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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
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 1, 2021
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole is on the rise in Quebec in a new Leger Marketing poll released on Aug. 31. Observers of Quebec politics warn, however, that it is still early days in the campaign. Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 1, 2021
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 1, 2021
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole is on the rise in Quebec in a new Leger Marketing poll released on Aug. 31. Observers of Quebec politics warn, however, that it is still early days in the campaign. Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 16, 2021
In the tug-of-war between collective and individual rights, for Doug Ford, Jason Kenney, and Scott Moe, it is pretty clear that the collective doesn’t count, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 16, 2021
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | August 16, 2021
In the tug-of-war between collective and individual rights, for Doug Ford, Jason Kenney, and Scott Moe, it is pretty clear that the collective doesn’t count, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 11, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, both pictured pre-COVID in 2019. In Alberta, where 22 per cent of adults are still uncertain or unwilling to be vaccinated, Kenney is determined, like conservatives in the U.S., to throw off COVID public health restrictions despite rising infections, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 11, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 11, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, both pictured pre-COVID in 2019. In Alberta, where 22 per cent of adults are still uncertain or unwilling to be vaccinated, Kenney is determined, like conservatives in the U.S., to throw off COVID public health restrictions despite rising infections, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 9, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, talking to people at an affordable housing development in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 9, 2021
Opinion | BY MICHAEL HARRIS | August 9, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured June 30, 2021, talking to people at an affordable housing development in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
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