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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
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 7, 2024
The centrist party Mulroney led no longer exists. Instead, anti-government ex-Reformers have taken centre stage in the Conservative movement. The notion of collective responsibility has been replaced by rabid individualism. Mulroney understood that there was no place in politics for hate, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 7, 2024
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 7, 2024
The centrist party Mulroney led no longer exists. Instead, anti-government ex-Reformers have taken centre stage in the Conservative movement. The notion of collective responsibility has been replaced by rabid individualism. Mulroney understood that there was no place in politics for hate, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who served as Canada’s 18th prime minister from 1984 to 1993, died Feb. 29 at age 84. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 1, 2024
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney, who served as Canada’s 18th prime minister from 1984 to 1993, died Feb. 29 at age 84. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 22, 2024
Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, top left, Housing Minister Sean Fraser, Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, above left, Treasury Board President Anita Anand, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne tend to get things done, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 22, 2024
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 22, 2024
Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, top left, Housing Minister Sean Fraser, Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan, above left, Treasury Board President Anita Anand, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne tend to get things done, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, has appointed Max Valiquette as his new executive director of communications. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of LinkedIn
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, has appointed Max Valiquette as his new executive director of communications. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of LinkedIn
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, has appointed Max Valiquette as his new executive director of communications. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of LinkedIn
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, has appointed Max Valiquette as his new executive director of communications. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of LinkedIn
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 4, 2023
Cabinet ministers are still working off of 2021 mandate letters as they wait for new instructions to be released following the July 26 shuffle The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 4, 2023
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 4, 2023
Cabinet ministers are still working off of 2021 mandate letters as they wait for new instructions to be released following the July 26 shuffle The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 31, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters at Rideau Hall after he shuffled his cabinet on July 26, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 31, 2023
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | July 31, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters at Rideau Hall after he shuffled his cabinet on July 26, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | July 31, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs Jenna Sudds after she is sworn in as minister of Families, Children and Social Development during a shuffle at Rideau Hall on July 26, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | July 31, 2023
Opinion | BY KEN POLK | July 31, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hugs Jenna Sudds after she is sworn in as minister of Families, Children and Social Development during a shuffle at Rideau Hall on July 26, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | June 25, 2023
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell, pictured in Ottawa in 2009. 'When she was asked if she was proud to be Canada’s first female prime minister she replied, 'I’d be prouder still to say that I was Canada’s 10th woman prime minister,' says Lisa MacCormack Raitt. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | June 25, 2023
Opinion | BY ARTHUR MILNES | June 25, 2023
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell, pictured in Ottawa in 2009. 'When she was asked if she was proud to be Canada’s first female prime minister she replied, 'I’d be prouder still to say that I was Canada’s 10th woman prime minister,' says Lisa MacCormack Raitt. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 31, 2023
PMO communications director Cameron Ahmad moderates an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photograph by Adam Scotti courtesy of Twitter
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 31, 2023
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 31, 2023
PMO communications director Cameron Ahmad moderates an event with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photograph by Adam Scotti courtesy of Twitter
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 31, 2023
The Hill Times' top three Terrific 25 Staffers are: Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left; Jeff Jedras, assistant to Liberal MP Salma Zahid; and Wendy Wu, East Asian outreach, diversity, and inclusion adviser in the Liberal research bureau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Jeff Jedras and Wendy Wu
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 31, 2023
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 31, 2023
The Hill Times' top three Terrific 25 Staffers are: Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left; Jeff Jedras, assistant to Liberal MP Salma Zahid; and Wendy Wu, East Asian outreach, diversity, and inclusion adviser in the Liberal research bureau. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Jeff Jedras and Wendy Wu
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 27, 2023
Morris Rosenberg, who led the Critical Election Incident Protocol's report on the 2021 election, says the federal government needs to do a much better job of communicating what the panel does. 'It's called the public protocol.' Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia/Dean Calma
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 27, 2023
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | March 27, 2023
Morris Rosenberg, who led the Critical Election Incident Protocol's report on the 2021 election, says the federal government needs to do a much better job of communicating what the panel does. 'It's called the public protocol.' Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia/Dean Calma