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Women, Gender and Diversity

Invisible work: the unseen labour that powers Canada

OpinionBY LISE COURTEAU

• A 2022 study estimated that unpaid household work in Canada could be worth up to $860-billion annually if compensated at market rates. That’s a staggering figure—yet, our policies continue to ignore or downplay this reality.

Invisible work: the unseen labour that powers Canada

OpinionBY LISE COURTEAU

• A 2022 study estimated that unpaid household work in Canada could be worth up to $860-billion annually if compensated at market rates. That’s a staggering figure—yet, our policies continue to ignore or downplay this reality.

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

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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

Unmuted: elevating Black participation in politics

OpinionBY NNAMDI NDUBUKA

Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Because it’s 2025: Canada at a crossroads on human rights

OpinionBY COLIN DRUHAN

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Forging a path for women’s leadership 

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE, STEPHANIE HOSANG, SHALAKA DIXIT

• Women’s leadership is vital for building equitable, inclusive societies, yet bias and institutional obstacles continue to silence their voices.

Forging a path for women’s leadership 

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE, STEPHANIE HOSANG, SHALAKA DIXIT

• Women’s leadership is vital for building equitable, inclusive societies, yet bias and institutional obstacles continue to silence their voices.

Black Justice Strategy’s 10-year plan ‘too little, too late,’ says NDP MP Green

NewsBY STUART BENSON

New research explores presence, experiences of Black Canadians in politics

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Time for Canada to step up as a human rights world leader

OpinionBY ODETTE MCCARTHY, JEAN-SéBASTIEN VALLéE

Words won’t eliminate Islamophobia—we need action from everyone

OpinionBY GINELLA MASSA

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

Fortifying Canada’s agricultural supply chains: a path forward

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

OpinionBY SAJI GEORGE

AGRICULTURE

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

Problem-solving farmers need supportive government policies

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR ROB BLACK

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Biotechnology

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

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Arctic security takes spotlight as Canadian sovereignty remains key campaign issue

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

Health security must be recognized as a pillar of national security

OpinionBY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON, SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS, SENATOR MARY ROBINSON, SENATOR FLORDELIZ (GIGI) OSLER

Leadership and risk tolerance stymie fixing CAF recruitment, retention

OpinionBY DAN A. DORAN

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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

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

OpinionBY RABIA KHEDR, ISG SENATOR CHANTAL PETITCLERC

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

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

OpinionBY STéPHANE LACROIX

Can Canada afford to cut the public service while Trump moves the goalposts?

NewsBY KATHRYN MAY

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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

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

Tariffs ‘still devastating’ despite ‘reciprocal’ reprieve, says Senator on Canada-U.S. council

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Canada urgently needs a new growth strategy in response to Trump’s economic war

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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health

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

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

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON, KATHLEEN DICKSON

Liberals to push ahead with pharmacare, but program’s fate under Conservatives is unclear

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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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

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Navigating uncertainty: telecom’s essential role in securing Canada’s future

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

So, we all agree on what needs to happen next: let’s talk about how to get it done

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Building infrastructure to withstand the effects of climate change

OpinionBY JOSEPH DARAIO

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innovation

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

Moving forward with Canada’s EV transition requires a holistic approach

OpinionBY SHELDON WILLIAMSON

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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

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

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Labour & 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

‘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

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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

U.S. trade war speeds up need to prioritize Canadian clean energy, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Indigenous Relations

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

Understanding the policy implications of Canada’s ‘hidden energy communities’

OpinionBY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM

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Exclusive lists

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

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