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Carney comes to the Rockies to try to move mountains at the G7 summit

Defence & SecurityBY NEIL MOSS

• The multilateral session of what is being described as one of the most consequential G7 summits will kick off June 16 and 17.

Giving Canadian critical minerals ‘a reasonable chance’

Natural Resources and EnergyBY CHARLOTTE GIBSON

Being an energy superpower in 2025 means going clean

Natural Resources and EnergyBY RACHEL DORAN, MARK ZACHARIAS

Before we get our resources to market, we need to make sure those markets actually want them

Natural Resources and EnergyBY DAVID WALLIS

Trust can’t be legislated, but it can be built

Indigenous RelationsBY KAREN RESTOULE

The stars are aligned: now Canada must deliver on its natural resources

Natural Resources and EnergyBY BRYAN N. DETCHOU

Canada should be a mining superpower, too

Natural Resources and EnergyBY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT

Diversified trade and strong pollution laws work together

EnvironmentBY CASSIE BARKER

Canada has moral duty to commit to international aid

Foreign PolicyBY BARBARA GRANTHAM, LAUREN RAVON, DANNY GLENWRIGHT

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Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling

EnvironmentBY GWYNNE DYER

• It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in

While the world fiddles, Canada is burning

EnvironmentBY SHEILA COPPS

Canada fails to meet key principle of nuclear safety: Ottawa activist

Natural Resources and Energy

Nation building isn’t just about speed—it’s about vision

EnvironmentBY SANDRA SCHWARTZ

Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality

PolicyBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR

Visions of a gold rush in expanded oil exports fly in the face of a decades-old reality

EnvironmentBY LES WHITTINGTON

Enlisting Coast Guard to buoy defence spending expected to hit choppy waters, say analysts

Defence & SecurityBY STUART BENSON

Let Canada’s telecom builders keep building

InnovationBY ROBERT GHIZ

Conservatives support extra money for military, says Poilievre

Defence & SecurityBY ANDREW MEADE

AGRICULTURE

Rural Canada is finally getting its moment

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY ROBINSON

Supply management consensus emerges but Grits, Tories accuse each other of past capitulation

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

No more scraps: making the election about ending hunger in Canada

OpinionBY NICK SAUL, JASMINE RAMZE REZAEE

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Biotechnology

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Canada needs to catch up in the biotech sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Ramped-up military spending is good news, but will face challenges

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

Achieving a pragmatic working relationship with China must be a foreign policy priority for Canada

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STUART BENSON, IREM KOCA

Public safety or public suppression?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Environment

Carney has energy to burn, that’s a problem

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Bill to fast-track major projects could boost GDP, but raises environmental concerns

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Liberals propose fast-tracking motion for major projects bill

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

The urgency of confronting a warming world remains

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

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FINANCE

From bureaucratic bloat to resilient growth: delivering on Carney’s economic vision

OpinionBY GREG MACDOUGALL

Carney’s Privy Council Clerk Sabia a ‘relentlessly focused’ changemaker

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Highlights from ‘fast-track’ Carney’s major defence pledge

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Digging into the One Canadian Economy Act

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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Fisheries and oceans

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

Rebuilding Canada’s fisheries for climate and economic security

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

B.C. suit says feds used consultations to justify ‘bad-faith’ Discovery Island salmon farming ban

NewsBY STUART BENSON

To protect nature, Canada must ratify the High Seas Treaty

OpinionBY SUSANNA FULLER

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FOREIGN POLICY

Canada’s hinge moment: a time to lead for Ukraine and the world

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, GEOFFREY GOODELL

Trump shamelessly uses U.S. military to do his bidding in Los Angeles 

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

‘These events are big challenges’: Carney faces tough road to G7 joint communiqué in Kananaksis

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

The art of the deal: Ambassador Kirsten Hillman a deft hand in navigating Canada’s relationship with Trump

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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health

It’s time for Ottawa to fully fund NIHB program, say Northwest Territories and Nunavut health ministers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

From Haiti to the PMO to cabinet: Canada’s new Health Minister Michel reflects on her front-row seat in politics

FeatureBY TESSIE SANCI

From reactive to proactive: Canada’s hidden health-care crisis and why physical activity should be central to policy

OpinionBY JOHN WESTON

Health minister says mental health and access to care are on her list of priorities

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

Why the right to repair needs to be a priority for the new government 

OpinionBY EMILY HOLTBY

Climate policy is economic policy

OpinionBY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER

Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry

NewsBY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD, PAUL PARK, HANNAH DALEY

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

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infrastructure and transport

Trade barriers and trucking: unified political fortitude needed to push through the noise

OpinionBY STEPHEN LASKOWSKI

Canada can’t move forward without Indigenous-led solutions

OpinionBY MICHAEL FOX

So are we getting high-speed trains or not?

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

Time to build—together

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

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innovation

Canada could lead on AI—if we’re willing to train for it

OpinionBY MATTHIAS OSCHINSKI, RUHANI WALIA

King Charles delivered the message, now Carney’s got to deliver the goods

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

G7 leaders should shape technology with trust 

OpinionBY KEITH JANSA

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intergovernmental

Bitumen skepticism not a blanket ‘no’ to pipelines, says B.C. Liberal MP Greaves

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Can Rodriguez dodge the ‘Anyone But Pablo’ movement developing in Quebec’s Liberal race?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Unlocking Canada’s full economic potential by harmonizing regulations

OpinionBY DANIEL GALLE

Despite the hype, transforming the Canadian economy requires more than modest reform

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER COTTON

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justice

Senate throws a lifeline to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY

‘This is a book about gender-based violence, with a focus on intimate partner abuse,’ says Donner-nominated author of And Sometimes They Kill You

FeatureBY PAMELA CROSS

DEI: love it or hate it, it’s more profitable

OpinionBY JORY COHEN

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Labour & employment

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

More trade, not less protection for workers

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

The future of Canada depends on Indigenous leadership

OpinionBY CANDACE LARSEN

PM Carney’s failure to appoint disabilities minister is an error in judgement

OpinionBY LEN BAKER

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Lobbying

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Governments and Indigenous communities have historic opportunity to fast track projects

OpinionBY JOHN DESJARLAIS

The generational imperative for Canada to embrace its resource advantage

OpinionBY MARGARETA DOVGAL

Canada can be a resource superpower if we build the road to get goods to market

OpinionBY GARY MAR

Powering a just transition: why Canada’s clean energy workforce needs a recharge

OpinionBY STACEY NORONHA, MISHA GOFORTH

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Women, Gender and Diversity

PM Carney, Minister Valdez raise Pride flag

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Don’t let the pink-washing win

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Advocates to push accountability for diversity, inclusion after lack of focus in Carney’s cabinet, mandate letter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Indigenous Relations

Nothing says colonization better than special economic zones

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

S-2 sponsor Sen. Audette says First Nations status fixes don’t ‘go far enough,’ but it’s ‘one step’ to tackle ‘racist’ Indian Act

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘The government has idly sat by’: NDP MPs say Indigenous communities need federal support as wildfires devastate Western Canada

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Wildfires, climate change, and will we make it through?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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