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health

Trudeau, ministers emerge from Rouleau Commission testimony ‘relatively unscathed,’ say insiders

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE, JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Pollster Nik Nanos said the inquiry reinforced what most Canadians already knew, which was that there was a 'hot mess' between different law enforcement agencies, and between the federal government and provinces such as Ontario and Alberta.

Trudeau, ministers emerge from Rouleau Commission testimony ‘relatively unscathed,’ say insiders

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE, JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Pollster Nik Nanos said the inquiry reinforced what most Canadians already knew, which was that there was a 'hot mess' between different law enforcement agencies, and between the federal government and provinces such as Ontario and Alberta.

China’s COVID trap

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Extra $25.8-billion request brings federal spending up 4.6 per cent this year to $433-billion

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

For a world-class health system, Canada needs to think bigger

OpinionBY PAUL-ÉMILE CLOUTIER

A lot wrong with Poilievre’s recent video on his bonkers drug policy

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Committee treating MAID as ‘beneficial solution to all forms of suffering’ despite ‘deeply problematic reports’ of its use, warn disability advocates

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Significant policy shifts have been made, but government still leaving surrogacy families behind

OpinionBY JACQUIE LAROCQUE

Rouleau Inquiry lifts lid on ‘federal, provincial, municipal dysfunction in crisis management and policing,’ say politicos

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Thank you for your service, Deena Hinshaw, writes Alan Levy

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Fighting the next health crisis

OpinionBY E. RICHARD GOLD, ALED EDWARDS

• The best way for Canada to contribute to the development of new antibiotics is for the government to play a major role in aligning firms and universities, and to fund research.

Fighting the next health crisis

OpinionBY E. RICHARD GOLD, ALED EDWARDS

• The best way for Canada to contribute to the development of new antibiotics is for the government to play a major role in aligning firms and universities, and to fund research.

Prepaid payments boost rollout of Canada’s new dental care benefit

OpinionBY JENNIFER TRAMONTANA

Even with COVID receding, economic decision-making not getting any easier

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Advocates embrace potential for ‘systemic changes’ stemming from House committee report on health and IP, but opponents question study’s ‘premise’

FeatureBY IAN CAMPBELL

Governments are nipping the cannabis industry in the bud

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Committee report on vaccine equity calls for immediate review of Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime

FeatureBY IAN CAMPBELL

‘No consensus’: some Senators urge return of hybrid option in Red Chamber

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

NDP urges Senate to pass justice reform bill, begin countdown to drug-possession record suspension

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘A difficult and delicate thing’: the complex history of health equity fuels coming House committee report

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

AGRICULTURE

Plant seeds beyond agriculture to shore up the fertilizer sector

OpinionBY KAREN PROUD

Affordable shelter, fertilizer emissions, and tourism topped lobbying issues in busiest October since 2018

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Thoughts for food: Ag Committee, Competition Bureau prepare dual studies into ‘greedflation,’ grocery sector

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Four decades later, global hunger still trending

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN, NYAMBURA GITHAIGA

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Biotechnology

Canada’s life sciences sector has come a long way

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ANDY FILLMORE

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

‘Stay the course’: reporters, editors discuss strategies for combating online hate with Mendicino

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Canadian Rangers should have their maritime mission

OpinionBY PIERRE LEBLANC

Powerful but precarious: cracks in the foundation of fire and emergency services in Canada

OpinionBY KEN MCMULLEN, TINA SARYEDDINE

IRPP sets up the next 50 years

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Environment

Why protecting grasslands is a win-win-win for climate, biodiversity and the ranching community

OpinionBY PATRICK NADEAU, IAN COOK, AND RYAN BEIERBACH

Strengthen Bill S-5 to make Canada’s environmental protection law more just

OpinionBY JANE MCARTHUR

Plutonium is plutonium, period, and separating it increases nuclear proliferation risks 

OpinionBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

It’s time to re-establish Canada’s leadership in ecosystem restoration

OpinionBY LISA MCLAUGHLIN

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FINANCE

Conservatives look to ‘slice’ off worker vote from NDP as economy puts Liberals in ‘a very tight spot,’ say strategists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Three federal agencies ‘demystified’ at 3 Brewers Sparks in Ottawa

FeatureBY STUART BENSON

‘The status quo is not working’: AG calls for different approach to climate emergencies in First Nations

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Liberal stall tactics threaten to derail pension protection bill

OpinionBY MICHAEL POWELL

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Fisheries and oceans

‘There’s no more time’: green light needed for swift movement on blue economy, says Sen. Galvez

NewsBY ALICE CHEN

New Fisheries Minister Murray has list of ‘urgent’ priorities to grapple with

NewsBY ALICE CHEN

Canadian fisheries: access and benefits at risk of slipping away?

OpinionBY JENNIFER SILVER

Provinces to blame for Canada’s broken international conservation promise

OpinionBY SANDRA SCHWARTZ

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FOREIGN POLICY

Canada loses sight of its own national interest with Indo-Pacific Strategy

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Sport Minister St-Onge refused to go to Qatar for FIFA World Cup to show solidarity with LGBTQ community and migrant workers, say Liberal sources

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

Chasing ‘meh’ voters 

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Trudeau’s Indo-Pacific plan offers Canadian stamp on an American strategy

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

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Industry and Manufacturing

Canadian response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act should seek to boost ‘certainty’ for investors, says advocacy group

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Eyes turn to trade-pact clock after latest U.K. government toss-up

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Innovative post-secondary solutions will help solve Canada’s tech-sector skills shortage

OpinionBY JANE GOODYER

Politics This Morning: Anand visits Poland as Russian cruise missiles hammer Ukrainian cities

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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infrastructure and transport

Unlocking affordable infrastructure through tax-free municipal bonds 

OpinionBY MICHAEL FENN

Leading the way: Canadian aerospace industry poised for success

OpinionBY ANTHONY NOREJKO

A holiday wish list for Canada’s aerospace sector

OpinionBY GRANT STEVENS

Course-correcting Canada’s troubled aerospace sector

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

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innovation

John Lorinc takes home top Balsillie prize for book on smart cities

FeatureBY MIKE LAPOINTE

It’s time for Canada to be the global research leader of tomorrow

OpinionBY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, ALAN BERNSTEIN

What should be on Canada’s policy radar?

OpinionBY JENNIFER DITCHBURN

Twitter may be ailing, but Mastodon is no remedy

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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intergovernmental

Danielle Smith a political mayfly, not long for the job

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

Smith wants Alberta’s sovereignty

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

It’s time to do something about the notwithstanding clause

OpinionBY ALEX NEVE

Feds should view Alberta Sovereignty Act as ‘a warning’ that needs careful ‘wait-and-see’ response, say strategists

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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justice

Mounties’ union calls on feds to reconsider removal of ‘less-lethal intervention options’ from RCMP toolkit, citing safety concerns

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

On Truth and Reconciliation Day, Liberals should reflect on past mistakes, resist urge to defend themselves: Blackstock

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Will true reconciliation ever happen?

OpinionBY CAROL MCBRIDE

Reconciling our history for the health of our future

OpinionBY TINA CAMPBELL

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Labour & employment

To build our better tomorrow, we need the builders

OpinionBY MARY VAN BUREN

How does Canada solve its sustainable infrastructure crisis?

OpinionBY RHONDA LENTON

Building a more sustainable financial foundation for Canada’s universities and colleges

OpinionBY PETER MCINNIS

Here’s what’s still needed to drive innovation

OpinionBY MERIC GERTLER

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Lobbying

Improving diversity in GR space requires acknowledging change is possible, say Liberal MP, lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Quality of journalism should be considered in eligibility for Bill C-18, says NDP MP

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Bill C-11 amendments must define role of ‘international service,’ says RCI action committee spokesperson

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘It’s not easy work’: Yasir Naqvi on how to get things done with government

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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natural resources and energy

Nuclear power must be part of net-zero solution

OpinionBY GUY HOTTE, NEIL ALEXANDER

Why is Ontario turning its back on low-cost, low-carbon power?

OpinionBY ANGELA BISCHOFF

‘We tried to stop it’: chair of Indigenous coalition bidding for Trans Mountain went to court to block the project

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Canada must push harder to curb greenhouse gas emissions

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Diversity and inclusion promises ring hollow if racialized voices are shut out

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Global North’s whitelash brings fascism back in fashion

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Political parties have left women behind

OpinionBY JENNIFER M. PISCOPO

Politics This Morning: Liberals move forward on long-awaited plan for 2SLGBTQ+ people

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Indigenous Relations

Can we stop with the Indigenous identity fraud?

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM

What to do with pretendians

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

‘Remarkable showing of co-operation’ from MPs on amendments to create ‘historic’ National Council for Reconciliation

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

‘Violent’ residential school denialism no longer ‘legitimate talking point’ after genocide motion, say Gazan, experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Exclusive lists

The 2022 Terrific 25 Staffers ranking

The 2022 Terrific 25 Staffers ranking

Conservative party leadership: who supports who

Conservative party leadership: who supports who

Ukraine has the spotlight, but U.S. still dominates for the top 50 influencing Canada’s foreign policy

Ukraine has the spotlight, but U.S. still dominates for the top 50 influencing Canada’s foreign policy

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2022

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2022

The 50 MPs in ridings where 142 former residential schools are located

The 50 MPs in ridings where 142 former residential schools are located

All the federal leaders’ stops during the 2021 campaign

All the federal leaders’ stops during the 2021 campaign

The 24 ridings AFN says First Nations voters can decide the election outcome

The 24 ridings AFN says First Nations voters can decide the election outcome

The former MPs who are running again in 2021

The former MPs who are running again in 2021