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Ontario Premier Doug Ford promoting the interests of Franco-Ontarians to Quebec doctors is laughable given he previously announced cuts to French services across his own province, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 13, 2025
Clockwise from top left: French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 13, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 13, 2025
Clockwise from top left: French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 12, 2025
In the plus column: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, top left, Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In the minus column, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, top right, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 12, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | February 12, 2025
In the plus column: Ontario Premier Doug Ford, top left, Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In the minus column, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, top right, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 8, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Feb. 1 to address Canada's retaliatory response, which was put on pause after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day tariff reprieve on Feb. 3. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 8, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 8, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Feb. 1 to address Canada's retaliatory response, which was put on pause after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a 30-day tariff reprieve on Feb. 3. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 5, 2025
Peter Boehm
ISG Senator Peter Boehm says Canada’s multilateral relations have 'always been a very important counterweight to our almost overwhelming bilateral relationship with the United States.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 5, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 5, 2025
Peter Boehm
ISG Senator Peter Boehm says Canada’s multilateral relations have 'always been a very important counterweight to our almost overwhelming bilateral relationship with the United States.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | June 17, 2020
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured on June 8, says he hopes to share details about the government's program to temporarily grant some refugee claimants permanent residency status in the 'not too distant future.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | June 17, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | June 17, 2020
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, pictured on June 8, says he hopes to share details about the government's program to temporarily grant some refugee claimants permanent residency status in the 'not too distant future.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 25, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently scored a masterful public relations victory when she announced that she and her cabinet ministers would take a 20 per cent pay cut lasting six months to show solidarity with those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Such a bold action helps to create a 'We’re all in this together' mindset. Mind you, here in Canada, our politicians have been slow to pick up on this idea, writes Gerry Nicholls.   Photograph courtesy Ulysse Bellier/Flickr
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 25, 2020
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 25, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently scored a masterful public relations victory when she announced that she and her cabinet ministers would take a 20 per cent pay cut lasting six months to show solidarity with those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Such a bold action helps to create a 'We’re all in this together' mindset. Mind you, here in Canada, our politicians have been slow to pick up on this idea, writes Gerry Nicholls.   Photograph courtesy Ulysse Bellier/Flickr
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | May 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21 at Rideau Cottage, says his government is 'discussing' the proposed national framework for testing and contact tracing with the premiers tonight to look at 'how we can scale up testing immediately.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | May 21, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | May 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21 at Rideau Cottage, says his government is 'discussing' the proposed national framework for testing and contact tracing with the premiers tonight to look at 'how we can scale up testing immediately.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | April 29, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 29, 2020, says the government is considering whether it's more appropriate to ask people to voluntarily sign up for contact-tracing measures. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | April 29, 2020
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | April 29, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 29, 2020, says the government is considering whether it's more appropriate to ask people to voluntarily sign up for contact-tracing measures. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 27, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 14, 2020, says Ottawa will share principles 'in the coming days' that provinces and the feds have both agreed to uphold, as jurisdictions share plans to reopen their economies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 27, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 27, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 14, 2020, says Ottawa will share principles 'in the coming days' that provinces and the feds have both agreed to uphold, as jurisdictions share plans to reopen their economies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | April 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. 'This crisis has had the effect of collapsing a huge amount of the partisanship between parties and the sniping between different levels of government,' said Geoff Norquay, principal at Earnscliffe and former senior adviser to both Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper. 'Six months ago in the federal election, the prime minister essentially campaigned against Doug Ford and Jason Kenney, and that will never happen again.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | April 13, 2020
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | April 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. 'This crisis has had the effect of collapsing a huge amount of the partisanship between parties and the sniping between different levels of government,' said Geoff Norquay, principal at Earnscliffe and former senior adviser to both Brian Mulroney and Stephen Harper. 'Six months ago in the federal election, the prime minister essentially campaigned against Doug Ford and Jason Kenney, and that will never happen again.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 8, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The efforts of the premiers, the prime minister’s managed public utterances, and backroom diplomacy must have helped in resolving the log jam around 3M's masks, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 8, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 8, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The efforts of the premiers, the prime minister’s managed public utterances, and backroom diplomacy must have helped in resolving the log jam around 3M's masks, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S.' demand that companies like 3M halt exports of N95 masks to Canada will 'hurt' both economies, which still engage in cross-border trade, even as the border has been sealed to non-essential travel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 3, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S.' demand that companies like 3M halt exports of N95 masks to Canada will 'hurt' both economies, which still engage in cross-border trade, even as the border has been sealed to non-essential travel. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transpsort Minister Marc Garneau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 23, 2020
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Transpsort Minister Marc Garneau, and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on March 16, 2020, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MATT MCMANUS | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY MATT MCMANUS | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY MATT MCMANUS | March 2, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | February 12, 2020
Education Minister Stephen Lecce, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in December at the site of the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital that's currently under construction. To date, no full-on strike has occurred, but neither has a negotiated settlement been reached between the government and Ontario's teachers, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | February 12, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | February 12, 2020
Education Minister Stephen Lecce, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in December at the site of the new Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital that's currently under construction. To date, no full-on strike has occurred, but neither has a negotiated settlement been reached between the government and Ontario's teachers, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 16, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured. Forget about predictions; the only thing you can really expect in 2020 is the unexpected, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 16, 2019
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | December 16, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured. Forget about predictions; the only thing you can really expect in 2020 is the unexpected, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade