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We all live in Tampa now, and we all need to find higher intellectual ground than indifference

EnvironmentBY MICHAEL HARRIS

There is, of course, a deeply human dimension to the issue at play in places like Florida and California. It is plainly traumatizing to force

Meeting innovation challenges critical for a better future

InnovationBY DAVID CRANE

Politics drives Poilievre’s support for OAS hike, sets the stage for future budget ‘trade-offs,’ say observers

FinanceBY IAN CAMPBELL

Beyond buzzwords: we need more disabled voices in Canadian politics

Labour & EmploymentBY KAIT LAFORCE

The world needs more Canada—but can we deliver the goods?

Infrastructure and TransportBY PASCAL CHAN

Switzerland throws national day party

Malaysia lays out breakfast spread

The Liberal infrastructure record is nothing to be proud of

Indigenous RelationsBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Housing crisis requires more long-term infrastructure planning, say housing and construction experts

Infrastructure and TransportBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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Now is the time for Canada to assume its infrastructure responsibilities to First Nations

Indigenous RelationsBY TYLER BALL

The original peoples of this land deserve the dignity of accessing infrastructure that they can count on, all the time.

Housing-enabling infrastructure: a key piece to solving the housing crisis puzzle

Infrastructure and TransportBY JANICE MYERS

Without the necessary resources, it becomes harder for universities to stay competitive on the global stage

Infrastructure and TransportBY GABRIEL MILLER

Shifting the focus from structural issues to immigration will not fix Canada’s housing crisis

ImmigrationBY HAORUI WU, PARTH BANSAL, SIYU RU, SZYMON PARZNIEWSKI

Far more still to be done for infrastructure in the Yukon

Infrastructure and TransportBY ISG SENATOR PAT DUNCAN

Canada is rising to meet the challenge of housing

Infrastructure and TransportBY LIBERAL MP ANNIE KOUTRAKIS

Governments must remove barriers to improve access to mental health and substance use services

HealthBY FLORENCE BUDDEN, ANTHONY ESPOSTI AND GLENN BRIMACOMBE

Adaptation to climate change should be a non-partisan priority

EnvironmentBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

Parliament at a standstill as Conservative MPs push for release of green-tech fund papers

EnvironmentBY IREM KOCA

AGRICULTURE

Egg farming’s future rooted in supply management

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

The cornerstone for peace is food, but armed conflicts wipe out livelihoods and agri-food systems

OpinionBY RATTAN LAL, MANUEL OTERO

Voluntary grocery code of conduct short on fair dealing enforcement provisions, says NDP agriculture critic

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

MPs unite against greedflation and monopoly power in Canada’s food systems—but there’s more to do

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

Biotechnology

Unlocking Canada’s greatest economic potential: life sciences

OpinionBY ALISON SYMINGTON, JASON FIELD

Canada’s biotech carpe diem

OpinionBY ANDREW CASEY

Harnessing the power of Canada’s growing biotechnology industry: a perspective from the West

OpinionBY STEPHANIE WILLERTH

Biotechnology: an opportunity balanced on a knife’s edge

OpinionBY ADAM DAMRY

DEFENCE & SECURITY

Disinformation is not new, but better strategies needed to shield public from threats, committee hears

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Shattered Justice: Canada’s silent consent in protecting Iranian regime officials

OpinionBY M. MEHDI MORADI

Canada-Qatar relations a strategic partnership amid global uncertainty

OpinionBY YASSER M. DHOUIB

Diaspora communities need ‘proactive’ measures to guard against foreign and homegrown hostility, inquiry hears

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Environment

Canada must take action on imported monkeys

OpinionBY LISA JONES-ENGEL

‘Hotter and drier’ conditions in forests will create greater fire risk in coming decades, Senate committee hears, as House continues Jasper study

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Federal overtime payments on decline, but total paid out still tops $1-billion mark

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Protecting Canada’s outdoor recreation sector

OpinionBY DAVID ERB

FINANCE

Could the House’s procedural impasse set the stage for a federal election?

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Trudeau is dead wrong about Canada’s debt

OpinionBY JAKE FUSS

It’s a Brit problem, it’s a Canadian problem

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Forging a new reconciliation path focused on economic empowerment

OpinionBY CHIEF RAYMOND POWDER

Fisheries and oceans

Reconciliation that works for all in Canada’s fisheries

OpinionBY GENNA CAREY

Federal resource management decisions undermine collective power of community-based fisheries

OpinionBY COURTNEY GLODE

N.L. minister slams feds for ‘total chaos and poor decision-making’ on fisheries file

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Fish fight

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA

FOREIGN POLICY

Canada needs its own Marshall Plan for refugee resettlement

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Former Israeli PM and ex-Palestinian foreign minister’s blueprint for peace worth looking at

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

‘Your vote can make the difference’: parties mobilize thousands of Canada-based Americans to vote in Harris-Trump race

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Trudeau and Poilievre playing politics with Middle East conflict

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

health

Q&A | What the heck is HERC, with Mark Holland

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

Mental health funding must keep pace with the growing demand for accessible and inclusive mental health supports for youth

OpinionBY ELISABETH BRIERE

Perinatal mental health strategy is a critical step

OpinionBY PATRICIA TOMASI

Linking the affordability crisis and mental health requires ‘transformative change’ in health care, say critics and experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Industry and Manufacturing

CRTC says decision on Google’s Online News Act exemption expected this fall

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Support zero-profit grocery stores to fight market failure in the food supply chain

OpinionBY MARISSA ALEXANDER, WADE THORHAUG

Google signs deal to launch journalism fund in California, while cash from its Canadian media fund has yet to flow

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

If labour dispute goes ‘sideways’ it could derail Liberal cabinet retreat, says Nanos

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

infrastructure and transport

Closing the infrastructure gap is about more than just money

OpinionBY KERRY BLACK

Improving practices and updating standards will take us a long way towards preparing for climate change

OpinionBY BARBARA ROBINSON

Are federal government measures supporting infrastructure sufficient?

OpinionBY RANJAN DATTA, MARGOT HURLBERT

The case for a high-speed train between Quebec and Ontario

OpinionBY ÉRIC BLAIS

innovation

Driving out deepfakes: Canada can lead on responsible AI innovation

OpinionBY PATRICK ROGERS

Standing up for cultural sovereignty requires a steel backbone

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Setting Canada’s research priorities

OpinionBY DAVID WATTERS

Preserving Canada’s competitive edge: the need for balanced international student policy

OpinionBY GABRIEL MILLER

intergovernmental

Whither the centrist option?

OpinionBY ANDREW TZEMBELICOS

Federal messaging, concerns bleed into campaigns as three provinces head to polls

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Fixing the housing affordability crisis? It’s the density, stupid

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A remarkable Montreal ‘salon’ has endured five decades

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

justice

Fight over MAID shifts from Parliament back to the courts amid political stalemate

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

The cannabis excise duty rate: at least someone is making money

Give peace a chance

OpinionBY KATHLEENA HENRICUS, CATHY HU, BAVAN PUSHPALINGAM, AND TERENCE D’SOUZA

New return-to-office mandate for federal public servants kicks off as unions prepare telework campaign

NewsBY SOPHALL DUCH

Labour & employment

Disability Benefit regulations show feds don’t care about institutionalized Canadians

OpinionBY KENDAL DAVID, MEGAN LINTON