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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 | 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
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 28, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on March 19. While the Liberals pretend to make police reforms that they missed putting in the budget, they distract us with dalliances with police accountability that end up increasing police funding, such as the ruse of body cameras, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 28, 2021
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 28, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in the Sir John A. Macdonald Building on March 19. While the Liberals pretend to make police reforms that they missed putting in the budget, they distract us with dalliances with police accountability that end up increasing police funding, such as the ruse of body cameras, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 28, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured speaking to reporters on the Hill pre-COVID on Nov. 21, 2019. Ford himself has become the lightning rod for many peoples’ COVID-19 anxiety and anger. His opponents are smiling and gleeful, which is sadly predictable and not going to get us through the pandemic, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 28, 2021
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | April 28, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured speaking to reporters on the Hill pre-COVID on Nov. 21, 2019. Ford himself has become the lightning rod for many peoples’ COVID-19 anxiety and anger. His opponents are smiling and gleeful, which is sadly predictable and not going to get us through the pandemic, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 26, 2021
Sociology professor Susan Prentice, left, who is advising the federal government, says it is ‘professionally satisfying’ to advise governments, but it can also be taxing. Public health ethicist Alison Thompson, right, who is advising the Ontario government, says her colleagues have considered pivoting from an advisory role to ‘more of an advocacy role’ during the pandemic. Photographs courtesy of Alison Thompson and Susan Prentice’s Twitter profiles
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 26, 2021
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | April 26, 2021
Sociology professor Susan Prentice, left, who is advising the federal government, says it is ‘professionally satisfying’ to advise governments, but it can also be taxing. Public health ethicist Alison Thompson, right, who is advising the Ontario government, says her colleagues have considered pivoting from an advisory role to ‘more of an advocacy role’ during the pandemic. Photographs courtesy of Alison Thompson and Susan Prentice’s Twitter profiles
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 19, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictuered in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 19, 2021
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | April 19, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictuered in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 19, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been a prime offender, criticizing the federal government for not providing enough vaccines, then, when vaccines did arrive last week, boasting about how quickly and efficiently Albertans will be inoculated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 19, 2021
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | April 19, 2021
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has been a prime offender, criticizing the federal government for not providing enough vaccines, then, when vaccines did arrive last week, boasting about how quickly and efficiently Albertans will be inoculated. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 19, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Sept. 18, 2020, at a press conference in Ottawa after a meeting with Canada’s premiers who met to discuss the federal government's support to provinces during the ongoing COIVD crisis. The Hill Times photogram by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 19, 2021
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 19, 2021
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured Sept. 18, 2020, at a press conference in Ottawa after a meeting with Canada’s premiers who met to discuss the federal government's support to provinces during the ongoing COIVD crisis. The Hill Times photogram by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 19, 2021
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, left, Conservative MP Karen Vecchio, NDP MP Scott Duvall, and NDP MP Brian Masse. 'It’s getting worse—we are going backwards, we’re not going forward in Hamilton—we’re getting higher cases,' said Mr. Duvall, who says the federal government could play a larger role in getting a handle on the worsening situation in Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Karen Vecchio's Twitter
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 19, 2021
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 19, 2021
Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, left, Conservative MP Karen Vecchio, NDP MP Scott Duvall, and NDP MP Brian Masse. 'It’s getting worse—we are going backwards, we’re not going forward in Hamilton—we’re getting higher cases,' said Mr. Duvall, who says the federal government could play a larger role in getting a handle on the worsening situation in Ontario. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Karen Vecchio's Twitter
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 14, 2021
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pictured in Ottawa in September 2020. When challenged regarding their own record of failure, instead of taking individual responsibility, white men in charge excuse their loss of control as inevitable and gaslight the rest of us into believing it is completely and totally our fault, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 14, 2021
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | April 14, 2021
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is pictured in Ottawa in September 2020. When challenged regarding their own record of failure, instead of taking individual responsibility, white men in charge excuse their loss of control as inevitable and gaslight the rest of us into believing it is completely and totally our fault, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade