Policy Topics | Policy Briefings

COLLAPSE

• Agriculture
• Biotechnology
• Defence & Security
• Environment
• Finance
• Fisheries and Oceans

• Foreign Policy​
• Health
• Industry and Manufacturing
• Infrastructure and Transport
• Innovation
• Intergovernmental

• Indigenous Relations
• Justice
• Labour & Employment
• Lobbying
• Natural Resources and Energy
• Women, Gender and Diversity

Biotechnology

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Canada is likely to face a shortfall of about 65,000 workers in the bio-economy by 2029, according to BioTalent Canada.

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Canada is likely to face a shortfall of about 65,000 workers in the bio-economy by 2029, according to BioTalent Canada.

Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Can biotechnology put patients’ needs ahead of profits?

OpinionBY SHARON BATT

Seizing the moment: building Canada’s academic leadership into a commercial powerhouse

OpinionBY GORDON C. MCCAULEY

New safety guidance sets up corporate self-regulation of GMOs

OpinionBY LUCY SHARRATT

Biotech sector is having a generational moment in Canada

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Genomics can both grow and green Canada’s economy

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Big money to scale up our most promising, young companies often from the United States

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s life sciences sector has come a long way

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ANDY FILLMORE

MOST RECENT POLICY BRIEFINGS

Biotech Policy Briefing

• DOWNLOAD

Biotechnology Policy Briefing

• DOWNLOAD

Biotechnology Policy Briefing

• DOWNLOAD

• VIEW ALL POLICY BRIEFINGS

Biotechnology, statistics, collaboration, and the pursuit of the future

OpinionBY DONALD ESTEP

Biotechnology, statistics, collaboration, and the pursuit of the future

OpinionBY DONALD ESTEP

Turning crisis into opportunity: a Canadian-made bio-revolution

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Rebuilding biotech sector requires diversified training, say researchers

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Going beyond the search for biotech unicorns

OpinionBY PETER W.B. PHILLIPS

Stop the shift to corporate self-regulation of GMOs

OpinionBY LUCY SHARRATT

Biotech solutions at a critical time for Canada

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Reinvestment needed to develop a lagging biotechnology sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Canada’s life sciences sector: its time has come 

OpinionBY ALAN BERNSTEIN

No ‘silver bullet’ to address biotech talent shortage, says BIOTECanada president

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

AGRICULTURE

In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Death by a thousand shadows: MacAulay must defend Canada’s Central Experimental Farm

OpinionBY PATRICK NADEAU

Canada should stand with farmers at COP28

OpinionBY MARTY SEYMOUR

This World Milk Day, thank a Canadian dairy farmer

OpinionBY PIERRE LAMPRON

See all

DEFENCE & SECURITY

Standing with Ukraine requires sound training, not scrapyard leftovers

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

We need to know all the facts about Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s assassination

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

Regardless of politics, climate change ‘isn’t a distant phenomenon’ amid ‘most destructive wildfire season in Canada’s history,’ say experts

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A missed chance to rein in security threats in space leaves us all vulnerable

OpinionBY JESSICA WEST

See all

Environment

Natural gas is neither a cleaner nor safer form of fuel energy

OpinionBY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG, HELEN HSU, SEHJAL BHARGAVA

Accelerated global warming and strange days, indeed, writes B.C. letter writer

Opinion

Conservatives already have a climate plan

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

New ‘post-partisan’ task force says Canada’s housing goal can’t compromise its emissions targets

NewsBY STUART BENSON

See all

FINANCE

Highlighting champions of change key to unlocking the true potential of social finance

OpinionBY CHELSEY MACNEIL

Amidst a ‘tricky time for fiscal policy,’ experts say lack of GDP growth a concern for new Finance deputy minister

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Charities can’t keep helping others if no one will help them

OpinionBY DAN CLEMENT

Feds should be wary of baseless accusations of modern worker laziness

OpinionBY JULIE SAVARD-SHAW

See all

Fisheries and oceans

On World Ocean Day, let’s celebrate the thing that connects us all

OpinionBY LOUIE PORTA

Committee report sounds alarm bells about DFO science

OpinionBY SEAN JONES

When will Ottawa stop allowing cruise ships to treat B.C.’s coastline like their personal toilet bowl?

OpinionBY ANNA BARFORD

Are the feds halting and reversing the progress made at COP15?

OpinionBY EMILY MCMILLAN, PATRICK NADEAU

See all

FOREIGN POLICY

Documents reveal feds evaluating ethics of Canada’s booming international student sector

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

The G7 can no longer call the shots

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Solidarity with government over India claim provides a ‘temporary respite at best’ for Trudeau’s tanking popularity, say pollsters

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

First prize: two days in beautiful Delhi! Second prize: four days in Delhi!

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

See all

health

Statistics Canada finds deficiencies in Canadians’ health, which governments must address now

OpinionBY DON DRUMMOND, DUNCAN SINCLAIR, DAVID JONES

Minister Holland discusses health crisis in Canada with lobbyists during busy August

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

With federal efforts underway to improve oral health care access, let’s work together to get it right

OpinionBY HEATHER CARR

National pharmacare likely won’t help Canadians who need it the most

OpinionBY BACCHUS BARUA, JAKE FUSS

See all

Industry and Manufacturing

Zero-emission vehicle industry can drive return on battery investments

OpinionBY MATTHEW FORTIER

Liberal proposals on competition and food price inflation draw mixed reviews from experts

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

ESG is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

Making carbon capture and storage work for the net-zero economy

OpinionBY BRUNO ARCAND

See all

infrastructure and transport

‘NIMBY’-ism a topic of discussion at housing and transit conference in wake of Poilievre’s new housing plan

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Yukon premier wants feds to invest in ‘nation-building’ infrastructure to unlock critical minerals and boost Arctic sovereignty

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

New housing minister is in a good position to execute a national attainable housing plan

OpinionBY ROB RICHARDS

‘High expectations’ for new housing and infrastructure minister as Sean Fraser takes over ‘Everest-like’ file, say pundits

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

See all

innovation

Feds can no longer ignore devastation from substance use in the North

OpinionBY LAWRIE CRAWFORD

Greater support needed for invisible majority of Canadian women in STEM

OpinionBY SAADIA MUZAFFAR

AI tools improve advocacy campaigns in ‘way that doesn’t break the bank,’ but can carry risks, say public affairs pros

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Federal support for host-directed therapeutics will help prepare for future health emergencies

OpinionBY PAR NIJHAWAN

See all

intergovernmental

Only in Quebec would ‘English Week’ be controversial

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Why New Brunswick’s Indigenous leaders support nuclear energy development

OpinionBY TERRY RICHARDSON

Where the buck stops in the Greenbelt scandal is anybody’s guess

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

StatsCan isn’t doing Quebec’s anglophones any favours

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

See all

justice

What role do global human rights law play in Canada’s duty to repatriate citizens being held abroad? In short: none

OpinionBY BRIAN L. COX

Saskatchewan First Nations challenging provincial control of natural resources

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

‘Complete abdication of responsibility’: group that visited Syrian detainees says pressure building on feds to act

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Firearms legislation about ‘preventing harms,’ says Senate committee chair ahead of fall discussions

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

See all

Labour & employment

MPs call for House study after UN report slams Canada’s efforts to combat contemporary slavery, forced labour

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

It’s time to dispense with false narratives and look for real solutions to Canada’s housing crisis

OpinionBY SHAMIRA MADHANY

Advocates call on federal government to support community land trusts as a way to preserve existing affordable housing

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Advocates call on Liberals to show leadership to protect queer and trans students as ‘parental rights’ slogans take root across Canada

NewsBY STUART BENSON

See all

Lobbying

Interim ethics chief could be in conflict of interest if he pursues full term, claims Conacher

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Breakfast Club of Canada pushes for government follow-through on school food policy in July

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lack of meaningful consultation over search for new ethics commissioner ‘incredibly problematic,’ says Tory ethics critic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

What happens with no ‘gatekeepers’? Just look at Ford’s Greenbelt scandal

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

See all

natural resources and energy

As Britain eyes Canada’s critical minerals, U.K. minister for the Americas seeks to build relationships with Indigenous Peoples in Canada

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH

Trans Mountain critics say regulatory filings confirm earlier fears about billions in unrecovered costs

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Guyana’s oil boom has an expiry date

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Ontario government locking in long-term dependence on gas plants despite federal clean electricity timelines

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

See all

Women, Gender and Diversity

Tories’ silence is golden on trans issues, but might not be sustainable

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

The silence of the House speaks volumes

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

The impact of the climate crisis on women

OpinionBY PAULETTE SENIOR

Embracing homophobia and transphobia is not a smart move for Poilievre

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

See all

Indigenous Relations

Passing Métis government recognition bill a firm step towards reconciliation

OpinionBY MARGARET FROH

Looking forward to National Day of Reconciliation

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Tight controls: barbed wire and Indigenous Peoples

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM, JAMES COOKE

Cast a critical eye to attempts to link fossil fuel expansion to Indigenous well-being

OpinionBY WARREN BELL, OJISTOH HORN

See all

Upcoming Policy briefings

Exclusive lists

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

Top 20 most-discussed issues in 2022

Top 20 most-discussed issues in 2022

Top 20 most-lobbied cabinet ministers in 2022

Top 20 most-lobbied cabinet ministers in 2022

Top 21 most-lobbied public office-holders in 2022

Top 21 most-lobbied public office-holders in 2022