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Labour and employment

Should telecommunications be nationalized?

OpinionBY MARK HANCOCK

• The federal government must not accept that the telecommunications companies under its jurisdiction and regulated at its initiative are exporting our jobs and damaging our economy.

Should telecommunications be nationalized?

OpinionBY MARK HANCOCK

• The federal government must not accept that the telecommunications companies under its jurisdiction and regulated at its initiative are exporting our jobs and damaging our economy.

Housing the latest skirmish pitting progressive government against zombie neoliberalism

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A trading nation needs a globally engaged workforce

OpinionBY PERRIN BEATTY

Freeland’s budget should focus on housing, ending homelessness, writes Ottawa reader

Opinion

Time to act on Canada Disability Benefit promise

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA, ANDREAE SENNYAH

Better climate-risk mapping data a must as Canada addresses housing crisis, says experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Canada needs a national housing standard to protect migrant agricultural workers: KAIROS

Opinion

Canada needs a comprehensive, national plan for refugee claimant housing

OpinionBY EMILIO RODRIGUEZ, ALLAN REESOR-MCDOWELL

School food advocates celebrate as Liberals serve up long-awaited $1B for national program 

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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From crisis to solution: a national acquisition fund can help ease housing crisis

OpinionBY RAY SULLIVAN, JILL ATKEY, TIM ROSS, AND JOHN GORDON

• The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, B.C.'s Rental Protection Fund, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada propose a national acquisition fund to move rental homes into community ownership through non-profits and co-operatives, protecting their affordability forever.

From crisis to solution: a national acquisition fund can help ease housing crisis

OpinionBY RAY SULLIVAN, JILL ATKEY, TIM ROSS, AND JOHN GORDON

• The Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, B.C.'s Rental Protection Fund, and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada propose a national acquisition fund to move rental homes into community ownership through non-profits and co-operatives, protecting their affordability forever.

The importance of career-oriented education for Canada’s youth

OpinionBY HEATHER LAPPER

Where there is WIL, there’s a way

OpinionBY CHARLENE MARION

Why aren’t we talking about long-term care when we talk about the housing crisis?

OpinionBY JODI HALL

Getting hosed on housing

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Canada’s system of supply management: an innovative, modern solution

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Economic value of agriculture industry often overlooked by feds, argue sector advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change will affect your grocery prices

OpinionBY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

Agriculture can do more than just put food on our plate

OpinionBY RENE VAN ACKER, AMY PROULX, AND MARTIN SCANLON

AGRICULTURE

Housing crisis hitting migrant agricultural workers in Canada

OpinionBY ANELYSE WEILER AND C. SUSANA CAXAJ

Food security concerns will become more prominent, and the world needs Canadian agriculture

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR ROB BLACK AND KEITH CURRIE

Growing our role on the world stage: the importance of Canadian agriculture globally

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP JOHN BARLOW

Nurturing Canada’s agricultural future: a call for a long-term vision

Opinion

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Biotechnology

Does Canada need a more integrated strategy for pandemic responses? Yes

OpinionBY ISAAC BOGOCH AND DAVID NAYLOR

Canada’s biomedical brain drain is reversing. Let’s continue that trend

OpinionBY MICHAEL MAY, ALLISON BROWN

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Canada’s updated defence policy muted on UN peacekeeping as historic low contributions persist  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Struggling low-cost air carriers require feds’ intervention on price competition, says aviation expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Integrity commissioner report spotlights gross mismanagement at Corrections Canada

OpinionBY IAN BRON

Seeing will be believing with Canada’s defence policy update

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

The federal carbon-pricing plan’s broken promise to small business

OpinionBY JAIRO YUNIS

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Why wait for disasters to strike to draw on research evidence?

OpinionBY JOHN N. LAVIS AND KERRY WADDELL

To curb pollution, government should put a price on it, says letter writer

Opinion

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FINANCE

Conservatives ‘riding the stronger horse’ in competing narratives about budget: pollster Lyle

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Time for some Liberal soul searching

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Business investment key to addressing Canada’s productivity crisis

OpinionBY TEGAN HILL

Liberals continue ‘big budget’ spending trend, increasing capital gains tax to maintain deficit

NewsBY CHELSEA NASH

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Fisheries and oceans

Unlocking the power of the ocean: threading the economic needle on the path to net zero

OpinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD, TRINE JøRANLI ESKEDAL

Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries

OpinionBY REBECCA SCHIJNS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans undermining minister’s mandate

OpinionBY KAREN WRISTEN

Catching up with Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier’s team

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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FOREIGN POLICY

Predicting Poilievre’s foreign policy plans

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Modi expected to win India’s election

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

How women are helping deliver a healthier, polio-free world

OpinionBY JENNIFER JONES, STEPHANIE URCHICK

How should we prepare for the unpredictable? Talk to Americans

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

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health

National surgical wait times strategy needed

OpinionBY TRISH BARBATO

Time for Poilievre to join a constructive pharmacare conversation

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

House Health Committee calls for a national breast implant registry

FeatureBY MAGDELENE CRESKEY

School food program should focus on healthy plant-based eating

OpinionBY COLIN SARAVANAMUTTOO

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Industry and Manufacturing

Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Expanded electric capacity to handle EVs must be taken seriously, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Fighting inflation one gigabyte at a time

OpinionBY ROBERT GHIZ

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infrastructure and transport

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Time to stop building infrastructure for yesterday’s climate

OpinionBY RYAN NESS

In the air or at sea: how investments in transportation ports can support a transition to net-zero goals

OpinionBY KERRY BLACK

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innovation

EV battery fires are a global problem that we need to address in Canada

OpinionBY JOSIPA PETRUNIC

Driving down emissions with electric school buses

OpinionBY NDP MP LAUREL COLLINS

The electric-vehicle era is just getting rolling

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ADAM VAN KOEVERDEN

Canada has all the resources and tools we need to benefit from a clean and green economy

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

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intergovernmental

Is there another Charest in the Quebec Liberals’ future?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A closer look at the federal carbon tax

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Are we sleepwalking to another national unity crisis?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Bill 21 should be quickly repealed

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

Internet freedom can co-exist with child protection

OpinionBY ANU GEORGE CANJANATHOPPIL, JOHN TANAGHO

Federal parties in court April 22 after judge denies adjournment request in voter data case

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

We must demand greater accountability from police

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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Labour & employment

Unlocking home ownership: tackling Canada’s interim occupancy challenge

OpinionBY KEVIN MURPHY

Skilled tradespeople are essential to solving Canada’s housing crisis

OpinionBY PIERS YOUNG

When politicians make students the scapegoats

OpinionBY JEFFERY VACANTE

Resolving Canada’s housing shortage requires a whole-of-government approach

OpinionBY KEVIN LEE

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Lobbying

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Poilievre’s communication record shows corporate lobbyists shouldn’t panic, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Democracy Watch wants lobbying commissioner’s office to probe firm with links to top Conservative adviser Jenni Byrne

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

First phase of pharmacare must not ‘create new gaps’ in existing coverage, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

First Nations and the right to say yes

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS

A cap on emissions will actually hinder Canada’s environmental, social, and economic efforts

OpinionBY DEBORAH YEDLIN

Budget 2024 is critical to the future of made-in-Canada biofuel projects

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

We need more natural infrastructure, and fast

OpinionBY RICHARD GROSSHANS

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

OpinionBY MAGNOLIA PERRON

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

OpinionBY AMIN KAMALEDDIN

Will Canada support changes to international law on gender persecution?

OpinionBY RHONDA GOSSEN

House report on preventing human trafficking met with mixed reviews

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Indigenous Relations

Equity loan guarantees will pave path to economic reconciliation

OpinionBY WAYNE MCQUABBIE, GREGORY NEWTON, JOHN BEAUCAGE

Canada’s budgetary process: a failing grade in First Nations partnership

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

It’s not comedy to make money off a mass murderer

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

Senate bill seeking to criminalize forced sterilizations raises concerns over unintended consequences

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

U.S. election preoccupies Canada’s top 50 foreign influencers as feds’ focus gets pulled from Asia strategy

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

Cabinet’s communications and chiefs of staff list, 2024

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

House committee trips that have been granted a travel budget in the 44th Parliament, so far

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Fraser voted best minister in Question Period and best public speaker in The Hill Times’ Politically Savvy Survey 2023

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

Telford three-peats at the top of the 20th Terrific 25 Staffers list, LRB’s Wendy Wu voted Best All-Round

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

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

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022

Top 30 consultant lobbyists with highest number of communications in 2022