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Prime Minister Mark Carney holds his first post-election press conference in the National Press Theatre on May 2, 2025. Carney appears to have a capacity for risk, and is expected to demand the same of the public service, writes Rose LeMay. This will have to include proper consequences for bureaucrats who make bad decisions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | June 19, 2025
Government Transformation and Public Services and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound's department has reached agreements with some firms to reimburse approximately $4-million, of which $3-million has already been repaid to the government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | June 19, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | June 19, 2025
Government Transformation and Public Services and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound's department has reached agreements with some firms to reimburse approximately $4-million, of which $3-million has already been repaid to the government. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | June 18, 2025
New Government Transformation and Public Services and Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound says he will prioritize the use of AI to streamline the government procurement process. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IREM KOCA | June 18, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | June 18, 2025
New Government Transformation and Public Services and Procurement Minister Joel Lightbound says he will prioritize the use of AI to streamline the government procurement process. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 18, 2025
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 LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 18, 2025
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | June 18, 2025
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 MARLO GLASS | June 10, 2025
Government Transformation, Public Works, and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said the government has accepted all of the recommendations in an audit looking at federal office space which found that Ottawa has been slow to reduce its footprint. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 10, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 10, 2025
Government Transformation, Public Works, and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound said the government has accepted all of the recommendations in an audit looking at federal office space which found that Ottawa has been slow to reduce its footprint. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 10, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report showed federal organizations 'frequently did not demonstrate value for money' in dozens of contracts awarded to GC Strategies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 10, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 10, 2025
Auditor General Karen Hogan’s report showed federal organizations 'frequently did not demonstrate value for money' in dozens of contracts awarded to GC Strategies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2020
Liberal MP Greg Fergus, left, PIPSC president Debi Daviau, centre, and former clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, right. 'I’m incredibly amazed at the level of front line work that our members are engaged in as part of this pandemic, from developing CERB and other benefits, to making sure that public servants could work from home [which] was key to keeping operations going, to developing tests for COVID-19 to converting labs for disinfectant,' said Ms. Daviau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Jake Wright
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 13, 2020
Liberal MP Greg Fergus, left, PIPSC president Debi Daviau, centre, and former clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick, right. 'I’m incredibly amazed at the level of front line work that our members are engaged in as part of this pandemic, from developing CERB and other benefits, to making sure that public servants could work from home [which] was key to keeping operations going, to developing tests for COVID-19 to converting labs for disinfectant,' said Ms. Daviau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and Jake Wright
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 6, 2020
PSAC national president Chris Aylward, left, and Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, right. Mr. Aylward says there are thousands of public servants 'stepping up to the plate to get the job done, and some are doing completely new jobs wherever there has been a need to support the government’s relief efforts.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 6, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 6, 2020
PSAC national president Chris Aylward, left, and Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, right. Mr. Aylward says there are thousands of public servants 'stepping up to the plate to get the job done, and some are doing completely new jobs wherever there has been a need to support the government’s relief efforts.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 6, 2020
From right to left: PSPC Minister Anita Anand, Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, and Health Minister Patty Hajdu are pictured addressing media in the West Block on March 20. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 6, 2020
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | May 6, 2020
From right to left: PSPC Minister Anita Anand, Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos, and Health Minister Patty Hajdu are pictured addressing media in the West Block on March 20. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
Construction workers, pictured on April 22 on Wellington Street, continue to work on projects around the parliamentary precinct amid the outbreak, though operations have been scaled back following the Ontario government's moratorium. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
Construction workers, pictured on April 22 on Wellington Street, continue to work on projects around the parliamentary precinct amid the outbreak, though operations have been scaled back following the Ontario government's moratorium. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, right, and Government House Leader and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez, are pictured at a press conference on COVID-19 on April 11. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, right, and Government House Leader and Quebec Lieutenant Pablo Rodriguez, are pictured at a press conference on COVID-19 on April 11. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Oct. 21, 2019, after the official results of the 2019 federal election rolled in, which saw his party returned to government with a minority. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | April 22, 2020
Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on Oct. 21, 2019, after the official results of the 2019 federal election rolled in, which saw his party returned to government with a minority. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 20, 2020
Senator Peter Harder says the public service is now implementing an extraordinary set of programs over a short period of time, with very large economic costs and huge consequences to their being efficiently and effectively and quickly delivered. 'I made the allusion once that if the public service was a hockey team, it would be a team of goalies because it was better not to be scored on than to score,” said Sen. Peter Harder. “We won’t get through this if we don’t have a full-fledged hockey team, with forwards and risk takers, people who are prepared to see a goal being scored because the game needs to be won. And that requires public institutions like the Senate, the House of Commons, the auditor general, and others who are charged with ensuring proper oversight, are also aware that we need a culture of risk taking and innovation in the public service.” The Hill Times file photograph
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 20, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 20, 2020
Senator Peter Harder says the public service is now implementing an extraordinary set of programs over a short period of time, with very large economic costs and huge consequences to their being efficiently and effectively and quickly delivered. 'I made the allusion once that if the public service was a hockey team, it would be a team of goalies because it was better not to be scored on than to score,” said Sen. Peter Harder. “We won’t get through this if we don’t have a full-fledged hockey team, with forwards and risk takers, people who are prepared to see a goal being scored because the game needs to be won. And that requires public institutions like the Senate, the House of Commons, the auditor general, and others who are charged with ensuring proper oversight, are also aware that we need a culture of risk taking and innovation in the public service.” The Hill Times file photograph
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
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 25, 2020
The Centre Block building, pictured on Jan. 20. Pictured in the forefront is the site of excavation work related to construction of the final phase of the new Visitors' Welcome Centre. Work on both sites continues amid COVID-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 25, 2020
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | March 25, 2020
The Centre Block building, pictured on Jan. 20. Pictured in the forefront is the site of excavation work related to construction of the final phase of the new Visitors' Welcome Centre. Work on both sites continues amid COVID-19. 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