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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 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
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 10, 2021
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has started early because of election spending rules and because he has to try to overcome his low personal standing with voters resulting from his inept handling of the later stages of the COVID-19 emergency, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 10, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | November 10, 2021
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has started early because of election spending rules and because he has to try to overcome his low personal standing with voters resulting from his inept handling of the later stages of the COVID-19 emergency, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 8, 2021
Quebec Premier François Legault, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured. In both Ontario and Quebec, the politicians have ignored advice from public health officials to promote mandatory vaccinations in settings dealing with vulnerable, hospitalized people. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 8, 2021
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | November 8, 2021
Quebec Premier François Legault, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured. In both Ontario and Quebec, the politicians have ignored advice from public health officials to promote mandatory vaccinations in settings dealing with vulnerable, hospitalized people. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and Andrew Meade
News | BY MATT HORWOOD | November 4, 2021
News | BY MATT HORWOOD | November 4, 2021
News | BY MATT HORWOOD | November 4, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 6, 2021
Consistent with his small-government, libertarian convictions, Premier Jason Kenney appears destined to go down with the COVID ship in Alberta while in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford was accused of penny pinching during an emergency when it emerged that his government spent $5.6-billion less than proposed in its 2020 budget, including $3.5-billion less than planned on health care, even as COVID continued its damage, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 6, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | October 6, 2021
Consistent with his small-government, libertarian convictions, Premier Jason Kenney appears destined to go down with the COVID ship in Alberta while in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford was accused of penny pinching during an emergency when it emerged that his government spent $5.6-billion less than proposed in its 2020 budget, including $3.5-billion less than planned on health care, even as COVID continued its damage, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MAX JIANG | September 8, 2021
More valid questions about the passports have been brought up by recent moves from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured, as a testament to Canada’s inability to achieve federal-provincial consensus on healthcare jurisdictions—and there will soon be 13 distinct vaccine certificates implemented in Canada. This is far too many, writes Max Jiang. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MAX JIANG | September 8, 2021
Opinion | BY MAX JIANG | September 8, 2021
More valid questions about the passports have been brought up by recent moves from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured, as a testament to Canada’s inability to achieve federal-provincial consensus on healthcare jurisdictions—and there will soon be 13 distinct vaccine certificates implemented in Canada. This is far too many, writes Max Jiang. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade