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Infrastructure and Transport

‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek on the Northwest Territories’ quest to get federal support to build the Mackenzie Valley Highway, which would connect southern roadways to the far North.

‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

• Deputy Premier Caroline Wawzonek on the Northwest Territories’ quest to get federal support to build the Mackenzie Valley Highway, which would connect southern roadways to the far North.

Major projects? Not without telecom

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

As digital transformation reshapes our world, our expectations for physical infrastructure must evolve

OpinionBY SHAUNA BRAIL

The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

Building Canada’s infrastructure for resilience and sustainable development

OpinionBY JEFF RANKIN

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

OpinionBY OLHA SOTSKA

A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

Below the surface: Canada’s hidden infrastructure crisis is a climate reckoning

OpinionBY ALI BAYAT

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The promise and perils of nation-building projects

OpinionBY MATTI SIEMIATYCKI

• Getting swept up in political hype and hubris can lead to the wrong projects, poor priorities, and terrible outcomes.

The promise and perils of nation-building projects

OpinionBY MATTI SIEMIATYCKI

• Getting swept up in political hype and hubris can lead to the wrong projects, poor priorities, and terrible outcomes.

Nation-building in an uncertain world: why Canada must invest in public infrastructure now

OpinionBY INTERIM NDP LEADER DON DAVIES

Do Canadians need new houses, or new homes?

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS, RYAN DESCHAMPS, RAHIM REZAIE

Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Building more homes is a shared vision. Now we need the infrastructure to make it real

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Nation-building starts with builders

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

Ottawa’s LNG detour risks Carney’s climate credibility

OpinionBY FELIX HORNE

Build Canada Homes is ‘duplicating the bureaucracy’: NDP critic Kwan slams feds’ new affordable housing entity

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

AGRICULTURE

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight

OpinionBY ORVILLE BOVENSCHEN

Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff

OpinionBY BO CHEN, ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

Investing in the future of Canadian agriculture: a strategic imperative

OpinionBY TREVOR HECK

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Biotechnology

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

A moment of reflection: Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

The modern-day malady of modern-day veterans

OpinionBY FARDOUS HOSSEINY

Honouring the past in changing times

OpinionBY JEREMY DIAMOND

Is our military ready to be a half a million strong?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Swapping the tragedy of the horizon for the expediency of today

OpinionBY ALISON WINES, WREN MONTGOMERY

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

OpinionBY AMANDA BRYANT

Budget’s lack of clarity over sunsetting climate programs a concern: Green Budget Coalition

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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FINANCE

MPs to vote on $10.8-billion spending boost in new estimates

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Proposed collective bargaining changes could ‘influence the opinions of arbitrators’ to consider feds’ fiscal situation: lawyer

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Feds focused on ‘streamlining’ programs, says health minister after budget fails to provide new money for mental health or substance use

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

First budget in years to tackle Canada’s dismal performance in innovation and investment, but we could still fall short: need guardrails

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Fisheries and oceans

Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The markets are hungry for Canadian cod. Will we deliver?

OpinionBY SYLVIE LAPOINTE

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

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FOREIGN POLICY

Canada’s G7 presidency faces last major test as top diplomats set to gather in Niagara

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Conservative MP Bragdon ousts Liberal MP Duguid as co-chair of ‘influential’ Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group: Grits are ‘kicking ourselves’

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Sudan: another partition?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Follow P.E.I.’s lead: Canada needs a national inquiry into China’s influence

OpinionBY WAYNE EASTER, GARRY CLEMENT 

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health

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Carney Liberals focus on health infrastructure, but no new funding for mental health, substance use programs in budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Industry and Manufacturing

Losing Canada’s last big critical minerals champion: the stakes in the Anglo–Teck deal

OpinionBY ED FAST

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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innovation

Government must balance AI development with risk management

OpinionBY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY

Security delayed is security denied

OpinionBY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

OpinionBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

Telecom and the national interest

OpinionBY ERIK BOHLIN

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intergovernmental

A letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: reclaim Alberta’s promise

Opinion

No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED November 7, 2025

Alberta and Quebec are rewatching old movies

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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justice

Meeting feds’ ‘ambitious’ RCMP hiring pledge will require ‘imaginative’ ideas, says advisory board chair

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Poilievre’s Trumpian language to appease some supporters risks his losing the rest of the country

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister 

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Labour & employment

Unspinning the Trumpian disinformation on DEI: why it matters for all Canadians

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE, WILL SHELLING

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Federal childcare program falls far short as costs balloon 

OpinionBY PETER JON MITCHELL

Fast, employer-aligned training is key to Canada’s economic recovery

OpinionBY MICHAEL SANGSTER

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Lobbying

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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natural resources and energy

Building a national Canadian economy starts with our fuel sector

OpinionBY JAKE ENWRIGHT

Studies show no evidence of negative health effect of uranium processing in Port Hope: Whitlock

Opinion

Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Carney has an obligation to better define his priorities for the Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Conservative attacks on DEI are nothing new, but fighting past battles risks future growth, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women entrepreneurs are a vital resource for growing Canada’s economy – it is time to break down the barriers standing in their way

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

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Indigenous Relations

Senators must amend Bill S-2 to stop the legislative extinction of First Nations

OpinionBY PAMELA PALMATER, SHARON MCIVOR

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

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