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

Current and former senior government officials, past diplomats, and insiders weigh in on who has influence over Canadian foreign policy for The Hill Times‘ annual list.

‘May you govern in interesting times’: MPs, Senators look back on the COVID-19 pandemic and the day ‘everything changed’

With four years in the books since Canada’s Parliament shut down to deal with an emerging public health threat, and more than a year after the World Health Organization announced an official end to the global pandemic, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan says no one is ‘over COVID.’

‘It defines the nation’s capital and community’: Ottawa MPs celebrate Rideau Canal brief reopening, but lament shorter seasons due to climate change

Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi says the canal is a great public space during winter where ‘you can see the incredible diversity of our country represented.’

Anderson meeting shows Conservatives give ‘a nod and a wink’ to far-right elements, says anti-hate group founder

Pollster Greg Lyle says this latest story cycle is ‘great grist for the mill for the Liberals to motivate their base and to do some fundraising.’

Hill barbershop has remained a cut above for nearly a century

Politicos have flocked to Victoria Barber Shop in the heart of the Parliamentary Precinct for 99 years, finding conversation and casual camaraderie alongside constancy and haircuts.

In Parliament Hill’s neighbourhood, businesses still feeling the pandemic pinch

From the first COVID-19 shutdowns, to people working from home, to ‘hopefully being at the tail end’ of the pandemic, there is still ‘a lot of transition going on’ in downtown Ottawa, says Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi.