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Digesting the need to eliminate internal trade barriers on food

AgricultureBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

• At a time of geopolitical uncertainty, addressing internal trade barriers to food is no longer an option; it is a necessity.

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

Election 2025BY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

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

Labour & EmploymentBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations

Foreign PolicyBY RODRIGO MALMIERCA DíAZ

Carney’s right to make investment top economic priority

FinanceBY DAVID CRANE

Science under pressure: a call to action

InnovationBY MONA NEMER, RéMI QUIRION

Why banning horse exports is not the solution

PolicyBY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DON PLETT

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

EnvironmentBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

InnovationBY HONGYU XIAO

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The real message from the Ford-initiated meeting in D.C.? Canada has no chance of dodging Trump’s trade war for now

Foreign PolicyBY LES WHITTINGTON

• As relieved as the Canadian contingent was to be engaged in an adult conversation, the March 13 discussion yielded nothing in the way of immediate

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

AgricultureBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Are we really supporting our agricultural industry in the face of changing geopolitics and climate?

AgricultureBY LIETTE VASSEUR

Canadian Forces Base Resolute Bay is a better choice

Defence & SecurityBY PIERRE LEBLANC

Canada should use trade uncertainty as catalyst to grow agriculture sector

AgricultureBY LIAM MACDONALD

Disclosure, transparency rules part of new federal public service AI strategy

InnovationBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Unmuted: elevating Black participation in politics

PoliticsBY NNAMDI NDUBUKA

Electrify everything!

EnvironmentBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

Scenes from the Charlevoix G7 foreign ministers summit

Foreign PolicyBY ANDREW MEADE

AGRICULTURE

We need to build back Canada’s agricultural future

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP JOHN BARLOW

Problem-solving farmers need supportive government policies

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR ROB BLACK

Driving down avoidable food waste in Canada

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP JOYCE MURRAY

Fortifying Canada’s agricultural supply chains: a path forward

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

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Biotechnology

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

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

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

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

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Don’t let Maple MAGAs dictate Canada’s path

OpinionBY KEITH STEWART

Mid Mark Carney may not meet the moment

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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FINANCE

Basic income a proactive policy in difficult times

OpinionBY MANDY KAY-RAINING BIRD, WIL ROBERTSON

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

OpinionBY CATI COE

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Increased electrification, tighter building codes could be needed if consumer carbon tax scrapped, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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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

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

A front-row seat to the end of an empire

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP JOHN MCKAY

The ‘artificial border’ and how it can be corrected

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Don’t believe Trump rooting for Carney

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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health

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

No, becoming the 51st state wouldn’t give us better health care—but Trump knows he’s hitting a nerve

OpinionBY BERT BLUNDON

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

OpinionBY MARY BARTRAM, KATHLEEN LESLIE

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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

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

OpinionBY ALEX GRECO

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

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innovation

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

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

OpinionBY PETER RAUTENBACH

Time for Canada to strengthen its digital sovereignty

OpinionBY ANDREW CLEMENT

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intergovernmental

Is Quebec becoming an authoritarian ‘nation’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

Nova Scotia delivers interprovincial trade ‘game changer’ while feds offer ‘symbolic’ gesture, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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justice

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

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Labour & employment

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

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

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Lobbying

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

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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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

Hydrogen sector development: are we really on the right track?

OpinionBY IBRAHIM DINCER

Bolstering domestic manufacturing can make us resilient to tariffs, and help meet our sustainability goals

OpinionBY ALEX TAVASOLI, HOLLY CAGGIANO

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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

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

‘Buy Indigenous’ is ‘Buy Canada’

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR PJ PROSPER

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

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

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