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Others have opined that there is somehow a constituency for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s policies. How does yours truly see it? Nastiness is not policy, nor will Canadians buy it, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | October 10, 2025
Rob Ashton, left, Avi Lewis, and Heather McPherson are three of the four candidates approved so far to run in for NDP leadership, which party members will select at their convention in March 2026. Photographs courtesy of Rob Ashton, X/Avi Lewis, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | October 10, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | October 10, 2025
Rob Ashton, left, Avi Lewis, and Heather McPherson are three of the four candidates approved so far to run in for NDP leadership, which party members will select at their convention in March 2026. Photographs courtesy of Rob Ashton, X/Avi Lewis, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY CYNTHIA MUNSTER | September 25, 2025
The crowd at the Politics & the Pen at the Château Laurier on Sept. 24 for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
FeatureBY CYNTHIA MUNSTER | September 25, 2025
FeatureBY CYNTHIA MUNSTER | September 25, 2025
The crowd at the Politics & the Pen at the Château Laurier on Sept. 24 for this year’s Shaughnessy Cohen Prize. The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
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 SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, centre, with wife Jill and former Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, centre, with wife Jill and former Tory cabinet minister Peter MacKay. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
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