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Foregin Policy

Certainly in chaos: Canada’s path to unshakable leadership

OpinionBY STéPHANE PAQUET, JACQUIE GRIFFITHS

• By shifting project approvals from 'whether' to 'how,' streamlining interprovincial trade, and accelerating infrastructure, the One Canadian Economy Act is a positive step. Now, that same urgency must be applied to empower Canadian city regions to compete globally while safeguarding our national interest—and win.

Certainly in chaos: Canada’s path to unshakable leadership

OpinionBY STéPHANE PAQUET, JACQUIE GRIFFITHS

• By shifting project approvals from 'whether' to 'how,' streamlining interprovincial trade, and accelerating infrastructure, the One Canadian Economy Act is a positive step. Now, that same urgency must be applied to empower Canadian city regions to compete globally while safeguarding our national interest—and win.

Carney’s China challenge requires a foreign policy reset

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Ecuador: from chaos to sustained growth

OpinionBY ESTEBAN CRESPO POLO

‘What is being promised?’: NDP, labour call for more transparency in trade talks with Trump 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Turning goals into results

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

Is Trump protecting tech billionaires in U.S. fight with Canada over digital services tax?

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

Bangkok protests, Iran airstrikes, and stupid old men

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The real Mark Carney is about to emerge

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

Happy travels, Canada, and Happy Canada Day

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

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Canada Part I: Interprovincial Trade & Labour

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Canadian cultural diversity is what makes our country great

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

• In this tense global environment, people around the world look to Canada as a country where people have learned to celebrate their differences, not revile them. 

Canadian cultural diversity is what makes our country great

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

• In this tense global environment, people around the world look to Canada as a country where people have learned to celebrate their differences, not revile them. 

Canadians would go to the wall for this beautiful country, no matter how tawdry Trump’s trash talk and tariffs get

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Iran’s uranium enrichment: myths, realities, and what Canada should understand

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON, GORDON EDWARDS

NATO summit ‘not a disaster’ on the Trump front, but a ‘piece of theatre’ otherwise

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Flawed in principle and practice: why Canada must say no to Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

OpinionBY CESAR JARAMILLO

Canada-India reset and diaspora concerns during G7 summit

OpinionBY RAJESH C. SHUKLA | UPDATED June 27, 2025

Much ado about nothing in Iran

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Guyana hosts June fête

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

As the U.S. follows Israel into Iran, where is Canada’s voice?

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

AGRICULTURE

‘They were emphatic in their foolishness’: Senate defers to House on Bloc supply management bill despite concerns

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Rural Canada is finally getting its moment

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY ROBINSON

Supply management consensus emerges but Grits, Tories accuse each other of past capitulation

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Biotechnology

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

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

New DND plan gives extra seven years to meet army and navy readiness targets, lowers air force aims

NewsBY NEIL MOSS | UPDATED July 2, 2025

Q&A | New five-per-cent NATO target ‘achievable’ if Canada is ‘smart about it,’ says David Perry

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Investing in critical minerals would be a win-win for Canada

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Saskatchewan Senator pushes for a national emergency response agency to fight wildfires

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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Environment

Connecting regional electricity grids should be Canada’s top nation-building project

OpinionBY PETER NICHOLSON, RICK SMITH

Canadians’ right to a healthy environment is already being tested

OpinionBY LYNDIA DERNIS, JANE MCARTHUR

Breaking down C-5: Carney’s ‘build, baby, build’ bill draws support from business sector, but heavy pushback from environmental, Indigenous groups

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s water is a strategic asset, so let’s treat it like one

OpinionBY SOULA CHRONOPOULOS

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FINANCE

PSPC’s three-year $17.5-billion spending plan lacks clear roadmap to future goals, say insiders

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Canada’s government and banks are stuck on oil—and this is a problem

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

All three levels of government must play their part in building up Canada’s supply chains

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Rebuilding Canada’s fisheries for climate and economic security

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

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health

National dental care program is likely more costly than advertised

OpinionBY MATTHEW LAU

The G7’s HIV/AIDS response wanes precisely when global leadership is required

OpinionBY JULIO MONTANER

The disconnect between climate promise and delivery

OpinionBY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, TREVOR HANCOCK

It’s time for Ottawa to fully fund NIHB program, say Northwest Territories and Nunavut health ministers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

Why the right to repair needs to be a priority for the new government 

OpinionBY EMILY HOLTBY

Climate policy is economic policy

OpinionBY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER

Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry

NewsBY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD, PAUL PARK, HANNAH DALEY

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

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infrastructure and transport

High-speed rail in Canada is not up for debate, or is it?

OpinionBY WILLIAM MORRISON

Reconciliation is action, not just words

OpinionBY MICHELLE ROBINSON

Loophole Liberals making an ignominious power grab

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Q&A | Elizabeth May on Carney’s major projects’ ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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innovation

Capitalizing on the capital: Ottawa has defence hub potential

OpinionBY SONYA SHOREY, SUELING CHING

Canada and Europe can offer a united front for digital sovereignty

OpinionBY ESTELLE AZEMARD

Canada must lead in the age of AI

OpinionBY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, MARK DALEY

Let Canada’s telecom builders keep building

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

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intergovernmental

A new Arctic archipelagic defence concept will project Canada’s power in the North

OpinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE

Tea, tradition, and the throne

OpinionBY NON-AFFILIATED SENATOR IRIS PETTEN

‘It’s like a war zone’: Secretary of State Belanger says Saskatchewan wildfires are leaving ‘traumatic and depressing’ losses in their wake

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

OpinionBY MARK WINFIELD

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justice

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

‘This is a book about gender-based violence, with a focus on intimate partner abuse,’ says Donner-nominated author of And Sometimes They Kill You

FeatureBY PAMELA CROSS

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Labour & employment

What to do about youth unemployment?

OpinionBY ABDUL ABBASI, MATTHEW GERRITS, HANNAH HUNTER

If Carney wants to transform the economy, he needs to fix the housing crisis

OpinionBY TIM RICHTER, PEDRO BARATA, JANICE MYERS, RAY SULLIVAN

Investing in Indigenous education is an investment in Canada’s future

OpinionBY MIKE DEGAGNé

What we choose to build

OpinionBY VALERIE WALKER, MATT MCKEAN

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Lobbying

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Pipelines or pipe dreams?

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Bill C-5 will likely gut environmental protections, in the name of the economy

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

With Indigenous relations taking on an economic lens, consultation will be key, say academics, orgs

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Here’s why Canada should say ‘no’ to LNG

OpinionBY NICHOLE DUSYK

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Women, Gender and Diversity

There’s no better time for Canada to embrace its diversity

OpinionBY JENNIFER ST. GERMAIN

‘They’re never going to silence me’: Red Chamber marks Pride month with historic number of openly queer Senators 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Indigenous Relations

Carney ‘buries Caesar’ by admitting his own mistakes

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

Here are some ways to revolutionize the federal government for tomorrow’s challenges

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Senate passes Carney’s controversial nation-building bill, citing ‘trust’ in the government

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Carney says Indigenous traditions are key to protecting nature—Métis climate leadership offers a path forward

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

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Exclusive lists

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

Who’s in and who’s out of Carney’s post-election cabinet?

Who’s in and who’s out of Carney’s post-election cabinet?

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $280,600

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $280,600

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election