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Innovation

Capitalizing on the capital: Ottawa has defence hub potential

OpinionBY SONYA SHOREY, SUELING CHING

• The need for economic renewal in Ottawa and defence modernization for Canada creates a generational opportunity to designate the city as Canada’s Defence Innovation Hub.

Capitalizing on the capital: Ottawa has defence hub potential

OpinionBY SONYA SHOREY, SUELING CHING

• The need for economic renewal in Ottawa and defence modernization for Canada creates a generational opportunity to designate the city as Canada’s Defence Innovation Hub.

Canada and Europe can offer a united front for digital sovereignty

OpinionBY ESTELLE AZEMARD

Canada must lead in the age of AI

OpinionBY STEPHEN J. TOOPE, MARK DALEY

Let Canada’s telecom builders keep building

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

Canada could lead on AI—if we’re willing to train for it

OpinionBY MATTHIAS OSCHINSKI, RUHANI WALIA

King Charles delivered the message, now Carney’s got to deliver the goods

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

International trade, the economy top-lobbied issues in April, and Ford, GM led the way

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

G7 leaders should shape technology with trust 

OpinionBY KEITH JANSA

GC-OS: why the Government of Canada should develop its own software

OpinionBY AIDAN WAKELY-MULRONEY

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Minister Solomon a chance to regain our spot as a global AI leader

OpinionBY GIDEON CHRISTIAN

• This is Canada’s AI moment. The creation of a dedicated minister is a strong signal, but follow-through will determine whether it’s remembered as a symbolic gesture or a catalyst for change.

Minister Solomon a chance to regain our spot as a global AI leader

OpinionBY GIDEON CHRISTIAN

• This is Canada’s AI moment. The creation of a dedicated minister is a strong signal, but follow-through will determine whether it’s remembered as a symbolic gesture or a catalyst for change.

A public alternative to social media

OpinionBY HEIDI TWOREK, ALICIA WANLESS

Imagination is the missing ingredient in Canadian AI policy and adoption

OpinionBY ANDREW FORDE

Is Canada’s electric vehicle industry on a collision course?

OpinionBY JOSEPH FOURNIER

Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry

NewsBY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD, PAUL PARK, HANNAH DALEY

Carney must lead efforts to transform Canada’s economy

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Why AI self-regulation has left Canada’s elections vulnerable

OpinionBY RYAN SYDOR

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

OpinionBY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA

Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower

OpinionBY ANDREA NEMTIN

AGRICULTURE

Rural Canada is finally getting its moment

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Supply management consensus emerges but Grits, Tories accuse each other of past capitulation

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY ROBINSON

No more scraps: making the election about ending hunger in Canada

OpinionBY NICK SAUL, JASMINE RAMZE REZAEE

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Biotechnology

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

From crisis to catalyst: Canada’s opportunity to drive global health and research innovation

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

A flourishing biotech sector starts by innovating education

OpinionBY VALERIE WARD, MARC AUCOIN, HECTOR BUDMAN

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Time to walk the walk

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Carney may have hoped for more, but he should take what he got at G7 Summit

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

‘It’s like a war zone’: Secretary of State Belanger says Saskatchewan wildfires are leaving ‘traumatic and depressing’ losses in their wake

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Less siloed thinking will result in opportunities for a better Arctic

OpinionBY TOM HENHEFFER

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Environment

The disconnect between climate promise and delivery

OpinionBY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, TREVOR HANCOCK

Scrapping net-zero commitments step in right direction for CPPIB

OpinionBY MATTHEW LAU

Canadian competitiveness is on the line

OpinionBY KARI HYDE

Working with First Nations on an Indigenous fire stewardship protocol could go a long way

OpinionBY KAREN RESTOULE

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FINANCE

Natural resources, economy top lobbying issues in May

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

All three levels of government must play their part in building up Canada’s supply chains

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Delivering results: the case for an Indigenous Outcomes Fund

OpinionBY JEFF CYR

How to optimize economic reconciliation through natural resource investment and beyond? Create an Indigenous Development Bank

OpinionBY GLEN HODGSON

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Fisheries and oceans

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

Rebuilding Canada’s fisheries for climate and economic security

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

B.C. suit says feds used consultations to justify ‘bad-faith’ Discovery Island salmon farming ban

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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FOREIGN POLICY

The next forever war

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The G7’s HIV/AIDS response wanes precisely when global leadership is required

OpinionBY JULIO MONTANER

Carney’s riding high right now, but his real tests are yet to come

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

It’s time to end Trump’s free ride

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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health

It’s time for Ottawa to fully fund NIHB program, say Northwest Territories and Nunavut health ministers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

From Haiti to the PMO to cabinet: Canada’s new Health Minister Michel reflects on her front-row seat in politics

FeatureBY TESSIE SANCI

From reactive to proactive: Canada’s hidden health-care crisis and why physical activity should be central to policy

OpinionBY JOHN WESTON

Health minister says mental health and access to care are on her list of priorities

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

Why the right to repair needs to be a priority for the new government 

OpinionBY EMILY HOLTBY

Climate policy is economic policy

OpinionBY SARAH HOUDE, SIMON DONNER

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

Sister cities under strain: U.S. steel tariffs threaten to divide Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., from its American twin city

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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infrastructure and transport

High-speed rail in Canada is not up for debate, or is it?

OpinionBY WILLIAM MORRISON

Reconciliation is action, not just words

OpinionBY MICHELLE ROBINSON

Loophole Liberals making an ignominious power grab

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Q&A | Elizabeth May on Carney’s major projects’ ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ 

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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intergovernmental

Tea, tradition, and the throne

OpinionBY NON-AFFILIATED SENATOR IRIS PETTEN

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

OpinionBY MARK WINFIELD

The notwithstanding clause threatens our democracy

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Bill C-5 grants ‘superpowers’ never before seen in ‘environmental law history’: Bloc critic Patrick Bonin

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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justice

Military police chief is ignoring the law, shutting down probes into complaints: watchdog report

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Senate throws a lifeline to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY

‘This is a book about gender-based violence, with a focus on intimate partner abuse,’ says Donner-nominated author of And Sometimes They Kill You

FeatureBY PAMELA CROSS

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Labour & employment

Investing in Indigenous education is an investment in Canada’s future

OpinionBY MIKE DEGAGNé

What we choose to build

OpinionBY VALERIE WALKER, MATT MCKEAN

Treasury Board reports gains on diversity and equity in public service, but will cuts hamper progress?

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

More trade, not less protection for workers

OpinionBY LANA PAYNE

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Lobbying

‘Unusual time’ for lobbying in first quarter of 2025, with economic concerns topping communications

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Pipelines or pipe dreams?

OpinionBY NELSON WISEMAN

Bill C-5 will likely gut environmental protections, in the name of the economy

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Here’s why Canada should say ‘no’ to LNG

OpinionBY NICHOLE DUSYK

With Indigenous relations taking on an economic lens, consultation will be key, say academics, orgs

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Women, Gender and Diversity

‘Survivors are waiting for it’: Sen. Boyer reintroduces bill to criminalize forced, coerced sterilizations

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Seven ways Carney’s agenda can advance gender equality

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR

PM Carney, Minister Valdez raise Pride flag

FeatureBY ANDREW MEADE

Senator Dasko pitches elections law reforms to address enduring issue of candidate diversity

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Indigenous Relations

‘Action, not words’ needed to cool potential long, hot One Canadian protest summer, says Liberal strategist

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Reconciliation or repetition? Carney’s first moves on Indigenous rights face scrutiny

OpinionBY JACKSON PIND

What do we stand to gain?

OpinionBY CYNTHIA WESLEY-ESQUIMAUX

Governments and Indigenous communities have historic opportunity to fast track projects

OpinionBY JOHN DESJARLAIS

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Exclusive lists

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

The 19 entities asking for the biggest spending boosts in the 2025-26 main estimates

Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

Meet Mark Carney’s 38-member senior team

The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

The salaries of Carney’s cabinet and secretaries of state

Who’s in and who’s out of Carney’s post-election cabinet?

Who’s in and who’s out of Carney’s post-election cabinet?

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $280,600

MPs, Senators get a salary boost, Carney will now earn $419,600, Scheer $308,800, and Blanchet $280,600

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election

Grits and Tories dominated the 109 safest seats this election