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Innovation

Canada’s defence depends on its universities

OpinionBY BILL FLANAGAN

• Ottawa’s new defence spending commitments will only succeed if the country invests strategically in its universities.

Canada’s defence depends on its universities

OpinionBY BILL FLANAGAN

• Ottawa’s new defence spending commitments will only succeed if the country invests strategically in its universities.

Climate collaboration with China serves Canada’s national interests

OpinionBY WENRAN JIANG

Public servants urge data sovereignty in recent survey, while AI minister says ‘data isn’t gold in Fort Knox’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Top bureaucrats say AI is ‘art of the possible’ in the public service

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Canada’s next era of nation-building depends on AI and quantum innovation

OpinionBY GABE MILLER

Has the time come for a Canadian DARPA?

OpinionBY ARVIND GUPTA, ERIC BOSCO

Canada remains at the ‘wrong end of the data vacuum,’ says Sen. Colin Deacon as Liberals preview AI, privacy legislation reboot

NewsBY STUART BENSON

U.S. war on science has ‘damaged’ Canada’s research ecosystem, but also offers opportunity, say university advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Trust universities to lead Canada’s next wave of innovation

OpinionBY JULIE ST-PIERRE

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Research is a major Canadian project

OpinionBY LEAH COWEN

• Co-ordinated research and immigration policies can ensure that today’s transformative initiatives deliver long-term dividends for Canadians.

Research is a major Canadian project

OpinionBY LEAH COWEN

• Co-ordinated research and immigration policies can ensure that today’s transformative initiatives deliver long-term dividends for Canadians.

A new deal for post-secondary education and research

OpinionBY DAVID ROBINSON

More to be done for Canada to become a leader in open science, research, and innovation

OpinionBY SUSAN HAIGH

Our immigration system is locking out some top global researchers

OpinionBY ALAN SHEPARD

Higher education is under pressure, and we’re up to the challenge

OpinionBY JEFF HENNESSY

The unsung guardians of Canadian dominion, innovation, and prosperity

OpinionBY THOMAS PULINILKUNNIL, ECATERINA COZMA, WALID A. HOURY

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Carney still has to tell us what kind of economy he’s trying to create

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada needs a real digital sovereignty strategy—not half measures

OpinionBY JOHN RUFFOLO

AGRICULTURE

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

School food advocates hopeful program will survive fall budget cuts, but say Ontario falling short of ‘all in’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

AI can’t save farming if our soils keep dying

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

Treat agriculture as national defence with a strong water strategy

OpinionBY JOHN SIMPSON

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Biotechnology

‘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

A different ‘philosophy’ steers new drug pricing guidelines, says top PMPRB bureaucrat after contentious path to rule changes  

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Canada’s underutilized Arctic radar advantage

OpinionBY PIERRE LEBLANC

Turning commitments into capability: the need for industrial strategies

OpinionBY MIKE MUELLER

Canada’s submarine purchase has new ‘sense of urgency’ with possible selection by end of year, says German envoy 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, IREM KOCA

Hegseth’s attack on rules of engagement could limit Canadian operations with ‘lawless’ U.S. military, says former House Defence Committee chair McKay 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Environment

Chimps, war, and us 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

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

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

Some ‘positives’ in the climate crisis

OpinionBY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT

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FINANCE

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

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

OpinionBY OLHA SOTSKA

Will the fall budget cycle be the spark MPs need to actually study spending?

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Africa is rising, and a generational budget is on the table. Canada must deliver

OpinionBY ANTHONY SALLOUM

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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

‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

Middle East experts ‘cautiously optimistic’ over Trump’s Gaza peace plan, but see little role for Canada to play

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Canada has influence—it’s time to use it to stop genocide

OpinionBY LAUREN RAVON, BUSHRA KHALIDI

How a former Hill staffer is lionizing a Canadian that helped end the Troubles 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

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health

Climate action is crucial for Canadians’ health

OpinionBY LHAMO DOLKAR, DORIS GRINSPUN

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

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

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

For drones, do like the Nordics and the Brits

OpinionBY WESLEY WARK

The return of the wildcat strike?

OpinionBY CARLO FANELLI

Any new industrial strategy must be an innovation strategy

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Look to C.D. Howe for lessons on defence procurement

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

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infrastructure and transport

As digital transformation reshapes our world, our expectations for physical infrastructure must evolve

OpinionBY SHAUNA BRAIL

Building Canada’s infrastructure for resilience and sustainable development

OpinionBY JEFF RANKIN

Below the surface: Canada’s hidden infrastructure crisis is a climate reckoning

OpinionBY ALI BAYAT

The promise and perils of nation-building projects

OpinionBY MATTI SIEMIATYCKI

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intergovernmental

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

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Bloc eyes provincial PQ win, but says it won’t affect strategy in the House: ‘our goal has always been the same’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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justice

Convoy protest organizers Lich, Barber sentenced to house arrest

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED October 7, 2025

Carney’s so-called Combatting Hate Act is an attack on pro-Palestine expression

OpinionBY ARASH GHIASSI, RIAZ SAYANI

Without clarity, Kneecap ban appears as a ‘politically motivated PR stunt,’ say critics, civil liberties, and immigration experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Conservatives seize on Liberals’ ‘law-and-order vacuum’ as Trump anxiety wanes, but ‘MAGA North’ comparisons still a concern, say strategists

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Labour & employment

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

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Do Canadians need new houses, or new homes?

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS, RYAN DESCHAMPS, RAHIM REZAIE

Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Labour stability is the missing link in Canada’s economic reboot

OpinionBY JULIAN KARAGUESIAN, DANIEL SAFAYENI

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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

Energy efficiency: unlocking Canada’s superpower potential

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ERIC ST-PIERRE

LNG project marks the moment to fulfill Canadian potential

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

Trans Mountain pipeline tolls could leave feds on the hook for billions in further costs

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

Local progress on energy, Arctic security must survive federal cuts

OpinionBY LYNNE COUVES

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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

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

OpinionBY FAE JOHNSTONE

Gender equality week should be a wake-up call for Canadian leaders

OpinionBY JULIE SAVARD-SHAW, ALEXANDRA STANTE

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Indigenous Relations

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

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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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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