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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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From shutdown to ‘hybrid,’ prorogation, voting app, and the ‘undermining of democracy’: MPs, politicos weigh in on Canada’s ‘pandemic Parliament’

  • From the early warnings about what would become the COVID-19 pandemic, to the public health restrictions in March 2020, the WE Charity scandal, hundreds
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 12, 2021
Pandemic Parliament: Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured Sept. 30, 2020, talking to reporters outside the West Block. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

From shutdown to ‘hybrid,’ prorogation, voting app, and the ‘undermining of democracy’: MPs, politicos weigh in on Canada’s ‘pandemic Parliament’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 12, 2021
  • From the early warnings about what would become the COVID-19 pandemic, to the public health restrictions in March 2020, the WE Charity scandal, hundreds

From shutdown to ‘hybrid,’ prorogation, voting app, and the ‘undermining of democracy’: MPs, politicos weigh in on Canada’s ‘pandemic Parliament’

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 12, 2021
  • From the early warnings about what would become the COVID-19 pandemic, to the public health restrictions in March 2020, the WE Charity scandal, hundreds
Pandemic Parliament: Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured Sept. 30, 2020, talking to reporters outside the West Block. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Alberta; Singh to kick off cross-country tour in B.C.

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent a busy day in Alberta yesterday, beginning in Calgary with a visit to AAA Doors Ltd., a
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during an announcement in Ottawa alongside Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen, in June 2021. While in Alberta on Wednesday, Mr. Trudeau confirmed the federal government’s investment of up to $1.53-billion towards building the Green Line LRT project in Calgary. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: Trudeau meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Alberta; Singh to kick off cross-country tour in B.C.

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent a busy day in Alberta yesterday, beginning in Calgary with a visit to AAA Doors Ltd., a

Politics This Morning: Trudeau meets with Kenney, Nenshi in Alberta; Singh to kick off cross-country tour in B.C.

  • Good Thursday morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent a busy day in Alberta yesterday, beginning in Calgary with a visit to AAA Doors Ltd., a
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during an announcement in Ottawa alongside Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen, in June 2021. While in Alberta on Wednesday, Mr. Trudeau confirmed the federal government’s investment of up to $1.53-billion towards building the Green Line LRT project in Calgary. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Increasing unaffordability in Canada’s red-hot housing market a ‘national emergency,’ says NDP’s Kwan

  • With historically high sales activity in Canada’s housing market, including a record-setting month in March, NDP MP Jenny Kwan says Canada’s housing situation is
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2021
NDP MP Jenny Kwan, left, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, centre, and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, right. In May, Mr. Macklem said 'counting on ever higher house prices to build home equity that can be used to refinance mortgages in the future is a bad idea.’ The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Increasing unaffordability in Canada’s red-hot housing market a ‘national emergency,’ says NDP’s Kwan

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2021
  • With historically high sales activity in Canada’s housing market, including a record-setting month in March, NDP MP Jenny Kwan says Canada’s housing situation is

Increasing unaffordability in Canada’s red-hot housing market a ‘national emergency,’ says NDP’s Kwan

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 7, 2021
  • With historically high sales activity in Canada’s housing market, including a record-setting month in March, NDP MP Jenny Kwan says Canada’s housing situation is
NDP MP Jenny Kwan, left, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem, centre, and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, right. In May, Mr. Macklem said 'counting on ever higher house prices to build home equity that can be used to refinance mortgages in the future is a bad idea.’ The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Former CSIS intelligence officer seeking NDP nomination in Ottawa South, McGuinty stronghold

  • Huda Mukbil, a national security expert and former senior intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), is seeking the NDP nomination in
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 5, 2021
Former senior intelligence officer with CSIS Huda Mukbil is seeking the nomination of the NDP to run in the next federal election in Ottawa South. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Former CSIS intelligence officer seeking NDP nomination in Ottawa South, McGuinty stronghold

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 5, 2021
  • Huda Mukbil, a national security expert and former senior intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), is seeking the NDP nomination in

Former CSIS intelligence officer seeking NDP nomination in Ottawa South, McGuinty stronghold

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 5, 2021
  • Huda Mukbil, a national security expert and former senior intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), is seeking the NDP nomination in
Former senior intelligence officer with CSIS Huda Mukbil is seeking the nomination of the NDP to run in the next federal election in Ottawa South. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Politics This Morning: Liberals up in polls as Canada turns corner on vaccinations; what’s next for net-zero climate bill

  • Good Monday morning, After 15 months of living through an often upside-down world, many Canadians embraced our summer break last weekend, catching up with
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson pictured speaking with reporters in February 2020. The legal changes brought in under Bill C-12 will require the government to set emissions reduction targets for the years 2030, 2035, 2040, and 2045. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Liberals up in polls as Canada turns corner on vaccinations; what’s next for net-zero climate bill

  • Good Monday morning, After 15 months of living through an often upside-down world, many Canadians embraced our summer break last weekend, catching up with

Politics This Morning: Liberals up in polls as Canada turns corner on vaccinations; what’s next for net-zero climate bill

  • Good Monday morning, After 15 months of living through an often upside-down world, many Canadians embraced our summer break last weekend, catching up with
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson pictured speaking with reporters in February 2020. The legal changes brought in under Bill C-12 will require the government to set emissions reduction targets for the years 2030, 2035, 2040, and 2045. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Parliamentarians call for audit of personal, financial connections Hong Kong officials may have in Canada

  • Just days before the one-year mark since China implemented a national security law for Hong Kong, a group of 20 Parliamentarians wrote Foreign Affairs
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2021
Liberal MP John McKay, left, Conservative MP and his party's defence critic James Bezan, right. Mr. Bezan said he will always stand with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Parliamentarians call for audit of personal, financial connections Hong Kong officials may have in Canada

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2021
  • Just days before the one-year mark since China implemented a national security law for Hong Kong, a group of 20 Parliamentarians wrote Foreign Affairs

Parliamentarians call for audit of personal, financial connections Hong Kong officials may have in Canada

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 1, 2021
  • Just days before the one-year mark since China implemented a national security law for Hong Kong, a group of 20 Parliamentarians wrote Foreign Affairs
Liberal MP John McKay, left, Conservative MP and his party's defence critic James Bezan, right. Mr. Bezan said he will always stand with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Garneau heads to Jordan, Israel, West Bank following G20 ministerial meetings

  • Good Wednesday morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau is set to visit Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank on a multi-day trip through the
Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau pictured speaking to the media in March 2020. Mr. Garneau met with his counterparts from France, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore and Spain earlier this week, and is scheduled to head to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank in the days to come. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Garneau heads to Jordan, Israel, West Bank following G20 ministerial meetings

  • Good Wednesday morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau is set to visit Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank on a multi-day trip through the

Politics This Morning: Garneau heads to Jordan, Israel, West Bank following G20 ministerial meetings

  • Good Wednesday morning, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau is set to visit Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank on a multi-day trip through the
Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau pictured speaking to the media in March 2020. Mr. Garneau met with his counterparts from France, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore and Spain earlier this week, and is scheduled to head to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank in the days to come. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

McKenna to fight climate change ‘outside’ of federal politics, says she’s done what she ‘came to do’ after two terms heading environment, infrastructure

  • Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says she’s ready to work for change outside of federal politics and after six years in office she’s done what
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 28, 2021
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna cycled along Rideau Canal Western Pathway to meet reporters on June 28, where she announced she would not be running for re-election in Ottawa-Centre, Ont. Ms. McKenna was first elected in 2015, after which she soon became environment minister, a post she held until 2019 when she switched to the infrastructure file. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

McKenna to fight climate change ‘outside’ of federal politics, says she’s done what she ‘came to do’ after two terms heading environment, infrastructure

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 28, 2021
  • Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says she’s ready to work for change outside of federal politics and after six years in office she’s done what

McKenna to fight climate change ‘outside’ of federal politics, says she’s done what she ‘came to do’ after two terms heading environment, infrastructure

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 28, 2021
  • Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says she’s ready to work for change outside of federal politics and after six years in office she’s done what
Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna cycled along Rideau Canal Western Pathway to meet reporters on June 28, where she announced she would not be running for re-election in Ottawa-Centre, Ont. Ms. McKenna was first elected in 2015, after which she soon became environment minister, a post she held until 2019 when she switched to the infrastructure file. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Hill media want better access to PM, government officials amid continued public health restrictions

  • Members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery say they want better access to the prime minister and cabinet ministers, once everyone has had their second
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 28, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 22, 2021, entering Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Recently retired Le Devoir columnist Manon Cornellier says over her 36 years on the Hill she's seen a degradation of media access to the political players, including to the current government. Photograph courtesy of The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick/POOL

Hill media want better access to PM, government officials amid continued public health restrictions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 28, 2021
  • Members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery say they want better access to the prime minister and cabinet ministers, once everyone has had their second

Hill media want better access to PM, government officials amid continued public health restrictions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 28, 2021
  • Members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery say they want better access to the prime minister and cabinet ministers, once everyone has had their second
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 22, 2021, entering Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Recently retired Le Devoir columnist Manon Cornellier says over her 36 years on the Hill she's seen a degradation of media access to the political players, including to the current government. Photograph courtesy of The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick/POOL

Politics This Morning: Leaders, MPs square off one last time as scheduled House sittings wrap for summer

  • Good Thursday morning, With MPs now headed for the summer break and a fall election increasingly anticipated by politicos and the media alike, MPs
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. The three opposition leaders in Parliament used their last chance before summer recess to question the prime minister on a number of issues, including sexual misconduct in the military as well as economic support for Canadians in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Leaders, MPs square off one last time as scheduled House sittings wrap for summer

  • Good Thursday morning, With MPs now headed for the summer break and a fall election increasingly anticipated by politicos and the media alike, MPs

Politics This Morning: Leaders, MPs square off one last time as scheduled House sittings wrap for summer

  • Good Thursday morning, With MPs now headed for the summer break and a fall election increasingly anticipated by politicos and the media alike, MPs
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. The three opposition leaders in Parliament used their last chance before summer recess to question the prime minister on a number of issues, including sexual misconduct in the military as well as economic support for Canadians in the midst of the ongoing pandemic. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

CRA audits disproportionately targeted Muslim charities for years, says civil liberties group

  • Muslim charities have been disproportionately targeted for audits by the Canada Revenue Agency for just under two decades, according to a recent report from
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 23, 2021
Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier, left, and Tim McSorley, national co-ordinator of the Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, right. Mr. McSorley said his organization was approached by a number of people in the Muslim community who work within the charitable sector complaining about the Canada Revenue Agency, which Ms. Lebouthillier oversees. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Twitter

CRA audits disproportionately targeted Muslim charities for years, says civil liberties group

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 23, 2021
  • Muslim charities have been disproportionately targeted for audits by the Canada Revenue Agency for just under two decades, according to a recent report from

CRA audits disproportionately targeted Muslim charities for years, says civil liberties group

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 23, 2021
  • Muslim charities have been disproportionately targeted for audits by the Canada Revenue Agency for just under two decades, according to a recent report from
Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier, left, and Tim McSorley, national co-ordinator of the Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, right. Mr. McSorley said his organization was approached by a number of people in the Muslim community who work within the charitable sector complaining about the Canada Revenue Agency, which Ms. Lebouthillier oversees. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Twitter

Public Service Employee Survey results show increase in job satisfaction, awareness of mental health supports amid COVID-19 pandemic

  • Canada’s federal public service employees reported higher levels of job satisfaction, meaningful recognition for their work, and psychological health in the workplace last year,
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 21, 2021
Treasury Board Board Jean-Yves Duclos pictured speaking with reporters on Nov. 27, 2020 in Ottawa. Mr. Duclos said the government wants any back to workplace process to be 'fully collaborative and fully adapted again to the realities of department, the realities of community, and the reality of public servants themselves.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Public Service Employee Survey results show increase in job satisfaction, awareness of mental health supports amid COVID-19 pandemic

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 21, 2021
  • Canada’s federal public service employees reported higher levels of job satisfaction, meaningful recognition for their work, and psychological health in the workplace last year,

Public Service Employee Survey results show increase in job satisfaction, awareness of mental health supports amid COVID-19 pandemic

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 21, 2021
  • Canada’s federal public service employees reported higher levels of job satisfaction, meaningful recognition for their work, and psychological health in the workplace last year,
Treasury Board Board Jean-Yves Duclos pictured speaking with reporters on Nov. 27, 2020 in Ottawa. Mr. Duclos said the government wants any back to workplace process to be 'fully collaborative and fully adapted again to the realities of department, the realities of community, and the reality of public servants themselves.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

CBSA workers to start strike votes this week amid Canada-U.S. talks on easing border restrictions

  • Canada Border Service Agency workers, who have not had a new contract in just under three years, are set to kick off strike votes
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 15, 2021
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, from left, Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. More than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers will be commencing strike votes this week, after working without a new collective bargaining agreement for nearly three years. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

CBSA workers to start strike votes this week amid Canada-U.S. talks on easing border restrictions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 15, 2021
  • Canada Border Service Agency workers, who have not had a new contract in just under three years, are set to kick off strike votes

CBSA workers to start strike votes this week amid Canada-U.S. talks on easing border restrictions

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 15, 2021
  • Canada Border Service Agency workers, who have not had a new contract in just under three years, are set to kick off strike votes
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, from left, Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair. More than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers will be commencing strike votes this week, after working without a new collective bargaining agreement for nearly three years. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada should revoke diplomatic relations with Holy See if Catholic Church won’t apologize for residential schools; and church should be subpoenaed, search warrants issued, says NDP MP Green

  • Pope Francis and the Catholic Church should play a role in Canada’s truth and reconciliation after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 14, 2021
NDP MPs Matthew Green, left, Leah Gazan, centre, and Charlie Angus, right. Ms. Gazan says she hopes Pope Francis will listen to calls and come on Canadian soil and apologize to residential schools and their families. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada should revoke diplomatic relations with Holy See if Catholic Church won’t apologize for residential schools; and church should be subpoenaed, search warrants issued, says NDP MP Green

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 14, 2021
  • Pope Francis and the Catholic Church should play a role in Canada’s truth and reconciliation after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered

Canada should revoke diplomatic relations with Holy See if Catholic Church won’t apologize for residential schools; and church should be subpoenaed, search warrants issued, says NDP MP Green

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 14, 2021
  • Pope Francis and the Catholic Church should play a role in Canada’s truth and reconciliation after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered
NDP MPs Matthew Green, left, Leah Gazan, centre, and Charlie Angus, right. Ms. Gazan says she hopes Pope Francis will listen to calls and come on Canadian soil and apologize to residential schools and their families. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

National security threats ‘greater than ever,’ Canada must ‘step up its game,’ says PM’s adviser

  • As Canada grapples with increasing threats from state and non-state actors, pandemics, and accelerating climate change, Canada’s national security and intelligence community “needs to
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 9, 2021
Vincent Rigby, left, is national security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right. Mr. Rigby provides policy, operational, and intelligence advice to Mr. Trudeau and the cabinet on issues related to Canada's national security. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

National security threats ‘greater than ever,’ Canada must ‘step up its game,’ says PM’s adviser

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 9, 2021
  • As Canada grapples with increasing threats from state and non-state actors, pandemics, and accelerating climate change, Canada’s national security and intelligence community “needs to

National security threats ‘greater than ever,’ Canada must ‘step up its game,’ says PM’s adviser

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 9, 2021
  • As Canada grapples with increasing threats from state and non-state actors, pandemics, and accelerating climate change, Canada’s national security and intelligence community “needs to
Vincent Rigby, left, is national security and intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right. Mr. Rigby provides policy, operational, and intelligence advice to Mr. Trudeau and the cabinet on issues related to Canada's national security. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau calls attack on Muslim family an ‘act of terrorism,’ attends vigil for victims in London, Ont.

  • Good Wednesday morning, Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the June 6 attack on members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., an “act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a vigil on Tuesday for a Muslim family of four who were killed in a June 6 attack in London, Ont. He said the government 'will continue doing everything we can to fight violence in every form.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau calls attack on Muslim family an ‘act of terrorism,’ attends vigil for victims in London, Ont.

  • Good Wednesday morning, Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the June 6 attack on members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., an “act

Politics This Morning: Trudeau calls attack on Muslim family an ‘act of terrorism,’ attends vigil for victims in London, Ont.

  • Good Wednesday morning, Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the June 6 attack on members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., an “act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended a vigil on Tuesday for a Muslim family of four who were killed in a June 6 attack in London, Ont. He said the government 'will continue doing everything we can to fight violence in every form.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

It’s time Canadians, government finally deal with and embrace truth and reconciliation, says Bellegarde

  • The discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children close to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia two weeks ago has
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 7, 2021
The 215 pairs of shoes, pictured on June 3, 2021, were placed on the Hill to honour the 215 Indigenous children found in the mass grave two weeks ago in Kamloops, B.C., near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

It’s time Canadians, government finally deal with and embrace truth and reconciliation, says Bellegarde

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 7, 2021
  • The discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children close to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia two weeks ago has

It’s time Canadians, government finally deal with and embrace truth and reconciliation, says Bellegarde

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 7, 2021
  • The discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children close to the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia two weeks ago has
The 215 pairs of shoes, pictured on June 3, 2021, were placed on the Hill to honour the 215 Indigenous children found in the mass grave two weeks ago in Kamloops, B.C., near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Politics This Morning: $27-million to be urgently distributed to help Indigenous communities locate, memorialize children lost while attending residential schools

  • Good Thursday morning, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, joined by Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller as well as Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal,
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, left, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal. The federal government 'shall continue to work with survivors and their families, communities, and other partners to locate, to identify and to memorialize the missing children and the burial places,' said Mr. Vandal in a June 2 press conference. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: $27-million to be urgently distributed to help Indigenous communities locate, memorialize children lost while attending residential schools

  • Good Thursday morning, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, joined by Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller as well as Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal,

Politics This Morning: $27-million to be urgently distributed to help Indigenous communities locate, memorialize children lost while attending residential schools

  • Good Thursday morning, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, joined by Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller as well as Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal,
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, left, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, and Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal. The federal government 'shall continue to work with survivors and their families, communities, and other partners to locate, to identify and to memorialize the missing children and the burial places,' said Mr. Vandal in a June 2 press conference. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

MPs, leaders reckon with Canada’s ‘dark and painful’ history in House debate on remains discovered of 215 Indigenous children at B.C. residential school

  • Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately accelerate work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action on
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 2, 2021
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. 'We’re not just talking about 215 children over there, near Kamloops," said Mr. Blanchet in Parliament on June 1. "We’re talking potentially about thousands and thousands of children." The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

MPs, leaders reckon with Canada’s ‘dark and painful’ history in House debate on remains discovered of 215 Indigenous children at B.C. residential school

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 2, 2021
  • Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately accelerate work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action on

MPs, leaders reckon with Canada’s ‘dark and painful’ history in House debate on remains discovered of 215 Indigenous children at B.C. residential school

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 2, 2021
  • Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately accelerate work on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action on
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. 'We’re not just talking about 215 children over there, near Kamloops," said Mr. Blanchet in Parliament on June 1. "We’re talking potentially about thousands and thousands of children." The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Flags on Parliament Hill to fly at half-mast; Canada seeing seeing ‘strong and steady declines in disease trends’

  • Good Monday morning, Flags on Parliament Hill will fly at half mast on Monday in memory of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett pictured speaking to reporters on Dec. 4, 2019. Ms. Bennett and Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller say that the mistreatment of Indigenous children is a 'tragic and shameful part of Canada’s history' and that residential schools were part of 'a colonial policy' that removed Indigenous children from their communities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Flags on Parliament Hill to fly at half-mast; Canada seeing seeing ‘strong and steady declines in disease trends’

  • Good Monday morning, Flags on Parliament Hill will fly at half mast on Monday in memory of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were

Politics This Morning: Flags on Parliament Hill to fly at half-mast; Canada seeing seeing ‘strong and steady declines in disease trends’

  • Good Monday morning, Flags on Parliament Hill will fly at half mast on Monday in memory of the 215 Indigenous children whose remains were
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett pictured speaking to reporters on Dec. 4, 2019. Ms. Bennett and Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller say that the mistreatment of Indigenous children is a 'tragic and shameful part of Canada’s history' and that residential schools were part of 'a colonial policy' that removed Indigenous children from their communities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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