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Assembly of First National National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney take questions from delegates at the AFN's Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Dec. 2, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Major Projects Office, which will oversee national interest projects, launched on Aug. 29 and will be headed by former Trans Mountain Corporation CEO Dawn Farrell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 30, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Major Projects Office, which will oversee national interest projects, launched on Aug. 29 and will be headed by former Trans Mountain Corporation CEO Dawn Farrell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 16, 2025
Mark Carney
A recent disclosure from the ethics commissioner on Mark Carney’s conflicts of interests details a diverse portfolio of private investments which opposition parties say amounts to levels of conflicts of interest ‘like we have never seen before from a Canadian prime minister.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 16, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 16, 2025
Mark Carney
A recent disclosure from the ethics commissioner on Mark Carney’s conflicts of interests details a diverse portfolio of private investments which opposition parties say amounts to levels of conflicts of interest ‘like we have never seen before from a Canadian prime minister.’ 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
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2019
Bloc Québécois MP-elect, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, centre, arrives for a House of Commons orientation session in the Wellington Building on Oct. 29. The son of former Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe, he was elected to represent Lac-Saint-Jean, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2019
Bloc Québécois MP-elect, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, centre, arrives for a House of Commons orientation session in the Wellington Building on Oct. 29. The son of former Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe, he was elected to represent Lac-Saint-Jean, Que. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, AIDAN CHAMANDY | October 28, 2019
Jeremy Broadhurst, Zita Astravas, and Katie Telford held some of the most senior positions in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first mandate. All three are expected to return as senior staffers in the second mandate as well. The Hill times file photograph
News | BY ABBAS RANA, AIDAN CHAMANDY | October 28, 2019
News | BY ABBAS RANA, AIDAN CHAMANDY | October 28, 2019
Jeremy Broadhurst, Zita Astravas, and Katie Telford held some of the most senior positions in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's first mandate. All three are expected to return as senior staffers in the second mandate as well. The Hill times file photograph
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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2019
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 7, 2019
Feature | BY 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