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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, will return to the House of Commons this September where he will face a different prime minister in Mark Carney, not pictured. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies leads a much smaller caucus of seven members after his party lost more than half of its MPs in the 2025 election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 28, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk, pictured at the Kennedy Space Centre on May 30, 2020, was born in South Africa, meaning, according to the U.S. Constitution, he can’t run for president.  Photograph courtesy of NASA HQ PHOTO/Flickr
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 28, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 28, 2025
Elon Musk
Elon Musk, pictured at the Kennedy Space Centre on May 30, 2020, was born in South Africa, meaning, according to the U.S. Constitution, he can’t run for president.  Photograph courtesy of NASA HQ PHOTO/Flickr
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | July 23, 2025
NDP MP Heather McPherson is considering a leadership run. The party has to decide what it wants to be, in an era where political branding, not base-building, is the shortcut to survival, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | July 23, 2025
Opinion | BY BHAGWANT SANDHU | July 23, 2025
NDP MP Heather McPherson is considering a leadership run. The party has to decide what it wants to be, in an era where political branding, not base-building, is the shortcut to survival, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 19, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is hoping to secure a seat in the House this August, but his competition doesn’t think he should be so confident about his chances in the upcoming byelection. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 19, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 19, 2025
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is hoping to secure a seat in the House this August, but his competition doesn’t think he should be so confident about his chances in the upcoming byelection. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STUART BENSON | July 10, 2025
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith is opening up the debate for ‘renewal’ in Ontario provincial leadership, according to an email obtained by The Hill Times. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STUART BENSON | July 10, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STUART BENSON | July 10, 2025
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith is opening up the debate for ‘renewal’ in Ontario provincial leadership, according to an email obtained by The Hill Times. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS | July 10, 2025
Liberal and Conservative Party supporters gather outside the federal leaders' debate venue in Montreal on April 17. Green Leader Elizabeth May says she's 'very concerned' about the future of the Leaders’ Debates Commission. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS | July 10, 2025
News | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, MARLO GLASS | July 10, 2025
Liberal and Conservative Party supporters gather outside the federal leaders' debate venue in Montreal on April 17. Green Leader Elizabeth May says she's 'very concerned' about the future of the Leaders’ Debates Commission. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 24, 2018
Conservative Party delegates sat down to cast their votes in the first round of policy debate at their national convention in Halifax Friday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 24, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 24, 2018
Conservative Party delegates sat down to cast their votes in the first round of policy debate at their national convention in Halifax Friday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 24, 2018
Montreal-area delegate Tanya Eickhoff supported former Tory Maxime Bernier's ideas, but said she was angered by 'gadfly' actions that serve to distract the Conservative Party. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 24, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 24, 2018
Montreal-area delegate Tanya Eickhoff supported former Tory Maxime Bernier's ideas, but said she was angered by 'gadfly' actions that serve to distract the Conservative Party. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in a Parliament Hill press conference that he is leaving the Conservative Party Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Beatrice Paez
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN | August 23, 2018
Quebec MP Maxime Bernier announced in a Parliament Hill press conference that he is leaving the Conservative Party Thursday. The Hill Times photograph by Beatrice Paez
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
Conservatives will be hashing out items that may make it on the party’s 2019 election platform at their convention in Halifax this weekend. Pictured, delegates vote during a plenary session in Calgary in 2013. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
Conservatives will be hashing out items that may make it on the party’s 2019 election platform at their convention in Halifax this weekend. Pictured, delegates vote during a plenary session in Calgary in 2013. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 22, 2018
If party leader Andrew Scheer wants the Conservatives to succeed in 2019, he has to step outside the Tory base and find a small foothold among other voters, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 22, 2018
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | August 22, 2018
If party leader Andrew Scheer wants the Conservatives to succeed in 2019, he has to step outside the Tory base and find a small foothold among other voters, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
After stirring up controversy on Twitter, Tory MP Maxime Bernier, left, is pulling focus from Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s, right, first policy convention as leader. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 22, 2018
After stirring up controversy on Twitter, Tory MP Maxime Bernier, left, is pulling focus from Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s, right, first policy convention as leader. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 22, 2018
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 22, 2018
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | August 22, 2018
Opinion | August 1, 2018
Opinion | August 1, 2018
Opinion | August 1, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | July 31, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking to reporters in the House foyer, on May 29. With 16 months or so left before the next election, the party has been slow to increase its fundraising. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JOLSON LIM | July 31, 2018
News | BY JOLSON LIM | July 31, 2018
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking to reporters in the House foyer, on May 29. With 16 months or so left before the next election, the party has been slow to increase its fundraising. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
Delegates participate in a plenary session at the Conservative convention in Calgary in 2013. Organizers of this August's convention hope to match the record number of delegates, about 2,300, who attended the last one in 2016 in Vancouver. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | July 11, 2018
Delegates participate in a plenary session at the Conservative convention in Calgary in 2013. Organizers of this August's convention hope to match the record number of delegates, about 2,300, who attended the last one in 2016 in Vancouver. The Hill Times photograph by Daniel Leon Rodriguez
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 4, 2018
Canadian whistleblower Chris Wylie testified before the House Ethics Committee via video link on May 29, and offered up a number of suggestions and points for consideration for MPs as they work to recommend legislative changes to address issues raised around the use of personal data in politics. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 4, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 4, 2018
Canadian whistleblower Chris Wylie testified before the House Ethics Committee via video link on May 29, and offered up a number of suggestions and points for consideration for MPs as they work to recommend legislative changes to address issues raised around the use of personal data in politics. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu