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Mark Carney
The 'slight' boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney's polling numbers may be due to the 'hope' the budget offered to Canadians that he 'might have a plan,' says Abacus Data CEO David Coletto. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 14, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney will be facing off in the House this week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 14, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 14, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney will be facing off in the House this week. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer
Opinion | BY DARRELL BRICKER | August 20, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is stepping into a political climate where patience is measured in weeks, not years, writes Darrell Bricker. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DARRELL BRICKER | August 20, 2025
Opinion | BY DARRELL BRICKER | August 20, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is stepping into a political climate where patience is measured in weeks, not years, writes Darrell Bricker. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | August 20, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney faces five serious public opinion hurdles in the upcoming sitting of Parliament, writes Greg Lyle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | August 20, 2025
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | August 20, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney faces five serious public opinion hurdles in the upcoming sitting of Parliament, writes Greg Lyle. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 9, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters outside the Liberal party caucus meeting in the West Block on June 4, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 9, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | June 9, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters outside the Liberal party caucus meeting in the West Block on June 4, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, at a April 27 rally in Edwards, Ont., ran an election campaign on change—a message that resonated with younger voters, who, unlike boomers, were less motivated by threats from the U.S. this election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 17, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 17, 2025
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, at a April 27 rally in Edwards, Ont., ran an election campaign on change—a message that resonated with younger voters, who, unlike boomers, were less motivated by threats from the U.S. this election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | April 8, 2020
Shirley Douglas is pictured meeting with then-prime minister Jean Chrétien in 1997 alongside her son Kiefer Sutherland, as well as then-MPs Bill Blaikie and Peter Milliken. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Marc Carisse
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | April 8, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | April 8, 2020
Shirley Douglas is pictured meeting with then-prime minister Jean Chrétien in 1997 alongside her son Kiefer Sutherland, as well as then-MPs Bill Blaikie and Peter Milliken. Photograph courtesy of Jean-Marc Carisse
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2019
A Grade 5 student casts a ballot as part of a mock vote put on by Elections Canada on Sept. 18. The exercise was part of the agency's Student Vote program, aimed at familiarizing students with the voting process. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2019
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 23, 2019
A Grade 5 student casts a ballot as part of a mock vote put on by Elections Canada on Sept. 18. The exercise was part of the agency's Student Vote program, aimed at familiarizing students with the voting process. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | October 21, 2019
At the end of the campaign, a Liberal advantage in opinion polls in Ontario may be enough to give Justin Trudeau's party another election victory. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | October 21, 2019
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | October 21, 2019
At the end of the campaign, a Liberal advantage in opinion polls in Ontario may be enough to give Justin Trudeau's party another election victory. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 21, 2019
Liberal supporters mocked Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer with a variety of creative signs, and in one case, a Doug Ford mask, outside of the French language leaders' debate in Ottawa on Oct. 10. The parties and leaders themselves have also run negative campaigns, and polling by Ipsos suggests that more Canadians are unhappy with all of their choices in this election than were in the last. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 21, 2019
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 21, 2019
Liberal supporters mocked Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer with a variety of creative signs, and in one case, a Doug Ford mask, outside of the French language leaders' debate in Ottawa on Oct. 10. The parties and leaders themselves have also run negative campaigns, and polling by Ipsos suggests that more Canadians are unhappy with all of their choices in this election than were in the last. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 16, 2019
Phillipe Fournier teaches astrophysics at Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montreal. He says he currently spends 70 to 80 hours a week working on 338Canada. Photograph courtesy of Philippe Fournier
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 16, 2019
News | BY NEIL MOSS | October 16, 2019
Phillipe Fournier teaches astrophysics at Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montreal. He says he currently spends 70 to 80 hours a week working on 338Canada. Photograph courtesy of Philippe Fournier
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 14, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on his way into the Oct. 7 leaders debate at the History Museum in Gatineau, Que. Mr. Trudeau is running for re-election on a plan to run deficits of more than $20-billion per year for the foreseeable future. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 14, 2019
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 14, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on his way into the Oct. 7 leaders debate at the History Museum in Gatineau, Que. Mr. Trudeau is running for re-election on a plan to run deficits of more than $20-billion per year for the foreseeable future. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | October 14, 2019
Ontario PC Premier Doug Ford, pictured at the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa in March, has so far refused to take bait from the federal Liberals to wade into this election, which polling shows could help the Grits. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | October 14, 2019
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | October 14, 2019
Ontario PC Premier Doug Ford, pictured at the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa in March, has so far refused to take bait from the federal Liberals to wade into this election, which polling shows could help the Grits. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 7, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, pictured at Rideau Hall on Sept. 11, 2019, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, pictured speaking at the Manning Networking Conference on March 23, 2019. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 7, 2019
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 7, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, pictured at Rideau Hall on Sept. 11, 2019, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, pictured speaking at the Manning Networking Conference on March 23, 2019. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | September 30, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on board his campaign aircraft on Sept. 18 after news broke that he had worn brownface at a party for a school where he was working as a teacher in 2001. Screen-capture of the CBC
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | September 30, 2019
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | September 30, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized on board his campaign aircraft on Sept. 18 after news broke that he had worn brownface at a party for a school where he was working as a teacher in 2001. Screen-capture of the CBC
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 25, 2019
According to polls released last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here with his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at Rideau Hall on Sept. 11, and the Liberal Party have lost support following the brownface/blackface controversy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 25, 2019
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 25, 2019
According to polls released last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here with his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau at Rideau Hall on Sept. 11, and the Liberal Party have lost support following the brownface/blackface controversy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | September 20, 2019
'It was a terrible idea, it was something that minimizes and takes advantage of a reality that I have not had to live with,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said of his decision to wear blackface and brownface earlier in his life during a press conference last week. Screen-capture of Justin Trudeau's Twitter account
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | September 20, 2019
Opinion | BY GREG LYLE | September 20, 2019
'It was a terrible idea, it was something that minimizes and takes advantage of a reality that I have not had to live with,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said of his decision to wear blackface and brownface earlier in his life during a press conference last week. Screen-capture of Justin Trudeau's Twitter account
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 16, 2019
Pollsters have more to consider in this election with six federal parties in the mix. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Cynthia Münster
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 16, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 16, 2019
Pollsters have more to consider in this election with six federal parties in the mix. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Cynthia Münster