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Justice

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

• Five federally operated regional treatment centres are 'not fit for the purpose,' and Ivan Zinger argues the Correctional Service of Canada should not even be in the mental health business, but should hand that to the experts. It’s hard to disagree with the logic.

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

• Five federally operated regional treatment centres are 'not fit for the purpose,' and Ivan Zinger argues the Correctional Service of Canada should not even be in the mental health business, but should hand that to the experts. It’s hard to disagree with the logic.

OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them

OpinionBY DAVID HUTTON

Prison watchdog leaves post early with ‘frustrations’ as final report keys in on ‘grossly inadequate’ mental health care behind bars

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

Bill C-3 corrects inequalities, brings Citizenship Act into compliance with the Charter

OpinionBY DON CHAPMAN

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Here’s the best Canadian strategy on the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s potentially illegal global tariffs

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

• Canada's focus should be on cementing rules-based, new trading partnerships with the Latin American countries in the Mercosur trade bloc, seeking even closers ties with the European Union, and expanding trade with the 11 Pacific Rim nations.

Here’s the best Canadian strategy on the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s potentially illegal global tariffs

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

• Canada's focus should be on cementing rules-based, new trading partnerships with the Latin American countries in the Mercosur trade bloc, seeking even closers ties with the European Union, and expanding trade with the 11 Pacific Rim nations.

Convoy protest organizers Lich, Barber sentenced to house arrest

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression

OpinionBY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI

Without clarity, Kneecap ban appears as a ‘politically motivated PR stunt,’ say critics, civil liberties, and immigration experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Conservatives seize on Liberals’ ‘law-and-order vacuum’ as Trump anxiety wanes, but ‘MAGA North’ comparisons still a concern, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Trade tribunal urges feds to redo multimillion-dollar defence bid after ‘valid’ complaint it favoured U.S. supplier

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Chief of defence staff in full retreat

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Readiness is built, not assumed: preparing our health system for crisis

OpinionBY ANDY SMITH

Potential PCO intelligence cuts ‘counterintuitive and risky,’ say national security experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Environment

Canada’s ZEV mandate will leave 450,000 drivers stranded

OpinionBY BRIAN LIVINGSTON

Carney walks a timid line on climate instead of full speed ahead

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

‘Empty hands’ at COP30 and LNG ‘nation-building’ project pick signifies climate backsliding, say advocates

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Carney is unwilling to expend any political capital to make the case for Canadian climate leadership

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

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FINANCE

Liberals ‘live another day’ narrowly win budget vote, avoid election

NewsBY MARLO GLASS, ELEANOR WAND, RIDDHI KACHHELA, STUART BENSON

Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Budget 2025 is more of the same

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

Canadians are voting with their feet, and America’s not on the ballot

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

America is getting to be a strange country

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Bolton’s right: Canada should slow down negotiations with Trump until U.S. Supreme Court decides on legality of tariffs

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Up to the U.S. to decide if it violated international law with Caribbean boat strikes, says Anand 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

‘We will be facing a financial cliff’: advocates concerned about mental health and substance use programs as bilaterals begin to lapse in 2027

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Losing measles elimination status makes Canada a ‘pariah,’ says Liberal MP

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

The modern-day malady of modern-day veterans

OpinionBY FARDOUS HOSSEINY

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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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’s local infrastructure fund must be fair to workers

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA

‘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

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innovation

Restrictive U.S. worker visa could fuel Canada’s rise as a global tech leader

OpinionBY S. YASH KALASH

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Government must balance AI development with risk management

OpinionBY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY

Security delayed is security denied

OpinionBY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA

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intergovernmental

PQ Blue Book attacks Canada’s international role

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Q&A | The legal battle over the ‘notwithstanding’ clause, explained 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Canada’s deafening silence defending the International Criminal Court 

OpinionBY MARK KERSTEN

Military police chief is ignoring the law, shutting down probes into complaints: watchdog report

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Senate throws a lifeline to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

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Labour & employment

Canada at a crossroads as history repeats itself

OpinionBY JOSEPHINE GREY, SHEILA REGEHR

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

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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

The critical-minerals battle is being fought on land—and over the sea

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

OpinionBY AMANDA BRYANT

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

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Women, Gender and Diversity

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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

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Indigenous Relations

First Nations built the first North American economy—it’s time Canada recognized that

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON | UPDATED November 12, 2025

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

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

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Exclusive lists

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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