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Infrastructure and Transport

Major projects? Not without telecom

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

• Without telecom, nation-building projects risk being outdated before they even begin.

Major projects? Not without telecom

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

• Without telecom, nation-building projects risk being outdated before they even begin.

Fall budget cycle ‘great news’ for ‘more timely’ northern project planning, says N.W.T. finance minister

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Building more homes is a shared vision. Now we need the infrastructure to make it real

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Nation-building starts with builders

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

Bill C-8’s moment of truth: draw the line on what’s ‘critical’

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

As digital transformation reshapes our world, our expectations for physical infrastructure must evolve

OpinionBY SHAUNA BRAIL

The climate is changing faster than Canada’s infrastructure—ignoring it is not fiscally responsible

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

Building Canada’s infrastructure for resilience and sustainable development

OpinionBY JEFF RANKIN

The price tag on housing-enabling infrastructure is prolonging our housing crisis

OpinionBY OLHA SOTSKA

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A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

• An alternative vision is not only possible but necessary to secure Canada’s economic future.

A critical moment for the climate emergency, and a green infrastructure deficit

OpinionBY NDP MP JENNY KWAN

• An alternative vision is not only possible but necessary to secure Canada’s economic future.

Below the surface: Canada’s hidden infrastructure crisis is a climate reckoning

OpinionBY ALI BAYAT

The promise and perils of nation-building projects

OpinionBY MATTI SIEMIATYCKI

Nation-building in an uncertain world: why Canada must invest in public infrastructure now

OpinionBY INTERIM NDP LEADER DON DAVIES

Do Canadians need new houses, or new homes?

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS, RYAN DESCHAMPS, RAHIM REZAIE

Overcoming infrastructure challenges requires better data sharing, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Ottawa’s LNG detour risks Carney’s climate credibility

OpinionBY FELIX HORNE

Build Canada Homes is ‘duplicating the bureaucracy’: NDP critic Kwan slams feds’ new affordable housing entity

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap would benefit us all

OpinionBY JULIE PELLERIN

AGRICULTURE

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

Canada can lead global efforts in tackling hunger

OpinionBY ANDY HARRINGTON

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Biotechnology

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Douglas Roche: why ‘much of my public career has been marked by dissent, and [why] I’m not stopping now’

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

Current and former MPs call for united front to fight back against Trump’s continuing threat to the country, but say House is too polarized

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Veterans raise inaugural poppy flag on Parliament Hill

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

From New York City: a day at a No Kings rally, and a hope for more than tepid politics

OpinionBY JIM CRESKEY

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Environment

Questions loom over Liberals’ environment plans with Canada ‘off path’ to meet emissions targets

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

For Canada to be ‘climate competitive’ we need to stay the course on key industrial policies

OpinionBY JANETTA MCKENZIE

The Giant Mine project is yet another Liberal scandal: Conservative MP

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP BOB ZIMMER

Canada’s financial system needs a green upgrade

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

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FINANCE

As Trump tries to destroy our economy, Carney should be selling Canada as a nation of leading tech and innovation to the world, not as an energy superpower

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s food security is vital

OpinionBY MASSIMO BERGAMINI

Will the budget kill Carney’s honeymoon?

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Unions brace for budget’s impact as think tank predicts ‘stealth’ cuts to public-serving programs

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

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FOREIGN POLICY

Hoekstra is a pretty reliable barometer of what the Trump administration is thinking and feeling about Canada

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

Canada shouldn’t obsess so much about caving to a despot, especially when he’s clearly wrong

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

What lessons can be drawn from Doug Ford’s adventures in advertising?

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

International development strategy now linked to economic agenda, says SecState Sarai

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA | UPDATED October 30, 2025

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health

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

Who will protect our brains in the AI race?

OpinionBY VIVIANE POUPON

Curing Type 1 diabetes could be Canada’s legacy

OpinionBY JESSICA DINIZ, CATE MURRAY

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Industry and Manufacturing

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

As Canada feels the strain of U.S. trade war, pressure heats up on innovation sector

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Feds’ new industrial strategy falls short on ambition, needs clearer objectives for defence procurement, say experts

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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innovation

Government must balance AI development with risk management

OpinionBY HEATHER BAKKEN, SHAWN MCCARTHY

Security delayed is security denied

OpinionBY LISA LAMBERT, MICHELE MOSCA

Canada’s AI strategy must prioritize young workers

OpinionBY ALONSO MUñOZ SANCHEZ

Telecom and the national interest

OpinionBY ERIK BOHLIN

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intergovernmental

Thirty years ago last week, Canada’s future hung in the balance

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Is Canada an ‘illegitimate country’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Stakeholders lament lack of timelines, ‘concrete’ action plans for fixing health care after ministers’ annual meeting

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Poilievre’s Trumpian language to appease some supporters risks his losing the rest of the country

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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justice

Justice Minister Fraser unveils bill to tighten Canada’s bail and sentencing regimes

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Budget cuts won’t impact RCMP hiring push, says public safety minister 

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Civil liberties groups urge Liberals to withdraw ‘vague’ anti-hate bill that opposition MPs say is ‘trying to lower the bar’ for prosecution

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Bill C-3 corrects inequalities, brings Citizenship Act into compliance with the Charter

OpinionBY DON CHAPMAN

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Labour & employment

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Federal childcare program falls far short as costs balloon 

OpinionBY PETER JON MITCHELL

Fast, employer-aligned training is key to Canada’s economic recovery

OpinionBY MICHAEL SANGSTER

Feds need clearer focus on youth as unemployment hits 15-year high, critics say

NewsBY GRACE BESTARD

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Easter Seals, CFIB lobbying feds to end Canada Post’s strike

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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natural resources and energy

Studies show no evidence of negative health effect of uranium processing in Port Hope: Whitlock

Opinion

Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

OpinionBY JOSIE SABATINO

Carney has an obligation to better define his priorities for the Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

The North: different by design, essential by nature

OpinionBY NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PREMIER R.J. SIMPSON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

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

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Conservative attacks on DEI are nothing new, but fighting past battles risks future growth, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women entrepreneurs are a vital resource for growing Canada’s economy – it is time to break down the barriers standing in their way

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

When social justice becomes abnormal: the rise of ‘anti-woke’ politics in Canada

OpinionBY MALINDA SMITH

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Indigenous Relations

Senators must amend Bill S-2 to stop the legislative extinction of First Nations

OpinionBY PAMELA PALMATER, SHARON MCIVOR

A note about protecting Indigenous Peoples in the 2025 budget

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Federal funding out of touch with Indigenous realities

OpinionBY JOCELYN FORMSMA, TRISTAN NUGENT

Jordan’s Principle isn’t a ‘program’—it’s a legal duty

OpinionBY IRVING GOLD

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