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Canadians concerned about AI’s impact on environment, children: federal consultation

InnovationBY DAVIS LEGREE

• Ottawa quietly released the results of its AI strategy consultation on Feb. 3, which found individuals and experts are worried about the potential social

From promise to reality: scaling innovative housing in Canada

InnovationBY TASNIM FARIHA

‘Where’s the plan B?’: media executives ask for contingency plan if Liberals axe Online Streaming Act during trade talks

HeritageBY DAVIS LEGREE

Canada’s AI moment is a values-based one

InnovationBY KRISTEN CORDELL, SABEEN DHANANI

Canada’s missing life sciences industrial strategy is leaving economic growth on the table

HealthBY MICHELLE MCLEAN

Bridging the adoption gap: the key to turning Canada’s productivity around

InnovationBY ALEX GRECO

Carney’s Davos speech helped ‘stiffen spines,’ but PM will have to make tough choices to protect Canada’s sovereignty, say two former cabinet ministers

Foreign PolicyBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Industrial benefits policy needs a ‘relook,’ says ex-senior public servant, as Conservative MP pushes for contract records

Defence & SecurityBY IREM KOCA

Carney and Heated Rivalry star strike a pose on Prime Time red carpet

InnovationBY SAM GARCIA

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‘Diseases do not recognize borders’: U.S. decision to leave WHO ignores reality of how diseases spread, says Liberal MP Powlowski

Foreign PolicyBY TESSIE SANCI

• Both the MP, a practising physician, and infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch warn that progress made in reducing the prevalence of various diseases,

Innovation strategy, particularly in high-tech sectors, needed as Canada diversifies trade, say experts

InnovationBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Carney dazzled Davos, but he needs to engage more with Canadians

Foreign PolicyBY EDITORIAL

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

Bloc MP Perron condemns ‘ridiculous’ spending cuts that will shutter research farms across Canada

AgricultureBY MARLO GLASS

Referendum fever: it’s like Waiting for Godot

IntergovernmentalBY NELSON WISEMAN

Thailand throws national day party

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

Solving Canada’s housing crisis starts with a reality check

Labour & EmploymentBY JANICE MYERS

Basing policy on values is key: International Women’s Forum panel session

Foreign Policy

AGRICULTURE

MPs celebrate canola tariff relief, but national security, pork, remain opposition concerns with China

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

‘Unprecedented’ 2025 for canola industry, with record-breaking economic lobbying

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Liberals ‘taking a sledgehammer’ to the public service, says interim NDP leader Davies

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Do Conservatives want the best for the West, or not?

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Biotechnology

PMPRB closes all open drug-pricing investigations before implementing new guidelines on Jan. 1

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Bloc joins push for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction

OpinionBY BENOIT-ANTOINE BACON

Canada could have access to more than 10,000 doctors if licensing were less complicated, House Health Committee hears

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Massive military spending needs protection from abuse and fraud

OpinionBY DAVID HUTTON

NDP calls for feds to pull the plug on American F-35 order, and buy Swedish Gripen planes instead

NewsBY IREM KOCA

DND spurns House committee request for roadmap to comply with info czar’s orders

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Job cuts could hit CBSA and DND amid hiring blitz, union says

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED February 4, 2026

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Environment

How the pursuit of innovation and sustainability can supercharge the Canadian economy

OpinionBY MARENA WINSTANLEY

Canada’s largest pension manager ‘backsliding’ on climate, risks being unable to pay out pensions: report

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

Build more homes—but don’t lock Canada into higher emissions

OpinionBY KATE KOPLOVICH

Priorities for Canada as 2026 gets underway

OpinionBY ELIZABETH MAY

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FINANCE

Ministers could exempt businesses from laws within ‘regulatory sandbox’ outlined in budget bill

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Bringing investment banking rigor to Ottawa

OpinionBY RAM MATHILAKATH

Three measures to tackle ‘wicked’ health policy problems

OpinionBY AZIN PEYROW

‘Not a chance’: Green Leader May says she can’t support budget omnibus bill without major changes, but NDP skeptical

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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Fisheries and oceans

Nearly 2,000 jobs and $1.5-billion to be cut across five departments by 2030, PBO analysis shows

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Canada’s plan to boost its economy must include rebuilding wild fisheries

OpinionBY JOSH LAUGHREN

Coastal communities ‘running out of time’ without fisheries fund renewal, say opposition critics as DFO faces $544M in cuts

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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

NewsBY PETER MAZEREEUW

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FOREIGN POLICY

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Carney ’s embrace of middle power status sends us ‘back to the future’

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Culture Minister Miller says Canada can’t cross CanCon ‘red lines’ in U.S. trade negotiations

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Feds prioritize speed in trade agenda as MPs raise alarm over transparency  

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

America’s drug-pricing reset will reverberate far beyond Washington

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

Lack of flexibility, questions about long-term funding have been stumbling blocks in signing pharmacare deals, say some premiers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Health workforce, toxic drug crisis on health critics’ agendas this winter

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Make federal funding permanent for Canada’s suicide crisis helpline, say Conservative and NDP critics

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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Industry and Manufacturing

Canada’s auto sector ‘hangs in the balance’ as CUSMA review looms in 2026: ‘there’s no sugar-coating it, this is going to be a critical year for the industry’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Renewable energy sector adds concerns about wind-tower costs to steel industry crisis talks: ‘there’s a ton of urgency’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Steel tariff missteps threaten Canada’s energy future

OpinionBY VITTORIA BELLISSIMO, FERNANDO MELO

‘Quiet buzz’ on Bay Street about Carney’s ‘nation-building’ major projects, says Tobin

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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infrastructure and transport

Feds looking for Canadian steel supplier to keep high-speed rail project on track

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Health organizations have questions, but few answers about feds’ new $5-billion Health Infrastructure Fund

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Can Build Canada Homes make a dent in the housing crisis?

OpinionBY ALAN BROADBENT

The joys of winter biking aren’t without politics

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

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innovation

Taking a stand for sovereignty

OpinionBY CATHERINE TAIT

The missing mandate in Canadian innovation policy

OpinionBY CONSERVATIVE MP RAQUEL DANCHO

Indigenous innovation: part of the tradition, not the trend

OpinionBY KATHY MANNERS

‘The ground on which we stand’: innovation and Indigenous sovereignty

OpinionBY JESSICA KOLOPENUK

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intergovernmental

Poilievre lends credence to western separatists’ blame-it-all-on-Ottawa bias

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Canada’s housing crisis isn’t just about building more—it’s about getting governments to talk to each other

OpinionBY ADRIAN SCHUT

Bravo to Carney for speaking the truth

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

Quebec: inhaling the ‘hopeium’ of the next ‘Mark Carney’

OpinionBY KEN POLK

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justice

Tory Senator Housakos proposes invoking notwithstanding clause to uphold certain mandatory minimums

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Despite early ‘spirit of co-operation’ on some bills, Liberal agenda still failing to launch in Parliament, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Emergencies Act architect says courts checked government overreach, advises against further appeal

NewsBY STUART BENSON

America lost justice when Renee Nicole Good was killed

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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Labour & employment

Nuancing our understanding of Canada’s housing affordability crisis

OpinionBY STEVE POMEROY

This one policy could allow Canada to dramatically reduce land costs for affordable housing

OpinionBY COLIN O’LEARY, ACACIA PANGILINAN

Affordable housing is slipping away. Here’s how we get it back

OpinionBY REBECCA BLIGH

Build Canada Homes is poised to make a generational investment in non-market and public housing—but will it?

OpinionBY MARC LEE

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Lobbying

Ottawa’s lowered lobbying registration thresholds will reshape government relations

OpinionBY SUZANNE SABOURIN, MICHAEL WALSH

Libya was a warning, Venezuela is the test

OpinionBY AKOLISA UFODIKE

‘It’s like molasses in January’: pharmacare implementation stalled, say health-care groups, but others argue time needed to get deals right

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Joly top-lobbied minister in November, universities push to attract research talent driven away from U.S.

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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natural resources and energy

The world has too much LNG—so why is Canada fast-tracking more?

OpinionBY MARK KALEGHA, OLAF WEBER

Canada’s green jobs strategy needs more than good intentions

OpinionBY LIN AL-AKKAD

Federal environmental impact assessments are in even more jeopardy   

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Trump’s hit on Venezuela just gave Canada a bruise

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Women, Gender and Diversity

The Conservatives’ other favourite boogeyman makes a comeback

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Governments can do more to fight against Islamophobia

OpinionBY WAHEED KHAN

Women entrepreneurs are a crucial asset for Canada’s economy, they deserve a voice in shaping it

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

Artificial action: feds offering tepid response to AI abuse

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

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Indigenous Relations

Housing is reconciliation: why Canada must prioritize Indigenous housing

OpinionBY MARGARET PFOH

‘I will always be an advocate,’ says retiring Indigenous senior civil servant Gina Wilson after decades working to ‘bridge worlds’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

A shifting geopolitical environment leaves the Arctic central to Canada’s sovereignty and security

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

Principled-based pragmatism and the wisdom of the seven generations

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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