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David Eby
B.C. Premier David Eby, who had been one of the country’s most popular premiers, now has a 40-per-cent approval rating, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 11, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith would have been in her late teens when the Exxon Valdez forever changed the public attitude on pipelines on B.C.’s northern coast, so maybe she didn’t pay much attention, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Jim Brickett
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 11, 2025
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 11, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith would have been in her late teens when the Exxon Valdez forever changed the public attitude on pipelines on B.C.’s northern coast, so maybe she didn’t pay much attention, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Jim Brickett
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | May 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, will have an in-person meeting with Canada’s premiers in Saskatchewan on June 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | May 14, 2025
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | May 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, will have an in-person meeting with Canada’s premiers in Saskatchewan on June 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 7, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at 90 Elgin Street in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023, before meeting with Canada's premiers to discuss health-care funding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 7, 2025
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 7, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at 90 Elgin Street in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023, before meeting with Canada's premiers to discuss health-care funding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 5, 2025
Andrew Furey
There are capable people putting their hand up to succeed Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, but his service won’t be forgotten, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 5, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 5, 2025
Andrew Furey
There are capable people putting their hand up to succeed Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, but his service won’t be forgotten, writes Tim Powers. 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 LES WHITTINGTON | September 16, 2020
New Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, left, pictured on his way to his first caucus meeting as leader on Sept. 9 alongside his chief of staff, Tausha Michaud, and the party's new national campaign manager, Fred DeLorey. To date, O’Toole’s main departures from the standard Conservative line have been shelving his party’s defining fixation with the federal deficit and casting himself as a champion of workers, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 16, 2020
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 16, 2020
New Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, left, pictured on his way to his first caucus meeting as leader on Sept. 9 alongside his chief of staff, Tausha Michaud, and the party's new national campaign manager, Fred DeLorey. To date, O’Toole’s main departures from the standard Conservative line have been shelving his party’s defining fixation with the federal deficit and casting himself as a champion of workers, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | August 27, 2020
Conservative Party members are pictured awaiting the results of the party's last leadership convention on May 27, 2017. Leslyn Lewis, top right, says she intends to run in the next election. Her campaign manager Steve Outhouse says a riding in Ontario is the 'most likely option.' The Hill Times file photograph and courtesy of LinkedIn and Twitter
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | August 27, 2020
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | August 27, 2020
Conservative Party members are pictured awaiting the results of the party's last leadership convention on May 27, 2017. Leslyn Lewis, top right, says she intends to run in the next election. Her campaign manager Steve Outhouse says a riding in Ontario is the 'most likely option.' The Hill Times file photograph and courtesy of LinkedIn and Twitter
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | August 26, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in West Block last November, who was seen as a liability for the federal Conservatives in last fall's election, ruled out campaigning for newly minted Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | August 26, 2020
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | August 26, 2020
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in West Block last November, who was seen as a liability for the federal Conservatives in last fall's election, ruled out campaigning for newly minted Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21, 2020, holding a press conference outside the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. While the contrast between the situation in Canada and the drama playing out south of the border might make Canadians feel better about their country’s response to this global pandemic, the crisis revealed major challenges that must be tackled. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21, 2020, holding a press conference outside the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. While the contrast between the situation in Canada and the drama playing out south of the border might make Canadians feel better about their country’s response to this global pandemic, the crisis revealed major challenges that must be tackled. 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