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'It's early, but we'll try and set a good tone here,' says Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon of the start of the 45th Parliament. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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 SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 6, 2024
The late-night debate on Nov. 28 over the temporary GST/HST holiday bill has resulted in allegations of intimidation and drunkenness in the House. Clockwise (L-R): NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP MP Jenny Kwan, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, House Speaker Greg Fergus, and CPC MP Tracy Gray. The Hill Times photographys by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia.
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 6, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 6, 2024
The late-night debate on Nov. 28 over the temporary GST/HST holiday bill has resulted in allegations of intimidation and drunkenness in the House. Clockwise (L-R): NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP MP Jenny Kwan, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, House Speaker Greg Fergus, and CPC MP Tracy Gray. The Hill Times photographys by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia.
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 11, 2024
The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
Following a decision by the BOIE, the House of Commons will now cover travel expense claims from any individual who is called to the bar of the Chamber and lives outside the National Capital Region. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 11, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 11, 2024
The House of Commons Chamber in the West Block.
Following a decision by the BOIE, the House of Commons will now cover travel expense claims from any individual who is called to the bar of the Chamber and lives outside the National Capital Region. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 6, 2024
Lindsay Mathyssen
‘I don’t want to wait another 10 years,’ says NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen of creating a policy that covers MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 6, 2024
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 6, 2024
Lindsay Mathyssen
‘I don’t want to wait another 10 years,’ says NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen of creating a policy that covers MP-to-MP harassment. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 13, 2023
Liberal MP Ken McDonald, left, Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, and Liberal MPs René Arseneault, Lena Metlege Diab, and Fayçal El-Khoury are chairs of House committees and a subcommittee that have had travel plans stalled by lack of House consent. Photograph courtesy of X and Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 13, 2023
News | BY NEIL MOSS | December 13, 2023
Liberal MP Ken McDonald, left, Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, and Liberal MPs René Arseneault, Lena Metlege Diab, and Fayçal El-Khoury are chairs of House committees and a subcommittee that have had travel plans stalled by lack of House consent. Photograph courtesy of X and Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 12, 2023
House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus testified before the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Dec. 11 as part of its study on whether his decision to record a tribute video for the outgoing interim Ontario Liberal leader while wearing his Speaker's robe constitutes a breach of his duties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 12, 2023
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 12, 2023
House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus testified before the Procedure and House Affairs committee on Dec. 11 as part of its study on whether his decision to record a tribute video for the outgoing interim Ontario Liberal leader while wearing his Speaker's robe constitutes a breach of his duties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 6, 2023
House Speaker Greg Fergus has been under fire since appearing in a video in which he wore his full Speaker’s attire in the Speaker's office. The video was screened at the Dec. 2 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 6, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | December 6, 2023
House Speaker Greg Fergus has been under fire since appearing in a video in which he wore his full Speaker’s attire in the Speaker's office. The video was screened at the Dec. 2 Ontario Liberal Party leadership convention. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 22, 2023
House Speaker Greg Fergus in his second-floor West Block office on Nov. 15, seated in front of a stylized portrait of the Commons Chamber by Anthony Batten. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 22, 2023
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | November 22, 2023
House Speaker Greg Fergus in his second-floor West Block office on Nov. 15, seated in front of a stylized portrait of the Commons Chamber by Anthony Batten. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 24, 2023
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says recognition of guests shouldn't be allowed outside of a proper House sitting based on how the rules are currently applied. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 24, 2023
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 24, 2023
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says recognition of guests shouldn't be allowed outside of a proper House sitting based on how the rules are currently applied. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 18, 2023
The Speaker's Parade—featuring new House Speaker Greg Fergus, centre, and acting House clerk Eric Janse, third from right—enters the House of Commons Chamber on Oct. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 18, 2023
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 18, 2023
The Speaker's Parade—featuring new House Speaker Greg Fergus, centre, and acting House clerk Eric Janse, third from right—enters the House of Commons Chamber on Oct. 4. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | October 9, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted by then-House Speaker Anthony Rota after arriving on Parliament Hill ahead of his address to the House of Commons on Sept. 22, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | October 9, 2023
Opinion | October 9, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is greeted by then-House Speaker Anthony Rota after arriving on Parliament Hill ahead of his address to the House of Commons on Sept. 22, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 28, 2023
The events set in motion by the decision of then-House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to honour former Nazi solider Yaroslav Hunka in the Chamber of the House of Commons on Sept. 22 have been the subject of international media attention. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 28, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 28, 2023
The events set in motion by the decision of then-House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to honour former Nazi solider Yaroslav Hunka in the Chamber of the House of Commons on Sept. 22 have been the subject of international media attention. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 27, 2023
Anthony Rota is a well-liked and well-respected person, but even good people of integrity make mistakes. When that happens, don’t fight for your job—do what is patently right, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 27, 2023
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | September 27, 2023
Anthony Rota is a well-liked and well-respected person, but even good people of integrity make mistakes. When that happens, don’t fight for your job—do what is patently right, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 27, 2023
Canada’s anti-Jewish love affair with Eastern European Nazis did not begin and end with a standing ovation from every MP in attendance on Sept. 22, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 27, 2023
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | September 27, 2023
Canada’s anti-Jewish love affair with Eastern European Nazis did not begin and end with a standing ovation from every MP in attendance on Sept. 22, writes Erica Ifill. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 26, 2023
On Sept. 26, embattled House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota announced that he would step down from the role effective Sept. 27, after a guest he honoured in the Chamber of the House of Commons turned out to have fought for the Nazis in the Second World War. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 26, 2023
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 26, 2023
On Sept. 26, embattled House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota announced that he would step down from the role effective Sept. 27, after a guest he honoured in the Chamber of the House of Commons turned out to have fought for the Nazis in the Second World War. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | September 25, 2023
House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota enters the House with the Speaker’s Parade on Sept. 25. Rota apologized for honouring a constituent who fought in a Nazi Waffen-SS unit during the Second World War. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | September 25, 2023
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | September 25, 2023
House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota enters the House with the Speaker’s Parade on Sept. 25. Rota apologized for honouring a constituent who fought in a Nazi Waffen-SS unit during the Second World War. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade