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Intergovernmental

It’s time to turn federal-provincial confrontation to co-operation

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

• Federalism works best when it’s based on shared economic and social visions of the future. It’s time to turn battles over short-term irritants into cooperation over long-term policies that will pave the way to a more sustainable, prosperous tomorrow.

It’s time to turn federal-provincial confrontation to co-operation

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

• Federalism works best when it’s based on shared economic and social visions of the future. It’s time to turn battles over short-term irritants into cooperation over long-term policies that will pave the way to a more sustainable, prosperous tomorrow.

The CAQ’s language shell game fooled everyone

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Is there another Charest in the Quebec Liberals’ future?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A closer look at the federal carbon tax

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Are we sleepwalking to another national unity crisis?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Mass departures from municipal politics are understandable

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The Bill 21 judgment is a disgrace

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

‘There’s a lot of trauma’: N.W.T. braces for another tough fire season as governments look for lessons from 2023 response

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize a huge windfall of public cash.

A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize a huge windfall of public cash.

New study says long waits for health care in Canada are driven by high demand, not low supply of doctors

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Right at home in Canada: Tucker Carlson spews lies and hate in Alberta

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A bill to recognize heartache

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Distance from Trudeau an advantage for Liberals on the Rock

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Canada is completing Confederation

OpinionBY KEN COATES

Derrick Bragg will be missed by so many in Newfoundland and Labrador

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Nunavut’s infrastructure and housing crises are closely linked and need a federal partner to step up

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

AGRICULTURE

Shortcomings and strategic misses in supporting Canadian agriculture

OpinionBY KYLE LARKIN

Canada’s system of supply management: an innovative, modern solution

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Economic value of agriculture industry often overlooked by feds, argue sector advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change will affect your grocery prices

OpinionBY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

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Biotechnology

Does Canada need a more integrated strategy for pandemic responses? Yes

OpinionBY ISAAC BOGOCH AND DAVID NAYLOR

Canada’s biomedical brain drain is reversing. Let’s continue that trend

OpinionBY MICHAEL MAY, ALLISON BROWN

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Enemy within: covert cyber and intelligence threats to Canada

OpinionBY LISA KEARNEY

The ‘jury is still out’ on the value of foreign interference inquiry following preliminary report, says national security and intelligence expert Wesley Wark

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The Canadian Armed Forces’ disappearing act

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Data privacy as a human right must be recognized by privacy and AI bill, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Environment

A unified front for climate equity

OpinionBY LINDA NOWLAN

Environment minister Guilbeault must show ‘courage’ to finalize plastics treaty, says NDP MP Johns

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Development needs can conflict with nature, but with knowledge we can grow together

OpinionBY RICHARD SCHUSTER

We must temper hype around AI with sober reflection on its climate impacts

OpinionBY MARY WELLS, ASHLEY ROSE MEHLENBACHER

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FINANCE

The ‘soft landing’ for the economy may have to be a lot harder than usual

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Budget 2024 a missed opportunity to address food affordability

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

Federal tax changes will hurt access to health care: CMA

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

Canadians need more assurance and enablement in financial services 

OpinionBY SCOTT TALBOTT

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Fisheries and oceans

The blue dichotomy: corporatization of Canada’s oceans

OpinionBY COURTNEY LANGILLE

Unlocking the power of the ocean: threading the economic needle on the path to net zero

OpinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD, TRINE JøRANLI ESKEDAL

Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries

OpinionBY REBECCA SCHIJNS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans undermining minister’s mandate

OpinionBY KAREN WRISTEN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Disinformation, terror, and a summit: what’s happening in Ukraine, and what Canada can do to restore peace

OpinionBY ERIK KUCHERENKO

Red Sea crisis a wake-up call for Western naval forces

OpinionBY ALEXANDER SALT, ALEX WILNER

Once a strategy, later a framework, Canada now unwilling to define Africa engagement rethink

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The right to protest doesn’t come without consequences

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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health

Doctors need the right tools to treat patients well, especially for rare diseases

OpinionBY SANJAY MEHTA

Budget a stride forward for mental health as a federal priority 

OpinionBY DAVE GALLSON

Health care is more than treatment—it’s time to get serious about disease prevention

OpinionBY PAMELA VALENTINE

Next step in universal drug coverage should prioritize ‘essential medicines,’ says pharmacare expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Industry and Manufacturing

Feds’ groceries bill is worth less than the paper on which it’s printed

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Expanded electric capacity to handle EVs must be taken seriously, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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infrastructure and transport

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Struggling low-cost air carriers require feds’ intervention on price competition, says aviation expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Better climate-risk mapping data a must as Canada addresses housing crisis, says experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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innovation

While other countries add services, Canada adds public servants

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR COLIN DEACON

Growth has stalled in Canada

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Budget’s AI investment is Canada playing catch-up

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways

OpinionBY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER

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justice

Canada must commit to more than a monument

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Perrin puts the criminal justice system on trial

FeatureBY BENJAMIN PERRIN

Accountability needed after Zameer acquittal

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Feds should act fast on potential judge residency rule repeal

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

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Labour & employment

Momentum is building for new homeownership solutions in Canada

OpinionBY ROB RICHARDS

Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Liberal housing strategy will need ‘both carrots and sticks’ to break through affordable housing stalemate: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Can’t Buy My Silence on the Hill: restricting the abusive use of NDAs

OpinionBY ZELDA PERKINS, JULIE MACFARLANE

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Lobbying

Poilievre’s clarion call to corporate Canada

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Beef farmers seek exemption from federal carbon price in March dominated by environment lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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natural resources and energy

Nuclear energy never will be ‘clean,’ write Jones and Edwards

Opinion

First Nations and the right to say yes

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A cap on emissions will actually hinder Canada’s environmental, social, and economic efforts

OpinionBY DEBORAH YEDLIN

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Let’s improve our understanding of how we nominate candidates, and pass S-283

OpinionBY JEANETTE ASHE, TRACEY RANEY

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

OpinionBY MAGNOLIA PERRON

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

OpinionBY AMIN KAMALEDDIN

Will Canada support changes to international law on gender persecution?

OpinionBY RHONDA GOSSEN

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Indigenous Relations

Bill C-29 an attack on Inuit self-determination

OpinionBY NATAN OBED

Waiting for justice: why you need to know Métis residential school survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse

OpinionBY MERELDA FIDDLER-POTTER

The result of the oppressive synergy of sexism and racism

OpinionBY CAMBRIA HARRIS, MELISSA ROBINSON, JORDEN MYRAN, AND DONNA BARTLETT, SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM, GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

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Exclusive lists

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022