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Biotechnology

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

OpinionBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

• A proactive and co-ordinated strategy from the government is essential to safeguard both access and affordability to medicines for the long term.

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

OpinionBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

• A proactive and co-ordinated strategy from the government is essential to safeguard both access and affordability to medicines for the long term.

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

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Harnessing the power of Canada’s growing biotechnology industry: a perspective from the West

OpinionBY STEPHANIE WILLERTH

Biotechnology: an opportunity balanced on a knife’s edge

OpinionBY ADAM DAMRY

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Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

• Governments should focus on supporting basic research, helping startups, and funding the scale-up of growth companies.

Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

• Governments should focus on supporting basic research, helping startups, and funding the scale-up of growth companies.

From crisis to catalyst: Canada’s opportunity to drive global health and research innovation

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

A flourishing biotech sector starts by innovating education

OpinionBY VALERIE WARD, MARC AUCOIN, HECTOR BUDMAN

The prescription for Canada’s health care future

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Biotechnology momentum in Canada needs infusion of talent and anchor firms, say industry reps

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada needs to catch up in the biotech sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

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

AGRICULTURE

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

Supply management works well for Canadians

OpinionBY BRUCE MUIRHEAD, JODEY NURSE

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Royal Canadian Air Force unveils two planes for training program

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

A thin façade of combat capability

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

‘Sunshine is what is needed’: 2025 election, foreign interference issues on deck for PROC this fall

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Foreign influence watchdog needs experience and compassion, not eminence: national security experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Environment

Will Inuit voices be heard when it comes to nation-building projects?

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Uncertainty surrounds assessments plans for national interest projects 

OpinionBY ROBERT B. GIBSON

Canada can’t cop out on the climate

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Strengthening climate policy to build long-term prosperity

OpinionBY SIMON DONNER, LOUISE COMEAU, ROBERT HORNUNG

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FINANCE

Government procurement should reflect Canada’s real wealth: its SMEs

OpinionBY SENATOR DANIèLE HENKEL

Define ‘Canadian’: questions loom over Carney’s ‘protectionist’ procurement policy push 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Feds should invest in empowering Canadians through financial planning

OpinionBY TASHIA BATSTONE

Let’s unlock local capital to build a stronger Canada

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

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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

Pakistan puts on mango menu

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Ecuador marks national day

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Jamaica flies Independence Day flag

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

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health

The NDP race is on

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Canada can’t afford to stop moving

OpinionBY ELIO ANTUNES

Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Feds risk missing deadline for reducing tuberculosis rates in Inuit communities

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

Canada, Europe, and NATO: a renewed commitment to shared security

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP STEPHEN FUHR

The return of the wildcat strike?

OpinionBY CARLO FANELLI

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infrastructure and transport

Let’s fix our EV problem and break the Canada-China trade logjam

OpinionBY HUGH STEPHENS

Railways: Canada’s next great nation-building project

OpinionBY LAURENCE NGUYEN

Calls mount for the Arctic to make national-interest list with launch of Major Projects Office: there’s an ‘Achilles heel in the North’ 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Transport Canada projects 1,000 fewer jobs by 2027-28, with green programs on the chopping block

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

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innovation

Not investing in social innovation is holding back our economy

OpinionBY MARIE-CHRISTINE LADOUCEUR-GIRARD, ANDREA NEMTIN

Why Canada must lead on AI in higher education now

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, DMYTRO CHUMACHENKO

From aid to advantage: re-imagining Canada–Africa relations

OpinionBY SELAH GETAHUN

Innovation put Canada ahead in AI; adoption will decide who benefits

OpinionBY SARAH STOCKDALE, AVERY SWARTZ, KIRSTEN KOPPANG TELFORD

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intergovernmental

A dose of realism about Canada’s LNG plans

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

We need a ‘Carney moment’ in health care

OpinionBY IVY OANDASAN

As the CAQ flounders, the Parti Québécois appears to be unstoppable

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Doug Ford’s political nihilism

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

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justice

Canada’s deafening silence defending the International Criminal Court 

OpinionBY MARK KERSTEN

Military police chief is ignoring the law, shutting down probes into complaints: watchdog report

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

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

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Labour & employment

Back to Parliament: Time to build Canada together

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Post-pandemic uptick in public servant sick days making the case for remote work, say unions

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Course correction’ needed to ensure new childcare spaces meet federal accessibility targets, says economist

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

The Canada that Dryden believed in remains at risk today

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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Lobbying

Build Canada Homes must prioritize ‘right’ kind of housing, affordability and green energy, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Economic lobbying in July rises to meet demand for nation-building projects, interprovincial trade

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Steel, auto sectors seek relief after latest ‘crushing’ tariff hike 

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘The honeymoon period will be over’: politicos expect high bar for Carney’s first budget, and omnibus-bill headaches

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Canada should fast-track the idea that Indigenous rights and critical minerals go hand in hand

OpinionBY SAGA WILLIAMS, MARISA BECK, TAMARA KRAWCHENKO

Environmental groups, LNG advocates conflict over natural gas demand as Major Projects Office launches

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Safeguarding Canada’s freshwater heritage

OpinionBY CAMERON FIORET, MAUDE BARLOW

How the Indigenous workforce can STEM the tide for the coming energy tsunami

OpinionBY JOHN DESJARLAIS

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Canada’s public service needs updated visible minority hiring targets

OpinionBY WAHEED KHAN

Carney becomes second sitting prime minister in Canadian history to march at Pride

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

WAGE isn’t in a funding crisis—it has a design flaw

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM

Plan tackling gender-based violence needs funding renewed, say advocates amid concerns over budget cuts

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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Indigenous Relations

Indigenous consent isn’t a veto: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built

OpinionBY TIM GRAY, EMILY MCMILLAN, RACHEL PLOTKIN, JESSICA CLOGG

Air Canada mess is a lesson for government

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Cuts to Indigenous Services Canada sparking concerns of return to ‘Band-Aid solutions,’ and ‘mistakes of the past’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

When will Canada embrace Indigenous-led wildfire solutions that we know work?

OpinionBY AMY CARDINAL CHRISTIANSON, CONROY SEWEPAGAHAM, FRANK BROWN

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