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Labour and employment

‘Don’t make us compare you to Elon Musk’: public sector unions want job security assurances from feds as election looms

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• Prime Minister Mark Carney promised during the leadership campaign to cap the size of the public service, and 'review our spending with an emphasis on outcomes and technology to reduce inefficiencies.'

‘Don’t make us compare you to Elon Musk’: public sector unions want job security assurances from feds as election looms

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• Prime Minister Mark Carney promised during the leadership campaign to cap the size of the public service, and 'review our spending with an emphasis on outcomes and technology to reduce inefficiencies.'

Basic income a proactive policy in difficult times

OpinionBY MANDY KAY-RAINING BIRD, WIL ROBERTSON

Unions seek government to fix Phoenix problems ‘once and for all’

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘Don’t go in with a sledgehammer’: public service caps or cuts should be rational, targeted, says Savoie

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Military applications up amid Trump threats, global uncertainty, new recruiting strategies

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

‘Unprecedented national crisis’: relaxed hybrid work rules urged as public servants stare down tariff response workload

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Provinces and territories must work together to eliminate barriers for persons with disabilities: report

OpinionBY BRITTANY FINLAY, JENNIFER ZWICKER

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Efficiency reviews, higher CAF salaries, procurement czars: Liberal leadership hopefuls’ public service promises

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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‘We’ve seen this movie before’: hold IRCC cuts until House resumes, union urges

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• The Canadian Employment and Immigration Union says cuts to 3,300 staff could have ‘unintended consequences,’ while the Canadian Association of Public Employees wants the cuts halted amid parliamentary and border uncertainty.

‘We’ve seen this movie before’: hold IRCC cuts until House resumes, union urges

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

• The Canadian Employment and Immigration Union says cuts to 3,300 staff could have ‘unintended consequences,’ while the Canadian Association of Public Employees wants the cuts halted amid parliamentary and border uncertainty.

Federal changes threaten post-secondary system

OpinionBY CYNDI MCLEOD

Canada’s political parties need to get back to the basics on human rights

OpinionBY NEIL HETHERINGTON

Bringing stability home: what Canada can learn from U.S. housing policies 

OpinionBY JOHN HUTCHINSON

Housing, climate, and human rights: a critical opportunity in Canada’s next federal election

OpinionBY JESSICA TAN

We need to build back Canada’s agricultural future

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP JOHN BARLOW

Canada must step up support for farmers and their critical role in climate mitigation and adaptation

OpinionBY NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

Problem-solving farmers need supportive government policies

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR ROB BLACK

Driving down avoidable food waste in Canada

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP JOYCE MURRAY

AGRICULTURE

Fortifying Canada’s agricultural supply chains: a path forward

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

OpinionBY SAJI GEORGE

Trade anxiety creates ‘unprecedented’ risk to agriculture, requires bold advocacy, says sector experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Are we really supporting our agricultural industry in the face of changing geopolitics and climate?

OpinionBY LIETTE VASSEUR

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Biotechnology

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Harnessing the power of Canada’s growing biotechnology industry: a perspective from the West

OpinionBY STEPHANIE WILLERTH

Biotechnology: an opportunity balanced on a knife’s edge

OpinionBY ADAM DAMRY

Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Foreign interference: ideas and nations

OpinionBY JOHN CHENIER

Cancelling the F-35 deal would be ‘cutting our nose off to spite our face,’ says former senior military official

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Another major procurement project FUBAR

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Foreign interference risks must be addressed before voters go to polls, warns democracy watchdog, but Wark says holding off on election right now would be ‘ridiculous’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Environment

Trump: a suite of global dangers

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

Electrify everything!

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

Trade war could ‘upend’ EV sector, Canada must argue for integrated market, says CEO of vehicle manufacturing group

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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FINANCE

Restrictions on living abroad: the inequality of Canada’s pension portability 

OpinionBY CATI COE

Toronto top donor city for Carney, Freeland, and Gould’s Liberal leadership campaigns

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

Mid Mark Carney may not meet the moment

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Increased electrification, tighter building codes could be needed if consumer carbon tax scrapped, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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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

Doug Ford: the most successful retail politician in Canada today

OpinionBY PAUL DEEGAN

Cuba and Canada: 80 years of diplomatic relations

OpinionBY RODRIGO MALMIERCA DíAZ

Donald Trump as a George Orwell ‘nationalist’

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

Keeping the ‘rule of law’ alive

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

The growing threat of forever chemicals

OpinionBY BLAISE SALMON

Canada’s health-care system ‘in a tough spot,’ says Singh

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No, becoming the 51st state wouldn’t give us better health care—but Trump knows he’s hitting a nerve

OpinionBY BERT BLUNDON

Expanding the Canada Health Act must include mental health and substance use health

OpinionBY MARY BARTRAM, KATHLEEN LESLIE

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Industry and Manufacturing

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

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

Enhancing and protecting the historic Canada-U.S. relationship

OpinionBY FRANçOIS DESMARAIS

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infrastructure and transport

Canada’s next move starts a few thousand feet below the ground

OpinionBY ALEX GRECO

Any Arctic strategy must ensure Canadian control

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Breaking down Trudeau’s high-speed rail pledge

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Don’t overlook productivity in bid to return resilience to Western Canada’s supply chains

OpinionBY MARZIA RIZVI

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innovation

Science under pressure: a call to action

OpinionBY MONA NEMER, RéMI QUIRION

Critical mineral processing will protect Canada’s EV industry

OpinionBY TRAVIS SOUTHIN, DEREK EATON, SOSTHèNE UNG

Moving forward with Canada’s EV transition requires a holistic approach

OpinionBY SHELDON WILLIAMSON

As the U.S. drives backwards, Canada must pull ahead

OpinionBY HONGYU XIAO

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intergovernmental

Is Quebec becoming an authoritarian ‘nation’?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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

OpinionBY PETER RAUTENBACH

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

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justice

Black Justice Strategy’s 10-year plan ‘too little, too late,’ says NDP MP Green

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Time for Canada to step up as a human rights world leader

OpinionBY ODETTE MCCARTHY, JEAN-SéBASTIEN VALLéE

Top court could offer clarity on ‘open question’ of constitutional status of parliamentary privilege, say experts

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

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Labour & employment

A solution to homelessness is within our grasp

OpinionBY STEPHEN HWANG

Housing crisis, or opportunity?

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR TONI VARONE

Supply alone won’t solve the housing crisis

OpinionBY SARA BEYER, MARGARET FLYNN

Liberals need middle-class housing plan to match Conservatives, says housing expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Lobbying

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

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Trade tensions with U.S. motivate economic lobbying in January

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Taiwan the top destination in quieter year for MPs’ sponsored travel

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Canola industry urges more support for domestic biofuels sector in November, amid trade tensions with China

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Trump’s tariff barrage roils Canadian energy world

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

What is suddenly, painfully clear: we need to get our own economic house in order

OpinionBY JAY KHOSLA, ARASH GOLSHAN

Hydrogen sector development: are we really on the right track?

OpinionBY IBRAHIM DINCER

Bolstering domestic manufacturing can make us resilient to tariffs, and help meet our sustainability goals

OpinionBY ALEX TAVASOLI, HOLLY CAGGIANO

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Incoming senator Tony Ince talks liberation from party apparatus, ‘whirlwind’ first days

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Carney’s cabinet a step backwards in the dark

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

The missing ministers: Carney squanders an opportunity 

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY

Unmuted: elevating Black participation in politics

OpinionBY NNAMDI NDUBUKA

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Indigenous Relations

Understanding the policy implications of Canada’s ‘hidden energy communities’

OpinionBY JULIE MACARTHUR, EMMANUEL ACKOM

Why Indigenous rights must be integrated into Canada’s regulatory process

OpinionBY BYRON LOUIS

‘Buy Indigenous’ is ‘Buy Canada’

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR PJ PROSPER

Rising costs, and the looming threat of tariffs disproportionately affecting Métis

OpinionBY VICTORIA PRUDEN

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Conservatives dominate federal party fundraising

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Who’s in the race? Tracking the field of Liberal leadership candidates

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Who’s backing the Liberal leadership contenders?

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Who went where in Trudeau’s cabinet shake-up?

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

Always leave them wanting more: Fraser tops All Politics Poll as he looks to exit federal politics

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

Breaking down 343 federal ridings by rural and urban designations

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue

How would Canadians vote in the U.S. election? Survey shows a bent towards blue