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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 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 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 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
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 11, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a press conference with NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in Centre Block last week, has promoted Brittany Perreault to take the lead on PMO speechwriting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 11, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 11, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a press conference with NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in Centre Block last week, has promoted Brittany Perreault to take the lead on PMO speechwriting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 2, 2018
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has a new chief of staff, with Dara Lithwick set to return to work in the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 2, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 2, 2018
Status of Women Minister Maryam Monsef has a new chief of staff, with Dara Lithwick set to return to work in the public service. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 28, 2018
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured during a recent House Defence Committee appearance, has a new special assistant for communications, Brit Mockler. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 28, 2018
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 28, 2018
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured during a recent House Defence Committee appearance, has a new special assistant for communications, Brit Mockler. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 26, 2018
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has hired Mike Maka as his new director of operations and planning. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 26, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 26, 2018
Families, Children, and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has hired Mike Maka as his new director of operations and planning. 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