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Intergovernmental

Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles an uncertain relationship with the United States and some provincial partners.

Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term

NewsBY IREM KOCA

• Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles an uncertain relationship with the United States and some provincial partners.

Blanchet’s Bloc doesn’t add value to Parliament

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Trump top of mind in Ottawa Centre as Liberals fight to keep riding red

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Enhancing Arctic security a must to mount sovereignty defence

OpinionBY SENATOR REBECCA PATTERSON

A wrong is a wrong is a wrong: new CAQ bills attack minorities

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

The West wants out? That’s not how this works

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Liberals could pick up five to six seats in Alberta, but NDP’s bleed in votes could also help Conservatives, say strategists

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

In rural Quebec, the wave looks red

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Ministers, ex-cabinet members and leadership aspirants seek to hold bellwethers for Liberals

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

OpinionBY STéPHANE LACROIX

• A Quebec bill that critics have slammed as a ‘declaration of war on workers highlights an ongoing trend where provincial and federal governments undermine union influence.

Are unions braced for the storm ahead?

OpinionBY STéPHANE LACROIX

• A Quebec bill that critics have slammed as a ‘declaration of war on workers highlights an ongoing trend where provincial and federal governments undermine union influence.

Digesting the need to eliminate internal trade barriers on food

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Is Quebec becoming an authoritarian ‘nation’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

A free, mobile, and caring Canada, you say?  

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Using icebreakers and subs to protect against U.S. pressure  

OpinionBY PETER RAUTENBACH

Any Arctic strategy must ensure Canadian control

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Ontario results indicate federal election will be dominated by Trump threats, economic issues, say observers

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘It was very directive’: Trudeau leaves legacy of deploying federal cash to push provincial policies

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Nova Scotia delivers interprovincial trade ‘game changer’ while feds offer ‘symbolic’ gesture, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

AGRICULTURE

Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY ROBINSON

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

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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

OpinionBY NICK SAUL, JASMINE RAMZE REZAEE

Is Canada keeping pace with agricultural innovation?

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

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Biotechnology

Biotechnology momentum in Canada needs infusion of talent and anchor firms, say industry reps

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada needs to catch up in the biotech sector

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Canada’s sub-standard submarines

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Canada’s national security depends on a productive economy

OpinionBY SENATOR KRISTA ANN ROSS

Read it on Reddit? Project looks to help Canadians navigate online political conversations

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Federal election brings new crop of defence promises to break

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Canada must not join the deregulation race to the bottom

OpinionBY RACHEL PLOTKIN, JULEE BOAN, MICHAEL POLANYI

Collaboration is Canada’s innovation superpower

OpinionBY ANDREA NEMTIN

Why health, environment, and justice must be centred in election platforms

OpinionBY TRIYA TESSA RAMBURN, KRISTINA SWAIN

Recreation and parks: infrastructure Canada can’t afford to ignore

OpinionBY MARTIN SAMPSON

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FINANCE

Canada must lead global debt cancellation, like it did 25 years ago

OpinionBY BETH LORIMER, DEAN DETTLOFF

Cost of living, housing the top priority for young voters, not Trump

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Alberta Premier Smith calls retaliatory tariffs ‘most harmful’ to Canadian business, wants CUSMA negotiation after federal election

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s productivity is declining. So how do we fix it?

OpinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM

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Fisheries and oceans

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

To protect nature, Canada must ratify the High Seas Treaty

OpinionBY SUSANNA FULLER

Feds’ plan for fish-farm transition no catch, say wild salmon, industry advocates

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Reconciliation that works for all in Canada’s fisheries

OpinionBY GENNA CAREY

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FOREIGN POLICY

An Indo-Pakistan nuclear war would hit the whole world

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

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health

Feds must step up to protect Canada’s natural health product industry

OpinionBY AARON SKELTON

A cost-effective solution to our family physician access crisis

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, ISG SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA

Health care matters at the federal ballot box

OpinionBY JOSS REIMER, ELIZABETH MYLES

Canada can be a leader in women’s health in South Sudan

OpinionBY TONIA OCCHIONERO

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Strong ‘political will’ provides ‘catalyst’ to breakdown stubborn internal trade barriers, says Anand

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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infrastructure and transport

Public transit can’t wait for politics to catch up

OpinionBY MARCO D’ANGELO

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Navigating uncertainty: telecom’s essential role in securing Canada’s future

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

So, we all agree on what needs to happen next: let’s talk about how to get it done

OpinionBY RODRIGUE GILBERT

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innovation

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

OpinionBY RYAN SYDOR

AI and the innovation-regulation pendulum

OpinionBY ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA

Canada’s talent dilemma: how to win the global innovation and technology race

OpinionBY JATIN NATHWANI, MUNUR SACIT HERDEM

Renewed resolve: commit to DEI principles to advance health equity

OpinionBY NNAMDI NDUBUKA, JULIE SOBOWALE

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justice

‘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

DEI: love it or hate it, it’s more profitable

OpinionBY JORY COHEN

UN disability rights report on assisted-dying regime deserves a fair hearing

OpinionBY CATHERINE FRAZEE

If you think that assisted dying in Canada is a mess, think again

OpinionBY JAMES DOWNAR AND JOCELYN DOWNIE

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Labour & employment

Parties’ housing platforms unlikely to significantly improve affordability: experts

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Modernizing EI: an imperative in this era of uncertainty

OpinionBY DIANE BELLEMARE

Conservatives target labour vote as NDP support wanes, but union leader says there’s ‘no substance’ behind catchy slogans

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Anti-Black racism complaint bound for Canadian Human Rights Commission after court denies public service class action

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Lobbying

Poilievre’s ethics pitch more about framing Carney as a ‘corrupt politician’ than attempt at reform, but some ideas are good, say observers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

No ‘perfect’ solution in Carney asset disclosure calls, say law and political science experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

The Hill Times’ Top 100 Lobbyists in 2025: lobbyists prepare for ‘significant reset’ as federal election begins

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT AND SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

Mexico and the U.S. play rough with public records and information regulators. What about Canada?

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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natural resources and energy

Digging up a hidden election issue: development and control of critical minerals

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

The roadmap to protecting Canada’s economy with energy

OpinionBY DENNIS DARBY

There is no Team Canada strategy without Indigenous people

OpinionBY STEPHEN BUFFALO

Electrify everything!

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Vote to end gender-based violence

OpinionBY ERIN LEE, JULIE LALONDE, HEATHER MCGREGOR

Canada’s economic future depends on women—the next government has an opportunity to deliver

OpinionBY MITZIE HUNTER

Black and racialized Canadians could be a powerful force in this election if they harness the power of block voting

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE, OLADAPO AKINSIPE

‘I want to be the proof that the Canadian dream is alive,’ says country’s first female Turkish Canadian federal candidate

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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Indigenous Relations

Vote for ‘we’ instead of ‘me’ in this election

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Unlocking the economic potential in Canada’s lands, forests, and waters

OpinionBY JASON RASEVYCH, MICHAEL TWIGG, SHAUGHN MCARTHUR

Questions that should be asked at the political leaders’ debates

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

AFN election priority report urges parties to make ‘clear, firm’ pledges to First Nations

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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Exclusive lists

The election outcomes for Mark Carney’s first cabinet

The election outcomes for Mark Carney’s first cabinet

How many questions did federal leaders take at their daily campaign press events?

How many questions did federal leaders take at their daily campaign press events?

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

Election promise tracker: key pledges parties are making this campaign

The federal public servants running in election 2025

The federal public servants running in election 2025

Daily snapshots of the key ridings leaders are targeting on the campaign trail

Daily snapshots of the key ridings leaders are targeting on the campaign trail

Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign

Tracking federal parties’ Meta spending in the campaign

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

New riding map gives Tories slight boost compared to 2021 election

This federal election could cost $570-million: Elections Canada

This federal election could cost $570-million: Elections Canada