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Canada’s China reset just got much harder

Foreign PolicyBY VINA NADJIBULLA

• Even modest Canadian engagement with China may be judged less on its merits than on how it is interpreted in the U.S. within a

Czech Republic marks national day with song

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

Japanese Embassy delves into cultural diplomacy

Foreign PolicyBY SAM GARCIA

The joys of winter biking aren’t without politics

HeritageBY ANDREW CADDELL

Likelihood of reaching long-term climate goals unclear until more details emerge from Alberta MOU, say environment experts

EnvironmentBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

Budget suggests Carney blinked again in pursuit of digital sovereignty

InnovationBY ANDREW CLEMENT

Government agencies are hardly trying when it comes to transparency

Labour & EmploymentBY KEN RUBIN

Forging a stronger future: protecting Canada’s economy and environment in a changing climate

EnvironmentBY LIBERAL MP WADE GRANT

We know how to fight climate change. So let’s actually do it

EnvironmentBY GREEN PARTY LEADER ELIZABETH MAY

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Jump-starting a Canadian power grid

EnvironmentBY MADELEINE MCPHERSON, PETER FAIRLEY

• Canada needs a forum for provinces to co-ordinate planning on a regional or national level, and a process to help provinces work together to

Alberta’s new energy MOU could kick-start a race to the bottom on climate

EnvironmentBY RICK SMITH, DALE BEUGIN, DAVE SAWYER

To protect Canadians from rising climate costs, restoring natural infrastructure is essential

EnvironmentBY ANABELA BONADA

Nation-building starts in rural Canada

EnvironmentBY BRYAN GILVESY

Can Carney answer for his climate track record?

EnvironmentBY LAURA TOZER

The Alberta energy deal is worse than you think

EnvironmentBY STEPHEN THOMAS

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

EnvironmentBY JOSH LAUGHREN

Feds removed 643 more companies from its Indigenous business directory this year

Government contractsBY IREM KOCA

Dabrusin top-lobbied cabinet minister, Nature Canada pushes for nature strategy after absence of support in budget

AgricultureBY JESSE CNOCKAERT

AGRICULTURE

Bloc joins push for mandatory labelling of genetically engineered foods

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

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

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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

There’s no security without Indigenous sovereignty

OpinionBY ERICA IFILL

Minister called to de-haze budget math on cuts to veterans’ medical cannabis reimbursement

NewsBY STUART BENSON

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Between a rock and a hard place

OpinionBY SCOTT TAYLOR

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Environment

Canada must find its climate path beyond fossil fuels

OpinionBY DAMON MATTHEWS

Canada’s PFAS opportunity: why smart chemicals policy is smart trade policy

OpinionBY RéMY ALEXANDRE

Canada’s chance to lead the critical minerals race should be based not only on extraction, but also on tech

OpinionBY APOORV SINHA

As the Paris Agreement turns 10, Canadian policy must align to protect our health and future

OpinionBY MILI ROY

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FINANCE

Champagne says CRA is taking a ‘step in the right direction’ after 100-day plan shows improvements

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

Surge in lost public property sees total federal losses reach $730.4-million for 2024-25

NewsBY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

Effective nation-building starts with the people and places where it happens

OpinionBY SHAIMAA YASSIN, ABIGAIL JACKSON, NOEL BALDWIN

Building up Canada’s defence sector will depend on long-term homegrown support

OpinionBY DAVID CRANE

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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

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

OpinionBY GWYNNE DYER

Trump’s national security strategy delivers grim message that Canadians downplay at our peril

OpinionBY SHAWN MCCARTHY

Foreign aid is not charity, but an investment in stability and peace

OpinionBY MARLEN MONDACA, MARTINEVE PAJONAS

Steel tariff missteps threaten Canada’s energy future

OpinionBY VITTORIA BELLISSIMO, FERNANDO MELO

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health

New report recommends making pharmacare permanent with annual funding as progress on bilaterals remains stalled 

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

House Health Committee shines spotlight on foreign-funded medical residencies and feds’ role in attracting health-care workers

NewsBY TESSIE SANCI

Youth mental health is Canada’s economic blind spot

OpinionBY ZAHID SALMAN

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

OpinionBY KAREN S. PALMER

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Industry and Manufacturing

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

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY

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

OpinionBY BRIAN LIVINGSTON

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

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infrastructure and transport

Time to strengthen Canada’s infrastructure planning 

OpinionBY JENNIFER ANGEL, PETER WELTMAN

Chief says feds’ engagement with First Nations ‘needs to improve’ after ‘very limited’ contact on major projects

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

B.C. offers a warning to Ottawa’s billion-dollar construction fund

OpinionBY RYAN MITTON

Living in Canada’s Arctic North: why federal investment matters

OpinionBY SOLOMON AWA

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innovation

Canadian AI sovereignty requires more than just servers

OpinionBY DANIEL ESCOTT

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

OpinionBY ADAM THORN, MEGAN GORDON

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

OpinionBY MICHAEL CHOLOD

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

OpinionBY ELYSA DARLING, JAKE HIRSCH-ALLEN, AYAZ SYED

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intergovernmental

‘He’s a welcome dose of fresh air’: Kinew ranked most popular premier

NewsBY CHRISTOPHER GULY | UPDATED December 11, 2025

The MOU’s real value may be for those on the outside looking in

OpinionBY TIM POWERS

Ottawa-Alberta energy deal could open door for other provinces to pursue weakened climate policies, say environmental experts: ‘this is just a massive step back’

NewsBY JESSE CNOCKAERT, RIDDHI KACHHELA

‘I don’t know if she’s playing any role’: NDP critic slams Environment Minister Dabrusin’s ‘rubber stamping’

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND

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justice

Alberta’s intent to suspend the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for trans health care for youth sets a dangerous precedent

OpinionBY JENNIFER EVANS, ALISON LI, JACQUELINE MURRAY

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

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Labour & employment

Feds must stay strong on restricting for-profit childcare

OpinionBY CANDACE RENNICK

The missing 27 per cent: why disability is DEI’s greatest opportunity

OpinionBY LORIN MACDONALD

Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims

OpinionBY KEN RUBIN

Striking a balance

OpinionBY CSG SENATOR TODD LEWIS

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Lobbying

House Ethics Committee to review Lobbying Act in 2026 after AI study, says chair Brassard

NewsBY HUNTER CRESSWELL

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

NewsBY MARLO GLASS

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

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natural resources and energy

Untrodden ground: Carney looks to kickstart post-NAFTA economy

OpinionBY LES WHITTINGTON

Canada’s renewed pipeline fixation threatens more than the environment

OpinionBY ALIENOR ROUGEOT

Why the North needs telecom before it gets nuclear

OpinionBY TYSON MACAULAY

Alberta MOU still a ‘good deal’ say Liberal MPs, despite loss of ‘star factor’ in Quebec with Guilbeault’s resignation

NewsBY ELEANOR WAND, STUART BENSON

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Women, Gender and Diversity

How Mark Carney can win back friends and influence critical outcomes

OpinionBY SHARI GRAYDON

Liberal women are taking notice, Carney would be wise to remember the estrogen wave that handed him the election

OpinionBY SHEILA COPPS

Constituent seeking help for brother and others fleeing Sudan civil war says immigration minister ‘angry, rude, and dismissive’ in phone call

NewsBY NEIL MOSS

Stepping back from feminism in foreign policy exposes a deeper crisis of commitment at home

OpinionBY YUSRA QADIR

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Indigenous Relations

The responsibility to avoid fraud

OpinionBY ROSE LEMAY

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

NewsBY IREM KOCA

Bridging Canada’s divide on consent

OpinionBY MEGAN BUTTLE

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

NewsBY STUART BENSON

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