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Google ‘outplayed and outmanoeuvered Ottawa’ on Online News Act deal, ‘outsourced’ problem of how to divide funding, say observers

HeritageBY IAN CAMPBELL

• In the new deal between Google and the feds, ‘the contentious part’ will now be ‘who gets what and how much do people get,’

Good news story gets buried in anti-Trudeau wave

HeritageBY SHEILA COPPS

Canadians should be afraid of radiation: Frank Greening

Natural Resources and Energy

Canada doesn’t have climate leaders: Bill Henderson

Environment

Saskatchewan bill shows why the notwithstanding clause exists

IntergovernmentalBY DAVE SNOW

Tenants describe ‘dramatic erosion’ of existing affordable housing, call on feds to take action

Labour & EmploymentBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

National aerospace strategy needed to ‘tie it all together’ as industry rebounds from pandemic losses, say sector experts

Defence & SecurityBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

COP28 and climate science

EnvironmentBY GWYNNE DYER

Reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions challenging but not impossible

Defence & SecurityBY DAVID ZINGG

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

Defence & SecurityBY JOHN GRADEK

• To make better decisions, the government should step in and enable an environment that permits the exchange of data to extend both supply-chain visibility

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

Defence & SecurityBY MIKE MUELLER

Growth in aerospace requires tackling the big issues

Defence & SecurityBY FIDEL KHOULI

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

HealthBY JOEL LEXCHIN

Will the real climate leaders please stand up?

EnvironmentBY KEITH BROOKS AND ALY HYDER ALI

Canadian government must legislate to promote online safety, says Facebook whistleblower

HeritageBY IAN CAMPBELL

World leaders should adjust their global CO2 emissions strategy

EnvironmentBY DOROTHY DOBBIE

Freeland fails to address future of Canadian economy in forthright terms

FinanceBY DAVID CRANE

Don’t ‘defund’ the CBC, make it better

HeritageBY EDITORIAL

AGRICULTURE

Bill C-275 overestimates risk of human-to-animal disease transmission

OpinionBY DAT NGUYEN

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

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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

Gun control is a women’s issue

OpinionBY SUZANNE ZACCOUR, AJA MASON

A lost opportunity for ‘pragmatic diplomacy’

OpinionBY PAUL MEYER

A ‘no-Nazi’ policy for our military partners should be a low bar to clear

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Just war and the Gaza Strip

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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Environment

Environmental advocates push back against ‘loopholes’ and ‘false solutions’ at UN climate conference

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Transitioning to a low-carbon world is one of the great game-changing challenges of our generation, but Liberals have failed to sell it

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Catalyzing the opportunity of the North Pacific green corridor

OpinionBY IAN ANDERSON

‘Unparalleled opportunity’: Public Policy Forum report urges Canada to take greater leadership on Paris Agreement, global carbon market

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

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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

Fall economic statement falls short

OpinionBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

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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

Poilievre continues to place Trudeau on Canada’s ‘most unwanted’ list and his strategy appears to be working

Opinion

Lessons from Canada’s IPEF absence

OpinionBY CARLO DADE

McPhedran, May, McPherson, Davies defy government, attend UN meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

OpinionBY DOUGLAS ROCHE

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

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

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health

Who cares for the carers?

OpinionBY OWEN CHARTERS AND ALINE NIZIGAMA

Our government is failing Canadians regarding their end-of-life rights

OpinionBY NORMA GREENAWAY, SHERRY MORAN

‘Goodwill’ remains on both sides in pharmacare talks, despite political pressures facing Liberals and NDP, say observers

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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

OpinionBY KATHLEEN ROSS

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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

How do we create cities where everyone can thrive?

OpinionBY AMY JUSCHKA, TESICCA TRUONG, AND SHAUNA SHORTT

Budget and community involvement among concerns facing high-frequency rail project between Ontario and Quebec

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Will high-frequency rail be the death knell for VIA?

OpinionBY NDP MP TAYLOR BACHRACH

Canada must accelerate train car procurement to save rail services

OpinionBY TERRY JOHNSON

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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

Liberal MP McDonald says he’s rebuffed Conservatives’ overtures three times, but won’t rule out crossing the floor or sitting as an Independent

NewsBY ABBAS RANA

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

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justice

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

Time for a national conversation about MAiD for mental illness

OpinionBY ANDREAE SENNYAH AND REBECCA VACHON

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Labour & employment

The cost of not caring

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

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

‘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

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Lobbying

RCMP commissioner to testify as House Ethics Committee probe into SNC-Lavalin decision begins

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Environment lobbying leads in October in advance of feds’ anticipated oil and gas cap

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

‘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

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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

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

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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

It’s time for feds to make amends for historical inadequacies of First Nation education

OpinionBY SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM AND RON PHILLIPS

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

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

The takedown of Buffy Sainte-Marie is painful to witness

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Idle no more, but in what direction is Poilievre running on Indigenous policy?

OpinionBY FRANCES ABELE AND CATHERINE MACQUARRIE

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