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Labour and employment

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

• One in four Canadians of employment age combine paid work with caregiving for a loved one, but the majority of employers do not offer accommodations for carers.

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

• One in four Canadians of employment age combine paid work with caregiving for a loved one, but the majority of employers do not offer accommodations for carers.

Fixing Canada’s problems will remain an uphill struggle until voters start holding provinces accountable

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Conservatives in no rush to pick at Liberal-NDP anti-scab legislation

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Government-sector job growth dwarfs rise in private-sector jobs across Canada

OpinionBY BEN EISEN

‘Everything is not going right for them’: feds’ confusing messaging on pause on home heating oil carbon pricing puts them ‘on the defensive,’ says Nanos

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Don’t let the housing crisis fan flames of xenophobia

OpinionBY HANS JAIN

Frustration grows as federal report reveals broad support for school food program, but no funding timeline

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘It has to be focused on the right kind of supply’: federal housing advocate looking to ‘change the narrative’ on the housing shortage

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Canada must invest in global leadership programs within higher education institutions

OpinionBY AISHA SHAFAQAT, DEXTER TAN, PETER ZHANG

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Economic turmoil, irrepressible housing bubble leave Liberals playing for time

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• As long as the economy remains the central political issue, the Liberals’ only real friend is the time between now and the likely federal election in 2025.

Economic turmoil, irrepressible housing bubble leave Liberals playing for time

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• As long as the economy remains the central political issue, the Liberals’ only real friend is the time between now and the likely federal election in 2025.

Advocates disappointed by Liberals’ absence at global school meals summit, lack of progress on $1B nutrition promise

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Feds seriously up game on housing crisis, but smaller municipalities could be left behind

OpinionBY NANCY PECKFORD

Lack of ‘government effectiveness’ the unifying focus of AG reports, says one expert

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Concerned about housing? Let’s not forget about the foundation

OpinionBY MARY VAN BUREN

The real threat to our food supply and public health is lack of regulation

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

Animal rights activists threaten our health and food supply

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

Unjust, unwise, and unconstitutional: Bill C-275 has no place in Canada

OpinionBY RIANA TOPAN

Canada is using chemical firm’s talking points in trade dispute with Mexico 

OpinionBY LAURA BOWMAN

AGRICULTURE

Private member’s bill uses biosecurity and infectious diseases as a smokescreen 

OpinionBY JAN HAJEK, KAITLYN MITCHELL

The Senate can protect Canada’s future as a trading nation

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARVEY

Supply management policy: a non-negotiable Canadian institution

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR AMINA GERBA

In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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Biotechnology

Talent shortage a priority for biotech sector emerging from pandemic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada’s place in the world of biotechnology research and application is in jeopardy

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Can biotechnology put patients’ needs ahead of profits?

OpinionBY SHARON BATT

Seizing the moment: building Canada’s academic leadership into a commercial powerhouse

OpinionBY GORDON C. MCCAULEY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Spavor’s lawsuit raises questions that should have already been examined

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Advancing Canada-Japan co-operation for a free and open Indo-Pacific

OpinionBY KANJI YAMANOUCHI

Operational shortcomings, aging equipment, and culture in crisis: new DND report a ‘depressing reading’ of state of military, say MPs

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Overdue defence policy update must address changing international threats, inflation: defence experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Environment

Environment lobbying leads in October in advance of feds’ anticipated oil and gas cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

World leaders should adjust their global CO2 emissions strategy

OpinionBY DOROTHY DOBBIE

Will the real climate leaders please stand up?

OpinionBY KEITH BROOKS AND ALY HYDER ALI

Senators caught in the middle as government and opposition dig in their heels on carbon tax exemption for farmers

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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FINANCE

Trudeau government keeps violating self-imposed fiscal rules

OpinionBY JAKE FUSS, GRADY MUNRO

It’s always the economy, and we’re not stupid

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

Freeland fails to address future of Canadian economy in forthright terms

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Fall economic statement falls short

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

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Fisheries and oceans

On World Ocean Day, let’s celebrate the thing that connects us all

OpinionBY LOUIE PORTA

Committee report sounds alarm bells about DFO science

OpinionBY SEAN JONES

When will Ottawa stop allowing cruise ships to treat B.C.’s coastline like their personal toilet bowl?

OpinionBY ANNA BARFORD

Are the feds halting and reversing the progress made at COP15?

OpinionBY EMILY MCMILLAN, PATRICK NADEAU

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FOREIGN POLICY

Hoping one day for Israel to finally become beacon of light in Middle East: letter writer

Opinion

Claim that Israel is a ‘settler colonial state’ is completely bogus: Alan Williams

Opinion

Temporary Israel-Hamas truce unlikely to pave way for longer ceasefire, say foreign policy experts, as hostage-prisoner exchange begins

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Implementing Canada’s Indo-Pacific economic strategy

OpinionBY DAVID ABONYI, GEORGE ABONYI

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health

Not so far out, man: Senators urge research into psychedelic-assisted therapy for veterans

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR DAVID RICHARDS, CONSERVATIVE SENATOR PIERRE-HUGUES BOISVENU

Canadians deserve equitable access to psychedelic-assisted therapy

OpinionBY BEN LIGHTBURN

Feds must maintain health care momentum in fall economic statement

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

Government hostility to biopharmaceutical industry reduces access to innovative drugs

OpinionBY NIGEL RAWSON, JOHN ADAMS

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Industry and Manufacturing

‘Soon’ can’t come quickly enough for floundering Liberals

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Zero-emission vehicle industry can drive return on battery investments

OpinionBY MATTHEW FORTIER

Liberal proposals on competition and food price inflation draw mixed reviews from experts

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

ESG is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

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infrastructure and transport

Budget and community involvement among concerns facing high-frequency rail project between Ontario and Quebec

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Will high-frequency rail be the death knell for VIA?

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Canada must accelerate train car procurement to save rail services

OpinionBY TERRY JOHNSON

Opportunities for Canada as the EV market grows to meet rising demand

OpinionBY ALI EMADI

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innovation

Bill C-27 lacking transparency for private-sector, AI privacy intrusions

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Rethinking the government’s cloud technology

OpinionBY JEFF EWIN

Music Canada CEO says CRTC regulatory update shouldn’t put ‘artificial dome’ over Canadian content

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Artificial intelligence summit full of trite portent

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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intergovernmental

The significant and existential threat to Arctic sovereignty from climate change

OpinionBY NDP MP LINDSAY MATHYSSEN

Arctic disputes won’t all be solved with more arms

OpinionBY ERIKA SIMPSON

Still losing the war on climate change all these years later

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Liberal MPs Yasir Naqvi, Nate Erskine-Smith join forces in Ontario Liberal leadership race with aim to beat front-runner Bonnie Crombie

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

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justice

Canadian government must legislate to promote online safety, says Facebook whistleblower

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Canada needs to take strong stand against war crimes in Israel-Hamas conflict: aid group

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Evidence points to the future success of Bill C-21

OpinionBY NAJMA AHMED

Conservatives want committee study on RCMP decision not to pursue a criminal probe of Trudeau in SNC-Lavalin affair

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Labour & employment

Who can address Canada’s infrastructure needs?

OpinionBY MARIANA VALVERDE

AI is not intelligent and needs regulation now

OpinionBY RHONDA MCEWEN

More than a sleepy bureaucratic town, Ottawa is shaping up to be a vibrant life sciences research hub

OpinionBY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU

Closing Canada’s skills gaps starts at the post-secondary level

OpinionBY DENISE AMYOT

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Lobbying

‘Vague’ decision by ethics office in conflict of interest case needs more details to guide MPs going forward, say public law experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Vehicle armour firm leads economic development advocacy in September

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘Over-prudent’ Breakfast Club of Canada removes hundreds of superfluous lobbying reports

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Provisional changes to ethics rules allow greater job mobility for reporting public office holders

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Big costs sink flagship nuclear project and will sink future small modular reactor projects, too

OpinionBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL