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Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre. Canada's ambitious goals will require major initiatives by all levels of government, and by the private sector, as well as co-ordination between sectors if they are to be achieved efficiently and in a timely manner, writes Michael Hatfield. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 22, 2025
Wildfires in Manitoba, left, have prompted the province to declare a state of emergency, as have those in Saskatchewan, like in Denare Beach, bottom right, where Secretary of State for Rural Development Buckley Belanger's home riding has faced 'devastation.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, courtesy of the Manitoba government, Buckley Belanger
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 22, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | June 22, 2025
Wildfires in Manitoba, left, have prompted the province to declare a state of emergency, as have those in Saskatchewan, like in Denare Beach, bottom right, where Secretary of State for Rural Development Buckley Belanger's home riding has faced 'devastation.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, courtesy of the Manitoba government, Buckley Belanger
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | June 19, 2025
Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Alty, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney are seen in West Block on June 6, 2025. With a new government and prime minister, there is a timely opportunity to advance a vision for a prosperous, secure, and sovereign Arctic, writes Tom Henheffer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | June 19, 2025
Opinion | BY TOM HENHEFFER | June 19, 2025
Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Alty, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney are seen in West Block on June 6, 2025. With a new government and prime minister, there is a timely opportunity to advance a vision for a prosperous, secure, and sovereign Arctic, writes Tom Henheffer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 11, 2025
The crackdown on recent demonstrations in Los Angeles are an example of what lies down the path to criminalizing protesting that the Canadian government is trying to legislate with Bill C-2, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of NBC News
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 11, 2025
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | June 11, 2025
The crackdown on recent demonstrations in Los Angeles are an example of what lies down the path to criminalizing protesting that the Canadian government is trying to legislate with Bill C-2, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of NBC News
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 9, 2025
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski speaks with reporters in the House foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2025, about the government’s response to the wildfires in Western Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 9, 2025
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | June 9, 2025
Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski speaks with reporters in the House foyer before Question Period on June 3, 2025, about the government’s response to the wildfires in Western Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
Mike Pompeo, pictured when he was U.S. Secretary of State in Ottawa for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 22, 2019, will be back in town to headline CANSEC on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | May 12, 2025
Mike Pompeo, pictured when he was U.S. Secretary of State in Ottawa for a bilateral meeting on Aug. 22, 2019, will be back in town to headline CANSEC on May 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 14, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter sits with gas cans on Wellington Street on Feb. 10, 2022 as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. If we have to bring in another police force, so be it. If we have to bring in the military, so be it. The alternative is that we might have to tell the story about how we failed to challenge white supremacy in our neighbourhoods in the winter of 2022, and how it all went so badly after that, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Rose LeMay
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 14, 2022
Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | February 14, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter sits with gas cans on Wellington Street on Feb. 10, 2022 as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. If we have to bring in another police force, so be it. If we have to bring in the military, so be it. The alternative is that we might have to tell the story about how we failed to challenge white supremacy in our neighbourhoods in the winter of 2022, and how it all went so badly after that, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Rose LeMay
News | BY ALICE CHEN | February 14, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for the Liberal party caucus meeting from West Block on Feb. 9, 2022. In an application for judicial review, Democracy Watch contends that his move to call a snap election late last summer was in fact against the law. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ALICE CHEN | February 14, 2022
News | BY ALICE CHEN | February 14, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for the Liberal party caucus meeting from West Block on Feb. 9, 2022. In an application for judicial review, Democracy Watch contends that his move to call a snap election late last summer was in fact against the law. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 9, 2022
Liberal MP Greg Fergus, the co-chair of the Parliamentary Black Caucus, says Canada’s financial intelligence unit should be tasked with making sure the money raised for the Freedom Convoy doesn’t end up benefiting extremist groups. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 9, 2022
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 9, 2022
Liberal MP Greg Fergus, the co-chair of the Parliamentary Black Caucus, says Canada’s financial intelligence unit should be tasked with making sure the money raised for the Freedom Convoy doesn’t end up benefiting extremist groups. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY FAREED KHAN AND DAVID MIVASAIR | February 8, 2022
A ‘freedom convoy’ supporter holding a Confederate flag walks on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29. By standing shoulder to shoulder with them, some Conservative MPs have betrayed Canadians, and the 90 per cent of truckers, who have abided by pandemic restrictions and mask mandates, and done the responsible thing by getting vaccinated, write Fareed Khan and David Mivasair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY FAREED KHAN AND DAVID MIVASAIR | February 8, 2022
Opinion | BY FAREED KHAN AND DAVID MIVASAIR | February 8, 2022
A ‘freedom convoy’ supporter holding a Confederate flag walks on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29. By standing shoulder to shoulder with them, some Conservative MPs have betrayed Canadians, and the 90 per cent of truckers, who have abided by pandemic restrictions and mask mandates, and done the responsible thing by getting vaccinated, write Fareed Khan and David Mivasair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 7, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter, pictured on Feb. 5, 2022, waving a sign in the middle of Albert Street as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out meeting with any of the organizers behind the massively disruptive demonstration initially crafted as a display of opposition to the cross-border vaccination requirement for long-haul truck drivers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 7, 2022
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | February 7, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter, pictured on Feb. 5, 2022, waving a sign in the middle of Albert Street as the convoy’s occupation of downtown Ottawa enters the second week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out meeting with any of the organizers behind the massively disruptive demonstration initially crafted as a display of opposition to the cross-border vaccination requirement for long-haul truck drivers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 7, 2022
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has called for more help from other levels of government, for what the city's police chief and several city councillors have called a siege. The Hill Times Photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 7, 2022
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 7, 2022
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has called for more help from other levels of government, for what the city's police chief and several city councillors have called a siege. The Hill Times Photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 2, 2022
Protesters began gathering around Parliament Hill on Friday, Jan. 28 to protest COVID-19 public health mandates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
FeatureBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 2, 2022
FeatureBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | February 2, 2022
Protesters began gathering around Parliament Hill on Friday, Jan. 28 to protest COVID-19 public health mandates. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | February 2, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter holding a Confederate flag walks on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | February 2, 2022
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | February 2, 2022
A Freedom Convoy supporter holding a Confederate flag walks on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MATTHEW HORWOOD | February 2, 2022
News | BY MATTHEW HORWOOD | February 2, 2022
News | BY MATTHEW HORWOOD | February 2, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 31, 2022
Trucker convoy protesters are pictured in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 30. Misguided, down-the-rabbit-hole thinking is being seen on a wider basis in the Ottawa trucker demonstration, including calls by convoy organizers to use some kind of far-fetched legal process to remove Trudeau from office, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 31, 2022
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | January 31, 2022
Trucker convoy protesters are pictured in downtown Ottawa on Jan. 30. Misguided, down-the-rabbit-hole thinking is being seen on a wider basis in the Ottawa trucker demonstration, including calls by convoy organizers to use some kind of far-fetched legal process to remove Trudeau from office, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | January 31, 2022
The first of the trucks arrived at Parliament Hill on Friday and numbers swelled over the weekend. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | January 31, 2022
News | BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI | January 31, 2022
The first of the trucks arrived at Parliament Hill on Friday and numbers swelled over the weekend. The Hill Times Photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE AND MATT HORWOOD | January 30, 2022
Supporters of the ‘freedom convoy’ gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa early in the day on Jan. 29, 2022. Thousands of truckers and protesters against cross-border vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions rallied on Parliament Hill Jan. 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE AND MATT HORWOOD | January 30, 2022
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE AND MATT HORWOOD | January 30, 2022
Supporters of the ‘freedom convoy’ gather along Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa early in the day on Jan. 29, 2022. Thousands of truckers and protesters against cross-border vaccine mandates and COVID restrictions rallied on Parliament Hill Jan. 29. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade