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Intergovernmental

The anglicization of the world is here

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• Rather than embracing the facility Montrealers have in English as an asset to business, Quebec nationalists’ hatred for everything English blinds them to a global trend.

The anglicization of the world is here

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• Rather than embracing the facility Montrealers have in English as an asset to business, Quebec nationalists’ hatred for everything English blinds them to a global trend.

Don’t sleep on the Churchill Falls talks

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Protecting publicly funded health care is shaping up as a last-ditch stand

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Sport ministers team up to tackle ‘huge gap’ in safe sport against tight timeline, ‘frustrations’ of federalism

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Premiers ‘feeling the heat’ on health care must show results on ‘vote-determining’ issue, strategists say

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Ford’s free pass from integrity commissioner shows plenty of leeway in Ontario ethics conventions

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Veiling Islamophobia through guise of secularism will not solve the problem

OpinionBY ABDUL NAKUA

Planning the post health-care summit to-do list

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Canada’s mining and critical minerals goals hinge on the North

OpinionBY PHOTINIE KOUTSAVLIS

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Quebec’s anglophones living a winter of discontent

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• Quebec bureaucrats are preparing regulations for Bill 96, the egregious changes to the Charter of the French Language, which will soon explode on the anglophone community.

Quebec’s anglophones living a winter of discontent

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

• Quebec bureaucrats are preparing regulations for Bill 96, the egregious changes to the Charter of the French Language, which will soon explode on the anglophone community.

MPs push back against ‘stunning’ riding boundary, name changes in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: ‘these symbols are important’

NewsBY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Likening medicare to communism, Ford moves ahead with plans for privatized, two-tier health care in Ontario

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Call it what you will, the government owes Canadians a plan to ensure the energy transition is fair

OpinionBY ALIENOR ROUGEOT

Ignoring Danielle Smith is Justin Trudeau’s best strategy as she tries to bait him into a fight leading up to Alberta election

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH

Signs of Ontario inching towards a health-care deal may ‘break the logjam’ so other provinces follow suit, as premiers’ united front shows cracks

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Alberta is, indeed, a ‘distinct society’

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Canada needs a national health-care data system as a first step towards modernizing care

OpinionBY MATEO LARRAZABAL

Growing discontent between feds and provinces

OpinionBY DANNY DEAN GREER

AGRICULTURE

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN

Biting back against ‘greedflation’

OpinionBY NDP MP ALISTAIR MACGREGOR

Digging into the Senate’s new soil study

OpinionBY SENATOR ROBERT BLACK

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Biotechnology

Genomics can both grow and green Canada’s economy

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Big money to scale up our most promising, young companies often from the United States

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s life sciences sector has come a long way

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ANDY FILLMORE

Biotechnology, statistics, collaboration, and the pursuit of the future

OpinionBY DONALD ESTEP

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

‘Bonjour Canada’: Biden trumpets Canada-U.S. ties, continental co-operation, plays down disputes

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

MPs’ work on gun control misses target

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, ERIN WHITMORE, PAULETTE SENIOR

Trudeau, Huppé reinforce secrecy barriers

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Cybersecurity should be a key point of discussion during Biden’s Canadian visit

OpinionBY SASHA KRSTIC

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Environment

UN climate report and clutching at straws

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

How to secure Canada’s low-carbon advantage in the global clean energy race

OpinionBY MICHAEL BERNSTEIN, BENTLEY ALLAN

Will governments or markets drive Canada’s energy transition?

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER RAGAN, RACHEL SAMSON

UN secretary general calls on developed countries to accelerate net-zero timelines to 2040

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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FINANCE

Economic reconciliation and Inuit self-determination must see funding in Budget 2023

OpinionBY KONO TATTUINEE, DAVID KAKUKTINNIQ, ANNE-RAPHAëLLE AUDOUIN

The U.S. is besting Canada on investing in research and it will have consequences

OpinionBY PAUL DAVIDSON

Civil liberties groups call for immediate moratorium on ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities pending NSIRA review

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Feds should use upcoming budget to defend, not defund, the CBC

OpinionBY MARLA BOLTMAN

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Fisheries and oceans

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

OpinionBY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE

Fisheries Minister Murray promotes new parliamentary affairs director

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Should we let the H2O flow?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

Now is the time to act for Canada to help protect the world’s oceans

OpinionBY JENNIFER JOSENHANS

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FOREIGN POLICY

Top Canadian political speechwriters rate Biden’s speech to Parliament

OpinionBY ARTHUR MILNES

A ‘more challenging and volatile’ world: Russia, China, U.S. top of mind for top 50 foreign policy influencers

NewsBY NEIL MOSS, CHELSEA NASH

‘Russian Crimea’ is as much a myth as the world’s invincible second army

OpinionBY ANASTASIYA RINGIS

It’s populism or bust as Poilievre vies to bring Canada its own Trumpian moment

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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health

Show you can lead in public health policy, Ottawa

OpinionBY IAN CULBERT

Conservative rhetoric on safe consumption sites plays dangerous game with toxic drug crisis: NDP critic

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Intelligent solutions are the shining stars for Canada’s health-care system

OpinionBY ANDY CANHAM

How much money does Canada’s health system really need?

OpinionBY MICHAEL WOLFSON

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Industry and Manufacturing

Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Government has a role to play in the changing needs of Canadian supply chains

OpinionBY GARY UBA

Canadian response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act should seek to boost ‘certainty’ for investors, says advocacy group

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Eyes turn to trade-pact clock after latest U.K. government toss-up

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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infrastructure and transport

Why ignoring calls for expanded rail interswitching is good for our supply chains

OpinionBY MARY-JANE BENNETT

From paternalism to partnership: how to close the Indigenous infrastructure gap

OpinionBY ERNIE DANIELS

Overhaul of passenger protections to include rail travel is ‘worthy area of focus,’ says NDP transport critic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

With Canada’s weak protections failing air passengers, all eyes are on the transport minister

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

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innovation

Canada built world-leading research institutes—now it’s letting them collapse

OpinionBY ALANNAH HALLAS

‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

What’s missing in our innovation agenda?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

The future of AI governance a balancing act of privacy, ethics, and progress

OpinionBY AFTAB AHMED

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justice

End-of-life rights advocates prioritize advanced requests for medically-assisted death, following passing of Bill C-39

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Senator Miville-Dechêne takes on the porn industry

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Bailing out the bail system

OpinionBY DON HEAD

The RCMP is never held to account for its own tragic, devastating wrongdoing

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Labour & employment

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

OpinionBY SEAN STRICKLAND

‘No one-size-fits-all approach’: House committee tackles improving Indigenous graduation rates

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Canada facing wave of new homelessness: Gatineau, Que., reader

Opinion

This just in: high poverty rates and inequality are not inevitable

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

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Lobbying

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

ListBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Top 100 Lobbyists in 2023: green tech and economy boosting set for top advocacy priorities in 2023, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT, STEPHEN JEFFERY

Top 20 most-lobbied cabinet ministers in 2022

ListBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Top 21 most-lobbied public office-holders in 2022

ListBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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natural resources and energy

Cleaning up our emissions means government support for all low-emission energy

OpinionBY SHANNON WATT

Trans Mountain’s next private sector loan likely to be significantly more expensive than last year’s ‘sweetheart deal,’ say observers

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Nuclear Waste Management Organization taking extra year to pick storage site as it seeks local support

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?

OpinionBY SERASU DURAN, FEYZA G. SAHINYAZAN, JORDYN HRENYK, EMILY SALMON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Despite global pledge to combat Islamophobia, systemic anti-Muslim hate is on the rise

OpinionBY TAHA GHAYYUR, FAREED KHAN

‘It’s a human issue’: pushing back on misogynist online hate a collective effort, says GG Simon

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Parliamentary Black Caucus pushes feds for permanent funding, initiatives beyond 2024 UN horizon

NewsBY STUART BENSON

There’s no nice way to call out Islamophobia

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

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Indigenous Relations

Fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity are risking community for the rest of us

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

To advance electrification and climate change action, Canada must advance reconciliation

OpinionBY HEATHER FERGUSON