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Labour and employment

Conservatives target labour vote as NDP support wanes, but union leader says there’s ‘no substance’ behind catchy slogans

NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED April 5, 2025

• 'You might see Poilievre going around to shop floors, but has he ever been on a picket line?' asks NDP national director Anne McGrath.

Conservatives target labour vote as NDP support wanes, but union leader says there’s ‘no substance’ behind catchy slogans

NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED April 5, 2025

• 'You might see Poilievre going around to shop floors, but has he ever been on a picket line?' asks NDP national director Anne McGrath.

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

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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

OpinionBY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC

Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

OpinionBY STéPHANE LACROIX

‘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

Military applications up amid Trump threats, global uncertainty, new recruiting strategies

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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‘Unprecedented national crisis’: relaxed hybrid work rules urged as public servants stare down tariff response workload

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• CAPE president Nathan Prier says 'we delivered for Canadians during COVID-19, and we did that working remotely, and our productivity went up,' noting that the country faced another crisis in the coming months.

‘Unprecedented national crisis’: relaxed hybrid work rules urged as public servants stare down tariff response workload

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• CAPE president Nathan Prier says 'we delivered for Canadians during COVID-19, and we did that working remotely, and our productivity went up,' noting that the country faced another crisis in the coming months.

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

OpinionBY BRITTANY FINLAY, JENNIFER ZWICKER

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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

Canada-U.S. farm ties in jeopardy

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

Digesting the need to eliminate internal trade barriers on food

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Driving down avoidable food waste in Canada

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP JOYCE MURRAY

Fortifying Canada’s agricultural supply chains: a path forward

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

AGRICULTURE

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

Canada must step up support for farmers and their critical role in climate mitigation and adaptation

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

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Biotechnology

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

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

This isn’t the ‘Whisky War’: in defence of Greenland and Denmark

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Trump-led U.S. an ‘unreliable partner’ for Canada, says expert group: ‘we’re dealing with an administration that doesn’t believe our country has a right to exist’

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Carney is clearly the most qualified candidate to take on Trump  

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

We, the media, haven’t done enough to explain how devastating foreign interference can be for individual Canadians

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

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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

Grits lead in polls for new Canadians’ support, but Tories can still gain traction as loyalties remain up for grabs, say researchers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Real chance of global recession due to U.S. trade war, say economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada needs a national strategy for security, trade, and economy to contend with Trump, say political science experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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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

Trump smashes the system with global tariffs 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Poilievre needs to ‘bomb the bridge’ of Carney’s credibility to win one of Canada’s ‘most consequential’ elections, say political players

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Pharma, tech giants complained of Canada’s drug pricing system, digital service tax to U.S. trade rep

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Ottawa Treaty crucially important to reinforcing Canada’s resolve and protecting civilian lives

OpinionBY LLOYD AXWORTHY, LOUISE ARBOUR

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health

UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing

OpinionBY CATHERINE FRAZEE

Renewed resolve: commit to DEI principles to advance health equity

OpinionBY NNAMDI NDUBUKA, JULIE SOBOWALE

If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again

OpinionBY JAMES DOWNAR AND JOCELYN DOWNIE

Why retaliatory tariffs could cost lives and what we should do instead

OpinionBY JASON FIELD

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Industry and Manufacturing

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

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

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

OpinionBY FRANçOIS DESMARAIS

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infrastructure and transport

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Challenges in building out the necessary infrastructure for transition to electric vehicles

OpinionBY MEHRDAD KAZERANI

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

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innovation

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

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON, KATHLEEN DICKSON

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

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intergovernmental

Liberals could pick up five to six seats in Alberta, but NDP’s bleed in votes could also help Conservatives, say strategists

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

In rural Quebec, the wave looks red

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

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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

Federal changes threaten post-secondary system

OpinionBY CYNDI MCLEOD

Canada’s political parties need to get back to the basics on human rights

OpinionBY NEIL HETHERINGTON

Bringing stability home: what Canada can learn from U.S. housing policies 

OpinionBY JOHN HUTCHINSON

Housing, climate, and human rights: a critical opportunity in Canada’s next federal election

OpinionBY JESSICA TAN

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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

Renewable energy is declining in Canada

OpinionBY WARREN MABEE, BALIE WALKER

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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

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

AFN election priority report urges parties to make ‘clear, firm’ pledges to First Nations

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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

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Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

The federal public servants running in election 2025

The federal public servants running in election 2025

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