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Indigenous Relations

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

• What is worth an increase in the era of savings? Indigenous investments must include an urban strategy.

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

• What is worth an increase in the era of savings? Indigenous investments must include an urban strategy.

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

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

Healing intergenerational trauma and mental health for Indigenous Peoples in Canada

OpinionBY SHIMI KANG

Ottawa marks Truth and Reconciliation Day

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Cultural agility is key in advancing reconciliation

OpinionBY ANNE HARDING

Reconciliation is the foundation for Canada’s future projects

OpinionBY KATHERINE KOOSTACHIN

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

Broken promises and the need to move towards reconciliation

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

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Reconciliation is a value, not a policy

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

• When reconciliation is a value as well as a necessity in order to uphold Canada’s place in the world, then it doesn't get bumped off the priority list in budgetary discussions. It retains its place, just as Indigenous Peoples retain their position as key partners in this country we call Canada. 

Reconciliation is a value, not a policy

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

• When reconciliation is a value as well as a necessity in order to uphold Canada’s place in the world, then it doesn't get bumped off the priority list in budgetary discussions. It retains its place, just as Indigenous Peoples retain their position as key partners in this country we call Canada. 

From reconciliation to results: why Bill C-5 and the Major Projects Office can be game-changers for Indigenous communities

OpinionBY BUCKLEY BELANGER

National interest should include the rights of Indigenous women

OpinionBY PAMELA PALMATER

Fast-tracking past justice: why the Major Projects Office threatens real reconciliation

OpinionBY VANESSA AMBTMAN-SMITH

True reconciliation requires remembering and learning from our country’s history

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP GINETTE LAVACK

‘Keep that nation-to-nation concept strong,’ say Indigenous leaders, as Canada moves on major projects

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap would benefit us all

OpinionBY JULIE PELLERIN

Don’t pray in Quebec, but pray for Quebec

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Second Hudson Bay port can link Western Canada’s resources to markets abroad

OpinionBY MORRIS BEARDY

AGRICULTURE

Canada can lead global efforts in tackling hunger

OpinionBY ANDY HARRINGTON

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

OpinionBY EWA DEMIANOWICZ

Eggs fuel us every day, as nutritious food and as an economic engine for Canada

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Tory ag critic questions efforts to engage with China as canola tariffs drag into harvest season

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Biotechnology

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

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

OpinionBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

U.S. tariffs on pharmaceuticals could complicate an already complex supply chain

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Feds’ new industrial strategy falls short on ambition, needs clearer objectives for defence procurement, say experts

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing

OpinionBY RAQUEL GARBERS

New border bill cuts controversial measures, keeps powers to tighten immigration

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Accountability needed after forged documents used to smear journalist and compromise House committee

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Plastics and PFAS: a public health crisis Canada can no longer ignore

OpinionBY HELEN HSU

Canada needs an agenda to end pollution from toxics and plastics

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER, ELAINE MACDONALD

Chimps, war, and us 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

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FINANCE

Senate exempt from Carney’s spending review, but opts to launch own program audit 

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

MP Genuis pitches youth jobs plan

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

It’s always do or die on budget day

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

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FOREIGN POLICY

Handling Canada-China relations in an age of weaponized supply chains

OpinionBY VINA NADJIBULLA

Canadian foreign policy as performance art

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

American contempt for Latin America on full display

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Anand’s trip to India and China part of ‘diplomatic reset’ as Canada pursues new trading partners

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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health

Recent health spending comes from Trudeau era, but fits with current Liberal focus on health prevention, lowering costs, consultants say

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Climate action is crucial for Canadians’ health

OpinionBY LHAMO DOLKAR, DORIS GRINSPUN

Governments are still failing Canadians on mental health and substance use health care

OpinionBY FLORENCE BUDDEN, ANTHONY ESPOSTI

Your humanoid robot will see you now

OpinionBY MONIQUE AUFFREY

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Industry and Manufacturing

Skill development must be Canada’s national project

OpinionBY MARK BECKLES, CHARLES FINLAY

For drones, do like the Nordics and the Brits

OpinionBY WESLEY WARK

Industry Canada’s annual plan projects $3.9-billion boost to budget by 2027-28

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Canada, Europe, and NATO: a renewed commitment to shared security

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP STEPHEN FUHR

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infrastructure and transport

Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Building more homes is a shared vision. Now we need the infrastructure to make it real

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Nation-building starts with builders

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

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innovation

Let’s go on the offensive and score

OpinionBY CATHERINE BEAUDRY

The coming AI crash

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats and domestic digital policy uncertainty, says Guilbeault

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada’s defence depends on its universities

OpinionBY BILL FLANAGAN

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intergovernmental

Quebec’s new ‘constitution’ bill is an affront to democracy

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The North: different by design, essential by nature

OpinionBY NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PREMIER R.J. SIMPSON

A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A peek into the Rock’s political race

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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justice

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Bill C-3 corrects inequalities, brings Citizenship Act into compliance with the Charter

OpinionBY DON CHAPMAN

Here’s the best Canadian strategy on the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s potentially illegal global tariffs

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

Convoy protest organizers Lich, Barber sentenced to house arrest

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Labour & employment

Canada’s Student Work Placement Program a youth employment lifeline 

OpinionBY ROB HENDERSON

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘Get back into shop floors’ and contrast Carney’s ‘lurch to the right,’ say NDP leadership hopefuls of party’s path forward 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

OpinionBY OLHA SOTSKA

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Struggling auto sector promises deep engagement as wheels set to turn on CUSMA consultations

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Carney ‘did the right thing’: feds’ new support for national pharmacare ‘positive,’ but evolving stance surprises advocates

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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natural resources and energy

Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Carney has an obligation to better define his priorities for the Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Energy efficiency: unlocking Canada’s superpower potential

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ERIC ST-PIERRE

Climate collaboration with China serves Canada’s national interests

OpinionBY WENRAN JIANG

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Women, Gender and Diversity

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada

OpinionBY MALINDA SMITH

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

OpinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

Q&A | The legal battle over the ‘notwithstanding’ clause, explained 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Is PM Carney abandoning women, girls, and queer people in his austerity agenda?

OpinionBY FAE JOHNSTONE

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Indigenous Relations

First Nations chiefs criticize feds for failing to consult on Indigenous body tied to Major Projects Office

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Indigenous consent isn’t a veto: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built

OpinionBY TIM GRAY, EMILY MCMILLAN, RACHEL PLOTKIN, JESSICA CLOGG

Uncertainty surrounds assessments plans for national interest projects 

OpinionBY ROBERT B. GIBSON

Canada should fast-track the idea that Indigenous rights and critical minerals go hand in hand

OpinionBY SAGA WILLIAMS, MARISA BECK, TAMARA KRAWCHENKO

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Ranking the best and worst federal departments, by public service survey results

Ranking the best and worst federal departments, by public service survey results

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts