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Defence & security

A moment of reflection: Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

A moment of reflection: Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

The modern-day malady of modern-day veterans

OpinionBY FARDOUS HOSSEINY

Honouring the past in changing times

OpinionBY JEREMY DIAMOND

Is our military ready to be a half a million strong?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Follow P.E.I.’s lead: Canada needs a national inquiry into China’s influence

OpinionBY WAYNE EASTER, GARRY CLEMENT 

Carney government promises to spend $81.8-billion over five years on defence

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Douglas Roche: why ‘much of my public career has been marked by dissent, and [why] I’m not stopping now’

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

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Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says politicos. But Canada also needs to be united.

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

• As U.S. President Donald Trump upends decades of progress in the world, it also creates an opportunity for Canada to show global leadership, says politicos. But Canada also needs to be united.

Veterans raise inaugural poppy flag on Parliament Hill

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

From New York City: a day at a No Kings rally, and a hope for more than tepid politics

OpinionBY JIM CRESKEY

Drone warfare is here. Canada must prepare

OpinionBY JEAN-FRANçOIS BéLANGER, ALEX WILNER

Wildlife can be full of surprises

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Bill aimed at protecting telecom infrastructure against cyberattacks strikes at privacy rights, say civil society groups

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

In bid to grow overseas, feds can’t forget to protect the people at home

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Room for improvement in the CAF? Yeah, I’ll say

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

MPs, Senators need a voice on Trump’s Golden Dome

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

AGRICULTURE

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight

OpinionBY ORVILLE BOVENSCHEN

Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff

OpinionBY BO CHEN, ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

Investing in the future of Canadian agriculture: a strategic imperative

OpinionBY TREVOR HECK

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Biotechnology

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Environment

Swapping the tragedy of the horizon for the expediency of today

OpinionBY ALISON WINES, WREN MONTGOMERY

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

OpinionBY AMANDA BRYANT

Budget’s lack of clarity over sunsetting climate programs a concern: Green Budget Coalition

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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FINANCE

MPs to vote on $10.8-billion spending boost in new estimates

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Proposed collective bargaining changes could ‘influence the opinions of arbitrators’ to consider feds’ fiscal situation: lawyer

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Feds focused on ‘streamlining’ programs, says health minister after budget fails to provide new money for mental health or substance use

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

First budget in years to tackle Canada’s dismal performance in innovation and investment, but we could still fall short: need guardrails

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Fisheries and oceans

Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The markets are hungry for Canadian cod. Will we deliver?

OpinionBY SYLVIE LAPOINTE

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

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FOREIGN POLICY

At G7, minister touts importance of Canadian leadership on foreign assistance amid billions in budget cuts to international aid  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Canada’s G7 presidency faces last major test as top diplomats set to gather in Niagara

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Conservative MP Bragdon ousts Liberal MP Duguid as co-chair of ‘influential’ Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group: Grits are ‘kicking ourselves’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Sudan: another partition?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Carney Liberals focus on health infrastructure, but no new funding for mental health, substance use programs in budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Industry and Manufacturing

Losing Canada’s last big critical minerals champion: the stakes in the Anglo–Teck deal

OpinionBY ED FAST

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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infrastructure and transport

‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Major projects? Not without telecom

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

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innovation

Government must balance AI development with risk management

OpinionBY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY

Security delayed is security denied

OpinionBY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

OpinionBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

Reforming the CRTC for the internet era

OpinionBY PHILIP PALMER, LEN ST-AUBIN

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intergovernmental

A letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: reclaim Alberta’s promise

Opinion

No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED November 7, 2025

Alberta and Quebec are rewatching old movies

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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justice

Poilievre’s Trumpian language to appease some supporters risks his losing the rest of the country

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister 

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Labour & employment

Unspinning the Trumpian disinformation on DEI: why it matters for all Canadians

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE, WILL SHELLING

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Federal childcare program falls far short as costs balloon 

OpinionBY PETER JON MITCHELL

Fast, employer-aligned training is key to Canada’s economic recovery

OpinionBY MICHAEL SANGSTER

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Lobbying

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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natural resources and energy

Building a national Canadian economy starts with our fuel sector

OpinionBY JAKE ENWRIGHT

Studies show no evidence of negative health effect of uranium processing in Port Hope: Whitlock

Opinion

Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Carney has an obligation to better define his priorities for the Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Conservative attacks on DEI are nothing new, but fighting past battles risks future growth, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women entrepreneurs are a vital resource for growing Canada’s economy – it is time to break down the barriers standing in their way

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada

OpinionBY MALINDA SMITH

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Indigenous Relations

Senators must amend Bill S-2 to stop the legislative extinction of First Nations

OpinionBY PAMELA PALMATER, SHARON MCIVOR

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

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First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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