Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Latest Paper
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | Latest Paper
Subscribe Now

TRENDING:

Nick Taylor Vaisey

Carney unveils his post-election cabinet

  • Plus, the PM has approved another $33-billion to keep the government running.
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 13, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet will be sworn in at Rideau Hall today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney unveils his post-election cabinet

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 13, 2025
  • Plus, the PM has approved another $33-billion to keep the government running.

Carney unveils his post-election cabinet

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | May 13, 2025
  • Plus, the PM has approved another $33-billion to keep the government running.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet will be sworn in at Rideau Hall today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Rock bottom’: former MPs reflect on election losses, and navigating ‘purgatory’ as they transition to life out of office

  • Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 12, 2025
Former MPs Maryam Monsef, left, Mike Morrice, Alistair MacGregor, and Nelly Shin, speak about their experiences moving out of public office, following their defeats this election for Morrice and MacGregor and in 2021 for Monsef and Shin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

‘Rock bottom’: former MPs reflect on election losses, and navigating ‘purgatory’ as they transition to life out of office

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 12, 2025
  • Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to

‘Rock bottom’: former MPs reflect on election losses, and navigating ‘purgatory’ as they transition to life out of office

News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 12, 2025
  • Two weeks after the election, at least 40 outgoing incumbent MPs are in the process of packing up their offices and saying goodbye to
Former MPs Maryam Monsef, left, Mike Morrice, Alistair MacGregor, and Nelly Shin, speak about their experiences moving out of public office, following their defeats this election for Morrice and MacGregor and in 2021 for Monsef and Shin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden

  • This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is 'not so good at providing a benefit to the
News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to hit NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of GDP by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 12, 2025
  • This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is 'not so good at providing a benefit to the

Canada can’t survive without alliances—and friendship isn’t free, says former CSIS head Fadden

News | BY MARLO GLASS | May 12, 2025
  • This country talks a good game about things like meeting the NATO target, but is 'not so good at providing a benefit to the
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to hit NATO's defence spending target of two per cent of GDP by 2030. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A time for action: supporting Indigenous access to naturopathic medicine

  • Naturopathic care offers a proven approach to addressing health-care crises disproportionately affecting Indigenous people.
Opinion | BY GEMMA BEIERBACK, JENNY GARDIPY | May 12, 2025
Naturopathic doctors are a key part of a holistic, modern health-care system, providing evidence-based care that intentionally holds space for traditional knowledge, write Gemma Beierback, and Jenny Gardipy. Unsplash photograph by Content Pixie

A time for action: supporting Indigenous access to naturopathic medicine

Opinion | BY GEMMA BEIERBACK, JENNY GARDIPY | May 12, 2025
  • Naturopathic care offers a proven approach to addressing health-care crises disproportionately affecting Indigenous people.

A time for action: supporting Indigenous access to naturopathic medicine

Opinion | BY GEMMA BEIERBACK, JENNY GARDIPY | May 12, 2025
  • Naturopathic care offers a proven approach to addressing health-care crises disproportionately affecting Indigenous people.
Naturopathic doctors are a key part of a holistic, modern health-care system, providing evidence-based care that intentionally holds space for traditional knowledge, write Gemma Beierback, and Jenny Gardipy. Unsplash photograph by Content Pixie

The 58 tightest races in Canada, won by five per cent margins or less

  • The first- and second-place finishers in 58 ridings were separated by margins of under five per cent of the votes between them, based on
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
Top 10 tightest races in Canada: From top left, Anthony Germain (Liberal), Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal), Tatiana Auguste (Liberal), Kathy Borrelli (Conservative), Don Davies (NDP), Kelly DeRidder (Conservative), Tim Louis (Liberal), Andréanne Larouche (Bloc), Gabriel Hardy (Conservative), and Lori Idlout (NDP). Photographs courtesy of the Liberal Party, Conservative party, Bloc Québécois, and The Hill Time photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

The 58 tightest races in Canada, won by five per cent margins or less

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The first- and second-place finishers in 58 ridings were separated by margins of under five per cent of the votes between them, based on

The 58 tightest races in Canada, won by five per cent margins or less

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The first- and second-place finishers in 58 ridings were separated by margins of under five per cent of the votes between them, based on
Top 10 tightest races in Canada: From top left, Anthony Germain (Liberal), Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal), Tatiana Auguste (Liberal), Kathy Borrelli (Conservative), Don Davies (NDP), Kelly DeRidder (Conservative), Tim Louis (Liberal), Andréanne Larouche (Bloc), Gabriel Hardy (Conservative), and Lori Idlout (NDP). Photographs courtesy of the Liberal Party, Conservative party, Bloc Québécois, and The Hill Time photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

  • This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.
Opinion | BY JOSH MARANDO | May 12, 2025
The story of this election isn’t that young Canadians abandoned progressivism. It’s that they’re more open to political alternatives than they’ve been in years, writes Josh Marando. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

Opinion | BY JOSH MARANDO | May 12, 2025
  • This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.

No, young Canadians haven’t flocked to the Conservatives

Opinion | BY JOSH MARANDO | May 12, 2025
  • This isn’t about a sudden ideological turn. It’s about the pressures shaping how young Canadians engage with politics.
The story of this election isn’t that young Canadians abandoned progressivism. It’s that they’re more open to political alternatives than they’ve been in years, writes Josh Marando. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Carney plays the straight man in Trump’s reality TV fiasco

  • Better for the prime minister to glance at the camera every now and then than to join Trump and his associates in the mud.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 12, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on May 6. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Carney plays the straight man in Trump’s reality TV fiasco

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 12, 2025
  • Better for the prime minister to glance at the camera every now and then than to join Trump and his associates in the mud.

Carney plays the straight man in Trump’s reality TV fiasco

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | May 12, 2025
  • Better for the prime minister to glance at the camera every now and then than to join Trump and his associates in the mud.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney met with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on May 6. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

  • The 'Trump factor' will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged in March to address the housing crisis by unleashing 'the power of public/private co-operation at a scale not seen in generations.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The 'Trump factor' will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | May 12, 2025
  • The 'Trump factor' will likely influence the industries Prime Minister Mark Carney will be trying to help right away, including automotive, steel and aluminium.
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged in March to address the housing crisis by unleashing 'the power of public/private co-operation at a scale not seen in generations.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall

  • Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV's Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins
FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 12, 2025
Mollie Anderson, left, and her uncle Rick Anderson at the Jaimie Anderson fundraiser at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, Que., in 2016. For this year's fundraiser, Mollie Anderson is organizing a political film festival in Ottawa with her father, Bruce. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 12, 2025
  • Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV's Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins

REEL Politics Film Festival coming to Ottawa this fall

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | May 12, 2025
  • Also, ex-Liberal MP John McKay predicts the Carney honeymoon will last six months, CTV's Mercedes Stephenson is having a baby, and Marlo Glass joins
Mollie Anderson, left, and her uncle Rick Anderson at the Jaimie Anderson fundraiser at the Black Sheep Inn in Wakefield, Que., in 2016. For this year's fundraiser, Mollie Anderson is organizing a political film festival in Ottawa with her father, Bruce. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

CADSI paying Pompeo to headline CANSEC in Ottawa, hopes he can shed light on defence and security ‘from the American side’

  • CADSI's Nicholas Todd told The Hill Times that Mike Pompeo is expected to provide his personal insights into what defence and security in Canada's
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
Mike Pompeo, pictured when he was U.S. Secretary of State in Ottawa for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 22, 2019, will be back in town to headline CANSEC on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

CADSI paying Pompeo to headline CANSEC in Ottawa, hopes he can shed light on defence and security ‘from the American side’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
  • CADSI's Nicholas Todd told The Hill Times that Mike Pompeo is expected to provide his personal insights into what defence and security in Canada's

CADSI paying Pompeo to headline CANSEC in Ottawa, hopes he can shed light on defence and security ‘from the American side’

News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
  • CADSI's Nicholas Todd told The Hill Times that Mike Pompeo is expected to provide his personal insights into what defence and security in Canada's
Mike Pompeo, pictured when he was U.S. Secretary of State in Ottawa for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 22, 2019, will be back in town to headline CANSEC on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney pulls off mission impossible

  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico

Carney pulls off mission impossible

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals

Carney pulls off mission impossible

Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | May 12, 2025
  • In Carney’s world, two plus two always equals four. In banking and finance, facts matter. In the navel-gazing nightmare of intuitive Trumpism, two plus two equals
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Photograph courtesy of Official White House photographer Gabriel B. Kotico

Smith wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada

  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled early that she would be following the Quebec separatist path of obfuscating the facts and promising what she cannot
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 12, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continually claims to believe in Canada, but she moved recently to lower the bar for referenda and permit referendum funding by unions and corporations, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Smith wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 12, 2025
  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled early that she would be following the Quebec separatist path of obfuscating the facts and promising what she cannot

Smith wants a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada

Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 12, 2025
  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signalled early that she would be following the Quebec separatist path of obfuscating the facts and promising what she cannot
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith continually claims to believe in Canada, but she moved recently to lower the bar for referenda and permit referendum funding by unions and corporations, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

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

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

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

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

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

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

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

New Democrats have a bumpy, but worthwhile, road ahead

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

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

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

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

Veterans Affairs needs stable leadership

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

Politics This Morning: Trudeau starts roadtrip in Kigali

  • Good Wednesday morning, Parliamentarians are wrapping up their legislative work this week, but Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU has already taken his leave.  Trudeau is
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured greeting school children touring Parliament Hill earlier this month. Trudeau is in Kigali, Rwanda today for a meeting of Commonwealth nations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Trudeau starts roadtrip in Kigali

  • Good Wednesday morning, Parliamentarians are wrapping up their legislative work this week, but Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU has already taken his leave.  Trudeau is

Politics This Morning: Trudeau starts roadtrip in Kigali

  • Good Wednesday morning, Parliamentarians are wrapping up their legislative work this week, but Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU has already taken his leave.  Trudeau is
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured greeting school children touring Parliament Hill earlier this month. Trudeau is in Kigali, Rwanda today for a meeting of Commonwealth nations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Trudeau’s ignominious Charter legacy

  • In a recent column, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair did not go far enough. When a country is founded, one of the very first
Opinion | June 22, 2022

Trudeau’s ignominious Charter legacy

Opinion | June 22, 2022
  • In a recent column, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair did not go far enough. When a country is founded, one of the very first

Trudeau’s ignominious Charter legacy

Opinion | June 22, 2022
  • In a recent column, former NDP leader Tom Mulcair did not go far enough. When a country is founded, one of the very first

Reputation a real risk to justify Emergencies Act, say experts, but opposition decries lack of receipts

  • The threat to Canada’s reputation as a reliable trading partner was a key concern leading to the invocation of the Emergencies Act, Deputy Prime
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 22, 2022
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland told the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency on June 14, that the threat to Canada's reputation as a reliable trading partner motivated the government to invoke the Emergencies Act. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Reputation a real risk to justify Emergencies Act, say experts, but opposition decries lack of receipts

News | BY STUART BENSON | June 22, 2022
  • The threat to Canada’s reputation as a reliable trading partner was a key concern leading to the invocation of the Emergencies Act, Deputy Prime

Reputation a real risk to justify Emergencies Act, say experts, but opposition decries lack of receipts

News | BY STUART BENSON | June 22, 2022
  • The threat to Canada’s reputation as a reliable trading partner was a key concern leading to the invocation of the Emergencies Act, Deputy Prime
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland told the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency on June 14, that the threat to Canada's reputation as a reliable trading partner motivated the government to invoke the Emergencies Act. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Coming years will bring questions over limits of protest and assembly, says Liberal MP Anandasangaree

  • Amid a strong police response to land defenders in B.C. and after the slow-moving shutdown of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, the federal justice
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 22, 2022
Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree says Canada needs to consider whether there are limits to the right to peaceful protest, and if so, where that line should be drawn, including whether protests based on hate are 'appropriate.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Coming years will bring questions over limits of protest and assembly, says Liberal MP Anandasangaree

News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 22, 2022
  • Amid a strong police response to land defenders in B.C. and after the slow-moving shutdown of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, the federal justice

Coming years will bring questions over limits of protest and assembly, says Liberal MP Anandasangaree

News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 22, 2022
  • Amid a strong police response to land defenders in B.C. and after the slow-moving shutdown of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, the federal justice
Liberal MP Gary Anandasangaree says Canada needs to consider whether there are limits to the right to peaceful protest, and if so, where that line should be drawn, including whether protests based on hate are 'appropriate.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Are we ready for Canada’s biggest economic driver to get bigger?

  • The “care economy” is Canada’s most significant economic driver and affects the life of nearly every person in Canada. The physical, psychological, and emotional
Opinion | BY NDP MP BONITA ZARILLO, NAOMI LIGHTMAN | June 22, 2022
Our collective prejudice towards care has resulted in a shared belief that care work is unskilled work and therefore can receive low compensation, which is wrong, write Bonita Zarillo and Naomi Lightman. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Are we ready for Canada’s biggest economic driver to get bigger?

Opinion | BY NDP MP BONITA ZARILLO, NAOMI LIGHTMAN | June 22, 2022
  • The “care economy” is Canada’s most significant economic driver and affects the life of nearly every person in Canada. The physical, psychological, and emotional

Are we ready for Canada’s biggest economic driver to get bigger?

Opinion | BY NDP MP BONITA ZARILLO, NAOMI LIGHTMAN | June 22, 2022
  • The “care economy” is Canada’s most significant economic driver and affects the life of nearly every person in Canada. The physical, psychological, and emotional
Our collective prejudice towards care has resulted in a shared belief that care work is unskilled work and therefore can receive low compensation, which is wrong, write Bonita Zarillo and Naomi Lightman. Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Hybrid House isn’t friendly to all

  • For years and consecutive Parliaments, MPs have been tossing around the aspirational goal of having a more “family-friendly” House of Commons, all with an
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 22, 2022
Government House Leader Mark Holland is pushing for a year-long extension to the hybrid House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Hybrid House isn’t friendly to all

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 22, 2022
  • For years and consecutive Parliaments, MPs have been tossing around the aspirational goal of having a more “family-friendly” House of Commons, all with an

Hybrid House isn’t friendly to all

Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 22, 2022
  • For years and consecutive Parliaments, MPs have been tossing around the aspirational goal of having a more “family-friendly” House of Commons, all with an
Government House Leader Mark Holland is pushing for a year-long extension to the hybrid House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

Algonquin elder Claudette Commanda, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed sign stones on arrival at a National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Mādahòkì Farm in Ottawa on June 21, 2022. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day

Algonquin elder Claudette Commanda, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed sign stones on arrival at a National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Mādahòkì Farm in Ottawa on June 21, 2022. The Hill Times photograph Andrew Meade

‘We will have another situation at some point’: politicians, experts eye fix to ‘disturbing’ security trends

  • National security experts, including the former national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, say increasing threats to politicians are “reflective, unfortunately, of
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 21, 2022
Ontario Provincial Police move in on Wellington Street on Feb. 17, 2022, as the Freedom Convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa entered its third week. Police are expecting more protests during Canada Day celebrations and throughout the summer in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘We will have another situation at some point’: politicians, experts eye fix to ‘disturbing’ security trends

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 21, 2022
  • National security experts, including the former national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, say increasing threats to politicians are “reflective, unfortunately, of

‘We will have another situation at some point’: politicians, experts eye fix to ‘disturbing’ security trends

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 21, 2022
  • National security experts, including the former national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, say increasing threats to politicians are “reflective, unfortunately, of
Ontario Provincial Police move in on Wellington Street on Feb. 17, 2022, as the Freedom Convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa entered its third week. Police are expecting more protests during Canada Day celebrations and throughout the summer in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Committees on camera: star witnesses put House meetings in spotlight

  • Then-Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev speaks with reporters before the Special Canada-China Relations Committee meeting on Jan. 20, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by

Committees on camera: star witnesses put House meetings in spotlight

  • Then-Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev speaks with reporters before the Special Canada-China Relations Committee meeting on Jan. 20, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by

Committees on camera: star witnesses put House meetings in spotlight

  • Then-Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev speaks with reporters before the Special Canada-China Relations Committee meeting on Jan. 20, 2020. The Hill Times photograph by

Politics This Morning: Liberals push for hybrid House for another year

  • Good Tuesday morning, Unless you are a House of Commons employee, that is; then it is probably a very disappointing morning, because you are
Government House Leader Mark Holland is pushing a motion this week that would keep the House of Commons operating in a hybrid virtual and in-person format for the next year. Holland's Liberals have support from the NDP, so the motion is expected to pass. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Politics This Morning: Liberals push for hybrid House for another year

  • Good Tuesday morning, Unless you are a House of Commons employee, that is; then it is probably a very disappointing morning, because you are

Politics This Morning: Liberals push for hybrid House for another year

  • Good Tuesday morning, Unless you are a House of Commons employee, that is; then it is probably a very disappointing morning, because you are
Government House Leader Mark Holland is pushing a motion this week that would keep the House of Commons operating in a hybrid virtual and in-person format for the next year. Holland's Liberals have support from the NDP, so the motion is expected to pass. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals ‘foot dragging’ on access to information fix with mandatory parliamentary review two years late, say Conservatives

  • Two years after a Liberal law designated a parliamentary review of the Access of Information Act to start, no House or Senate committee has
News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 20, 2022
A final report of the departmental review of the Access to Information Act is expected to be given to Treasury Board President Mona Fortier later this year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Liberals ‘foot dragging’ on access to information fix with mandatory parliamentary review two years late, say Conservatives

News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 20, 2022
  • Two years after a Liberal law designated a parliamentary review of the Access of Information Act to start, no House or Senate committee has

Liberals ‘foot dragging’ on access to information fix with mandatory parliamentary review two years late, say Conservatives

News | BY NEIL MOSS | June 20, 2022
  • Two years after a Liberal law designated a parliamentary review of the Access of Information Act to start, no House or Senate committee has
A final report of the departmental review of the Access to Information Act is expected to be given to Treasury Board President Mona Fortier later this year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘An idea whose time has come’: expand Hill precinct, says Fergus

  • Parliamentarians have an opportunity to make the Parliamentary Precinct safer by securing the area from those who would “sow chaos” and expanding the area
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 20, 2022
Liberal MP Greg Fergus says the Parliamentary Precinct boundary should extend across the Ottawa river to one of the main streets in Gatineau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘An idea whose time has come’: expand Hill precinct, says Fergus

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 20, 2022
  • Parliamentarians have an opportunity to make the Parliamentary Precinct safer by securing the area from those who would “sow chaos” and expanding the area

‘An idea whose time has come’: expand Hill precinct, says Fergus

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 20, 2022
  • Parliamentarians have an opportunity to make the Parliamentary Precinct safer by securing the area from those who would “sow chaos” and expanding the area
Liberal MP Greg Fergus says the Parliamentary Precinct boundary should extend across the Ottawa river to one of the main streets in Gatineau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Putin’s failure doesn’t mean a win for Ukrainians

  • OTTAWA—In the dumbed-down version of the war in Ukraine, an awkward truth simply overlooked is that many of those fighting alongside the Russian invaders
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | June 20, 2022
Now that Vladimir Putin has reduced his strategic goal to consolidating control over eastern and southern Ukraine, the courageous Ukrainian defenders will be hard pressed to recapture lost ground. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Putin’s failure doesn’t mean a win for Ukrainians

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | June 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—In the dumbed-down version of the war in Ukraine, an awkward truth simply overlooked is that many of those fighting alongside the Russian invaders

Putin’s failure doesn’t mean a win for Ukrainians

Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | June 20, 2022
  • OTTAWA—In the dumbed-down version of the war in Ukraine, an awkward truth simply overlooked is that many of those fighting alongside the Russian invaders
Now that Vladimir Putin has reduced his strategic goal to consolidating control over eastern and southern Ukraine, the courageous Ukrainian defenders will be hard pressed to recapture lost ground. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

It’s time to break the sexual and reproductive health stigma

  • The social stigma and taboo that surrounds sexual and reproductive health negatively impact the way we access health services and lead to a gap
Opinion | BY BAHAR RAFINEJAD-FARAHANI | June 20, 2022
Feeling ashamed to discuss our bodies openly results in a loss of autonomy over them and the way we access health services, writes Bahar Rafinejad-Farahani. Pexels photograph by Andrea Piacquadio

It’s time to break the sexual and reproductive health stigma

Opinion | BY BAHAR RAFINEJAD-FARAHANI | June 20, 2022
  • The social stigma and taboo that surrounds sexual and reproductive health negatively impact the way we access health services and lead to a gap

It’s time to break the sexual and reproductive health stigma

Opinion | BY BAHAR RAFINEJAD-FARAHANI | June 20, 2022
  • The social stigma and taboo that surrounds sexual and reproductive health negatively impact the way we access health services and lead to a gap
Feeling ashamed to discuss our bodies openly results in a loss of autonomy over them and the way we access health services, writes Bahar Rafinejad-Farahani. Pexels photograph by Andrea Piacquadio

Vandana Kattar-Miller among recent PMO exits

  • PMO director of operations, outreach, and planning Vandana Kattar-Miller left the top office, and the Hill, in late May. She spoke about her decision
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 20, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa during a visit by Chilean President Gabriel Boric on June 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Vandana Kattar-Miller among recent PMO exits

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 20, 2022
  • PMO director of operations, outreach, and planning Vandana Kattar-Miller left the top office, and the Hill, in late May. She spoke about her decision

Vandana Kattar-Miller among recent PMO exits

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 20, 2022
  • PMO director of operations, outreach, and planning Vandana Kattar-Miller left the top office, and the Hill, in late May. She spoke about her decision
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau makes an announcement at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa during a visit by Chilean President Gabriel Boric on June 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How did South Africa’s Ramaphosa get so rich?

  • Once upon a time (about four years ago), Cyril Ramaphosa was seen as South Africa’s last, best hope. Since the end of apartheid in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2022
Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the richest men in South Africa and is now under attack from all sides, getting tarred with the same corruption brush as predecessor Jacob Zuma, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Government of South Africa

How did South Africa’s Ramaphosa get so rich?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2022
  • Once upon a time (about four years ago), Cyril Ramaphosa was seen as South Africa’s last, best hope. Since the end of apartheid in

How did South Africa’s Ramaphosa get so rich?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2022
  • Once upon a time (about four years ago), Cyril Ramaphosa was seen as South Africa’s last, best hope. Since the end of apartheid in
Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the richest men in South Africa and is now under attack from all sides, getting tarred with the same corruption brush as predecessor Jacob Zuma, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Government of South Africa

Time for a hard, public look at national security to avoid democratic backsliding

  • While opposition MPs and media pundits spent days trying to turn the attendance of a Canadian protocol officer at a Russian embassy reception into
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 20, 2022
What appalled many Canadians about the trucker protests in Ottawa was not only the emergence of extremist groups, but the failure of police forces and other law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to deal with the protesters, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Time for a hard, public look at national security to avoid democratic backsliding

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 20, 2022
  • While opposition MPs and media pundits spent days trying to turn the attendance of a Canadian protocol officer at a Russian embassy reception into

Time for a hard, public look at national security to avoid democratic backsliding

Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 20, 2022
  • While opposition MPs and media pundits spent days trying to turn the attendance of a Canadian protocol officer at a Russian embassy reception into
What appalled many Canadians about the trucker protests in Ottawa was not only the emergence of extremist groups, but the failure of police forces and other law-enforcement and intelligence agencies to deal with the protesters, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Democratic duty and impact of war imbued chief architect’s design for Parliament Building

  • When Parliamentarians walk through the Parliament Building, everything they see serves to remind them that they must live up to the expectations of the
Opinion | BY JOHANNA MIZGALA | June 20, 2022
A drawing of the Peace Tower, left, by John Andrew Pearson, who is pictured in 1930. As Parliament's chief architect, Pearson stressed the importance of Parliamentarians’ work by ensuring that his artisans imbued the structural materials, decorative objects, and even the furniture with this weighty message, writes Johanna Mizgala Photographs courtesy of the House of Commons

Democratic duty and impact of war imbued chief architect’s design for Parliament Building

Opinion | BY JOHANNA MIZGALA | June 20, 2022
  • When Parliamentarians walk through the Parliament Building, everything they see serves to remind them that they must live up to the expectations of the

Democratic duty and impact of war imbued chief architect’s design for Parliament Building

Opinion | BY JOHANNA MIZGALA | June 20, 2022
  • When Parliamentarians walk through the Parliament Building, everything they see serves to remind them that they must live up to the expectations of the
A drawing of the Peace Tower, left, by John Andrew Pearson, who is pictured in 1930. As Parliament's chief architect, Pearson stressed the importance of Parliamentarians’ work by ensuring that his artisans imbued the structural materials, decorative objects, and even the furniture with this weighty message, writes Johanna Mizgala Photographs courtesy of the House of Commons

Photo of the Day

Liberal MP Greg Fergus rides an Escape Tours scooter after an announcement for Ottawa Bluesfest at the Canadian War Museum on June 16, 2022. The federal government announced $9.8-million for the July event as part of the Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative for southern Ontario. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Photo of the Day

Photo of the Day

Liberal MP Greg Fergus rides an Escape Tours scooter after an announcement for Ottawa Bluesfest at the Canadian War Museum on June 16, 2022. The federal government announced $9.8-million for the July event as part of the Major Festivals and Events Support Initiative for southern Ontario. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Massive reputational risk’: former Air Canada exec, strategists slam feds for sluggish response to expected travel surge in airports

  • Ongoing and highly-publicized delays in Canada’s international airports should have been foreseen by the federal government, according to a former Air Canada executive, and
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 20, 2022
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, pictured during a press conference on June 14, when the government outlined the lifting of vaccine mandates for domestic travellers, transportation workers and federal employees. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Massive reputational risk’: former Air Canada exec, strategists slam feds for sluggish response to expected travel surge in airports

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 20, 2022
  • Ongoing and highly-publicized delays in Canada’s international airports should have been foreseen by the federal government, according to a former Air Canada executive, and

‘Massive reputational risk’: former Air Canada exec, strategists slam feds for sluggish response to expected travel surge in airports

News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 20, 2022
  • Ongoing and highly-publicized delays in Canada’s international airports should have been foreseen by the federal government, according to a former Air Canada executive, and
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, pictured during a press conference on June 14, when the government outlined the lifting of vaccine mandates for domestic travellers, transportation workers and federal employees. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

News

Get free news updates

Opinion

Submit a guest opinion article

resources

Follow us

Advertise

get help

Subscribe
CloseMenu