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.

MPs champion unity in face of Alberta referendum, but Conservatives say quick vote needed to ‘get it over and done with’

‘It demands the action of democracy, and I think unless we address it, it will be like an itch that is not scratched,’ says Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie of Alberta’s separatism question.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND, AIDAN RAYNOR, MARLO GLASS | May 25, 2026

Opposition MPs slam feds’ ‘absolutely mind-boggling’ Lawful Access Act: ‘go back to the drawing board’

Critics warn Bill C-22 risks weakening cybersecurity as telecommunications firms and other service providers could be legally obligated to store Canadian users’ metadata for up to a year. But the public safety minister says some tech firms are ‘misinterpreting’ the bill, and that ‘safeguards’ are written in.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 22, 2026

Volume of Senator bills ‘clogging’ Chamber time, warn parliamentarians as Senate committee set to study issue

Senators’ public bills represent about one-third of non-government legislation being studied by the House. Senator Percy Downe says the Upper Chamber has ‘to be more responsible,’ taking care not to ‘flood the House of Commons’ with these bills.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 16, 2026

‘A major capitulation’: climate groups slam Ottawa-Alberta pipeline deal, but energy rep says it’s not ‘urgent’ enough

The implementation agreement marks another step towards the construction of a new oil pipeline running from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 15, 2026

‘It’s sad’: former minister Dion says project approval revamp pitch latest in ‘trend’ of climate policy backlash

A ‘shocking’ May 8 federal discussion paper proposes exempting projects from environmental impact assessments, and reads like a ‘fantasy wish list from the oil and gas industry,’ says one environmental advocate.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 14, 2026

‘The Senate is doing its job,’ say Senators as Upper Chamber awaits official word on Carney’s appointment approach

For the first time, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will listen to the advice of the almost entirely vacant advisory body on Senate appointments, and has committed to appointing new Senators ‘in due course.’

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 9, 2026

Alberta MPs, Senators call for stricter privacy laws in wake of ‘egregious, horrific’ Alberta data breach

‘It’s a security concern for people like me who are in the public eye and who deal with angry constituents all the time,’ says Alberta Senator Paula Simons of an Elections Alberta data leak that exposed the personal details of nearly three million people.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 8, 2026

‘She’d be able to walk into the job tomorrow’: former judge Louise Arbour a ‘safe pick’ for governor general, say politicos

‘I’m very mindful of the legacy I’m stepping into,’ says Canada’s next vice regal, who will serve as the King’s representative, and the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Armed Forces after Mary Simon’s exit this summer.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 5, 2026

From climate champion to pragmatist: why Carney is ditching Trudeau-era climate policy

Former Trudeau-era staffers say Mark Carney’s environmental policy approach is a more ‘pragmatic one,’ shaped by the trade-war with the U.S. and succeeding a decade of experimental policies under Justin Trudeau.

news | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 2, 2026

‘I really don’t want to leave’: Senator Kutcher bids an early farewell to the Red Chamber

‘I wish I hadn’t got this sick, but I can’t choose the card that I am dealt, but I can choose how to play them,’ says ISG Senator Stan Kutcher, who is delivering his farewell speech on May 7 in the Upper Chamber.

feature | BY ELEANOR WAND | May 1, 2026

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