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NDP leadership candidates Tanille Johnston, left, Avi Lewis, Tony McQuail, Heather McPherson, and Rob Ashton stand with with CLC president Bea Bruske at a forum hosted by the Canadian Labour Congress in Ottawa on Oct. 22. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 21, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre at a Sept. 14 caucus meeting on Parliament Hill. His party’s national council's ad hoc committee on nominations is gathering feedback from grassroots members to assess what worked and what didn’t in the last election cycle, and how the process can be improved going forward. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 21, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 21, 2025
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre at a Sept. 14 caucus meeting on Parliament Hill. His party’s national council's ad hoc committee on nominations is gathering feedback from grassroots members to assess what worked and what didn’t in the last election cycle, and how the process can be improved going forward. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | September 18, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told reporters on Sept. 15 that his party would ‘collaborate with anyone who favours Quebec’s interests.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | September 18, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | September 18, 2025
Yves-Francois Blanchet
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told reporters on Sept. 15 that his party would ‘collaborate with anyone who favours Quebec’s interests.’ The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads into work at the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | September 15, 2025
Opinion | BY MATT GURNEY | September 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney heads into work at the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa on Aug. 6, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 15, 2025
The federal Liberal caucus on the Hill on May 25, 2025. Liberal MPs told The Hill Times last week that the government has a solid plan to create jobs and fix the economy, but cautioned that sometimes unexpected events can derail even the best-laid strategies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 15, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 15, 2025
The federal Liberal caucus on the Hill on May 25, 2025. Liberal MPs told The Hill Times last week that the government has a solid plan to create jobs and fix the economy, but cautioned that sometimes unexpected events can derail even the best-laid strategies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 1, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is so detached from any ideological moorings that he’ll even attack his own base if he thinks it will help him score political points, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 1, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | September 1, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is so detached from any ideological moorings that he’ll even attack his own base if he thinks it will help him score political points, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | November 13, 2023
The Ontario Liberal leadership candidates are Bonnie Crombie, left, Yasir Naqvi, Nathan Erskine-Smith, and Ted Hsu. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia and The Hill Times photographs by
News | November 13, 2023
News | November 13, 2023
The Ontario Liberal leadership candidates are Bonnie Crombie, left, Yasir Naqvi, Nathan Erskine-Smith, and Ted Hsu. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia and The Hill Times photographs by
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 6, 2023
Liberal MP Jennifer O'Connell, right, with Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada. At least 22 Conservatives are interested in seeking the party's nomination in O'Connell's riding of Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 6, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 6, 2023
Liberal MP Jennifer O'Connell, right, with Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada. At least 22 Conservatives are interested in seeking the party's nomination in O'Connell's riding of Pickering-Uxbridge, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 30, 2023
Donald Savoie is Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at the Université de Moncton. He says eight out of 10 Offices of Parliament should be eliminated, and parliamentary standing committees should be empowered to hold politicians to account. The Hill Times photograph by Abbas Rana
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 30, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 30, 2023
Donald Savoie is Canada Research Chair in Public Administration and Governance at the Université de Moncton. He says eight out of 10 Offices of Parliament should be eliminated, and parliamentary standing committees should be empowered to hold politicians to account. The Hill Times photograph by Abbas Rana
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 16, 2023
Former senior ministerial staffer Leslie Church, left, Toronto city councillor Josh Matlow, former city councillor Josh Colle, and former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins are all eyeing the nomination in the safe Liberal riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn, the City of Toronto, X, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 16, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 16, 2023
Former senior ministerial staffer Leslie Church, left, Toronto city councillor Josh Matlow, former city councillor Josh Colle, and former Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins are all eyeing the nomination in the safe Liberal riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn, the City of Toronto, X, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 29, 2023
Nine people are so far in the running to be the House Speaker: Liberal MPs Alexandra Mendès, top left, Stéphane Lauzon, Greg Fergus, Peter Schiefke, and Sean Casey; Conservative MPs Chris D’Entremont and Tom Kmiec; NDP MP Carol Hughes; and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photographs courtesy of Facebook and the House of Commons
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 29, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 29, 2023
Nine people are so far in the running to be the House Speaker: Liberal MPs Alexandra Mendès, top left, Stéphane Lauzon, Greg Fergus, Peter Schiefke, and Sean Casey; Conservative MPs Chris D’Entremont and Tom Kmiec; NDP MP Carol Hughes; and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and photographs courtesy of Facebook and the House of Commons
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 22, 2023
The Conservative base is happy with leader Pierre Poilievre, right, and the Liberal base is 'still there' despite rising time-for-a-change numbers facing the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, meaning the new centrist party Canadian Future will struggle to find political traction, says pollster Greg Lyle. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 22, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 22, 2023
The Conservative base is happy with leader Pierre Poilievre, right, and the Liberal base is 'still there' despite rising time-for-a-change numbers facing the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, meaning the new centrist party Canadian Future will struggle to find political traction, says pollster Greg Lyle. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 11, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in Ottawa, will lead the national Liberal caucus retreat in London, Ont., this week, the first national caucus meeting since his July shakeup of the Liberal front bench. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 11, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 11, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in Ottawa, will lead the national Liberal caucus retreat in London, Ont., this week, the first national caucus meeting since his July shakeup of the Liberal front bench. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 9, 2023
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured Sept. 8, 2023, speaking at the party's policy convention in Québec City. More than 2,000 Conservative delegates attended the convention. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 9, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 9, 2023
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured Sept. 8, 2023, speaking at the party's policy convention in Québec City. More than 2,000 Conservative delegates attended the convention. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STEPHEN JEFFERY | August 14, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. A run of strong survey numbers for the Conservative Party is as much about voters growing jaded with the governing Liberals and Trudeau as it is about enthusiasm for the official opposition, according to some pollsters. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STEPHEN JEFFERY | August 14, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STEPHEN JEFFERY | August 14, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. A run of strong survey numbers for the Conservative Party is as much about voters growing jaded with the governing Liberals and Trudeau as it is about enthusiasm for the official opposition, according to some pollsters. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 14, 2023
Justin Trudeau, left, and Jagmeet Singh must stop pussy-footing around with people who are thugs rather than protesters, and Pierre Poilievre should make clear to the forces on the extreme right of his base that violence can never be a legitimate political tool, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 14, 2023
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 14, 2023
Justin Trudeau, left, and Jagmeet Singh must stop pussy-footing around with people who are thugs rather than protesters, and Pierre Poilievre should make clear to the forces on the extreme right of his base that violence can never be a legitimate political tool, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 14, 2023
For the first time since the 2018 policy convention in Halifax, the Conservatives will meet in-person for their biennial policy conference in Quebec City from Sept. 7-9. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 14, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 14, 2023
For the first time since the 2018 policy convention in Halifax, the Conservatives will meet in-person for their biennial policy conference in Quebec City from Sept. 7-9. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 17, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, on July 7, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, on July 8, both at the Calgary Stampede. The next federal election could hinge on how well Trudeau can convince voters he deserves another chance, and whether Poilievre can make the case that he is the change that's needed. Photographs courtesy of Twitter @JustinTrudeau and @PierrePoilievre
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 17, 2023
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | July 17, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, on July 7, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, on July 8, both at the Calgary Stampede. The next federal election could hinge on how well Trudeau can convince voters he deserves another chance, and whether Poilievre can make the case that he is the change that's needed. Photographs courtesy of Twitter @JustinTrudeau and @PierrePoilievre