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Labour and employment

Bank of Canada quietly signals long-term shift with potential for economic, political upheaval

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• The end of the low-interest-rate policy sets the stage for widespread household financial stress in 2025 and 2026, when the majority of mortgages are up for renewal.

Bank of Canada quietly signals long-term shift with potential for economic, political upheaval

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

• The end of the low-interest-rate policy sets the stage for widespread household financial stress in 2025 and 2026, when the majority of mortgages are up for renewal.

Committee witnesses who testify about non-disclosure agreements would be covered by parliamentary privilege, say House and Senate representatives

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Time for concrete action to unlock homeownership for Canadians

OpinionBY KEVIN LEE

Senator to table bill to limit use of non-disclosure agreements to hide abuse and discrimination at federally-funded agencies

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Can we save our affordable housing before it’s too late?

OpinionBY MARCIA BRYAN

There is more to the malaise in the education system than funding: Tom McElroy

Opinion

Gender equality got left behind in the most recent budget

OpinionBY MAGGIE SAINTY

Ford’s new budget will hurt students: letter writer

Opinion

Qualtrough looks to leverage trust of disability community as Senate committee studies landmark benefit

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

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Feds show ‘understanding’ but not ‘action’ on need to partner with provinces to build more houses, says B.C. minister

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

• A proposal to link housing funding with immigration shows how per capita transfers are sometimes ‘too blunt a measure,’ says policy prof.

Feds show ‘understanding’ but not ‘action’ on need to partner with provinces to build more houses, says B.C. minister

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

• A proposal to link housing funding with immigration shows how per capita transfers are sometimes ‘too blunt a measure,’ says policy prof.

Ladder up and out: labour training as poverty escape

OpinionBY JULIA BLACKBURN, SALIM JIVRAJ

Parliamentary Budget Office says ending tax exemption for real estate investment trusts would generate at least $285.8-million in additional revenue over five years

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Budget offers ‘underwhelming’ response to worsening housing crisis, say advocates

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Budget should bolster commitment to workers in changing economy

OpinionBY SEAN STRICKLAND

Legislation to exempt natural gas use on farms from carbon pricing focus of environment-heavy April lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Vegan diets and organic farming: two really bad ideas for the planet

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

Food insecurity, canola crops top lobbying concerns in first quarter of 2023

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Saskatchewan is leading the way on soil health

OpinionBY PSG SENATOR MARTY KLYNE

AGRICULTURE

What goes ‘moo’ and then explodes?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Job security during transition to low-carbon economy among top concerns in environment-heavy February for lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Grocery Code of Conduct to address transparency in agri-food industry set for April release

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Growing Canada’s agri-food sector requires a sustainable approach to meet consumer demand

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP FRANCIS DROUIN

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Biotechnology

Genomics can both grow and green Canada’s economy

OpinionBY BETTINA HAMELIN

Big money to scale up our most promising, young companies often from the United States

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Canada’s life sciences sector has come a long way

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP ANDY FILLMORE

Biotechnology, statistics, collaboration, and the pursuit of the future

OpinionBY DONALD ESTEP

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Johnston ‘right’ to resist public inquiry, those calling for one ‘were being naive’: former national security adviser

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

The hidden costs of police body-worn cameras

OpinionBY CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER

Conservative attacks ignore bail’s role as effective ‘tool of public safety,’ says NDP justice critic

NewsBY STUART BENSON

South Korea visit a chance to dive into Canada’s submarine quagmire

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

What’s the plan for importing more nuclear waste into Canada?

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL, OLE HENDRICKSON

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

Signs of change: Parks Canada examines how we can address our past and future

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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FINANCE

Top finance official defends Infrastructure Bank from accusations of ‘cosiness’ with private consultants

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Small inflation uptick not cause for economic ‘alarm,’ but Liberals ‘remain in trouble’ politically, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Canada needs to rein in its financial sector to avert total climate breakdown

OpinionBY MELANIE SNOW

Closing the gap: aligning financial regulation with climate commitments

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

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Fisheries and oceans

Canada, U.S. must work together to protect the Central Arctic Ocean

Opinion

Is Canada ready to hear from a new wave of water leaders?

OpinionBY ANDREA MAY ROWE, CORINNE SCHUSTER-WALLACE

Fisheries Minister Murray promotes new parliamentary affairs director

FeatureBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Should we let the H2O flow?

OpinionBY KEVIN LYNCH AND PAUL DEEGAN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Russia: the least bad option?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

The nuclear threat is real

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

How Canada can foster deeper ties with African continent

OpinionBY PROGRESSIVE SENATOR AMINA GERBA

Timing of Biden’s delivery of military aid to Ukraine is carefully calculated

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

Poilievre wants ‘culture war between elites and common sense’ on safe supply: Tory pundit Powers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Health Committee tries to cut through contradictions and confusion over reforms to drug prices regulator

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

When the law fails to protect public health: opposing the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

OpinionBY TIM TAKARO, JOHN ABBOTTS

Improving access to palliative care starts with better data collection

OpinionBY CARRIE THIBODEAU, BIANCA CARLONE, DANIEL NOWOSELSKI

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Industry and Manufacturing

Stellantis holding governments ‘to ransom’ with threat to pull out of Windsor battery plant, says environmental advocate

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Automakers aren’t serious about the all-electric future

OpinionBY NATE WALLACE

It’s a generational moment for the life science industry

OpinionBY GORDON C. MCCAULEY

Frank McKenna: New Brunswick leads the way

OpinionBY FRANK MCKENNA

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infrastructure and transport

Everything, everywhere, all at once

OpinionBY DAVID ADAMS

A focus on water can lessen climate change’s burn

OpinionBY JOSéE MéTHOT

Economic reconciliation requires nation-building investment in the Arctic

OpinionBY NUNAVUT PREMIER P.J. AKEEAGOK

Federal support for transit key to climate, affordability, and economic goals

OpinionBY BRAD WEST

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innovation

Public interest in AI offers ‘unique moment’ for regulatory action

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

AI regulation in Canada is moving forward. Here’s what needs to come next

OpinionBY GILLIAN HADFIELD, MAGGIE ARAI, ISAAC GAZENDAM

Copyright is king in the battle for Canadian content

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Right to repair provisions must take the automotive sector into account

OpinionBY JEAN-FRANçOIS CHAMPAGNE

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intergovernmental

Firefighting an election campaign

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Alberta election will provide insight into Canadian tolerance for extremism

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Newfoundland and Labrador still rock

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Canada as we know it will soon cease to exist

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Canada’s extradition law desperately needs reform

OpinionBY MICHELLE WEINROTH

The House calls it a national emergency, but will there be action?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

International justice body, Canada under the microscope to address ‘credibility gaps’

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Extradition and justice: the case of Hassan Diab

OpinionBY GAR PARDY

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Labour & employment

‘Too much, too quickly’: economists warn of Liberal ‘pro-business’ immigration policy

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

‘No one-size-fits-all approach’: House committee tackles improving Indigenous graduation rates

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Canada facing wave of new homelessness: Gatineau, Que., reader

Opinion

This just in: high poverty rates and inequality are not inevitable

OpinionBY MICHAEL HATFIELD

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Lobbying

Disability benefit and gun control bills could rank high for Liberal priorities prior to summer break, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists anticipate revisions to Code of Conduct following House Ethics Committee’s recommendations

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Controversial appointment of top ethics watchdog with family ties to cabinet minister holds merit, say public policy experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Tensions with China show need for trade diversification, say business advocates, NDP MP

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Integrated energy systems key to low-carbon future at home and abroad

OpinionBY WALTER MéRIDA

No space in Canada’s energy policy for methane gas

OpinionBY MILI ROY, ROBB BARNES

Fossil fuel reps on clean electricity council a concern for NDP critic, environmentalists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Ready! Fire! Aim!: Cost-benefit analyses should determine strength of emissions control measures before implementation

OpinionBY RON WALLACE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Anti-Islamophobia rep calls for proactive measures to protect Canada’s Muslim communities amid rising hate-motivated attacks

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The CRA’s reliance on biased sources can perpetuate Islamophobia

OpinionBY MOHAMMED IQBAL ALNADVI

Despite global pledge to combat Islamophobia, systemic anti-Muslim hate is on the rise

OpinionBY TAHA GHAYYUR, FAREED KHAN

Civil liberties groups call for immediate moratorium on ‘prejudiced audits’ of Muslim charities pending NSIRA review

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Indigenous Relations

Macdonald-Laurier Institute event explores the significance for Canada of the Vatican’s repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

FMA amendments support better futures for First Nations communities

OpinionBY HAROLD CALLA

More Indigenous Guardians provide benefits for climate, nature, and reconciliation

OpinionBY VALéRIE COURTOIS

Media, Bill C-18, and Indigenous inclusion

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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