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‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

Defence & SecurityBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• 'It's going to take all of us to put a plan in place to get serious about climate change, so we can avoid this

Innovation will continue with or without capital gains tax hike

FinanceBY DAVID CRANE

Military housing problem a reflection of wider culture

Defence & SecurityBY TOM ELLARD

‘I made an error in judgment,’ CBSA official says of dining with ArriveCan contractors 

Public Services and ProcurementBY IREM KOCA

‘Crisis of radioactive waste management in the Ottawa River watershed’: advocates

Environment

Fight climate change with solar and energy storage: reader

Environment

Military revisiting beartrap necessity as feds explore Arctic ship chopper capabilities

Defence & SecurityBY NEIL MOSS

Aamjiwnaang First Nation shows importance of environmental racism bill

EnvironmentBY MELANIE SNOW, VICTORIA WATSON

Indigenous-led housing solutions need federal funding to fill the gap

Indigenous RelationsBY DAVID FLOOD, CANDACE LARSEN

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Why digital assets will be Canada’s economic equalizer

FinanceBY LUCAS MATHESON

• Despite its critics, cryptocurrency will prove to be the greatest financial equalizer because it treats everyone the same regardless of where you’re from or

Pro-Palestinian student protests on university campuses further complicate electoral calculus for left-of-centre parties, say Liberal MPs

Foreign PolicyBY ABBAS RANA

A closer look at the proposed foreign influence transparency registry

Defence & SecurityBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Poilievre calling lobbyists ‘useless’ provides roadmap for approaching Conservatives, says GR professionals

LobbyingBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

India-Canada row and the diaspora

Foreign PolicyBY RAJESH C. SHUKLA

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

Foreign PolicyBY ALEXANDER SALT, ALEX WILNER

Children are most vulnerable group affected by conflict, national disaster: letter writer

Foreign Policy

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

EnvironmentBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Harnessing windfall profits to tackle corporate greed and fund a greener future

EnvironmentBY NDP MP LAUREL COLLINS

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

Fifty years after Canada’s plutonium mishap in India, is history repeating itself?

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL AND GORDON EDWARDS

Foreign influence registry ‘more than a positive step forward,’ but not far enough, say diaspora groups

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The Canadian Armed Forces’ bloated head

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Enemy within: covert cyber and intelligence threats to Canada

OpinionBY LISA KEARNEY

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Environment

An apolitical blueprint for achieving Canada’s climate targets

OpinionBY HAL SEGAL

Why common mitigation efforts are not solutions to the climate crisis

OpinionBY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT

Feds ‘slow’ to act on green procurement, says environment watchdog

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Ocean temperature: the mother of all climate feedbacks?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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FINANCE

Political disconnect leaving Liberals far behind

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Freeland should find a better way to achieve tax reform

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Economists, businesses question timing of capital gains tax hike as Canada faces productivity challenges

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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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

Yep, Trump did it again

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Trump’s poll numbers are actually increasing

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Sanctions do nothing to promote democracy

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

High cost for women advocating for Palestinian rights in Canada

OpinionBY YASER HADDARA, TAHA GHAYYUR

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health

Federal tax changes will hurt access to health care: CMA

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

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

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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

EV investments paving the way for Canada and Japan’s ‘new chapter’: ambassador

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

For Canada to be a global human rights leader, it needs to get its AI law right from the start

OpinionBY YUAN STEVENS

While other countries add services, Canada adds public servants

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR COLIN DEACON

Growth has stalled in Canada

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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intergovernmental

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

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

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

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justice

Canadians should rightly be leery of a leader who wants to override the Charter

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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

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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

Changes to Lobbying Act unlikely before 2025 federal election, says lawyer

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

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natural resources and energy

Oil and gas emissions on the rise again: a federal emissions cap is our best chance to rein them in

OpinionBY STEVEN HAIG

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

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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

The day Indigenous Peoples took a major step forward in healing

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

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