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Infrastructure and Transport

B.C. offers a warning to Ottawa’s billion-dollar construction fund

OpinionBY RYAN MITTON

• Letting small and independent firms bid on public infrastructure projects free from union-only restrictions levels the playing field, and lets them grow.

B.C. offers a warning to Ottawa’s billion-dollar construction fund

OpinionBY RYAN MITTON

• Letting small and independent firms bid on public infrastructure projects free from union-only restrictions levels the playing field, and lets them grow.

Living in Canada’s Arctic North: why federal investment matters

OpinionBY SOLOMON AWA

Why the North needs telecom before it gets nuclear

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

Serving the whole North is of national importance

OpinionBY KEN COATES

Most forgotten voices: taking the well-being of Inuit communities seriously

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Arctic Infrastructure Fund ‘a good start,’ but clarity needed on projects and dual-use priorities, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

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

OpinionBY GORDON MCKENZIE

Breakfast at Café Olimpico, lunch at Piano Piano

OpinionBY BEHROUZ BAKHTIARI

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

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR FARAH MOHAMED

• By connecting the dots between youth employment, transportation innovation, and climate action, we can design policies that deliver a more resilient, inclusive economy.

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

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR FARAH MOHAMED

• By connecting the dots between youth employment, transportation innovation, and climate action, we can design policies that deliver a more resilient, inclusive economy.

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

OpinionBY JOHN COLEMAN

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

OpinionBY ADAM THORN, MEGAN GORDON

High-speed potential, high-stakes decisions: the policy case for Alto

OpinionBY TASNIM FARIHA, DAVID JONES

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Striking a balance

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

Budget 2025 could have enhanced Canada’s military mobility by investing in roads and rails

OpinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE

Canada’s local infrastructure fund must be fair to workers

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA

‘Canada needs this road’: N.W.T. pitches highway to the Arctic

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

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

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Liberal border bill returns to the House after Conservative, Bloc enhancements at committee

NewsBY STUART BENSON

MPs order release of records from new Defence Investment Agency after it leaves the PBO waiting

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

F-35 fighter purchase takes flak

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Untrodden ground: Carney looks to kickstart post-NAFTA economy

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Canada’s renewed pipeline fixation threatens more than the environment

OpinionBY ALIENOR ROUGEOT

Pipelines and planes: when does ‘bold’ start, Prime Minister Carney?

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Carney makes climate commitment, but can he keep it?

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

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FINANCE

Expanding exports to the rest of the world unlike anything Canada has tried to before

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Liberal budget on course for royal assent, election may not be until 2027, say strategists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Alberta MOU still a ‘good deal’ say Liberal MPs, despite loss of ‘star factor’ in Quebec with Guilbeault’s resignation

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND, STUART BENSON

Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers

OpinionBY DANIEL ESCOTT

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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

Global Affairs misses benchmark after report shows only 58 per cent of properties abroad in ‘good’ or ‘fair’ condition

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Is Carney’s expense of political capital coming out of Sudan’s bottom line?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Constituent seeking help for brother and others fleeing Sudan civil war says immigration minister ‘angry, rude, and dismissive’ in phone call

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a repeat contact for Canada’s foreign minister, documents show

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

New report recommends making pharmacare permanent with annual funding as progress on bilaterals remains stalled 

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

House Health Committee shines spotlight on foreign-funded medical residencies and feds’ role in attracting health-care workers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

OpinionBY ZAHID SALMAN

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

OpinionBY KAREN S. PALMER

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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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innovation

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

Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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intergovernmental

Quebec nationalists are still fighting the 1995 referendum

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Women entrepreneurs in the North face distinct social, cultural, and geographic obstacles

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

Federal-Alberta MOU leaves questions to be answered

OpinionBY KATE KOPLOVICH

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

OpinionBY JESSICA CLOGG

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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 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

Federal childcare program falls far short as costs balloon 

OpinionBY PETER JON MITCHELL

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Lobbying

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

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

OpinionBY SARAH RIDDELL

‘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

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Stepping back from feminism in foreign policy exposes a deeper crisis of commitment at home

OpinionBY YUSRA QADIR

Lessons from history: Art Miki’s journey toward justice

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

What we do between elections matters most

OpinionBY LINDSAY BRUMWELL

The federal budget misses Canada’s biggest AI opportunity

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM

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Indigenous Relations

The responsibility to avoid fraud

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Arctic security cannot exist without Inuit sovereignty

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Opening the pathway for greater Indigenous inclusion in the Armed Forces

OpinionBY GRAZIA SCOPPIO, FEDERICA CASO

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