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Carney heads to Paris for Ukraine peace talks

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Plus, the PM weighs in on Venezuela.

Carney heads to Paris for Ukraine peace talks

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Plus, the PM weighs in on Venezuela.

‘Most dangerous period that we’ve been in’: Carney urged to bolster ‘Team Canada’ approach ahead of CUSMA review

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Where is the real threat to Canadian security coming from?

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER INGRAM, ERROL MENDES, JOSEPH INGRAM

Next year ‘an important one for Quebec’ as possibility of referendum looms, say Bloc MP, politicos

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Who’s who in Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative OLO: Part 2

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Senate’s Africa report exposes Canada’s strategic blind spot

OpinionBY SELAH GETAHUN

A ‘laser-focused’ Carney and ‘embattled’ Poilievre share contrasting messages in year-end interviews

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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Anxiety over Canada-U.S. relations drives eyes to The Hill Times’ 20 most-read stories of 2025

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Gurney, Harris, and Whittington rank as most-read columns of 2025

Opinion

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A Faustian climate bargain

‘We are in a good place now’: Sen. Moncion preps to take over as ISG head 

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• While key reforms to cement the new multi-group Senate have been passed, ‘there’s no guarantee that independence is forever,’ warns outgoing ISG Facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain.

‘We are in a good place now’: Sen. Moncion preps to take over as ISG head 

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

• While key reforms to cement the new multi-group Senate have been passed, ‘there’s no guarantee that independence is forever,’ warns outgoing ISG Facilitator Raymonde Saint-Germain.

New GAC report on ‘game-changing’ Canada-Indonesia deal reduces projected export growth by more than half 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Feds ‘on track’ to connect every household to high-speed internet by 2030, as critics point to gaps in rural and Northern Canada

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Carney government showing a ‘clear reluctance’ to criticize Trump with lack of direct condemnation over Venezuela raid, says past Liberal foreign minister Axworthy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Twas the morning before Christmas

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Parliamentary Calendar

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

Podcast

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

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2025

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Take The Hill Times year-end news quiz

Podcast

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

Feds pursuing new plan for funding First Nations’ child services

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Plus, activist groups will call on the government to ‘enforce the ceasefire’ in Gaza today.

Feds pursuing new plan for funding First Nations’ child services

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Plus, activist groups will call on the government to ‘enforce the ceasefire’ in Gaza today.

Stalled legislation means Liberals ‘on the hunt’ for opposition MPs to cross over to achieve majority, say politicos

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Stalled legislation means Liberals ‘on the hunt’ for opposition MPs to cross over to achieve majority, say politicos

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Ottawa set to revive online harms legislation in 2026: government source

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

Ottawa set to revive online harms legislation in 2026: government source

NewsBY DAVIS LEGREE

This year in photos: campaign stops, Liberal victory, and a King’s visit

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

This year in photos: campaign stops, Liberal victory, and a King’s visit

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Parliamentary Calendar

Parl Sec Carlos Leitão talks globalization under pressure in Montreal on Dec. 11

Podcast

Who wants an election? With David Coletto

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

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

Podcast

Building a highway to the Arctic, with Caroline Wawzonek

Do the DM shuffle

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Plus, Mandy Gull-Masty makes an announcement about child welfare.

Do the DM shuffle

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Plus, Mandy Gull-Masty makes an announcement about child welfare.

Conservatives’ $189K Alberta byelection spend ‘left nothing to chance’ on leader’s return to Parliament, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Four hired, four promoted in Health Minister Michel’s shop

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

All we want for Christmas is…

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Poilievre’s future rests on what he tells delegates at leadership review convention next month, says senior party veteran Brodie

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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Bill to create modern treaty commissioner wins Bloc, NDP, and Green support

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• With the Conservatives opting to keep Bill C-10 in House debate, Green Leader Elizabeth May warned against making it a 'political football' when it represents a 'small step for reconciliation.'

Bill to create modern treaty commissioner wins Bloc, NDP, and Green support

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• With the Conservatives opting to keep Bill C-10 in House debate, Green Leader Elizabeth May warned against making it a 'political football' when it represents a 'small step for reconciliation.'

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Redactions up: foreign ministry hiding more memo titles with 38 per cent kept secret this year

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Carney talks with the premiers

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Carney talks with the premiers

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Poilievre needs the NDP

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Poilievre needs the NDP

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Politics This Morning

Unpacking Sean Fraser’s femicide bill

Carney’s majority math

The Bubble catches its breath

MPs head home for the holidays, but not before Conservative MP Michael Ma crosses the floor to Liberals

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

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

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

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

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

The Politically Savvy Survey

Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual 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

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

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The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

Indigenous Relations

A decade of delays on Indigenous rights

No, Indigenous people are not coming for your privately owned land

Democracy, like a Christmas gift, is best unwrapped

There’s no security without Indigenous sovereignty

political parties

‘Sellout of the century’: NDP leadership candidates decry Alberta energy deal in first debate

True representation of constituents requires MPs to take principled positions even if it risks caucus expulsion or floor crossing, says Bill Casey

Floor-crossings are controversial, but not necessarily a political kiss of death

If Poilievre goes down as party leader, it will be due to external pressure, not caucus dissent, say senior Conservatives

Women, Gender and diversity

Bill C-16 ‘progress,’ but needs tougher language to codify femicide as a standalone crime, advocates say

The Elsie effect: women are essential to security

How Mark Carney can win back friends and influence critical outcomes

Liberal women are taking notice, Carney would be wise to remember the estrogen wave that handed him the election

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