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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 SUSAN RILEY | November 26, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photograph on the Hill, will be getting it from all sides, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 26, 2018
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | November 26, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photograph on the Hill, will be getting it from all sides, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOE MARANDO | November 26, 2018
In the latest season of house of cards there is a scene in which the vice president is sitting with members of his staff deliberating what they should name their newest act. Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Opinion | BY JOE MARANDO | November 26, 2018
Opinion | BY JOE MARANDO | November 26, 2018
In the latest season of house of cards there is a scene in which the vice president is sitting with members of his staff deliberating what they should name their newest act. Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 21, 2018
Doug Ford
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is lately echoing the message of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured last month, that government is inherently distrustful, says Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 21, 2018
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 21, 2018
Doug Ford
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is lately echoing the message of Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured last month, that government is inherently distrustful, says Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | November 19, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer can stick with his Ontario ally and try to take cover under the rationale that it is not his place to question provincial choices. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | November 19, 2018
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | November 19, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer can stick with his Ontario ally and try to take cover under the rationale that it is not his place to question provincial choices. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | November 19, 2018
Conservative party Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Oct. 21, 2018, at a rally in Ottawa. Some of the activism and the passion that for so many decades attended the debate over the province’s political future has shifted to the environmental front. That shift is not happening in a vacuum, writes Chantal Hébert. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | November 19, 2018
Opinion | BY CHANTAL HÉBERT | November 19, 2018
Conservative party Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Oct. 21, 2018, at a rally in Ottawa. Some of the activism and the passion that for so many decades attended the debate over the province’s political future has shifted to the environmental front. That shift is not happening in a vacuum, writes Chantal Hébert. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 1, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters before caucus on Oct. 17. Six days later, he announced a rebate of carbon-pricing revenue directly to Canadians, which a new Angus Reid survey says appears to have 'mollified' some Canadians. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 1, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | November 1, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with reporters before caucus on Oct. 17. Six days later, he announced a rebate of carbon-pricing revenue directly to Canadians, which a new Angus Reid survey says appears to have 'mollified' some Canadians. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 31, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have to offer an 'extremely clear' message to counter Conservative attacks that the Liberal carbon tax isn't just a cash grab, say observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 31, 2018
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | October 31, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will have to offer an 'extremely clear' message to counter Conservative attacks that the Liberal carbon tax isn't just a cash grab, say observers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MARTIN REGG COHN | October 29, 2018
To the frustration of Ford and federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, right, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals have taken a page from the Tories’ playbook and are singing from the Republican songbook, writes Toronto Star op-ed columnist Martin Regg Cohn.
Opinion | BY MARTIN REGG COHN | October 29, 2018
Opinion | BY MARTIN REGG COHN | October 29, 2018
To the frustration of Ford and federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, right, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals have taken a page from the Tories’ playbook and are singing from the Republican songbook, writes Toronto Star op-ed columnist Martin Regg Cohn.
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 29, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in a Hill scrum, is well-liked by the media and would be a good Liberal leader in 2023, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 29, 2018
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 29, 2018
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured in a Hill scrum, is well-liked by the media and would be a good Liberal leader in 2023, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 29, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Oct. 1, 2018. Even with a fully functioning carbon tax, the Liberal government is nowhere near meeting the targets it set for itself in the 2015 climate summit, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 29, 2018
Opinion | BY THOMAS WALKOM | October 29, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured on Oct. 1, 2018. Even with a fully functioning carbon tax, the Liberal government is nowhere near meeting the targets it set for itself in the 2015 climate summit, writes Thomas Walkom. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 24, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaks to supporters at a rally in Ottawa on Oct. 21, a year out from the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 24, 2018
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 24, 2018
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer speaks to supporters at a rally in Ottawa on Oct. 21, a year out from the next federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 22, 2018
In usually staid old Ontario, you now have Premier Doug Ford, right, pictured with the Sun/Postmedia columnist Anthony Furey at last year's Manning Networking Conference, running the show, a populist-style, iconoclastic, firebrand, who’s slashing city councils and just generally doing whatever he can to upset the country’s establishment elites, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 22, 2018
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | October 22, 2018
In usually staid old Ontario, you now have Premier Doug Ford, right, pictured with the Sun/Postmedia columnist Anthony Furey at last year's Manning Networking Conference, running the show, a populist-style, iconoclastic, firebrand, who’s slashing city councils and just generally doing whatever he can to upset the country’s establishment elites, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade