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Canada eyes more agriculture trade with Mexico

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, the foreign affairs minister calls back from India.

Canada eyes more agriculture trade with Mexico

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, the foreign affairs minister calls back from India.

MPs, Senators race to see who’s the slowest in Bike on the Hill

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Anita Anand’s India challenge: engage without enabling

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Chief of Defence Staff Carignan to speak at Ottawa Mayor’s Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 14

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Anand to visit India and China next week

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

Breaking down the offices of secretaries of state Gainey, Long

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

A More Competitive, Innovative Canada Begins with Breakthroughs in Physics.

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‘Get back into shop floors’ and contrast Carney’s ‘lurch to the right,’ say NDP leadership hopefuls of party’s path forward 

Opinion

• BY JAMIE CARROLL

Carney dresses for the job

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• BY ABBAS RANA

It would be ‘idiotic’ for any party to topple government on budget vote only seven months after election, say some Liberal MPs

Taiwan’s Birthday, a CMPA wrap-party, and a Prairie premier leave no vacancy at the Château

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

• The Château Laurier hosted a plethora of parties on Oct. 7, including Taiwan’s 114th National Day, the Canadian Media Producers’ Association’s Hill Day reception, Canada Strong and Free's party with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and a cement-mixer mixer.

Taiwan’s Birthday, a CMPA wrap-party, and a Prairie premier leave no vacancy at the Château

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

• The Château Laurier hosted a plethora of parties on Oct. 7, including Taiwan’s 114th National Day, the Canadian Media Producers’ Association’s Hill Day reception, Canada Strong and Free's party with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and a cement-mixer mixer.

Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

PM Carney risks trouble without loyal ‘palace guard,’ say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Canada Strong and Free fundraising emails using ‘crisis rhetoric,’ to stoke distrust in government and media, say comms experts, pollsters

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Parliamentary Calendar

Minister Joly to discuss Canada’s plan for industrial leadership in Toronto on Oct. 9

Podcast

Heather McPherson on her campaign to lead the NDP

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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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This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

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Farmers urge informed, responsible dialogue around seasonal workers

Embattled minister faces House committee

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, the environment commissioner takes questions on the government’s climate plan.

Embattled minister faces House committee

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, the environment commissioner takes questions on the government’s climate plan.

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

The power of photo-ops

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

The power of photo-ops

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Climate action is crucial for Canadians’ health

OpinionBY LHAMO DOLKAR, DORIS GRINSPUN

Climate action is crucial for Canadians’ health

OpinionBY LHAMO DOLKAR, DORIS GRINSPUN

Parliamentary Calendar

Senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada Carolyn Rogers to talk in Toronto on Oct. 9

Podcast

Reviving the NDP, with Peter Julian

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The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

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Podcast

The notwithstanding clause, and the Supreme Court’s big decision

Day two for debate on McGuinty’s military justice bill

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, a revised border bill could hit the floor of the House today.

Day two for debate on McGuinty’s military justice bill

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, a revised border bill could hit the floor of the House today.

Convoy protest organizers Lich, Barber sentenced to house arrest

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED October 7, 2025

A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Prime Minister Carney’s $5M Liberal leadership war chest fuelled by billionaires, bankers, and Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The Poilievres guest star on a pair of podcasts

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

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How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

• Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin remarked that a new scholarship named for John de Chastelain will 'help foster peace and reconciliation worldwide.'

How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

• Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin remarked that a new scholarship named for John de Chastelain will 'help foster peace and reconciliation worldwide.'

Carney meets Trump

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Carney meets Trump

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

20th Century Boys play tribute to former bandmate Peter Linkletter

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

20th Century Boys play tribute to former bandmate Peter Linkletter

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

Q&A | Reviving a ‘bold and unapologetic’ NDP after a ‘timid’ 2025 platform, with Peter Julian

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Q&A | Reviving a ‘bold and unapologetic’ NDP after a ‘timid’ 2025 platform, with Peter Julian

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Politics This Morning

PM Carney is Washington bound

Day two of the cyber bill’s second reading

LeBlanc briefs MPs on CUSMA review

Boswell convenes competition summit in Ottawa

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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

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Indigenous Relations

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

Healing intergenerational trauma and mental health for Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Ottawa marks Truth and Reconciliation Day

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Politics and the Pen packs the house at the Château Laurier

Ontario Conservative EDAs slam nomination process in last election at recent meeting, say party sources

Bloc eyes provincial PQ win, but says it won’t affect strategy in the House: ‘our goal has always been the same’

Carney better start going full throttle

Women, Gender and diversity

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

Q&A | The legal battle over the ‘notwithstanding’ clause, explained 

Is PM Carney abandoning women, girls, and queer people in his austerity agenda?

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