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Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Jan. 27, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 14, 2026
Maybe, by month's end, the Conservative convention and the future of Leader Pierre Poilievre will be the biggest thing occupying our time. Or not, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 14, 2026
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 14, 2026
Maybe, by month's end, the Conservative convention and the future of Leader Pierre Poilievre will be the biggest thing occupying our time. Or not, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in New York. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 5, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a military strike on Venezuela on Jan. 3, resulting in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is now being held in New York. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 4, 2026
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon’s Parti Québécois has been leading in Quebec polls for about two years. If elected, the party leader has promised to hold a referendum within his first term. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 27, 2025
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 ELEANOR WAND | November 27, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | November 27, 2025
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 ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2025
Former Conservative-turned-Liberal MP Bill Casey, centre, told The Hill Times that it was ‘very stressful,’ but he has ‘no regrets’ about breaking ranks and voting against the 2007 budget. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | November 24, 2025
Former Conservative-turned-Liberal MP Bill Casey, centre, told The Hill Times that it was ‘very stressful,’ but he has ‘no regrets’ about breaking ranks and voting against the 2007 budget. 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
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