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NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis, pictured at a forum hosted by the Canadian Labour Congress on Oct. 22, 2025, joined the four other leadership hopefuls vetted to run for the party leadership in the race’s first debate on Nov. 27 in Montreal. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has led the Liberal Party to a reversal of fortunes in fundraising this year, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's three-quarter total is just shy of his party's historic 2024 total. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 31, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | October 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, has led the Liberal Party to a reversal of fortunes in fundraising this year, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's three-quarter total is just shy of his party's historic 2024 total. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 27, 2025
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
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 27, 2025
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | October 27, 2025
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
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 27, 2025
Since making comments about the RCMP that were published on a YouTube channel over a week ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been on the receiving end of public and anonymous criticism from Conservative insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 27, 2025
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | October 27, 2025
Since making comments about the RCMP that were published on a YouTube channel over a week ago, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been on the receiving end of public and anonymous criticism from Conservative insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | October 22, 2025
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 ELEANOR WAND | October 22, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | October 22, 2025
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 | October 20, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured recently. At the January 2026 biennial policy convention in Calgary, elected Conservative Party delegates will vote for national councillors, review Poilievre's leadership and vote on policy resolutions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 20, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 20, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured recently. At the January 2026 biennial policy convention in Calgary, elected Conservative Party delegates will vote for national councillors, review Poilievre's leadership and vote on policy resolutions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM | August 29, 2018
Clockwise from left: MP Maxime Bernier, pictured in 2016, says he's working on Elections Canada documents to launch a new party, meanwhile anti-supply management proponent Clint Desveaux is organizing for Mr. Bernier, and Conservative convention delegate Nathan Weber has left the party and was asked to join Mr. Bernier's camp. The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM | August 29, 2018
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ, CHARELLE EVELYN, JOLSON LIM | August 29, 2018
Clockwise from left: MP Maxime Bernier, pictured in 2016, says he's working on Elections Canada documents to launch a new party, meanwhile anti-supply management proponent Clint Desveaux is organizing for Mr. Bernier, and Conservative convention delegate Nathan Weber has left the party and was asked to join Mr. Bernier's camp. The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photograph by Charelle Evelyn
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 29, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer gives a keynote speech at the 2018 Conservative national policy convention in Halifax on Aug. 24. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 29, 2018
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 29, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer gives a keynote speech at the 2018 Conservative national policy convention in Halifax on Aug. 24. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 29, 2018
Conservative national campaign manager Hamish Marshall, pictured in Ottawa in February, says candidates in 2019 don't need to have a long history with the party to be considered viable options. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 29, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 29, 2018
Conservative national campaign manager Hamish Marshall, pictured in Ottawa in February, says candidates in 2019 don't need to have a long history with the party to be considered viable options. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 27, 2018
With Maxime Bernier, left, out of the Conservative Party, Tory caucus members said they weren’t concerned party members would abandon the leadership of Andrew Scheer, right. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 27, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 27, 2018
With Maxime Bernier, left, out of the Conservative Party, Tory caucus members said they weren’t concerned party members would abandon the leadership of Andrew Scheer, right. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party delegates voted on 30 policy resolutions on the third and final day of the party's national convention in Halifax on Saturday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 25, 2018
News | BY CHARELLE EVELYN | August 25, 2018
Conservative Party delegates voted on 30 policy resolutions on the third and final day of the party's national convention in Halifax on Saturday. The Hill Times photograph by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
From left, Toronto Conservative convention delegate William Luke, president of the Saskatchewan Party Youth Tye Hapke, University of Waterloo student Alexander Corelli, and University of Lethbridge student Emily Gilroy. The Hill Times photographs by Samantha Wright Allen
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | August 25, 2018
From left, Toronto Conservative convention delegate William Luke, president of the Saskatchewan Party Youth Tye Hapke, University of Waterloo student Alexander Corelli, and University of Lethbridge student Emily Gilroy. The Hill Times photographs by Samantha Wright Allen
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
Feature | BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
Feature | BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018
Feature | BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF | August 22, 2018