Carney ranked best public speaker, most quotable, hardest working, and one of the best fundraisers in The Hill Times’ 30th annual Politically Savvy Survey

Pierre Poilievre voted most effective Conservative QP MP, best opposition MP in scrums, best fundraiser, and biggest self promoter. Dominic LeBlanc picked as best cabinet minister, most influential cabinet minister, and MP with the best sense of humour.

Some of the public office holders who placed in this year’s Politically Savvy Survey based on majority votes, pictured, include Pierre Poilievre, Dominic LeBlanc, Mark Carney, Sean Fraser, François-Philippe Champagne, Melissa Lantsman, Michael Chong, Mélanie Joly, Don Davies, Christine Normandin, Michelle Rempel Garner and Yves-François Blanchet.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

September 21, 2026

When Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks “the whole world listens,” according to respondents in The Hill Times’ 30th Annual Politically Savvy Survey, which showed the economist-turned-politician is gaining recognition for his skills as an orator—a quality that...

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