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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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | August 3, 2020
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 20, 2020
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 13, 2020
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 8, 2020
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 25, 2020
Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay, pictured at his November 2019 cabinet swearing in, and Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured speaking to media about the COVID-19 pandemic on April 23. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 25, 2020
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 25, 2020
Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay, pictured at his November 2019 cabinet swearing in, and Health Minister Patty Hajdu, pictured speaking to media about the COVID-19 pandemic on April 23. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 29, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, pictured with Associate Finance Minister Mona Fortier at press conference in the West Block on April 20 on the recent mass shooting in Portapique, N.S. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 29, 2020
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 29, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, pictured with Associate Finance Minister Mona Fortier at press conference in the West Block on April 20 on the recent mass shooting in Portapique, N.S. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured outside Rideau Cottage on April 7 for his daily briefing on COVID-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 13, 2020
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured outside Rideau Cottage on April 7 for his daily briefing on COVID-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 6, 2020
Reporters, pictured March 31, 2020, at the prime minister's daily morning press conference outside Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 6, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 6, 2020
Reporters, pictured March 31, 2020, at the prime minister's daily morning press conference outside Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 12, 2020
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured in the West Block on Dec. 10, 2019, with his communications director, Todd Lane, behind him, currently has 17 political staffers in his ministerial office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 12, 2020
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 12, 2020
National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured in the West Block on Dec. 10, 2019, with his communications director, Todd Lane, behind him, currently has 17 political staffers in his ministerial office. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ALEX MARLAND | February 17, 2020
Independent Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Paul Lane, Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, and former MPs Jane Philpott and Ryan Cleary, pictured on Feb. 6, 2020, at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Photograph courtesy of Alex Marland
Opinion | BY ALEX MARLAND | February 17, 2020
Opinion | BY ALEX MARLAND | February 17, 2020
Independent Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Paul Lane, Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, and former MPs Jane Philpott and Ryan Cleary, pictured on Feb. 6, 2020, at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Photograph courtesy of Alex Marland
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 12, 2020
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured being scrummed by media in the West Block building on Jan. 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 12, 2020
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 12, 2020
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured being scrummed by media in the West Block building on Jan. 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade