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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 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 21, 2020
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 30, 2020
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY 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
Feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 7, 2020
Feature | BY 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
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