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Health care is more than treatment—it’s time to get serious about disease prevention

HealthBY PAMELA VALENTINE

• The big news in health care these days is national pharmacare. This is surely welcome news for those of us living with any chronic

‘Under-the-surface favouritism’: Procurement watchdog finds no evidence of political meddling in McKinsey contracts

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

Pandemic ‘supply shocks’ could indicate need for more agile monetary policy, says former BoC deputy

FinanceBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

A look at inflation, banking, and monetary policy in Canada

FinanceBY MEHMET DALKIR

Canadians need more assurance and enablement in financial services 

FinanceBY SCOTT TALBOTT

The art of monetary policymaking

FinanceBY CHARLES ST-ARNAUD

Politicians should let the Bank of Canada do its job

FinanceBY STEPHEN WILLIAMSON

Latest budget a big step for Canada’s financial services ecosystem

FinanceBY STEVEN BOMS

Spring lessons from Canada’s recent economic winter

FinanceBY SIMON GAUDREAULT

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Central bank independence must remain a priority

FinanceBY MICHAEL BURT, PEDRO ANTUNES

• Politicians have many competing priorities, and may not always place a high enough importance on low and stable inflation.

Lessons in fighting inflation from the post-pandemic economic aftermath

FinanceBY CARLOS YéPEZ

Canada can solve its productivity ‘emergency’—we just need politicians on board

FinanceBY JAKE FUSS

Patient involvement in pharmacare is critical to its success

HealthBY LOUISE BINDER AND FILOMENA SERVIDIO-ITALIANO

Next step in universal drug coverage should prioritize ‘essential medicines,’ says pharmacare expert

HealthBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Public service unions sound alarm over feds’ plan to trim bureaucracy by 5,000 jobs through ‘natural attrition’

FinanceBY MIKE LAPOINTE

Budget’s ‘slow rollout’ pharmacare funding leaves program vulnerable to change in governments, say policy experts

FinanceBY IAN CAMPBELL

What’s in the budget for federal procurement? More money for housing, less for long-term projects

Public Services and ProcurementBY IREM KOCA

The result of the oppressive synergy of sexism and racism

Indigenous RelationsBY CAMBRIA HARRIS, MELISSA ROBINSON, JORDEN MYRAN, AND DONNA BARTLETT, SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM, GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

AGRICULTURE

Canada’s system of supply management: an innovative, modern solution

OpinionBY ROGER PELISSERO

Economic value of agriculture industry often overlooked by feds, argue sector advocates

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Climate change will affect your grocery prices

OpinionBY NAVIN RAMANKUTTY AND KUSHANK BAJAJ

Agriculture can do more than just put food on our plate

OpinionBY RENE VAN ACKER, AMY PROULX, AND MARTIN SCANLON

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Biotechnology

Does Canada need a more integrated strategy for pandemic responses? Yes

OpinionBY ISAAC BOGOCH AND DAVID NAYLOR

Canada’s biomedical brain drain is reversing. Let’s continue that trend

OpinionBY MICHAEL MAY, ALLISON BROWN

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

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Hogue inquiry prompts questions for Canada’s spy agency

OpinionBY BHAGWANT SANDHU

Public hearings provided ‘no great revelations’ for upcoming foreign interference report, says national security expert Wesley Wark

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Does Canada really need the CF-35 Joint Strike Fighter?

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Spirit of Anzac looms large, 109 years on

OpinionBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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Environment

Coral reef condoms: how to save a dying ecosystem

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada’s investment in AI should inform a global ‘rights-based’ approach

OpinionBY ANN FITZ-GERALD, JATIN NATHWANI, MARAL NIAZI

We need to bring back extensive urban, inter-urban rail and buses: letter writer

Opinion

Buried in the budget: a potential breakthrough in meeting Canada’s net-zero goals

OpinionBY NA’IM MERCHANT

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FINANCE

There’s a reason the budget didn’t help the Liberals

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Budget capital gains reform will boost investment

OpinionBY ERIN WEIR

Budget’s AI investment is Canada playing catch-up

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Budget 2024 offers promising pledges for science, but falls short in a few ways

OpinionBY SARAH LAFRAMBOISE, FARAH QAISER

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Fisheries and oceans

The blue dichotomy: corporatization of Canada’s oceans

OpinionBY COURTNEY LANGILLE

Unlocking the power of the ocean: threading the economic needle on the path to net zero

OpinionBY KENDRA MACDONALD, TRINE JøRANLI ESKEDAL

Reel returns: the economic mandate for rebuilding fisheries

OpinionBY REBECCA SCHIJNS

Department of Fisheries and Oceans undermining minister’s mandate

OpinionBY KAREN WRISTEN

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FOREIGN POLICY

Canada’s pledged forced labour bill should follow U.S. example banning Xinjiang imports, says Uyghur advocate

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

A structured, predictable, and transparent approach to seizing Russian state assets to help Ukraine

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR RATNA OMIDVAR

Campus crackdowns earning a failing grade

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

A doomsday scenario in Sudan as war rages in parts of Africa

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

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health

Budget a stride forward for mental health as a federal priority 

OpinionBY DAVE GALLSON

Mental health and illnesses are a population health issue

OpinionBY LOUISE BRADLEY

Past time for health minister to hit reset button on Natural Health Product over-regulation

OpinionBY AARON SKELTON

The health-care system’s hidden backbone: workplace supports for economic sustainability

OpinionBY ALLISON WILLIAMS

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Industry and Manufacturing

Feds’ groceries bill is worth less than the paper on which it’s printed

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Foreign investment rules designed for an economy that no longer exists

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Firefighters and environmentalists are asking for PFAS action

OpinionBY CASSIE BARKER

Expanded electric capacity to handle EVs must be taken seriously, say experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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infrastructure and transport

Budget overlooks need for trade-enabling infrastructure

OpinionBY LINDSAY KISLOCK

Struggling low-cost air carriers require feds’ intervention on price competition, says aviation expert

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Roads, horses, and carts, oh my! Time for Canada to take trade-enabling infrastructure seriously

OpinionBY PASCAL CHAN

Better climate-risk mapping data a must as Canada addresses housing crisis, says experts

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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innovation

Correcting the record on Bell’s restructuring: BCE exec

Opinion

We are on the path to legal singularity

FeatureBY ABDI AIDID AND BENJAMIN ALARIE

Should telecommunications be nationalized?

OpinionBY MARK HANCOCK

EV battery fires are a global problem that we need to address in Canada

OpinionBY JOSIPA PETRUNIC

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intergovernmental

The CAQ’s language shell game fooled everyone

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Is there another Charest in the Quebec Liberals’ future?

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Horrendous death of three women brings some action on gender-based violence, but there’s a long way to go

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

A closer look at the federal carbon tax

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

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justice

Accountability needed after Zameer acquittal

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Feds should act fast on potential judge residency rule repeal

OpinionBY EDITORIAL

Exploring the legacy of COVID pandemic panic

FeatureBY JOANNA BARON, CHRISTINE VAN GEYN

Parties have ‘free rein’ with voter data, finds report, but veteran party ops say that’s vital for democratic engagement

NewsBY IAN CAMPBELL

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Labour & employment

Liberal talk of provincial clawbacks a tactic to distract from ‘insultingly low’ disability benefit, say advocates

NewsBY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

Liberal housing strategy will need ‘both carrots and sticks’ to break through affordable housing stalemate: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Can’t Buy My Silence on the Hill: restricting the abusive use of NDAs

OpinionBY ZELDA PERKINS, JULIE MACFARLANE

The personal transformation of Pierre Poilievre

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

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Lobbying

Budget 2024 provides key themes for advocacy strategies in advance of anticipated election budget, says lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Beef farmers seek exemption from federal carbon price in March dominated by environment lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Sponsored travel climbed back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 as MPs accept trips to Israel, Taiwan, U.K.

NewsBY STEPHEN JEFFERY

Poilievre’s communication record shows corporate lobbyists shouldn’t panic, say lobbyists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

First Nations and the right to say yes

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID WELLS

Environmental groups urge an end to fossil fuel subsidies in two reports outlining Canada’s oil and gas financing

NewsBY MIKE LAPOINTE

A cap on emissions will actually hinder Canada’s environmental, social, and economic efforts

OpinionBY DEBORAH YEDLIN

Budget 2024 is critical to the future of made-in-Canada biofuel projects

OpinionBY BOB LAROCQUE

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Women, Gender and Diversity

Let’s improve our understanding of how we nominate candidates, and pass S-283

OpinionBY JEANETTE ASHE, TRACEY RANEY

Beyond International Women’s Day: sustaining support of Indigenous women entrepreneurs

OpinionBY MAGNOLIA PERRON

Difference does not mean worse: embracing neurodiversity in the workspace

OpinionBY AMIN KAMALEDDIN

Will Canada support changes to international law on gender persecution?

OpinionBY RHONDA GOSSEN

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Indigenous Relations

Waiting for justice: why you need to know Métis residential school survivors of Île-à-la-Crosse

OpinionBY MERELDA FIDDLER-POTTER

Funding for Manitoba landfill search welcome, but First Nations-led response still needed

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

Equity loan guarantees will pave path to economic reconciliation

OpinionBY WAYNE MCQUABBIE, GREGORY NEWTON, JOHN BEAUCAGE

Canada’s budgetary process: a failing grade in First Nations partnership

OpinionBY GRAND CHIEF CATHY MERRICK

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