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Mike Lapointe has been with The Hill Times since 2019, and covers the federal public service, public service unions, the Parliament Hill media, as well as federal politics and policy. He’s reported on the last three federal elections, public health issues throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022 convoy protest in downtown Ottawa. He can be reached at mlapointe@hilltimes.com.

Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals

  • 'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 5, 2024
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge, left, says the Liberal government's approach 'contrasts sharply' with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's plan to 'defund and dismantle' an organization that 'millions of Canadians count on.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 5, 2024
  • 'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says

Sharp contrast: Poilievre ‘can’t wait’ to defund CBC, but that’s ‘recklessly threatening’ Canadians’ access to reliable information, say Liberals

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | August 5, 2024
  • 'Defunding media that rural, francophone, and Indigenous communities depend on is a non-starter, and anyone who wants to represent them should know this,' says
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge, left, says the Liberal government's approach 'contrasts sharply' with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's plan to 'defund and dismantle' an organization that 'millions of Canadians count on.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

If you’re looking for Poilievre, he’s in northern Ontario

  • Plus, The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada comes out in October; Canada Post celebrates Norman Jewison; Matt Luloff charged with impaired
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 29, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is on the road in northern Ontario this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

If you’re looking for Poilievre, he’s in northern Ontario

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 29, 2024
  • Plus, The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada comes out in October; Canada Post celebrates Norman Jewison; Matt Luloff charged with impaired

If you’re looking for Poilievre, he’s in northern Ontario

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 29, 2024
  • Plus, The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada comes out in October; Canada Post celebrates Norman Jewison; Matt Luloff charged with impaired
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured in this file photo on the Hill, is on the road in northern Ontario this week. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Influx of names on byelection ballots shows ‘frustration’ with first-past-the-post system, say electoral reform advocates

  • Political science professor Laura Stephenson says a system of government that favours coalitions could ‘decrease some of that party hate’ embedded in Canadian politics.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 24, 2024
Conservative MP-elect Don Stewart—pictured with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and supporters—won the June 24 Toronto-St. Paul's byelection that saw the names of 84 candidates on the ballot, part of a protest against the electoral system. Photograph courtesy of X

Influx of names on byelection ballots shows ‘frustration’ with first-past-the-post system, say electoral reform advocates

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 24, 2024
  • Political science professor Laura Stephenson says a system of government that favours coalitions could ‘decrease some of that party hate’ embedded in Canadian politics.

Influx of names on byelection ballots shows ‘frustration’ with first-past-the-post system, say electoral reform advocates

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 24, 2024
  • Political science professor Laura Stephenson says a system of government that favours coalitions could ‘decrease some of that party hate’ embedded in Canadian politics.
Conservative MP-elect Don Stewart—pictured with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and supporters—won the June 24 Toronto-St. Paul's byelection that saw the names of 84 candidates on the ballot, part of a protest against the electoral system. Photograph courtesy of X

Conservatives could pick up seats in Quebec by targeting Bloc and Liberal ridings where Tories came in second, say experts

  • Pocketbook issues 'play pretty well in Quebec with the Bloc voters, as they are in the rest of the country,' says David Boudeweel-Lefebvre, founder
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 22, 2024
Experts say the Conservatives, under leader Pierre Poilievre, have had some trouble breaking into Quebec, but that the next general election may offer some inroads in close ridings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservatives could pick up seats in Quebec by targeting Bloc and Liberal ridings where Tories came in second, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 22, 2024
  • Pocketbook issues 'play pretty well in Quebec with the Bloc voters, as they are in the rest of the country,' says David Boudeweel-Lefebvre, founder

Conservatives could pick up seats in Quebec by targeting Bloc and Liberal ridings where Tories came in second, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 22, 2024
  • Pocketbook issues 'play pretty well in Quebec with the Bloc voters, as they are in the rest of the country,' says David Boudeweel-Lefebvre, founder
Experts say the Conservatives, under leader Pierre Poilievre, have had some trouble breaking into Quebec, but that the next general election may offer some inroads in close ridings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

  • Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
Globe and Mail columnist and award-winning author Tanya Talaga has written a new book, The Knowing, published by HarperCollinsCanada. It will be released on Aug. 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the

Tanya Talaga to release new book, The Knowing

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Plus, House delists MPs' Hill office numbers from Commons website, Mercedes Stephenson talks about what it's like for the media to fly on the
Globe and Mail columnist and award-winning author Tanya Talaga has written a new book, The Knowing, published by HarperCollinsCanada. It will be released on Aug. 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative Party’s path to government could be paved without major inroads into Quebec, say pollsters

  • Pierre Poilievre is already in majority territory without a big breakthrough in Quebec, says pollster Nik Nanos, alluding to how Stephen Harper had won
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently said his party has 'a chance for a breakthrough' in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Conservative Party’s path to government could be paved without major inroads into Quebec, say pollsters

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Pierre Poilievre is already in majority territory without a big breakthrough in Quebec, says pollster Nik Nanos, alluding to how Stephen Harper had won

Conservative Party’s path to government could be paved without major inroads into Quebec, say pollsters

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 15, 2024
  • Pierre Poilievre is already in majority territory without a big breakthrough in Quebec, says pollster Nik Nanos, alluding to how Stephen Harper had won
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently said his party has 'a chance for a breakthrough' in Quebec. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unions, advocacy groups cautiously optimistic about Anand’s call for extension of ’25-and-out’ pensions

  • Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the cost of expanding early retirement eligibility is estimated to include a one-time cost of approximately $175-million and
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2024
Treasury Board President Anita Anand
Treasury Board President Anita Anand
Treasury Board President Anita Anand announced on June 12 that the government will introduce legislative changes to expand the eligibility for early pensions this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Unions, advocacy groups cautiously optimistic about Anand’s call for extension of ’25-and-out’ pensions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2024
  • Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the cost of expanding early retirement eligibility is estimated to include a one-time cost of approximately $175-million and

Unions, advocacy groups cautiously optimistic about Anand’s call for extension of ’25-and-out’ pensions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 10, 2024
  • Treasury Board President Anita Anand said the cost of expanding early retirement eligibility is estimated to include a one-time cost of approximately $175-million and
Treasury Board President Anita Anand
Treasury Board President Anita Anand announced on June 12 that the government will introduce legislative changes to expand the eligibility for early pensions this fall. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

  • Plus, Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi plays a mean electric guitar, Kirbie hires Boissoneau, Grit MP James Maloney treasures friendship with Irish ambassador,
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 8, 2024
Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice, by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen; What She Said: Conversations About Equality, by The Globe and Mail's award-winning journalist Elizabeth Renzetti; and Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, will be released this fall. Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 8, 2024
  • Plus, Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi plays a mean electric guitar, Kirbie hires Boissoneau, Grit MP James Maloney treasures friendship with Irish ambassador,

Three new books to keep an eye out for this fall

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 8, 2024
  • Plus, Japan's Ambassador to Canada Kanji Yamanouchi plays a mean electric guitar, Kirbie hires Boissoneau, Grit MP James Maloney treasures friendship with Irish ambassador,
Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice, by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen; What She Said: Conversations About Equality, by The Globe and Mail's award-winning journalist Elizabeth Renzetti; and Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests, by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, will be released this fall. Book covers courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada

‘Historic,’ first female chief of defence staff Carignan has steep road ahead in recruiting and procurement, say military experts

  • With both internal and external pressures on the Canadian Armed Forces, this is an 'extremely challenging' time for any new chief of defence staff
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2024
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan arrives at the Prime Minister’s Office in West Block before the Liberal cabinet meeting on Jan. 30, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Historic,’ first female chief of defence staff Carignan has steep road ahead in recruiting and procurement, say military experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2024
  • With both internal and external pressures on the Canadian Armed Forces, this is an 'extremely challenging' time for any new chief of defence staff

‘Historic,’ first female chief of defence staff Carignan has steep road ahead in recruiting and procurement, say military experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2024
  • With both internal and external pressures on the Canadian Armed Forces, this is an 'extremely challenging' time for any new chief of defence staff
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan arrives at the Prime Minister’s Office in West Block before the Liberal cabinet meeting on Jan. 30, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Younger people in ‘survival mode’ as affordability crisis ticks on, say pundits, leaving little room for Liberals to make up lost ground to Conservatives

  • Unlike the embattled prime minister, 'no one has really any expectations' of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before the election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 2, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals may be past the point of no return, politicos agree. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Younger people in ‘survival mode’ as affordability crisis ticks on, say pundits, leaving little room for Liberals to make up lost ground to Conservatives

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 2, 2024
  • Unlike the embattled prime minister, 'no one has really any expectations' of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before the election, says pollster Greg Lyle.

Younger people in ‘survival mode’ as affordability crisis ticks on, say pundits, leaving little room for Liberals to make up lost ground to Conservatives

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 2, 2024
  • Unlike the embattled prime minister, 'no one has really any expectations' of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre before the election, says pollster Greg Lyle.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals may be past the point of no return, politicos agree. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

  • Plus, Norway's ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2024
The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2024
  • Plus, Norway's ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome

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

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2024
  • Plus, Norway's ambassador to Canada died on June 17, editor picked to head up Washington Post turns it down, new Chinese ambassador hosts welcome
The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country

  • CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News' parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 26, 2024
Corus, the parent company of Global News, is laying of 35 employees across the country 'as part of our ongoing evaluation of our business and continued enterprise efficiency review,' according to a spokesperson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 26, 2024
  • CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News' parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.

Global News hit by five cuts to Parliamentary Press Gallery personnel, as media company slashes 35 unionized jobs across the country

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 26, 2024
  • CIBC said it is skeptical about Global News' parent firm Corus’ ability to pay down and refinance its debts.
Corus, the parent company of Global News, is laying of 35 employees across the country 'as part of our ongoing evaluation of our business and continued enterprise efficiency review,' according to a spokesperson. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’: Canada should get ready for second Trump presidency, say foreign policy experts

  • Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes, it hasn't affected his polling.
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and former U.S. president Donald Trump. Despite being a convicted felon, Trump is polling high in the race against Biden. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and courtesy of Flickr

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’: Canada should get ready for second Trump presidency, say foreign policy experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes, it hasn't affected his polling.

‘Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst’: Canada should get ready for second Trump presidency, say foreign policy experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Despite the fact that Donald Trump is now the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes, it hasn't affected his polling.
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and former U.S. president Donald Trump. Despite being a convicted felon, Trump is polling high in the race against Biden. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and courtesy of Flickr

Former Elections Canada chief electoral officer Jean-Marc Hamel dies

  • Plus, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore to step down, Jonathan Malloy elected Canadian Political Science Association president, Pierre Poilievre hosts garden party for third-language media
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
Jean-Marc Hamel was Canada's chief electoral officer from 1966 to 1990. He died on May 24 at the age of 99. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Former Elections Canada chief electoral officer Jean-Marc Hamel dies

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Plus, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore to step down, Jonathan Malloy elected Canadian Political Science Association president, Pierre Poilievre hosts garden party for third-language media

Former Elections Canada chief electoral officer Jean-Marc Hamel dies

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 24, 2024
  • Plus, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore to step down, Jonathan Malloy elected Canadian Political Science Association president, Pierre Poilievre hosts garden party for third-language media
Jean-Marc Hamel was Canada's chief electoral officer from 1966 to 1990. He died on May 24 at the age of 99. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Two new books out for politicos

  • Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne's Anglican Church; Ottawa
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
Two new books: History Has Made Us Friends, and Voting Online are out. Book cover images courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Two new books out for politicos

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne's Anglican Church; Ottawa

Two new books out for politicos

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Plus, Matthew Green honours the late Peter Rosenthal; Art of Leadership Women conference begins; Elizabeth May mourns loss of St. Anne's Anglican Church; Ottawa
Two new books: History Has Made Us Friends, and Voting Online are out. Book cover images courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press

Anand says feds’ return to office directive ‘not a political decision’ as public service unions push back

  • As unions keep fighting the three-day in-office mandate, a Treasury Board spokesperson said senior figures in the secretariat made the decision with the support
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
Public Service Alliance of Canada members, as well as other federal and national union members, protested outside Treasury Board's headquarters last week in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

Anand says feds’ return to office directive ‘not a political decision’ as public service unions push back

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • As unions keep fighting the three-day in-office mandate, a Treasury Board spokesperson said senior figures in the secretariat made the decision with the support

Anand says feds’ return to office directive ‘not a political decision’ as public service unions push back

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • As unions keep fighting the three-day in-office mandate, a Treasury Board spokesperson said senior figures in the secretariat made the decision with the support
Public Service Alliance of Canada members, as well as other federal and national union members, protested outside Treasury Board's headquarters last week in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

  • Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state,
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
Bernadette Betchi, who has joined the Black Class Action Lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada and is employed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, left, Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, and Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state,

‘Unprecedented’: global body looking into Canadian Human Rights Commission, potentially downgrading country’s status

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 17, 2024
  • Canada's human rights record has never been investigated by the United Nations in more than 30 years that it has been a member state,
Bernadette Betchi, who has joined the Black Class Action Lawsuit in the Federal Court of Canada and is employed by the Canadian Human Rights Commission, left, Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat, and Nathan Prier, president of the Canadian Association of Professional Employees. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

  • According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
The Ottawa area, including Gatineau, Que., was engulfed in smoke last summer as wildfires raged across the country in a record-breaking year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and

MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and
The Ottawa area, including Gatineau, Que., was engulfed in smoke last summer as wildfires raged across the country in a record-breaking year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

  • Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K.,
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
Nahla Ayed, author of The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII. Images and photographs courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada and Carleton University

Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K.,

Nahlah Ayed has a new book out, The War We Won Apart

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 10, 2024
  • Plus, former Harper chief of staff Ian Brodie launches a newsletter, and former CTV journalist Daniele Hamamdjian is joining NBC News in London, U.K.,
Nahla Ayed, author of The War We Won Apart: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII. Images and photographs courtesy of Penguin Random House Canada and Carleton University

‘Tremendously important appointment’: public service stalwart Bill Matthews moves into top role as secretary of Treasury Board at a sticky time

  • Experts hint at the 'triangle' between the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the Privy Council Clerk, and the Deputy Finance Minister, all three of
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
Bill Matthews, left, is now the Secretary of the Treasury Board following a May 24 shuffle in the public service's senior ranks. Catherine Blewett, the previous secretary, is now a senior adviser in the Privy Council Office. Stefanie Beck is the new deputy minister of defence. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada

‘Tremendously important appointment’: public service stalwart Bill Matthews moves into top role as secretary of Treasury Board at a sticky time

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Experts hint at the 'triangle' between the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the Privy Council Clerk, and the Deputy Finance Minister, all three of

‘Tremendously important appointment’: public service stalwart Bill Matthews moves into top role as secretary of Treasury Board at a sticky time

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Experts hint at the 'triangle' between the Secretary of the Treasury Board, the Privy Council Clerk, and the Deputy Finance Minister, all three of
Bill Matthews, left, is now the Secretary of the Treasury Board following a May 24 shuffle in the public service's senior ranks. Catherine Blewett, the previous secretary, is now a senior adviser in the Privy Council Office. Stefanie Beck is the new deputy minister of defence. Photographs courtesy of the Government of Canada

Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

  • Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings, pictured in 2009 on the Hill, served in a number of parliamentary secretary roles during her time representing Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Que., from 1997 to 2011. She is battling cancer once again. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy

Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings confronts cancer again, writes her story in Montreal Gazette

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2024
  • Plus, Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, calls Trudeau ‘most consequential’ prime minister in his lifetime, and Liberal MP and assistant deputy
Former Liberal MP Marlene Jennings, pictured in 2009 on the Hill, served in a number of parliamentary secretary roles during her time representing Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Que., from 1997 to 2011. She is battling cancer once again. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

  • The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
Burnaby Terminal is the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, and is a distribution point for crude oil and refined products to local terminals. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion finally open, but energy experts warn it’s not enough to boost Canada’s languishing economy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • The bigger pipeline now provides Canadian oil shippers with nearly 600,000 barrels per day of new capacity. But the delayed and costly project raises
Burnaby Terminal is the end point of the Trans Mountain Pipeline System, and is a distribution point for crude oil and refined products to local terminals. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

  • Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
Winnipeg Free Press columnist and professor in the department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba Niigan Sinclair has a new book coming out later this month. Handout image

‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

‘Wînipêk Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre’ set to hit bookshelves this month

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 27, 2024
  • Plus, Lawn Summer Nights returns this summer to support Cystic Fibrosis Canada, and the All-Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Winnipeg Free Press columnist and professor in the department of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba Niigan Sinclair has a new book coming out later this month. Handout image

‘We wanted answers’: federal public service unions protest government’s return to workplace policy

  • A recent Angus Reid poll found that 59 per cent of Canadians support federal workers spending more time in the office and less time
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 24, 2024
Members of Canada's public service unions gathered outside of Ottawa's City Hall on May 23 to protest the federal government's back-to-workplace policies. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘We wanted answers’: federal public service unions protest government’s return to workplace policy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 24, 2024
  • A recent Angus Reid poll found that 59 per cent of Canadians support federal workers spending more time in the office and less time

‘We wanted answers’: federal public service unions protest government’s return to workplace policy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 24, 2024
  • A recent Angus Reid poll found that 59 per cent of Canadians support federal workers spending more time in the office and less time
Members of Canada's public service unions gathered outside of Ottawa's City Hall on May 23 to protest the federal government's back-to-workplace policies. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 20, 2024
This is your 15 minutes, animal folks: Molly, top left, Stella, Gaston, Justin (the cat), Moose Tracks (the cow), and Annie, the horse. Photographs courtesy of the Canadian Animal Health Institute

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 20, 2024
  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in

Live, from Parliament Hill! It’s the cutest pets photo contest

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 20, 2024
  • Plus, Eleanor Wachtel picks her favourite Alice Munro book, Charlie Angus gets subpoenaed, Lyft Canada hires Maria Allaham, and the Institute for Research in
This is your 15 minutes, animal folks: Molly, top left, Stella, Gaston, Justin (the cat), Moose Tracks (the cow), and Annie, the horse. Photographs courtesy of the Canadian Animal Health Institute

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 17, 2024
Following the Treasury Board's announcement that will see federal public servants back in office three days a week this fall, downtown Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi says most people want to work in hybrid workplaces. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 17, 2024
  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their

Ottawa Centre MP Naqvi says ‘no consensus’ on return-to-office issue from constituents following Treasury Board’s decree

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 17, 2024
  • A number of Ottawa-area mayors wrote to the Treasury Board president with their major concerns that the government's back-to-office decision will have on their
Following the Treasury Board's announcement that will see federal public servants back in office three days a week this fall, downtown Ottawa Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi says most people want to work in hybrid workplaces. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

  • Plus, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win the $60,000 Donner Prize, former MP Nathan Cullen has medical emergency on a flight, and Jenni Byrne
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2024
Top job: Shaila Anwar started her new role as clerk of the Senate and clerk of the Parliaments on May 6. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2024
  • Plus, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win the $60,000 Donner Prize, former MP Nathan Cullen has medical emergency on a flight, and Jenni Byrne

‘Like a breath of fresh air,’ Shaila Anwar officially steps into top Senate job

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2024
  • Plus, Michael Byers and Aaron Boley win the $60,000 Donner Prize, former MP Nathan Cullen has medical emergency on a flight, and Jenni Byrne
Top job: Shaila Anwar started her new role as clerk of the Senate and clerk of the Parliaments on May 6. Photograph courtesy of the Senate of Canada
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Members of first-ever Emergencies Act review committee get down to work, split on Trudeau’s invocation of order as work on witness list begins

  • It’s still early days for the special parliamentary committee tasked with examining the federal government’s first-ever invocation of the Emergencies Act following the turbulent
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 28, 2022
From top left, Senators Gwen Boniface, Bloc Québécois MP Rhéal Fortin, NDP MP Matthew Green, Senator Claude Carignan, and Liberal MP Arif Virani. From bottom left, Conservative MP Glen Motz, Senators Peter Harder and Vernon White, Liberal MP Rachel Bendayan, Conservative MP Larry Brock, and Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi. These MPs and Senators comprise the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency, and will be looking directly into the events that transpired throughout most of February 2022 in the weeks and months to come. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photographs courtesy of Twitter

Members of first-ever Emergencies Act review committee get down to work, split on Trudeau’s invocation of order as work on witness list begins

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 28, 2022
  • It’s still early days for the special parliamentary committee tasked with examining the federal government’s first-ever invocation of the Emergencies Act following the turbulent

Members of first-ever Emergencies Act review committee get down to work, split on Trudeau’s invocation of order as work on witness list begins

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 28, 2022
  • It’s still early days for the special parliamentary committee tasked with examining the federal government’s first-ever invocation of the Emergencies Act following the turbulent
From top left, Senators Gwen Boniface, Bloc Québécois MP Rhéal Fortin, NDP MP Matthew Green, Senator Claude Carignan, and Liberal MP Arif Virani. From bottom left, Conservative MP Glen Motz, Senators Peter Harder and Vernon White, Liberal MP Rachel Bendayan, Conservative MP Larry Brock, and Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi. These MPs and Senators comprise the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency, and will be looking directly into the events that transpired throughout most of February 2022 in the weeks and months to come. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photographs courtesy of Twitter

Hard-hit downtown Ottawa businesses looking to rebound after COVID, convoy shutdowns

  • Following two years of a pandemic, with tens of thousands of public servants working remotely and only now starting to come back into their
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 21, 2022
Sarah Chown, managing partner for the Métropolitain Brasserie, says the restaurant had been in communication directly with many of the OPP officers that were stationed on their corner throughout the 'Freedom Convoy' protest that descended on downtown Ottawa throughout much of February. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Hard-hit downtown Ottawa businesses looking to rebound after COVID, convoy shutdowns

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 21, 2022
  • Following two years of a pandemic, with tens of thousands of public servants working remotely and only now starting to come back into their

Hard-hit downtown Ottawa businesses looking to rebound after COVID, convoy shutdowns

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 21, 2022
  • Following two years of a pandemic, with tens of thousands of public servants working remotely and only now starting to come back into their
Sarah Chown, managing partner for the Métropolitain Brasserie, says the restaurant had been in communication directly with many of the OPP officers that were stationed on their corner throughout the 'Freedom Convoy' protest that descended on downtown Ottawa throughout much of February. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Veteran political journalist Paul Wells opens up about why he left Maclean’s magazine

  • A senior writer for Maclean’s magazine up until earlier this month, Paul Wells says that although it’s well within the prerogative of the company’s management
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 21, 2022
Paul Wells pictured right with CBCNN's Rosemary Barton at the Sir John A. Macdonald building in Ottawa on May 10, 2019. Wells says the new management of the influential magazine Maclean's seemed 'to want to introduce a stark change in the editorial direction of the magazine and the style of journalism that it practices.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Veteran political journalist Paul Wells opens up about why he left Maclean’s magazine

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 21, 2022
  • A senior writer for Maclean’s magazine up until earlier this month, Paul Wells says that although it’s well within the prerogative of the company’s management

Veteran political journalist Paul Wells opens up about why he left Maclean’s magazine

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 21, 2022
  • A senior writer for Maclean’s magazine up until earlier this month, Paul Wells says that although it’s well within the prerogative of the company’s management
Paul Wells pictured right with CBCNN's Rosemary Barton at the Sir John A. Macdonald building in Ottawa on May 10, 2019. Wells says the new management of the influential magazine Maclean's seemed 'to want to introduce a stark change in the editorial direction of the magazine and the style of journalism that it practices.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The ‘end of certainty’ has made life more difficult for government, but Trudeau calls for addressing challenges ‘head on’

  • Canadians’ lives have been touched by successive crises, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on the nation’s capital, and the
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 16, 2022
'Democracy is not just a concept in a political science textbook, it’s our everyday lives,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a German audience earlier this month. 'Standing up for our shared values requires constant efforts, but I know that Canadians, Germans, and people everywhere are up to the challenge.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The ‘end of certainty’ has made life more difficult for government, but Trudeau calls for addressing challenges ‘head on’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 16, 2022
  • Canadians’ lives have been touched by successive crises, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on the nation’s capital, and the

The ‘end of certainty’ has made life more difficult for government, but Trudeau calls for addressing challenges ‘head on’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 16, 2022
  • Canadians’ lives have been touched by successive crises, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on the nation’s capital, and the
'Democracy is not just a concept in a political science textbook, it’s our everyday lives,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a German audience earlier this month. 'Standing up for our shared values requires constant efforts, but I know that Canadians, Germans, and people everywhere are up to the challenge.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘There seemed to be this complete loss of faith in institutions’: Canadian journalists talk about covering ‘Freedom Convoy’

  • A number of leading Canadian journalists who covered the ‘Freedom Convoy’ came together last week to discuss how media should be covering those who
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 14, 2022
CBC reporter Thomas Daigle, pictured Feb. 18, 2022, reporting from Ottawa. Screen capture courtesy CBC News

‘There seemed to be this complete loss of faith in institutions’: Canadian journalists talk about covering ‘Freedom Convoy’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 14, 2022
  • A number of leading Canadian journalists who covered the ‘Freedom Convoy’ came together last week to discuss how media should be covering those who

‘There seemed to be this complete loss of faith in institutions’: Canadian journalists talk about covering ‘Freedom Convoy’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 14, 2022
  • A number of leading Canadian journalists who covered the ‘Freedom Convoy’ came together last week to discuss how media should be covering those who
CBC reporter Thomas Daigle, pictured Feb. 18, 2022, reporting from Ottawa. Screen capture courtesy CBC News

Opportunity ripe for Canada to work on energy security with Indo-Pacific allies, says Japanese envoy

  • In a world where geopolitics and the geo-economy evolve quickly, it’s necessary for like-minded countries, such as Japan and Canada, to co-operate on energy
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 9, 2022
Japanese Ambassador to Canada Kawamura Yasuhisa, pictured speaking with The Hill Times at the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa on Feb. 11, 2020, says Japan has been working to increase the use of hydrogen in its energy mix and reduce its supply cost in the country by establishing an international supply chain. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opportunity ripe for Canada to work on energy security with Indo-Pacific allies, says Japanese envoy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 9, 2022
  • In a world where geopolitics and the geo-economy evolve quickly, it’s necessary for like-minded countries, such as Japan and Canada, to co-operate on energy

Opportunity ripe for Canada to work on energy security with Indo-Pacific allies, says Japanese envoy

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 9, 2022
  • In a world where geopolitics and the geo-economy evolve quickly, it’s necessary for like-minded countries, such as Japan and Canada, to co-operate on energy
Japanese Ambassador to Canada Kawamura Yasuhisa, pictured speaking with The Hill Times at the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa on Feb. 11, 2020, says Japan has been working to increase the use of hydrogen in its energy mix and reduce its supply cost in the country by establishing an international supply chain. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Inflation, affordability top of mind for MPs, economists following BoC interest rate hike

  • After years of rock-bottom interest rates, the Bank of Canada moved its key rate up for the first time since 2018 last week, a
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 7, 2022
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, left, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, right. In a media availability on March 3, Macklem said 'it's pretty clear that our near-term inflation outlook is now higher, and Canadians are going to feel that in their pocketbook.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Inflation, affordability top of mind for MPs, economists following BoC interest rate hike

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 7, 2022
  • After years of rock-bottom interest rates, the Bank of Canada moved its key rate up for the first time since 2018 last week, a

Inflation, affordability top of mind for MPs, economists following BoC interest rate hike

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 7, 2022
  • After years of rock-bottom interest rates, the Bank of Canada moved its key rate up for the first time since 2018 last week, a
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, left, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, right. In a media availability on March 3, Macklem said 'it's pretty clear that our near-term inflation outlook is now higher, and Canadians are going to feel that in their pocketbook.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Amnesty International backs Black public servants’ proposed class action suit

  • Amnesty International, a global organization with a mandate to protect and promote human rights, has thrown its support behind a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action lawsuit
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 3, 2022
Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada's English-speaking branch, left, and Nicholas Marcus Thompson, one of the representative class members in the class-action lawsuit against the federal government, are pictured. Thompson says those involved in the case against the federal government 'are very grateful for the support of Amnesty International in pursuing real justice for current and former public service workers, when Amnesty is in so many different countries championing human rights.' Dave Chan photograph courtesy of Ketty Nivyabandi, photograph courtesy of Twitter

Amnesty International backs Black public servants’ proposed class action suit

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 3, 2022
  • Amnesty International, a global organization with a mandate to protect and promote human rights, has thrown its support behind a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action lawsuit

Amnesty International backs Black public servants’ proposed class action suit

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 3, 2022
  • Amnesty International, a global organization with a mandate to protect and promote human rights, has thrown its support behind a multi-billion-dollar proposed class-action lawsuit
Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada's English-speaking branch, left, and Nicholas Marcus Thompson, one of the representative class members in the class-action lawsuit against the federal government, are pictured. Thompson says those involved in the case against the federal government 'are very grateful for the support of Amnesty International in pursuing real justice for current and former public service workers, when Amnesty is in so many different countries championing human rights.' Dave Chan photograph courtesy of Ketty Nivyabandi, photograph courtesy of Twitter

Feds deny delay as lawyer in multi-billion-dollar Black bureaucrats’ class-action suit calls Crown’s ‘overlap’ arguments ‘insulting’

  • The leading lawyer in a multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit representing current and former Black federal public servants, filed against the federal government and now involving
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 2, 2022
First filed in December 2020, a class-action lawsuit from current and former Black federal public servants now has nearly 1,300 class members. Pictured are Nicholas Marcus Thompson, left, one of the representative class members in the class-action lawsuit against the federal government; Kofi Achampong, principal lawyer and government relations adviser with Achampong Law; and Courtney Betty, the lawyer leading the class action. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Courtney Betty

Feds deny delay as lawyer in multi-billion-dollar Black bureaucrats’ class-action suit calls Crown’s ‘overlap’ arguments ‘insulting’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 2, 2022
  • The leading lawyer in a multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit representing current and former Black federal public servants, filed against the federal government and now involving

Feds deny delay as lawyer in multi-billion-dollar Black bureaucrats’ class-action suit calls Crown’s ‘overlap’ arguments ‘insulting’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 2, 2022
  • The leading lawyer in a multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit representing current and former Black federal public servants, filed against the federal government and now involving
First filed in December 2020, a class-action lawsuit from current and former Black federal public servants now has nearly 1,300 class members. Pictured are Nicholas Marcus Thompson, left, one of the representative class members in the class-action lawsuit against the federal government; Kofi Achampong, principal lawyer and government relations adviser with Achampong Law; and Courtney Betty, the lawyer leading the class action. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn, and Courtney Betty

‘Freedom Convoy’ dominated downtown for more than three weeks; living and working in Ottawa’s ‘red zone’

  • CENTRETOWN—It was eerily quiet on a cold Sunday morning in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 20. After so many weeks of disruption and disorientation, with
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 24, 2022
Police officers lined up on Sparks Street on Feb. 19 as the 'Freedom Convoy that descended on downtown Ottawa for nearly a month was forcibly removed by authorities. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

‘Freedom Convoy’ dominated downtown for more than three weeks; living and working in Ottawa’s ‘red zone’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 24, 2022
  • CENTRETOWN—It was eerily quiet on a cold Sunday morning in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 20. After so many weeks of disruption and disorientation, with

‘Freedom Convoy’ dominated downtown for more than three weeks; living and working in Ottawa’s ‘red zone’

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 24, 2022
  • CENTRETOWN—It was eerily quiet on a cold Sunday morning in downtown Ottawa on Feb. 20. After so many weeks of disruption and disorientation, with
Police officers lined up on Sparks Street on Feb. 19 as the 'Freedom Convoy that descended on downtown Ottawa for nearly a month was forcibly removed by authorities. The Hill Times photograph by Mike Lapointe

Public service union helped residents take back their streets as citizens grew weary of law enforcement lag

  • As the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on downtown Ottawa and surrounding residential streets moved into its third week, thousands of counterprotesters in the nation’s
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 23, 2022
Ottawa residents formed a counterprotest group to block 'Freedom Convoy' supporters at the Bank Street exit on Riverside Drive on Feb. 13, 2022. The weekend marked the start of the third week of the convoy’s occupation of the city, which was dismantled a week later. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Public service union helped residents take back their streets as citizens grew weary of law enforcement lag

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 23, 2022
  • As the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on downtown Ottawa and surrounding residential streets moved into its third week, thousands of counterprotesters in the nation’s

Public service union helped residents take back their streets as citizens grew weary of law enforcement lag

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 23, 2022
  • As the “Freedom Convoy” that descended on downtown Ottawa and surrounding residential streets moved into its third week, thousands of counterprotesters in the nation’s
Ottawa residents formed a counterprotest group to block 'Freedom Convoy' supporters at the Bank Street exit on Riverside Drive on Feb. 13, 2022. The weekend marked the start of the third week of the convoy’s occupation of the city, which was dismantled a week later. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Intelligence and governance failures at root of occupied downtown Ottawa, now a matter of national security, say experts

  • ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters who have entrenched themselves in Ottawa’s Parliamentary Precinct for weeks on end and who have since been removed from a number
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 18, 2022
West Block is pictured in the background with the 'Freedom Convoy' protest occupying much of Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill on Feb. 6, 2022. According to Nomi Claire Lazar, a professor at the University of Ottawa and author of 'States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies,' Canadians have borne witness to a 'national crisis with local manifestations across the country' over the past few weeks. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Intelligence and governance failures at root of occupied downtown Ottawa, now a matter of national security, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 18, 2022
  • ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters who have entrenched themselves in Ottawa’s Parliamentary Precinct for weeks on end and who have since been removed from a number

Intelligence and governance failures at root of occupied downtown Ottawa, now a matter of national security, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 18, 2022
  • ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters who have entrenched themselves in Ottawa’s Parliamentary Precinct for weeks on end and who have since been removed from a number
West Block is pictured in the background with the 'Freedom Convoy' protest occupying much of Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill on Feb. 6, 2022. According to Nomi Claire Lazar, a professor at the University of Ottawa and author of 'States of Emergency in Liberal Democracies,' Canadians have borne witness to a 'national crisis with local manifestations across the country' over the past few weeks. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Regional concerns must inform ‘just transition’ legislation, say experts, as Wilkinson acknowledges energy worker anxiety

  • As the federal government embarks on a whole-of-government approach to climate action, with all eyes on the introduction of long-awaited “just transition” legislation to
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 16, 2022
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald building on Oct. 26, 2021, recently said that the global economy is 'changing rapidly' and that Canada is a country that has an abundance of both resources and talent that can create 'significant value during and beyond this energy transition.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Regional concerns must inform ‘just transition’ legislation, say experts, as Wilkinson acknowledges energy worker anxiety

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 16, 2022
  • As the federal government embarks on a whole-of-government approach to climate action, with all eyes on the introduction of long-awaited “just transition” legislation to

Regional concerns must inform ‘just transition’ legislation, say experts, as Wilkinson acknowledges energy worker anxiety

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 16, 2022
  • As the federal government embarks on a whole-of-government approach to climate action, with all eyes on the introduction of long-awaited “just transition” legislation to
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald building on Oct. 26, 2021, recently said that the global economy is 'changing rapidly' and that Canada is a country that has an abundance of both resources and talent that can create 'significant value during and beyond this energy transition.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Reporters covering ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa describe safety concerns, intimidation following intense week downtown

  • Parliamentary Press Gallery and local Ottawa media members who have been covering the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest that’s taken over one of Canada’s most famous
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 7, 2022
Hundreds of protesters jam the intersection of Wellington St. and Metcalfe St., in front of the Prime Minister's Office on Jan. 29, 2022 during the 'Freedom Convoy' that descended upon downtown Ottawa in protest of vaccine mandates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Reporters covering ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa describe safety concerns, intimidation following intense week downtown

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 7, 2022
  • Parliamentary Press Gallery and local Ottawa media members who have been covering the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest that’s taken over one of Canada’s most famous

Reporters covering ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa describe safety concerns, intimidation following intense week downtown

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 7, 2022
  • Parliamentary Press Gallery and local Ottawa media members who have been covering the ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest that’s taken over one of Canada’s most famous
Hundreds of protesters jam the intersection of Wellington St. and Metcalfe St., in front of the Prime Minister's Office on Jan. 29, 2022 during the 'Freedom Convoy' that descended upon downtown Ottawa in protest of vaccine mandates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Clash of the tired: pandemic fatigue and political opportunism at odds as COVID protest persists

  • Nearly two years into the global pandemic that has changed day-to-day lives, the frustration around an uncertain exit strategy is hitting Canadians hard. And
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 2, 2022
Supporters of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa early in the day on Jan. 29. Thousands of truckers and protesters against cross-border vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions rallied on Parliament Hill for days. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Clash of the tired: pandemic fatigue and political opportunism at odds as COVID protest persists

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 2, 2022
  • Nearly two years into the global pandemic that has changed day-to-day lives, the frustration around an uncertain exit strategy is hitting Canadians hard. And

Clash of the tired: pandemic fatigue and political opportunism at odds as COVID protest persists

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 2, 2022
  • Nearly two years into the global pandemic that has changed day-to-day lives, the frustration around an uncertain exit strategy is hitting Canadians hard. And
Supporters of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa early in the day on Jan. 29. Thousands of truckers and protesters against cross-border vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions rallied on Parliament Hill for days. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

CAF continuing to move ‘full speed ahead’ on addressing sexual misconduct crisis, following departure of former deputy minister Jody Thomas

  • With the move of Jody Thomas, formerly the deputy minister of National Defence and who once served in Canada’s naval reserve into the role
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 31, 2022
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan, pictured on April 22, 2019, visiting the flooded areas in Gatineau, Que., where Canadian Armed Forces members provided assistance to the local population as part of Operation LENTUS. Carignan is in charge of cleaning up the Canadian military's toxic culture. Photograph courtesy of DND

CAF continuing to move ‘full speed ahead’ on addressing sexual misconduct crisis, following departure of former deputy minister Jody Thomas

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 31, 2022
  • With the move of Jody Thomas, formerly the deputy minister of National Defence and who once served in Canada’s naval reserve into the role

CAF continuing to move ‘full speed ahead’ on addressing sexual misconduct crisis, following departure of former deputy minister Jody Thomas

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 31, 2022
  • With the move of Jody Thomas, formerly the deputy minister of National Defence and who once served in Canada’s naval reserve into the role
Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan, pictured on April 22, 2019, visiting the flooded areas in Gatineau, Que., where Canadian Armed Forces members provided assistance to the local population as part of Operation LENTUS. Carignan is in charge of cleaning up the Canadian military's toxic culture. Photograph courtesy of DND

RCMP union tours Alberta as province explores new police force, contract policing increasingly under microscope

  • The union representing nearly 20,000 Mounties is on a consultation tour of Alberta as the provincial government pushes the idea of establishing its own
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 26, 2022
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, left, and National Police Federation president Brian Sauvé. In his mandate letter, Mendicino was tasked with conducting 'an assessment of contract policing in consultation with provinces, territories, municipalities, Indigenous partners and stakeholders.' Sauvé says his union backs various governmental reviews of 'how they do public safety and how they deploy policing and what type of police service they provide.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the National Police Federation

RCMP union tours Alberta as province explores new police force, contract policing increasingly under microscope

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 26, 2022
  • The union representing nearly 20,000 Mounties is on a consultation tour of Alberta as the provincial government pushes the idea of establishing its own

RCMP union tours Alberta as province explores new police force, contract policing increasingly under microscope

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 26, 2022
  • The union representing nearly 20,000 Mounties is on a consultation tour of Alberta as the provincial government pushes the idea of establishing its own
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, left, and National Police Federation president Brian Sauvé. In his mandate letter, Mendicino was tasked with conducting 'an assessment of contract policing in consultation with provinces, territories, municipalities, Indigenous partners and stakeholders.' Sauvé says his union backs various governmental reviews of 'how they do public safety and how they deploy policing and what type of police service they provide.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of the National Police Federation

‘In a perfect storm right now’: labour supply, record immigration complicate daunting housing supply problem, say experts

  • The minister responsible for tackling the country’s twin problems of housing affordability and supply is staring down “a bit of a perfect storm right
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 19, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen is pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Oct. 27, 2020. In a Jan. 13 announcement, the minister said the pandemic has 'absolutely, undoubtedly created a lot of challenges, and exacerbated existing housing challenges and access to affordable housing.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘In a perfect storm right now’: labour supply, record immigration complicate daunting housing supply problem, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 19, 2022
  • The minister responsible for tackling the country’s twin problems of housing affordability and supply is staring down “a bit of a perfect storm right

‘In a perfect storm right now’: labour supply, record immigration complicate daunting housing supply problem, say experts

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 19, 2022
  • The minister responsible for tackling the country’s twin problems of housing affordability and supply is staring down “a bit of a perfect storm right
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen is pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on Oct. 27, 2020. In a Jan. 13 announcement, the minister said the pandemic has 'absolutely, undoubtedly created a lot of challenges, and exacerbated existing housing challenges and access to affordable housing.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds seek to ‘raise profile of housing’ in cabinet as Hussen given job to tackle affordability, supply, and homelessness

  • Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen will try to find the delicate balance between housing affordability and supply, say industry experts, an issue that has become
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 17, 2022
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured during a presser on affordable housing on June 30, 2021, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. Daniele Medlej, director of communications in Minister Hussen’s office, said that in the government’s approach to address the housing needs of Canadians, it 'must be focused on addressing issues on both the supply and management sides of the housing market.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Feds seek to ‘raise profile of housing’ in cabinet as Hussen given job to tackle affordability, supply, and homelessness

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 17, 2022
  • Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen will try to find the delicate balance between housing affordability and supply, say industry experts, an issue that has become

Feds seek to ‘raise profile of housing’ in cabinet as Hussen given job to tackle affordability, supply, and homelessness

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 17, 2022
  • Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen will try to find the delicate balance between housing affordability and supply, say industry experts, an issue that has become
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured during a presser on affordable housing on June 30, 2021, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson. Daniele Medlej, director of communications in Minister Hussen’s office, said that in the government’s approach to address the housing needs of Canadians, it 'must be focused on addressing issues on both the supply and management sides of the housing market.' The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

MPs say Canadians feeling ‘exasperation,’ ‘frustration’ with pandemic, and Graves says national outlook ‘unsurprisingly quite dark’

  • The COVID-19 pandemic that has come to define the day-to-day lives of Canadians for nearly two years now continues to stubbornly stick around with
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 10, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured Jan. 5, 2022, during his first media availability of 2022 at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. The prime minster said that 'when people see that we’re in lockdowns or serious public health restrictions right now because the risk posed to all of us by unvaccinated people, people get angry.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs say Canadians feeling ‘exasperation,’ ‘frustration’ with pandemic, and Graves says national outlook ‘unsurprisingly quite dark’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 10, 2022
  • The COVID-19 pandemic that has come to define the day-to-day lives of Canadians for nearly two years now continues to stubbornly stick around with

MPs say Canadians feeling ‘exasperation,’ ‘frustration’ with pandemic, and Graves says national outlook ‘unsurprisingly quite dark’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 10, 2022
  • The COVID-19 pandemic that has come to define the day-to-day lives of Canadians for nearly two years now continues to stubbornly stick around with
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured Jan. 5, 2022, during his first media availability of 2022 at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. The prime minster said that 'when people see that we’re in lockdowns or serious public health restrictions right now because the risk posed to all of us by unvaccinated people, people get angry.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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