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U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Prime Minister Mark Carney outside of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2025. Trump may be choosing to first threaten Canada over its digital services tax in order to scare European countries with the same plan, writes Errol P. Mendes. Official White House photograph courtesy of Gabriel B. Kotico
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
In a press conference on June 20, 2025, in the West Block, Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, said his government would organize full-day summits with Indigenous rights holders, leadership and experts, that will take place this summer, to discuss Bill C-5. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, left, also spoke at the press conference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY JAMIE CARROLL | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
In a press conference on June 20, 2025, in the West Block, Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, said his government would organize full-day summits with Indigenous rights holders, leadership and experts, that will take place this summer, to discuss Bill C-5. Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty, left, also spoke at the press conference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The challenge for the Carney government is to get Canada's banks and other financial institutions to think beyond pipelines to new sources of economic growth that are based on ideas, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 27, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne at a press conference in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The challenge for the Carney government is to get Canada's banks and other financial institutions to think beyond pipelines to new sources of economic growth that are based on ideas, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 26, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney's One Canadian Economy Act, which the government has touted as a necessary solution to kickstart Canada's economy, has passed the Senate after only two days of debate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 26, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 26, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney's One Canadian Economy Act, which the government has touted as a necessary solution to kickstart Canada's economy, has passed the Senate after only two days of debate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. In his new book, Andrew Coyne says he tries to show that centralized power is ‘worse here than in other countries.’
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 26, 2025
FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW | June 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney. In his new book, Andrew Coyne says he tries to show that centralized power is ‘worse here than in other countries.’
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
The Liberal caucus gathered on Jan. 24 for a second day of meetings, including, pictured top left and clockwise, Taleeb Noormohamed, Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Indigenous Services Minister Patti Hajdu, Francis Drouin, Charles Sousa, and Pam Damoff. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
The Liberal caucus gathered on Jan. 24 for a second day of meetings, including, pictured top left and clockwise, Taleeb Noormohamed, Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Indigenous Services Minister Patti Hajdu, Francis Drouin, Charles Sousa, and Pam Damoff. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 24, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 23, 2025
Chrystia Freeland
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland scrums with reporters outside the Liberal caucus retreat on Jan. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 23, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | January 23, 2025
Chrystia Freeland
Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland scrums with reporters outside the Liberal caucus retreat on Jan. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 23, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, centre, needs to adjust his talking points with Liberal leadership front-runners Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland now in the mix, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 23, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | January 23, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, centre, needs to adjust his talking points with Liberal leadership front-runners Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland now in the mix, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, and illustration by Joey Sabourin
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | January 23, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, who supports leadership candidate Mark Carney, scrums with reporters outside the Liberal caucus' winter retreat in the West Block on Jan. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | January 23, 2025
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | January 23, 2025
Mélanie Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, who supports leadership candidate Mark Carney, scrums with reporters outside the Liberal caucus' winter retreat in the West Block on Jan. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | January 22, 2025
Liberal leadershi candidates
The Liberal leadership contenders: Chrystia Freeland, top left, Mark Carney, Frank Baylis, and Karina Gould. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | January 22, 2025
News | BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | January 22, 2025
Liberal leadershi candidates
The Liberal leadership contenders: Chrystia Freeland, top left, Mark Carney, Frank Baylis, and Karina Gould. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 22, 2025
Frank Baylis
Someone has to offer new ideas, empathy, and business acumen as we face off in a trade war with the United States, and that person could be Frank Baylis, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 22, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 22, 2025
Frank Baylis
Someone has to offer new ideas, empathy, and business acumen as we face off in a trade war with the United States, and that person could be Frank Baylis, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 22, 2025
Liberal Cabinet staffers in the West Block.
Liberal cabinet staffers wait for their bosses outside a meeting in the West Block during the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 22, 2025
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 22, 2025
Liberal Cabinet staffers in the West Block.
Liberal cabinet staffers wait for their bosses outside a meeting in the West Block during the COVID-19 pandemic in November 2021. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 22, 2025
There’s a determined effort from Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, left, Chrystia Freeland, and Karina Gould to define the national ballot question as who is best able to deal with United States President Donald Trump, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 22, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 22, 2025
There’s a determined effort from Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, left, Chrystia Freeland, and Karina Gould to define the national ballot question as who is best able to deal with United States President Donald Trump, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 22, 2025
In a digital-first political landscape, the road to victory in the Liberal leadership contest and the next federal election will be paved online, where authenticity, accessibility, and engagement are king, say observers. Screenshots courtesy of YouTube, and The Hill Times illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 22, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | January 22, 2025
In a digital-first political landscape, the road to victory in the Liberal leadership contest and the next federal election will be paved online, where authenticity, accessibility, and engagement are king, say observers. Screenshots courtesy of YouTube, and The Hill Times illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH, KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025. Screenshot from PBS News
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH, KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH, KATE MALLOY | January 20, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump being sworn into office as the 47th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2025. Screenshot from PBS News
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 20, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2022, said he planned to make good on his threat of imposing a 25-per-cent levy on Canadian goods, suggesting they could come on Feb. 1. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 20, 2025
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 20, 2025
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2022, said he planned to make good on his threat of imposing a 25-per-cent levy on Canadian goods, suggesting they could come on Feb. 1. Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr