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

Foreign PolicyBY FRANçOIS DESMARAIS

• Canada and the United States share one of the very best trade relationships in the world. Like any relationship, it requires ongoing care and

Trump’s threats could make us stronger and prouder, if we’re ready to try

Foreign PolicyBY DAVID CRANE

Trump overdoses on unlimited power

Foreign PolicyBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Retaliatory tariffs, PR offensives: how the government can respond to Trump’s threats while Parliament is prorogued

CabinetBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

After Assad’s fall in Syria, could Iran’s Khamenei be next?

Defence & SecurityBY ANDREW LATHAM

Canadians ‘Russian to conclusions’ on Tenet Media worsens effects of foreign interference, say digital media researchers

Defence & SecurityBY STUART BENSON

Liberals break pledge to table forced labour bill in 2024

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

Women are essential to the peace process

Foreign PolicyBY MARíA WONG

Canada’s immigration detention system violates disability rights

ImmigrationBY SAMER MUSCATI, HANNA GROS

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Why hasn’t AI changed Canada yet?

InnovationBY RICARDO ARENA

• Expanding data centres gives a chance to leverage technology where Canada is already a leader, and to share the benefits broadly.

Canada needs a stable democratic partner in South Korea

Foreign PolicyBY MIKE DANAGHER

Liberals’ legacy of legalized cannabis at risk as hopes for tax relief ‘slim to none’ before next election: industry

FinanceBY STUART BENSON

Canada’s border crisis: how we got here, and what to do next

Defence & SecurityBY KELLY SUNDBERG

Procurement Canada spent $5.4-billion in 2023-24, but plans to shrink workforce in coming years

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

HealthBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON

Time to dig deep into a strategy for geothermal power

Natural Resources and EnergyBY PETER MASSIE, EMILY SMEJKAL

Time for a foreign legion

Defence & SecurityBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Feds say Africa strategy ready ‘very soon,’ but no date offered

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

AGRICULTURE

Canadian horses’ suffering continues beyond anniversary of ministerial mandate letter

OpinionBY KAITLYN MITCHELL

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Liberals hear health, budget, environment concerns from July to October, with Conservatives targeted for finance, transport

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices

OpinionBY JEROME GESSAROLI

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Biotechnology

From crisis to catalyst: Canada’s opportunity to drive global health and research innovation

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Hiring IT contractors cost feds 22 per cent more than using public servants, PBO finds

NewsBY IREM KOCA | UPDATED January 16, 2025

Military retention bonuses equal common sense

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Civil servants and the public ‘will suffer’ without moving bill on whistleblower protection, says Centre for Free Expression director

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada must set up a ‘war room’ to guide our response to Trump’s tariffs and other threats in next critical months

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

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Environment

First Nations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by ‘nuclear-is-green’ deception

OpinionBY WILLIAM ERIC ALTVATER

Welcome to ‘uncharted territory’

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada must lead the fight against plastic pollution

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

What Canada needs in its next prime minister

OpinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM

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FINANCE

Investing in our future: building a more productive Canada

OpinionBY FRANCESCA BASTA, BRADLEE WHIDDEN

Trudeau leaves office with worst economic growth record in recent Canadian history

OpinionBY BEN EISEN

Lost federal revenue, property, money jumps to $649.5-million in 2023-24: Public Accounts

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | UPDATED January 14, 2025

Feds spent a record $20.7-billion on outsourcing contracts last fiscal year

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Federal resource management decisions undermine collective power of community-based fisheries 

OpinionBY COURTNEY GLODE

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FOREIGN POLICY

The politics of Trump’s Panama Canal gambit

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Trudeau encourages all Canadians to ‘speak up for’ the nation in light of Trump’s threats

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers stalled by U.S. sanctions

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

First ministers meet to talk Trump

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

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health

Non-profit cancer groups covering costs where ‘universal’ health system fails 

OpinionBY KATHLEEN BARNARD, LOUISE BINDER

We can end the HIV epidemic, but Canada is falling behind global targets

OpinionBY GRACE CHIUTSI, THARANI NAPPER

Bridging the gap between science and policy for precision medicine

OpinionBY PIERRE D. SARR

Canada’s health system has an accountability problem

OpinionBY JOSS REIMER

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Right to repair legislation is a chance for Senators to address affordability

OpinionBY JF CHAMPAGNE

Feds’ purchasing power can push carbon removal innovation

OpinionBY LUCY HARGREAVES, ED WHITTINGHAM

CRTC says decision on Google’s Online News Act exemption expected this fall

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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infrastructure and transport

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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innovation

Trudeau’s legacy for sound science policy tied to efforts early in Liberal mandate

OpinionBY PAUL DUFOUR

A unique research and innovation partnership celebrates three decades: South Africa and Canada move forward with a renewed vision

OpinionBY PAUL DUFOUR, MICHAEL KAHN

The great American brain drain: is Canada ready?

OpinionBY MATTHEW LEBO

Big Three ‘competition’ not what it seems

OpinionBY PAUL ANDERSEN, IAN STEVENS

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intergovernmental

Atlantic Grits open to ‘practical’ leadership candidate who gets rural Canada, say local Liberals

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

New year, new anxieties

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

The deck is stacked against Quebec’s Anglos

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Indigenous innovation in education works for all of us

OpinionBY JENNIFER BRENNAN

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justice

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

A Chrystia carol: House wraps for the holidays as spectre of Freeland’s bombshell resignation haunts Liberal caucus

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Feds’ attempt to codify hate still not salvageable despite C-63 division, say Conservatives, civil society groups

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Labour & employment

The feds found money fast for a GST holiday—why not for the years-promised Canada Disability Benefit?

OpinionBY MICHELLE HEWITT, LUCA PATUELLI

Investing in youth is essential for Canada’s future

OpinionBY KAREN MYERS

The Disability Tax Credit is a barrier to the Canada Disability Benefit

OpinionBY RABIA KHEDR, CONSERVATIVE SENATOR JUDITH G. SEIDMAN

‘Enough is enough’: Black federal civil servants, unions accuse Liberals of ‘wasting’ time on tackling anti-Black racism

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs pose ‘existential crisis’ for Canada, with risks even if not enacted, says Unifor president

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Most-lobbied Grit MPs hear push for health accountability measures, most-lobbied Tory MPs hear push for environment, trade issues

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Trudeau’s reset options dwindle as government puts itself above Parliament

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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natural resources and energy

Communities deserve more support as the global economy changes

OpinionBY RACHEL SAMSON

Northwestern Ontario nuclear waste site selection raises concerns

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

Canadians deserve long-term energy solutions, not short-term fixes

OpinionBY SHANNON WATT

We are powering Canada forward by building 21st Century electricity projects

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ADAM VAN KOEVERDEN

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Why top Liberal women are hesitant to run for leader

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY

‘I’m left with questions’: Senator Bernard’s push to highlight the Upper Chamber’s lack of Black men

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Islam’s true voice: wresting the microphone from extremists 

OpinionBY IMAM MOHAMMAD TAWHIDI, IMAM INAYAT ALI SHAKIR, IMAM PAUL SALAHUDDIN ARMSTRONG, IMAM MOHAMMAD MEHDIZADE

Smith’s government moves to limit transgender rights in Alberta

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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Indigenous Relations

Modernizing the Métis National Council 

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

Infrastructure gap, child welfare in focus as AFN prepares for ‘ally’ Trudeau’s exit

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

AFN national chief urges politicians to ‘put their politics aside’ to support First Nations’ access to clean water

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Hundreds of billions in ‘contingent liabilities’ loom large over Canada

OpinionBY TOM FLANAGAN

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