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Mark Carney
Like his predecessors, Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on Oct. 8, 2025, on Parliament Hill, needs a loyal ‘palace guard’ within his office who can watch his back when, as with every government, controversy inevitably arises, say veteran political observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | July 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney , pictured on May 25, 2025, on the Hill, is promising dramatic productivity growth and to build the fastest growing economy in the G7. These are high bars, writes Nelson Wiseman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | July 7, 2025
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | July 7, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney , pictured on May 25, 2025, on the Hill, is promising dramatic productivity growth and to build the fastest growing economy in the G7. These are high bars, writes Nelson Wiseman. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 7, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 7, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in the West Block on June 19, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still doing well in public opinion polls, despite some of his controversial and contentious moves, so far, Susan Riley writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney is still doing well in public opinion polls, despite some of his controversial and contentious moves, so far, Susan Riley writes. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. 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 EVAN SOTIROPOULOS | September 30, 2019
The Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. reasonable case can be made that there is actually a need for and necessity of centralizing power and especially controlling—or at least trying to manage—the communications process and narrative if the prime minister and their party hope to be successful in the application of politics and implementation of policy, writes Evan Sotiropoulos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EVAN SOTIROPOULOS | September 30, 2019
Opinion | BY EVAN SOTIROPOULOS | September 30, 2019
The Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. reasonable case can be made that there is actually a need for and necessity of centralizing power and especially controlling—or at least trying to manage—the communications process and narrative if the prime minister and their party hope to be successful in the application of politics and implementation of policy, writes Evan Sotiropoulos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 18, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking at Rideau Hall after meeting with Governor General Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament in order to call the 2019 federal election on Sept. 11, 2019. Professor Donald Savoie argues that as long as prime ministers hold the power to appoint deputy ministers without an open, transparent, and competitive process, 'court government will remain in place.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 18, 2019
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | September 18, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking at Rideau Hall after meeting with Governor General Julie Payette to dissolve Parliament in order to call the 2019 federal election on Sept. 11, 2019. Professor Donald Savoie argues that as long as prime ministers hold the power to appoint deputy ministers without an open, transparent, and competitive process, 'court government will remain in place.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 4, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office is slimming down, with four more recent staff departures to note. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 4, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 4, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office is slimming down, with four more recent staff departures to note. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 26, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting with BCE Inc. CEO George Cope in Toronto in June 2018. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 26, 2019
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 26, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meeting with BCE Inc. CEO George Cope in Toronto in June 2018. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 19, 2019
There are two political staff departures of note for both Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 19, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 19, 2019
There are two political staff departures of note for both Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2019
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor's director of communications, Mathieu Filion, recently exited for the private sector. In turn, press secretary Thierry Bélair has taken over the role. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2019
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2019
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor's director of communications, Mathieu Filion, recently exited for the private sector. In turn, press secretary Thierry Bélair has taken over the role. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking at a two-day campaign workshop put on by the Liberal Party in Ottawa on July 31, will need a new regional affairs advisor for the Prairies in his Prime Minister's Office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking at a two-day campaign workshop put on by the Liberal Party in Ottawa on July 31, will need a new regional affairs advisor for the Prairies in his Prime Minister's Office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 31, 2019
Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi says if Canadians actually look at the record, they will appreciate that the Supreme Court has upheld 'the highest standards of conduct' over many years and that in reality, 'there should be very little concern' about judicial independence heading into the October election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 31, 2019
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 31, 2019
Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi says if Canadians actually look at the record, they will appreciate that the Supreme Court has upheld 'the highest standards of conduct' over many years and that in reality, 'there should be very little concern' about judicial independence heading into the October election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 31, 2019
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 31, 2019
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 31, 2019
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 17, 2019
Former defence minister Peter MacKay is accusing Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan of 'scapegoating' Gen. Jonathan Vance during the Mark Norman trial. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 17, 2019
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 17, 2019
Former defence minister Peter MacKay is accusing Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan of 'scapegoating' Gen. Jonathan Vance during the Mark Norman trial. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 8, 2019
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has a new chief of staff in his office after Olivier Duchesneau's recent exit for party headquarters where he's now at work as deputy national campaign director. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 8, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 8, 2019
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has a new chief of staff in his office after Olivier Duchesneau's recent exit for party headquarters where he's now at work as deputy national campaign director. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 20, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 8, 2019, at the Canadian War Museum for the National Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, has a new senior adviser in former finance chief of staff Ben Chin, and a new director of policy and correspondence writer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 20, 2019
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 20, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 8, 2019, at the Canadian War Museum for the National Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, has a new senior adviser in former finance chief of staff Ben Chin, and a new director of policy and correspondence writer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade