Hill Life & People

Mark Carney has entered the chat, officially

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meets American leaders in Washington, D.C.

Mark Carney has entered the chat, officially

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly meets American leaders in Washington, D.C.

Team (Most Of) Canada

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Guy Gallant to lead new Treasury Board President Petitpas Taylor’s office

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Trudeau meets the premiers

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

Academic, author, actor: oddsmakers bet on Trudeau’s next career move

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

in-depth feature

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2024

FeatureBY KATE MALLOY

Poilievre voted best public speaker, most quotable, hardest-working, and biggest self-promoter in The Hill Times’ 29th Annual Politically Savvy Survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Telford untouchable at the top of the 21st Terrific 25 Staffers list, as Conservatives sweep Most Knowledgeable and Best Spin

NewsBY STUART BENSON

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY, STUART BENSON, JONAH GRIGNON

The 100 most influential people in federal politics and government to watch in 2024

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH, LAURA RYCKEWAERT, MIKE LAPOINTE, IAN CAMPBELL, STEPHEN JEFFERY, NEIL MOSS

Will they, won’t they?

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, auto lobby groups call for the cancelation of ZEV targets.

Will they, won’t they?

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

• Plus, auto lobby groups call for the cancelation of ZEV targets.

Donald Trump to be sworn in as president of the United States on Monday, Jan. 20

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Singh pushes for tit-for-tat tariffs

FeatureBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Minister MacAulay’s longtime chief of staff exits, new one named

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

‘Maple syrup, meet Belgian waffle’: The Economist calls for Canada to join the EU

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

heard on the hill

Senator Brent Cotter says goodbye after nearly five years in the Red Chamber

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Comeback kid: Tory Jansen returns to the House after B.C. byelection win

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Bloc MP Christine Normandin makes history with birth of her baby, Léopold

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

Côté marks her half-century on the Hill as Long Service Awards are doled out

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

NDP MP Randall Garrison says he’ll resign in January, cites health reasons

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

the hill times photo gallery

PHOTO GALLERY

First ministers meet to talk Trump

PHOTO GALLERY

From third party to PMO: Trudeau’s leadership in photos

PHOTO GALLERY

This year in photos: Liberal caucus revolt, Canada Post strike, and Freeland steps down from caucus

photo of the day

PHOTO OF THE DAY

PPS investigates ‘suspicious package,’ finds it ‘unsuspicious’

The Wellington Building was evacuated during the lunch hour on Dec. 10, with police blocking off nearby streets.

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&AS

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 

Q&A | Baylis says business bona fides make him the best Liberal pick to oppose Poilievre 

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Former Liberal MP and businessman Frank Baylis represented the Montreal riding of Pierrefonds-Dollard from 2015 to 2019, but chose not to seek re-election. 

Are we fascist yet?

FeatureBY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN

New biography warns against underestimating Chrystia Freeland

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Carol Off’s timely warning on the use—and misuse—of words

FeatureBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Diplomatic Circles

Israel wants Hassan Diab to serve prison sentence in France but vows to stay out of any extradition request

We need to be ‘clear-eyed’ about Putin’s conflict with the West, says new German ambassador

‘We’re nowhere near overcoming’ climate change issues, says Jamaican envoy in wake of Hurricane Beryl

U.S. envoy David Cohen navigates unaccustomed hiatus from political arena as presidential vote looms  

hill climbers

Comms director changes on deck for ministers St-Onge, Valdez

PMO adds new press secretary

Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier names a deputy chief of staff

Here’s a look at the current employment team under Minister Petitpas Taylor

party central

End of an era: Van Dusen signs off with a song

Poilievre a ‘Nerd Prom’ no-show, Trudeau’s jokes more funny in ‘original German’

Party on the Hill, one party of the year

Party Central: happy Liberals squeeze in some down time post-strategy session at the Métropolitain

civil circles

Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service at court for class-action certification hearings

Number of students in public service hits 10-year high as union warns against use as cheap labour

Nearly half of Canada’s public servants are now millennials, but Gen X holds onto management reins

PM’s shuffle of deputy ministers gears government up for challenges of 2023, 2024, and possible ‘Trump round two,’ says former PCO clerk

photo gallery

This year in photos: Poilievre’s ‘nuclear winter,’ Rodriguez exits caucus, and Carignan steps to the plate

This year in photos: CANSEC, foreign interference, and Ottawa in bloom

This year in photos: caucus retreats, Mulroney’s funeral, and a mini cabinet shuffle

Scenes from a cold day for a cabinet shuffle

photo of the day

Scheer addresses House gridlock over privilege debate

Canada Post workers picket in Ottawa

Freeland addresses ‘anxious’ Canadians

‘Canada lost a giant’ with Sinclair’s death, says Trudeau

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From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

book review

Tony Blair’s new book offers hard-earned lessons to pass along

My Life in Politics is a formidable read

A formidable exercise in truth telling

Angus says his new book is not a lament, it’s a call to arms

top 100 best political books

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2023

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Best Books in 2022

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021

The Hill Times’ List of 100 Best Books in 2020

politically savvy survey

Poilievre sweeps a suite of categories in the 27th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Freeland, LeBlanc, Morneau voted most influential ministers in 26th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Goodale voted Best Cabinet Minister in QP, Scrums in The Hill Times’ 25th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Moore voted best Cabinet minister, but Kenney still most influential: The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual Politically Savvy Survey

100 most influential in government and politics

Top 100: the most influential people in government and politics in 2023

Post-election heavy hitters: the top 100 most influential people to watch in federal politics in 2022

Pandemic edition: Top 100 most influential people to watch in 2021

Where were all the MPs on Top 100 Most Influential?

top 25 staffer survey

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford tops 19th annual Terrific 25 Staffer list, NDP’s Salloum voted Best All-Round

Kurusamy sweeps three categories and ranks as the top Terrific Staffer

PMO stalwarts Butts, Telford claim top spots in The Hill Times’ 17th annual Terrific 25 Staffers Survey

top 100 lobbyist

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

Top 100 Lobbyists 2022: Hybrid model is new norm for lobbyists tired of virtual meetings

Top 100 Lobbyists: Pandemic ushers in explosion of lobbying activity

Lobbying the money man: Morneau draws interest from wide range of government-relations practitioners

the insiders guide to parliament

Government should be ‘pretty pleased’ with first session of Parliament, but summer will be ‘the calm before the storm,’ say observers

Winter House sitting will be like ‘political hunger games’ between O’Toole and Trudeau, say pollsters

A parliamentary session like no other

Into the unknowns of the 44th Parliament

all politics poll: best and worst in politics

Housing Minister Fraser a 2023 fan favourite on Parliament Hill: All Politics Poll

Poilievre doubles as most valuable, least valuable politician in 2022 in The Hill Times’ All Politics Poll

Anand named most valuable politician, climate change voted most important issue in The Hill Times’ 23rd Annual All Politics Poll

Freeland named most valuable politician, NAFTA voted biggest story in The Hill Times’ 22nd Annual All Politics Poll

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