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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 | May 25, 2022
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford still depicts himself as being for the little guy, but most of his government’s actual policies are geared to his upscale supporters and business backers, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 25, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 25, 2022
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford still depicts himself as being for the little guy, but most of his government’s actual policies are geared to his upscale supporters and business backers, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 19, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca, and Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath are running to win the June 2 election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 19, 2022
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 19, 2022
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca, and Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath are running to win the June 2 election. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 18, 2022
Doug Ford
If anything, Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems to have shown that, although people are worried about impending climate disasters, they’re not too fussy about accountability when it comes to what governments are actually doing, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 18, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 18, 2022
Doug Ford
If anything, Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems to have shown that, although people are worried about impending climate disasters, they’re not too fussy about accountability when it comes to what governments are actually doing, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 16, 2022
The Doug Ford Progressive Conservatives are seeking a new mandate in the Ontario provincial election. Most polls last week suggested they will be re-elected with a majority government in the June 2 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 16, 2022
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 16, 2022
The Doug Ford Progressive Conservatives are seeking a new mandate in the Ontario provincial election. Most polls last week suggested they will be re-elected with a majority government in the June 2 election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 16, 2022
According to TVO's Steve Paikin, Doug Ford, pictured on Parliament Hill in 2019, will be the first premier in 50 years not to do an interview with him. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 16, 2022
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | May 16, 2022
According to TVO's Steve Paikin, Doug Ford, pictured on Parliament Hill in 2019, will be the first premier in 50 years not to do an interview with him. 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