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health

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

OpinionBY NORMA GREENAWAY, SHERRY MORAN

• The feds should move quickly on advance requests for medical assistance in dying, allowing us to set out the circumstances under which we would want to receive MAID in the future.

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

OpinionBY NORMA GREENAWAY, SHERRY MORAN

• The feds should move quickly on advance requests for medical assistance in dying, allowing us to set out the circumstances under which we would want to receive MAID in the future.

‘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

Questions count when it comes to finding out how Canadians feel about pharmacare

OpinionBY JOEL LEXCHIN

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

Canadians deserve equitable access to psychedelic-assisted therapy

OpinionBY BEN LIGHTBURN

Not so far out, man: Senators urge research into psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR DAVID RICHARDS, CONSERVATIVE SENATOR PIERRE-HUGUES BOISVENU

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

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

Feds must maintain health care momentum in fall economic statement

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

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Government hostility to biopharmaceutical industry reduces access to innovative drugs

OpinionBY NIGEL RAWSON, JOHN ADAMS

• Developers bring new drugs to Canada later than in other nations. Some aren’t launched here at all. The result is that Canadians who need new drugs either have their access long delayed, or denied.

Government hostility to biopharmaceutical industry reduces access to innovative drugs

OpinionBY NIGEL RAWSON, JOHN ADAMS

• Developers bring new drugs to Canada later than in other nations. Some aren’t launched here at all. The result is that Canadians who need new drugs either have their access long delayed, or denied.

Canada’s opportunity to lead on sustainable menstrual equity

OpinionBY LINDA BIGGS, LEISA HIRTZ, MADELEINE SHAW

The nurses and docs are not okay

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

It’s time for action in Canada’s fight against superbugs

OpinionBY MICHAEL LONG

Lead the charge: your community holds the key to revolutionizing mental health care

OpinionBY DAVE GALLSON, JASMINE NOBLE

Parkinson’s has no cure, but the government can take steps to improve patients’ quality of life

OpinionBY BOB KLAGER

Only single-payer universal pharmacare will save money, and lives, writes Canadian Health Coalition

Opinion

Pharmacare means pharmaceuticals will be more affordable for everybody, writes Thomlinson

Opinion

Liberals risk ‘intense criticism’ from Conservatives if pharmacare grows federal deficit, says pollster Bruce Anderson

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

AGRICULTURE

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

OpinionBY DAT NGUYEN

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

Canada is using chemical firm’s talking points in trade dispute with Mexico 

OpinionBY LAURA BOWMAN

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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

COP28 and climate science

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

‘Unparalleled opportunity’: Public Policy Forum report urges Canada to take greater leadership on Paris Agreement, global carbon market

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A burning platform for a national fire administration

OpinionBY KEN MCMULLEN AND TINA SARYEDDINE

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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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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FOREIGN POLICY

‘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

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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

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

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

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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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

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Government-sector job growth dwarfs rise in private-sector jobs across Canada

OpinionBY BEN EISEN

‘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

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Lobbying

‘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

‘Over-prudent’ Breakfast Club of Canada removes hundreds of superfluous lobbying reports

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Provisional changes to ethics rules allow greater job mobility for reporting public office holders

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

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

OpinionBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

Young leaders question Canada on nuclear disarmament

OpinionBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN AND AVINASHPALL SINGH

Revving up Canada’s energy independence: why biofuels incentives are vital

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

Newfoundland residents frustrated with carbon tax, have mixed reviews of their Liberal MPs, including Seamus O’Regan

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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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

Claiming their places at the edge of history

OpinionBY VELMA MORGAN

Backsliding into hate triggers game of Russian roulette with children’s lives

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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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