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Innovation

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

• The real test will come with the delivery of Liberal commitments, which makes next month’s budget so important.

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

• The real test will come with the delivery of Liberal commitments, which makes next month’s budget so important.

Canada can still get to net-zero by 2050 if we get real about what’s missing

OpinionBY SIMON LANGLOIS BERTRAND, NORMAND MOUSSEAU, JAMES MEADOWCROFT

Move fast and break things the wrong approach to AI policy

OpinionBY KEAN BIRCH

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

‘Significant gaps’ in government’s monitoring and response to cyberattacks, AG finds

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Health care and AI: a uniquely Canadian opportunity

OpinionBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

From droughts to defence: Canada’s water tech wake-up call

OpinionBY OLIVER ANDERSON

Building Canada’s capacity to use intellectual property for innovation

OpinionBY JEREMY DE BEER

Innovation for a public purpose

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS

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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

• Eliminating barriers begins with recognizing the vital role that women—whether entrepreneurs, self-employed, employees or unpaid caregivers—play in Canada’s economic health. Without adequate supports for women and children, Canada’s economy will not thrive.

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

• Eliminating barriers begins with recognizing the vital role that women—whether entrepreneurs, self-employed, employees or unpaid caregivers—play in Canada’s economic health. Without adequate supports for women and children, Canada’s economy will not thrive.

AI presents potential, and aspects that should give us pause

OpinionBY RHONDA MOORE

Carpe momentum: why Canada’s future depends on its entrepreneurs

OpinionBY GUY LEVESQUE

Investing in the future of Canadian agriculture: a strategic imperative

OpinionBY TREVOR HECK

Can Carney ensure Canada is a true innovation nation?

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Let’s go on the offensive and score

OpinionBY CATHERINE BEAUDRY

The coming AI crash

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

AGRICULTURE

Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff

OpinionBY BO CHEN, ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

Canada can lead global efforts in tackling hunger

OpinionBY ANDY HARRINGTON

Canada must keep its promises to protect animals

OpinionBY EWA DEMIANOWICZ

Eggs fuel us every day, as nutritious food and as an economic engine for Canada

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

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Biotechnology

‘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

A different ‘philosophy’ steers new drug pricing guidelines, says top PMPRB bureaucrat after contentious path to rule changes  

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Room for improvement in the CAF? Yeah, I’ll say

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

MPs, Senators need a voice on Trump’s Golden Dome

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

‘Complex, blow-your-brains-out expensive, and extraordinarily technical’: MPs urged to study Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ as feds say they’re in talks with U.S.

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Shortlisted shipbuilders say Poland’s submarine pick won’t affect delivery on Canadian procurement

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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Environment

Carney: short-term self-interest?

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

Water security a matter of national security

OpinionBY OLIVER M. BRANDES, MERRELL-ANN PHARE

Plastics and PFAS: a public health crisis Canada can no longer ignore

OpinionBY HELEN HSU

Canada needs an agenda to end pollution from toxics and plastics

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER, ELAINE MACDONALD

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FINANCE

Opposition parties can’t afford to call Liberals’ bluff on budget vote, say pollsters

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘There’s no industry without U.S. access’: struggling auto sector renews call for trade deal amid latest tariff woes

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

CMA leads health lobbying in lead up to budget

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

It’s politics first, as usual

OpinionBY LORI TURNBULL

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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

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Is Canada prepared to ignore alarming human rights violations to advance a controversial free trade agreement with Ecuador?

OpinionBY VIVIAN IDROVO, KATHY PRICE

Ceasefire offers hope, but without access, Gaza’s famine will deepen

OpinionBY ONOME AKO

Trump terminates trade talks with Canada, U.S. tariffs creating turmoil in Canadian economy, say analysts

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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health

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

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada can’t afford delays in medical imaging

OpinionBY ALISON HARRIS

AI study and Senate bills on alcohol warnings and sickle cell disease framework on Senate Social Affairs Committee’s agenda

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Recent health spending comes from Trudeau era, but fits with current Liberal focus on health prevention, lowering costs, consultants say

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Skill development must be Canada’s national project

OpinionBY MARK BECKLES, CHARLES FINLAY

For drones, do like the Nordics and the Brits

OpinionBY WESLEY WARK

Industry Canada’s annual plan projects $3.9-billion boost to budget by 2027-28

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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infrastructure and transport

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

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intergovernmental

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

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Setting the stage for Quebec’s fall election season

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Quebec’s new ‘constitution’ bill is an affront to democracy

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The North: different by design, essential by nature

OpinionBY NORTHWEST TERRITORIES PREMIER R.J. SIMPSON

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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

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

Let’s not forget Canada Post is a public service

OpinionBY WOJTEK GWIAZDA

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Lobbying

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

Hodgson, Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet ministers last month as energy, environment lead the lobby charts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Struggling auto sector promises deep engagement as wheels set to turn on CUSMA consultations

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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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

A crisis in search of a cause: Smith brandishes unity issue in dangerous new pipeline gambit

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

OpinionBY MALINDA SMITH

Why are Canadian political leaders so complacent about our poor performance on women’s representation in politics?

OpinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

Q&A | The legal battle over the ‘notwithstanding’ clause, explained 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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

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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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