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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
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | August 29, 2016
Comments made on social media by Susan Ursel, left, a member of the Supreme Court advisory board, has Conservative MP Michael Cooper calling on Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to justify how someone with 'recent partisan engagement ended up being on an advisory committee that is supposed to be independent and non-partisan in nature.' Photograph courtesy of Susan Ursel's LinkedIn/The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and Andrew Meade
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | August 29, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | August 29, 2016
Comments made on social media by Susan Ursel, left, a member of the Supreme Court advisory board, has Conservative MP Michael Cooper calling on Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to justify how someone with 'recent partisan engagement ended up being on an advisory committee that is supposed to be independent and non-partisan in nature.' Photograph courtesy of Susan Ursel's LinkedIn/The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright and Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 29, 2016
The Conservatives are after Liberal cabinet ministers for expenses, but the PMO has pointed out that former Harper cabinet ministers ran up high costs for photography, particularly Jason Kenney who expensed more than $370,000 for photographs during that government's time in office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 29, 2016
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | August 29, 2016
The Conservatives are after Liberal cabinet ministers for expenses, but the PMO has pointed out that former Harper cabinet ministers ran up high costs for photography, particularly Jason Kenney who expensed more than $370,000 for photographs during that government's time in office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 29, 2016
From the left, Sun Media's David Akin, Mark Kennedy, Reuters' David Ljunggren, and The Toronto Star's Bruce Campion-Smith pictured at Mr. Kennedy's farewell bash at Métropolitan in Ottawa in February. Mr. Kennedy is now working in the Liberal PMO. The Hill Times Photography by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 29, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 29, 2016
From the left, Sun Media's David Akin, Mark Kennedy, Reuters' David Ljunggren, and The Toronto Star's Bruce Campion-Smith pictured at Mr. Kennedy's farewell bash at Métropolitan in Ottawa in February. Mr. Kennedy is now working in the Liberal PMO. The Hill Times Photography by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
Workers, pictured in the West Block. The government has spent $863-million on renovating the West Block which will be ready in the summer of 2018. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be moving into the old office of Canada’s first Liberal prime minister, Alexander Mackenzie. Everyone in the Centre Block will be moved out in the summer of 2018 and most will be moved into the West Block which will also house a temporary Commons Chamber while the Centre Block is renovated. Photograph courtesy of Public Services
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 15, 2016
Workers, pictured in the West Block. The government has spent $863-million on renovating the West Block which will be ready in the summer of 2018. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be moving into the old office of Canada’s first Liberal prime minister, Alexander Mackenzie. Everyone in the Centre Block will be moved out in the summer of 2018 and most will be moved into the West Block which will also house a temporary Commons Chamber while the Centre Block is renovated. Photograph courtesy of Public Services
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 27, 2016
The Globe and Mail reporter Laura Stone, Justice Minister Jody-Wilson Raybould, and Conservative MP Andrew Scheer. The House Affairs Committee is studying the question of parliamentary privilege related to the ‘premature disclosure of the contents of Bill C-14’ in an April 12 story Ms. Stone, which was followed by CBC The National’s report that evening. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 27, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 27, 2016
The Globe and Mail reporter Laura Stone, Justice Minister Jody-Wilson Raybould, and Conservative MP Andrew Scheer. The House Affairs Committee is studying the question of parliamentary privilege related to the ‘premature disclosure of the contents of Bill C-14’ in an April 12 story Ms. Stone, which was followed by CBC The National’s report that evening. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 27, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 27, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 27, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 23, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 23, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 23, 2016
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 16, 2016
John Zerucelli, right.
John Zerucelli, right, pictured with Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Michele Kumara, who worked on Mr. Morneau's 2015 campaign and is now his executive assistant. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 16, 2016
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 16, 2016
John Zerucelli, right.
John Zerucelli, right, pictured with Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Michele Kumara, who worked on Mr. Morneau's 2015 campaign and is now his executive assistant. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 16, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently on the Hill, followed by his director of communications Kate Purchase. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 16, 2016
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 16, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently on the Hill, followed by his director of communications Kate Purchase. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI | May 16, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's friendly approach with journalists won't keep them on his side for a full four years, writes Angelo Persichilli, adding that traditional media are just part of the story, given the transformation underway in the news media. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI | May 16, 2016
Opinion | BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI | May 16, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's friendly approach with journalists won't keep them on his side for a full four years, writes Angelo Persichilli, adding that traditional media are just part of the story, given the transformation underway in the news media. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 27, 2016
Former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright heads to court to testify during Mike Duffy's trial in August 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 27, 2016
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 27, 2016
Former PMO chief of staff Nigel Wright heads to court to testify during Mike Duffy's trial in August 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 25, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 25, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 25, 2016