, it’s unclear how much damage it could cause Conservative Party, say strategists

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 1, 2022
  • Damage could be dealt to the Conservative Party’s reputation if ousted-leadership candidate Patrick Brown continues to speak out against the party and follows through

If Brown pursues legal challenge, it’s unclear how much damage it could cause Conservative Party, say strategists

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 1, 2022
  • Damage could be dealt to the Conservative Party’s reputation if ousted-leadership candidate Patrick Brown continues to speak out against the party and follows through
Patrick Brown's campaign office released a statement on July 22 which said that Brown will continue to pursue legal action regarding his disqualification as a candidate in the Conservative leadership race. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

Agriculture industry advocates for plan to keep grain moving amid ‘perfect storm’ of challenges

  • To counter a “perfect storm” of challenges facing a critically important harvest season during a global food crisis, representatives of the agriculture industry say
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 1, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on July 22 that Canada has been working with other countries and the United Nations to share its grain storage and shipment expertise for several months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Agriculture industry advocates for plan to keep grain moving amid ‘perfect storm’ of challenges

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 1, 2022
  • To counter a “perfect storm” of challenges facing a critically important harvest season during a global food crisis, representatives of the agriculture industry say

Agriculture industry advocates for plan to keep grain moving amid ‘perfect storm’ of challenges

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 1, 2022
  • To counter a “perfect storm” of challenges facing a critically important harvest season during a global food crisis, representatives of the agriculture industry say
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on July 22 that Canada has been working with other countries and the United Nations to share its grain storage and shipment expertise for several months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘For the sake of party unity’ Harper should not have publicly endorsed Poilievre, says former cabinet minister LeBreton

  • Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s unique decision to step into the fray of the Conservative leadership and endorse Pierre Poilievre last week attracted national
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 1, 2022
Harper endorses Poilievre: Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on July 25, 2022, in these screen grabs from his public endorsement of Pierre Poilievre to lead the Conservative party. He posted his endorsement on Facebook and Twitter. Screen capture images courtesy of Stephen Harper's Facebook

‘For the sake of party unity’ Harper should not have publicly endorsed Poilievre, says former cabinet minister LeBreton

News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 1, 2022
  • Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s unique decision to step into the fray of the Conservative leadership and endorse Pierre Poilievre last week attracted national

‘For the sake of party unity’ Harper should not have publicly endorsed Poilievre, says former cabinet minister LeBreton

News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 1, 2022
  • Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s unique decision to step into the fray of the Conservative leadership and endorse Pierre Poilievre last week attracted national
Harper endorses Poilievre: Former prime minister Stephen Harper, pictured on July 25, 2022, in these screen grabs from his public endorsement of Pierre Poilievre to lead the Conservative party. He posted his endorsement on Facebook and Twitter. Screen capture images courtesy of Stephen Harper's Facebook

Trudeau Liberals should be ‘worried’ about bleeding support to Conservatives, say veteran pollsters

  • With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau losing ground in national public opinion polls, and the Conservatives gaining traction even though they are in the midst
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STUART BENSON | August 1, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are losing support to the Conservatives, according to recent national public opinion polls. Pollsters say the Liberals should be worried about it, as the next election will be the governing Liberals' fourth, and it's a serious challenge for any government to win four in a row. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Trudeau Liberals should be ‘worried’ about bleeding support to Conservatives, say veteran pollsters

News | BY ABBAS RANA, STUART BENSON | August 1, 2022
  • With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau losing ground in national public opinion polls, and the Conservatives gaining traction even though they are in the midst

Trudeau Liberals should be ‘worried’ about bleeding support to Conservatives, say veteran pollsters

News | BY ABBAS RANA, STUART BENSON | August 1, 2022
  • With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau losing ground in national public opinion polls, and the Conservatives gaining traction even though they are in the midst
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are losing support to the Conservatives, according to recent national public opinion polls. Pollsters say the Liberals should be worried about it, as the next election will be the governing Liberals' fourth, and it's a serious challenge for any government to win four in a row. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

U.S. demands action on Canada’s failure to use International Joint Commission to prevent transboundary water pollution

  • TORONTO—On June 7, 2022, senior officials from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey met with Indigenous
Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | August 1, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 30, 2022, on the Hill. The United States is Canada’s No. 1 foreign policy priority. But now we have a self-induced conflict over water because Canada refuses to use a bi-national international institution that is the envy of the world, writes Thomas Axworthy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

U.S. demands action on Canada’s failure to use International Joint Commission to prevent transboundary water pollution

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | August 1, 2022
  • TORONTO—On June 7, 2022, senior officials from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey met with Indigenous

U.S. demands action on Canada’s failure to use International Joint Commission to prevent transboundary water pollution

Opinion | BY THOMAS S. AXWORTHY | August 1, 2022
  • TORONTO—On June 7, 2022, senior officials from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Geological Survey met with Indigenous
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 30, 2022, on the Hill. The United States is Canada’s No. 1 foreign policy priority. But now we have a self-induced conflict over water because Canada refuses to use a bi-national international institution that is the envy of the world, writes Thomas Axworthy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Harper endorsement of Poilievre victory ‘mic drop’ or ‘strategic’ move for win, says former PM’s senior aide

  • Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s endorsement of Conservative leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre has one of Harper’s former senior aides scratching his head about the timing
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 29, 2022
Stephen Harper, pictured Sept. 10, 2015, campaigning in Saint John, N.B., in the federal election. 'I don’t think anybody was surprised by the subject of the endorsement, but they might have been surprised that it was made at all—at least publicly—and the timing,' said Jim Armour. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Harper endorsement of Poilievre victory ‘mic drop’ or ‘strategic’ move for win, says former PM’s senior aide

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 29, 2022
  • Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s endorsement of Conservative leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre has one of Harper’s former senior aides scratching his head about the timing

Harper endorsement of Poilievre victory ‘mic drop’ or ‘strategic’ move for win, says former PM’s senior aide

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | July 29, 2022
  • Former prime minister Stephen Harper’s endorsement of Conservative leadership front-runner Pierre Poilievre has one of Harper’s former senior aides scratching his head about the timing
Stephen Harper, pictured Sept. 10, 2015, campaigning in Saint John, N.B., in the federal election. 'I don’t think anybody was surprised by the subject of the endorsement, but they might have been surprised that it was made at all—at least publicly—and the timing,' said Jim Armour. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: AIDS conference opens in Montreal

  • Good Friday morning, It’s a quiet day on the political calendar in Ottawa, though any public servants and political staff left working downtown will
Justice Minister David Lametti has promised to launch a consultation this fall on how to 'modernize' Canada's justice system to reflect medical progress on the treatment of HIV. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: AIDS conference opens in Montreal

  • Good Friday morning, It’s a quiet day on the political calendar in Ottawa, though any public servants and political staff left working downtown will

Politics This Morning: AIDS conference opens in Montreal

  • Good Friday morning, It’s a quiet day on the political calendar in Ottawa, though any public servants and political staff left working downtown will
Justice Minister David Lametti has promised to launch a consultation this fall on how to 'modernize' Canada's justice system to reflect medical progress on the treatment of HIV. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate change is the greatest existential threat facing mankind, but you wouldn’t know it from the Conservative leadership race

  • TORONTO—The world seems to be on fire this summer as record-breaking temperatures are causing death and destruction on every continent. Unless the world acts
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 28, 2022
Conservative leadership candidates Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest, the two front-runners, would scrap much of the federal climate change action plan, including the carbon tax, and push development of oil and gas projects and production, despite the threat this would pose to the world’s climate. It seems they would govern as though the future didn’t matter. But a commitment to serious action on climate change should be a litmus test for anyone who wants to be prime minister, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Climate change is the greatest existential threat facing mankind, but you wouldn’t know it from the Conservative leadership race

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 28, 2022
  • TORONTO—The world seems to be on fire this summer as record-breaking temperatures are causing death and destruction on every continent. Unless the world acts

Climate change is the greatest existential threat facing mankind, but you wouldn’t know it from the Conservative leadership race

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | July 28, 2022
  • TORONTO—The world seems to be on fire this summer as record-breaking temperatures are causing death and destruction on every continent. Unless the world acts
Conservative leadership candidates Pierre Poilievre and Jean Charest, the two front-runners, would scrap much of the federal climate change action plan, including the carbon tax, and push development of oil and gas projects and production, despite the threat this would pose to the world’s climate. It seems they would govern as though the future didn’t matter. But a commitment to serious action on climate change should be a litmus test for anyone who wants to be prime minister, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Doctrine of Discovery ‘permeates throughout’ Canadian system, says former head of Indigenous Bar Association

  • Indigenous leaders are pushing Pope Francis to repudiate the 15th-century doctrine that provided European colonizers with a legal and moral framework for the seizure
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 28, 2022
Pope Francis, pictured in Maskwacîs, Alta., on July 25, 2022, at the former site of the Ermineskin Residential School, in a burial ground for Indigenous children. Photograph courtesy of the PMO/Adam Scotti

Doctrine of Discovery ‘permeates throughout’ Canadian system, says former head of Indigenous Bar Association

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 28, 2022
  • Indigenous leaders are pushing Pope Francis to repudiate the 15th-century doctrine that provided European colonizers with a legal and moral framework for the seizure

Doctrine of Discovery ‘permeates throughout’ Canadian system, says former head of Indigenous Bar Association

News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | July 28, 2022
  • Indigenous leaders are pushing Pope Francis to repudiate the 15th-century doctrine that provided European colonizers with a legal and moral framework for the seizure
Pope Francis, pictured in Maskwacîs, Alta., on July 25, 2022, at the former site of the Ermineskin Residential School, in a burial ground for Indigenous children. Photograph courtesy of the PMO/Adam Scotti

String of staff additions, one departure for Agriculture Minister Bibeau

  • Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has added a number of staff to her team since Hill Climbers last checked in at the start of the
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 28, 2022
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has hired some new staffers since Hill Climbers last checked in at the start of the year, including Olivia Scieur-Aparicio, who started as the minister’s new operations and tour manager in June.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

String of staff additions, one departure for Agriculture Minister Bibeau

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 28, 2022
  • Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has added a number of staff to her team since Hill Climbers last checked in at the start of the

String of staff additions, one departure for Agriculture Minister Bibeau

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 28, 2022
  • Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has added a number of staff to her team since Hill Climbers last checked in at the start of the
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has hired some new staffers since Hill Climbers last checked in at the start of the year, including Olivia Scieur-Aparicio, who started as the minister’s new operations and tour manager in June.  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tunisia, the last Arab democracy, goes under

  • LONDON, U.K.—Tunisia would seem to have everything going for it. Average salaries are the third-highest in all of Africa’s 50 countries, just behind Morocco
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2022
Last July, Tunisia’s usurper president, Kais Saied, dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament, and began ruling by decree. This week, he emerged victorious in a constitutional referendum that makes all these changes permanent, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Tunisia, the last Arab democracy, goes under

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—Tunisia would seem to have everything going for it. Average salaries are the third-highest in all of Africa’s 50 countries, just behind Morocco

Tunisia, the last Arab democracy, goes under

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2022
  • LONDON, U.K.—Tunisia would seem to have everything going for it. Average salaries are the third-highest in all of Africa’s 50 countries, just behind Morocco
Last July, Tunisia’s usurper president, Kais Saied, dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament, and began ruling by decree. This week, he emerged victorious in a constitutional referendum that makes all these changes permanent, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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

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