Policy Topics | Policy Briefings

COLLAPSE

• Agriculture
• Biotechnology
• Defence & Security
• Environment
• Finance
• Fisheries and Oceans

• Foreign Policy​
• Health
• Industry and Manufacturing
• Infrastructure and Transport
• Innovation
• Intergovernmental

• Indigenous Relations
• Justice
• Labour & Employment
• Lobbying
• Natural Resources and Energy
• Women, Gender and Diversity

Royal Canadian Air Force unveils two planes for training program

Defence & SecurityBY ANDREW MEADE

• The Hill Times

Finding courage in the Senate to question the government in responsible, responsive ways

PolicyBY SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN

Back to Parliament: Time to build Canada together

Labour & EmploymentBY REBECCA BLIGH

Indigenous consent isn’t a veto: it’s how durable, co-governed projects get built

Indigenous RelationsBY TIM GRAY, EMILY MCMILLAN, RACHEL PLOTKIN, JESSICA CLOGG

Government procurement should reflect Canada’s real wealth: its SMEs

FinanceBY SENATOR DANIèLE HENKEL

Feds should invest in empowering Canadians through financial planning

FinanceBY TASHIA BATSTONE

Let’s unlock local capital to build a stronger Canada

FinanceBY ADAM SPENCE

The Canada that Dryden believed in remains at risk today

Labour & EmploymentBY LES WHITTINGTON

Policy is the foundation: why culture needs a structural response to anti-Black racism

HeritageBY JOAN JENKINSON

MOST RECENT POLICY BRIEFINGS

Legislative Look Ahead

• DOWNLOAD

Building a New Canada: Infrastructure & Procurement

• DOWNLOAD

Indigenous Relations

• DOWNLOAD

• VIEW ALL POLICY BRIEFINGS

School food advocates hopeful program will survive fall budget cuts, but say Ontario falling short of ‘all in’

AgricultureBY STUART BENSON

• Despite receiving the largest share of the promised $1-billion over five years, Ontario ranks second last in provincial spending per student on school food

A thin façade of combat capability

Defence & SecurityBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Re-engaging India a strategic move in a time of global flux

Foreign PolicyBY VINA NADJIBULLA

Strengthening climate policy to build long-term prosperity

EnvironmentBY SIMON DONNER, LOUISE COMEAU, ROBERT HORNUNG

Canada should fast-track the idea that Indigenous rights and critical minerals go hand in hand

Indigenous RelationsBY SAGA WILLIAMS, MARISA BECK, TAMARA KRAWCHENKO

Feds risk missing deadline for reducing tuberculosis rates in Inuit communities

ArcticBY ELEANOR WAND

Let’s fix our EV problem and break the Canada-China trade logjam

Infrastructure and TransportBY HUGH STEPHENS

Canada at risk of collateral damage in U.S. drug pricing war

HealthBY ANNETTE ROBINSON

Not investing in social innovation is holding back our economy

InnovationBY MARIE-CHRISTINE LADOUCEUR-GIRARD, ANDREA NEMTIN

AGRICULTURE

AI can’t save farming if our soils keep dying

OpinionBY ASIM BISWAS

Treat agriculture as national defence with a strong water strategy

OpinionBY JOHN SIMPSON

Supply management works well for Canadians

OpinionBY BRUCE MUIRHEAD, JODEY NURSE

Pea and canola sector stress urgent action needed to resolve China trade dispute as harvest approaches

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

See all

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

See all

DEFENCE & SECURITY

Foreign influence watchdog needs experience and compassion, not eminence: national security experts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

‘Sunshine is what is needed’: 2025 election, foreign interference issues on deck for PROC this fall

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Latvia extension forges near-permanent Canadian Army presence in Europe, leaving limited ability to deploy elsewhere 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Are we offering human bait in Ukraine?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

See all

Environment

Will Inuit voices be heard when it comes to nation-building projects?

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Uncertainty surrounds assessments plans for national interest projects 

OpinionBY ROBERT B. GIBSON

Canada can’t cop out on the climate

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Environmental groups, LNG advocates conflict over natural gas demand as Major Projects Office launches

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

See all

FINANCE

Define ‘Canadian’: questions loom over Carney’s ‘protectionist’ procurement policy push 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Canada has the legislative tool to break through seizing Russian assets—it’s time to use it

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD, GEOFFREY GOODELL

Treasury Board outlines 500 ways to cut red tape in sweeping review

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Clock is ticking on Liberals’ 100-day deadline to fix CRA mess

OpinionBY MATT GURNEY

See all

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

See all

FOREIGN POLICY

Pakistan puts on mango menu

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Ecuador marks national day

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

Jamaica flies Independence Day flag

FeatureBY SAM GARCIA

See all

health

Canada can’t afford to stop moving

OpinionBY ELIO ANTUNES

The NDP race is on

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Union raises alarm over pending Public Health Agency job cuts

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

We need a ‘Carney moment’ in health care

OpinionBY IVY OANDASAN

See all

Industry and Manufacturing

Canada, Europe, and NATO: a renewed commitment to shared security

OpinionBY LIBERAL MP STEPHEN FUHR

The return of the wildcat strike?

OpinionBY CARLO FANELLI

Any new industrial strategy must be an innovation strategy

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Look to C.D. Howe for lessons on defence procurement

OpinionBY JAMIE CARROLL

See all

infrastructure and transport

First Nations chiefs criticize feds for failing to consult on Indigenous body tied to Major Projects Office

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Railways: Canada’s next great nation-building project

OpinionBY LAURENCE NGUYEN

Calls mount for the Arctic to make national-interest list with launch of Major Projects Office: there’s an ‘Achilles heel in the North’ 

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Transport Canada projects 1,000 fewer jobs by 2027-28, with green programs on the chopping block

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW

See all

innovation

Why Canada must lead on AI in higher education now

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, DMYTRO CHUMACHENKO

From aid to advantage: re-imagining Canada–Africa relations

OpinionBY SELAH GETAHUN

Innovation put Canada ahead in AI; adoption will decide who benefits

OpinionBY SARAH STOCKDALE, AVERY SWARTZ, KIRSTEN KOPPANG TELFORD

AI literacy as a Canadian policy imperative

OpinionBY DAVID MATSINHE

See all

intergovernmental

A dose of realism about Canada’s LNG plans

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

As the CAQ flounders, the Parti Québécois appears to be unstoppable

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Doug Ford’s political nihilism

OpinionBY GERRY NICHOLLS

Summer’s over, and a possibly raucous House awaits

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

See all

Get The Policy Briefings Newsletter

Get into the weeds on hot policy issues and the players shaping them.

SIGN UP

By entering your email address you consent to receive email from The Hill Times containing news, analysis, updates and offers. You may unsubscribe at any time. See our privacy policy

justice

Canada’s deafening silence defending the International Criminal Court 

OpinionBY MARK KERSTEN

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

See all

Labour & employment

Post-pandemic uptick in public servant sick days making the case for remote work, say unions

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

‘Course correction’ needed to ensure new childcare spaces meet federal accessibility targets, says economist

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Build Canada Homes must prioritize ‘right’ kind of housing, affordability and green energy, say advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Critics agree on need for reform, but call Tory bid to scrap temporary foreign worker program ‘ridiculous’ and ‘political’

NewsBY IREM KOCA

See all

Lobbying

Economic lobbying in July rises to meet demand for nation-building projects, interprovincial trade

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Steel, auto sectors seek relief after latest ‘crushing’ tariff hike 

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

See all

natural resources and energy

Safeguarding Canada’s freshwater heritage

OpinionBY CAMERON FIORET, MAUDE BARLOW

How the Indigenous workforce can STEM the tide for the coming energy tsunami

OpinionBY JOHN DESJARLAIS

Feds must consider oil and gas conflicts for Canada Pension Plan appointees 

OpinionBY CHERYL RANDALL, LAURA MCGRATH

A nation-building project that will protect the environment and our health

OpinionBY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG

See all

Women, Gender and Diversity

Canada’s public service needs updated visible minority hiring targets

OpinionBY WAHEED KHAN

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

See all

Indigenous Relations

Air Canada mess is a lesson for government

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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

OpinionBY AMY CARDINAL CHRISTIANSON, CONROY SEWEPAGAHAM, FRANK BROWN

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

FeatureBY PETER MAZEREEUW

See all

Upcoming Policy briefings

Exclusive lists

Take The Hill Times politics quiz

Take The Hill Times politics quiz

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

MPs’ annual office budgets for 2025-26

Take The Hill Times politics quiz

Take The Hill Times politics quiz

Ranking the best and worst federal departments, by public service survey results

Ranking the best and worst federal departments, by public service survey results

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts

The PBO’s take on public service bloat and staffing cuts

House and Senate steering committee members named

House and Senate steering committee members named

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

All eyes on Trump: meet the top 50 foreign policy influencers navigating Canada’s role in a rocky world

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs

Meet Carney’s parliamentary secretaries, half of whom are rookie MPs