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FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 22, 2023
Then-cabinet ministers Pierre Trudeau, right, John Turner, and Jean Chrétien, and then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson, picture on April 4, 1967, following a cabinet shuffle. Photograph by Duncan Cameron courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 22, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 22, 2023
Then-cabinet ministers Pierre Trudeau, right, John Turner, and Jean Chrétien, and then-prime minister Lester B. Pearson, picture on April 4, 1967, following a cabinet shuffle. Photograph by Duncan Cameron courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 3, 2023
Public Service Alliance of Canada members block the Portage Bridge between Gatineau and Ottawa on April 28 as part of escalating job actions while on strike. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 3, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | May 3, 2023
Public Service Alliance of Canada members block the Portage Bridge between Gatineau and Ottawa on April 28 as part of escalating job actions while on strike. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 26, 2023
From left to right: David Herle, Rick Mercer, Pierre Poilievre, and Elon Musk. Musk's recent changes to Twitter have sparked debate among Canadian politicos. The Hill Times photographs by Aidan Chamandy and Andrew Meade, and photograph courtesy of Flickr/NVIDIA Corporation
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 26, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 26, 2023
From left to right: David Herle, Rick Mercer, Pierre Poilievre, and Elon Musk. Musk's recent changes to Twitter have sparked debate among Canadian politicos. The Hill Times photographs by Aidan Chamandy and Andrew Meade, and photograph courtesy of Flickr/NVIDIA Corporation
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 24, 2023
Contributors to the 10th anniversary edition of Policy magazine include, clockwise from top left: associate editor and deputy publisher Lisa Van Dusen, Conservative strategist Geoff Norquay, pollster and pundit Allan Gregg, and award-winning broadcaster Don Newman. Photographs courtesy of Policy Magazine, Lisa Van Dusen, Geoff Norquay, James Park/Carleton University and The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 24, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 24, 2023
Contributors to the 10th anniversary edition of Policy magazine include, clockwise from top left: associate editor and deputy publisher Lisa Van Dusen, Conservative strategist Geoff Norquay, pollster and pundit Allan Gregg, and award-winning broadcaster Don Newman. Photographs courtesy of Policy Magazine, Lisa Van Dusen, Geoff Norquay, James Park/Carleton University and The Hill Times photograph by Cynthia Münster
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 19, 2023
An Emergency in Ottawa: The Story of the Convoy Commission by veteran journalist Paul Wells is now available on bookshelves. Image courtesy of Sutherland House Publishing, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 19, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 19, 2023
An Emergency in Ottawa: The Story of the Convoy Commission by veteran journalist Paul Wells is now available on bookshelves. Image courtesy of Sutherland House Publishing, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 17, 2023
The five finalists: Cooperation and Social Justice; Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias; Booze, Cigarettes and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade; The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future; and Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change. Book covers courtesy of the Donner Prize/University of Toronto Press, Coach House Books, McGill-Queen's University Press, Allen Lane Canada, and Delve Books
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 17, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 17, 2023
The five finalists: Cooperation and Social Justice; Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias; Booze, Cigarettes and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade; The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future; and Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change. Book covers courtesy of the Donner Prize/University of Toronto Press, Coach House Books, McGill-Queen's University Press, Allen Lane Canada, and Delve Books
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 12, 2023
In AI-generated images, from left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former prime ministers Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell. Images courtesy of Craig Baird/Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 12, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 12, 2023
In AI-generated images, from left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, former prime ministers Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell. Images courtesy of Craig Baird/Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 10, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be the keynote speaker at the U.S.-based Peterson Institute for International Economics think tank's 'Macro Week' on April 12 in Washington, D.C. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 10, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 10, 2023
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will be the keynote speaker at the U.S.-based Peterson Institute for International Economics think tank's 'Macro Week' on April 12 in Washington, D.C. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 5, 2023
Huda Mukbil was a senior intelligence officer at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for 16 years and she was often the only racialized person at the table. Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism is published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Photograph courtesy of Huda Mukbil
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 5, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 5, 2023
Huda Mukbil was a senior intelligence officer at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for 16 years and she was often the only racialized person at the table. Agent of Change: My Life Fighting Terrorists, Spies, and Institutional Racism is published by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Photograph courtesy of Huda Mukbil
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 3, 2023
TorStar Corporation owner Jordan Bitove delivered the 2023 Wilfred Kesterton Lecture, hosted by Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication on March 28. Photograph courtesy of Manuel Baechlin/Carleton University
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 3, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | April 3, 2023
TorStar Corporation owner Jordan Bitove delivered the 2023 Wilfred Kesterton Lecture, hosted by Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication on March 28. Photograph courtesy of Manuel Baechlin/Carleton University
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 29, 2023
CLC executive vice-president Larry Rousseau, left, PIPSC national president Jennifer Carr, Black Class Action Secretariat executive director Nicholas Marcus Thompson, PSAC national president Chris Aylward, regional executive vice-president for the National Capital Region of PSAC Alex Silas, and UTE president Marc Brière. Photograph courtesy of the Public Service Alliance of Canada
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 29, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 29, 2023
CLC executive vice-president Larry Rousseau, left, PIPSC national president Jennifer Carr, Black Class Action Secretariat executive director Nicholas Marcus Thompson, PSAC national president Chris Aylward, regional executive vice-president for the National Capital Region of PSAC Alex Silas, and UTE president Marc Brière. Photograph courtesy of the Public Service Alliance of Canada
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 27, 2023
This Hour Has 22 Minutes' Mark Critch, left, gets a lesson from Canada's 'most famous snowboard instructor,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 27, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 27, 2023
This Hour Has 22 Minutes' Mark Critch, left, gets a lesson from Canada's 'most famous snowboard instructor,' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photograph courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 22, 2023
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will deliver Carleton University's 2023 Bell Lecture on March 30. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 22, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 22, 2023
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will deliver Carleton University's 2023 Bell Lecture on March 30. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
Sabreena Delhon, executive director of the Samara Centre of Democracy, Humans of the House, the centre's new podcast, is set to launch on March 21. Photograph, image courtesy of Samara Centre for Democracy
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 20, 2023
Sabreena Delhon, executive director of the Samara Centre of Democracy, Humans of the House, the centre's new podcast, is set to launch on March 21. Photograph, image courtesy of Samara Centre for Democracy
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 15, 2023
Veteran journalist Laura Dhillon Kane, left, is set to start at Bloomberg as their Ottawa bureau chief on May 1, and CTV News Channel's Mike Le Couteur is now heading up a new hour-long show debating the top three most talked about stories of the day. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, Facebook
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 15, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 15, 2023
Veteran journalist Laura Dhillon Kane, left, is set to start at Bloomberg as their Ottawa bureau chief on May 1, and CTV News Channel's Mike Le Couteur is now heading up a new hour-long show debating the top three most talked about stories of the day. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, Facebook
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 13, 2023
Torstar Corporation owner Jordan Bitove will deliver the 2023 Wilfred Kesterton Lecture on March 28 at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Photograph courtesy of NordStar
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 13, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 13, 2023
Torstar Corporation owner Jordan Bitove will deliver the 2023 Wilfred Kesterton Lecture on March 28 at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre. Photograph courtesy of NordStar
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 8, 2023
NDP MP Heather McPherson says the recommendation against the House Foreign Affairs Committee's requested travel to Ukraine 'didn't make any sense.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 8, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 8, 2023
NDP MP Heather McPherson says the recommendation against the House Foreign Affairs Committee's requested travel to Ukraine 'didn't make any sense.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 6, 2023
Play it again, Charlie: NDP MP, author and musician Charlie Angus will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in style when he takes the stage at Whiskeyjack Beer Company in Haileybury, Ont., on March 17. Photograph courtesy of Raul Rincon
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 6, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 6, 2023
Play it again, Charlie: NDP MP, author and musician Charlie Angus will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in style when he takes the stage at Whiskeyjack Beer Company in Haileybury, Ont., on March 17. Photograph courtesy of Raul Rincon
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 1, 2023
Journalist Tonda MacCharles has been announced as the Toronto Star's Ottawa bureau chief. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 1, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | March 1, 2023
Journalist Tonda MacCharles has been announced as the Toronto Star's Ottawa bureau chief. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 27, 2023
This just in: Investigative reporter with the CBC's weekly investigative program The Fifth Estate Harvey Cashore, left, and former CBC Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos have both been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, CTV News
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 27, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 27, 2023
This just in: Investigative reporter with the CBC's weekly investigative program The Fifth Estate Harvey Cashore, left, and former CBC Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos have both been nominated for Canadian Screen Awards. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, CTV News
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 22, 2023
Kathleen Harris, left, and Tina Romito, who both spent many years covering Parliament Hill, are heading to public affairs firm Compass Rose. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 22, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 22, 2023
Kathleen Harris, left, and Tina Romito, who both spent many years covering Parliament Hill, are heading to public affairs firm Compass Rose. Photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 20, 2023
Newfoundland's got talent: Newfoundlanders actor Greg Malone, left, comedian Rick Mercer, journalist David Cochrane, and his date, comedian Mark Critch, at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Mark Critch's Twitter account
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 20, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 20, 2023
Newfoundland's got talent: Newfoundlanders actor Greg Malone, left, comedian Rick Mercer, journalist David Cochrane, and his date, comedian Mark Critch, at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on June 3, 2017. Photograph courtesy of Mark Critch's Twitter account
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 15, 2023
Shalene Curtis-Micallef, left, Chris Forbes, and Arun Thangaraj. Curtis-Micallef is the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department following her appointment as deputy minister. Forbes has been appointed as deputy minister of environment and climate change, while Thangaraj has been named the new deputy minister of transport. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn, Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 15, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 15, 2023
Shalene Curtis-Micallef, left, Chris Forbes, and Arun Thangaraj. Curtis-Micallef is the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department following her appointment as deputy minister. Forbes has been appointed as deputy minister of environment and climate change, while Thangaraj has been named the new deputy minister of transport. Photographs courtesy of LinkedIn, Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 13, 2023
Pierre Trudeau, left, Jack Austin and Queen Elizabeth. 'Austin has played a unique role in Canada's public life,' says Bob Rae in one of the book's jacket blurbs. Image courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 13, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 13, 2023
Pierre Trudeau, left, Jack Austin and Queen Elizabeth. 'Austin has played a unique role in Canada's public life,' says Bob Rae in one of the book's jacket blurbs. Image courtesy of McGill-Queen's University Press
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 8, 2023
Veteran journalist Julie Van Dusen, left, with Catherine Cullen and Hélène Buzzetti, right, who spent a quarter of a century at the CBC, is now hosting CPAC's Today in Politics podcast. The Hill Times file photograph
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 8, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 8, 2023
Veteran journalist Julie Van Dusen, left, with Catherine Cullen and Hélène Buzzetti, right, who spent a quarter of a century at the CBC, is now hosting CPAC's Today in Politics podcast. The Hill Times file photograph
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 6, 2023
Fox News' Tucker Carlson, left, and NDP MP Matthew Green. Carlson recently asked 'why are we not sending an armed force north to liberate Canada from Trudeau' while on air. Green tried to get the House to unanimously condemn Carlson's remarks last week, but the House did not give its unanimous consent. Photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 6, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 6, 2023
Fox News' Tucker Carlson, left, and NDP MP Matthew Green. Carlson recently asked 'why are we not sending an armed force north to liberate Canada from Trudeau' while on air. Green tried to get the House to unanimously condemn Carlson's remarks last week, but the House did not give its unanimous consent. Photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 1, 2023
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is highlighting party renewal in his bid for leadership of the Ontario Liberals. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 1, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 1, 2023
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is highlighting party renewal in his bid for leadership of the Ontario Liberals. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 30, 2023
Heather Scoffield, pictured in The Canadian Press' Ottawa office in 2018, has joined the Business Council of Canada’s executive team as senior vice president of strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 30, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 30, 2023
Heather Scoffield, pictured in The Canadian Press' Ottawa office in 2018, has joined the Business Council of Canada’s executive team as senior vice president of strategy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 25, 2023
Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, left, is joining the leadership team of the Progressive Senate Group, taking over the role of liaison from the soon-to-retire Senator Patricia Bovey. Photograph courtesy of Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard's office, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 25, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 25, 2023
Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, left, is joining the leadership team of the Progressive Senate Group, taking over the role of liaison from the soon-to-retire Senator Patricia Bovey. Photograph courtesy of Sen. Wanda Thomas Bernard's office, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 23, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on the Hill. The Libs will hold national convention in Ottawa in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 23, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 23, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on the Hill. The Libs will hold national convention in Ottawa in May. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 18, 2023
Conservative strategist Yaroslav Baran, left, journalist Heather Bakken, and creative director Benjamin Purkiss have launched a new political communications firm, Pendulum Group. Photographs courtesy of Pendulum Group
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 18, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 18, 2023
Conservative strategist Yaroslav Baran, left, journalist Heather Bakken, and creative director Benjamin Purkiss have launched a new political communications firm, Pendulum Group. Photographs courtesy of Pendulum Group
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 16, 2023
Politico reporter Zi-Ann Lum, left, and Globe and Mail reporter Marsha McLeod will study coverage of political discourse and democracy for a week in March as part of the Kiplinger Fellowship at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in Ohio. Photographs courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 16, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 16, 2023
Politico reporter Zi-Ann Lum, left, and Globe and Mail reporter Marsha McLeod will study coverage of political discourse and democracy for a week in March as part of the Kiplinger Fellowship at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in Ohio. Photographs courtesy of Twitter
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 11, 2023
Alan Fleming, who most recently served as Independent Senator Dan Christmas’ director of parliamentary affairs, died suddenly on Jan. 7, at the age of 63. Photograph courtesy of Facebook, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 11, 2023
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 11, 2023
Alan Fleming, who most recently served as Independent Senator Dan Christmas’ director of parliamentary affairs, died suddenly on Jan. 7, at the age of 63. Photograph courtesy of Facebook, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH | January 9, 2023
The group Canadians United Against Hate graded each of the federal party leaders on their efforts to fight hate and defend human rights in 2022: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (D), Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (F), Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (F), and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (C-). The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH | January 9, 2023
FeatureBY CHELSEA NASH | January 9, 2023
The group Canadians United Against Hate graded each of the federal party leaders on their efforts to fight hate and defend human rights in 2022: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (D), Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (F), Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet (F), and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (C-). The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 19, 2022
Abacus Data's David Coletto, left, and Bruce Anderson. Coletto, the organization's chief executive officer, will take on the role of chairman starting on Jan. 1, 2023. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 19, 2022
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 19, 2022
Abacus Data's David Coletto, left, and Bruce Anderson. Coletto, the organization's chief executive officer, will take on the role of chairman starting on Jan. 1, 2023. Photograph courtesy of LinkedIn, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 14, 2022
Jim Carr speaks with reporters on the way to his office in 2019. Carr died at home at the age of 71 surrounded by family on Dec. 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 14, 2022
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 14, 2022
Jim Carr speaks with reporters on the way to his office in 2019. Carr died at home at the age of 71 surrounded by family on Dec. 12. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 12, 2022
Claudette Commanda, pictured at the National Indigenous Peoples’ Day Ceremony in Gatineau, Que., in 2018, has been picked by Ottawa Magazine as one of the city’s top leaders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 12, 2022
FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 12, 2022
Claudette Commanda, pictured at the National Indigenous Peoples’ Day Ceremony in Gatineau, Que., in 2018, has been picked by Ottawa Magazine as one of the city’s top leaders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade