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Biotechnology

Canada needs to catch up in the biotech sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

• Currently, our scientists have to look outside of the country to take their work to the next level, which means that Canada is not benefitting fully from Canadian ideas.

Canada needs to catch up in the biotech sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

• Currently, our scientists have to look outside of the country to take their work to the next level, which means that Canada is not benefitting fully from Canadian ideas.

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

Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

From crisis to catalyst: Canada’s opportunity to drive global health and research innovation

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

A flourishing biotech sector starts by innovating education

OpinionBY VALERIE WARD, MARC AUCOIN, HECTOR BUDMAN

The prescription for Canada’s health care future

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

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Biotechnology momentum in Canada needs infusion of talent and anchor firms, say industry reps

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Canada has several prominent life science firms, but none can be considered an anchor company, according to a report by the adMare Institute released in late 2023.

Biotechnology momentum in Canada needs infusion of talent and anchor firms, say industry reps

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Canada has several prominent life science firms, but none can be considered an anchor company, according to a report by the adMare Institute released in late 2023.

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

Biotech sector is having a generational moment in Canada

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

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

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Can biotechnology put patients’ needs ahead of profits?

OpinionBY SHARON BATT

Seizing the moment: building Canada’s academic leadership into a commercial powerhouse

OpinionBY GORDON C. MCCAULEY

New safety guidance sets up corporate self-regulation of GMOs

OpinionBY LUCY SHARRATT

AGRICULTURE

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada holds a valuable bargaining chip in trade talks with Trump

OpinionBY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS

Dear future prime minister, here’s a common-sense solution to food insecurity 

OpinionBY LORI NIKKEL

Canadian horses’ suffering continues beyond anniversary of ministerial mandate letter

OpinionBY KAITLYN MITCHELL

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Rudderless in the storm: the crisis of adaptability in Canadian governance

OpinionBY ALASDAIR ROBERTS

Canada alone? What other world leaders have said publicly about Trump’s ’51st state’ threats

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Solitary confinement still happening, but ‘under a new name,’ says now-disbanded panel formed to track Liberals’ new system 

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

The time to step up is now: making the most of Canada’s G7 presidency

OpinionBY JONATHAN BERKSHIRE MILLER

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Environment

Canada land and spirit

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

We need climate action, not more distraction

OpinionBY KEITH BROOKS

Climate change should worry us more than Trump’s latest outrage

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Destroying peatlands is Canada’s climate hypocrisy

OpinionBY LAURA TANGUAY, VICTORIA GOODDAY

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FINANCE

‘Buy Indigenous’ is ‘Buy Canada’

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR PJ PROSPER

Hearts and minds: premiers’ mission won’t change Trump’s tack, but can still help Canada, say politicos

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Trump’s tariffs could require pandemic-style public service mobilization, say observers

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Feds can do plenty during prorogation to take on Trump trade threats, say experts

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

Thank you, former PMs, for standing up for Canada

OpinionBY ARTHUR MILNES

Ceasefire in Ukraine?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Will the U.S. control Canada’s supplement market?

OpinionBY AARON SKELTON

Starting a trade war against the world’s most pro-American democracy does not Make America Great Again

OpinionBY GEORGE MONASTIRIAKOS

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health

Expanding the Canada Health Act must include mental health and substance use health

OpinionBY MARY BARTRAM, KATHLEEN LESLIE

Cancer patients in Canada should not be dying to be a priority

OpinionBY CHRISTINA SIT, PATIL MKSYARTINIAN

Canada should stand firm against the assault on the World Health Organization

OpinionBY ROOJIN HABIBI

It is time the feds make the long-awaited diabetes device fund a reality

OpinionBY GLENN THIBEAULT

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Industry and Manufacturing

Sister cities under strain: U.S. steel tariffs threaten to divide Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from its American twin city

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Strong ‘political will’ provides ‘catalyst’ to breakdown stubborn internal trade barriers, says Anand

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Enhancing and protecting the historic Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY FRANçOIS DESMARAIS

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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infrastructure and transport

Don’t overlook productivity in bid to return resilience to Western Canada’s supply chains

OpinionBY MARZIA RIZVI

Closing housing gap ‘not going to happen’ by 2030, but steps being taken in right direction, says Canadian Home Builders’ Association CEO

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change, housing needs of Northern Canada require tailored funding model based on more than population, say Idlout and Simpson

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

It’s time to close the infrastructure gap for Indigenous communities

OpinionBY DONNA BIG CANOE

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innovation

Driving Canadian innovation in cancer treatment: a win for patients and the economy

OpinionBY KEN NEWPORT, JOHN BELL

The ‘Knowledge Factory’

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS

Canada’s blind spot on AI and disinformation

OpinionBY NARENDRA PACHKHéDé

Getting government to work by putting Canada first

OpinionBY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL

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intergovernmental

Premiers send ‘strong message’ in D.C., but defusing Trump’s tariff bomb a big hurdle, say observers

NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED February 13, 2025

Canada’s winners and losers in the Trump tariff war

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Minister Holland has made positive pharmacare first steps, but stumbled on Health Act letter’s virtual care commission, say sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Beyond tariffs: securing Canada’s economic sovereignty

OpinionBY JATIN NATHWANI, ANN FITZ-GERALD

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justice

Time for Canada to step up as a human rights world leader

OpinionBY ODETTE MCCARTHY, JEAN-SéBASTIEN VALLéE

Top court could offer clarity on ‘open question’ of constitutional status of parliamentary privilege, say experts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

A Chrystia carol: House wraps for the holidays as spectre of Freeland’s bombshell resignation haunts Liberal caucus

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Labour & employment

Provinces and territories must work together to eliminate barriers for persons with disabilities: report

OpinionBY BRITTANY FINLAY, JENNIFER ZWICKER

Efficiency reviews, higher CAF salaries, procurement czars: Liberal leadership hopefuls’ public service promises

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘We’ve seen this movie before’: hold IRCC cuts until House resumes, union urges

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Federal changes threaten post-secondary system

OpinionBY CYNDI MCLEOD

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Lobbying

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs pose ‘existential crisis’ for Canada, with risks even if not enacted, says Unifor president

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Canada’s energy expertise: a strategic asset for North American security

OpinionBY ROBERT DIMITRIEFF

The Trudeau legacy: ‘sunny ways’ in a smoky haze

OpinionBY SVEN BIGGS

Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers stalled by U.S. sanctions

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Communities deserve more support as the global economy changes

OpinionBY RACHEL SAMSON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Words won’t eliminate Islamophobia—we need action from everyone

OpinionBY GINELLA MASSA

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are not threats to research quality—they are essential to achieving it

OpinionBY BUKOLA SALAMI, OVIE ONAGBEBOMA, NNAMDI NDUBUKA

Lessons ignored, voices silenced

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

The U.S. has rolled back DEI. Should Canada follow suit? 

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY

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Indigenous Relations

Rising costs, and the looming threat of tariffs disproportionately affecting Métis

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

Reconciliation can’t become second-tier issue in Grit leadership race, says Battiste

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Knowledge of history and pledge to inclusion go hand in hand

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Modernizing the Métis National Council 

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

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Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising

Who’s in the race? Tracking the field of Liberal leadership candidates

Who’s in the race? Tracking the field of Liberal leadership candidates

Who’s backing the Liberal leadership contenders?

Who’s backing the Liberal leadership contenders?

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

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