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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

• Adverse economics killed the flagship NuScale SMR project. There is no reason to believe the costs of SMR designs proposed in Canada will be any lower. Are government officials hearing the alarm bells?

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

OpinionBY M.V. RAMANA AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

• Adverse economics killed the flagship NuScale SMR project. There is no reason to believe the costs of SMR designs proposed in Canada will be any lower. Are government officials hearing the alarm bells?

‘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

Young leaders question Canada on nuclear disarmament

OpinionBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN AND AVINASHPALL SINGH

Revving up Canada’s energy independence: why biofuels incentives are vital

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

Newfoundland residents frustrated with carbon tax, have mixed reviews of their Liberal MPs, including Seamus O’Regan

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

Nuclear energy is not ‘clean’ or ‘green’ in the European Union’s taxonomy

OpinionBY SUSAN O’DONNELL, MADIS VASSAR

Cool the carbon-pricing debate and focus on solutions that make people’s lives better

OpinionBY ALEX COOL-FERGUS

Deep efficiency retrofits are the only lasting fix to energy affordability

OpinionBY GRAHAM ANDERSON, DYLAN HEEREMA

Supreme Court dares Canada’s polarized politics to do better

OpinionBY MIKE BLANCHFIELD AND ARASH GOLSHAN

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Radiation ‘a dangerous health hazard so let’s be truly informed about it,’ writes Geary

Opinion

Radiation ‘a dangerous health hazard so let’s be truly informed about it,’ writes Geary

Opinion

Bill C-69 dragon has been slain

OpinionBY ROBERT SOPUCK

Supreme Court’s Impact Assessment Act ruling not a repudiation of federal power over climate protection, MPs and experts say, but urgent fix needed for law

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Low levels of radiation can harm, writes former federal researcher

Opinion

Canada must invest in full spectrum of isotope production

OpinionBY JAMES SCONGACK

Canada needs strong principles to make sense of the critical minerals boom

OpinionBY JANET SUMNER, BARBARA STEINHOFF, TIM GRAY

Nuclear power isn’t nearly so scary when you understand it

OpinionBY NEIL ALEXANDER, DODDY KASTANYA

There is no net zero without nuclear energy

OpinionBY HEATHER CHALMERS

New Brunswick Indigenous communities and Canadians need facts about SMNRs, not sales hype

OpinionBY HUGH AKAGI AND SUSAN O’DONNELL

AGRICULTURE

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

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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

Canadian aerospace and the supply chain challenge: a structural problem, or just a passing phase?

OpinionBY JOHN GRADEK

An aerospace strategy for Canada is key to unlocking our full potential

OpinionBY MIKE MUELLER

Federal government can do more to help aviation industry get to 2050 target

OpinionBY KIMBERLEY VAN VLIET

Reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions challenging but not impossible

OpinionBY DAVID ZINGG

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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

Missing the point of Freeland’s what-have-we-got-to-lose mini-budget

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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

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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

‘Penny wise, pound foolish’: interparliamentary group chairs decry decision to reject funding boost

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Global Affairs missed target of having nearly half of Canadians back diplomatic efforts: department report

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Protesters vow continued ‘civil disobedience’ until feds issue call for permanent Israel-Hamas ceasefire

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Newest India assassination claims validate expansion of public inquiry beyond China, says Thomas Juneau

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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health

Tackling the health system’s carbon footprint: when part of the problem becomes part of the solution

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

Questions count when it comes to finding out how Canadians feel about pharmacare

OpinionBY JOEL LEXCHIN

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

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

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

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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

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

When critical minerals meet critical infrastructure gaps in Canada

OpinionBY BRYAN N. DETCHOU AND KAREN SWAGER

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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

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

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Still losing the war on climate change all these years later

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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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

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

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

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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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Women, Gender and Diversity

NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Bureaucratic efforts are just ‘diversity’ icing on a white cake

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Canada’s opportunity to lead on sustainable menstrual equity

OpinionBY LINDA BIGGS, LEISA HIRTZ, MADELEINE SHAW

Claiming their places at the edge of history

OpinionBY VELMA MORGAN

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Indigenous Relations

What is so surprising about the demand for ‘change’ in reconciliation?

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY