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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 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
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 29, 2025
First ministers' meeting
It is only now—thanks to threats from the U.S. president—that our federal and provincial leaders are giving more than lip service to the idea of breaking down internal trade barriers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 29, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 29, 2025
First ministers' meeting
It is only now—thanks to threats from the U.S. president—that our federal and provincial leaders are giving more than lip service to the idea of breaking down internal trade barriers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 16, 2022
Canadians are uncertain about their economic future and the Ontario provincial election is a test of how unhappy they are with incumbents on affordability issues, say some politicos. Ontarians will vote on June 2 whether they want to give Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a second mandate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 16, 2022
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 16, 2022
Canadians are uncertain about their economic future and the Ontario provincial election is a test of how unhappy they are with incumbents on affordability issues, say some politicos. Ontarians will vote on June 2 whether they want to give Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a second mandate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | April 21, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2019, is neither a populist fish, nor an elitist fowl which makes it difficult to define his place within the world of Canadian conservatism. It’s almost as if he’s carved out his own private fiefdom within that world, where he operates by his own particular set of rules, free from the shackles of either ideology or partisanship. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | April 21, 2022
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | April 21, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2019, is neither a populist fish, nor an elitist fowl which makes it difficult to define his place within the world of Canadian conservatism. It’s almost as if he’s carved out his own private fiefdom within that world, where he operates by his own particular set of rules, free from the shackles of either ideology or partisanship. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 20, 2022
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s approach all along obviously reflected the fact that his base is composed in part by social conservatives, a group that not only opposes COVID vaccines but was key to his long-shot leadership victory in 2018, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 20, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | April 20, 2022
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s approach all along obviously reflected the fact that his base is composed in part by social conservatives, a group that not only opposes COVID vaccines but was key to his long-shot leadership victory in 2018, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 21, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be into a provincial election in less than two months, smack in the middle of a national Conservative leadership race. Federal and provincial parties are separate, but the voting public sees them all as a single, homogenous mass, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 21, 2022
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | March 21, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will be into a provincial election in less than two months, smack in the middle of a national Conservative leadership race. Federal and provincial parties are separate, but the voting public sees them all as a single, homogenous mass, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | February 21, 2022
The National War Memorial in Ottawa is pictured on Feb. 16. One has to question why individuals would seek to make this a military issue by sporting their old uniforms and declaring themselves to be veterans on either side of this cause, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | February 21, 2022
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | February 21, 2022
The National War Memorial in Ottawa is pictured on Feb. 16. One has to question why individuals would seek to make this a military issue by sporting their old uniforms and declaring themselves to be veterans on either side of this cause, writes Scott Taylor. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 16, 2022
Ottawa residents part of a counter-protest that blocked a group of 'Freedom Convoy' supporters heading downtown at Bank Street and Riverside Drive are pictured on Feb. 13. The community has not yet been given enough time for their organizing to make inroads before the government invoked the Emergencies Act, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 16, 2022
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 16, 2022
Ottawa residents part of a counter-protest that blocked a group of 'Freedom Convoy' supporters heading downtown at Bank Street and Riverside Drive are pictured on Feb. 13. The community has not yet been given enough time for their organizing to make inroads before the government invoked the Emergencies Act, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 11, 2022
If nothing else, Erin O’Toole’s recent unceremonious ouster as Conservative Party leader should serve as a cautionary tale to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 11, 2022
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | February 11, 2022
If nothing else, Erin O’Toole’s recent unceremonious ouster as Conservative Party leader should serve as a cautionary tale to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | January 27, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Jan. 17, 2022, spent the day helping drivers stuck in the snow in Toronto. Even if Ford’s shovel gambit was motivated solely by a desire to improve his image with the public, he still managed to assist people. That’s got to count for something, right, writes Gerry Nicholls. Screen capture image CityNews
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | January 27, 2022
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | January 27, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Jan. 17, 2022, spent the day helping drivers stuck in the snow in Toronto. Even if Ford’s shovel gambit was motivated solely by a desire to improve his image with the public, he still managed to assist people. That’s got to count for something, right, writes Gerry Nicholls. Screen capture image CityNews
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 26, 2022
The uproar over ‘partygate’ has reminded Britons of Boris Johnson’s childish, ineffective approach to the enduring economic disruptions of Brexit and led U.K. observers to say that people should have known all along that it would come to this when they put a self-promoting flimflammer in charge of the nation, writes Les Whittington. No. 10 Downing Street photograph by Simon Dawson
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 26, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 26, 2022
The uproar over ‘partygate’ has reminded Britons of Boris Johnson’s childish, ineffective approach to the enduring economic disruptions of Brexit and led U.K. observers to say that people should have known all along that it would come to this when they put a self-promoting flimflammer in charge of the nation, writes Les Whittington. No. 10 Downing Street photograph by Simon Dawson
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 19, 2022
Doug Ford
While there clearly was some showcasing for political benefit in Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Jan. 17 Good Samaritan gig, there was also some authenticity in it, too, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of CityNews
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 19, 2022
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | January 19, 2022
Doug Ford
While there clearly was some showcasing for political benefit in Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s Jan. 17 Good Samaritan gig, there was also some authenticity in it, too, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of CityNews
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 17, 2022
Multiple premiers said they would not be following the lead of Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured, in levying a health fee on those who refused to be vaccinated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 17, 2022
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 17, 2022
Multiple premiers said they would not be following the lead of Quebec Premier François Legault, pictured, in levying a health fee on those who refused to be vaccinated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | December 13, 2021
An Ontario provincial court judgment just muzzled Doug Ford’s greatest opposition voice, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | December 13, 2021
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | December 13, 2021
An Ontario provincial court judgment just muzzled Doug Ford’s greatest opposition voice, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade