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Infrastructure and Transport

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

OpinionBY ALEX GRECO

• There aren’t enough new critical mineral projects getting up and running to meet a basic level of demand, much less answer the world’s call for electrification.

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

OpinionBY ALEX GRECO

• There aren’t enough new critical mineral projects getting up and running to meet a basic level of demand, much less answer the world’s call for electrification.

Any Arctic strategy must ensure Canadian control

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Breaking down Trudeau’s high-speed rail pledge

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

OpinionBY MARZIA RIZVI

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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

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

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

• Construction is housing. Construction is infrastructure. Construction is at the heart of trade and a healthy Canadian economy.

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

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

• Construction is housing. Construction is infrastructure. Construction is at the heart of trade and a healthy Canadian economy.

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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

OpinionBY KAREN HAMBERG

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

Decarbonizing the transportation sector should leave no one behind

OpinionBY LUIS PATRICIO

Balancing priorities: tackling Canada’s growing transportation challenges

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Toronto’s air passenger preclearance is a force multiplier for Canada-U.S. trade

OpinionBY LAURA DAWSON, DAVID PATERSON

Transportation infrastructure adaptation requires more data and long-term thinking, say sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

AGRICULTURE

Digesting the need to eliminate internal trade barriers on food

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

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

We need to build back Canada’s agricultural future

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP JOHN BARLOW

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Biotechnology

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

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Tech versus traffickers: closing Canada’s border security gaps

OpinionBY LAURA DAWSON

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Does the military have room to get its elbows up?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Foreign interference: ideas and nations

OpinionBY JOHN CHENIER

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Environment

Trump: a suite of global dangers

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Electrify everything!

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

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

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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FINANCE

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

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

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

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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FOREIGN POLICY

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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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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innovation

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

OpinionBY DAVID ABONYI, GEORGE ABONYI

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

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intergovernmental

Is Quebec becoming an authoritarian ‘nation’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

OpinionBY PETER RAUTENBACH

Ontario results indicate federal election will be dominated by Trump threats, economic issues, say observers

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘It was very directive’: Trudeau leaves legacy of deploying federal cash to push provincial policies

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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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

‘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

‘Don’t go in with a sledgehammer’: public service caps or cuts should be rational, targeted, says Savoie

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

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

U.S. trade war speeds up need to prioritize Canadian clean energy, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Trump’s Uno reverse

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Women, Gender and Diversity

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

The missing ministers: Carney squanders an opportunity 

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY

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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

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

OpinionBY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM

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

OpinionBY BYRON LOUIS

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