Politics

Carney-Xi huddle in Beijing

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

Plus, the City of Ottawa loses an appeal for more cash from the federal government.

Carney-Xi huddle in Beijing

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

Plus, the City of Ottawa loses an appeal for more cash from the federal government.

Legault’s resignation leaves ‘a big vacuum’ as Quebec gears up for an election amid two leadership races, say politicos

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Under the Donroe Doctrine, Alberta’s oil belongs to the U.S.

OpinionBY TIM GRAY

Another one bites the dust

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

‘Who do you remain loyal to?’: courting Bay Street talent to Major Projects Office invites conflict-of-interest ‘tension,’ says expert

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Commissioner Nancy Bélanger breaks down new lobbying threshold in virtual info session on Jan. 15

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Health misinformation is hurting patients and undermining trust. Let’s do something about it.

Carney lands in China

Opinion

BY JOSIE SABATINO

Trump exposed the risk of complacency. Will Canada learn from its mistakes?

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

Interesting times like these

‘Nothing revolutionary’: $3M government ad leans on campaign comms after loosening partisan prohibitions

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Trudeau-era limits for government ads were scrapped last year alongside the launch of a multimillion-dollar campaign drawing on the Grits' 2025 ‘Build Strong’ election slogans.

‘Nothing revolutionary’: $3M government ad leans on campaign comms after loosening partisan prohibitions

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Trudeau-era limits for government ads were scrapped last year alongside the launch of a multimillion-dollar campaign drawing on the Grits' 2025 ‘Build Strong’ election slogans.

‘Very few truly understand how it currently works’: procurement watchdog puts defence contracting under microscope

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Opposition MPs, media veterans call for ‘long overdue’ CBC mandate review

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

‘Anything that can’t go on forever eventually stops’: ‘Enshittification’ author issues stark warning to Ottawa over AI policy

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Ottawa’s premier hatmaker to the House Speaker and Governor General has died

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Parliamentary Calendar

On Jan. 15, Fife, Reid, Nanji, Benzie, and Bricker will forecast the big political stories to shape Canada in the year ahead

Podcast

Mark Critch on Donald Trump, Canadian politics, and being TikTok famous

feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

List

Take The Hill Times year-end news quiz

Podcast

Cut, not cap? The latest on public service downsizing, with Marlo Glass

Interpreter dilemma: pushback continues against changes to federal exam, freelance contract terms

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

As of last March, 84 freelance interpreters were covering Parliament Hill. Only 37 such bids were received by the first deadline for submissions under its new standing offer.

Interpreter dilemma: pushback continues against changes to federal exam, freelance contract terms

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

As of last March, 84 freelance interpreters were covering Parliament Hill. Only 37 such bids were received by the first deadline for submissions under its new standing offer.

To safeguard democracy in Canada, governments must modernize the way they engage with citizens

OpinionBY MATHEW MARKMAN, JOHN RICHARDSON

To safeguard democracy in Canada, governments must modernize the way they engage with citizens

OpinionBY MATHEW MARKMAN, JOHN RICHARDSON

Carney and Hodgson head West

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Carney and Hodgson head West

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

How to foil Trump’s annexation of Greenland

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

How to foil Trump’s annexation of Greenland

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Parliamentary Calendar

Decked halls of Parliament on pause until House returns on Jan. 26

Podcast

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

News

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

List

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

As Carney engages China, beware the bogeyman tropes

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

The threat of Chinese foreign interference is exaggerated and used as a scare tactic to resist better relations with Beijing.

As Carney engages China, beware the bogeyman tropes

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

The threat of Chinese foreign interference is exaggerated and used as a scare tactic to resist better relations with Beijing.

Freeland departs Ottawa as ‘objectively’ one of Canada’s most influential cabinet ministers: politicos

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Champagne gathers with G7 peers in Washington

Climate advisers ask feds to put Net-Zero Advisory Body on ‘pause,’ say they can’t fulfill mandate in ‘skeleton state’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘A grain of salt’: unmasking Liberal floor-crossing talks carries potential risk for opposition MPs, say politicos

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Pictured top right and clockwise: U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Chinese President Xi Jinping, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and French President Emmanuel Macron. *Photographs courtesy of the Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok, Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade*

‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

The world is watching U.S. President Donald Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada's former UN ambassador Bob Rae.

‘If the inconceivable becomes reality, it’s very hard to see how NATO could survive’: politicos say Trump’s global shakeup spells trouble for Canada

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

The world is watching U.S. President Donald Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada's former UN ambassador Bob Rae.