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Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

• The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature

Belgium marks national day

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

Peru flies its flag

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

While we build a nation, let’s not forget the children who will inherit it

HealthBY ANDREW REDDIN

‘The honeymoon period will be over’: politicos expect high bar for Carney’s first budget, and omnibus-bill headaches

FinanceBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

From mandates to momentum

PolicyBY PETER COPELAND

Public opinion is the real opposition

Foreign PolicyBY DARRELL BRICKER

Canada should eliminate its supply management system—with or without Trump

AgricultureBY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS

AI as Canada’s green catalyst—but at what cost?

EnvironmentBY SARAH FARAHDEL

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Arctic deserves more than promises for improved security

ArcticBY DANIEL DAGENAIS

• While southern Canada debates the purchase of drones and submarines, the North still waits for basic investments in safety, predictability, and connectivity.

Canada must join forces with allies to stop the pollution threatening our health and environment

EnvironmentBY SEHJAL BHARGAVA, ANTHONY MERANTE, KAREN WIRSIG

An impact blueprint for Canada’s global agenda

Foreign PolicyBY ADAM SPENCE

A defence industrial policy is a good offence

Defence & SecurityBY KEVIN LYNCH, PAUL DEEGAN

The $25,000 fine for violating Nova Scotia woods ban ‘not high enough,’ says Grit MP Fancy-Landry: ‘people really need to wake the hell up’

EnvironmentBY ELEANOR WAND

When will Canada embrace Indigenous-led wildfire solutions that we know work?

Defence & SecurityBY AMY CARDINAL CHRISTIANSON, CONROY SEWEPAGAHAM, FRANK BROWN

The AI crash

InnovationBY GWYNNE DYER

Reality check: Canada’s nation-building must ditch fossil fantasies

EnvironmentBY ALY HYDER ALI

What happens to the people of the occupied territories of Ukraine? It could be up to Canada

Foreign PolicyBY JON UNRUH, MICHAEL CHOLOD

AGRICULTURE

Carney: don’t gamble with Canada’s food security

OpinionBY MILTON DYCK

Rural Canada: a national barometer and strategic economic imperative

OpinionBY JACQUES LEFEBVRE

Why we must defend supply management

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Turning the tables on ‘Positive Nutrition’

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

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Biotechnology

U.S. tariffs on pharmaceuticals could complicate an already complex supply chain

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

A different ‘philosophy’ steers new drug pricing guidelines, says top PMPRB bureaucrat after contentious path to rule changes  

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s next top doctor must be a ‘focal point’ for public health amid changes in the U.S., concerns about next pandemic

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

From momentum to leadership: securing Canada’s biotech future

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Thousands respond to false message promoting 1,400 jobs with Department of National Defence

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Reliance on IT contractors exposes feds to risk of foreign interference, experts say, as RCMP warns against North Korean infiltration

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Internal documents detail costs piling up for prison dairy program

FeatureBY CALVIN NEUFELD

Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Environment

National-interest infrastructure needs to be climate proof

OpinionBY DAVE SAWYER, RYAN NESS

Q&A | How a plastics pollution treaty can send a ‘crucial market signal’

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Carney should heed his own advice from his bestselling book, Value(s)

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

Carbon removal technology is more than just a climate solution

OpinionBY CATIE O’NEAL

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FINANCE

Shoring up supports for people and communities in a turbulent trade climate

OpinionBY SHAIMAA YASSIN

The feds have the tools they need to reshape the country. Will they use them?

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Spend, baby, spend: lessons learned from Trump can be used to build a new and prosperous Canada

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, GEOFFREY GOODELL

Is there a realistic blueprint for cutting government spending?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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Fisheries and oceans

Q&A | Cod quota ‘pressure is enormous’ on fisheries minister

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The markets are hungry for Canadian cod. Will we deliver?

OpinionBY SYLVIE LAPOINTE

Oceans must take centre stage in nation-building projects

OpinionBY DEREK ARMITAGE, TREVOR SWERDFAGER

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FOREIGN POLICY

Why Canada can no longer trust U.S. regulatory agencies

OpinionBY NATASHA TUSIKOV

Canada and its allies must get smart about smart devices and limit chips to what matters

OpinionBY KATE E. TODD

Ending Canada’s double-front trade war: pragmatism over politics with China

OpinionBY WENRAN JIANG

‘Difference between a revolver and a machine gun’: how the U.S. courts could partially blunt Trump’s tariffs 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

One year in, Canada’s nicotine pouch ban still defies public health logic

OpinionBY FRANK SILVA

Surviving cancer should not be determined by your bank account

OpinionBY KATHLEEN FINLAY

Saskatchewan, Newfoundland, Nunavut, and Northwest Territories all open to pharmacare talks, but say they’re not taking place

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

How rapid diagnostics can help curb antimicrobial resistance

OpinionBY FRéDéRIC DUBé

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Industry and Manufacturing

Feds need to ‘rethink’ industrial benefits policy and refocus on defence capabilities, say former senior officials: it ‘needs to evolve’

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Bill C-5 is a turning point in Canadian history

OpinionBY GARY MERASTY

We need a fix for bureaucratic delays—but is it a pipe dream?

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

What will kill the electric car this time: Trump or Canada’s haplessness?

OpinionBY SUSAN RILEY

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infrastructure and transport

Why Canada’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach is the biggest threat to our infrastructure

OpinionBY KAMYAB ZANDI

Steel industry players say retaliatory tariffs for Canadian steel need ‘real teeth’ as lobbying efforts heat up

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

The path forward on reconciliation and building infrastructure

OpinionBY MARK QUINN, BILL SCHAPER, JAMIE CARROLL

Transforming Canada’s trade infrastructure is necessary to build our prosperity

OpinionBY STEFAN FOURNIER

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innovation

Canada must lead on circular solutions to end plastic pollution

OpinionBY CHRISTA SEAMAN

Canada never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity, but we better not miss it this time

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Space: the critical link to Canada’s defence, sovereignty, and economic growth

OpinionBY BRIAN GALLANT

Was repealing the digital services tax a missed opportunity for Canada or the right call?

OpinionBY ADAM FROMAN

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intergovernmental

Ottawa needs to do more to recognize Newfoundland and Labrador’s ‘positive impact’ on national agenda, says former premier Ball

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Political commentary on convoy protest organizers Lich and Barber’s sentencing ‘corrosive’ and ‘dangerous,’ say observers

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

New Leaf Liberals want to root out Ontario Liberal shortcomings, not back a particular leader, says co-founder

NewsBY STUART BENSON

The One Canadian Economy Act: a new governance framework

OpinionBY LORI TURNBULL

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justice

Military police chief is ignoring the law, shutting down probes into complaints: watchdog report

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

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

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Labour & employment

Liberals’ unconstitutional and ‘offensive’ use of Labour Code in Air Canada dispute marks ‘turning point’: union leader 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Liberals set themselves up for turbulence on workers’ rights

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

The value of lifelong learning

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Carney government has two duties to younger Canadians, and one is to offer real hope

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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Lobbying

Canada ‘should not relent’ in trade talks, say industry reps who say auto sector needs zero tariffs

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

U.S. trade approach ‘changes the rules of the game,’ with canola sector leading economic lobbying in first six months of 2025

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Lobbyists address Canada-U.S. dynamic in face of shifting tariffs from unpredictable Trump: ‘it’s changed’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

High engagement with oil and gas industry a ‘bad look’ for feds, say environmental advocates: ‘pick a lane’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

Why bold infrastructure investments are key to our economic resilience

OpinionBY KIP EIDEBERG

Finding open ice: Canada’s future depends on batteries and critical minerals

OpinionBY DAN BLONDAL, TRENT MELL, TREVOR WALKER

Questioning the safe disposal of spent enriched uranium fuel: letter writer

Opinion

Bill C-5 revealing itself as a Trojan horse designed to appease Alberta’s fossil fuel interests

OpinionBY JOHANNE WHITMORE, FRANçOIS DELORME

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Carney becomes second sitting prime minister in Canadian history to march at Pride

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

WAGE isn’t in a funding crisis—it has a design flaw

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM

Plan tackling gender-based violence needs funding renewed, say advocates amid concerns over budget cuts

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

‘It’s being levelled’: advocates worried about potential 81 per cent cut to Women and Gender Equality Canada’s budget by 2028

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA

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Indigenous Relations

Cuts to Indigenous Services Canada sparking concerns of return to ‘Band-Aid solutions,’ and ‘mistakes of the past’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Natan Obed weighs in on the Major Projects law, Carney’s election, and what the North needs

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Crown-Indigenous Relations departmental plan raises questions about role in Liberals’ major projects push

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Creating a two-tiered Canada with budget cuts that divide by race

OpinionBY ANNE LEVESQUE

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