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‘Unpredictable’ second Trump term requires smoothing out trade irritants with U.S., say lobbyists and advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, which is set for review in 2026.

‘Unpredictable’ second Trump term requires smoothing out trade irritants with U.S., say lobbyists and advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, which is set for review in 2026.

Lobbying watchdog plans to reduce ’20 per cent rule’ if her term is renewed

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Tripling of boreal wildfire emissions since 2001 show ‘growing vulnerability’ of Canada’s northern forests: new U.K. study

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Pre-budget talks, public transit funding, and safety led September lobbying

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Standoff over records won’t change widespread document delays, denials, and discrepancies

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Cannabis industry seeks change as part of profits go up in smoke under outdated tax regime: stakeholders

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Steel industry urges Ottawa to put ‘pedal to the floor’ regarding tariffs imposed on China imports

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Domestic EV market needs more support following tariff on Chinese-made vehicles, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environmental group wants clean power regulations without delay, calls electricity sector concerns ‘scaremongering’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Some Grit staffers try to ‘get ahead of the curve’ in private sector outreach before next election

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Some lobby firms are fielding inquiries from Liberal staffers looking for new jobs this summer, which one lobbyist says is part of a natural turnover cycle.

Some Grit staffers try to ‘get ahead of the curve’ in private sector outreach before next election

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Some lobby firms are fielding inquiries from Liberal staffers looking for new jobs this summer, which one lobbyist says is part of a natural turnover cycle.

Lobbying change requiring more detail in comms reports draws concern about advocacy ‘chill’ from GRIC and PAAC

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

March towards clean electricity grid draws out advocacy in environment-focused July lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Fossil fuel sector lobbying analysis shows ‘relentless’ advocacy, says environmental group’s report

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Liberals’ fall priorities should centre on building support from NDP, key voting blocs: lobbyists, pollsters

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Defence spending push to reach NATO target coming in fall from business advocacy groups

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Project 2025 could render trade and other agreements with U.S. uncertain, say political players

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Another privilege battle brewing as feds refuse to give House unredacted green fund docs

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Hot takes: Trudeau needs bold policy action to win back support, say pollsters, pundits

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

AGRICULTURE

Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices

OpinionBY JEROME GESSAROLI

‘It’s inviting retaliation’: Bloc supply management bill will have Canada bracing for U.S. response, say trade watchers

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Egg farming’s future rooted in supply management

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

The cornerstone for peace is food, but armed conflicts wipe out livelihoods and agri-food systems

OpinionBY RATTAN LAL, MANUEL OTERO

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Biotechnology

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Harnessing the power of Canada’s growing biotechnology industry: a perspective from the West

OpinionBY STEPHANIE WILLERTH

Biotechnology: an opportunity balanced on a knife’s edge

OpinionBY ADAM DAMRY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

National Defence is in a deep hole, and we need to stop digging—fast

OpinionBY GUY THIBAULT

Canada’s defence spending: the free ride is over

OpinionBY CHRISTYN CIANFARANI

In a dramatically shifting landscape, it’s time to highlight Canada’s strengths in security and defence

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR TONY DEAN

Trump 2.0 means Canada needs to get serious about spending two per cent of GDP on defence

OpinionBY DAVID PERRY

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Environment

As COP29 wraps up, will Canada finally stop funding fossils this fall?

OpinionBY JULIA LEVIN

Climate finance should target resilient food systems

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

The future of emissions trading: can Canada come up with a business case for a ‘businessman-president’?

OpinionBY ARASH GOLSHAN

How did COP29 end up in Azerbaijan?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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FINANCE

New government spending request will be snared in parliamentary gridlock while privilege debate persists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

A lesson for Canadians in Americans’ economic disconnect

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Unions warn non-permanent public servants will be first on chopping block as feds look to cut costs

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Poilievre takes aim at Housing Accelerator Fund despite representing a city that’s already received $44-million from it

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Fisheries and oceans

To protect nature, Canada must ratify the High Seas Treaty

OpinionBY SUSANNA FULLER

Feds’ plan for fish-farm transition no catch, say wild salmon, industry advocates

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Reconciliation that works for all in Canada’s fisheries

OpinionBY GENNA CAREY

Federal resource management decisions undermine collective power of community-based fisheries 

OpinionBY COURTNEY GLODE

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FOREIGN POLICY

South Korea marks national day

Trump, China, Russia and national security threats to Canada

OpinionBY DAVID PRATT

Telling the whole story about boosting Canada’s defence spending

OpinionBY JACKSON WALLING, MATHIEU LANDRIAULT

‘America First’ playbook comes to life and crystallizes uphill battle for the Trudeau Liberals

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

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health

Addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

OpinionBY KEVIN QUIGLEY

Many provinces say no details from feds on striking pharmacare deals over a month after law passes

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL | UPDATED November 18, 2024

I live with Parkinson’s. I’m telling Ottawa: we need funding now

OpinionBY LI JIANG

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Industry and Manufacturing

Right to repair legislation is a chance for Senators to address affordability

OpinionBY JF CHAMPAGNE

Feds’ purchasing power can push carbon removal innovation

OpinionBY LUCY HARGREAVES, ED WHITTINGHAM

CRTC says decision on Google’s Online News Act exemption expected this fall

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Parliament at a standstill as Conservative MPs push for release of green-tech fund papers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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infrastructure and transport

Q&A | Taking on Canada’s affordable housing crisis

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

It’s not promises that build the economy—it’s construction

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

A Prince Rupert monopoly is blocking Canada’s energy potential

OpinionBY ROBERT BOOKER

Decarbonizing the transportation sector should leave no one behind

OpinionBY LUIS PATRICIO

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innovation

New AI safety institute limited by legislative vacuum: NDP innovation critic Brian Masse

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Investing in innovation: the future of animal-free toxicity testing in Canada

OpinionBY SHAARIKA SARASIJA

Government agencies using AI must implement governance programs, or risk losing trust

OpinionBY ANEETA BAINS

In the age of dangerous disinformation, it’s time to get serious about online harms

OpinionBY DAMIAN COLLINS

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intergovernmental

‘Each of our voices matter’: disaster survivors call for greater climate action in Ottawa advocacy push

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Connectivity equals sovereignty

OpinionBY ERIN O’TOOLE

B.C., N.B. elections forecast tough road for incumbents, with many Canadians ‘struggling’

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Holt’s majority win in New Brunswick a monumental maritime moment

OpinionBY WIL ROBERTSON

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justice

Human rights matter for us all

OpinionBY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI

No process replaces due process in the United States

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service at court for class-action certification hearings

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Liberals back away from MAID debate with Quebec, not wanting to ‘butt heads’

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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Labour & employment

NDP won’t be ‘baited’ as Tories attack Singh amid Liberal labour moves, says MP Green

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Will the Liberals develop sharper labour pains?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

It’s not too late to course correct on what ails Canada’s transportation sector

OpinionBY RANDALL ZALAZAR

Housing advocates wary of funding plan after praising Poilievre’s GST pledge

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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natural resources and energy

Heavy-duty transportation may accelerate the big economic potential of nature’s smallest molecule

OpinionBY KAREN HAMBERG

Will Susan Holt’s new government continue New Brunswick’s nuclear fantasies?

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL

Canada’s false ‘solution’ for used nuclear fuel waste

OpinionBY WILLIAM LEISS

How the Canadian taxpayer ended up on the hook for $34-billion to build a pipeline for the oil industry

OpinionBY THOMAS GUNTON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Kamala Harris hits the concrete ceiling

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Sanewashing, denial, and hate-mongering: the new normal in the U.S.

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Trump’s support among young men in Canada is troubling

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Inuktut becomes first Indigenous language spoken in Canada available on Google Translate

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Indigenous Relations

Canada is still climbing the mountain, but Murray Sinclair showed us the path forward

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Ottawa’s stance in court on clean water for First Nations is appalling 

OpinionBY LYNNE GROULX

New group seeks to determine national scope of forced sterilization of Indigenous people in Canada

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

What a museum on residential schools could do for us

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Exclusive lists

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue

Liberal MPs who spoke at the closed-door caucus showdown on Oct. 23

Liberal MPs who spoke at the closed-door caucus showdown on Oct. 23

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, October 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, October 2024

A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014

A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014

MP salary top-ups for committee, parlsec, and extra House duties

MP salary top-ups for committee, parlsec, and extra House duties

MPs not running in the next election

MPs not running in the next election

How much do party leaders and their top deputies make?

How much do party leaders and their top deputies make?

Telford untouchable at the top of the 21st Terrific 25 Staffers list, as Conservatives sweep Most Knowledgeable and Best Spin

Telford untouchable at the top of the 21st Terrific 25 Staffers list, as Conservatives sweep Most Knowledgeable and Best Spin