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Defence & security

Integrity commissioner report spotlights gross mismanagement at Corrections Canada

OpinionBY IAN BRON

• Harriet Solloway’s first report as integrity commissioner is encouraging in its strong findings, which should serve as a warning to other managers in the public service.

Integrity commissioner report spotlights gross mismanagement at Corrections Canada

OpinionBY IAN BRON

• Harriet Solloway’s first report as integrity commissioner is encouraging in its strong findings, which should serve as a warning to other managers in the public service.

Seeing will be believing with Canada’s defence policy update

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Feds, provinces and territories prepare as projections warn wildfire season could ‘be more explosive’ than 2023’s record fires

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Canada’s salute to militarism is sad

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

CSIS director did not tell PM Canada was ‘far slower’ than allies in responding to foreign interference despite briefing note, Trudeau says

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Space systems are too important to leave unprotected against cyber attack

OpinionBY PAUL MEYER

Feds pledge faster and better defence procurement strategy, but experts say it all comes down to execution

NewsBY IREM KOCA

As feds announce billions in new defence funding, opposition MPs pan backloaded plan that misses 2 per cent NATO target

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Defence policy update doesn’t meet the moment

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

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Vimy anniversary highlights the myth of Canadian independence

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

• To many Canadians, Vimy Ridge has become the symbolic birthplace of where and when Canada became a truly independent nation, and shed its colonial past.

Vimy anniversary highlights the myth of Canadian independence

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

• To many Canadians, Vimy Ridge has become the symbolic birthplace of where and when Canada became a truly independent nation, and shed its colonial past.

NATO stands stronger together 20 years after its biggest expansion

OpinionBY PLAMEN GEORGIEV, MARGUS RAVA, KASPARS OZOLINS, DARIUS SKUSEVICIUS, BOGDAN MANOIU, VIERA GRIGOVá, ANDREJ RODE

Defence department spent around $1.2-billion on consultants last year

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Confronting Beijing’s meddling outweighs concerns over politician participation, says Uyghur advocate

NewsBY STUART BENSON

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, STEPHEN JEFFERY, STUART BENSON, JONAH GRIGNON

Making the Canadian military fighting fit again

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Defence contractors are ‘a giant vampire sucking billions of taxpayer dollars’: public service union head

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Tom Cruise isn’t going to save our skies

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

The never-ending story of studying military to civilian transition

OpinionBY GREGORY LICK

AGRICULTURE

Canada’s system of supply management: an innovative, modern solution

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Economic value of agriculture industry often overlooked by feds, argue sector advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change will affect your grocery prices

OpinionBY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

Agriculture can do more than just put food on our plate

OpinionBY RENE VAN ACKER, AMY PROULX, AND MARTIN SCANLON

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Biotechnology

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

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

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

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Environment

The federal carbon-pricing plan’s broken promise to small business

OpinionBY JAIRO YUNIS

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Why wait for disasters to strike to draw on research evidence?

OpinionBY JOHN N. LAVIS AND KERRY WADDELL

To curb pollution, government should put a price on it, says letter writer

Opinion

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FINANCE

Equity loan guarantees will pave path to economic reconciliation

OpinionBY WAYNE MCQUABBIE, GREGORY NEWTON, JOHN BEAUCAGE

Trudeau and Poilievre aren’t focused on what needs to be done

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Hard to see the ‘big picture’: Canada must improve how budget and estimates are presented, say public finance experts

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Public money has no party

OpinionBY SHEILA FRASER, MICHèLE GALIPEAU, MICHAEL PICKUP, DENISE HANRAHAM, CAROL BELLRINGER

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Fisheries and oceans

Unlocking the power of the ocean: threading the economic needle on the path to net zero

OpinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD, TRINE JøRANLI ESKEDAL

Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries

OpinionBY REBECCA SCHIJNS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans undermining minister’s mandate

OpinionBY KAREN WRISTEN

Catching up with Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier’s team

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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FOREIGN POLICY

A pantomime crisis, not a real war

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

A trading nation needs a globally engaged workforce

OpinionBY PERRIN BEATTY

India’s eroding democratic values questions its reliability as an ally to Canada

OpinionBY AIDEN ALEXIO

Why doesn’t Michael Harris cry out for Hamas to surrender and release the Israeli hostages, asks letter-writer Alan Williams

Opinion

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health

Time for Poilievre to join a constructive pharmacare conversation

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

House Health Committee calls for a national breast implant registry

FeatureBY MAGDELENE CRESKEY

School food program should focus on healthy plant-based eating

OpinionBY COLIN SARAVANAMUTTOO

Pharmacare bill offers too much ambiguity and too little ambition

OpinionBY CHRIS BONNETT

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Industry and Manufacturing

Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Expanded electric capacity to handle EVs must be taken seriously, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Fighting inflation one gigabyte at a time

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

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infrastructure and transport

Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Better climate-risk mapping data a must as Canada addresses housing crisis, says experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Time to stop building infrastructure for yesterday’s climate

OpinionBY RYAN NESS

In the air or at sea: how investments in transportation ports can support a transition to net-zero goals

OpinionBY KERRY BLACK

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innovation

EV battery fires are a global problem that we need to address in Canada

OpinionBY JOSIPA PETRUNIC

Driving down emissions with electric school buses

OpinionBY NDP MP LAUREL COLLINS

The electric-vehicle era is just getting rolling

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ADAM VAN KOEVERDEN

Canada has all the resources and tools we need to benefit from a clean and green economy

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

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intergovernmental

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A closer look at the federal carbon tax

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Are we sleepwalking to another national unity crisis?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Mass departures from municipal politics are understandable

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Internet freedom can co-exist with child protection

OpinionBY ANU GEORGE CANJANATHOPPIL, JOHN TANAGHO

Federal parties in court April 22 after judge denies adjournment request in voter data case

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

We must demand greater accountability from police

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP to argue new electoral reform bill should delay voter data court case

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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Labour & employment

Freeland’s budget should focus on housing, ending homelessness, writes Ottawa reader

Opinion

Time to act on Canada Disability Benefit promise

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA, ANDREAE SENNYAH

Canada needs a national housing standard to protect migrant agricultural workers: KAIROS

Opinion

Canada needs a comprehensive, national plan for refugee claimant housing

OpinionBY EMILIO RODRIGUEZ, ALLAN REESOR-MCDOWELL

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Lobbying

Poilievre’s communication record shows corporate lobbyists shouldn’t panic, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Democracy Watch wants lobbying commissioner’s office to probe firm with links to top Conservative adviser Jenni Byrne

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

First phase of pharmacare must not ‘create new gaps’ in existing coverage, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Ministers’ letters, advertising, and lobbying: advocates make final requests as 2024 budget process nears its end

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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natural resources and energy

A cap on emissions will actually hinder Canada’s environmental, social, and economic efforts

OpinionBY DEBORAH YEDLIN

Budget 2024 is critical to the future of made-in-Canada biofuel projects

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

We need more natural infrastructure, and fast

OpinionBY RICHARD GROSSHANS

Why two per cent?

OpinionBY ROBIN COLLINS AND SYLVIE LEMIEUX

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

OpinionBY MAGNOLIA PERRON

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

OpinionBY AMIN KAMALEDDIN

Will Canada support changes to international law on gender persecution?

OpinionBY RHONDA GOSSEN

House report on preventing human trafficking met with mixed reviews

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Indigenous Relations

Canada’s budgetary process: a failing grade in First Nations partnership

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Senate bill seeking to criminalize forced sterilizations raises concerns over unintended consequences

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Our day to talk about the elimination of racism

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

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