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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
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 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
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 18, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and Associate Finance Minister Mona Fortier have all had recent staff exits, among other moves. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 18, 2021
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 18, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and Associate Finance Minister Mona Fortier have all had recent staff exits, among other moves. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | November 23, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, right. The major part of the first phone call between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trudeau on Nov. 9 involved an exchange of views around how each country is fighting COVID-19, according to a senior government official. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and Flickr
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | November 23, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | November 23, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, right. The major part of the first phone call between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trudeau on Nov. 9 involved an exchange of views around how each country is fighting COVID-19, according to a senior government official. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and Flickr
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 18, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 10 during a press conference on the government's COVID-19 response in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. Alongside Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay, he announced a $20-million temporary Veterans Organizations Emergency Support fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 18, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 18, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 10 during a press conference on the government's COVID-19 response in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. Alongside Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay, he announced a $20-million temporary Veterans Organizations Emergency Support fund. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 21, 2020
Labour Minister Filomena Tassi is pictured speaking with reporters in the West Block before the pandemic on Jan. 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 21, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 21, 2020
Labour Minister Filomena Tassi is pictured speaking with reporters in the West Block before the pandemic on Jan. 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, pictured exiting the West Block on July 22, has a new director of communications, James Cudmore. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, pictured exiting the West Block on July 22, has a new director of communications, James Cudmore. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 7, 2020
Zubair Patel has joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office as acting director of outreach, with Mike Maka stepping in as acting chief of staff to Families Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured right donning a mask. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's team remains in transition post-shuffle, with big staffing moves on the Hill expected to come. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Lenore Zann's office
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 7, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 7, 2020
Zubair Patel has joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office as acting director of outreach, with Mike Maka stepping in as acting chief of staff to Families Minister Ahmed Hussen, pictured right donning a mask. Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's team remains in transition post-shuffle, with big staffing moves on the Hill expected to come. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Lenore Zann's office
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 24, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last week after Bill Morneau resigned his position as finance minister following a series of media leaks from Liberal insiders who said he was at odds with Mr. Trudeau. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was appointed as the new finance minister. Dominic LeBlanc has been appointed as the minister of intergovernmental affairs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 24, 2020
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 24, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his cabinet last week after Bill Morneau resigned his position as finance minister following a series of media leaks from Liberal insiders who said he was at odds with Mr. Trudeau. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was appointed as the new finance minister. Dominic LeBlanc has been appointed as the minister of intergovernmental affairs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland at a press conference in the West Block on July 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 3, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pictured with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland at a press conference in the West Block on July 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 20, 2020
The government recently moved oversight of its 16 ministers' regional offices to the Privy Council Office, plus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking to reporters about the government's response to COVID-19 outside Rideau Cottage on June 18, is once again getting advice from former PMO policy head Michael McNair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 20, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 20, 2020
The government recently moved oversight of its 16 ministers' regional offices to the Privy Council Office, plus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured speaking to reporters about the government's response to COVID-19 outside Rideau Cottage on June 18, is once again getting advice from former PMO policy head Michael McNair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a media availability in the West Block on July 8 ahead of the government's release of its economic and fiscal snapshot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 13, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured during a media availability in the West Block on July 8 ahead of the government's release of its economic and fiscal snapshot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 8, 2020
Parliament Hill's Centre Block building, as pictured from Gatineau, Que., on April 1. The road to ensuring a representative workforce on Parliament Hill requires going beyond 'diversity by the numbers,' says York University's Lorne Foster. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 8, 2020
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 8, 2020
Parliament Hill's Centre Block building, as pictured from Gatineau, Que., on April 1. The road to ensuring a representative workforce on Parliament Hill requires going beyond 'diversity by the numbers,' says York University's Lorne Foster. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 8, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured addressing media outside Rideau Cottage on June 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 8, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 8, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured addressing media outside Rideau Cottage on June 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade