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Intergovernmental

Liberals hold steady post budget, but pipeline talks may test progressive coalition, pollsters say

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• With the ‘slight uptick’ in the favourability numbers for both the Liberals and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s after the budget and the Ottawa-Alberta MOU, ‘the last thing the Conservatives should be doing is attacking the NDP,’ says pollster Nik Nanos.

Liberals hold steady post budget, but pipeline talks may test progressive coalition, pollsters say

NewsBY STUART BENSON

• With the ‘slight uptick’ in the favourability numbers for both the Liberals and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s after the budget and the Ottawa-Alberta MOU, ‘the last thing the Conservatives should be doing is attacking the NDP,’ says pollster Nik Nanos.

Quebec nationalists are still fighting the 1995 referendum

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

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

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

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

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

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Pierre Leblanc, a retired colonel and former commander of the Canadian Forces in the Arctic, says $1-billion won’t be near enough.

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

• Pierre Leblanc, a retired colonel and former commander of the Canadian Forces in the Arctic, says $1-billion won’t be near enough.

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

Federal-Alberta MOU leaves questions to be answered

OpinionBY KATE KOPLOVICH

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

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

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

OpinionBY JESSICA CLOGG

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

OpinionBY KAREN S. PALMER

Arctic security cannot exist without Inuit sovereignty

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

PQ Blue Book attacks Canada’s international role

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

A letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: reclaim Alberta’s promise

Opinion

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

When Canadians and Americans build together, we build stronger

OpinionBY RICK TACHUK

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

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Environment

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

Energy deal fallout: B.C. First Nations won’t rule out fighting pipeline proposal in court

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

‘Disappointing but not surprising’: PBO forecasts Canada to fall short of 2030 emissions target  

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND | UPDATED November 27, 2025

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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

Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers

OpinionBY DANIEL ESCOTT

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

OpinionBY ZAHID SALMAN

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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

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

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

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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

Health Canada’s alcohol guidelines are 14 years old, despite new ones issued in 2023

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Don’t forget the kids, health advocates tell feds

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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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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infrastructure and transport

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

OpinionBY RYAN MITTON

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

OpinionBY GORDON MCKENZIE

Striking a balance

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

Breakfast at Café Olimpico, lunch at Piano Piano

OpinionBY BEHROUZ BAKHTIARI

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innovation

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

OpinionBY ADAM THORN, MEGAN GORDON

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

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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

The missing 27 per cent: why disability is DEI’s greatest opportunity

OpinionBY LORIN MACDONALD

Canada’s local infrastructure fund must be fair to workers

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA

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

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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

Opening the pathway for greater Indigenous inclusion in the Armed Forces

OpinionBY GRAZIA SCOPPIO, FEDERICA CASO

Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Exclusive lists

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

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

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

This Parliament’s ethics roundup: blind trusts, recusals, gifts, and more

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Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

Carney government bills: tracking their progress into law

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

The number of sick days claimed by bureaucrats, broken down by department

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MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

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