Eleanor Wand

Eleanor Wand is a political reporter with The Hill Times who covers Parliament Hill, including the Bloc Québécois, NDP, Green Party, and the Senate. She started reporting for The Hill Times in April 2025 after moving to Gatineau from Montreal, where she got her start in journalism covering current affairs and local news for CBC. Eleanor previously worked for rabble.ca, where she covered provincial and federal politics, and attended Concordia University for journalism after studying philosophy at McGill University.

Resigning MP Boulerice’s Montreal riding expected to be a Bloc-Liberal contest, say strategists

Unless the NDP can find some ‘superstar candidate,’ then they have ‘zero chance’ of holding the riding once five-time MP Alexandre Boulerice steps down, says Liberal strategist Jonathan Kalles.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 27, 2026

Carney’s new cross-partisan Canada-U.S. council a good strategic move, say political players

Prime Minister Mark Carney is a ‘better political practitioner’ than he’s given credit for, and the committee’s makeup could be another ‘proof point’ of that, says Conservative strategist Cole Hogan.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS | April 23, 2026

Liberals defend seizing majority committee control as critics decry ‘violation’ of convention

Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon will table a motion ‘in the coming days’ to change Parliament’s standing orders and boost Liberal representation on committees by two seats.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 22, 2026

Carney’s fuel-tax holiday ‘poorly targeted,’ say some environmental advocates, but for others it’s ‘welcome news’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the feds to scrap all fuel taxes for the rest of the year, whereas the NDP wants oil and gas windfall profits taxed as global fuel prices continue to rise.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 16, 2026

Carney clinches slim majority in byelections, but ‘lacklustre’ Conservative showing makes time ripe to ‘hunt’ floor crossers, say politicos

A clean sweep in three byelections brings the Liberal caucus to 174 members, giving them a two-seat majority cushion, and making Mark Carney the first Canadian prime minister to win a majority through floor crossing.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 14, 2026

It’s ‘transparency, not obstruction,’ says Green Leader May, as critics call out feds’ bill for reversing Trudeau-era fundraising rules

Presented as a ‘security measure,’ Bill C-25 would scrap rules requiring parties to release advance notices for fundraising events and disclose the events’ locations, in what one critic says creates an ‘after-the-fact model of oversight.’

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 13, 2026

‘No one had this one on their bingo cards’: latest floor-crosser Gladu a surprise addition to Liberal ranks, say politicos

Marilyn Gladu, the fifth opposition MP to join the Carney Liberals, has been ‘rather outspoken’ about issues that may put her at odds with Trudeau-era Liberal MPs, says former Conservative staffer Ashton Arsenault.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 8, 2026

Provincial frictions and bringing establishment onside present early tests for NDP Leader Lewis, say politicos

The NDP’s ‘one member, one vote’ system raises questions about accountability and whether Lewis voters will ‘stick around’ in the party beyond his leadership, says professor Lori Turnbull.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 4, 2026

No ‘real benefit’ to prorogation for the government, say politicos, amid speculation option is on the table

The Liberals could use programming motions as a ‘workaround’ to speed up committees without rejigging party representation, which is locked in for the duration of Parliament, unless altered by a House motion, says former NDP staffer Anthony Salloum.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | April 1, 2026

The Hill Times’ 100 Most Influential People in Politics and Government in 2026

The Hill Times spoke with political insiders over the last month to nail down the list of people who are leading and influencing federal government policy and shaping public opinion this year. Here is our Top 100 Most Influential People in Government and Politics in 2026, organized by politicians, pollsters, political influencers, staffers, public servants, and media.

news | BY ABBAS RANA, LAURA RYCKEWAERT, NEIL MOSS, MARLO GLASS, STUART BENSON, KATE MALLOY, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN, JESSE CNOCKAERT, IREM KOCA, ELEANOR WAND, PETER MAZEREEUW | March 30, 2026

NDP tent ‘big enough’ to manage differences, Lewis says as some Prairie leaders add distance after resounding win

The self-described democratic socialist is pledging party unity, but fissures are already apparent as Alberta and Saskatchewan NDP leaders quickly criticized the new leader’s position on fossil fuels.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS | March 29, 2026

NDP convention notebook: Avi Lewis takes the cake

A dispatch from the third day of the NDP leadership convention in Winnipeg.

feature | BY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS | March 29, 2026

NDP has ‘huge door’ on the left to claim in ‘bold’ rebuild, say current, former MPs

Don’t write the NDP’s obituary so fast, say current, former politicians and party supporters. At the party’s national convention, New Democrats vow that the party is ‘not going anywhere’ on the cusp of selecting a new leader.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS | March 28, 2026

‘Big solutions’ and unabashed optimism: NDP leadership hopefuls make final appeal to voters

NDP MP Heather McPherson emphasized her history of electoral success in Conservative stronghold Alberta, whereas activist Avi Lewis keyed in on his ‘big solutions’ to the cost-of-living crisis.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS | March 28, 2026

NDP convention notebook: falling in love with the NDP

A dispatch from the second day of the NDP leadership convention in Winnipeg.

feature | BY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND | March 28, 2026

Manitoba Premier Kinew’s message to NPD leadership hopefuls: ‘We need a federal NDP that can win’

‘It’s way better than the alternative,’ the Manitoba premier said in his opening remarks on the first day of the NDP leadership convention in Winnipeg.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND, MARLO GLASS | March 27, 2026