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Defence & security

Italy’s top diplomat says ‘not my job’ to condemn Trump’s annexation threats as Germany takes tougher stand 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• G7 foreign ministers were reluctant to directly condemn U.S. President Donald Trump over his threats to annex Canada.

Italy’s top diplomat says ‘not my job’ to condemn Trump’s annexation threats as Germany takes tougher stand 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

• G7 foreign ministers were reluctant to directly condemn U.S. President Donald Trump over his threats to annex Canada.

Rekindling sovereignty to face the fire next door

OpinionBY ALEXANDER LANDRY

Using icebreakers and subs to protect against U.S. pressure  

OpinionBY PETER RAUTENBACH

U.S. pressure ‘lighting a fire’ under Ottawa to get major defence procurement projects moving, says expert, as trade war escalates

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Trumped again

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

It’s not us, it’s you: America’s guns kill Canadians

OpinionBY WENDY CUKIER

Time for Canada to consider its own nuclear deterrent

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

Canada must ‘open our doors’ to other markets, diversify military procurement supply chains amid tariffs, says Minister Blair

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Election without foreign interference is much more important than early election

OpinionBY DUFF CONACHER

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Time for Canada to strengthen its digital sovereignty

OpinionBY ANDREW CLEMENT

• Canada must address our excessive dependence on the U.S. for critical national communication infrastructure.

Time for Canada to strengthen its digital sovereignty

OpinionBY ANDREW CLEMENT

• Canada must address our excessive dependence on the U.S. for critical national communication infrastructure.

Are cracks forming in Canada’s military relationship with America?

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Trump-Zelenskyy clash delivers death blow to NATO

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Casting a wider recruiting net

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Broken promises: the Trudeau government let down the world on UN peacekeeping

OpinionBY WALTER DORN

Trying to keep fear out of a fearful topic

OpinionBY JIM CRESKEY

U.S. ‘hacking away’ at world order means Canada must strengthen ties with allies, say foreign policy experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s foreign influence problem is about to escalate, here’s why

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO

Time for Canada to work with Europe

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

AGRICULTURE

Canada should use trade uncertainty as catalyst to grow agriculture sector

OpinionBY LIAM MACDONALD

Growing stronger: strengthening Canada’s agriculture in the face of climate and global challenges

OpinionBY BECKY CHAPMAN

We need agricultural intelligence to protect against the threat of avian influenza

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR PAULA SIMONS

Trade war with U.S. an opportunity to clean up Canada’s approach to toxic pesticides

OpinionBY ANELYSE WEILER

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Biotechnology

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

Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

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

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

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Environment

Don’t let Maple MAGAs dictate Canada’s path

OpinionBY KEITH STEWART

Mid Mark Carney may not meet the moment

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Canada’s unnecessary carbon tax detour

OpinionBY MARK JACCARD

Losing the consumer carbon tax takes Canada a step backwards

OpinionBY NICHOLAS RIVERS

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FINANCE

Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Increased electrification, tighter building codes could be needed if consumer carbon tax scrapped, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Nova Scotia delivers interprovincial trade ‘game changer’ while feds offer ‘symbolic’ gesture, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Trade war could permanently shrink Canada’s GDP by two per cent: PBO

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Feds’ plan for fish-farm transition no catch, say wild salmon, industry advocates

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Reconciliation that works for all in Canada’s fisheries

OpinionBY GENNA CAREY

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FOREIGN POLICY

Scenes from the Charlevoix G7 foreign ministers summit

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

G7 foreign ministers avoid explicit support for Canada as Trump doubles down

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Maybe a short ceasefire in Ukraine, maybe not

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

G7 top diplomats open three-day meeting with all eyes on U.S. as trade war deepens

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

The growing threat of forever chemicals

OpinionBY BLAISE SALMON

Canada’s health-care system ‘in a tough spot,’ says Singh

FeatureBY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

No, becoming the 51st state wouldn’t give us better health care—but Trump knows he’s hitting a nerve

OpinionBY BERT BLUNDON

Expanding the Canada Health Act must include mental health and substance use health

OpinionBY MARY BARTRAM, KATHLEEN LESLIE

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Industry and Manufacturing

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

Sister cities under strain: U.S. steel tariffs threaten to divide Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from its American twin city

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Strong ‘political will’ provides ‘catalyst’ to breakdown stubborn internal trade barriers, says Anand

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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infrastructure and transport

Any Arctic strategy must ensure Canadian control

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Breaking down Trudeau’s high-speed rail pledge

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Don’t overlook productivity in bid to return resilience to Western Canada’s supply chains

OpinionBY MARZIA RIZVI

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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innovation

Trump’s Uno reverse

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

A decade later: did the Liberals deliver on science?

OpinionBY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, TREVOR POTTS

Liberals unveil their vision for CBC/Radio-Canada’s future as looming snap election jeopardizes their plans

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Canada can’t afford to be left behind as the world makes a quantum leap

OpinionBY LISA LAMBERT

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intergovernmental

Ontario results indicate federal election will be dominated by Trump threats, economic issues, say observers

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘It was very directive’: Trudeau leaves legacy of deploying federal cash to push provincial policies

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Furey has the right prescription for politics

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

In the heart of Montreal, Liberals look to maintain dominance and avoid repeat of byelection shock

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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justice

Black Justice Strategy’s 10-year plan ‘too little, too late,’ says NDP MP Green

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Time for Canada to step up as a human rights world leader

OpinionBY ODETTE MCCARTHY, JEAN-SéBASTIEN VALLéE

Top court could offer clarity on ‘open question’ of constitutional status of parliamentary privilege, say experts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Labour & employment

Unions seek government to fix Phoenix problems ‘once and for all’

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘Don’t go in with a sledgehammer’: public service caps or cuts should be rational, targeted, says Savoie

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Military applications up amid Trump threats, global uncertainty, new recruiting strategies

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘Unprecedented national crisis’: relaxed hybrid work rules urged as public servants stare down tariff response workload

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Lobbying

Mexico and the U.S. play rough with public records and information regulators. What about Canada?

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Trade tensions with U.S. motivate economic lobbying in January

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

What is suddenly, painfully clear: we need to get our own economic house in order

OpinionBY JAY KHOSLA, ARASH GOLSHAN

Bolstering domestic manufacturing can make us resilient to tariffs, and help meet our sustainability goals

OpinionBY ALEX TAVASOLI, HOLLY CAGGIANO

Diversifying carbon capture tech will help keep Canada competitive

OpinionBY BONNIE DROZDOWSKI

Renewable energy is declining in Canada

OpinionBY WARREN MABEE, BALIE WALKER

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Despite challenging first two years, Canada’s special rep on Islamophobia is undaunted

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Because it’s 2025: Canada at a crossroads on human rights

OpinionBY COLIN DRUHAN

Forging a path for women’s leadership 

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR ROSEMARY MOODIE, STEPHANIE HOSANG, SHALAKA DIXIT

New research explores presence, experiences of Black Canadians in politics

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Indigenous Relations

Understanding the policy implications of Canada’s ‘hidden energy communities’

OpinionBY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM

Why Indigenous rights must be integrated into Canada’s regulatory process

OpinionBY BYRON LOUIS

‘Buy Indigenous’ is ‘Buy Canada’

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR PJ PROSPER

Rising costs, and the looming threat of tariffs disproportionately affecting Métis

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

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Poilievre’s riding among seats with highest turnout in Liberal leadership race

Poilievre’s riding among seats with highest turnout in Liberal leadership race

Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising

Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising

Who’s in the race? Tracking the field of Liberal leadership candidates

Who’s in the race? Tracking the field of Liberal leadership candidates

Who’s backing the Liberal leadership contenders?

Who’s backing the Liberal leadership contenders?

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue

Liberal MPs who spoke at the closed-door caucus showdown on Oct. 23

Liberal MPs who spoke at the closed-door caucus showdown on Oct. 23