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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 STUART BENSON | May 14, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants Ottawa’s help to quell the separatism debate, but won’t stand in the way of a ‘citizen-led’ referendum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 14, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 14, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants Ottawa’s help to quell the separatism debate, but won’t stand in the way of a ‘citizen-led’ referendum. 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
News | BY STUART BENSON | February 19, 2025
Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok says he and his fellow territorial leaders are working to present a 'united voice' to ensure any decisions about or for the North are made with northerners at the table. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | February 19, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | February 19, 2025
Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok says he and his fellow territorial leaders are working to present a 'united voice' to ensure any decisions about or for the North are made with northerners at the table. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | February 12, 2025
The Council of the Federation, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre left, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, centre right, have been in Washington, D.C., since Feb. 11 to push against the American president's tariffs. Photograph courtesy of Premier Danielle Smith's X account
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 10, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, left, and Quebec Premier François Legault talk before the First Ministers Meeting in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 8, 2022
The Saint-Louis Catholic Church in Kamouraska, Que., is one of few in the county still in operation. Rural churches are a reminder of a bygone era, but also of a loss of innocence we will never recover, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Caddell
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 8, 2022
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 8, 2022
The Saint-Louis Catholic Church in Kamouraska, Que., is one of few in the county still in operation. Rural churches are a reminder of a bygone era, but also of a loss of innocence we will never recover, writes Andrew Caddell. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Caddell
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 8, 2022
NDP MP Gord Johns speaks at a June 1 press conference, calling on the government to support his Bill C-216 and the need for a health-based approach to substance use. The bill failed to move forward in the House after a 248-71 vote on June 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 8, 2022
News | BY STUART BENSON | June 8, 2022
NDP MP Gord Johns speaks at a June 1 press conference, calling on the government to support his Bill C-216 and the need for a health-based approach to substance use. The bill failed to move forward in the House after a 248-71 vote on June 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 1, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault will soon have to come to grips with the fact large parts of the controversial language law will be ridiculed and struck down, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 1, 2022
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | June 1, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault will soon have to come to grips with the fact large parts of the controversial language law will be ridiculed and struck down, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 31, 2022
Bloc Québécois House Leader Alain Therrien, pictured in the House on May 30, says the federal Liberals' attacks on Bill 96 and Bill 21, and the feds' refusal to allow Quebec to manage its own immigration, 'represents a slap in the face to democracy in Quebec.' Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 31, 2022
News | BY STUART BENSON | May 31, 2022
Bloc Québécois House Leader Alain Therrien, pictured in the House on May 30, says the federal Liberals' attacks on Bill 96 and Bill 21, and the feds' refusal to allow Quebec to manage its own immigration, 'represents a slap in the face to democracy in Quebec.' Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 25, 2022
Like competitive sports, if you run the same play repeatedly in politics, its effectiveness declines over time. For Jason Kenney, being the hard-working bulldozer plowing obstacles down worked until it didn’t, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 25, 2022
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | May 25, 2022
Like competitive sports, if you run the same play repeatedly in politics, its effectiveness declines over time. For Jason Kenney, being the hard-working bulldozer plowing obstacles down worked until it didn’t, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 25, 2022
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford still depicts himself as being for the little guy, but most of his government’s actual policies are geared to his upscale supporters and business backers, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 25, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 25, 2022
Doug Ford
Ontario Premier Doug Ford still depicts himself as being for the little guy, but most of his government’s actual policies are geared to his upscale supporters and business backers, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Jason Kenney
On May 18, Jason Kenney shocked supporters by announcing he would step down as Alberta's premier after earning barely half of the United Conservative Party's support in the leadership review. On May 19, the party announced that Kenney will stay on a leader until the next leadership election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Jason Kenney
On May 18, Jason Kenney shocked supporters by announcing he would step down as Alberta's premier after earning barely half of the United Conservative Party's support in the leadership review. On May 19, the party announced that Kenney will stay on a leader until the next leadership election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 18, 2022
Doug Ford
If anything, Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems to have shown that, although people are worried about impending climate disasters, they’re not too fussy about accountability when it comes to what governments are actually doing, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 18, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | May 18, 2022
Doug Ford
If anything, Ontario Premier Doug Ford seems to have shown that, although people are worried about impending climate disasters, they’re not too fussy about accountability when it comes to what governments are actually doing, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 18, 2022
B.C. NDP MP Peter Julian, left, and Conservative MPs Ed Fast, Brad Vis, and Mark Strahl all stressed that the new boundary maps recently published by the B.C. redistribution commission are only proposals, with the key public hearing process soon to begin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and photographs courtesy of Facebook
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 18, 2022
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 18, 2022
B.C. NDP MP Peter Julian, left, and Conservative MPs Ed Fast, Brad Vis, and Mark Strahl all stressed that the new boundary maps recently published by the B.C. redistribution commission are only proposals, with the key public hearing process soon to begin. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia, and photographs courtesy of Facebook
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 18, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault’s Bill 96 is a ham-fisted law that will apply to federally regulated businesses with the Trudeau government’s tacit consent, via the new Official Languages Act, Bill C-13., writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 18, 2022
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 18, 2022
Quebec Premier François Legault’s Bill 96 is a ham-fisted law that will apply to federally regulated businesses with the Trudeau government’s tacit consent, via the new Official Languages Act, Bill C-13., writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 4, 2022
The rationale for Premier François Legualt’s Bill 96 and its absurd regulations is the supposed ‘decline’ of French in Quebec, even though more people are speaking the language than ever before, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 4, 2022
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | May 4, 2022
The rationale for Premier François Legualt’s Bill 96 and its absurd regulations is the supposed ‘decline’ of French in Quebec, even though more people are speaking the language than ever before, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ENOOKIE INUARAK | April 28, 2022
Enookie Inuarak, pictured in Pond Inlet with his son, Oangna. 'In the summertime, we usually cache meat to make what we call igunaq, aged meat, that we save for the winter. But all summer, there weren't any whales around Pond Inlet. Nobody cached any meat this past summer.' Photograph handout
Opinion | BY ENOOKIE INUARAK | April 28, 2022
Opinion | BY ENOOKIE INUARAK | April 28, 2022
Enookie Inuarak, pictured in Pond Inlet with his son, Oangna. 'In the summertime, we usually cache meat to make what we call igunaq, aged meat, that we save for the winter. But all summer, there weren't any whales around Pond Inlet. Nobody cached any meat this past summer.' Photograph handout