Politics

Carney heads to Mexico

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Politics This Morning talks with the new PBO.

Carney heads to Mexico

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Politics This Morning talks with the new PBO.

Scrums, caucus meetings, and an anti-austerity presser

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Earnscliffe and Politico pack the Mét for second 2025 Housewarming, and a plethora of Hill parties happen in one night

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Youth descend on Senate Chamber for climate solutions assembly

Freeland exits the cabinet (again)

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

NDP MPs rally for Labour Code changes

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Reconciliation in action at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum: Supporting Indigenous-led collaboration in STEM

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Freeland resigns from cabinet after a decade as key Liberal minister for role as envoy for Ukraine

Opinion

• BY JOSIE SABATINO

Canada faces a budget reckoning as deficit pressure mounts

Opinion

• BY ANDREW CADDELL

Premier Legault’s cabinet shuffle takes his party nowhere

Is Canada ready for the nation-defining challenges ahead?

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• If we are going to succeed in the historic task of reinventing our economic culture, it will take hitherto unknown co-operation, compromise, and good-faith bargaining.

Is Canada ready for the nation-defining challenges ahead?

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• If we are going to succeed in the historic task of reinventing our economic culture, it will take hitherto unknown co-operation, compromise, and good-faith bargaining.

‘Excessive secrecy’: PMO not releasing summaries of some Carney-Trump calls 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

‘Devil in the details’: feds move to combine procurement regulations in a bid to cut red tape

NewsBY IREM KOCA

New budget watchdog says ‘deficit will absolutely be higher’ than forecast, feds have no clear fiscal anchors

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Open Letter: Bill C-2 Strong Borders Act

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Parliamentary Calendar

House is back and it’s going to be busy

Podcast

‘Political landmines’, budget cuts, and fall strategy with Sheila Copps

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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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The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

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Lettre ouverte : Loi visant une sécurité rigoureuse à la frontière

Life lessons for staffers at the start of a new sitting

OpinionBY MARCI SURKES

• The most basic and essential rookie advice is simple: be kind to everyone you meet.

Life lessons for staffers at the start of a new sitting

OpinionBY MARCI SURKES

• The most basic and essential rookie advice is simple: be kind to everyone you meet.

Party Central’s declassified shindig survival guide

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Party Central’s declassified shindig survival guide

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Border bill back on the agenda

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Border bill back on the agenda

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Now is no time to slide on transparency 

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Now is no time to slide on transparency 

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Parliamentary Calendar

Supreme Court justices head north for anniversary visit to Yellowknife from Sept. 14-15

Podcast

‘Pierre has to be Pierre’: How the Conservatives will tackle the return of Parliament

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

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Plastics pollution treaty in jeopardy

NDP keep fighting as new Liberal government’s honeymoon period comes to a close

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

• To meet the eye-popping military spending commitment of five per cent of Canada’s GDP, there will be deep cuts to programs and services to Canadians.

NDP keep fighting as new Liberal government’s honeymoon period comes to a close

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

• To meet the eye-popping military spending commitment of five per cent of Canada’s GDP, there will be deep cuts to programs and services to Canadians.

Back in the House

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, ELEANOR WAND

The Liberal Party must show up locally to win new seats

OpinionBY KELLY PATRICK

Thriving on the Hill: a survival guide for new staffers

OpinionBY JORDAN PAQUET

Pete Buttigieg to speak in Ottawa on Sept. 22

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

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Note to staff: leave no stone unturned, and ask for help

OpinionBY DON GUY

• The moment, and your direct bosses—and their bosses, the voting taxpayers—are looking for you to rise to the occasion.

Note to staff: leave no stone unturned, and ask for help

OpinionBY DON GUY

• The moment, and your direct bosses—and their bosses, the voting taxpayers—are looking for you to rise to the occasion.

Royal Canadian Air Force unveils two planes for training program

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Royal Canadian Air Force unveils two planes for training program

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Third-period politics: history’s lesson for Carney and Canada-U.S. relations

OpinionBY JOHN DELACOURT

Third-period politics: history’s lesson for Carney and Canada-U.S. relations

OpinionBY JOHN DELACOURT

Finding courage in the Senate to question the government in responsible, responsive ways

OpinionBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN

Finding courage in the Senate to question the government in responsible, responsive ways

OpinionBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN

Politics This Morning

Hodgson talks clean energy in Winnipeg

Feds reveal the first set of ‘nation-building’ projects 

Alberta premier meets Carney in Edmonton

(500) ways to cut bureaucratic red tape this summer

100 most influential in government and politics

The 100 most influential people in federal politics and government to watch in 2024

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

all politics poll: best & worst of the year in 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

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd 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’ 100 Best Books of 2023

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

Indigenous Relations

Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap would benefit us all

Don’t pray in Quebec, but pray for Quebec

Second Hudson Bay port can link Western Canada’s resources to markets abroad

First Nations chiefs criticize feds for failing to consult on Indigenous body tied to Major Projects Office

political parties

Carney better start going full throttle

High-stakes fall sitting ‘first real test’ for Carney and cabinet who have ‘zero latitude for error,’ say Liberal MPs, political players

Doug Ford’s political nihilism

Podcast interview not enough: campaign director Byrne should speak to national council about her future role with the party, say senior Conservatives

Women, Gender and diversity

Canadian military colleges report offers honest approach to right the ship

Canada’s public service needs updated visible minority hiring targets

Carney becomes second sitting prime minister in Canadian history to march at Pride

WAGE isn’t in a funding crisis—it has a design flaw

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