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health

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

OpinionBY ZAHID SALMAN

• We must address a core problem that is quietly undermining their ability to participate fully in the economy: the decline of youth mental well-being.

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

OpinionBY ZAHID SALMAN

• We must address a core problem that is quietly undermining their ability to participate fully in the economy: the decline of youth mental well-being.

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

OpinionBY KAREN S. PALMER

Health Canada’s alcohol guidelines are 14 years old, despite new ones issued in 2023

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Don’t forget the kids, health advocates tell feds

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

It’s time to help stop the spread of STBBIs throughout the country

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR RENé CORMIER

Why we still don’t have a National Lung Health Strategy

OpinionBY JESSICA MOFFATT, JOSé LUIS CASTRO

‘We will be facing a financial cliff’: advocates concerned about mental health and substance use programs as bilaterals begin to lapse in 2027

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Losing measles elimination status makes Canada a ‘pariah,’ says Liberal MP

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Readiness is built, not assumed: preparing our health system for crisis

OpinionBY ANDY SMITH

• When we expand burn care, critical care capacity, or national co-ordination, we are also better equipped to respond to industrial or construction accidents, natural disasters, and future pandemics.

Readiness is built, not assumed: preparing our health system for crisis

OpinionBY ANDY SMITH

• When we expand burn care, critical care capacity, or national co-ordination, we are also better equipped to respond to industrial or construction accidents, natural disasters, and future pandemics.

The modern-day malady of modern-day veterans

OpinionBY FARDOUS HOSSEINY

Feds focused on ‘streamlining’ programs, says health minister after budget fails to provide new money for mental health or substance use

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

Doug Ford needs to be reined in

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Carney Liberals focus on health infrastructure, but no new funding for mental health, substance use programs in budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

If Indigenous health is an expected outcome of reconciliation, we’re in trouble

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

AGRICULTURE

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight

OpinionBY ORVILLE BOVENSCHEN

Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff

OpinionBY BO CHEN, ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

Investing in the future of Canadian agriculture: a strategic imperative

OpinionBY TREVOR HECK

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Biotechnology

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

OpinionBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

U.S. tariffs on pharmaceuticals could complicate an already complex supply chain

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Canada’s Arctic is the next frontier for growth, security, and reconciliation

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Canada has role to play in Ukraine peace talks as ‘moral conscience of the good guys,’ say observers

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Feds risk derailing major projects unless they chart a clearer course for defence procurement, experts say

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Joint co-operation needed to tackle spread of narcotics, says Colombian defence minister 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

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Environment

‘Disappointing but not surprising’: PBO forecasts Canada to fall short of 2030 emissions target  

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED TODAY, 10:42 am

Driving change: how investing in youth and transportation can power a greener future

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR FARAH MOHAMED

Ottawa plans to modernize the Energy Efficiency Act. Here’s how to do it right

OpinionBY SARAH RIDDELL

There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil

OpinionBY JESSICA CLOGG

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FINANCE

Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers

OpinionBY DANIEL ESCOTT

In the murky new world order, Canada needs a growth plan

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

Cabinet spending tops $92-million in 2024-25, up 3.7 per cent

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

The federal budget misses Canada’s biggest AI opportunity

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM

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Fisheries and oceans

Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

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FOREIGN POLICY

A peace plan that amounts to capitulation threatens us all

OpinionBY YAROSLAV BARAN

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

With even Conservatives conspiring to pass Carney’s budget, PM turns attention to the wider world

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Budget investments in transportation, trade require long-term strategy and private sector support, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Industry and Manufacturing

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Canada’s ZEV mandate will leave 450,000 drivers stranded

OpinionBY BRIAN LIVINGSTON

Budget 2025 is more of the same

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Losing Canada’s last big critical minerals champion: the stakes in the Anglo–Teck deal

OpinionBY ED FAST

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infrastructure and transport

Supply chain reliability is the foundation of Canada’s trade future

OpinionBY GORDON MCKENZIE

Striking a balance

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

Breakfast at Café Olimpico, lunch at Piano Piano

OpinionBY BEHROUZ BAKHTIARI

What will it take to get out of the supply-chain crisis?

OpinionBY JOHN COLEMAN

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innovation

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

OpinionBY ADAM THORN, MEGAN GORDON

Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD

Canada must build on federal budget investments in dual-use innovation

OpinionBY ELYSA DARLING, JAKE HIRSCH-ALLEN, AYAZ SYED

The Canadian government is hallucinating over its AI strategy

OpinionBY RENEE SIEBER, FENWICK MCKELVEY, JONATHAN ROBERGE, JOANNA REDDEN

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intergovernmental

Federal-Alberta MOU leaves questions to be answered

OpinionBY KATE KOPLOVICH

Arctic security cannot exist without Inuit sovereignty

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

PQ Blue Book attacks Canada’s international role

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

A letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: reclaim Alberta’s promise

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justice

How best to stop coverups: end government misuse of non-disclosure agreements

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN, JULIE MACFARLANE

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them

OpinionBY DAVID HUTTON

Prison watchdog leaves post early with ‘frustrations’ as final report keys in on ‘grossly inadequate’ mental health care behind bars

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Labour & employment

Canada’s local infrastructure fund must be fair to workers

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA

Canada at a crossroads as history repeats itself

OpinionBY JOSEPHINE GREY, SHEILA REGEHR

Unspinning the Trumpian disinformation on DEI: why it matters for all Canadians

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE, WILL SHELLING

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Lobbying

Blanchard defends Carney’s ethics screen as a ‘rigorous process’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 21, 2025

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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natural resources and energy

‘It’s a big concern’: MPs scrutinize head of Major Projects Office for past role in Trans Mountain contract

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

OpinionBY MEGAN BUTTLE

The critical-minerals battle is being fought on land—and over the sea

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

OpinionBY AMANDA BRYANT

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Women, Gender and Diversity

What we do between elections matters most

OpinionBY LINDSAY BRUMWELL

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

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Indigenous Relations

Deloitte’s certification as partner to Indigenous firms raises questions about access to feds’ contract regime, says Indigenous business owner

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Opening the pathway for greater Indigenous inclusion in the Armed Forces

OpinionBY GRAZIA SCOPPIO, FEDERICA CASO

Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Exclusive lists

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

First-quarter expenses: MPs spent nearly $28-million

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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