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AGRICULTURE

Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices

OpinionBY JEROME GESSAROLI

• If passed, Bill C-282 would further tie the government’s hands in negotiating future free trade agreements.

Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices

OpinionBY JEROME GESSAROLI

• If passed, Bill C-282 would further tie the government’s hands in negotiating future free trade agreements.

‘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

Voluntary grocery code of conduct short on fair dealing enforcement provisions, says NDP agriculture critic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

MPs unite against greedflation and monopoly power in Canada’s food systems—but there’s more to do

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

Tax fairness for the next generation will protect the future of our farms

OpinionBY KEITH CURRIE

Rural Canada is the path to lasting prosperity for our nation

OpinionBY CANDICE BERGEN

A national sustainable agriculture plan needs to include universities

OpinionBY  CHARLOTTE YATES

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How technology can mitigate Canada’s food inflation crisis

OpinionBY DANA MCCAULEY

• The escalation of grocery prices and widespread supply chain challenges are both symptomatic of a food sector in desperate need of wholesale modernization.

How technology can mitigate Canada’s food inflation crisis

OpinionBY DANA MCCAULEY

• The escalation of grocery prices and widespread supply chain challenges are both symptomatic of a food sector in desperate need of wholesale modernization.

Prison-reform advocate calls on feds to permanently kill the Joyceville slaughterhouse

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

Agriculture can do more than just put food on our plate

OpinionBY RENE VAN ACKER, AMY PROULX, AND MARTIN SCANLON

Housing crisis hitting migrant agricultural workers in Canada

OpinionBY ANELYSE WEILER AND C. SUSANA CAXAJ

Food security concerns will become more prominent, and the world needs Canadian agriculture

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR ROB BLACK AND KEITH CURRIE

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’s ‘America First’ plans may undermine global trade

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Trump adds pressure to increase defence spending, but MPs and others consider U.S. NATO withdrawal unlikely

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Not if, but when: Foreign Affairs Committee keys in on question of Palestinian statehood

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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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

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

OpinionBY RANDALL ZALAZAR

A Prince Rupert monopoly is blocking Canada’s energy potential

OpinionBY ROBERT BOOKER

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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

Will the Liberals develop sharper labour pains?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Apocalyptic or appealing? Conservative policies not slotting into Liberal trap

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

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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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