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Poilievre calling lobbyists ‘useless’ provides roadmap for approaching Conservatives, says GR professionals

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Conservatives are looking for public policy changes that will appeal to voters, according to Josie Sabatino, a senior consultant at Summa Strategies.

Poilievre calling lobbyists ‘useless’ provides roadmap for approaching Conservatives, says GR professionals

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Conservatives are looking for public policy changes that will appeal to voters, according to Josie Sabatino, a senior consultant at Summa Strategies.

Poilievre’s clarion call to corporate Canada

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Beef farmers seek exemption from federal carbon price in March dominated by environment lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Poilievre’s communication record shows corporate lobbyists shouldn’t panic, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Democracy Watch wants lobbying commissioner’s office to probe firm with links to top Conservative adviser Jenni Byrne

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

First phase of pharmacare must not ‘create new gaps’ in existing coverage, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Ministers’ letters, advertising, and lobbying: advocates make final requests as 2024 budget process nears its end

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Environment lobby in February focused on plastics pollution, oil and gas emissions cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Ottawa will host the fourth International Negotiating Committee in April, featuring representatives from U.N. member states to discuss a global treaty addressing plastic pollution.

Environment lobby in February focused on plastics pollution, oil and gas emissions cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Ottawa will host the fourth International Negotiating Committee in April, featuring representatives from U.N. member states to discuss a global treaty addressing plastic pollution.

Cabinet confidences not ‘black or white’ says former Privy Council clerk in House Ethics Committee study of SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2024: looming federal election and lingering virtual comms contribute to dynamic advocacy

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

It’s time the government kicks Big Oil out of the climate conversation

OpinionBY EMILIA BELLIVEAU

Lobbyists prepping clients for possible federal election shakeup, and a Conservative government

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Taiwanese envoy warns against banning MPs’ sponsored travel, but former Harper-era minister Kent says MPs should not accept ‘large gifts’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY

Missions abroad cannot be abandoned

OpinionBY CHAD ROGERS

MPs’ sponsored travel back in spotlight as House Ethics Committee, NDP MP Green call for complete ban

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Procurement ombud’s report reveals discrepancies in ArriveCan’s $54-million contract

NewsBY IREM KOCA

AGRICULTURE

Shortcomings and strategic misses in supporting Canadian agriculture

OpinionBY KYLE LARKIN

Canada’s system of supply management: an innovative, modern solution

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Economic value of agriculture industry often overlooked by feds, argue sector advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change will affect your grocery prices

OpinionBY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

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Biotechnology

Does Canada need a more integrated strategy for pandemic responses? Yes

OpinionBY ISAAC BOGOCH AND DAVID NAYLOR

Canada’s biomedical brain drain is reversing. Let’s continue that trend

OpinionBY MICHAEL MAY, ALLISON BROWN

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Military housing problem a reflection of wider culture

OpinionBY TOM ELLARD

Fifty years after Canada’s plutonium mishap in India, is history repeating itself?

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL AND GORDON EDWARDS

Military revisiting beartrap necessity as feds explore Arctic ship chopper capabilities

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Foreign influence registry ‘more than a positive step forward,’ but not far enough, say diaspora groups

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Environment

An apolitical blueprint for achieving Canada’s climate targets

OpinionBY HAL SEGAL

Why common mitigation efforts are not solutions to the climate crisis

OpinionBY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT

Aamjiwnaang First Nation shows importance of environmental racism bill

OpinionBY MELANIE SNOW, VICTORIA WATSON

Feds ‘slow’ to act on green procurement, says environment watchdog

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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FINANCE

Political disconnect leaving Liberals far behind

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Why digital assets will be Canada’s economic equalizer

OpinionBY LUCAS MATHESON

Freeland should find a better way to achieve tax reform

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Economists, businesses question timing of capital gains tax hike as Canada faces productivity challenges

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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Fisheries and oceans

The blue dichotomy: corporatization of Canada’s oceans

OpinionBY COURTNEY LANGILLE

Unlocking the power of the ocean: threading the economic needle on the path to net zero

OpinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD, TRINE JøRANLI ESKEDAL

Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries

OpinionBY REBECCA SCHIJNS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans undermining minister’s mandate

OpinionBY KAREN WRISTEN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Sanctions do nothing to promote democracy

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

High cost for women advocating for Palestinian rights in Canada

OpinionBY YASER HADDARA, TAHA GHAYYUR

‘Unfortunate errors’ in Global Affairs contracts were ‘administrative oversight,’ MPs hear

NewsBY IREM KOCA

EV investments paving the way for Canada and Japan’s ‘new chapter’: ambassador

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

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health

Federal tax changes will hurt access to health care: CMA

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

Doctors need the right tools to treat patients well, especially for rare diseases

OpinionBY SANJAY MEHTA

Budget a stride forward for mental health as a federal priority 

OpinionBY DAVE GALLSON

Health care is more than treatment—it’s time to get serious about disease prevention

OpinionBY PAMELA VALENTINE

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Industry and Manufacturing

Feds’ groceries bill is worth less than the paper on which it’s printed

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Expanded electric capacity to handle EVs must be taken seriously, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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infrastructure and transport

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Struggling low-cost air carriers require feds’ intervention on price competition, says aviation expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Better climate-risk mapping data a must as Canada addresses housing crisis, says experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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innovation

For Canada to be a global human rights leader, it needs to get its AI law right from the start

OpinionBY YUAN STEVENS

While other countries add services, Canada adds public servants

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR COLIN DEACON

Growth has stalled in Canada

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Budget’s AI investment is Canada playing catch-up

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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intergovernmental

It’s time to turn federal-provincial confrontation to co-operation

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

The CAQ’s language shell game fooled everyone

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Is there another Charest in the Quebec Liberals’ future?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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justice

Canadians should rightly be leery of a leader who wants to override the Charter

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Canada must commit to more than a monument

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Perrin puts the criminal justice system on trial

FeatureBY BENJAMIN PERRIN

Accountability needed after Zameer acquittal

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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Labour & employment

Indigenous-led housing solutions need federal funding to fill the gap

OpinionBY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN

Momentum is building for new homeownership solutions in Canada

OpinionBY ROB RICHARDS

Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Liberal housing strategy will need ‘both carrots and sticks’ to break through affordable housing stalemate: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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natural resources and energy

Oil and gas emissions on the rise again: a federal emissions cap is our best chance to rein them in

OpinionBY STEVEN HAIG

Nuclear energy never will be ‘clean,’ write Jones and Edwards

Opinion

First Nations and the right to say yes

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Let’s improve our understanding of how we nominate candidates, and pass S-283

OpinionBY JEANETTE ASHE, TRACEY RANEY

Can’t Buy My Silence on the Hill: restricting the abusive use of NDAs

OpinionBY ZELDA PERKINS, JULIE MACFARLANE

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

OpinionBY MAGNOLIA PERRON

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

OpinionBY AMIN KAMALEDDIN

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Indigenous Relations

Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination

OpinionBY NATAN OBED

Waiting for justice: why you need to know Métis residential school survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse

OpinionBY MERELDA FIDDLER-POTTER

The result of the oppressive synergy of sexism and racism

OpinionBY CAMBRIA HARRIS, MELISSA ROBINSON, JORDEN MYRAN, AND DONNA BARTLETT, SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM, GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

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Exclusive lists

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

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

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

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022