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Foregin Policy

Seizing the moment to grow Canada’s biomedical research enterprise as the U.S. falters

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON, KATHLEEN DICKSON

• This opportunity to attract top health research talent to Canada will not last long.

Seizing the moment to grow Canada’s biomedical research enterprise as the U.S. falters

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON, KATHLEEN DICKSON

• This opportunity to attract top health research talent to Canada will not last long.

Canada’s national security bureaucracy needs a rethink

OpinionBY ANDREW KIDD

Will the F-35 become a casualty as Trump’s trade war widens?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Canada’s future foreign policy in a ‘multiplex’ world order

OpinionBY SARAH MORITZ

Carney is asking Canadians to give him a majority to deal with Trump

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Will Canada emerge stronger and more united? Here’s hoping

OpinionBY SERGIO MARCHI

From compassion to complacency: Canada’s dangerous retreat from global aid

OpinionBY ONOME AKO

Canadians can no longer afford to be complacent

OpinionBY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON, SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS, SENATOR MARY ROBINSON, SENATOR FLORDELIZ (GIGI) OSLER

Trump’s treaty blunder to blame as Iran bolsters nuclear program

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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Beyond Trump’s tariffs: return of geoeconomics and Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

OpinionBY DAVID ABONYI, GEORGE ABONYI

• Geoeconomics—a disruptive force reshaping the global economy—is driving a new reality, and getting creative can help.

Beyond Trump’s tariffs: return of geoeconomics and Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy

OpinionBY DAVID ABONYI, GEORGE ABONYI

• Geoeconomics—a disruptive force reshaping the global economy—is driving a new reality, and getting creative can help.

Tech versus traffickers: closing Canada’s border security gaps

OpinionBY LAURA DAWSON

Feta issue must crumble before Greek ratification of Canada-EU trade pact, says envoy

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

Trump’s most despised adversary has an election

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

How DRC’s borders and mineral-rich regions keep the country in conflict

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

‘Canada is cold but Turks on fire’: Turkish Canadians call on Ottawa to condemn the arrest of country’s opposition leader

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Does the military have room to get its elbows up?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

A front-row seat to the end of an empire

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY

AGRICULTURE

Digesting the need to eliminate internal trade barriers on food

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Fortifying Canada’s agricultural supply chains: a path forward

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

OpinionBY SAJI GEORGE

Trade anxiety creates ‘unprecedented’ risk to agriculture, requires bold advocacy, says sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Biotechnology

The prescription for Canada’s health care future

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada needs to catch up in the biotech sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Defence pledges have unprecedented electoral spotlight, but more ambition may be needed to match allies: experts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Election process ‘robust,’ but security partners will be ‘on the lookout’ as Canada heads to the polls, says chief electoral officer

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Foreign interference: ideas and nations

OpinionBY JOHN CHENIER

Cancelling the F-35 deal would be ‘cutting our nose off to spite our face,’ says former senior military official

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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Environment

Trump: a suite of global dangers

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

Electrify everything!

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

Trade war could ‘upend’ EV sector, Canada must argue for integrated market, says CEO of vehicle manufacturing group

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A free, mobile, and caring Canada, you say?  

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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FINANCE

Let’s celebrate the Canada Disability Benefit—but it must be strengthened

OpinionBY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC

Q&A | The politics of pitching fiscal restraint and public service cuts with Sahir Khan

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

OpinionBY STéPHANE LACROIX

Carney’s right to make investment top economic priority

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Fisheries and oceans

B.C. suit says feds used consultations to justify ‘bad-faith’ Discovery Island salmon farming ban

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

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health

Liberals to push ahead with pharmacare, but program’s fate under Conservatives is unclear

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Restrictions on living abroad: the inequality of Canada’s pension portability 

OpinionBY CATI COE

The growing threat of forever chemicals

OpinionBY BLAISE SALMON

Canada’s health-care system ‘in a tough spot,’ says Singh

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

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Industry and Manufacturing

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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infrastructure and transport

Trade infrastructure pulls ahead of housing crisis as election priority, says industry experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Navigating uncertainty: telecom’s essential role in securing Canada’s future

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

So, we all agree on what needs to happen next: let’s talk about how to get it done

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Building infrastructure to withstand the effects of climate change

OpinionBY JOSEPH DARAIO

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innovation

Science under pressure: a call to action

OpinionBY MONA NEMER, RéMI QUIRION

Critical mineral processing will protect Canada’s EV industry

OpinionBY TRAVIS SOUTHIN, DEREK EATON, SOSTHèNE UNG

Moving forward with Canada’s EV transition requires a holistic approach

OpinionBY SHELDON WILLIAMSON

As the U.S. drives backwards, Canada must pull ahead

OpinionBY HONGYU XIAO

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intergovernmental

Ministers, ex-cabinet members and leadership aspirants seek to hold bellwethers for Liberals

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Is Quebec becoming an authoritarian ‘nation’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Using icebreakers and subs to protect against U.S. pressure  

OpinionBY PETER RAUTENBACH

Any Arctic strategy must ensure Canadian control

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Historic ‘Indian hospitals’ settlement a step forward for Canada

OpinionBY SOLOMON REECE

Black Justice Strategy’s 10-year plan ‘too little, too late,’ says NDP MP Green

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

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Labour & employment

Anti-Black racism complaint bound for Canadian Human Rights Commission after court denies public service class action

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘Don’t make us compare you to Elon Musk’: public sector unions want job security assurances from feds as election looms

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Basic income a proactive policy in difficult times

OpinionBY MANDY KAY-RAINING BIRD, WIL ROBERTSON

Unions seek government to fix Phoenix problems ‘once and for all’

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Lobbying

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

Mexico and the U.S. play rough with public records and information regulators. What about Canada?

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Trade tensions with U.S. motivate economic lobbying in January

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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natural resources and energy

Canada’s next move starts a few thousand feet below the ground

OpinionBY ALEX GRECO

Trump’s tariff barrage roils Canadian energy world

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

What is suddenly, painfully clear: we need to get our own economic house in order

OpinionBY JAY KHOSLA, ARASH GOLSHAN

Understanding the policy implications of Canada’s ‘hidden energy communities’

OpinionBY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Invisible work: the unseen labour that powers Canada

OpinionBY LISE COURTEAU

Why gender parity matters in cabinet

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MCCALLION, REBECCA WALLACE

Incoming senator Tony Ince talks liberation from party apparatus, ‘whirlwind’ first days

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Carney’s cabinet a step backwards in the dark

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Indigenous Relations

Pen to paper: recent letter of intent formalizes plan to create Indigenous Peoples Space

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Why Indigenous rights must be integrated into Canada’s regulatory process

OpinionBY BYRON LOUIS

‘Buy Indigenous’ is ‘Buy Canada’

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR PJ PROSPER

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Exclusive lists

Daily snapshots of the key ridings leaders are targeting on the campaign trail

Daily snapshots of the key ridings leaders are targeting on the campaign trail

Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign

Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

This federal election could cost $570-million: Elections Canada

This federal election could cost $570-million: Elections Canada

Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns

Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns

Poilievre’s riding among seats with highest turnout in Liberal leadership race

Poilievre’s riding among seats with highest turnout in Liberal leadership race

Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising

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