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Foregin Policy

Poilievre continues to place Trudeau on Canada’s ‘most unwanted’ list and his strategy appears to be working

Opinion

• Pierre Poilievre’s usual modus operandi is to take a page from Donald Trump 1.0: the country is going to hell in a handbasket, and it’s all the fault of one man. 

Poilievre continues to place Trudeau on Canada’s ‘most unwanted’ list and his strategy appears to be working

Opinion

• Pierre Poilievre’s usual modus operandi is to take a page from Donald Trump 1.0: the country is going to hell in a handbasket, and it’s all the fault of one man. 

Lessons from Canada’s IPEF absence

OpinionBY CARLO DADE

McPhedran, May, McPherson, Davies defy government, attend UN meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

‘Penny wise, pound foolish’: interparliamentary group chairs decry decision to reject funding boost

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Global Affairs missed target of having nearly half of Canadians back diplomatic efforts: department report

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Protesters vow continued ‘civil disobedience’ until feds issue call for permanent Israel-Hamas ceasefire

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Newest India assassination claims validate expansion of public inquiry beyond China, says Thomas Juneau

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Partisan clashes cloud implementation of revised Ukraine trade bill as experts pan Tories’ carbon tax complaints

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Spavor’s lawsuit raises questions that should have already been examined

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Advancing Canada-Japan co-operation for a free and open Indo-Pacific

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

• I sincerely hope that further Canadian engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and the deepening of Canada-Japan co-operation will contribute to the betterment of the region and beyond.

Advancing Canada-Japan co-operation for a free and open Indo-Pacific

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

• I sincerely hope that further Canadian engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and the deepening of Canada-Japan co-operation will contribute to the betterment of the region and beyond.

Hoping one day for Israel to finally become beacon of light in Middle East: letter writer

Opinion

Claim that Israel is a ‘settler colonial state’ is completely bogus: Alan Williams

Opinion

Temporary Israel-Hamas truce unlikely to pave way for longer ceasefire, say foreign policy experts, as hostage-prisoner exchange begins

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Implementing Canada’s Indo-Pacific economic strategy

OpinionBY DAVID ABONYI, GEORGE ABONYI

Israel-Hamas is more complex than good versus evil

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Israel-Hamas ceasefire

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

NATO’s new strategy and the Canadian defence industry

OpinionBY NICOLAS TODD

Operational shortcomings, aging equipment, and culture in crisis: new DND report a ‘depressing reading’ of state of military, say MPs

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

AGRICULTURE

Bill C-275 overestimates risk of human-to-animal disease transmission

OpinionBY DAT NGUYEN

The real threat to our food supply and public health is lack of regulation

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

Animal rights activists threaten our health and food supply

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

Unjust, unwise, and unconstitutional: Bill C-275 has no place in Canada

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

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Biotechnology

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

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Canadian aerospace and the supply chain challenge: a structural problem, or just a passing phase?

OpinionBY JOHN GRADEK

An aerospace strategy for Canada is key to unlocking our full potential

OpinionBY MIKE MUELLER

Federal government can do more to help aviation industry get to 2050 target

OpinionBY KIMBERLEY VAN VLIET

Reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions challenging but not impossible

OpinionBY DAVID ZINGG

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Environment

Transitioning to a low-carbon world is one of the great game-changing challenges of our generation, but Liberals have failed to sell it

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Catalyzing the opportunity of the North Pacific green corridor

OpinionBY IAN ANDERSON

Canada doesn’t have climate leaders: Bill Henderson

Opinion

COP28 and climate science

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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FINANCE

Missing the point of Freeland’s what-have-we-got-to-lose mini-budget

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Trudeau government keeps violating self-imposed fiscal rules

OpinionBY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Freeland fails to address future of Canadian economy in forthright terms

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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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

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health

Who cares for the carers?

OpinionBY OWEN CHARTERS AND ALINE NIZIGAMA

Our government is failing Canadians regarding their end-of-life rights

OpinionBY NORMA GREENAWAY, SHERRY MORAN

‘Goodwill’ remains on both sides in pharmacare talks, despite political pressures facing Liberals and NDP, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Tackling the health system’s carbon footprint: when part of the problem becomes part of the solution

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

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Industry and Manufacturing

‘Soon’ can’t come quickly enough for floundering Liberals

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

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

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infrastructure and transport

How do we create cities where everyone can thrive?

OpinionBY AMY JUSCHKA, TESICCA TRUONG, AND SHAUNA SHORTT

Budget and community involvement among concerns facing high-frequency rail project between Ontario and Quebec

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Will high-frequency rail be the death knell for VIA?

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Canada must accelerate train car procurement to save rail services

OpinionBY TERRY JOHNSON

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innovation

Bill C-27 lacking transparency for private-sector, AI privacy intrusions

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Rethinking the government’s cloud technology

OpinionBY JEFF EWIN

Music Canada CEO says CRTC regulatory update shouldn’t put ‘artificial dome’ over Canadian content

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Artificial intelligence summit full of trite portent

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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intergovernmental

Liberal MP McDonald says he’s rebuffed Conservatives’ overtures three times, but won’t rule out crossing the floor or sitting as an Independent

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Saskatchewan bill shows why the notwithstanding clause exists

OpinionBY DAVE SNOW

The significant and existential threat to Arctic sovereignty from climate change

OpinionBY NDP MP LINDSAY MATHYSSEN

Arctic disputes won’t all be solved with more arms

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

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justice

Canadian government must legislate to promote online safety, says Facebook whistleblower

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Canada needs to take strong stand against war crimes in Israel-Hamas conflict: aid group

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Evidence points to the future success of Bill C-21

OpinionBY NAJMA AHMED

Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Labour & employment

Tenants describe ‘dramatic erosion’ of existing affordable housing, call on feds to take action

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

Fixing Canada’s problems will remain an uphill struggle until voters start holding provinces accountable

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Conservatives in no rush to pick at Liberal-NDP anti-scab legislation

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Lobbying

RCMP commissioner to testify as House Ethics Committee probe into SNC-Lavalin decision begins

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environment lobbying leads in October in advance of feds’ anticipated oil and gas cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘Vague’ decision by ethics office in conflict of interest case needs more details to guide MPs going forward, say public law experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Vehicle armour firm leads economic development advocacy in September

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Canadians should be afraid of radiation: Frank Greening

Opinion

Big costs sink flagship nuclear project and will sink future small modular reactor projects, too

OpinionBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

‘Everything is not going right for them’: feds’ confusing messaging on pause on home heating oil carbon pricing puts them ‘on the defensive,’ says Nanos

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Young leaders question Canada on nuclear disarmament

OpinionBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN AND AVINASHPALL SINGH

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Women, Gender and Diversity

NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Canada’s opportunity to lead on sustainable menstrual equity

OpinionBY LINDA BIGGS, LEISA HIRTZ, MADELEINE SHAW

Claiming their places at the edge of history

OpinionBY VELMA MORGAN

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Indigenous Relations

It’s time for feds to make amends for historical inadequacies of First Nation education

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM AND RON PHILLIPS

What is so surprising about the demand for ‘change’ in reconciliation?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

The takedown of Buffy Sainte-Marie is painful to witness

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous policy?

OpinionBY FRANCES ABELE AND CATHERINE MACQUARRIE

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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