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Indigenous Relations

There’s no security without Indigenous sovereignty

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

• The boost in defence spending won’t amount to much without first ensuring Inuit prosperity, which is key to Canadian authority in the Arctic.

There’s no security without Indigenous sovereignty

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

• The boost in defence spending won’t amount to much without first ensuring Inuit prosperity, which is key to Canadian authority in the Arctic.

Feds removed 643 more companies from its Indigenous business directory this year

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Chief says feds’ engagement with First Nations ‘needs to improve’ after ‘very limited’ contact on major projects

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Canada’s renewed pipeline fixation threatens more than the environment

OpinionBY ALIENOR ROUGEOT

The responsibility to avoid fraud

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Deloitte’s certification as partner to Indigenous firms raises questions about access to feds’ contract regime, says Indigenous business owner

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

OpinionBY MEGAN BUTTLE

Arctic security cannot exist without Inuit sovereignty

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Opening the pathway for greater Indigenous inclusion in the Armed Forces

OpinionBY GRAZIA SCOPPIO, FEDERICA CASO

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Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• First Nations and Inuit leaders say the 2025 budget is a ‘missed opportunity’ with financial sunsets looming for critical education, health-care, and urban programs.

Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• First Nations and Inuit leaders say the 2025 budget is a ‘missed opportunity’ with financial sunsets looming for critical education, health-care, and urban programs.

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

First Nations built the first North American economy—it’s time Canada recognized that

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Senators must amend Bill S-2 to stop the legislative extinction of First Nations

OpinionBY PAMELA PALMATER, SHARON MCIVOR

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

AGRICULTURE

Bloc joins push for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet minister, Nature Canada pushes for nature strategy after absence of support in budget

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight

OpinionBY ORVILLE BOVENSCHEN

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Biotechnology

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Minister called to de-haze budget math on cuts to veterans’ medical cannabis reimbursement

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Between a rock and a hard place

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

I’m still trying to figure out who Carney really is

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

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Environment

Canada’s plan to boost its economy must include rebuilding wild fisheries

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

Canada’s chance to lead the critical minerals race should be based not only on extraction, but also on tech

OpinionBY APOORV SINHA

As the Paris Agreement turns 10, Canadian policy must align to protect our health and future

OpinionBY MILI ROY

Likelihood of reaching long-term climate goals unclear until more details emerge from Alberta MOU, say environment experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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FINANCE

Surge in lost public property sees total federal losses reach $730.4-million for 2024-25

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Effective nation-building starts with the people and places where it happens

OpinionBY SHAIMAA YASSIN, ABIGAIL JACKSON, NOEL BALDWIN

Building up Canada’s defence sector will depend on long-term homegrown support

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

MPs order release of records from new Defence Investment Agency after it leaves the PBO waiting

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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Fisheries and oceans

Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The markets are hungry for Canadian cod. Will we deliver?

OpinionBY SYLVIE LAPOINTE

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FOREIGN POLICY

Foreign aid is not charity, but an investment in stability and peace

OpinionBY MARLEN MONDACA, MARTINEVE PAJONAS

Steel tariff missteps threaten Canada’s energy future

OpinionBY VITTORIA BELLISSIMO, FERNANDO MELO

Welcome to the ‘Trade War World Cup’

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Chumminess should be providing cover for CUSMA collapse

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

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health

New report recommends making pharmacare permanent with annual funding as progress on bilaterals remains stalled 

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

House Health Committee shines spotlight on foreign-funded medical residencies and feds’ role in attracting health-care workers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

OpinionBY ZAHID SALMAN

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

OpinionBY KAREN S. PALMER

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Industry and Manufacturing

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Canada’s ZEV mandate will leave 450,000 drivers stranded

OpinionBY BRIAN LIVINGSTON

Budget 2025 is more of the same

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Losing Canada’s last big critical minerals champion: the stakes in the Anglo–Teck deal

OpinionBY ED FAST

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infrastructure and transport

The joys of winter biking aren’t without politics

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Time to strengthen Canada’s infrastructure planning 

OpinionBY JENNIFER ANGEL, PETER WELTMAN

B.C. offers a warning to Ottawa’s billion-dollar construction fund

OpinionBY RYAN MITTON

Living in Canada’s Arctic North: why federal investment matters

OpinionBY SOLOMON AWA

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innovation

Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers

OpinionBY DANIEL ESCOTT

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

OpinionBY ADAM THORN, MEGAN GORDON

Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD

Canada must build on federal budget investments in dual-use innovation

OpinionBY ELYSA DARLING, JAKE HIRSCH-ALLEN, AYAZ SYED

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intergovernmental

Alberta’s new energy MOU could kick-start a race to the bottom on climate

OpinionBY RICK SMITH, DALE BEUGIN, DAVE SAWYER

The MOU’s real value may be for those on the outside looking in

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Ottawa-Alberta energy deal could open door for other provinces to pursue weakened climate policies, say environmental experts: ‘this is just a massive step back’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT, RIDDHI KACHHELA

‘I don’t know if she’s playing any role’: NDP critic slams Environment Minister Dabrusin’s ‘rubber stamping’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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justice

Alberta’s intent to suspend the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for trans health care for youth sets a dangerous precedent

OpinionBY JENNIFER EVANS, ALISON LI, JACQUELINE MURRAY

How best to stop coverups: end government misuse of non-disclosure agreements

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN, JULIE MACFARLANE

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them

OpinionBY DAVID HUTTON

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Labour & employment

Government agencies are hardly trying when it comes to transparency

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN | UPDATED December 9, 2025

Feds must stay strong on restricting for-profit childcare

OpinionBY CANDACE RENNICK

The missing 27 per cent: why disability is DEI’s greatest opportunity

OpinionBY LORIN MACDONALD

Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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Lobbying

Blanchard defends Carney’s ethics screen as a ‘rigorous process’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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natural resources and energy

Canada must find its climate path beyond fossil fuels

OpinionBY DAMON MATTHEWS

The Alberta energy deal is worse than you think

OpinionBY STEPHEN THOMAS

Jump-starting a Canadian power grid

OpinionBY MADELEINE MCPHERSON, PETER FAIRLEY

Untrodden ground: Carney looks to kickstart post-NAFTA economy

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

How Mark Carney can win back friends and influence critical outcomes

OpinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

Liberal women are taking notice, Carney would be wise to remember the estrogen wave that handed him the election

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Constituent seeking help for brother and others fleeing Sudan civil war says immigration minister ‘angry, rude, and dismissive’ in phone call

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Stepping back from feminism in foreign policy exposes a deeper crisis of commitment at home

OpinionBY YUSRA QADIR

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Indigenous Relations

Healing intergenerational trauma and mental health for Indigenous Peoples in Canada

OpinionBY SHIMI KANG

Ottawa marks Truth and Reconciliation Day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Mark Carney and a call for meaningful reconciliation

OpinionBY CODY GROAT

Message to Carney: the safety of Indigenous women and girls is in the national interest

OpinionBY NDP MP LEAH GAZAN

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Exclusive lists

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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