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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 PERRY BELLEGARDE | April 12, 2021
In my view, Bill C-15, the proposed legislation to implement the UN Declaration currently being debated in Parliament, provides a path to clarity and certainty, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY PERRY BELLEGARDE | April 12, 2021
Opinion | BY PERRY BELLEGARDE | April 12, 2021
In my view, Bill C-15, the proposed legislation to implement the UN Declaration currently being debated in Parliament, provides a path to clarity and certainty, writes AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 12, 2021
Former chief of defence staff General Rick Hillier, pictured in April with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and other Ontario government officials, left his role as head of the province’s vaccine distribution task force at the end of March. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 12, 2021
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | April 12, 2021
Former chief of defence staff General Rick Hillier, pictured in April with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and other Ontario government officials, left his role as head of the province’s vaccine distribution task force at the end of March. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC
Feature | BY ALICE CHEN | April 7, 2021
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand, left, responded on CTV to criticism leveled at the vaccine procurement process by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY ALICE CHEN | April 7, 2021
Feature | BY ALICE CHEN | April 7, 2021
Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand, left, responded on CTV to criticism leveled at the vaccine procurement process by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | March 25, 2021
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson oversees the feds' climate file. Last December, he announced the government would significantly increase the feds' carbon price by $15 per tonne each year over the next eight years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | March 25, 2021
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | March 25, 2021
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson oversees the feds' climate file. Last December, he announced the government would significantly increase the feds' carbon price by $15 per tonne each year over the next eight years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 8, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 3, 2021, in Ottawa. Effective communication, especially in the social media era, requires humility, humour and clarity. Instead, federal spokespeople—following the example of a leaden-footed prime minister—frequently deliver overly cautious and, ultimately, empty messages about everything from vaccines, to economic recovery. Even when this prime minister has nothing to hide, he manages to look shifty, writes Susan Riley.
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 8, 2021
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | March 8, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured March 3, 2021, in Ottawa. Effective communication, especially in the social media era, requires humility, humour and clarity. Instead, federal spokespeople—following the example of a leaden-footed prime minister—frequently deliver overly cautious and, ultimately, empty messages about everything from vaccines, to economic recovery. Even when this prime minister has nothing to hide, he manages to look shifty, writes Susan Riley.
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 8, 2021
Manitoba Premier Brian Palllister and Quebec Premier François, pictured. Provincial premiers have united to play the victims of a malignant federal partner as they appeal through the press for a bigger annual health transfer. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 8, 2021
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | March 8, 2021
Manitoba Premier Brian Palllister and Quebec Premier François, pictured. Provincial premiers have united to play the victims of a malignant federal partner as they appeal through the press for a bigger annual health transfer. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 10, 2021
Like The Weeknd whipping the audience around with a handheld camera during the Super Bowl halftime show, governments’ bungled COVID-19 response is breathtaking, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/NFL
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 10, 2021
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 10, 2021
Like The Weeknd whipping the audience around with a handheld camera during the Super Bowl halftime show, governments’ bungled COVID-19 response is breathtaking, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/NFL
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | February 5, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at left on Feb. 5, has been under scrutiny from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured at centre in 2020, for vaccine rollout efforts. Mr. Ford has plead to U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured at right in 2016, to 'help out' with vaccines supplies. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | February 5, 2021
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | February 5, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at left on Feb. 5, has been under scrutiny from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured at centre in 2020, for vaccine rollout efforts. Mr. Ford has plead to U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured at right in 2016, to 'help out' with vaccines supplies. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | February 3, 2021
The Liberals must get the government’s handling of the pandemic back into reasonable shape as 2021 progresses. Otherwise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hopes for a third mandate could be non-existent, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | February 3, 2021
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | February 3, 2021
The Liberals must get the government’s handling of the pandemic back into reasonable shape as 2021 progresses. Otherwise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s hopes for a third mandate could be non-existent, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | January 27, 2021
Poorer countries are complaining that richer countries are hoarding the vaccines for themselves, a situation which has led Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, pictured, to complain that 'vaccine nationalism hurts us all and is self-defeating.' Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | January 27, 2021
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | January 27, 2021
Poorer countries are complaining that richer countries are hoarding the vaccines for themselves, a situation which has led Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, pictured, to complain that 'vaccine nationalism hurts us all and is self-defeating.' Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 25, 2021
Faced with irrefutable evidence of harassment, Julie Payette moved quickly to step down as Canada's Governor General on Jan. 21, 2021, which was the right thing to do, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 25, 2021
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | January 25, 2021
Faced with irrefutable evidence of harassment, Julie Payette moved quickly to step down as Canada's Governor General on Jan. 21, 2021, which was the right thing to do, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 18, 2021
Ontario premier Doug Ford pictured at a media availability in Ottawa after a meeting of Canada’s Premiers on Sept. 18, 2020. Schools in Windsor-Essex, Peel, Toronto, York, and Hamilton will remain closed until Feb. 10, based on advice Mr. Ford has received from medical officials. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 18, 2021
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 18, 2021
Ontario premier Doug Ford pictured at a media availability in Ottawa after a meeting of Canada’s Premiers on Sept. 18, 2020. Schools in Windsor-Essex, Peel, Toronto, York, and Hamilton will remain closed until Feb. 10, based on advice Mr. Ford has received from medical officials. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade