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Ontario Premier Doug Ford promoting the interests of Franco-Ontarians to Quebec doctors is laughable given he previously announced cuts to French services across his own province, writes Andrew Caddell. 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 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 SHEILA COPPS | July 26, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 16, 2021, at a press conference on the Hill. It is about time the Canadian government and the provinces got their act together and realized that saving lives trumps vaccine liberty, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 26, 2021
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | July 26, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured April 16, 2021, at a press conference on the Hill. It is about time the Canadian government and the provinces got their act together and realized that saving lives trumps vaccine liberty, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 21, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, said it might be up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the prime minister handed the responsibility for vaccine proof back to the provinces. As we contend with the potential fourth wave, the picture here is once again a hodgepodge characterized by official fence-sitting, hesitancy, and lack of national co-ordination, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 21, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 21, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, said it might be up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but the prime minister handed the responsibility for vaccine proof back to the provinces. As we contend with the potential fourth wave, the picture here is once again a hodgepodge characterized by official fence-sitting, hesitancy, and lack of national co-ordination, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 15, 2021
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by premier Doug Ford, wants me to feel guilty, says Gerry Nicholls, of the party's fundraising campaign. Sometimes you have to jolt people into giving, because it’s important to bear in mind that the longer a donor goes without making a donation, the greater the odds he or she will eventually lose total interest in your cause. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 15, 2021
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 15, 2021
Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, led by premier Doug Ford, wants me to feel guilty, says Gerry Nicholls, of the party's fundraising campaign. Sometimes you have to jolt people into giving, because it’s important to bear in mind that the longer a donor goes without making a donation, the greater the odds he or she will eventually lose total interest in your cause. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 17, 2021
If you want an even more egregious example of a Conservative politician taking the easy way out, there’s Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 21, 2010, who, rather than battling his opponents, fair and square, decided instead to silence them, using the heavy-handed power of the state, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 17, 2021
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | June 17, 2021
If you want an even more egregious example of a Conservative politician taking the easy way out, there’s Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured on the Hill on Nov. 21, 2010, who, rather than battling his opponents, fair and square, decided instead to silence them, using the heavy-handed power of the state, writes Gerry Nicholls. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 16, 2021
Doug Ford
The Ontario and Quebec governments, led by Premiers Doug Ford, left, and François Legualt, respectively, have recently invoked the notwithstanding clause, which Andrew Caddell writes diminishes the Charter every time it’s used. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 16, 2021
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 16, 2021
Doug Ford
The Ontario and Quebec governments, led by Premiers Doug Ford, left, and François Legualt, respectively, have recently invoked the notwithstanding clause, which Andrew Caddell writes diminishes the Charter every time it’s used. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | June 14, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2019. The biggest third-party spenders in federal politics have been supporters of the Conservatives who load up on advertising to fight the Liberals. If Ford’s plan works, the federal Liberals might be encouraged to replicate it. In that instance, the national Tories will lose out. For now, all eyes are on Ontario, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | June 14, 2021
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | June 14, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2019. The biggest third-party spenders in federal politics have been supporters of the Conservatives who load up on advertising to fight the Liberals. If Ford’s plan works, the federal Liberals might be encouraged to replicate it. In that instance, the national Tories will lose out. For now, all eyes are on Ontario, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY JIM CRESKEY | June 9, 2021
The basic income amounts delivered in the Ontario pilot clearly are not a silver-bullet solution, but as in other test programs, the results were clear. Instead of having to hock their possessions to stave off eviction or pay an overdue utility bill, families were investing in their children, writes Jim Creskey. Unsplash photograph by Alexander Dummer
Feature | BY JIM CRESKEY | June 9, 2021
Feature | BY JIM CRESKEY | June 9, 2021
The basic income amounts delivered in the Ontario pilot clearly are not a silver-bullet solution, but as in other test programs, the results were clear. Instead of having to hock their possessions to stave off eviction or pay an overdue utility bill, families were investing in their children, writes Jim Creskey. Unsplash photograph by Alexander Dummer
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | June 2, 2021
Having hockey fans at games is arguably more valuable than the prime minister or a premier standing on a stage telling us on Date X we can do this because the rules have changed, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of Sportsnet
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | June 2, 2021
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | June 2, 2021
Having hockey fans at games is arguably more valuable than the prime minister or a premier standing on a stage telling us on Date X we can do this because the rules have changed, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of Sportsnet
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 20, 2021
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, the government’s point man on the bill, suggested those who opposed Bill C-10, did so not because they were concerned about possible government censorship, but because they were part of, as he put, it a 'deliberate campaign of misinformation' orchestrated by 'web giants.'
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 20, 2021
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | May 20, 2021
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, the government’s point man on the bill, suggested those who opposed Bill C-10, did so not because they were concerned about possible government censorship, but because they were part of, as he put, it a 'deliberate campaign of misinformation' orchestrated by 'web giants.'
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 17, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have the lowest approval ratings in the country, at just 15 and 19 per cent respectively. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 17, 2021
News | BY AIDAN CHAMANDY | May 17, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have the lowest approval ratings in the country, at just 15 and 19 per cent respectively. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 6, 2021
Liberal MPs represent all but one of the 20 federal ridings in Toronto, home to 53 of the province’s hot spots for targeted vaccinations. From left, Liberal MPs Rob Oliphant, Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, Judy Sgro, and Jean Yip. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 6, 2021
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | May 6, 2021
Liberal MPs represent all but one of the 20 federal ridings in Toronto, home to 53 of the province’s hot spots for targeted vaccinations. From left, Liberal MPs Rob Oliphant, Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, Judy Sgro, and Jean Yip. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 5, 2021
Doug Ford
With Premier Doug Ford’s failures as Ontario’s pandemic leader peaking in recent weeks, the Progressive Conservatives have taken Trump-like to outright lying in an attempt to silt up the political waters and deflect attention from the out-of-control provincial health catastrophe, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 5, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 5, 2021
Doug Ford
With Premier Doug Ford’s failures as Ontario’s pandemic leader peaking in recent weeks, the Progressive Conservatives have taken Trump-like to outright lying in an attempt to silt up the political waters and deflect attention from the out-of-control provincial health catastrophe, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade