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Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon, left, and Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer have both signalled openness to NDP interim leader Don Davies' request for additional resources. Bloc Whip Yves Perron, right, says his caucus is exploring potential related permanent rule changes. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 30, 2025
Don Davies
Interim NDP leader Don Davies says the party is pushing for additional resources amidst return to Parliament without recognized House status and the fewest seats ever won in the party’s history. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 30, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 30, 2025
Don Davies
Interim NDP leader Don Davies says the party is pushing for additional resources amidst return to Parliament without recognized House status and the fewest seats ever won in the party’s history. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 22, 2025
Liberal MPs Greg Fergus, top left, Rob Oliphant, Sean Casey, Sherry Romanado, Francis Scarpaleggia, above left, and Conservative MPs Chris d'Entremont, above centre, and Tom Kmiec are seeking the House Speaker’s position that comes with a salary of $309,000, a chauffeur driven car, an official residence, and a private apartment in the West Block. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, Stuart Benson and photographs courtesy of House of Commons, Liberal Party of Canada and Tom Kmiec
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 22, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 22, 2025
Liberal MPs Greg Fergus, top left, Rob Oliphant, Sean Casey, Sherry Romanado, Francis Scarpaleggia, above left, and Conservative MPs Chris d'Entremont, above centre, and Tom Kmiec are seeking the House Speaker’s position that comes with a salary of $309,000, a chauffeur driven car, an official residence, and a private apartment in the West Block. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, Stuart Benson and photographs courtesy of House of Commons, Liberal Party of Canada and Tom Kmiec
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 6, 2025
Three-term Nova Scotia Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont, left, pictured with then-Green MP Mike Morrice, who was defeated in the federal election, has officially launched his bid for Speaker of the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 6, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | May 6, 2025
Three-term Nova Scotia Conservative MP Chris d’Entremont, left, pictured with then-Green MP Mike Morrice, who was defeated in the federal election, has officially launched his bid for Speaker of the House of Commons. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 4, 2025
Marc Serré
Liberal MP Marc Serré recently drafted a second letter asking the House Board of Internal Economy to consider changes to resource allocations for MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 4, 2025
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 4, 2025
Marc Serré
Liberal MP Marc Serré recently drafted a second letter asking the House Board of Internal Economy to consider changes to resource allocations for MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 27, 2024
MPs have disclosed 39 instances of sponsored travel so far in 2024—worth $251,541.66—to the office of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 27, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | December 27, 2024
MPs have disclosed 39 instances of sponsored travel so far in 2024—worth $251,541.66—to the office of Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 6, 2020
Reporters, pictured March 31, 2020, at the prime minister's daily morning press conference outside Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 6, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 6, 2020
Reporters, pictured March 31, 2020, at the prime minister's daily morning press conference outside Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 3, 2020
Gatineau police enforce a provincial order to halt non-essential travel to and from Quebec in Gatineau on the north end of the Portage Bridge from Ottawa on April 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 3, 2020
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | April 3, 2020
Gatineau police enforce a provincial order to halt non-essential travel to and from Quebec in Gatineau on the north end of the Portage Bridge from Ottawa on April 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 25, 2020
Nancy Chahwan, Chief Human Resources Officer with the Treasury Board Secretariat, issued a message to all deputy ministers and heads of human resources on March 21 defining a 'critical service' as one that 'if disrupted, would result in a high or very high degree of injury to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians, or to the effective functioning of the Government of Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 25, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 25, 2020
Nancy Chahwan, Chief Human Resources Officer with the Treasury Board Secretariat, issued a message to all deputy ministers and heads of human resources on March 21 defining a 'critical service' as one that 'if disrupted, would result in a high or very high degree of injury to the health, safety, security or economic well-being of Canadians, or to the effective functioning of the Government of Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | March 23, 2020
Jean-Yves Duclos is president of the Treasury Board, and in charge of the government's management of the access to information regime. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | March 23, 2020
Opinion | BY KEN RUBIN | March 23, 2020
Jean-Yves Duclos is president of the Treasury Board, and in charge of the government's management of the access to information regime. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 18, 2020
President of the Treasury Board Jean-Yves Duclos is pictured at the National Press Theatre for a press conference on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 18, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 18, 2020
President of the Treasury Board Jean-Yves Duclos is pictured at the National Press Theatre for a press conference on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 18, 2020
Public Services and Procurement Canada's assistant deputy minister for parliamentary infrastructure, Rob Wright, centre, is pictured with Jennifer Garrett, PSPC's director general for the Centre Block renovation project, at a House committee meeting in May 2019. The BOIE wants Mr. Wright, or his designate, to act as a liaison for its newly established subcommittee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 18, 2020
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 18, 2020
Public Services and Procurement Canada's assistant deputy minister for parliamentary infrastructure, Rob Wright, centre, is pictured with Jennifer Garrett, PSPC's director general for the Centre Block renovation project, at a House committee meeting in May 2019. The BOIE wants Mr. Wright, or his designate, to act as a liaison for its newly established subcommittee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 11, 2020
Conservative MP Scott Reid, pictured at a meeting of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee in Centre Block's room 112-N back in 2017, is the only member of his caucus not running to lead the party to not have any additional roles. The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 11, 2020
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 11, 2020
Conservative MP Scott Reid, pictured at a meeting of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee in Centre Block's room 112-N back in 2017, is the only member of his caucus not running to lead the party to not have any additional roles. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY CHRISTYN CIANFARANI | March 4, 2020
In cyber, governments are just beginning to come to grips with what the industry looks like, let alone the technologies those firms produce. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRISTYN CIANFARANI | March 4, 2020
Opinion | BY CHRISTYN CIANFARANI | March 4, 2020
In cyber, governments are just beginning to come to grips with what the industry looks like, let alone the technologies those firms produce. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 26, 2020
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos must table the main spending estimates by March 1. In the past two years, a pilot project meant they could be tabled later, by April 16, so the government could table its budget first and align the two documents. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 26, 2020
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | February 26, 2020
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos must table the main spending estimates by March 1. In the past two years, a pilot project meant they could be tabled later, by April 16, so the government could table its budget first and align the two documents. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2020
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Navdeep Bains, left, and Minister of Digital Government Joyce Murray, right. 'We are increasingly looking to utilize artificial intelligence to make or assist in making administrative decisions to improve service to Canadians,' said Ms. Murray. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2020
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Navdeep Bains, left, and Minister of Digital Government Joyce Murray, right. 'We are increasingly looking to utilize artificial intelligence to make or assist in making administrative decisions to improve service to Canadians,' said Ms. Murray. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 10, 2020
Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain is the chair of the Senate's Human Resources Subcommittee, and the deputy leader of the Independent Senators Group. She called for a new study on the limits of parliamentary privilege for Senators in harassment investigations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 10, 2020
News | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | February 10, 2020
Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain is the chair of the Senate's Human Resources Subcommittee, and the deputy leader of the Independent Senators Group. She called for a new study on the limits of parliamentary privilege for Senators in harassment investigations. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on Nov. 14, 2019, in the prime minister's West Block office. Mr. Davies says Mr. Singh has written to the prime minister and other opposition leaders seeking input on the NDP's pharmacare private member's bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 3, 2020
Opinion | BY NDP MP DON DAVIES | February 3, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh, pictured on Nov. 14, 2019, in the prime minister's West Block office. Mr. Davies says Mr. Singh has written to the prime minister and other opposition leaders seeking input on the NDP's pharmacare private member's bill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade