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If Canada is serious that our way forward must be ‘principled and pragmatic,’ like Prime Minister Mark Carney said, then the path is clear: subject all Canadian weapons exports to the same scrutiny, writes Alex Neve. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard
News | BY MARLO GLASS | January 9, 2026
Chrystia Freeland, centre, at the March 2025 Liberal leadership announcement, said she would vacate her Toronto seat on Jan. 9, after being appointed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's economic development adviser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | January 9, 2026
News | BY MARLO GLASS | January 9, 2026
Chrystia Freeland, centre, at the March 2025 Liberal leadership announcement, said she would vacate her Toronto seat on Jan. 9, after being appointed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's economic development adviser. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in New York. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in New York. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
Feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | December 24, 2025
From left clockwise: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP interim leader Don Davies, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, protesters at the Israeli embassy, and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | December 24, 2025
Feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | December 24, 2025
From left clockwise: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP interim leader Don Davies, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, protesters at the Israeli embassy, and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | December 23, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney on election day, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | December 23, 2025
Feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | December 23, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney on election day, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ZACH VARDA | May 31, 2017
Residents of Gatineau had to wade, paddle, and sandbag their way through the flood earlier this month, with or without help from the authorities. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ZACH VARDA | May 31, 2017
News | BY ZACH VARDA | May 31, 2017
Residents of Gatineau had to wade, paddle, and sandbag their way through the flood earlier this month, with or without help from the authorities. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 17, 2017
The 54-member Liberal rural caucus elected, from the left, T.J. Harvey as chair, William Amos and Marc Serré as vice-chairs, and David Graham as treasurer. Photographs courtesy of T.J. Harvey, William Amos, and Marc Serré/The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 17, 2017
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 17, 2017
The 54-member Liberal rural caucus elected, from the left, T.J. Harvey as chair, William Amos and Marc Serré as vice-chairs, and David Graham as treasurer. Photographs courtesy of T.J. Harvey, William Amos, and Marc Serré/The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 3, 2017
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale is expected to table the firearms legislation this spring. Mr. Goodale met with the Liberal caucus on Feb. 21 for an ‘update and consult’ session on the legislation and now opposition MPs want to meet with the minister to offer their input. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 3, 2017
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 3, 2017
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale is expected to table the firearms legislation this spring. Mr. Goodale met with the Liberal caucus on Feb. 21 for an ‘update and consult’ session on the legislation and now opposition MPs want to meet with the minister to offer their input. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2017
All 10 candidates seeking Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier, top to bottom, left to right: Khatera Akbari, Mona Fortier, Nicolas Moyer, Ainsley Malhotra, Véronique Soucy, Francis LeBlanc, Eric Khaiat, Jean Claude Dubuisson, Abdourahman Kahin and Persévérance Mayer. Photographs courtesy of candidates
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2017
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 30, 2017
All 10 candidates seeking Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier, top to bottom, left to right: Khatera Akbari, Mona Fortier, Nicolas Moyer, Ainsley Malhotra, Véronique Soucy, Francis LeBlanc, Eric Khaiat, Jean Claude Dubuisson, Abdourahman Kahin and Persévérance Mayer. Photographs courtesy of candidates
Opinion | BY WILL AMOS | December 7, 2016
Forty-nine MPs representing all parties recently wrote to Finance Minister Bill Morneau urging the government to fund the National Indigenous Guardians Network in the next federal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY WILL AMOS | December 7, 2016
Opinion | BY WILL AMOS | December 7, 2016
Forty-nine MPs representing all parties recently wrote to Finance Minister Bill Morneau urging the government to fund the National Indigenous Guardians Network in the next federal budget. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 31, 2016
Longtime roommates and Conservative MPs Kevin Sorenson, left, and David Anderson, pictured in Mr. Sorenson's Hill office in the Justice Building. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 31, 2016
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 31, 2016
Longtime roommates and Conservative MPs Kevin Sorenson, left, and David Anderson, pictured in Mr. Sorenson's Hill office in the Justice Building. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert
Opinion | October 26, 2016
Opinion | October 26, 2016
Opinion | October 26, 2016
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT, PAUL S. HILLIER | October 19, 2016
Conservative MP John Barlow speaks to a lobbyist in his Hill office last year. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT, PAUL S. HILLIER | October 19, 2016
Opinion | BY BRYON WILFERT, PAUL S. HILLIER | October 19, 2016
Conservative MP John Barlow speaks to a lobbyist in his Hill office last year. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 3, 2016
A peek at one of the private dining spaces in the Parliamentary Restaurant on the sixth floor of Centre Block, where only those in the Hill family, including MPs, Senators, staff, media, and their guests, are allowed in. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 3, 2016
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 3, 2016
A peek at one of the private dining spaces in the Parliamentary Restaurant on the sixth floor of Centre Block, where only those in the Hill family, including MPs, Senators, staff, media, and their guests, are allowed in. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 26, 2016
David de Burgh Graham, a member of the Liberal rural caucus, says if rural MPs don't work together, their concerns won't be heard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 26, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 26, 2016
David de Burgh Graham, a member of the Liberal rural caucus, says if rural MPs don't work together, their concerns won't be heard. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
Liberal MPs Ruby Sahota and Matt DeCourcey pictured at the House Electoral Reform Committee on the Hill recently. Behind them sit Liberal MP staffers keeping an eye on committee work. The Hill Times photograph Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
Liberal MPs Ruby Sahota and Matt DeCourcey pictured at the House Electoral Reform Committee on the Hill recently. Behind them sit Liberal MP staffers keeping an eye on committee work. The Hill Times photograph Jake Wright
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | June 24, 2016
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, who stood firmly against the idea of the U.K. leaving the European Union, said he will step down by October. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | June 24, 2016
News | BY TIM NAUMETZ | June 24, 2016
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, who stood firmly against the idea of the U.K. leaving the European Union, said he will step down by October. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright