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Wab Kinew
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew tops the Angus Reid Institute's last poll of the year tracking premier approval ratings. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 17, 2025
Former Newfoundland premier Dwight Ball says his province has the natural resources and the people to help the federal government with its plan for big national projects, and that Ottawa just has to recognize it. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 17, 2025
News | BY TESSIE SANCI | August 17, 2025
Former Newfoundland premier Dwight Ball says his province has the natural resources and the people to help the federal government with its plan for big national projects, and that Ottawa just has to recognize it. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 26, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Mark Carney
Relations between Ottawa and the premiers have seemingly never been better, as provinces race to sign trade deals with one another. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 26, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | July 26, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Mark Carney
Relations between Ottawa and the premiers have seemingly never been better, as provinces race to sign trade deals with one another. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GRO SENATOR IRIS PETTEN | June 23, 2025
King Charles III inspects the honour guard at the Senate of Canada building in Ottawa before delivering the Throne Speech on May 27, 2025. The Royal Family’s ties to Newfoundland and Labrador are evident through landmarks in the province and even residents’ accents, writes non-affiliated Senator Iris G. Petten. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GRO SENATOR IRIS PETTEN | June 23, 2025
Opinion | BY GRO SENATOR IRIS PETTEN | June 23, 2025
King Charles III inspects the honour guard at the Senate of Canada building in Ottawa before delivering the Throne Speech on May 27, 2025. The Royal Family’s ties to Newfoundland and Labrador are evident through landmarks in the province and even residents’ accents, writes non-affiliated Senator Iris G. Petten. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announces his government's bill to create 'one Canadian economy out of 13' by eliminating federal barriers to internal trade and labour mobility, and to identify and expedite 'nation-building projects' in West Block on June 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 11, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 11, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney announces his government's bill to create 'one Canadian economy out of 13' by eliminating federal barriers to internal trade and labour mobility, and to identify and expedite 'nation-building projects' in West Block on June 6. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 9, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured May 25, 2025, addressing the Liberal caucus on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 9, 2025
Opinion | BY DAVID CRANE | June 9, 2025
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured May 25, 2025, addressing the Liberal caucus on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 28, 2020
Thousands gather for a protest against anti-Black racism and police brutality on Parliament Hill on June 5, 2020. Months into a Black Lives Matter movement that brought anti-Black racism to the forefront of our collective consciousness, we are at the crossroads of what should be an uncontroversial issue: white people using the N-word in any context is wrong, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 28, 2020
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | October 28, 2020
Thousands gather for a protest against anti-Black racism and police brutality on Parliament Hill on June 5, 2020. Months into a Black Lives Matter movement that brought anti-Black racism to the forefront of our collective consciousness, we are at the crossroads of what should be an uncontroversial issue: white people using the N-word in any context is wrong, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | October 21, 2020
To date, no one from the Canadian Armed Forces has been able to offer any credible explanation about why information warfare specialists with the Halifax Rifles drafted a letter to Nova Scotia residents warning that wolves had recently been re-introduced to the region by the provincial government. Pexels photograh by Patrice Schoefolt
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | October 21, 2020
Opinion | BY SCOTT TAYLOR | October 21, 2020
To date, no one from the Canadian Armed Forces has been able to offer any credible explanation about why information warfare specialists with the Halifax Rifles drafted a letter to Nova Scotia residents warning that wolves had recently been re-introduced to the region by the provincial government. Pexels photograh by Patrice Schoefolt
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 5, 2020
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs. 'As faith in politics has diminished, the role of partisanship just seems more and more out of place for the average voter,' says Allan Gregg. Mr. Ford 'wakes up every morning and says, ‘Holy shit, this compromise stuff really works.’ Being forthright, transparent, and honest actually has some benefits.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 5, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | October 5, 2020
Conservative Party Leader Erin O'Toole, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs. 'As faith in politics has diminished, the role of partisanship just seems more and more out of place for the average voter,' says Allan Gregg. Mr. Ford 'wakes up every morning and says, ‘Holy shit, this compromise stuff really works.’ Being forthright, transparent, and honest actually has some benefits.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 30, 2020
A woman wearing a mask is pictured walking in downtown Ottawa in April. It is shocking that any effort to have a bigger dialogue about how we can live through the next year or more of this pandemic is met with virulent strains of disgust, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 30, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 30, 2020
A woman wearing a mask is pictured walking in downtown Ottawa in April. It is shocking that any effort to have a bigger dialogue about how we can live through the next year or more of this pandemic is met with virulent strains of disgust, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 30, 2020
Three Mi'kmaq Parliamentarians, including Independent Senator Dan Christmas, are working together to present ideas to the federal government to address the fishing dispute in southwest Nova Scotia. Photograph courtesy of Dan Christmas' office
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 30, 2020
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 30, 2020
Three Mi'kmaq Parliamentarians, including Independent Senator Dan Christmas, are working together to present ideas to the federal government to address the fishing dispute in southwest Nova Scotia. Photograph courtesy of Dan Christmas' office
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 23, 2020
The Confederation Bridge, which connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, is pictured in 2019. Atlantic Canada is putting itself in a fiscally unsustainable position by shutting itself off to the rest of the world, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 23, 2020
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 23, 2020
The Confederation Bridge, which connects Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, is pictured in 2019. Atlantic Canada is putting itself in a fiscally unsustainable position by shutting itself off to the rest of the world, writes Tim Powers. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 23, 2020
Quebec Premier François Legault and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. Meeting with the premier last week, Mr. O'Toole endorsed Quebec’s 'provincial right' to pass the odious secularism law Bill 21, and apply Bill 101 to federal companies. In doing so, he sounded like George Wallace or Neville Chamberlain, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 23, 2020
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 23, 2020
Quebec Premier François Legault and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole. Meeting with the premier last week, Mr. O'Toole endorsed Quebec’s 'provincial right' to pass the odious secularism law Bill 21, and apply Bill 101 to federal companies. In doing so, he sounded like George Wallace or Neville Chamberlain, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHARLES UNGERLEIDER | September 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc at a press conference on Aug. 18. The introduction of a federal department of education would be a delicate matter for any government at any time, and assuring the provinces—and especially Quebec—that the government of Canada would play an entirely facilitative role would be essential, writes Charles Ungerleider. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHARLES UNGERLEIDER | September 21, 2020
Opinion | BY CHARLES UNGERLEIDER | September 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc at a press conference on Aug. 18. The introduction of a federal department of education would be a delicate matter for any government at any time, and assuring the provinces—and especially Quebec—that the government of Canada would play an entirely facilitative role would be essential, writes Charles Ungerleider. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 16, 2020
NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq toured more than 100 homes in eight communities in August and documented the poor conditions many of her constituents live in as the territory grapples with a housing crisis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 16, 2020
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 16, 2020
NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq toured more than 100 homes in eight communities in August and documented the poor conditions many of her constituents live in as the territory grapples with a housing crisis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | September 9, 2020
New Conservative House Leader Gérard Deltell previously held the role in Quebec's National Assembly as a member of the CAQ. He has a reputation of being well liked throughout the partisan divide. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | September 9, 2020
News | BY NEIL MOSS | September 9, 2020
New Conservative House Leader Gérard Deltell previously held the role in Quebec's National Assembly as a member of the CAQ. He has a reputation of being well liked throughout the partisan divide. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 19, 2020
Richard Gwyn wrote a national affairs column for The Toronto Star from 1973 to 1985. The Hill Times file photograph
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 19, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 19, 2020
Richard Gwyn wrote a national affairs column for The Toronto Star from 1973 to 1985. The Hill Times file photograph
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21, 2020, holding a press conference outside the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. While the contrast between the situation in Canada and the drama playing out south of the border might make Canadians feel better about their country’s response to this global pandemic, the crisis revealed major challenges that must be tackled. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21, 2020, holding a press conference outside the Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. While the contrast between the situation in Canada and the drama playing out south of the border might make Canadians feel better about their country’s response to this global pandemic, the crisis revealed major challenges that must be tackled. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade