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G7 leaders should shape technology with trust 

Foreign PolicyBY KEITH JANSA

• Canada will host the G7 summit in less than a month. G7 leaders will come together not only to provide global leadership on the

Minister McGuinty faces challenge to modernize military under unstable U.S. relationship: defence experts

Defence & SecurityBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Carney is already short-changing transparency

Defence & SecurityBY KEN RUBIN

Pakistan wants South Asian stability to be a top issue on G7 communiqué

Foreign PolicyBY NEIL MOSS

How to preserve NORAD? All action, and absolutely no talk

Defence & SecurityBY ADAM CHAPNICK

Carney’s defence industrial agenda: two steps forward, one step back

Defence & SecurityBY NICOLAS TODD

The building blocks for procurement progress

Defence & SecurityBY ALISTAIR EDGAR

The procurement problem

Defence & SecurityBY DAVID PRATT

Time to build—together

Infrastructure and TransportBY REBECCA BLIGH

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Rebuilding Canada’s fisheries for climate and economic security

Fisheries and OceansBY JOSH LAUGHREN

• Oceana Canada’s analysis shows that by applying existing science-based law and policy, the number of healthy fish populations in Canada could rise from 35

What can we expect from Canada’s new environment minister?

CabinetBY TIM GRAY

In the face of insolvency and strike action, what does Canada Post’s future look like?

FinanceBY MARLO GLASS

Two recent court judgments put brakes on giant Ottawa River nuclear waste dump

EnvironmentBY LYNN JONES

Minister Solomon a chance to regain our spot as a global AI leader

InnovationBY GIDEON CHRISTIAN

Beyond promises: Canada’s duty to fund Indigenous education

Indigenous RelationsBY MARSHA JOSEPHS

Now-eliminated mental health and addictions cabinet post ‘shone a brighter light’ on issues, but also caused some confusion, stakeholders say

HealthBY TESSIE SANCI

Carney will need to get a clear agreement on Canada’s future relationship with the U.S.

Foreign PolicyBY DAVID CRANE

The backstory on equalization

FinanceBY NELSON WISEMAN

AGRICULTURE

Canada can be an agriculture powerhouse if we meet the moment

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY ROBINSON

Supply management consensus emerges but Grits, Tories accuse each other of past capitulation

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

No more scraps: making the election about ending hunger in Canada

OpinionBY NICK SAUL, JASMINE RAMZE REZAEE

Is Canada keeping pace with agricultural innovation?

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

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Biotechnology

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

Biotechnology: an opportunity balanced on a knife’s edge

OpinionBY ADAM DAMRY

Biotechnology must factor into a broader Canadian industrial policy

OpinionBY FRANK BAYLIS

From crisis to catalyst: Canada’s opportunity to drive global health and research innovation

OpinionBY PAMELA SHAVER-WALKER, EDWARD SHORT

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Investing in first-person-view kamikaze drones is a practical move to help shut Canada’s artillery gap

OpinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE

National defence is a key component of the economic strategy

OpinionBY JOHN MCKAY

No amount of defence spending will satisfy Trump

OpinionBY AARON ETTINGER

It is up to cabinet to fix military retention

OpinionBY CHARLOTTE DUVAL-LANTOINE

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Environment

On energy, Prime Minister Carney must pick a lane

OpinionBY CAROLINE BROUILLETTE

Fighting U.S. threats by fighting climate change

OpinionBY MILI ROY

Green, red, and blue

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

Fighting for air: keeping health and justice at the forefront of Canadian environmental policy

OpinionBY JULIA SAWATZKY

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FINANCE

Shrinking the bureaucratic behemoth

OpinionBY RAM MATHILAKATH, GREG MACDOUGALL

Feds set out $486.9-billion in spending in 2025-26 main estimates

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

The future of Canada depends on Indigenous leadership

OpinionBY CANDACE LARSEN

Federal disability benefit welcome, but its red tape will tax health system

OpinionBY JOSS REIMER

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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

European Union celebrates at the gallery

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Add America to the no-go list for many journalists 

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

In 50 years, the G7’s never had a summit like the one Carney is hosting next month

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

‘We’re hurt, too’: U.S. envoy counters Canadians’ outrage over annexation threats

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

Riding electoral outcomes reveal regional life expectancy trends

OpinionBY MICHAEL WOLFSON

A step forward, but not far enough: Canada still needs a minister for older persons

OpinionBY GABRIELLE GALLANT, KAHIR LALJI

Canada leads the future of diabetes care by listening to those with lived experience

OpinionBY RACHEL REEVE

Don’t let Canada become the 51st state: why keeping health care public is critical for our sovereignty

OpinionBY FARAH SHROFF

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Industry and Manufacturing

Researcher, advocacy group hoping for ‘cabinet co-ordination’ on digital files with new AI and digital innovation ministry

NewsBY PHALEN TYNES-MACDONALD, PAUL PARK, HANNAH DALEY

Future-proofing our manufacturing sector

OpinionBY GREG MOFFATT

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

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Manufacturing sector and others lobbying hard for federal government support during 30-day tariff pause

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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infrastructure and transport

Environment implications for proposed Liberal energy corridor unclear; ‘the devil is in the details,’ says uWaterloo academic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Public transit can’t wait for politics to catch up

OpinionBY MARCO D’ANGELO

More needed to protect communities from rail disasters

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Building infrastructure to withstand the effects of climate change

OpinionBY JOSEPH DARAIO

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innovation

GC-OS: why the Government of Canada should develop its own software

OpinionBY AIDAN WAKELY-MULRONEY

A public alternative to social media

OpinionBY HEIDI TWOREK, ALICIA WANLESS

Imagination is the missing ingredient in Canadian AI policy and adoption

OpinionBY ANDREW FORDE

Is Canada’s electric vehicle industry on a collision course?

OpinionBY JOSEPH FOURNIER

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intergovernmental

Carney benches Trudeau’s ‘Hallmark card’ mandate letter format, opts for broad priority list for all ministers 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

King’s Speech from the Throne offers challenges

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Now isn’t the time for backsliding on internal trade

OpinionBY BRADLEE WHIDDEN

Quebec Anglos are a ‘distinct society’

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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justice

Senate throws a lifeline to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

OpinionBY ERROL MENDES

Kelly looks at how governments react to judicial invalidation in Constraining the Court

FeatureBY JAMES B. KELLY

‘This is a book about gender-based violence, with a focus on intimate partner abuse,’ says Donner-nominated author of And Sometimes They Kill You

FeatureBY PAMELA CROSS

DEI: love it or hate it, it’s more profitable

OpinionBY JORY COHEN

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Labour & employment

PM Carney’s failure to appoint disabilities minister is an error in judgement

OpinionBY LEN BAKER

A new Canadian economy must include everyone

OpinionBY BONNIE BRAYTON

Federal public service cut by nearly 10,000 jobs, new data shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED May 23, 2025

New housing minister’s ‘first-week jitters’ on home values needs clarification, says policy expert Mike Moffatt

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Lobbying

Lobbying rule changes coming with stricter reporting requirements, says lobbying commissioner

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Cooling-off period for lobbyists who volunteered during election can vary, says lobbying commissioner who urges reading code of conduct

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists prepare for ‘very serious’ Carney government prioritizing economy, trade and housing

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Poilievre’s ethics pitch more about framing Carney as a ‘corrupt politician’ than attempt at reform, but some ideas are good, say observers

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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natural resources and energy

Mark Carney and the disappearing pipeline

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Canada’s clear leverage to lead on critical minerals

OpinionBY MARK SELBY

Reindustrializing Canada: where the real critical mineral opportunity lies

OpinionBY MARILYN SPINK

Digging up a hidden election issue: development and control of critical minerals

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Advocates to push accountability for diversity, inclusion after lack of focus in Carney’s cabinet, mandate letter

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women’s safety is economic policy—what our next government must do now

OpinionBY ANURADHA DUGAL, ALINE NIZIGAMA

Vote to end gender-based violence

OpinionBY ERIN LEE, JULIE LALONDE, HEATHER MCGREGOR

Canada’s economic future depends on women—the next government has an opportunity to deliver

OpinionBY MITZIE HUNTER

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Indigenous Relations

Locked out of our own treaty relationship: First Nations deserve more than ceremonial words

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

Keep the focus on the citizens who must benefit from federal governance

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders lay out major asks for re-elected Liberal government

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

The Crown must answer for the theft of Rupert’s Land

OpinionBY KYRA WILSON

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