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Ontario ISG Senator Donna Dasko tabled Bill S-213 with proposed reforms to the Canada Elections Act on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative leader in the House Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet all got a salary increase under the Parliament of Canada Act, effective April 1, 2025. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, Conservative leader in the House Andrew Scheer, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet all got a salary increase under the Parliament of Canada Act, effective April 1, 2025. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 7, 2025
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
Conservative and Liberal supporters in Montreal ahead of the April 17 English-language leaders' debate. It is a major disservice to voters if party platforms are released mere days before ballots are cast, writes Andrew Tzembelicos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS | April 30, 2025
Conservative and Liberal supporters in Montreal ahead of the April 17 English-language leaders' debate. It is a major disservice to voters if party platforms are released mere days before ballots are cast, writes Andrew Tzembelicos. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 21, 2025
Whichever way you cast your vote in the coming election, do not believe the promises made regarding defence investment, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Master Corporal Alana Morin
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 21, 2025
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 21, 2025
Whichever way you cast your vote in the coming election, do not believe the promises made regarding defence investment, writes Scott Taylor. DND photograph by Master Corporal Alana Morin
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 15, 2025
Jagmeet Singh
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is backed by a team of experienced, and familiar, party organizers this election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 15, 2025
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 15, 2025
Jagmeet Singh
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is backed by a team of experienced, and familiar, party organizers this election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | July 3, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. By 2025, Trudeau will be at or near the decade ceiling. Unlike his father in 1980, there will be no comeback if he loses. We are in an era when major party leaders get one chance to win an election and if they fail, they're out, writes Nelson Wiseman. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | July 3, 2023
Opinion | BY NELSON WISEMAN | July 3, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. By 2025, Trudeau will be at or near the decade ceiling. Unlike his father in 1980, there will be no comeback if he loses. We are in an era when major party leaders get one chance to win an election and if they fail, they're out, writes Nelson Wiseman. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHERRY MORAN | June 28, 2023
In his final speech to the House of Commons on June 12, former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole said, “Instead of debating our national purpose in this chamber, too many of us are often chasing algorithms down a sinkhole of diversion and division.” The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHERRY MORAN | June 28, 2023
Opinion | BY SHERRY MORAN | June 28, 2023
In his final speech to the House of Commons on June 12, former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole said, “Instead of debating our national purpose in this chamber, too many of us are often chasing algorithms down a sinkhole of diversion and division.” The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STEPHEN JEFFERY | June 26, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have a similar preferred prime minister percentage. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STEPHEN JEFFERY | June 26, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA, STEPHEN JEFFERY | June 26, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have a similar preferred prime minister percentage. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | June 26, 2023
Liberal MP Rachel Bendayan, pictured May 9, 2023, on the Hill talking to reporters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | June 26, 2023
Opinion | June 26, 2023
Liberal MP Rachel Bendayan, pictured May 9, 2023, on the Hill talking to reporters. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 15, 2023
Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault seen outside the House of Commons Chamber in the West Block before Question Period on June 13, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 15, 2023
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 15, 2023
Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault seen outside the House of Commons Chamber in the West Block before Question Period on June 13, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 12, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. MPs of all parties should realize that in their quest of power, they must not begin to undermine public institutions, say political insiders. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 12, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 12, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. MPs of all parties should realize that in their quest of power, they must not begin to undermine public institutions, say political insiders. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Left, People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier is facing off against Conservative candidate Branden Leslie in the riding of Portage-Lisgar, Man., while Conservative candidate Arpan Khanna and the Liberals' David Hilderley are running in Oxford, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and courtesy of Branden Leslie, Twitter and Facebook
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 5, 2023
Left, People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier is facing off against Conservative candidate Branden Leslie in the riding of Portage-Lisgar, Man., while Conservative candidate Arpan Khanna and the Liberals' David Hilderley are running in Oxford, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and courtesy of Branden Leslie, Twitter and Facebook
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 5, 2023
Right after winning the Alberta election on May 29, United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government on its climate policy. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 5, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | June 5, 2023
Right after winning the Alberta election on May 29, United Conservative Party leader Danielle Smith attacked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's federal government on its climate policy. The Hill Times file photographs
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 29, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently scrumming on the Hill, will likely be off-message as long as opposition parties push for a full public inquiry in foreign interference in Canadian elections; either way, it will be a tough slog for the Liberals over the coming months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 29, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 29, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured recently scrumming on the Hill, will likely be off-message as long as opposition parties push for a full public inquiry in foreign interference in Canadian elections; either way, it will be a tough slog for the Liberals over the coming months. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 29, 2023
David Johnston holds a press conference at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa on May 23, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 29, 2023
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 29, 2023
David Johnston holds a press conference at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in Ottawa on May 23, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | May 29, 2023
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. In Ontario, where a looming democratic mayoral election in Toronto is threatened by comments from our Progressive Conservative premier, there's not a sound, writes Tom McElroy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | May 29, 2023
Opinion | May 29, 2023
Ontario Premier Doug Ford. In Ontario, where a looming democratic mayoral election in Toronto is threatened by comments from our Progressive Conservative premier, there's not a sound, writes Tom McElroy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2023
Incumbent Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party are likely to win the May 29 provincial election, according to a recent poll. But political insiders warn that the outcome is too close to call and that Rachel Notley's NDP still have a shot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2023
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 26, 2023
Incumbent Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party are likely to win the May 29 provincial election, according to a recent poll. But political insiders warn that the outcome is too close to call and that Rachel Notley's NDP still have a shot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade