Politics

Disgruntled demagogue or holier-than-thou PM? These are your options, Canada

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre keeps digging himself into an ever-constricting corner as an extremist ideologue, motivated by derision and reactionary dogma.

Disgruntled demagogue or holier-than-thou PM? These are your options, Canada

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

• Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre keeps digging himself into an ever-constricting corner as an extremist ideologue, motivated by derision and reactionary dogma.

Tory MP Thomas returns to the House

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Parliamentarians and politicos play dress up at CMPA wrap party

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Liberal budget comms ‘a miss’ at catching young voters, unlikely to achieve ‘narrative shift,’ say pollsters 

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Justice Hogue to deliver interim inquiry report May 3

There’s a reason the budget didn’t help the Liberals

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Transforming cancer care through the Pan-Canadian Cancer Data Strategy

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Opinion

The populist charade

• BY LES WHITTINGTON

Opinion

Campus crackdowns earning a failing grade

• BY ERICA IFILL

Opinion

The call of Canadian decency

• BY TIM POWERS

Flying high: super travel agent Scott McCord celebrated by politicos

FeatureBY ZACK LADOUCEUR

• For 25 years, Scott McCord has been booking flights for Ottawa's politico players, so they threw a big party in his honour.

Flying high: super travel agent Scott McCord celebrated by politicos

FeatureBY ZACK LADOUCEUR

• For 25 years, Scott McCord has been booking flights for Ottawa's politico players, so they threw a big party in his honour.

Federal procurement already feeling blowback from ArriveCan scandal, say experts

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Liberal housing strategy will need ‘both carrots and sticks’ to break through affordable housing stalemate: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada Should Lead in the Circular Economy

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Parliamentary Calendar

Environment commissioner to release five audits on April 30

Podcast

Fixing family medicine, Part 2, with Dr. Kathleen Ross

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The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

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Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Podcast

Jane Philpott on how to fix health care

Parliamentary basketball tourney is a slam dunk for Christie Lake Kids

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, news from the embassies of Japan, the Netherlands, and Poland; Sen. Varone, MP Fisher and ex-MP Lametti all join new groups; and John Delacourt's latest novel is hitting the shelves.

Parliamentary basketball tourney is a slam dunk for Christie Lake Kids

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

• Plus, news from the embassies of Japan, the Netherlands, and Poland; Sen. Varone, MP Fisher and ex-MP Lametti all join new groups; and John Delacourt's latest novel is hitting the shelves.

Public hearings provided ‘no great revelations’ for upcoming foreign interference report, says national security expert Wesley Wark

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Public hearings provided ‘no great revelations’ for upcoming foreign interference report, says national security expert Wesley Wark

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Let’s improve our understanding of how we nominate candidates, and pass S-283

OpinionBY JEANETTE ASHE, TRACEY RANEY

Let’s improve our understanding of how we nominate candidates, and pass S-283

OpinionBY JEANETTE ASHE, TRACEY RANEY

FedDev Ontario Minister Tassi, Emergency Preparedness Minister Sajjan add to their teams

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

FedDev Ontario Minister Tassi, Emergency Preparedness Minister Sajjan add to their teams

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Parliamentary Calendar

Senator Pate, PPC Leader Bernier to talk social injustice April 27

Podcast

Should political parties be exempt from privacy laws?

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Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

List

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

Podcast

The online hate speech bill, with Justice Minister Arif Virani

Poilievre should steer clear of far-right extremists

Opinion

• The last thing Canada needs is a more polarized country, and Poilievre is playing with fire if he continues to court the far right.

Poilievre should steer clear of far-right extremists

Opinion

• The last thing Canada needs is a more polarized country, and Poilievre is playing with fire if he continues to court the far right.

Heather McPherson says her party’s next leader should be a woman

FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH

The Bridge’s take: LeBlanc, among others, discussing ‘Plan B’ scenario if Trudeau steps down

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

We need more than three-word slogans from Poilievre: reader

Opinion

‘Insufficient for the scale of need’: foreign service reform gets initial ‘down payment,’ but follow-up needed, say Parliamentarians

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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The CAQ’s language shell game fooled everyone

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• A report last week from the Office québécois de la langue française indicates the status of the French language since 2017 has been 'stable.'

The CAQ’s language shell game fooled everyone

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• A report last week from the Office québécois de la langue française indicates the status of the French language since 2017 has been 'stable.'

CBC, Radio-Canada journalists are fiercely independent in their reporting: CBC’s Poulter

Opinion

CBC, Radio-Canada journalists are fiercely independent in their reporting: CBC’s Poulter

Opinion

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Politics This Morning

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100 most influential in government and politics

Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

Post-election heavy hitters: the top 100 most influential people to watch in federal politics in 2022

Pandemic edition: Top 100 most influential people to watch in 2021

Where were all the MPs on Top 100 Most Influential?

all politics poll: best & worst of the year in politics

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

Trudeau voted most valuable politician in 2017, Morneau ranked top news story in 21st Annual All Politics Poll: Best & Worst in Politics

The Politically Savvy Survey

Poilievre sweeps a suite of categories in the 27th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Freeland, LeBlanc, Morneau voted most influential ministers in 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Goodale voted Best Cabinet Minister in QP, Scrums in The Hill Times’ 25th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Moore voted best Cabinet minister, but Kenney still most influential: The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual Politically Savvy Survey

best political books

Bill Fox digs into how social media, online journalism have completely transformed the way we do politics

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

The Political Party in Canada fills a crucial gap for a comprehensive, updated study of Canadian political parties 

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

Indigenous Relations

Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination

Waiting for justice: why you need to know Métis residential school survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse

The result of the oppressive synergy of sexism and racism

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

political parties

Trudeau tells Grit MPs not to expect any dramatic boost in public support until next year

Conservative Facebook ads reach out to Chinese-Canadians as Liberals take local approach to budget sales pitch

Liberal ridings raised more cash in 2022, but Conservatives had $12-million more in the bank

After salary raise, Trudeau will earn $406,200, Poilievre $299,900, and Singh, Blanchet $271,700 each year

Women, Gender and diversity

Can’t Buy My Silence on the Hill: restricting the abusive use of NDAs

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

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