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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 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
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and cabinet ministers Steven MacKinnon, Dominic LeBlanc, Shafqat Ali, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Tim Hodgson, bottom left, Anita Anand, David McGuinty, Sean Fraser, Steven Guilbeault, and Gregor Robertson make up Carney's 12-member Priorities, Planning and Strategy Cabinet Committee. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 6, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 6, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and cabinet ministers Steven MacKinnon, Dominic LeBlanc, Shafqat Ali, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Tim Hodgson, bottom left, Anita Anand, David McGuinty, Sean Fraser, Steven Guilbeault, and Gregor Robertson make up Carney's 12-member Priorities, Planning and Strategy Cabinet Committee. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is the most influential figure in the new Liberal government. His leadership will be judged largely by how effectively he tackles the two issues foremost on Canadians’ minds: Canada-U.S. trade relations and the rising cost of living. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, is the most influential figure in the new Liberal government. His leadership will be judged largely by how effectively he tackles the two issues foremost on Canadians’ minds: Canada-U.S. trade relations and the rising cost of living. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on May 21, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 25, 2025
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference in West Block on May 21, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks down Sparks Street in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. Carney must now not only deal with national and international issues, but also the wants, hopes, and needs of 170 Liberals, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 25, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | May 25, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney walks down Sparks Street in Ottawa on May 2, 2025. Carney must now not only deal with national and international issues, but also the wants, hopes, and needs of 170 Liberals, writes Matt Gurney. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 14, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promoted two more staff members in his PMO, Geoff Hall and Noémie Julien, as part of changes resulting from a recent decision to split the PMO's operations unit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 14, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 14, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promoted two more staff members in his PMO, Geoff Hall and Noémie Julien, as part of changes resulting from a recent decision to split the PMO's operations unit. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 14, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen with his family in India in February. During the visit, Mr. Trudeau was criticized for wearing too many traditional outfits and inviting a man convicted of trying to kill an Indian minister to a Canadian reception. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Twitter
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 14, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 14, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen with his family in India in February. During the visit, Mr. Trudeau was criticized for wearing too many traditional outfits and inviting a man convicted of trying to kill an Indian minister to a Canadian reception. Photograph courtesy of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Twitter
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 7, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still facing the fallout from his visit last month to India, which was panned by critics for seeming to be more of a family vacation than government business trip. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 7, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 7, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still facing the fallout from his visit last month to India, which was panned by critics for seeming to be more of a family vacation than government business trip. Photograph courtesy of Justin Trudeau's Twitter
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 5, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured with female staff in the Prime Minister's Office in March 2017, flanked immediately by chief of staff Katie Telford on the left and media advance Julie Tatone on the right. Photograph courtesy of the PMO
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 5, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 5, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured with female staff in the Prime Minister's Office in March 2017, flanked immediately by chief of staff Katie Telford on the left and media advance Julie Tatone on the right. Photograph courtesy of the PMO
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 21, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrums just outside the House of Commons Chamber last week. His office is set to add Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers, currently press secretary to the environment minister, to its ranks later this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 21, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 21, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrums just outside the House of Commons Chamber last week. His office is set to add Marie-Pascale Des Rosiers, currently press secretary to the environment minister, to its ranks later this month. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 14, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently welcomed Kathleen Davis as a new special assistant in his office. She replaces Julie Savard-Shaw. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 14, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 14, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently welcomed Kathleen Davis as a new special assistant in his office. She replaces Julie Savard-Shaw. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | February 12, 2018
One expert also said that the politicized nature of the PMO, its headquarters on Wellington Street pictured, may interfere with its ability to field harassment complaints.PMO was currently working with the Treasury Board to add the “procedure for harassment inquiries to the official policy for exempt staff.”  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | February 12, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | February 12, 2018
One expert also said that the politicized nature of the PMO, its headquarters on Wellington Street pictured, may interfere with its ability to field harassment complaints.PMO was currently working with the Treasury Board to add the “procedure for harassment inquiries to the official policy for exempt staff.”  The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 7, 2018
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has hired Nicky Cayer as her new press secretary, along with changing a couple of other political staff jobs in her office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 7, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 7, 2018
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould has hired Nicky Cayer as her new press secretary, along with changing a couple of other political staff jobs in her office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 31, 2018
Kate Purchase, now executive director of communications and planning in the PMO, sits in the Senate foyer, flanked by PMO principal secretary Gerald Butts, left, and chief of staff Katie Telford, right, during an announcement by the prime minister last year. The Hill Times file photograph
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 31, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 31, 2018
Kate Purchase, now executive director of communications and planning in the PMO, sits in the Senate foyer, flanked by PMO principal secretary Gerald Butts, left, and chief of staff Katie Telford, right, during an announcement by the prime minister last year. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 29, 2018
Former Queen's Park staffer Amreet Kaur has brought her multicultural communications and outreach skills to the Trudeau PMO. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 29, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 29, 2018
Former Queen's Park staffer Amreet Kaur has brought her multicultural communications and outreach skills to the Trudeau PMO. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn
News | BY EMILY HAWS | January 24, 2018
Matthew Mendelsohn, deputy secretary to the cabinet, results and delivery, who is known as the government's 'deliverology' guy, has been in his role heading up the government's Results and Delivery Unit for just over two years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY EMILY HAWS | January 24, 2018
News | BY EMILY HAWS | January 24, 2018
Matthew Mendelsohn, deputy secretary to the cabinet, results and delivery, who is known as the government's 'deliverology' guy, has been in his role heading up the government's Results and Delivery Unit for just over two years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 15, 2018
This just in: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former executive assistant Tommy Desfossés, pictured far left on July 21, 2016, with the PM on Parliament Hill. Mr. Desfossés recently exited the role after two years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 15, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 15, 2018
This just in: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's former executive assistant Tommy Desfossés, pictured far left on July 21, 2016, with the PM on Parliament Hill. Mr. Desfossés recently exited the role after two years. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia