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Supply chain reliability is the foundation of Canada’s trade future

Infrastructure and TransportBY GORDON MCKENZIE

• For Canadian exports to thrive, transportation policy must be seen as trade policy in action.

Budget investments in transportation, trade require long-term strategy and private sector support, say experts

Foreign PolicyBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Striking a balance

Infrastructure and TransportBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

Breakfast at Café Olimpico, lunch at Piano Piano

Infrastructure and TransportBY BEHROUZ BAKHTIARI

Driving change: how investing in youth and transportation can power a greener future

EnvironmentBY ISG SENATOR FARAH MOHAMED

What will it take to get out of the supply-chain crisis?

Infrastructure and TransportBY JOHN COLEMAN

With even Conservatives conspiring to pass Carney’s budget, PM turns attention to the wider world

Foreign PolicyBY LES WHITTINGTON

There is no bargain in a north coast oil pipeline, only snake oil

EnvironmentBY JESSICA CLOGG

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Foreign PolicyBY GWYNNE DYER

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Ottawa plans to modernize the Energy Efficiency Act. Here’s how to do it right

EnvironmentBY SARAH RIDDELL

• To reduce energy bills and reach net-zero emissions, Canada’s update to the legislation must strengthen standards and broaden its scope.

Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’: should Canada become a junior partner?

Defence & SecurityBY ALISTAIR EDGAR

Canada must build on federal budget investments in dual-use innovation

InnovationBY ELYSA DARLING, JAKE HIRSCH-ALLEN, AYAZ SYED

NDP environment critic pans Carney’s commitment to Paris targets, but May says she has ‘confidence’ feds will soon release climate policy

EnvironmentBY ELEANOR WAND

‘It’s a big concern’: MPs scrutinize head of Major Projects Office for past role in Trans Mountain contract

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

The one where the minister called the Senate racist

Indigenous RelationsBY ROSE LEMAY

Asserting Canadian sovereignty: integration of AI and drone technology

Defence & SecurityBY PAUL WALSH

Missile defence and the ‘Golden Dome’

Defence & SecurityBY DAVID PRATT

From dialogue to delivery: aerospace is critical to building Canada Strong

Defence & SecurityBY MIKE MUELLER

AGRICULTURE

Scaling climate-resilient farming solutions for global impact

OpinionBY CAROL THIESSEN

The easiest policy win in Ottawa might just be hiding in plain sight

OpinionBY ORVILLE BOVENSCHEN

Thinking clearly about the EV-canola tradeoff

OpinionBY BO CHEN, ISG SENATOR YUEN PAU WOO

Investing in the future of Canadian agriculture: a strategic imperative

OpinionBY TREVOR HECK

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Biotechnology

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

Turning innovation into impact: Canada’s biotech advantage

OpinionBY WENDY ZATYLNY

‘Cutting red tape,’ mental health and primary care on the health docket this fall

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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DEFENCE & SECURITY

Joint co-operation needed to tackle spread of narcotics, says Colombian defence minister 

FeatureBY NEIL MOSS

Gripen fighter jet purchase would allow Canada to assert sovereignty, says past chair of House Defence Committee McKay

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Seeing beyond the cave: bridging culture in defence and procurement

OpinionBY DAN A. DORAN

The future fighter debate

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Canada’s G7 leadership: the ambition is there, but is the budget?

OpinionBY JOSEPH INGRAM

The federal 2 Billion Trees program has been cut, what’s next?

OpinionBY RACHEL PLOTKIN

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Canada’s ZEV mandate will leave 450,000 drivers stranded

OpinionBY BRIAN LIVINGSTON

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FINANCE

Cabinet spending tops $92-million in 2024-25, up 3.7 per cent

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

The federal budget misses Canada’s biggest AI opportunity

OpinionBY REBECCA BAILEY, SARAH HASHEM

Brookfield executive grilled by House Ethics Committee on Carney’s ties to company, says he met Carney in October on the Hill to talk about rising antisemitism in Canada

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

PBO repeats calls for transparency after he says budget uses ‘made-in-Ottawa’ definition of capital spending

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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Fisheries and oceans

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

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

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FOREIGN POLICY

Now is the time for Canadian businesses to invest in Ukraine

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, ZENON POTICHNY

Never have 10 words so disgraced the United States

OpinionBY MICHAEL HARRIS

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

Fentanyl tariffs, U.S. air strikes avoided at G7 ministers’ discussion on drug trafficking 

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

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health

Alberta’s hybrid health-care plan breaks the spirit—and likely the law—of Canadian Medicare

OpinionBY KAREN S. PALMER

Health Canada’s alcohol guidelines are 14 years old, despite new ones issued in 2023

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Don’t forget the kids, health advocates tell feds

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

It’s time to help stop the spread of STBBIs throughout the country

OpinionBY ISG SENATOR RENé CORMIER

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Industry and Manufacturing

Budget 2025 is more of the same

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

Losing Canada’s last big critical minerals champion: the stakes in the Anglo–Teck deal

OpinionBY ED FAST

Carney’s big promises all hinge on Canadians’ trust

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

The case for renewing the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

OpinionBY ADAM SPENCE

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infrastructure and transport

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

OpinionBY ADAM THORN, MEGAN GORDON

High-speed potential, high-stakes decisions: the policy case for Alto

OpinionBY TASNIM FARIHA, DAVID JONES

Budget 2025 could have enhanced Canada’s military mobility by investing in roads and rails

OpinionBY ANDREW ERSKINE

Canada’s local infrastructure fund must be fair to workers

OpinionBY RENZE NAUTA

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innovation

Adopting a made-in-Canada policy could result in losing the battle for AI supremacy

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD

The Canadian government is hallucinating over its AI strategy

OpinionBY RENEE SIEBER, FENWICK MCKELVEY, JONATHAN ROBERGE, JOANNA REDDEN

Skeptics say billions of dollars in AI-driven government efficiencies ‘fiscally dubious’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Restrictive U.S. worker visa could fuel Canada’s rise as a global tech leader

OpinionBY S. YASH KALASH

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intergovernmental

Arctic security cannot exist without Inuit sovereignty

OpinionBY NDP MP LORI IDLOUT

PQ Blue Book attacks Canada’s international role

OpinionBY ANDREW CADDELL

A letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: reclaim Alberta’s promise

Opinion

No ‘serious negotiation’ with Liberals on budget, says Bloc MP Garon: ‘If the result is an election, what can we do?’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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justice

How best to stop coverups: end government misuse of non-disclosure agreements

OpinionBY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARILOU MCPHEDRAN, JULIE MACFARLANE

A debt of gratitude for Ivan Zinger, correctional investigator

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

OGGO hearing confirms: our government continues to persecute whistleblowers rather than protect them

OpinionBY DAVID HUTTON

Prison watchdog leaves post early with ‘frustrations’ as final report keys in on ‘grossly inadequate’ mental health care behind bars

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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Labour & employment

Canada at a crossroads as history repeats itself

OpinionBY JOSEPHINE GREY, SHEILA REGEHR

Unspinning the Trumpian disinformation on DEI: why it matters for all Canadians

OpinionBY KAIT LAFORCE, WILL SHELLING

‘Prices have to go down’: housing experts say new agency’s success must be measured in cost, not construction outcomes

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Federal childcare program falls far short as costs balloon 

OpinionBY PETER JON MITCHELL

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Lobbying

Blanchard defends Carney’s ethics screen as a ‘rigorous process’

NewsBY MARLO GLASS | UPDATED November 21, 2025

The unintended consequences of stricter rules on public policy engagement

OpinionBY JACQUES J.M. SHORE, SUZANNE SABOURIN

Budget a step in the right direction, but fails to deliver on the ‘hype,’ say lobbyists

NewsBY SERGIY SLIPCHENKO

‘Cut through the table talk’: tech firms launch new group to help feds fix procurement woes 

NewsBY IREM KOCA

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natural resources and energy

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

OpinionBY MEGAN BUTTLE

The critical-minerals battle is being fought on land—and over the sea

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run

OpinionBY AMANDA BRYANT

Building a national Canadian economy starts with our fuel sector

OpinionBY JAKE ENWRIGHT

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Women, Gender and Diversity

The CAF’s emotional apology for racism

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

Women’s groups hail ongoing funding for gender-equality programs, but warn the ‘devil is in the details’

NewsBY RIDDHI KACHHELA, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

Conservative attacks on DEI are nothing new, but fighting past battles risks future growth, say politicos

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Women entrepreneurs are a vital resource for growing Canada’s economy – it is time to break down the barriers standing in their way

OpinionBY ROSALIND LOCKYER

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Indigenous Relations

Deloitte’s certification as partner to Indigenous firms raises questions about access to feds’ contract regime, says Indigenous business owner

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Opening the pathway for greater Indigenous inclusion in the Armed Forces

OpinionBY GRAZIA SCOPPIO, FEDERICA CASO

Pivot to ‘economic reconciliation’ risks ‘squandering’ political goodwill as Indigenous social programs face funding gaps: observers

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Budget signals strong economic focus, but falls short in details like regulatory burden or clarity on defence spending, say experts, economists

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

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