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Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali at a committee meeting this month on Parliament Hill. According to the Treasury Board's website, 17,217 public service positions, including 704 executive-level jobs, are set to slashed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in silhouette, walking up the stairs in the West Block on Parliament Hill on April 3, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 26, 2026
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | January 26, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in silhouette, walking up the stairs in the West Block on Parliament Hill on April 3, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 25, 2026
Ontario national councillor Christina Mitas, right, is expected to run against Stephen Barber for the position of Conservative Party president at the Jan. 29-31 biennial policy convention in Calgary. Barber was elected president in 2023. Stephen Barber photograph courtesy of LinkedIn, Christina Mitas photograph courtesy of Facebook
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 25, 2026
News | BY ABBAS RANA | January 25, 2026
Ontario national councillor Christina Mitas, right, is expected to run against Stephen Barber for the position of Conservative Party president at the Jan. 29-31 biennial policy convention in Calgary. Barber was elected president in 2023. Stephen Barber photograph courtesy of LinkedIn, Christina Mitas photograph courtesy of Facebook
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 16, 2026
Michael de Adder explains the inspiration behind his top political cartoons to appear in The Hill Times’ pages in 2025. The Hill Times cartoons by Michael de Adder
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 16, 2026
Feature | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | January 16, 2026
Michael de Adder explains the inspiration behind his top political cartoons to appear in The Hill Times’ pages in 2025. The Hill Times cartoons by Michael de Adder
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | January 15, 2026
Quebec Premier François Legault announced his resignation on Jan. 14, leaving the party he founded, the CAQ, to elect a new leader months ahead of a provincial election, currently set for the end of October. 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 JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 16, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. It's going to be a tense few months in the House. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 16, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | September 16, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. It's going to be a tense few months in the House. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Liberal caucus at its winter retreat in West Block on Jan. 27, 2023, before the House resumes sitting for the first time in 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal caucus held their summer retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., where provincial pollsters say the landscape is shaky for the party in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | September 11, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the Liberal caucus at its winter retreat in West Block on Jan. 27, 2023, before the House resumes sitting for the first time in 2023.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal caucus held their summer retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., where provincial pollsters say the landscape is shaky for the party in the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2024
The 155-member national Liberal caucus is heading to Nanaimo, B.C., from Sept. 9-11 for what is likely their last summer retreat before the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2024
The 155-member national Liberal caucus is heading to Nanaimo, B.C., from Sept. 9-11 for what is likely their last summer retreat before the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 26, 2024
Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada is the co-chair of the Liberal Party's national campaign committee for the next federal election. In a recent presentation to the Ontario Liberal caucus, she described the safe Liberal seat of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que. as being in a three-way contest for the Sept. 16 byelection. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 26, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 26, 2024
Tourism Minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada is the co-chair of the Liberal Party's national campaign committee for the next federal election. In a recent presentation to the Ontario Liberal caucus, she described the safe Liberal seat of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, Que. as being in a three-way contest for the Sept. 16 byelection. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 19, 2024
Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld wrote in an Aug. 7 op-ed that the chair of the House Status of Women committee called a meeting with only a few days notice, and only with witnesses proposed by Conservative party members. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 19, 2024
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | August 19, 2024
Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld wrote in an Aug. 7 op-ed that the chair of the House Status of Women committee called a meeting with only a few days notice, and only with witnesses proposed by Conservative party members. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | August 16, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have been travelling the country meeting Canadians this summer. Photographs courtesy of Instagram
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | August 16, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | August 16, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have been travelling the country meeting Canadians this summer. Photographs courtesy of Instagram
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 15, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, has been going after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Melanie Richer, a former communications director for the NDP, said the Conservatives see the New Democrats as a threat. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 15, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 15, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, has been going after NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. Melanie Richer, a former communications director for the NDP, said the Conservatives see the New Democrats as a threat. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 14, 2024
While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hasn't had trouble drawing large crowds to his rallies across the country this summer, the Liberals and New Democrats are calling on Elon Musk and Canada's Elections Commissioner to investigate hundreds of suspicious social media posts boosting his recent stop in Kirkland Lake, Ont. Photograph courtesy of X
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 14, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | August 14, 2024
While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hasn't had trouble drawing large crowds to his rallies across the country this summer, the Liberals and New Democrats are calling on Elon Musk and Canada's Elections Commissioner to investigate hundreds of suspicious social media posts boosting his recent stop in Kirkland Lake, Ont. Photograph courtesy of X
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 12, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on the Hill. The Conservatives recently released an attack ad targeting Singh. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 12, 2024
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 12, 2024
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on the Hill. The Conservatives recently released an attack ad targeting Singh. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 5, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. If the New Democrats win the upcoming two byelections, this could be the beginning of the end of the extraordinary supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals, say pollster Nik Nanos. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 5, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA | August 5, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh. If the New Democrats win the upcoming two byelections, this could be the beginning of the end of the extraordinary supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals, say pollster Nik Nanos. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 22, 2024
NDP candidate and Montreal City Councillor Craig Sauvé has been campaigning in the yet-to-be-announced byelection in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun. He said he believes the party is 'absolutely in a position' to unseat the Liberals in this riding. Photograph courtesy of Craig Sauvé
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 22, 2024
News | BY ABBAS RANA | July 22, 2024
NDP candidate and Montreal City Councillor Craig Sauvé has been campaigning in the yet-to-be-announced byelection in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun. He said he believes the party is 'absolutely in a position' to unseat the Liberals in this riding. Photograph courtesy of Craig Sauvé
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 17, 2024
Conservative MP John Williamson, left, Liberal MP Michael Coteau, centre, and Bloc MP Kristina Michaud say they're using this summer to meet residents of the new areas they'll be running to represent next election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 17, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | July 17, 2024
Conservative MP John Williamson, left, Liberal MP Michael Coteau, centre, and Bloc MP Kristina Michaud say they're using this summer to meet residents of the new areas they'll be running to represent next election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia