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• A PBO report shows that the government is following plans to slow population growth after a recent surge in temporary workers and foreign students, but critics say future effects are not measured, and the fate of many temporary residents remain uncertain.

Feds on track with immigration cuts, but policy’s long-term impacts remain unknown, say observers

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• A PBO report shows that the government is following plans to slow population growth after a recent surge in temporary workers and foreign students, but critics say future effects are not measured, and the fate of many temporary residents remain uncertain.

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‘Really bleak situation’: proposed access-to-information changes include removing emails, letting departments put requests on hold

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A court challenge has put the Streaming Act on hold—but some U.S. companies are still sending money to Canadian funds, and no one knows why

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More affordable air travel in Canada is possible

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‘Talking is also action’: feds face pressure to clarify stance on Iran conflict amid shifting posture

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Anand announces cash for Middle East

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Fisheries Minister Thompson lands new operations lead

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Carney meets his caucus, and Lori Idlout crosses the floor to join the Liberals

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‘Let’s fix this’: IRCC reviewing media rules, reverses decision after refusing comment to independent journalist

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Energy talks heat up

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‘It’s reconciliation’: Green Leader May endorses feds’ agreement with Musqueam Nation as minister clarifies private property concerns

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Down with the filibuster

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• St. Patrick's Day tops the calendar in March, which also has events on deck from the British and Japanese embassies, Conservative Women in Politics, and includes a screening of the Jacinda Ardern documentary.

February social chill snaps as March roars onto the Hill

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• St. Patrick's Day tops the calendar in March, which also has events on deck from the British and Japanese embassies, Conservative Women in Politics, and includes a screening of the Jacinda Ardern documentary.

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• It would be hard to choose a less suitable place to consolidate all federal radioactive waste than in a seismically-active zone beside the Ottawa River that provides drinking water for millions of Canadians in communities downstream including Ottawa, Gatineau, and Montreal.

Calls to fold chatbots into online harms legislation requires different framework: treating AI-mediated emotional support as a relationship

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The alarming contrast between Spanish and Canadian leaders to illegal U.S.-led attacks on Iran

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• This author has deep respect and support for both leaders and their general approach to democratic governance, but there's an unsettling difference between the two responses to what is clearly another illegal war. Spain's response is a courageous and inspiring stand which helps to rebuild the shattered norms of global peace and security.

The alarming contrast between Spanish and Canadian leaders to illegal U.S.-led attacks on Iran

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• This author has deep respect and support for both leaders and their general approach to democratic governance, but there's an unsettling difference between the two responses to what is clearly another illegal war. Spain's response is a courageous and inspiring stand which helps to rebuild the shattered norms of global peace and security.

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Canada’s trade ambitions rest on a food system we’re dismantling

• The assumption appears to be that fewer experts can somehow do more with less—an impossibility in a system already stretched past its limits.

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Ongoing grievance over public service health-plan switch an ‘interesting’ case, says labour lawyer

• The Public Service Alliance of Canada says its members have had prolonged issues since the federal government transferred the Public Service Health Care Plan from Sun life to Canada Life in July 2023.

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• 'There's never been a more important time to ensure that our domestic production is robust and protected,' says David Wiens, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

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• 'There's never been a more important time to ensure that our domestic production is robust and protected,' says David Wiens, president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada.

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• The Defence Industrial Strategy outlines a clear ‘ambition and intent,’ as well as efforts to ‘wean ourselves off of dependencies,’ particularly on the United States, says the former vice-chief of the defence staff.

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• The Defence Industrial Strategy outlines a clear ‘ambition and intent,’ as well as efforts to ‘wean ourselves off of dependencies,’ particularly on the United States, says the former vice-chief of the defence staff.

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• The public opinion in this area is clear: Canadians see agriculture and food production as central to our economic future. They want stronger domestic supply chains.

As global demand for protein and functional ingredient rises, so does Canada’s potential to capture new trade opportunities, writes Tyler Groeneveld. Image courtesy of Protein Industries Canada

It’s time to process what we grow

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• The public opinion in this area is clear: Canadians see agriculture and food production as central to our economic future. They want stronger domestic supply chains.

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• The public opinion in this area is clear: Canadians see agriculture and food production as central to our economic future. They want stronger domestic supply chains.

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• The funding for the Enhanced Nature Legacy Program will sunset March 31, and there's no word on its renewal. Meanwhile, the feds say a nature strategy is coming, but the 2026-27 main estimates highlight a 62 per cent drop in cash for nature conservation.

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• By embedding children’s needs more explicitly within regulatory decision-making, we can ensure that medicines proven safe and effective in comparable jurisdictions can reach Canada’s kids faster.

New Democrats will always support and defend supply management

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• Supply management is not a loophole. It is not a handout. It is a deliberate public policy choice that has kept family farms viable, food local, and rural communities strong for more than 50 years.

Supply management is one of the few tools Canada has that keeps production aligned with need, preventing overproduction, and protecting rural communities from price volatility, writes NDP MP Gord Johns. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

New Democrats will always support and defend supply management

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• Supply management is not a loophole. It is not a handout. It is a deliberate public policy choice that has kept family farms viable, food local, and rural communities strong for more than 50 years.

New Democrats will always support and defend supply management

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• Supply management is not a loophole. It is not a handout. It is a deliberate public policy choice that has kept family farms viable, food local, and rural communities strong for more than 50 years.

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Carney threads the needle of support for American-Israeli attacks on Iran

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• Most Canadians believe that Trump cannot be trusted on the trade file. That same fear will heat up as the war escalates. No one seems to know what the end game is. If regime change involves simply swapping out the murderous Ayatollah for his son, Canadian appetite for this war effort will quickly fade.

Ottawa discourages health-care innovation, and patients pay the price 

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• The federal government approach of discouraging and even penalizing provincial innovations that fall outside federal preferences has helped ensure the overpriced and under-performing status

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