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Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has decisions to make about the Senate. De-politicized by design a decade ago, it never regained a shared parliamentary purpose with the House of Commons, and is now an institution some describe as adrift, write Richard Nolan and Greg MacDougall. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | December 8, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in the White House's Oval Office on Oct. 7, 2025. Maybe Carney is playing a long game, concentrating on getting past the curse of Trump on the world before making any giant moves. Maybe, writes Douglas Roche. Photograph courtesy of the White House
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | December 8, 2025
Opinion | BY DOUGLAS ROCHE | December 8, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in the White House's Oval Office on Oct. 7, 2025. Maybe Carney is playing a long game, concentrating on getting past the curse of Trump on the world before making any giant moves. Maybe, writes Douglas Roche. Photograph courtesy of the White House
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 13, 2025
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
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 13, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 13, 2025
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
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 29, 2025
David Lametti, left, and Tom Pitfield. Between July and mid-September, the Prime Minister’s Office had two principal secretaries at the same time. On Sept. 18, Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Lametti as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. Pitfield is staying on in his position as the PMO's principal Secretary. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Facebook
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 29, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 29, 2025
David Lametti, left, and Tom Pitfield. Between July and mid-September, the Prime Minister’s Office had two principal secretaries at the same time. On Sept. 18, Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Lametti as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. Pitfield is staying on in his position as the PMO's principal Secretary. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Facebook
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has found his own centre ground, formed on voter repudiation of Trump and the imperative to harness the government to achieve huge economic reforms, writes Ken Polk. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has found his own centre ground, formed on voter repudiation of Trump and the imperative to harness the government to achieve huge economic reforms, writes Ken Polk. 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
Feature | BY JOLSON LIM | November 6, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here in 2015, received more than 348,000 pieces of mail and more than 22,000 phone calls in 2016-17, according to his office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY JOLSON LIM | November 6, 2017
Feature | BY JOLSON LIM | November 6, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here in 2015, received more than 348,000 pieces of mail and more than 22,000 phone calls in 2016-17, according to his office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's PMO recently bid farewell to a correspondence writer. His office spent roughly $8.4-million in 2016-17, according to the 2017 public accounts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 30, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's PMO recently bid farewell to a correspondence writer. His office spent roughly $8.4-million in 2016-17, according to the 2017 public accounts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2017
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has a new press secretary, as does Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough, who along with the recent addition of Brian Bohunicky has seen a number of her former staffers from Sports follow her to her new office. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2017
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has a new press secretary, as does Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough, who along with the recent addition of Brian Bohunicky has seen a number of her former staffers from Sports follow her to her new office. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 2, 2017
Thrill on the Hilla: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently in Ottawa, has hired a new special assistant to his office with a background in sociology and gender studies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 2, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 2, 2017
Thrill on the Hilla: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently in Ottawa, has hired a new special assistant to his office with a background in sociology and gender studies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 18, 2017
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains, left, has hired Gianluca Cairo to serve as his new chief of staff. Mr. Cairo comes from the Public Services and Procurement Minister's office, and new minister Carla Qualtrough, right, has already brought over her old chief of staff, Matt Stickney, from her old office as Sports minister. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 18, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 18, 2017
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains, left, has hired Gianluca Cairo to serve as his new chief of staff. Mr. Cairo comes from the Public Services and Procurement Minister's office, and new minister Carla Qualtrough, right, has already brought over her old chief of staff, Matt Stickney, from her old office as Sports minister. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 28, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office recently welcomed Chantal Gagnon as a new press secretary. She arrives from Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne's office, where she's already been replaced by Pierre-Olivier Herbert, who previously did the same job for Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 28, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 28, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office recently welcomed Chantal Gagnon as a new press secretary. She arrives from Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne's office, where she's already been replaced by Pierre-Olivier Herbert, who previously did the same job for Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 28, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, along with PMO chief of staff Katie Telford and principal secretary Gerald Butts, pictured at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and White House adviser Gary Cohn during the G7 meeting in Italy in May. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 28, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 28, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, along with PMO chief of staff Katie Telford and principal secretary Gerald Butts, pictured at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and White House adviser Gary Cohn during the G7 meeting in Italy in May. PMO photograph by Adam Scotti
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 21, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on the Hill with new B.C. Premier John Horgan. A new policy adviser was recently hired to cover the environment, fisheries and oceans, transport, and natural resources files in Mr. Trudeau's office. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 21, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 21, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on the Hill with new B.C. Premier John Horgan. A new policy adviser was recently hired to cover the environment, fisheries and oceans, transport, and natural resources files in Mr. Trudeau's office. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2017
A number of staff changes have taken place in both the Liberal caucus' research office, also known as the LRB, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2017
A number of staff changes have taken place in both the Liberal caucus' research office, also known as the LRB, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has graced international magazine covers, including Rolling Stone and Sky magazine, and was pictured with his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau in the pages of Vogue. It's all part of the government's image-conscious media strategy. Mr. Trudeau's cover feature for Sky magazine, for example, was aimed at promoting Canadian business, says Ian Capstick. Photographs courtesy of Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Delta Airline's Twitter
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 14, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has graced international magazine covers, including Rolling Stone and Sky magazine, and was pictured with his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau in the pages of Vogue. It's all part of the government's image-conscious media strategy. Mr. Trudeau's cover feature for Sky magazine, for example, was aimed at promoting Canadian business, says Ian Capstick. Photographs courtesy of Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Delta Airline's Twitter
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 24, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured at a recent press conference outside the Senate Chamber in Centre Block. One staffer has recently exited the PMO, while two others have left the Liberal Research Bureau for new jobs on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 24, 2017
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 24, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured at a recent press conference outside the Senate Chamber in Centre Block. One staffer has recently exited the PMO, while two others have left the Liberal Research Bureau for new jobs on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 12, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is highly visible to the public, and relatively accessible to industry groups as well. In this picture, Mr. Trudeau is swarmed by a crowd during Black History Month. Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 12, 2017
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 12, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is highly visible to the public, and relatively accessible to industry groups as well. In this picture, Mr. Trudeau is swarmed by a crowd during Black History Month. Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade