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Canada’s immigration detention system violates disability rights

ImmigrationBY SAMER MUSCATI, HANNA GROS

• Each year, Canada detains thousands of people on immigration grounds, many of whom are fleeing persecution and traumatic experiences.

Federal departments fix 61 errors related to Indigenous business contracts on public database

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

Canada needs a stable democratic partner in South Korea

Foreign PolicyBY MIKE DANAGHER

All I want for Christmas is publicly funded health care

HealthBY KAREN S. PALMER, BERNARD HO

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

JusticeBY STUART BENSON

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

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

Liberals present ballooning federal deficit of $61.9-billion in latest fiscal update

FinanceBY IAN CAMPBELL

Soldiers shouldn’t put up with squalid living conditions

Defence & SecurityBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Immigration levels, and the untapped potential of Canadian newcomers

ImmigrationBY SHAMIRA MADHANY

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Closing housing gap ‘not going to happen’ by 2030, but steps being taken in right direction, says Canadian Home Builders’ Association CEO

Infrastructure and TransportBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Reaching a goal of 5.8 million new housing units by 2030 would require at least doubling current construction rates of new homes, and 'we’re

Superstitious peasants

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

Trump’s threats have Canadians worried, but do little to change domestic political views: polls

Foreign PolicyBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Big Three ‘competition’ not what it seems

InnovationBY PAUL ANDERSEN, IAN STEVENS

Opposition MPs kept in dark as Canada concludes trade pact with Indonesia

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

2024 was the year of climate crisis: so how did it fall off the political agenda?

EnvironmentBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

Consistent polling figures show Liberals face situation where the ‘public just stops listening’

Foreign PolicyBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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

EnvironmentBY SHANNON WATT

COP29 outcome called worst ever by environment advocates, who say Canada should show $300-billion finance deal is ‘the floor and not the ceiling’

EnvironmentBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

AGRICULTURE

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

‘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

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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

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

New tech and ‘people, people, and more people’ on CBSA’s border wish list

NewsBY STUART BENSON

PMO considers reviving Canada-U.S. relations war room, says a senior government source  

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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Environment

What Canada needs in its next prime minister

OpinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM

Parliament gridlock must end to tackle Canada’s biodiversity crisis 

OpinionBY CHARLOTTE DAWE

‘They need more local resources’: greater co-ordination needed in wildfire response, Senate committee hears

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Canada’s siloed approach to natural disasters isn’t working

OpinionBY ALISON SHAW AND LAUREN VINCENT

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FINANCE

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

OpinionBY TOM FLANAGAN

Freeland’s opportunism on display in stunning resignation letter

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Fiscal update fails to address ‘the Great Breakup’ 

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY

Delayed public accounts report public debt charges increased by 35 per cent in 2023-24

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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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 daily news miracle

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Pooling streams of kindness, and strengthening China-Canada co-operation

OpinionBY WANG DI

Freeland’s chaos-inducing resignation brings ever more uncertainty in the face of Canada’s trade emergency

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Another miracle needed in Syria, please 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

A people pushed will push back

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Global health is threatened with RFK Jr. at the helm of the U.S. file

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

DND and CAF ‘exempt’ from further spending cuts, says Blair after department was asked to find $900-million a year in savings

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

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

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

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

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innovation

The great American brain drain: is Canada ready?

OpinionBY MATTHEW LEBO

Dear Minister Champagne, Canada needs all the help we can get

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Innovative research in the Yukon addressing the environment, energy and extreme weather

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP BRENDAN HANLEY

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

OpinionBY DON STICKNEY

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intergovernmental

Buy Canadian, for Canadians

OpinionBY BURGESS LANGSHAW POWER, ERIC HUBBERSTEY

The River-class frigates cannot be the ‘be-all, end-all’ of Canada’s sea domain

OpinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE

The great thaw: Canada must lead climate change battle in a time of disappearing ice and snow

OpinionBY JOHN POMEROY

Can Canada actually defend the Arctic?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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justice

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Israel wants Hassan Diab to serve prison sentence in France but vows to stay out of any extradition request

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

House gridlock remains as Canada seeks to quickly respond to Trump tariff threats

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Advocates for Hassan Diab call on feds to declare extradition will not go ahead

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Labour & employment

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

OpinionBY RABIA KHEDR, CONSERVATIVE SENATOR JUDITH G. SEIDMAN

Some departments ‘stopping the clock’ to prevent contract workers from becoming permanent public service staff

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

As fourth province signs on, Families Minister Sudds defends school food program

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Why future-ready affordable housing can’t wait

OpinionBY SHAIMAA YASSIN, CHERISE BURDA, RUNA DAS

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

October environment lobby tackles energy concerns, hydrogen, and push-back on emissions cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Northwestern Ontario nuclear waste site selection raises concerns

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

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

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ADAM VAN KOEVERDEN

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

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Smith’s government moves to limit transgender rights in Alberta

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Overlooked again: what the $250 rebate says about disability policy in Canada

OpinionBY KRISTA CARR

Valuing unpaid work: a crucial step in ending violence against women

OpinionBY LISE COURTEAU

Canadians see improvements to Indigenous, gender rights over time, but cool on welcoming immigrants, asylum seekers: survey

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Indigenous Relations

What’s the future of the Métis National Council?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Former Indigenous procurement auditor calls pledge to examine the program ‘hypocritical’ after feds were warned of issues for years

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Ottawa removed 118 companies from its Indigenous Business Directory this year

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Implement the special interlocutor’s final report on unmarked graves now for a new path forward

OpinionBY ABRAM BENEDICT

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