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Reflections from a new citizen

ImmigrationBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• We had no intention of becoming Canadians when we passed through Sydney Airport's departure gates in June 2019. So what changed?

Spanish Embassy parties at the Westin

Foreign Policy

Climate finance should target resilient food systems

EnvironmentBY CAROL THIESSEN

Trump adds pressure to increase defence spending, but MPs and others consider U.S. NATO withdrawal unlikely

Defence & SecurityBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

National Defence is in a deep hole, and we need to stop digging—fast

Defence & SecurityBY GUY THIBAULT

Telling the whole story about boosting Canada’s defence spending

Defence & SecurityBY JACKSON WALLING, MATHIEU LANDRIAULT

Canada’s defence spending: the free ride is over

Defence & SecurityBY CHRISTYN CIANFARANI

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

Infrastructure and TransportBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Many provinces say no details from feds on striking pharmacare deals over a month after law passes

HealthBY IAN CAMPBELL

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A reluctance for post-pandemic learning

HealthBY KEVIN QUIGLEY

• To date, there has been little initiative in Canada to conduct a far-reaching public inquiry that examines pandemic response with a broader lens.

‘This rhetoric paves the way for something much larger, much darker’: Carol Off talks about her timely new book

Foreign PolicyBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

From coast to core: why Canada’s cities hold the answer to economic stability

FinanceBY STéPHANE PAQUET, JACQUIE GRIFFITHS

Investing in innovation: the future of animal-free toxicity testing in Canada

InnovationBY SHAARIKA SARASIJA

We need a Team Canada approach to safeguarding our vital interests during the Trump presidency

Foreign PolicyBY ERROL MENDES

Feds recommit to Africa strategy as observers anxious to see long-awaited plan

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

Peru and Canada: a strong and expanding bilateral relationship

FinanceBY MANUEL TALAVERA

Ottawa pays tribute to veterans at national ceremony

Defence & Security

Q&A | How foreign actors and criminals use dirty money in Canada

Defence & SecurityBY PETER MAZEREEUW

AGRICULTURE

Passing the supply management law would only maintain inflated dairy prices

OpinionBY JEROME GESSAROLI

‘It’s inviting retaliation’: Bloc supply management bill will have Canada bracing for U.S. response, say trade watchers

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Egg farming’s future rooted in supply management

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

The cornerstone for peace is food, but armed conflicts wipe out livelihoods and agri-food systems

OpinionBY RATTAN LAL, MANUEL OTERO

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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

Public Safety Canada’s dealing with natural and communication infrastructure disasters

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Japan not taking part in procurement bid for Canadian Navy’s new subs

NewsBY IREM KOCA, NEIL MOSS

In a dramatically shifting landscape, it’s time to highlight Canada’s strengths in security and defence

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR TONY DEAN

Trump 2.0 means Canada needs to get serious about spending two per cent of GDP on defence

OpinionBY DAVID PERRY

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Environment

As COP29 wraps up, will Canada finally stop funding fossils this fall?

OpinionBY JULIA LEVIN

The future of emissions trading: can Canada come up with a business case for a ‘businessman-president’?

OpinionBY ARASH GOLSHAN

How did COP29 end up in Azerbaijan?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Dangers to global security from climate change increase with Trump’s win

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

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FINANCE

Feds request $24.8-billion boost as Liberals double down on budget 2024 pledges in latest estimates

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

New government spending request will be snared in parliamentary gridlock while privilege debate persists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

A lesson for Canadians in Americans’ economic disconnect

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Unions warn non-permanent public servants will be first on chopping block as feds look to cut costs

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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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

Sudan’s warring sides and the long-simmering ethnic conflict

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

South Korea marks national day

Trump, China, Russia and national security threats to Canada

OpinionBY DAVID PRATT

‘America First’ playbook comes to life and crystallizes uphill battle for the Trudeau Liberals

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

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health

Addressing the threat of antimicrobial resistance

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

I live with Parkinson’s. I’m telling Ottawa: we need funding now

OpinionBY LI JIANG

Feds must reject advance requests for MAID

OpinionBY DANIEL ZEKVELD

Lawsuit alleging anti-Black racism in public service at court for class-action certification hearings

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

Parliament at a standstill as Conservative MPs push for release of green-tech fund papers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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infrastructure and transport

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

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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

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innovation

Balanced approach needed on right-to-repair bill, protecting IP rights and public safety

OpinionBY DON STICKNEY

New AI safety institute limited by legislative vacuum: NDP innovation critic Brian Masse

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Government agencies using AI must implement governance programs, or risk losing trust

OpinionBY ANEETA BAINS

In the age of dangerous disinformation, it’s time to get serious about online harms

OpinionBY DAMIAN COLLINS

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intergovernmental

‘Each of our voices matter’: disaster survivors call for greater climate action in Ottawa advocacy push

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Connectivity equals sovereignty

OpinionBY ERIN O’TOOLE

B.C., N.B. elections forecast tough road for incumbents, with many Canadians ‘struggling’

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Holt’s majority win in New Brunswick a monumental maritime moment

OpinionBY WIL ROBERTSON

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justice

Human rights matter for us all

OpinionBY SENATOR KIM PATE, ALEX NEVE, HADAYT NAZAMI

No process replaces due process in the United States

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Liberals back away from MAID debate with Quebec, not wanting to ‘butt heads’

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Conservative filibuster costing millions of dollars, say NDP and Green MPs

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Labour & employment

Will the Liberals develop sharper labour pains?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

NDP won’t be ‘baited’ as Tories attack Singh amid Liberal labour moves, says MP Green

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Housing advocates wary of funding plan after praising Poilievre’s GST pledge

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Apocalyptic or appealing? Conservative policies not slotting into Liberal trap

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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Lobbying

‘Unpredictable’ second Trump term requires smoothing out trade irritants with U.S., say lobbyists and advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbying watchdog plans to reduce ’20 per cent rule’ if her term is renewed

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Tripling of boreal wildfire emissions since 2001 show ‘growing vulnerability’ of Canada’s northern forests: new U.K. study

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Pre-budget talks, public transit funding, and safety led September lobbying

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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natural resources and energy

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

OpinionBY KAREN HAMBERG

Will Susan Holt’s new government continue New Brunswick’s nuclear fantasies?

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL

Canada’s false ‘solution’ for used nuclear fuel waste

OpinionBY WILLIAM LEISS

How the Canadian taxpayer ended up on the hook for $34-billion to build a pipeline for the oil industry

OpinionBY THOMAS GUNTON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Kamala Harris hits the concrete ceiling

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Sanewashing, denial, and hate-mongering: the new normal in the U.S.

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Trump’s support among young men in Canada is troubling

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Inuktut becomes first Indigenous language spoken in Canada available on Google Translate

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Indigenous Relations

Canada is still climbing the mountain, but Murray Sinclair showed us the path forward

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Ottawa’s stance in court on clean water for First Nations is appalling 

OpinionBY LYNNE GROULX

New group seeks to determine national scope of forced sterilization of Indigenous people in Canada

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

What a museum on residential schools could do for us

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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